Current status.

Phone was a bit laggy, so I tried closing apps Closed 95 apps Phone better now…

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them,

The directions for the new NIH common biosketch are so clear that… Chrome now presents the SciENcv login when I open a new tab.

Unhappy numbers are still better than no numbers.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Update on NIH funding including multi-year funding. Here is the overall progress in terms of the number of projects (as opposed to the fraction of appropriated funds). The fiscal year 2026 curve lies below those for earlier fiscal years. 1/4

We all need to donate to MEER, preferably as a recurring donation. This is forward-thinking solutions for climate change that decouple greenhouse gasses from the Earth’s temperature - all while reducing interior building temperatures. www.meer.org

Dr. Felicity Enders delivering a powerful #ACTS2025 keynote, Optimizing hope for a new generation of clinical and translational science. So grateful to have gotten to know her through #ELAM! @felicityenders.bsky.social @actscience.bsky.social

It was an incredible honor to give today’s keynote presentation. An outstanding #TS25DC is in the books!

Association for Clinical and Translational Science@actscience.bsky.social · last yr.

🎤 Thank you @felicityenders.bsky.social for closing out the last day of #TS25DC with a powerful talk on Optimizing Hope through health equity and diversity in research.

The dam is starting to crack. -4 GOP Senators joined the Dems to rebuke his tariffs -a GOP Senator wrote a WaPo op-ed decrying his attacks on research and higher ed -Rogan & Coulter are questioning his immigration policies -his economic approval dropped to 40% -his right-hand man lost big in WI

Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave@wolven.blacksky.app · last yr.

The vote was 51-48, so couldn't pass a filibuster if it came to an actual bill and not a resolution, but it's a start. apnews.com/article/cong...

The general vibe we are getting across #NIH institutes is deeply bleak — that the agency is nearly, if not already dead. Top people are leaving or have left. Nearly everyone's looking for other jobs. People still care about what NIH was, but are growing resigned to its death. 1/

I just tried getting ChatGPT to create a visualization for this outline: • Who is impacted by biases • How are biases written into letters • Terminology and examples • Examples • Summary and tips • Letter exercise • Conclusion I gave it two tries, because 👀 Try reading the results!!! 🤣

Beautiful & thoughtful thread. Read the whole thing.

Karla Monterroso@karlaliliana.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’ve been thinking a lot about emotional bandwidth, in particular because I think the next stage of being a country will require a wider swath of people to have a larger bandwidth before being dysregulated.

Welcome @actscience.bsky.social! I’m so glad the Association for Clinical and Translational Science is now on BlueSky. This has become one of my very favorite societies. Anyone in this space but not yet in the know, check out the annual meeting, April 14-17! www.actscience.org/Translationa...

The American Bar Association is made up of all political affiliations, remaining committed to justice. This letter from Bar president William R. Bay speaks volumes.

The ABA supports the rule of law

It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...

americanbar.org

Important for statisticians and folks who use Likert and Visual Analog Scales

Teague Henry@teaguerhenry.bsky.social · 2y ago

Related to the recent discussion on VAS measurement in EMA, my student Siqi Sun recently submitted some work we did on understanding the measurement properties of more traditional Likert scales vs. VAS scales: A 🧵

The thing is, cutting indirects doesn’t just hurt research institutions. Research institutions are the nexus of medical innovation. Companies have to demonstrate something has a high chance of success to justify work, so they depend on this nexus. And…

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2y ago

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Cora says to remember to breathe - even when you may be feeling tense and toothy

This thread has amazing data. Led me to follow @altmetric.com

Trevor A. Branch@trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey @altmetric.com do you have plots over time of the average number of times papers are mentioned on Twitter vs Bluesky? That would make for a very interesting post.

#Thankful

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2y ago

NEW: Federal workers are starting to receive a copy of the court's restraining order against the Trump administration barring the regime from freezing federal grants and financial assistance. Excellent work, and worth the read:

Generational wealth includes home ownership. Public schools are funded by local property taxes. Education drives wealth and opportunity. This triumvirate fuels the opportunity gap. You know what doesn’t fuel the opportunity gap? Immigrants. Trans people. DEI. These are smoke & mirrors.

I am seeing a lot of new followers with completely blank info and no posts or replies. You have about 24 hours to post something that looks human before I begin blocking. I recognize there are lots of new folks on Bsky, but I am So Done with Bots.

Cora says to remember to breathe - even when you may be feeling tense and toothy

Over the next week or so, I will be sharing adorable pics of my dog, Cora. Cora embodies love while holding her own firm opinions. She loves stuffed animals and selects a different one to carry around each day. She loves chasing her ball or burying it in snow. She loves her double bed or couch.

Discussion over breakfast. Me: Orca are not whales; they’re the largest dolphin. Kid: dolphins are a type of toothed whale. The kid brought a taxonomy chart. Evidence for the win. Time for coffee.

Our Mayo Clinic faculty are teaching medical students at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan this week. Here are some questions these incredible students have asked. “If you had a choice, what ONE social determinant of health would you fix?”

Current status in Northfield, MN * we don’t personally leave our cars on at the grocery, because climate change is a thing ** 12yo last seen in a winter hat approximately 4 years ago

Hysterical hidden curriculum!!

Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥@lainenooney.bsky.social · 2y ago

omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain

Job candidates in methods for medical research - a key question for you to ask: Does the pay scale for this job class exceed the NIH salary cap? Too many people focus only on the range of starting salary. You need to know where you’re going.