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"Developing a device that could treat severe bleeding. It seems to have caught the committee’s attention for using the words “victims” — as in gunshot victims — and “trauma.” Creating biosensors to detect infectious diseases. The grant appears to have been tagged for the repeated use of “POC,” an acronym often used for “people of color” but in this context meaning “point of care” — that is, the place where people receive medical treatment — and “barrier,” referring to a part of the biosensor itself. Designing eye-tracking technology for diagnosing and treating concussions. It appears to have gotten flagged for referencing “traumatic” brain injuries and the “status,” meaning the condition, of patients."

ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.

This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

03.03.2025 03:45 — 👍 8080    🔁 3179    💬 204    📌 343

god it must be so easy to be a Dem consultant, just sitting around making $250k a year to say things like "actually voters don't want healthcare, they want you to go to gun shows and start using the word orientals again"

03.03.2025 17:24 — 👍 10381    🔁 1516    💬 158    📌 36

republicans straight up removed their house speaker while the democrats can't even bring themselves to gently criticize hakeem jeffries. pathetic!

27.02.2025 00:57 — 👍 2609    🔁 247    💬 59    📌 14

Ta-Nehisi Coates in Seattle about the Democratic Party in this moment: “If you can’t stand up against genocide, why should I believe you can stand up for democracy?”

And there it is. Same holds for activists, writers, "free speech" orgs, arts institutions and everyone else who has been silent for 15 months.

19.02.2025 15:03 — 👍 5248    🔁 1283    💬 58    📌 35

hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide

if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported

this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order

it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist

18.02.2025 17:00 — 👍 15649    🔁 7102    💬 155    📌 235

05.02.2025 05:51 — 👍 4302    🔁 530    💬 77    📌 19

no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person

04.02.2025 02:34 — 👍 21056    🔁 6137    💬 599    📌 209

Another action you can take: Please follow @dcmediagroup.bsky.social. 💖💖💖

03.02.2025 16:40 — 👍 146    🔁 52    💬 3    📌 1

Worried about a fascist takeover? This sheet-pan paella will make you feel like you’re in 1930s Spain.

01.02.2025 15:56 — 👍 8280    🔁 1445    💬 85    📌 76

Ooh very nice

01.02.2025 02:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

At Google, I asked why they were fixated on building THE LARGEST model.

Why are you going for size?

What function are you trying to achieve?

Why is the thing you were upset about that you didn't have THE LARGEST model?

They responded by firing me 🤷🏼

27.01.2025 21:20 — 👍 1738    🔁 277    💬 37    📌 20

Very cool. Did you see The Brutalist?

25.01.2025 03:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0