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Once Upon a Forest
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@abrieant.bsky.social !

After ruling, with anger in his voice, Judge Young:

"This represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America's LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so."

Federal judge rules that hundreds of NIH grant terminations were 'void and illegal' A federal judge ruled that some of the grant terminations by the National Institutes of Health on DEI grounds are “void and illegal.”

BREAKING: federal judge overrules hundreds of NIH grant terminations

www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/n...

From coast to coast, city streets to small town squares, you showed up. And it mattered.

Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.

Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science

Opinion piece by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, Nobel laureates Victor Ambrose, Carol Greider et al.
The EO called "Restoring Gold Science" has a plan for enshittification of science; political loyalists have power over experts & punish those who don't fall in line.🧪
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A word cloud made from flagged terms in terminated NIH grant proposals. The most prominent words in large font include “trans,” “diverse,” “diversity,” “minority,” “sex,” “expression,” “mental health,” “gender,” and “women.” Other visible terms include “LGBTQ,” “racial,” “underrepresented,” “disability,” “barriers,” “black,” “equity,” “health equity,” “vaccine,” “bias,” and “intersectionality.” The word cloud highlights terms related to identity, inclusion, and marginalized communities.

HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈

Under Trump, research using terms like “Trans,” “LGBTQ,” & “Gender identity” is being defunded. These terms reflect real people who deserve science that includes them.

Stand with us to protect LGBTQ+ science from political erasure.
grant-watch.us/nih-data.html
@rcmedphys.bsky.social

I had a heartbreaking conversation with a talented trainee who spent 1 month on their Hanna Gray application (only have that program canceled after submission). Followed by a pep talk. And an insightful brainstorm around the Q: how can we (professors) do better for trainees in uncertain times?

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

Happy Mother’s Day to the feisty science moms out there.

You’re brilliant! You balance and manage SO MUCH. You bring excellence, creativity, innovation, and humanity to the world.

If I hadn’t seen others having families AND doing science, I wouldn’t have realized I could do it, too.

Thank you ❤️

I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!

Wow, when i was on it at WVU, we met for an hour every other week. Looking forward to those recipe background stories…

Addressing Recent Misinformation About Autism Recent statements from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. contradict scientific consensus and potentially threaten essential research, services, and supports for autistic people.

Statement from APA re/autism and what the science really says: updates.apaservices.org/autism

a cat is jumping in the air with its paws in the air and confetti is falling from the sky . ALT: a cat is jumping in the air with its paws in the air and confetti is falling from the sky .

SO EXCITED to share that my triplets got amazing internships this cycle:

Kaley Potter is going to MDC: Los Angeles!

Grace Wheeler is going to the Minneapolis VA!

Anishka Jean is going to Brown!

& extra congrats to Kaley, who had to deal with the BOP hiring freeze, but still got a BOP internship!

Backyard birds! A great blue heron and a hawk (i think)! Also, i should not consider a career as a nature photographer.

Its a terrible pic, but we had one in our backyard yesterday!

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

The planet Jupiter with its cloud bands seen in shades of pink, rusty red, blue, and purple. The Great Red Spot is a deep navy blue, surrounded by bands and swirls of pink, and light blue.

Hubble's ultraviolet view of Jupiter shows the planet in hues of pink and blue.

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

Every day is a good day to fight for trans rights.

my NIH grant was terminated today - the grant that pays my rent and my bills and my loans and my health insurance - because I study how to improve the lives and wellbeing of queer people #episky #medsky

1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

Democratic Litigation and Response Taskforce

Share your story. Our representative said the house is struggling to know what grants have been canceled and that if we have a canceled grant to share it with them along with the fall out so they can use it to try to get them restored. litigationandresponse.house.gov

Cancelled NIH grant information submission form Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇!

Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs

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Also if you just got your loans forgiven by the Biden administration? You need to PRINT that notice out. I mean MULTIPLE copies.

Do not put ANYTHING past this administration.

GET IN, DORKS!

IT’S TIME TO MAKE A FUSS!!!

when I was a kid eggs were so cheap you could eat five dozen and grow to roughly the size of a barge

Thank you for organizing 🩷🩷🩷