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He doesn’t want to “reduce chronic illnesses,” he wants to reduce people with chronic illnesses

Fighting Trump's War On Science With Colette Delawalla and Dr. Jeremy Berg The battle to preserve our global scientific and academic leadership is among our most important

On the Hopium Chronicles with @cdelawalla.bsky.social

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This is some rare good news!

We’ve got a Trump puppet over at #NIH too.

Trumpette Bhattacharya. The guy just echoes talking points he and the Trumpers developed during their COVID denial days. We almost feel bad for him — some of his (many) podcasts seem like hostage situations.

Our #AltGov sibling has an #AMA (ask me anything) going on! Head over and have some fun!

Definitely an under-appreciated system!

What is your favorite body system?

Mountains or beach?

Since Senator Warren (@warren.senate.gov) wants to talk about phone wait times, let’s talk about phones at SSA and why focusing on this data point (like Commish Frankie promising to get our wait time down to 1 minute or less) isn’t as good as it sounds. Spoiler alert: it’s actually all bad. 1/?

Important article about how it is not just people #DOGE has cut, but our ability to track years of #data that show if policies are effective or not. #science @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info @altcdc.altgov.info @altfws.altgov.info @earthjustice.org @nrdc.org @ucs.org @philplait.bsky.social

This administration is replacing science with propaganda.

NIH director Bhattacharya denies banned word list in meeting with staffers Bethesda Declaration signers insist that a list exists and further criticize new policies

Despite meeting with the Bethesda Declaration signers, Jay continues to repeat lies and disinformation.

These lies include:

NIH is not censoring grants based on keywords. cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

Some in our community started a practice a while ago “dread less Sundays” where we share photos from the week that bring us peace, calm, anything but dread! But dread is welcome if dread is needed! If you wanna join in, post your dread less photos and @ us ! We’ll start ! @nihvigils.bsky.social

For almost four months, we've been holding NIH vigils every Saturday at 10 am to come together as a community, support each other, and talk about what's been happening at the NIH. We will keep going as long as the NIH is under attack. Come join us to support NIH workers! @nihvigils.bsky.social

Many of us have long been worried about the harm of the 50% multiyear funding (MYF) requirement.

When NCI published their payline at 4% AND cited MYF as the cause, I thought: “Someone in NCI is a hero. They took a huge risk to make the community aware.”

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Here is the Democracy Now/ACLU brief for the Supreme Court.

Thanks to all of the plaintiffs for standing up, and the attorneys and their staffs for all of their hard work.

Let's win this thing (again)

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Their NIH Grants Are Back. But Nothing Is Back to Normal. Researchers say that picking up where they left off is complicated — scientifically, financially, and logistically.

The 900 grant reinstatements from @apha.org v NIH and Mass v Kennedy ruling are a huge win.

But it’s not a simple or complete fix.

Not surprisingly, turning research on, then off, then on again creates major complications, chaos and inefficiency. www.chronicle.com/article/thei...

There is always SOME connection, isn’t there. They are so petty and vindictive.

Trump administration freezes $339M in UCLA grants and accuses the school of rights violations The Trump administration is freezing $339 million in research grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, accusing the school of civil rights violations related to antisemitism, affirmative a...

Sigh. When are the institutions going to join together? Been asking for months.

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In case you missed it, DOGE was neither a cost saving mission nor efficient.

Valid points in a short thread:

To be fair, $400M keeps us more flat than an actual increase with tariffs and inflation, BUT it’s certainly better than a 40% cut. All the things crossed that the increase actually happens.

We need your email power to support Dept of Agriculture! USDA is opening a 30-day public comment period on the Department's reorganization plan now through Aug. 26, 2025.

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1/ As I'm sure you've heard by now, we're saying goodbye to #highfructosecornsyrup (HFCS) in Coke and cane sugar Coke is re-entering the U.S. market. Some people are celebrating it as a massive win for health. But is this swap actually going to fix health problems? Let’s break it down. 🧵

Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday

Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n...

‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.

‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My quote of the day

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

John Wooden
UCLA basketball coach
National Champions 1964, 1965, 1967-1973, 1975
Longest winning streak 88 games

Jay Bhattacharya once studied health disparities. As NIH director, he’s allowed such research to wither Jay Bhattacharya’s tenure as NIH director has seen health disparities research swept up in the Trump administration’s attack on DEI

Incredibly well reported deep dive on NIH and health disparities research in STAT. 🧵

www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n...

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Another email to Bhattacharya about his interview and his continued statements that NIH's gain of function research caused the COVID pandemic and killed millions of people.

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