Prices down 600%? I must’ve missed the part where pharmacies started paying us at checkout

For U.S. medical researchers, shrinking labs and bare budgets are the new reality The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

Very good (if tragic) story from the Washington Post

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This is what happens when you buy your Bible on Temu

I’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country. Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America.

Jack Szostak "All of these things frighten me, and they should frighten you as well. I made the decision to create a life for myself here, because I viewed this as a place that rewarded determination, hard work, and integrity. It still has a chance to be that place again."

The Bible Doesn’t Justify War Crimes - Christianity Today Old Testament warfare ultimately points us to the Cross, where God’s justice and mercy meet in Christ.

The Bible doesn’t justify war crimes, writes Russell Moore.

Old Testament warfare ultimately points us to the Cross, where God’s justice and mercy meet in Christ.

New reports indicate Iran's Sharif University of Technology was bombed early Monday morning.

This comes as the U.S. is escalating strikes on civilian infrastructure in Iran after having bombed two Iranian elementary schools, killing 100+ children.

Donald J. Trump K @realDonaldTrump A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

Evil.

No other word for it.

ICE has detained Annie Ramos, the newlywed spouse of an Army sergeant training to deploy.

Ramos was taken from the military base where the couple planned to live.

ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy The 22-year-old wife of an Army staff sergeant came to the U.S. as a toddler. She was taken from a military base where the couple planned to live.

A U.S. Army staff sergeant and his wife arrived at his base in Louisiana last week, expecting to begin their life together as newlyweds. The couple checked in at the visitor center, ready to complete the steps for her to move into his home on the base. Within hours, ICE agents detained her.

Graphic with the text "Action Alert: AAS urges advocacy against proposed cuts to science in President's Budget Request"

The President's Budget Request proposes a 47% cut to NASA Science, a 55% cut to NSF, and a 13% cut to the DOE Office of Science. AAS President Dr. Dara Norman sent a call to action to AAS members via email today. Urge your members of Congress to reject these cuts now! aas.org/reject-2027-...

Amazon is adding a 3.5% "fuel and logistics-related surcharge" to all U.S. sellers due to rising gas prices from Trump's Iran war.

@nytimes.com

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order at Supreme Court Splits Conservative Scholars

Free link: The Supreme Court is now weighing whether a president can redefine who counts as an American.
Birthright citizenship—rooted in the 14th Amendment for over 150 years—is on the line. This isn’t just policy. It’s the meaning of citizenship itself. 🇺🇸 @nytimes www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/u...

Charles Barkley: "The way some of these immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace. ... What we're doing to some of these amazing immigrants is really unfortunate and it's really sad."

Still can’t get over the House GOP rejecting a 100-0 bill from the Senate to fund TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA and… just going on vacation.

Complete abdication of duty.

Sources: White House to propose 20 percent cut to NIH funding The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of t...

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While I’m not a cancer biologist, I’m excited that the first cancer biology PhD program in NJ has launched at my institution. Great things happening! Contact @boehninglab.com for more information.

At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence 'against those who deserve no mercy' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has hosted a monthly Christian prayer and worship service at the Pentagon, the first since the Iran war began.

Blessed are the warfighters
For they shall demolish the earth apnews.com/article/pete...

Host: Voters are asked the words most Americans think apply to Trump. The top of the list is arrogant, opportunist, corrupt, dishonest.

Feel like it might benefit the U.S. in some ways if our current position weren't that science is for woke losers.

"In the first seven months of his second term, authorities arrested and detained parents of at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children — a number that, if the pace held up, will have roughly doubled by now. That’s an average of more than 50 U.S. citizen kids a day with a parent pulled into detention."

If you want to know how researchers who depend on NIH funding are feeling right now read this thread
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Cheese from largest US raw milk distributor linked to E coli outbreak Cheddar cheese from California-based Raw Farm identified as ‘likely source’ of infections across multiple states

And that’s why pasteurization was invented.

#standupforscience

NOFO are dead…and that is not the actual problem A substack blog entry from NIH Program Officer Elizabeth Ginexi outlines the sharp discontinuation in the issuance of Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) at the NIH in 2025 and 2026. These NOFO (…

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Here is a graph with dollar amounts of funding committed.

The curves look very similar to those based on the number of awards.

Michael B Jordan proving he can win without Scottie B Pippen.

It's something to step back and think that we started a war that creates refugees and have no refugee program to take anyone in. Seems like a first in many decades

A new study reveals Trump's tariffs will cost American households an average of $2,512 a year.

“We can’t afford cancer research but $11 billion for one week of an absurd war is fine” is a hell of an argument

Chilean Architect Smiljan Radic Wins Pritzker Prize The naming of Smiljan Radic as the next Pritzker laureate was delayed by the disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein’s friendship with Tom Pritzker, who has now distanced himself from the prize.

Breaking News: Smiljan Radic of Santiago, Chile, is the winner of this year’s Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor.