Tracy

Absolutely. If I let myself think about it I just can't function. It makes the pandemic wildness look sane and quaint comparatively. It's... A lot.

😢The repercussions of all this upheaval are devastating. And we don't even know what, or to what severity, things will be impacted.

I can hear the sound.

Ugh, stop trying to make cybrary/cybrarian happen. 🙃 The 1990s called and want their buzzword back.

This, but tea 🫖

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You'd think at this point I wouldn't be shocked at the jaw-dropping absolute insanity that comes out of mouths of people in leadership positions, but here I am, shocked.

#medlibs

This isn't in reference to any particular job posting, but holy crap, #medlibs salaries are abysmal. I don't want to hear about lack of funding or whatever - given degree, expertise needed, and other requirements, salaries in this field are straight up insulting. There are no more excuses for it.

#medlibs we added an Ovid #medline #searchfilter for #humanitariancrisis and #emergency sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...

"When is cancer political?" Medical researchers, patients decry Trump admin's layoffs, budget cuts Scientists conducting medical research are facing an existential crisis: Layoffs and budget cuts pushed by President Trump that, they say, jeopardize finding a cure for cancer.

www.cbsnews.com/news/when-is...

Seeing folks on social media talk about a research study "done by the NIH" or "published by the National Library of Medicine" just because they found it on PubMed or PMC and have the screenshot to "prove" it makes me want to rage.

THAT 👏 DOES 👏 NOT 👏 MEAN 👏 WHAT 👏 YOU 👏 THINK 👏 IT 👏 MEANS 👏

Ah, this must be why several people were blowing up my phone yesterday that I was "on Jeopardy" 😂

RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine group over 'vaccine safety' issues The secretary of health and human services said that funding will be curtailed until Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, takes into account the science of vaccine safety in its campaigns.

So many people will die because of this deeply evil and deeply stupid man. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

US CDC report shows no link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted a report on Tuesday that said evidence does not support a link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders, ahead of a two-day meeting of an advisory panel later this week.

Guess #medlibs and others need to check every reference these days. "Exclusive: US CDC vaccine presentation cites study that does not exist, author says"

www.reuters.com/business/fin...

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In this heat?! Gurl.

Also, said weeding usually doesn't stick. A recent example: got rid of one on heat exposure effects on health (former ES project) and revived that one because of the current heat wave, then added a couple specifically around climate change.

I recently changed jobs so I spent time weeding out all my alerts so lots more I don't have now. I didn't weed the Zotero or PubMed collections since that's a bigger project, and I those are my main ways of hoarding info for later use or if I think it might come in handy later.

Depends on how busy I am. I'll read what looks interesting or save for later. Even if I don't read I try to save to Zotero collections to find again when I have only vague recollection or brain tickle. I stagger my alerts across the week/month so I don't have them all in one day, which helps.

So, so many... too many. Topics include: evidence synthesis (ES); AI (esp with ES); grey lit; search hedges/filters; ES project topics I'm working on; libraryland; retractions (as topic); diabetes; psychedelics (blame that on ES project); migraines; ADHD (lol).

#medlibs Yet another factor to consider when looking at health disparities.

tbh, not developing new content to MedlinePlus may be a good thing, given the potential topics that may be emphasized under current HHS leadership.

Any #medlibs or other #PubMed users having issues with their myNCBI filters disappearing?

As a (former?) #medlibs who is no longer in a library and now in an org without a formal library for ILL processing, I cannot tell you how essential #OpenAccess is. NIH's public access policy and PMC are lifesavers. This is how getting medical literature should be!

In the PubMed webinar from @zbmed.bsky.social and I really respect how measured they are being about risk. tbh and political things aside, #medlibs and everyone else who use PubMed have been *extremely* lucky that having all this information in one place has been as stable as it has been.

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Support NIH Staff Now!

Signed by hundreds of NIH staff: "The Bethesda Declaration: A Call for NIH and HHS Leadership to Deliver on Promises of Academic Freedom and Scientific Excellence"

www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

#medlibs

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This is Bodie. He’s here to celebrate the start of Pride Month. Been working on this pose for weeks. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)

I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.

Trump administration begins cracking down on federal employees' use of leave for voting Agencies have begun notifying employees they can no longer take administrative leave for election-related activities.

See also: www.govexec.com/management/2...

The what the fuckery continues. As much as I hated leaving my fedlibs job, I appreciate that I can now say things on here and everywhere I couldn't before (no more Hatch Act concerns!). And this? This is fucked up and unconscionable. Feds swear to uphold the Constitution. That should be it.