Joint Space Immunology Lab

My statement on the recent proposal to change the IPERS system.

Thread on CDC shooting👇...

Good morning.

Yesterday, after hours of hiding, trying not to make a sound, we stepped outside and saw massive bullet holes in our office windows.

Those weren’t random shots. That was a high-powered weapon no civilian should ever own.

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

Wanted: web developer for academic project. Will create a website for a histopathology service center. Does not need to include payments, but must have secured user database for project/tissue records. Drupal or similar preferred. No wordpress. Plz send resume and portfolio to warofwinds@gmail.com

How Medicaid Cuts Will Bleed Emergency Medicine Many Americans get much of their health care from ERs. Defunding this service will be a financial and human disaster for everyone.

“I went into frontline medicine to help people, not to bankrupt them,” writes Sophia Spadafore. “When someone who does not have insurance comes into the ER, I am forced to discuss with the patient what necessary care they may have to delay or forgo”:

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Read the resignation letter by former NIH official Nate Brought Brought is the former director of the National Institutes of Health’s Executive Secretariat.

I missed this earlier.

Very compelling letter of resignation from former head of the Executive Secretariat (which handles high-level communications for NIH Director and others) at NIH.

This is one righteously angry ex-Marine.

wapo.st/3FvhW3k (Gift link)

RFK Jr. Denies Cuts to Scientific Research While Slashing Staff, Funding - FactCheck.org Under the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services has canceled or frozen billions of dollars in scientific research grants and attempted to cull around 20,000 agency employee...

New FactCheck.org story on whether HHS has cut scientific staff.

www.factcheck.org/2025/05/rfk-...

Stand up for science teach in flyer. Please just host a teach in.

Sick of me yet??? I WILL STOP WHEN I SEE 1000 TEACH INS ON THE MAP.

🧐 Did you know you can (and should) invite every last one of your elected officials to your teach in?

ESPECIALLY if you are in a red area.

Why? Because you’re a constituent and they are putting your livelihood at risk.

Summer Fight For Science 2025 — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

#standupforscience
#summerfightforscience

Basic info, Hosting guide, map, and sign up here: www.standupforscience.net/summer-fight...

RIP, Ed, you steely-eyed missile man

real heroes use duct tape

We can't remain indifferent to suffering: Catholic Church now champions HPV vaccination From opposition to advocacy: After dismissing vaccine over promiscuity fears, church now tells faithful early intervention saves lives

This is such an important shift. For many years the catholic church withheld support for HPV vaccination which prevents cervical cancer.
119,000 women die from this cancer in Africa every year.
This full throated support of the HPV vaxx by the church will help uptake.
nation.africa/kenya/health...

This needs to be front page news and needs to be reversed. Antibiotic resistance is a public health crisis IN THE US

Stand Up For Science Summer Campaign! Can you help us mobilize the fight for science and democracy? Every contribution matters!

🚨HEY DORKS, WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨

We preparing for a BIG fight against Trump's attack on science and we won't stop until we win!

We are grassroots and run on donations. Whether it's $5 or $500, every little bit counts in the fight to save science.
#standupforscience

actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

A Commander’s Case for Women, Peace, and Security The program makes the military more effective. The secretary of defense thinks it’s “woke.”

Commander @markhertling.bsky.social shares his 1sthand knowledge of the Women, Peace and Security program that ensures "the strategic inclusion of half the population in the fight against instability, terror, conflict and chaos." It's not woke, and it really works. www.thebulwark.com/p/a-commande...

Maine settles lawsuit against USDA over $3 million in school funds The Department of Agriculture agreed it will not interfere with Maine school funding based on alleged Title IX violations without following the proper procedure, according to a settlement announced Fr...

The thing people still don’t seem to get?

Trump backs down at ANY kind of pushback. Resist a little & he folds.

SO FUCKING QUIT FOLDING IN ADVANCE DING-DONGS

www.pressherald.com/2025/05/02/m...

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🧪 What the f is going on with NSF right now??? 🚨🚨🚨

There's been so many NSF updates within the past 48 hours that it's hard to keep track.

It feels like an onslaught. It *is* an onslaught. But it's still vital to remain focused, organized, and strategic.

So here's my recap of past 48 hours...

Orbanization of media
Orbanization of universities
Orbanization of NIH

Is there a pattern here? 🤔

Excellent thread! Tenured faculty can sign the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government #Censorship! They can submit testimonials about the impact of censorship on their work! They can call on their administrations speak up and #resist! defendresearch.org

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ATTENTION

I am hearing from several sources that "NIH" sent out termination notices for most or all "diversity" awards yesterday to coincide with the new Notice.

If you were affected by this and are willing to share, please DM me or reach me on Signal (jeremymberg.78)

1/2

It appears rather than just not approving non-competitive renewal awards (which I assumed was the plan), "NIH" has decided to actively terminate awards now, even fellowships.

Convince me that cruelty is not the point...

2/2

Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth (Gift Article) Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.

NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present.

“This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."

This is exhausting for us in program and grants management.

The NIH is also now in talks with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to broaden agreements governing access to their data, Bhattacharya said. In addition, a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism, which will be integrated into the data. Between 10 and 20 outside groups of researchers will be given grant funding and access to the records to produce Kennedy's autism studies. Bhattacharya did not give details on how they would be chosen, but said their selection would be "run through normal NIH processes."

Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes?

Fuck ALL the way off.

First Principle of Academic Freedom:
Scientists must have the right to choose the paths of their studies, follow data where it leads, and freely write about it.

Second Principle of Academic Freedom:
Other scientists have the right to say we are wrong.

The end. Let’s stand up for those. 🧪

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Bluetorial: My NIH grant got funded; The money is in the bank

What happens behind the scenes with NIH fund transfers

NIH said to have halted awarding of new grants to top universities Universities whose NIH funding has been frozen may face further strain as the agency holds off awarding new grants to at least a half dozen of them, according to an internal email.

STAT story about freezing all payments to Columbia, Harvard, Brown, Northwestern, Cornell, and Cornell-Weill Medicine.

www.statnews.com/2025/04/18/n...

Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias (Gift Article) An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.

NYT story about letters from the US Attorney in DC to journal editors.

[Gift link]

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/h...

50501 — 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement Join the movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach. 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day: #50501.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Tomorrow is a big protest day. Grab your hat, mask, and a sign. Consider leaving your phone at home.

Please drop pictures or quotes of the signs you are bringing to the feed to generate some inspiration! #letsgetweird

www.fiftyfifty.one

SpiderForest | Apply Created in 2004, SpiderForest is a not-for-profit webcomic collective run by volunteer comic creators. We feature over 100 high-quality, free-to-read webcomics.

Hey, all! Once June rolls around, the #SpiderForest Webcomic Collective will be opening up for submissions!

(www.spiderforest.com/apply/)

If you might be interested, check out the deets! And if you have any questions, I - along with many of the members - would be more than happy to help!