Dr Bridget

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A Professor Was Released After 3 Days in ICE Detention. His Colleagues Fear a ‘New Normal.’ Vahid Abedini, an Iranian scholar who began teaching at the University of Oklahoma in June, was arrested en route to an academic conference.

what is happening ???????????

The Onion is officially out of work.....

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

This seems …. Not good

A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.

A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪

ICE tried to deport an Indigenous woman:

Leticia Jacobo, a 24-year-old member of Arizona's Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, was born in Phoenix.

She was pulled over for a traffic violation and her license was suspended and so that night ICE was preparing to deport her.

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Oh my! This is terrible to see😔 glad everyone is (physically) ok and I hope the person will get the help they need. Ugh.

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

@zteirstein.bsky.social ! Just saw this. Easy to miss stuff while on sabbatical. Great job, so in depth and def has your voice. #valleyfever #arizona #publichealth #climate #scienceoutreach
grist.org/health/valle...

Lady on a famous street corner in Sao Paolo

It’s been a while. Everything has been ALOT and I’ve been focusing on banging out work for the first part of my sabbatical in Brazil

Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”

Communicable E31: Climate change and fungal spread The adaptability of fungi to warmer temperatures is an obvious...

🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicab...

Hosted by Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social
Josh Nosanchuk @josh-nosanchuk.bsky.social

with invited guest:
Arturo Casadevall @acasadevall1.bsky.social (Johns Hopkins University)

Listen here:

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky

One hopes ❤️

Living in extremely sketchy homes with poor sanitation, eating poorly and no rich parents to subsidize - if they even understood why the heck I wasn’t working a “real” job

Not sure how taught became skated 😂

I skated this in my genetics class. Love this design. Perfection.

Great article I encourage everyone to read. This phenomenon happens everywhere. Let me tell you about the time I crowdfunded some research, and paid for publication fees and various bits and bobs out of my own pocket. And one thing I'm paying for myself now....which I'll talk about later

This was a labor of love!! Such a great group❤️ and thanks for choosing it 🥰

The world is crumbling but at least there’s tea

Awesome to be with family today ❤️

Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency

www.science.org/content/arti... what do you even say? One of a thousand cuts.

From farm to field: testing different biocrust cultivation approaches and application techniques in the Sonoran Desert Drylands are among the most degraded ecosystems globally and are difficult to restore due to limited water availability. Biocrusts are a key component of maintaining soil stability and function in th...

🌵In this study, we evaluated how different methods affect the success of biocrust restoration in arid environments, and potential of cultivated biocrusts as a sustainable tool for restoring degraded drylands—especially in the face of climate change and increasing #Coccidioides #valleyfever.

“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.

NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.

The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.

www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...

Haha I did not know this

Presenter at podium

Great start to #ISHAM2025 in foz do iguaçu @marcusteixeira talking about hybrids and fungal evolution

It’s so frustrating. Katrina is absolutely amazing, and I’m going to do my best to cobble together funds, but it will be really tough. And honestly, maybe going abroad is the right choice right now. I don’t even know how to mentor people any more. So much uncertainty. 💔

We haven’t had grants canceled but everything is coming in dribs and drabs. It’s tough for small schools like NAU and niche pathogens like Cocci. we don’t have vast endowments and foundation dollars to draw on

It’s absolutely nuts and for no reason.

Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10

Hundreds of flights canceled amid severe weather, flash flooding threats Severe weather and flash flooding continue to threaten much of the central and eastern U.S. on Thursday, disrupting Americans' travel plans. More than 900 flights were halted across the U.S. on Wedne...

Ironic, as I was supposed to be talking at JHopkins today about Valley fever and climate change. My flight through DFW yesterday was canceled, so we had to reschedule. Expecting this to be the norm going forward...