I keep thinking of the NIH employees who worked so hard to get these awards made before the end of September with a reduced workforce and I thank them!

Economic Research Rescue Fund - Emergency grants available to economics-related research projects that have had NSF funding terminated

In recent months the NSF has significantly reduced research funding. We're partnering with @sloanfoundation.bsky.social to launch a Research Rescue Fund, a citizen-led initiative to rescue societally valuable economics research.

Learn more: www.ssrc.org/programs/eco...

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 I know Doctor Editor Director Professor Berg has more sophisticated analyses going but this simple data set made sense to me once I realized how few new R01 NIAAA has issued so far (5). Since we ar…

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...

Your weekly roundup of ways to get involved in D.C. How to fight back this month.

Looking for ways to fight back? Our Civics Roundup has ideas. Send us other actions and rallies you want boosted. 51st.news/making-some-...

We Hold More Political Power Than We Realize - Pillars of Support Explained YouTube video by Choose Democracy

Choose Democracy has a video about what everyday citizens can do to resist authoritarian power and we don’t have to wait for wet blankets like Schumer or Jeffries to wake up. Just “we the people”.
youtu.be/H9vyImoDc7o?...

Tell Congress to stand down federal forces and respect DC — Free DC

As a DC resident we have no representation in Congress. If you live outside DC use your voice to tell your representatives to Free DC.
freedcproject.org/allies

Source: Free DC

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH

You might find this relevant - scorecards by district on the local economic impacts of White House proposed FY26 budget cuts.

scienceimpacts.org/fy26

And the congress wouldn’t have stolen $1 billion that DC residents paid in taxes. Give it back! Signed a DC resident who loves her city.

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.

Didn’t the DNC also replace Hogg after he announced his plan to primary establishment democrats and replace them with progressives? I’m thinking he was on to something.

Judge orders Trump admin. to restore hundreds of terminated NIH grants "I've never seen government racial discrimination like this," the judge said.

The Trump admin can appeal this, but for now, this seems like good news. Not many details in this article...waiting for more information about how many of these illegally canceled grants will be restored. www.axios.com/local/boston...

Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

Care about disability rights?

DOE is trying to change the rules so new buildings are NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE to people with disabilities.

The last day for public comment is TOMORROW Monday June 16!!

See how to submit a comment at this awesome site:

dredf.org/action-alert...

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”

In the US alone.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I mean, honestly, who did they think would show up to a fascist rally in the bluest cities in the country? 92% of registered voters are democrats in DC.

The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.” On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”

A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use. On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.

A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm. On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.

A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

NSF is rejecting near-perfect applications for DEI-related projects on the grounds that they don't fit administration priorities. And I worry that the administration's goal isn't just to stop DEI research but to push the scholars doing this work out of academia, since tenure often hinges on grants.

RFK Jr. spouted dangerous vaccine falsehoods on national TV. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. Here's what the data actually shows. 🧵

If you’re in the Bethesda area, come join us in acknowledging the losses to #NIH science and public health. And this week, in honor of #NoKings Day, to rock out in defiant joy to @allstrike.bsky.social.

New euphemism for authoritarian lawlessness just dropped

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with…

NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.

ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.

A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

WATCH PARTY!!!

Let’s fact-check Jay in real time bc #factsmatter and #jaylies!

www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

As of this morning, the NIH Civil Rights notice that required organizations receiving NIH funds to certify that they didn't do any "DEI" at all (regardless of funding source) has been RESCINDED. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

These NIH staffers are putting it on the line to save lives and protect science. They are heroes.

Good point. But why marry a man with such a fragile ego?

The question is, will there be a Lego celebration or not? 😊

I am in the residual…I have a higher degree than spouse and kept my name. Also didn’t marry until age 30 so who wants to change their name at that point?

Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women.

“A CDC report found that among pregnant U.S. women infected with COVID-19, about 1 in 80 deliveries was a stillbirth — the loss of a fetus anytime after 20 weeks. That’s compared with 1 in 155 among uninfected women”

Pregnant women need access to Covid boosters.

TW for photos of Covid placenta:

Agreed and shall I add a few more:

HAD ENOUGH of.....the culture wars, the war on science, DOGE, attacks on higher education, indiscriminate layoffs, muzzling free speech, briberies, billionaire tax breaks, tariffs, destruction of the civil work force, forced births....and on and on and on....?

Didn't he just say that our kids are the sickest in the world? So, they are all eligible, right?

Thinking of this @propublica.org reporting today about stillbirths of unvaccinated parents during the Delta wave, before CDC had explicitly recommended COVID vaccines for pregnant people and the damage the virus did to the placentas.

www.propublica.org/article/covi...