Climate change is fueling catastrophic floods, but Trump's administration is cutting the tools we need to fight back.
NOAA labs, NASA satellites, FEMA grants & local warning systems are on the chopping block.
Result? Communities will be caught unprepared when disaster strikes.
zurl.co/vUw4Z
“There is no clear precedent for what DeSantis and the president are doing."
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
Caturday
One of these kitties is not like the others
“It is exciting to see funding for multivalent inactivated influenza vaccines, but it will be important to continue funding other promising platforms as well, like mRNA vaccines that can simultaneously deliver dozens of influenza vaccine antigens.”
03.05.2025 21:26 — 👍 62 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 0
I work in industrial ceramics manufacturing. My plant also produces cast iron and glass.
Without well-managed air filtration and access to NIOSH approved respirators and dust masks, workers like me will be at increased risk of lung conditions like silicosis & mesothelioma, and other organ damage.
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
28.04.2025 16:20 — 👍 27561 🔁 6637 💬 414 📌 277
This Just In:
Trump regime pushes fake science, announcing its release of a 'Fact Sheet' for a Cass Review, revealing investigations into providers and hormone therapy manufacturers are already underway.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
#DumpTrumpScience
#StandUpForScience
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03.04.2025 20:55 — 👍 113 🔁 45 💬 14 📌 3This horrific story has been confirmed to me by a colleague at the same institute as this scientist. The US is not a safe place to run an academic conference. @theguardian.com have an English language version of this story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🔭🧪
19.03.2025 22:13 — 👍 437 🔁 222 💬 17 📌 19One of the worst things about what’s happening is the idea that ppl with disabilities are a disposable minority. All y’all: you’re gonna get old. You’ll have arthritis. Or Parkinson’s. Or cancer. Or heart disease. You’re still gonna have to buy fucking groceries.
19.03.2025 22:16 — 👍 96 🔁 40 💬 2 📌 0
BREAKING: Deadly H5N1 Mutation Detected in U.S. Dairy Herds Experts Warn of Rising Pandemic Risk
Scientists are alarmed by a newly identified H5N1 mutation found in four U.S. dairy cow herds, raising concerns about its potential spread.
A professor of environmental sciences gives a quick punchy take on the "eye-popping" numbers re. how clean air promotes economic growth.
An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.
No pay wall.
BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.
13.03.2025 16:13 — 👍 2814 🔁 862 💬 72 📌 54
@standupforscience.bsky.social CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW to VOTE NO on cloture and NO on the Continuing Resolution which would permanently end federal services and hand congressional power to Trump/Musk
CALLS ARE WORKING!
Updates
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ICYMI by First release - now in print @science.org
Identification of APCs in the gut that promote Treg differentiation and how tolerance to food antigens is influenced by helminth infection.
buff.ly/3DjNQ1e
By @cicacanesso.bsky.social @danmucida.bsky.social @victora.bsky.social et al
NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines. www.science.org/content/arti...
10.03.2025 23:25 — 👍 218 🔁 124 💬 15 📌 54
apnews.com/article/vete...
1) In an effort to make the government skeletal, as advocated by the Koch Bros & Project 2025, indiscriminate, cruel cuts are being made to the VA to gain as much power as possible from the government...The VA says it is planning to cut over 80,000 jobs...theorists do not
I'm old,had measles,knew families who lost to polio. Flu killed family members over my life and gave me pneumonia.
A known issue MEASLES IMMUNITY AMNESIA does away with prior immunities. Perfect deadly storm.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34129794/
youtu.be/q_tVZbgcV7s?...
“CDC estimates that during the 2023-2024 season, flu vaccination prevented 9.8 million flu-related illnesses, 4.8 million medical visits, 120,000 hospitalizations, and 7,900 deaths.”
27.02.2025 00:19 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
If you're reading this you probably survived the first Trump presidency.
2019 Trump pulls funding from CDC China office.
The rest is history.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
Annual flu deaths https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124915/flu-deaths-number-us/
Exception of COVID year (people isolated, wearing masks, …), 10,000s of Americans die from flu every year.
26.02.2025 23:52 — 👍 32 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1
Not to diminish this, but it sounds from this interview like they can still use the WHO formulation (as long as they don’t muck with approvals, which isn’t necessarily guaranteed): insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-fda-...
26.02.2025 23:49 — 👍 45 🔁 9 💬 5 📌 2
Ok, but does that impact this? Sounds like the rest of the world is taking the lead.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u...
Absolute idiocy from Trump Admin, Musk, their cronies and RFK Jr.
27.02.2025 07:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Spread the news - relevant for those outside the US to avoid online retailers this day
24.02.2025 15:50 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“Americans who value the spirit of discovery — and eagerly await new ways to confront disease, strengthen our economy and improve the quality of human life — need to issue a strong outcry… This is not a fight that our country can afford to lose.” Indeed
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Graphic with image of the Capitol and text reading AAI Responds.
AAI is deeply concerned about the risk posed by a drastic reduction in the #NIH workforce. Disruptions of this magnitude could have serious consequences for life-saving research and training the next generation of scientists. Read AAI's full statement: news.aai.org/2025/02/15/s...
15.02.2025 14:28 — 👍 18 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
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