"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower
That column on the far right is the death of American biomedical science.
NIH Office of Extramural Research announcements of feedback sessions for NIH-wide strategic plan for March 16 and April 8.
IMPORTANT---IMPORTANT---IMPORTANT
NIH is seeking input for the NIH-wide Strategic Plan. Open to everyone but Registration is Required!
Your chance to listen and get your 2 or more cents in.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Map for Cache County Historic Courthouse: 199 N Main St, Logan UT
LOGAN, UT!! Visit this link: zurl.co/I6RZw
to learn more about your local SATURDAY MARCH 7TH RALLY
to TAKE BACK OUR SCIENCE!
Rally ***11:30am to 1pm***
See map for location.
#March7Logan
#standupforscience
#science
#savescience
The U.S. National Institutes of Health has delayed posting calls for new grant applications for so long that large academic research programs may not have their funding renewed until next year—assuming those notices are approved at all. https://scim.ag/4aOl4UZ
That's right. Worse than Pointless
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...
The Pentagon dropped Anthropic PRECISELY because Anthropic refused to allow its AI system to be used for autonomous killing machines or mass surveillance of Americans.
Now Sam Altman wants us to believe that OpenAI's system won't be used for those purposes.
He things we're all stupid.
“The victims were between seven and 12 years old, according to Iran's Tasnim and Fars news agencies.”
This stunt where ICE releases people far from home with no proper clothing and no way home should be treated as attempted homicide. In this case, actual homicide. These cases are not accidental or based on misunderstandings. They are deliberate attempts to inflict bodily harm.
Lynnwood City Council voted 7-0 to cancel Flock camera contract. The issue was originally scheduled to be considered as a regular agenda item later in the meeting, but CM Isabel Mata moved that the cancellation be added to the council’s consent agenda
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Also, it's ridiculous that healthcare laws vary from state to state and that healthcare isn't just free.
This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported.
He finally died.
I am so angry.
www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...
More good news on vaccines
A two-in-one mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna targets seasonal influenza & COVID-19. It produced robust and durable immune responses w/o safety concerns in a small mid-stage trial.
mRNA is the future. We can’t afford to lose it.
🧪 www.reuters.com/business/hea...
🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed the GOP legislature’s appeal in the state’s landmark redistricting case — clearing the way for a fairer congressional map to be used in the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Read more: bbc.in/4tF8P4x
Waiting to see how long it takes institutions reinstate the diversity, equity, and inclusion programs they shut down, re-hire those they pushed out, and rewrite all the language they rushed to change.
Something tells me it'll likely be a long wait.
Headline card with text at the top that reads: "Exclusive: ICE reliance on Microsoft surged amid immigration crackdown, documents show". A photo illustration below collages photos of ICE and document screenshots.
ICE deepened its reliance on Microsoft’s cloud technology last year as the agency ramped up arrest and deportation operations, leaked documents reveal.
We were told to scrub "biodiversity" from our websites because of this shit.
Out in print in Geroscience by @rosealsaadi.bsky.social: Pro‑longevity compounds extend Caenorhabditis elegans male lifespan and reproductive healthspan. Most interventions that help hermaphrodites also improve male lifespan, not necessarily reproductive heathspan. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Another reminder of who has the power. They’re rich and powerful because you made them that way. And you can unmake that just as effectively.
www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
I recently visited Maria in the Tacoma detention center. She is a loving mom, pays her taxes, and has no criminal history -- not even a parking ticket. She deserves to come home to her two children and her husband, who is recovering from surgery. I will not stop fighting until she is home.
For more on how conditions at Dilley are affecting children, read my latest for @nbcnews.com
Super happy to share our protocol for ENGRAM is out in Nature Protocols! This was fun to write with @chenomics.bsky.social @troymcdiarmid.bsky.social @jshendure.bsky.social. In it we describe how to record CRE identity, activity, and order in mammalian cells.
We have significantly improved the protocol for recording CRE activities and orders with ENGRAM. We also designed new plasmids for easier cloning. Great work with @jennynathans.bsky.social, @troymcdiarmid.bsky.social and @jshendure.bsky.social . Happy recording!!
Minnesota still needs your attention
It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.
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The high proportion of US scientists among those recruited by France shows that “enthusiasm and morale for doing science is low” in the US, says Sharon Milgram, who led early-career researcher programs at NIH for nearly 20 years, until she retired in December.
By @lizziegibney.bsky.social and me
Ted Cruz whining about VA gerrymandering
The GOP is entering the “finding out” phase of gerrymandering. By the same metric, Dems got almost 40% of the vote in Utah and currently hold zero congressional seats due to gerrymandering
Here is the one that threatened to shoot the kids! So gross! We so far have not been able to get a license plate.
