People INSIDE the Trump administration placed bets on a war they knew was coming, and profited.

Aside from the complete moral corruption of betting upon war, this is so unethical that it boggles the mind.

well, at least we all now understand what the profitable use-case for AI is

They've monetized and incentivized committing crimes against humanity.

It's a scandal on par with Pete Rose betting on baseball, if Pete Rose were undersecretary of defense, and baseball was murdering civilians with bombs.

Protect trans kids healthcare as hospitals are canceling essential gender reforming care for trans youth and it is up to our City And state electeds to take action Sunday, March 1 at 1 PM public Plaza across from Nyu Langone 401 E. 34th St.

Join us tomorrow New Yorkers to protect our kids.

fucks?

oh fuck

The US is broadly a country that likes to invest in science. Even among Republicans this is true. But we are governed by an administration that is opposed to science, and is using procedural tools to limit spending and increase political control over the process.

One of the most tangibly lifesaving efforts of @standupforscience.bsky.social to date was to send an on-the-ground investigator to Guinea Bissau to understand the context of the unethical &CDC funded Hep B infant vaccines study.

We presented to a packed room of horrified House and Senate folks.

Families say Mount Sinai ended teen trans health program It is the latest medical center to stop caring for transgender young people after the Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funds.

Mt Sinai has followed NYU Langone in blatantly violating NY state and NYC law by stopping provision of gender affirming care to trans youth.

Seriously, what are @mayor.nyc.gov, @newyorkstateag.bsky.social, and @governor.ny.gov going to do about this?

www.advocate.com/health/trans...

Power outages in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island: Map Explore this interactive map showing where current power outages are in Massachusetts.

Here's where the power is out in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.

ICYMI: the Trump Admin is now trying to lower the quality of your drinking water through a proposed EPA rule.

This rule would limit the authority of states and Tribes to review water quality and protect state waters from federal projects.

State AGs are fighting back to oppose this rule.

Speaking of which

The utter clown show continues

This makes sense if you think of the university as nothing but a finishing school with a football team.

The KM Lab is hiring!
We're looking for both a new technician (makes a great post-bac like experience) and a post-doc.

Come do fun science. Come join an amazing community.

Learn more:
sites.google.com/site/krookma...

this was fun. lost it abruptly at 1200

Not only is Massachusetts one of six Dem-run states that hasn’t banned ICE’s 287g program (see map below)….

… it’s also the only state where a state-level agency, so one under the control of the governor (@massgovernor.bsky.social) is contracted with 287g: boltsmag.org/massachusett...

Welcome! MA professor and neuroscientist here. Please keep fighting for the rights of all our residents in these insanely scary times.

Nature Medicine to investigate study that found cancer treatment is better in morning Nature Medicine starts an investigation into inconsistencies in a study that found it was better to have immunotherapy in the morning.

www.statnews.com/2026/02/20/c...
i hope they can get the data from the authors. I was told by the editor that data weren’t available because of patient confidentiality- so many authors use that excuse , it makes data sharing policies worthless

We aren’t allowed to have coffee provided when working 9 hour day to review grants for NIH

🚀 New preprint from the lab! Our first foray into the subiculum uses in vivo whole-cell recordings to show that dendritic plateaus are a prominent, learning-dependent signaling mode of subicular neurons. Feedback is welcome!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Yes, I will sign on to this letter to the editor in today's Boston Globe.

12-3pm Mar 7 Parkman Bandstand Boston Common

🧪🧠 New preprint: helping resolve a decades-long debate in synaptic plasticity

NMDA receptors are central to Hebbian learning. Yet for >30 years, the existence and function of presynaptic NMDA receptors have remained controversial.

📄 doi.org/10.64898/202...

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thanks for this work - important and uplifting

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

Epstein’s ugly world of science As with Peter Mandelson, so in the science world: the Epstein files are not telling us anything that most ordinary punters didn’t already know, but are revealing the full, rotten, appalling extent …

Just added this to my WordPress site, so it's free to read.
homunculusmusic.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/e...

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.

Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.

Moderna hit with FDA refusal-to-file letter for mRNA flu shot, issues sharp rebuke of agency's rationale During the first year of the Trump administration, signs of an anti-mRNA slant within the FDA and HHS became more and more evident. | The FDA specifically took issue with the trial's control arm, whic...

For people who don't follow the FDA closely: this is insane. Like my jaw hit the floor when I saw this. The FDA is flat out refusing to even consider Moderna's application for a new flu vaccine? The federal health apparatus is fully compromised by anti-vax conspiracy. THIS IS NUTS! BAD