Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin?

Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?

Happy Black Cat Day!

They came to Massachusetts to cure disease. Now they’re packing up their labs. - The Boston Globe In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.

Big @bostonglobe.com / MassINC Polling survey out this morning. "They came to Massachusetts to cure disease. Now they’re packing up their labs." We surveyed NIH funded scientists in Massachusetts about federal funding cuts & policies. Here's what they told us. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...

All this paperwork sure makes me thirsty...
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I can't believe some jagoff stole my package
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a joy the kid rock watchers will never know

This is joyous

or maybe he did?

Oh no. I'm trapped.

@universalhub.com something going on at Marriott Copley Place - 4 or 5 fire trucks, a special operations and air supply truck, and a few ambulances. Huntington Ave inbound is closed at The Collonade.

don't forget to pour one out today

@mbta.com excellent job cutting out the 39 bus stop at Longwood. Thanks!

If it's cold for you it's cold for them. Bring them inside.
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It has begun...

Just as this news was announced:

mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say
The vaccines are tailor-made to target each patient’s unique cancer.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Little guy having a snack in front of Boston Latin

I was trying to come up with a comment but a picture is worth a thousand words and all that so just look at this graph

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

5, 6, 7, 8
Schlemiel! Schlimazel!
Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!

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So I'm running to catch the train and the guy looks at me, smiles, closes the door, and drives off
No way
Yep
Asshole
Right?
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Another senseless tragedy. Please use the crosswalks and look both ways before crossing
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Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)

1. Pat Bagley

Fuck Bari Weiss, fuck bootlicking regime propaganda

Made it to Jan 7 without labeling something as 2025. That might be a new record.

Mayor Wu can be seen from behind in front of a podium. An audience stands before her. Large text reads "If we can invent America, then we can be the city that forges the path forward in this moment," along with her signature.

🇺🇸 #BostonInauguration

I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

When it's 35 degrees out...