“People, especially new parents looking for awesome bedtime stories, need to be reading everything they can possibly find about these ancient and powerful beings instead of blindly accepting the narrow range of depictions put forth by the mainstream media,” Kennedy wrote theonion.com/rfk-jr-...

RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons

WASHINGTON—Claiming the fantastical creatures were “way too cool” to leave their investigation to a handful of so-called experts, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a statement Friday encouraging Americans to do their own research about dragons. “People, especially new parents looking for awesome bedtime stories, need to be reading everything they […]

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We are at the point in history where Germany is having to lecture the US on the need to fight fascism.

German research institute launches program to match threatened NIH grants with pharma funders www.fiercebiotech.com/research/ger...

German research institute launches program to match threatened NIH grants with pharma funders

As scientists across the U.S. face increasing uncertainty due to funding freezes and mass layoffs at health agencies, German research institute BioMed X is stepping in to offer a lifeline. | As scient...

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And again WE AINT GOING BACK we meant that part. On big sandals 🩴 period.

Our final episode is live! Tune in on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts to join the farewell party! Thank you to our hosts, @kbjohnsonmd.bsky.social, @harrisbland.bsky.social and Ellie Shuert! #informatics #healthcare #medicine #science #datascience #healthequity #podcast #ai #publichealth

Thousands of people around the world gathered on Friday to protest what they consider the antiscience actions of President Donald Trump. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025

🇬🇧🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇺🇦 The Prime Minister reiterated that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are key partners of the UK, including through the Joint Expeditionary Force, and welcomed their leading contributions in support of Ukraine since Russia’s illegal invasion began. www.gov.uk/government/n...

PM call with leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: 2 March 2025

The Prime Minister spoke to President Alar Karis of Estonia, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa of Latvia and President Gitanas Nausėda of Lithuania this morning.

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Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.” www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”

The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...

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As a millennial, why did they push us to wear ankle socks that never protected my ankles? The sensory torture of ankle socks dipping below the show heel. And why were our pants inseams so long they dragged and got torn up and wet? Why were some clothes so baggy they’d fall off? Why?

In #Virginia, VCU Health and CHKD — if they haven’t yet — need to follow suit. Immediately. “At least one health system — the hospital affiliated with the University of Virginia — said it would resume providing services that had been paused under the order.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Federal judge blocks Trump order on health care for transgender youth

A federal judge in Baltimore blocked executive orders signed by President Donald Trump that targeted transgender people and their health care, giving temporary relief to LGBTQ individuals and their fa...

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Erasing our history won't erase us. Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.

U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website

The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.

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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

Please talk to people in your family, coffee shops, etc., about what’s happening with federal #funding and what it means for #science 🧪, #research, and #medicine. I was chatting with folks at my gym this morning (after the 💪, of course), and they were all like 😵‍💫🫨 they had no idea #ScienceFunding

‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+". The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history. This pride, we riot.

It's been 2 years since we asked the @nytimes.com to improve their trans coverage, meet with trans community leaders, and hire trans journalists. Why won't they meet with trans leaders?

University leaders have not been especially vocal about the new administration *because* they were so worried about Trump just gutting the research infrastructure. And now they have done so anyway.

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

Ellen L. Weintraub@ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 2y ago

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

The police who attacked people protesting ICE raids in San Diego, Atlanta, and elsewhere this weekend are the same police that Joe Biden made excuses for and increased funding to. The future will be tyranny or liberation. It's no longer possible to sit on the fence. crimethinc.com/posters/the-...

People need to fundamentally understand - Democrats don't lead: they aren't going to call for a protest, general strike or for Trump to be held accountable. They're more terrified of their own base than they are of Trump. Want them to move? People have to mobilize + make a massive push in society.

Trump yesterday tried to blame "dwarfism" for the crash!

Media : why were people cheering for Luigi People :

22-Year-Old With Chronic Asthma Died After Inhaler Price Went From $66 to $539: Lawsuit

Cole Schmidtknecht's parents are now suing Walgreens and pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx.

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"Should the adequacy decision fall despite all efforts, data controllers can still fall back on standard contractual clauses. Although this will not make data transfers to the USA impossible, it will involve significantly more effort."

Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 2y ago

On the prospect of legal challenge to the EU/US adequacy decision on data protection www.heise.de/en/backgroun...

In 24 hours we've gotten executive orders attempting to ban gender affirming care, ban recognition of trans youth in schools, ban trans employees in the federal government. It's a full on societal purge of trans people. They meant it when they said they wanted to eradicate us.