One Million Dollars

Fox News just doing tons of free publicity for @katmabu.bsky.social

It's hard to know where to start with this one.

Incredible

He’s cancelling comedians because of the Epstein files.

He’s killing South American fisherman because of the Epstein files.

He’s taking away freedom of speech because of the Epstein files.

Those files must be radioactive.

This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, *and* a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH.

Pass it on!

Thank you!!! This is exactly what we want our elected officials to be doing to protect their constituents!

Notting Hill is the perfect movie to watch when you're sick!

You should totally get one!

The ozone layer hole and impending climate disaster. Wait...

Years. But I decided to be both a parent and an academic so....

Or enough power. For me its the Vice Chair of the PTO.

I need to think of a stronger word than No.

College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle ITHACA, NY—As nearly a dozen prospective students were forced into the back of a car with tinted windows, a Cornell University campus tour reportedly ended Tuesday inside an unmarked Immigration and C...

College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle

Yes! Thank you, finally some action

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

May I suggest a rewatch of the first season of Avenue 5? Perfect for these times.

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj

Mine would go straight to the Marsha P Johnson Foundation.

Fireside chats.

Don't come for me. I actually don't know anything about English history, i just watched A Man for All Seasons at an impressionable age.

I keep thinking about how Thomas More stood up to King Henry VIII when he bent the law to divorce Catherine, going against all norms and laws. He died for what he believed in. I've been thinking about him a lot.

Happy Friday

CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired

Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

Christ.

Was EIS dismantled?

Graphic from United for Medical Research showing that NIH funding produces $2.46 in economic activity for every $1.00 awarded

Graphic from United for Research showing that NIH funding produced over $92B in economic activity in FY 2023

Graphic from United for Research showing that $914M in NIH grants to Florida institutions supported 14,688 jobs and produced $2.78B in economic activity

Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”

Good piece. If we stand up for our principles, do good work, and defend academic freedom and the benefits of science for society, we will move in a positive direction.

Recall of USAID’s global workforce causes havoc and distress USAID employees stationed overseas are struggling to navigate the sudden upheaval, having received little clear information from the Trump administration.

“The biggest thing that keeps me up at night is that I see USAID’s destruction as a test case — a practice run — in how far the administration can bend or break the law to get what they want,” the official said. “We are the canary in the coal mine.”

Gift article wapo.st/40MGzz1

Thank you! @vanhollen.senate.gov