We all need to Stand Up, and it only takes a few minutes a day! Keep up the pressure everyday!
If you're a US-based scientist but have not been to a @standupforscience.bsky.social rally or contacted your lawmakers or otherwise defended science then please read this blog post.
We need to defend science, not for our own self-interest/funding, but because its many gifts belong to society.
The force is strong with this new children’s hospital building #TheForce #philly #CHOP
My quote of the day
In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
Harlan Coben
And Happy International Women's Day to the two most important people in science over the past year, @cdelawalla.bsky.social and @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social.
Amid Republican attacks on government scientists and science funding, researchers are arranging rallies to “Stand Up for Science” in Washington, D.C., and nationwide on March 7.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...
I cannot tell you how excited we are that Dr. Levine is speaking in Pittsburg!!!!!
My quote of the day
Harrison Ford
SAG-AFTRA awards, March 1, 2026
I really don’t want to see any more statements from my Representatives and Senators @kim.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @norcross.house.gov when are we going to see action against this illegal declaration of war with Iran
Getting ready for Little Rock 5K! Let’s get it done! #CancerSucks #FightForScience
“Maybe if we underpay politicians and overpay teachers, there will be smarter people and less stupid laws” Morgan Freeman
An entire group of American Citizens who are having their identity erased. This is not ok! This was never about immigrants or the worst of the worst.
In addition to this, a doctor was allowed to refuse prenatal care because a woman was not married and this was against his religion! I am terrified for my teenage daughter and this anti-woman country.
They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.
Congratulations to @bradylabupenn.bsky.social (@penncbio.bsky.social/ @rtaatpennmed.bsky.social), recipient of the 2026 @asbmb.bsky.social Ruth Kirschstein Maximizing Access in Science Award! tinyurl.com/2s83nn48
Q: You know who these tariffs are really hurting?
A: Scientists.
The extra prices being passed onto us means that we, who are already suffering horrible mismanagement from the Executive Branch cannot now purchase equipment necessary for work.
I hope all can read the gift article. This article hits on everything, the trust bonds that are being broken (at all levels, within teams, between teams and research participants, with institutions, the whole system) and the guilt associated with not being able to save your own research teams.
A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
We should all read this. And most importantly remember how grossly incompetent and ill prepared our leaders truly are. We need to believe in ourselves!
After participating in an MSK clinical trial, led by gynecological oncologist Dr. Rachel Grisham & based on research by physician-scientist Dr. David Solit, Ellen, an MSK #ovariancancer patient, got early access to a treatment that has dramatically shrunk her tumors and changed her outlook on life.
The Globe spoke with more than two dozen of the respondents who said the cuts and policy changes had taken an incalculable toll on their professional and personal lives. Several expressed anguish over whether they would be able to continue their life’s work...” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
A woman was rejected from a job because she had "people-pleasing tendencies." This is just a sexist criticism that women can't win. Women are expected to both please people and to not please people.
www.yourtango.com/career/woman...
My quote of the day
All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.
Robert F. Kennedy
Another taxpayer funded vanity project so that people will bring a bring a trump card to the pharmacy instead of one from the drug company to get a discount all these pharmaceuticals already offer.
apnews.com/article/trum...
My quote of the day
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
Abraham Lincoln
That is just insane. I don’t think most people truly understand how much money $1 billion really is.
Today is World Cancer Day, a global awareness day organized by the Union of International Cancer Control (UICC) every February 4th.
An emphasis from the UICC is that ~40% of cancers are driven or associated with preventable risk factors.
More information here: www.nccn.org/home/world-c...
So the question here is mis-specified. There is no "alternative" research funding in any way that would make American biomedical research whole for researchers to seek out. 1/ www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/p... via @statnews.com
Just thinking about some of the national security implications of the U.S. government undermining confidence in vaccines and public health.
An illegal biological lab was just busted in Vegas. The owner is being investigated having samples of stuff like HIV, tuberculosis, and Ebola in another…
