Karen Fleming

Extra kudos and thanks to all the staff at NIH and NSF and other federal funding agencies for working extra hard in very small windows of opportunity to get grants reviewed and funds released before the attention-addled federal policies change again (on an hourly basis).

#AtAnchor #ChesapeakeBay

Ah yes, exculpatory passive voice strikes again

Sunset

#AtAnchor #ChesapekeBay

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I'll say it over and over.

I do not believe in gate keeping.

I do not believe in pulling up the ladder.

I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next.

Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.

Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Support NIH Staff Now!

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Showing my @asbmb.bsky.social pride at the @aaas-socsci.bsky.social ceremony today.

It’s called taxing the rich, buddy.

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Great new tool to help folks volunteer to speak out and share information with the press (even on background, anonymously)

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The current administration is killing basic science as we know it by gutting both the NIH and the NSF. We are losing the next generation of young scientists. None of this will make America great again. And if this destruction continues, there will be no more cures coming from American science.

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

Medical cures are born in fundamental basic science. The CRISPR technology used in this amazing study arose from experiments to understand bacterial immune systems. This is basic science discovery, which fuels innovation and creates jobs.

"Be awake. Be loving. Be woke.
Woke means awakened by compassion.
Guided by truth.
Humbled by grace.
Committed to justice for all."
paraphrased from Pope Leo XIV.

Without basic science, there is no translational science. Discovery is where cures are born.

Here are the NSF funding data by state. Click on your state, peruse data, and then click on the Fact Sheet at the top to see annual spending.

Then, please call your congressional reps. NSF money creates stable jobs for people at all career stages. tableau.external.nsf.gov/views/NSFbyN...

Modern capitalism is based on the promise of growth, which is itself predicated upon scientific and technological advancement.

Without this advancement, there is no modern capitalism.

Threats to science = threats to capitalism.

Everyone needs to understand this.

NSF at 75 years, image of planetary shapes and starlight

The National Science Foundation marks its 75th anniversary this week.

Rather than celebrate, it's time to save it.

www.savensf.com/nsf-at-75-to...

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

They are killing the NSF. Such a tragedy.

Wow. You're on a first name basis!?

Can't get into the site.... :(

*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.

The Secretary is unfit to lead.

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This.

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This is very bad. 👇 Message your members of Congress to protest these cuts.

Firing the extremely talented and dedicated scientists at the NIH makes America neither great nor healthy again. This is what the oligarchy is doing this morning. Call your representatives to tell them you oppose the RIFs at this crown jewel agency.

Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?

Three Johns Hopkins researchers named AAAS fellows James Berger, Karen Fleming, and Gregory Kirk join an esteemed group of scientists, engineers, and innovators who have been recognized for their achievements across disciplines

Some fun news!
hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/27/2...

What. Is. This. Garbage.

No updated date online yet....

I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!

New ride coming soon.