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Erica Messinger

@ericamessinger.bsky.social

Nurse, river & fungi worshipper, serendipitous student, natural medicine advocate. Mom above all.

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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

29.03.2025 16:44 — 👍 34172    🔁 10844    💬 650    📌 457

I can't help but wonder if the same greasy UPenn palms that admitted and graduated Trump from the elite Wharton Business school is out delivering those letters to the hardworking, intelligent students whose dreams are being crushed?

22.03.2025 05:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Universities that anticipate funding losses from Elon Musk's DOGE cuts are yanking back admissions offers to Gen Z grads Universities like the University of Pennsylvania are cutting back on graduate admissions programs in preparation of federal funding decreases.

There might be a bit of karma here...

22.03.2025 05:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It was not an arrest. He is here legally and no charges have been brought against him. This was a kidnapping.

11.03.2025 04:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NIH funding is a matter of life or death Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Paul Nestadt says cutting NIH funding for suicide prevention research is 'not just a fiscal decision—it's a threat to human lives'

"As a physician-scientist working to understand and interrupt pathways to suicide and overdose, I was deeply dismayed by the Trump administration's decision to slash indirect funds granted by NIH...it's a threat to human lives."

19.02.2025 19:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0