Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮
@pahlberglab.bsky.social
Visual Neuroscientist. Studying dim light detection in the retina. Opinions personal.
For context, this is one hundred ninety-two thousand, five-year biomedical research grants. More than five years of complete funding for the entirety of the NIH for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, blindness, epilepsy, infectious diseases, etc… An entire generation of scientists.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn the last 18 months, Congress has given DHS $240 billion — a quarter of a trillion.
”Good. I’m glad he’s dead”. -Donald J. Trump, the president of the US. Fuck this country 🖕
America is sleepwalking into autocracy and fascism, and everone thinks someone else is gonna stop this. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
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The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.
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5 Years After Jan. 6, Lawlessness Has Triumphed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | 5 Years After Jan. 6, Lawlessness Has Triumphed
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Someone asked me the other day*: How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed? The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible. The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research. 1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
👏👏 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
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Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th” 👉👉 nokings.org
Teresa Puthussery, a UC Berkeley vision scientist whose insights into the retina could one day help those with vision loss regain their sight, has been named a 2025 MacArthur “genius” Fellow. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/v...
Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award - Berkeley News
Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss
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This is a must watch. Here is an interview of Francis Collins, former director of the NIH w/ Stephen Colbert. He ran the NIH for 12 years. "Medical miracles don't happen overnight. You have to invest in them. "Our investments are in trouble." The brain drain is here. 🧪 youtu.be/lW9c6t4potU?...
A Scientific Brain Drain Has Followed Trump’s Gutting Of The NIH - Dr. Francis Collins
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Brian Wilson was more than a genius. His sound epitomized the lore of SoCal
Brian Wilson was more than a genius. His sound epitomized the lore of SoCal
Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, was one of music’s true visionaries, if that’s the right word for a guy who dealt in the endless possibility of sound.
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Canada Excellence Research Chair opportunity to recruit top international scientists to Canada. Come join us in Nova Scotia at Dalhousie University ! Reach out if you have questions. www.dal.ca/research-and... @dalhousie.bsky.social
The CERC opportunity
Explore Dalhousie’s online community hub—your go-to resource for connections, opportunities, and support available at Dal. Stay informed and engaged.
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Other countries are fully targeting US academics with social media ads now, basically of the form "we still have inclusive liberal democracy and academic freedom here"
#Europe must stand strong, for #Ukraine and for #democracy. We can defend ourselves, unite, and counter #Russia’s threat. Because #peace and #freedom are worth protecting. @villeniinisto.vihreat.fi
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.
I feel like this is happening right now, and I don’t understand why? Why no resistance only obedience?
Dr Thomas Clements@taphonomist.bsky.social · 2y agoSilence is violence. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
I wish all Republicans would have integrity like @adamkinzinger.bsky.social
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2y agoSure, there are occasional moments of resistance from senators not facing reelection, but they are fleeting and ultimately meaningless if those same individuals fold when the stakes are high. My latest adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-coward...
There is a 0.0% chance that this was written or approved by anyone at NIH with any experience. 2/n
a man wearing headphones is smiling with the words no way written above him
ALT: a man wearing headphones is smiling with the words no way written above him
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