I'm already mourning knowing @colbertlateshow.bsky.social has only got one month left. From the writing, the comedic delivery, all the way to the house band it's a show of the highest quality. Do we all wake up 7yrs from now with nothing but AI augmented streaming trash wondering how we let it die?
Dear Member of Congress: The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) are deeply grateful for the longstanding bipartisan support from Congress for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). We want to inform you of current and likely impacts of delays and changes in funding policies and procedures for NIH grants. Our concerns relate to the following areas within NIH: • Massive reduction in notice of funding opportunities • Delays in funding processes and inadequate capacity to administer grants • Increase in forward funding of multiyear awards in year one • Delays and potential lapses in funding for large clinical trial networks and clinical trial units Lack of transparency around permitted international collaborative partners for research projects • Disproportionate impact of grant terminations on vulnerable populations, especially women and people of color
U.S. infectious disease research is on the brink. Without immediate action from Congress, much of it will cease to exist within a year.
For example👇
1️⃣ No collaborative RFAs posted for >1 year (normal: many / year).
2️⃣ No foreign collaborators allowed on grants.
🧪🪦 www.idsociety.org/globalassets...
Climate news stories across the globe have dropped nearly 40% since 2021, notes @maxboykoff.bsky.social, director of UC Boulder’s Media and Climate Change Observatory. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...
NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty.
"People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
WTF. Details are worse than the headline
Here's a fine "how do you do" the day before Tax Day...
There is hope!
If you’ve never heard of her then you don’t realize her impact on popular music was as big (or bigger?) than any global pop star of the time. Absolute legend…
This is insane…
Second Venezuelan Doctor Detained in South Texas by Immigration Agents www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...
In case you need some background:…
Last year, Dr. Ezequiel Véliz was named 2025 Resident of the Year at UT Health, Rio Grande Valley.
Last week, ICE detained him in McAllen, Texas—ripping him away from his family, his life, and his patients.
The images of Earth from Artemis are amazing. But if we destroy our ability to understand (and live on) our planet, all they are is pretty pictures
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times…
This is a refreshing clip for today
The president’s communication, which unfortunately officially represents us as a people, is unacceptable. We cannot become desensitized to this. We must remember that we’re better than this. We have to enforce a bare minimum of human decency and empathy. The pendulum will swing back one day I hope.
The. Rise. Of. Cognitive. Surrender.
Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
This clip is a stark warning. The future of the U.S., currently the most prosperous nation on earth, is precariously balanced between choosing to prioritize the health and growth of our people or the continued expansion of the military-industrial complex. Hopefully we’re not beyond the tipping point
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
Well, this just about wrecked me.
UConn just pulled a Laettner on Duke!
I was a freshman with the Michigan #FabFive and as much as I love those guys, this may be the most well rounded Michigan basketball team ever. On to the #FinalFour. Go Blue!
This sounds fine...🫣
This is something you say only if you are completely ignorant about what healthcare costs. The fact that no advisor has been willing or able to explain this to him says a lot about him, his administration, and the credulity of the mainstream media (which should be calling him on this nonsense)
If we want World Cup glory, this isn’t going to cut it @usmnt.ussoccer.com. 75 days to figure this out!
Wow. I work here and had no idea @standupforscience.net was born from the grounds of @emoryuniversity.bsky.social and the ATL. “Lift every voice and sing!”
Thank you for your service
Is it just me or is the World Cup turf grass looking stressed at this ATLUTD match at the Benz? @robusry.bsky.social @soccerwithdoug.bsky.social @scarvesandspikes.com @fivestripefinal.bsky.social
