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BREAKING NEWS: a government watchdog confirmed the Trump administration is breaking the law by blocking NIH funds.
 
How many kids with cancer or grandmas with Alzheimer’s have to get closer to death while crucial research is stalled? 

Trump must end this illegal funding freeze.

To say that "the data show these vaccines fail" in regards to the mRNA plaform is unforgivable.

For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears.

kennedy is going to kill a lot of people

A very clear lesson for Americans who oppose Trump and think the solution was "what if we just leaned into the whole xenophobia culture war thing to win back the Trumpists."

It... does not work.

Lots of talk in the last few years about courses that undergrads should have. Please check out UCSD.
Psychologists need programming? Yep, required course. I took C.
Scientists need humanities? Yep, ~3+ years of required hum and fine arts courses at Revelle college (the "science college").

McGowan: He seems to be getting rid of statisticians and climate people and weather experts and scientists and anyone who doesn't agree with what he wants to tell or what he wants to say.

I would argue that every student needs a robust education in the humanities specifically sociology, anthropology and philosophy/theory in addition to their academic lane of choice. “Stem brain” is dangerous without humanity as a concept that is not just an engineering problem.

Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism The Trump administration has frozen roughly $200 million in National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal agency-funded research at UCLA, citing allegations the school d...

Suspension of all grants to UCLA www.latimes.com/california/s...

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?

HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.

Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Manipulated,’ Moves to Fire Labor Official Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data.

Breaking News: President Trump moved to fire the official in charge of jobs data, claiming, without evidence, that labor numbers were being “manipulated.”

I just called that my dissertation. Just set it running on the special computers for that and check in on it every day. It's like a pet plant.

Seeing Kamala Harris openly say that the system is broken was so powerful.

Just having someone in her position say it so candidly without qualification was beyond powerful.

Agreed….

Maybe let's take a break from self driving cars and billionaire rocket rides until we can drink tap water and breathe the air without getting cancer. 💧

“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell

Very Accurate….

Bessent says new Trump child savings accounts are 'back door for privatizing Social Security' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the Trump administration was committted to protecting Social Security hours after he described a children's savings program in President Trump's recent tax p...

Can't make this up: Trump's billionaire Treasury Secretary admitted, on camera, that parts of their Big Ugly Betrayal of a bill are a ‘back door for privatizing Social Security.'
 
These people love to say the quiet part out loud: they are coming for Social Security.

Just checked #useR2025 registrations and we're just 44 people shy of hitting 1000 signups for the virtual conference! If you're in the mood for some #RStats from the comfort of your home, register at user2025.r-project.org/register and join the fun!

When you read this remember this is TRUMP’s Smithsonian that he has confiscated for his own use and purposes, including his desire to re-write history. Another example of how we have to work so hard to get our democracy back. #smithsonian #saveourdemocracy #wewantoutdemocracyback

Breaking: NSF is suspending roughly 300 grants with UCLA, following a DOJ finding on Tuesday that the university violated Title VI by "creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students."

new perspective in @collabrapsychology.bsky.social suggests “analysis blinding has the potential to prevent fruitless discussions and tension between original authors and replication teams in replication projects while preserving a healthy scientific debate”

online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

UMich cancels doctoral epidemiology program admissions for 2026 The University of Michigan School of Public Health will not admit a 2025-2026 admissions cycle cohort to its PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences program.

Due to disruptions in funding, there will be no applications admitted for U Michigan's epidemiology PhD this fall. 🧪

www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...

This @today.yougov.com poll is why I'm going to become the Joker.

The US murder rate in 2024 was likely down nearly 30 percent relative to 2020 and down nearly 50 percent relative to 1990.

Thanks, I don't need Copilot in Notepad...

I made this video of fog flowing through the Golden Gate from sunrise to sunset, July 27, 2025, to show why #sanfrancisco is so chilly in the summer. Warm air rising over the Central Valley sucks cold marine air from the ocean into the SF bay.

#dataviz #cartography #weather

Getting equations constantly screwed up in Powerpoint is what drove me to LaTeX, then markdown, and now Quarto.

If you’ve ever heard that

- The F-Word is an acronym for “Fornication Under Consent of the King”
- The Sh-Word is an acronym for “Ship High in Transit”
- Any other older word being an acronym

It’s untrue.

Acronyms are, by and large, a 20th-century phenomenon.

I had to use husband's change of address proof (he'd shredded only mine for some reason) and our marriage certificate to prove residency. Confused them muchly because I never changed my name but they see marriage certificate and think I'm using it to prove my name. Nope.

Introducing the Simulation Studies Preregistration Template: Q&A with Björn S. Siepe, František Bartoš, and Samuel Pawel Initially submitted through COS’s open call for community-designed preregistration templates, the Simulation Studies Template is now part of the expanding collection of preregistration resources avail...

A new preregistration template for simulation studies is now live on OSF. Thanks to the creators and the preregistration template working group for proposing and shepherding this to make it available to users.

See the post if you would like to propose a new template.

www.cos.io/blog/introdu...

Andry José Hernández Romero after hugging his best friend, who had been relentless in pleading for his cause. I’ll stop posting these some day. But not today.