Tracy Bale
@thebalelab.bsky.social
Neuroscientist. CU Anschutz Professor studying stress and brain development. @IBRO Past President. Community advocate. Lab website: balethompsonLTP.org
Even short periods of food insecurity can have lasting consequences for kids. It's time for lawmakers to treat this like the emergency it is. Congress must urgently delay the SNAP cost shift for all states or even more families will lose the help they need to afford groceries.
Great advice here and I particularly like: "People often heavily weigh the risks of taking action while forgetting the risks of inaction."
Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 2w ago9 lessons from Bethesda Declaration organizers on how to rescue US science: www.ovid.com/jnls/dartmou... 1. Scientists can no longer safely claim the privilege of being outside of, or above, politics 2. Inaction can be riskier than action. 3. Progress requires work. 4. Do not wait for someone else.
Governor Beshear... Get in your car. Drive to the hospital. Demand to speak to the Senator. No more waffling, no more waiting for them to reply. "I see the Senator now, or I assume he's not coming back and call an election when I leave."
Boiling us slowly: J6, false flag, election hack, ICE raids, endless shutdown, assassinated judges & Dems, 5th Caribbean strike, fake stats, media & voting takeover by maga-Insurrection Act soon. Any/EVERY affluent American staying silent now is complicit..a neo-nazi in disguise🇺🇸
"Salk did not answer questions about what will happen to Panda’s grants, including a 10-year, $2.5 million per year grant from the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance for a project he led, and several grants from the National Institutes of Health."
Science Magazine@science.org · 3w agoExclusive: Satchidananda Panda, a prominent biologist known for his work on circadian rhythms, light sensing, and intermittent fasting, will resign next month after 22 years at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. scim.ag/4f9F5Yi
The best way to get to the bottom of the McConnell question is for the governor to appoint a replacement. The GOP legislature passed a law stripping him of that power, but it goes against the state constitution. If they refuse to seat the replacement, take them to court. There’s zero downside.
The headline says it all. One example of a trickle down effect, when you haphazardly cut govt surveillance programs like FoodNet. When govt programs are defunded, we see what worked quietly worked behind the scenes before. A shitshow, literally. 🧪 www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-st...
CDC Stopped Monitoring Parasite Now Causing Explosive Diarrhea Across The Country
MAHA.
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At least the media is finally starting to turn….
🧵”The smoke has crossed the border because the fires haven’t respected one.” Canada is burning. The smoke is a symptom, not the tragedy! My heart is with every family forced to evacuate & every firefighter putting themselves in harm’s way! 🇨🇦💔 #Canada #Wildfires #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
A source tells MS NOW that Todd Blanche told Epstein survivors during their meeting, "The FBI has the power to open investigations, not me." "I'm just the attorney general," Blanche added.
Todd Blanche meeting leaves Epstein survivors stunned and angry
Sources tell MS NOW the acting attorney general made false representations, refused to make commitments and seemed to have no interest in meeting with survivors.
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“… the CDC lab that responds to outbreaks of the parasite cyclospora was downsized from 11 people to just 3”
WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED. www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...
Infectious diseases like cyclospora and measles are spreading because the people in charge don't care about public health. That's why we need more scientists and/or healthcare professionals in the room. That's why I'm running.
Demonstrators in Portland, Maine marched toward Senator Susan Collins' office Tuesday, demanding accountability following the fatal shooting of Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero by an ICE agent in Biddeford the day before. Mercado Media
Looking at the numbers: At least 10 people have been fatally shot (murdered) by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Trump's 2nd term. In 2025, at least 33 people died in ICE custody or detention facilities. In 2026 so far, at least 21 people have died in ICE custody.
Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gave ICE more cops than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries. No one in America is safe from Trump's deadly police state.
Trump is expected to take to the airwaves Thursday to again push false claims of widespread voter fraud in Georgia during the 2020 election. Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff denounced the upcoming address as part of Trump's campaign to restrict and undermine the vote before November. https://bit.ly/4wms8R7
Despite having no fields, no shoes, and limited equipment, communities gather to share the sport that brings them joy. Because that’s what football does—it brings people together, just like a comforting meal. #ChefsForGaza #FoodIsLife (2/2)
Football players in Gaza have no pitches to play on, but that hasn’t stopped them from playing the game they all love. For some WCK meal recipients like Uday, Hamdi, and Mohammed, football is at the core of who they are. (1/2)
Taco Tuesday: Trump invented a 20% fee on a strait he doesn’t control, then quietly killed it less than a day later. Full rundown on the war, ICE’s policy change after two killings in a week, a new outbreak, and more. Your midday recap is here:
Tuesday Afternoon News Updates: Trump Quickly Folds on War Scheme — 7/14/26
Trump folds on his own fake fee Kuwait and Bahrain get hit again, iand the CDC quietly stopped tracking a diarrhea outbreak
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Thanks to Republicans in Congress and Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"... An Indiana 40-year old, making $65k per year, who last year was paying $316/month for health insurance, will next year be paying $546/month for that same plan: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Most of my letter:
Maureen Barr@barrlab.bsky.social · 4w agoPosted my comments opposing OMBs proposed rule. It was so easy, using this great letter writing tool of @faseborg.bsky.social www.faseb.org/science-poli... Did you submit yours yet? The deadline is soon - July 13. This is essential to save science and research in the US.
Posted my comments opposing OMBs proposed rule. It was so easy, using this great letter writing tool of @faseborg.bsky.social www.faseb.org/science-poli... Did you submit yours yet? The deadline is soon - July 13. This is essential to save science and research in the US.
I promise I am almost done Platnerposting but I want to point out that the establishment hates this man like he killed their whole families. They smear him as often as they can, label him an antisemite, drag him for being Muslim, etc Total rape allegations: 0
Mamdani’s preening arrogance will ultimately prove his downfall
The democratic socialist balloon deflated this week.
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Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb says firing the Election Assistance Commission wasn't an isolated move. He argues it's part of a broader effort to shape who oversees elections before voters head to the polls. That's a warning worth taking seriously.
Ex-Trump Attorney Issues Dire Trump Warning: 'It's Part Of A Deliberate Plan'
Ty Cobb delivered a troubling overview of President Donald Trump and his “deliberate plan” to “take over part of the referee role for the elections.”
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Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week. Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states. Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.
I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
