Like so many thing happening right now. Incredibly short sighted. Cruel. The only motivation is to punish higher education.

anil oza@aniloza.bsky.social · 2d ago

NIH is planning on revoking eligibility for international students on visas for the K99/R00 pathway, a key program that supports postdocs in establishing their own labs www.statnews.com/2026/08/07/n...

The NIH is requesting public comments on measuring and rewarding scientific impact. How about allowing funded researchers to continue international collaborations? osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form...

The fact that these people have the nerve to open their mouths to talk about “protecting women and girls” while doing shit like this… whew!

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4d ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

Once again, the administration is doing everything they can to make us less globally competitive

Nina Friedman@ngfriedman.bsky.social · 6d ago

Starting in Spring or Summer 2027 K99/R00 (under its new activity code KT1/R00) will only be available to US citizens, permanent residents, and non-citizen nationals. I am hearing this from many program officers, but NIH has yet to make an official statement to my knowledge.

🛑⚠️ Dubious Paper Alert ⚠️🛑 Can you easily identify #fabricated #OA publications? youtu.be/ghAHsZhZzMc This master class with Dr. Ben Faber will help you identify dubious OA publications and how we might stop them!

Published examples of dubious osteoarthritis papers and how we might stop them - Dr Ben Faber

YouTube video by Joint Action

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Science is an international pursuit. This harms in the US and our standing in the global scientific community.

Nina Friedman@ngfriedman.bsky.social · 6d ago

Starting in Spring or Summer 2027 K99/R00 (under its new activity code KT1/R00) will only be available to US citizens, permanent residents, and non-citizen nationals. I am hearing this from many program officers, but NIH has yet to make an official statement to my knowledge.

Immediately thinking of multiple people I know whom this could affect

Nina Friedman@ngfriedman.bsky.social · 6d ago

Starting in Spring or Summer 2027 K99/R00 (under its new activity code KT1/R00) will only be available to US citizens, permanent residents, and non-citizen nationals. I am hearing this from many program officers, but NIH has yet to make an official statement to my knowledge.

i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 6d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

New visa changes will upend international studies. Graduate programs are bracing for impact www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/31/m...

New visa changes will upend international studies. Graduate programs are bracing for impact. - The Boston Globe

With new changes to student visas, graduate programs prepare to take the hit.

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ICYMI — Tennessee man Paul Vaughn, convicted in 2024 of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which makes it a felony to interfere with reproductive healthcare services, was just awarded 7 figures by Trump. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · last wk.

i don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice

Odd, how Republicans are so angry at the *pretend* notion that Dr. Fauci undermined our health but are not even slightly interested in RFK Jr’s *actual* undermining of our health.

TPS ended Monday for 350,000 Haitians in the US An extension for TPS passed in the US House but is stalled in the Senate A script to contact your Senators is here drive.google.com/file/d/1xg0z...

I don't know why these two particular episodes (out of so many) stick out in my memory, but: the Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan & Claudine Gay "plagiarism" "scandal." *No* Trump scandal has received the quantity or intensity of mainstream press fury that those two attracted.

Remember when NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said there were no banned words and NIH Program Officers were making them up? Here’s the proof he lied: apnews.com/article/cali... I know, Jay Bhattacharya lying is not news. But it’s still really validating to have the admission.

White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...

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Feds cancel grant that would have helped "improve care for kids with congenital heart disease, stroke, and influenza." No reason given. www.inquirer.com/health/chop-...

Penn and CHOP researchers lost millions in federal funding for healthcare research last week, forcing programs to close

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality last week cut dozens of grants, affecting multiple programs at Penn and CHOP. “These are not controversial topics,” CHOP doctor Christopher Forrest said.

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Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe

The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.

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"Hundreds of federal food-safety staff have been cut, and last July the CDC narrowed FoodNet — the sentinel network that provides early warnings of foodborne illness — from eight pathogens to two, dropping cyclospora altogether."

Why we still don’t know what foods are the source of the cyclospora outbreak

“You cannot thin a system, defer the tools that would speed it up, and then wonder why the public is left guessing,” writes epidemiologist Katrine Wallace.

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There is still time to submit your comment and tell the government that you don't want US research to be completely destroyed by politicians meddling in individual grants. You can submit your comments here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 4w ago

Comments due by Monday on the attempt to politicize science/aka kill American research as we know it. Do it at the link (counter the ton of Heritage-foudnatoin-prompted comments): www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

Scientists have called the proposal “catastrophic,” “devastating” and “stupid.” So begins the NYT piece discussing the OMB proposed rule, whose public comment period ends today www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/w...

A Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy. (Gift Article)

In tens of thousands of comments, researchers, doctors and others warned the rule could hamper progress on important health issues.

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victory lapping on this one

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2y ago

welcome to the Age of Diarrhea

via @bostonglobe.com - Lorenzo Salgado Jr., a Tufts grad, remembers his dad www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/10/m...

Tufts grad, son of man killed by ICE in Houston, reflects on father’s passion for education - The Boston Globe

For Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the father who had immigrated to the United States from Mexico decades ago, education meant everything.

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Lorenzo Araujo was killed by ICE agents this week. He should still be alive and with his family. Oversight Dems are demanding a full investigation and will hold all responsible accountable. Check out the immigration enforcement dashboard to learn more about DHS abuse.

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Please leave a public comment on the OMB Proposed Federal Grant Rule. @amstatnews.bsky.social has partnered with APS to make it really easy! I used this tool and focused my comments on international collaborations: www.aps.org/initiatives/...

Comment on OMB proposed rule for federal financial assistance

Make your voice heard on the Office of Management and Budget's proposed federal grant funding changes and defend the scientific community from this existential threat. Submit your comments by July 13,...

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The NIH is an ENORMOUS bargain for the American people. Do folk think that private industry will do the background slog work for drug discovery for 250K direct costs?

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last mo.

Scott Atlas, the champion of herd immunity as an Fox News commenter and the Trump Advisor during COVID, weighs in with a DEEPLY MININFORMED op-ed in the WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1/7

Today's NYT jobs report coverage (left) compared to exactly 2 years ago under Biden (right). Notice the numbers.

Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja was walking to Sunday Mass in Texas when federal immigration officers stopped her, confiscated her rosary and put her in handcuffs. She was released hours later after lawmakers intervened.

ICE’s arrest of nun heading to church fuels bipartisan backlash in South Texas

The president’s deportation drive has riled border areas that supported him in 2024, and a GOP congresswoman has joined Democrats calling for the sister’s release.

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Birthright Citizenship is poised to become the next Roe v. Wade: A rallying cry for Republicans bent on revoking human rights. People claiming victory today should know that the Supreme Court gave Trump a roadmap to destroy it. My latest in @thenation.com

Birthright Citizenship Lives to Die Another Day

The Supreme Court’s decision upholding birthright citizenship is a victory that may contain the seeds of a future defeat.

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Thousands of biomedical studies are stuck in limbo as NIH drags out renewals months after annual budgets expire. Since 2025, the rate of overdue renewals has TRIPLED. This leaves scientists unable to plan, keep staff employed, or maintain long-term research. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NIH 🧪

Overdue Grant Renewals at NIH and AHRQ – Grant Witness

The government’s delays renewing in-progress research are leaving researchers in limbo.

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