Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.

And the new NCI Director moves to piss away his scientific credibility.

First, killing cancer cells is a very low bar; many compounds kill cancer cells and are not the least bit useful for treating cancer.

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Sánchez escribe en ‘The New York Times’ para defender la regularización: “Occidente necesita inmigrantes” “El éxito económico de España también se debe a su visión positiva sobre la migración. Espero que muchos otros países sigan nuestro ejemplo”

Sánchez escribe en ‘The New York Times’ para defender la regularización: “Hay medio millón de personas que son claves para nuestras vidas diarias (...) Pero no tienen documentos legales que les permitan vivir aquí. Por eso, no tienen los mismos derechos"

CUNY is in crisis, the Colleges are in crisis, and the Depts within are in crisis- this for at least 10 yrs- it is a NY State/City disinvestment and it is political… and horrendous

Every time I or a relative have been in a nursing setting nearly all the staffers are foreign-born—from the Caribbean, South America, Africa, the Philippines, the Middle East, and beyond. So many awesome, kind, competent, fascinating people keeping everything from delivery units to eldercare afloat

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Last rant (for the day) about the "Reclaiming Science" MAHA event.

Deputy Director Memoli (who was described as running NIH inside whereas Director Bhattacharya handles external issues [Narrator: Normally, the NIH Director does not delegate NIH management] participated in a panel discussion.

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The challenges of replication in science are real and important.

But these require serious thought and examination of previous attempts to elucidate the extent of the problems and their causes, not glib statements and naive ideas about how to address the issues.

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Am I asking too much to ask that the Director of the National Institutes of Health gets his facts approximately correct?

There are examples that would illustrate his point, but this is not it.

This really makes me crazy; it reflects lack of knowledge, scholarship, and care.

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For anyone interested in the history of molecular biology, I cannot recommend Judson's The Eighth Day of Creation highly enough. One of the great book on the history of science.

I have two copies because a actually wore out the first one (paperback)

www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?...

Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center

This misuse of children's data has been known for years by NIH. Accountability is overdue. We need real enforcement and an honest reckoning with how genomic data can be weaponized. We are witnessing a renaissance of scientific racism--federal institutions are both ignoring and encouraging it.

Very cool and informative thread on the first large land eukaryote, unraveling its unique place in the tree of life 🧪

Trump can't even remember which country he wants to steal.

Hope you’re right!!

Nicky Haley tried that unsuccessfully—- doesn’t mean it’s a bad plan, esp. with T**p not running… if he does ever go away

He is going to step down”gracefully” just after the midterms this Nov., disappear for a while then run for P in ‘28, acting like the savior from Tr*ism

Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a common ancestor of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a common ancestor of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans

Here are some choice quotes from Jack Smith’s testimony about the conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

“..the evidence made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy.”

In "Woman Smoking a Cigarette," Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec captures the relaxed yet contemplative demeanor of a woman seated in an intimate interior space, distinguished by expressive brushwork and subtle use of color. The piece reflects Toulouse-Lautrec's keen observation of Parisian life, offering a glimpse into the personal, fleeting moments typical of his work.

Woman Smoking a Cigarette

Un fémur de siete millones de años reaviva una larga y feroz guerra científica sobre el origen del bipedalismo Un nuevo estudio identifica tres características de marcha erguida en ‘Sahelanthropus tchadensis’, el homínido más antiguo conocido, pero los críticos rechazan las pruebas y mantienen que era un simio cuadrúpedo

Un fémur de siete millones de años reaviva una larga y feroz guerra científica sobre el origen del bipedalismo

“mandatorily forced…”

I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1

Poppy Field, Argenteuil - 1875
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8627

The effing quack is going to be the end of me (and likely many other people including babies).

Time to impeach him and force him back under the rock he slithered out from under.

@standupforscience.bsky.social

Sunset - 1880
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11321

The Argenteuil Bassin - 1874
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3109828

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Franz H. Hirschland, 1957

Gardanne, 1885–86
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/103076