Worde
@mtwonderland.bsky.social
Professor of Neurobiology and Biophysics University of Washington School of Medicine orcid.org/0000-0002-9444-0650
He simply must be removed from office as any other President would have been if they had uttered these words. "A small price to pay" means he is willing to let 15 million Americans be murdered and he thinks it is acceptable. The fact that those people clapped when he said that makes me sick.
We may finally have solved climate change, biodiversity loss, and social instability. My new essay:
Experts Announce Definitive Framework for Sustainability, Resilience, and Other Good Things
A breakthrough in saying everything without explaining anything.
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The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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Yup. You did. And cancer research for children was first to go.
I was a little late viewing this (it has been out for a month) but.....as a molecular biologist I found this Travis McEnery video particularly riveting. All of them are good but this was fantastic - prepare to be stuffed to the gills with detailed knowledge: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqsM...
Spider Silk: Nature's Super-Material Explained
YouTube video by Travis McEnery
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Most of the federal agency science budgets goes into the salaries of students and trainees, and the decision to take that money and instead give it to industry and already rich venture capitalists is fundamentally a decision to have many fewer scientists and do far less science in the future.
"Two deeper structural reforms are essential. First, strip the executive of the massive powers that have accumulated over the last century. Second, make the powers retained by the executive subject to greater oversight with real consequences for abuse."
After Trump: Proposals for a Post-Authoritarian America
How Democrats can lead the charge for a new Reconstruction—if they can avoid becoming what they defeat.
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I’ve seen worse first hand and also heard the same from colleagues. The number of students admitted to PhD programs this fall dropped 15% from the previous year. What Trump has done to US science will impact us for at least a generation.
Decline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’
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Don't know why but Bluesky isn't really working for me the same as it used to. Thought it was not supposed to be under the control of overlords - sigh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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China’s main research funding agency will increase its number of prestigious grants for early-career scientists by 50%, equivalent to a budget boost of around US$531 million. Meanwhile, the Trump regime is preventing the US National Science Foundation from funding anyone.
China boosts prestigious grants for young scientists — will it ease competition?
The National Natural Science Foundation of China says it will fund an extra 12,000 projects from this year.
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Science Under Threat in the United States The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer By my colleague Nicholas W Gilpin from Louisiana who has written this piece in his personal capacity due to the current institutional situation. elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Science Under Threat in the United States: The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health is essential for improving the health of Americans and developing new drugs and treatments for a wide range of diseases.
elifesciences.org
Also another good synopsis here elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
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For anyone applying for US federal funding, this is essential reading for changes governing grants. Stick it into an AI tool for a faster summary. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Attention fans of #ctenophores 🌊🦑🧪 Please consider joining us at the Ctenopalooza Ctwo conference/celebration in California this August. Support is potentially available for artists and communicators. www.mbari.org/event/ctenop... Register soon or miss out on the fun! Meals included!
Ctenopalooza Ctwo • MBARI
Ctenopalooza Ctwo – a meeting of those interested in ctenophores About the meeting The past decade has seen remarkable advances in our understanding of these fascinating animals—spanning genomics, cel...
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I am incredibly proud of former student Sonya Schuh (Professor of Biology, Saint Mary's College of California) whose work on endocrine disrupters is featured in the Netflix documentary "The Plastic Detox". www.stmarys-ca.edu/news/documen...
The Documentary ‘The Plastic Detox’ Is Sobering and Startling. Research by Sonya Schuh and Her Students Helps Explain Effects of Compounds Known as Potent ‘Endocrine Disruptors’ | Saint Mary's College
The film traces six couples who are struggling to conceive a child and take steps to remove plastics from their lives. It also features research at Saint Mary’s that points to the damage chemicals in ...
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#TRUMP IS UNFIT AS OUR PRESIDENT If Congress does nothing to impeach him, then, in Nov, we MUST VOTE to 86 #GOP & centrist #DEM like Schumer & Jeffries Then OUR Congress will 86 Electoral College 86 #MAGA wannabe King Trump #StrongerTogether #UNITEDWeStand TYVM @boldnewme.bsky.social #BlueCrew
Dr. Mar@boldnewme.bsky.social · 5mo agoAbsolutely agree with Pete Buttigieg. Scrap the Electoral College. One person, one vote. No more presidents chosen by a handful of swing state counties while millions of voters are politically erased. Popular vote is democracy. Period.
"Internal company documents show oil giants knew that their practices were devastating coastal land, water, and habitats, and would eventually incur legal action — yet worked to delay cleanup and accountability for as long as possible."
Big Oil Knew It Was Wrecking Louisiana’s Coast, Records Show
Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes.
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10 years ago, Bernie Sanders warned America of the unintended consequences that could emerge from a regime change war with Iran. Watch.
This is fantastic! Robert Reich: How California Can Neuter “Citizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How California Can Neuter “Citizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All
The Golden State has an opportunity to save American democracy from big corporate money
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San Francisco-area fans of ocean animals and flashy colors. 🦑🌊🧪 I'll be giving a presentation about our book The Radiant Sea at 1 pm on Saturday Feb 28 at the Book Passage shop in Corte Madera. (Preposition overload!) Swing by and say Hi. www.bookpassage.com/event/steven...
Steve Haddock@stevehaddock.bsky.social · last yr.Our science photo book The Radiant Sea is out Sept 2nd!! 30 years of research, 10 years of "we should", and a year of collating pix and writing. Sönke and I show (mostly for the first time) images of how organisms produce, use, and interact with light in the sea. #bioluminescence #fluorescence 🦑🧪🌊
An FBI interview reveals Deutsche Bank’s internal warnings about Jeffrey Epstein and Jared Kushner — and alleged retaliation against the whistleblower. www.levernews.com/the-complian...
The Compliance Officer Who Flagged Epstein — And Lost Her Job
An FBI interview reveals Deutsche Bank’s internal warnings about Jeffrey Epstein and Jared Kushner — and alleged retaliation against the whistleblower.
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“Never has there been a Congress that has been such a weak and ineffective check on a president’s abuses of power,” said J.P. Cooney, who was the top deputy to Jack Smith and is set to announce a run today. via @anniekarni.bsky.social {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Fired Former Trump Prosecutor to Run for Congress in Virginia as a Democrat
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Being in New Zealand has been glorious, and I’ve been trying to bring joy to our world that needs more joy and less rage posting. But this is a rage post. You need to read this gift article because you need to be enraged.
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
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