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Angela May O'Connor

@amayoco.bsky.social

Neuroscientist 🧠 Bookworm, Mumma, Australian 🇦🇺 Long-Coviding since Feb 2022. All opinions my own.

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Bob C-J and Geoff Cumming@thenewstats.bsky.social · last yr.

What happens when scientists discuss mistakes they've made? Here's a lovely paper about developing of a conference series normalizing errors ("Oh Sh*t: Great Scientists Tell Stories About Their Greatest Failures"). #stats #neuroscience #metascience #neuroskyence tinyurl.com/5n96e5em

Promoting Open Discussions of Scientific Failure within the Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference

The annual Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting is a bonanza of scientific achievement: famous keynote speakers, beautiful scientific results, and award ceremonies. This focus is exciting and invigo...

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A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · last yr.

Stop. Validating. Fascist. Rationales. They are lying about their intentions. It doesn’t matter what they say they want to accomplish; what they actually want to accomplish is corruption, sabotage, brutality, and mass murder.

Micah@rincewind.run · last yr.

“my opponent is right, but - “ you have already lost, the only thing most people will take away is “my opponent is right” this man wants to take away vaccines, shout from the rooftops that he’s a danger to your children, both because it’s a much more effective message and because it’s true

Megan Hagenauer@mhagenauer.bsky.social · last yr.

🫶🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤝 Underrepresented folks are often called upon to: 1) serve in positions to improve DEI 2) pursue DEI-related fellowships/awards These folks could have chosen not to heed our call. @umich.edu- How will we ensure that they remain employed and supported at UM? That their service is honored? 💙💛💔

Detroit Free Press@freep.com · last yr.

BREAKING: The University of Michigan is closing its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, a major retreat for a school that has long championed its progressive values.

Megan Hagenauer@mhagenauer.bsky.social · 2y ago

🧬🦠🧠🥼🧪📈🟦 @ebi.embl.org: Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk. Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI? Do you plan to back up more U.S. data? @altcdc.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientists globally are racing to save vital health databases taken down amid Trump chaos

The mass-archiving effort is in response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removing some of its web pages.

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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO@tom.medsky.social · 2y ago

If you're struggling financially due to government fuckery or for any reason really and you need infant formula talk to your pediatrician we can hook you up and don't like to ask questions.

An image of me pointing to a closet full of Enfamil cans of various types and colors.
Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠@drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 2y ago

Viktor Orban pacified Hungarian universities by tightening control over their funding. It went pretty smoothly. Trump is going the same way. We will see how many American academics will be ready to risk their careers in defense of #AcademicFreedom. #AcademicTwitter www.economist.com/leaders/2021...

Viktor Orban seizes control of Hungary’s universities

And makes it hard for a future government to loosen his grip

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Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her)@liebschutz.bsky.social · 2y ago

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

Angela May O'Connor @amayoco.bsky.social · 2y ago

So, at what point do US universities start reaching into their massive endowment $$ to support & fund their researchers & staff, rather than abandoning them to fascist censorship?

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 2y ago

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 2y ago

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect

Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

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Ezra S@ezra.zone · 2y ago

Do you want to do something meaningful to help your friends with Long Covid? Do you live in the SF Bay Area? Have you had Covid at least once? (Bonus points if you have a photo of a positive test!) If so, please sign up UCSF's LIINC study! liincstudy.org Here's why:

LIINC - Long-term Impact of Infection with Novel Coronavirus

LIINC studies the biology behind the long-term consequences from COVID-19 and other infections. Learn More Join the Study Have you ever had COVID-19? The

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Tal Lavin@swordsjew.bsky.social · 2y ago

just a reminder that despite somewhat dismal sales numbers, people who've read my book said they found it important and clarifying, and emotionally resonant, and thoughtful, and well-written. and i hope you'll consider buying it as we move into the era it describes: bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America a book by Talia Lavin

Esquire Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 The acclaimed author of Culture Warlords investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that lays out the grim vision evangelicals are en...

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Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · 2y ago

These emails, sent across agencies, compel all federal employees to snitch on any colleague whose work might have some vague DEIA inflection. Those who refuse to snitch will be disciplined. Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.

Matt Shuham@mattshuham.bsky.social · 2y ago

The acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (the feds' H.R. department) is telling federal employees to rat out their DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) colleagues by emailing "DEIAtruth@opm.gov." chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 2y ago

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

Nsikan Akpan@monscience.bsky.social · 2y ago

NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2y ago

Healthcare workers…If your patient is wearing a mask you should too. When you ask “do you want me to wear a mask?” You’re putting an undue burden on your patient You’re refusing to acknowledge the imbalance of power that makes us feel uncomfortable saying “yes” Just wear a mask. At all times.

A Plea to Maskless Healthcare Workers from Vulnerable Patients

If you see a mask - wear a mask. Better yet - wear a mask all the time and show us you understand that we're still IN a pandemic. We are depending on you to keep us safe - please don't betray that.

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