Anonymous Scientist

We must never forget that Elon is directly responsible for millions of deaths due to his destruction of USAID. He is an evil monster. The Nazi comparison is not merely a hypothetical analogy

“By white people who wanted to preserve their politico-economic interests and had a second order interest in abolition”

Dave is right here

She is nothing less than an American hero. her courage and conviction is breathtaking. deep down they know she is right and that is why she is targeted.

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No it’s not. It‘s just not a good life which is something different

You are right. The thing that makes Vinay’s case even more tragic is that he legitimately was a creative and impactful scholar. You could disagree with him, but his arguments were very strong.

I’m not sure if Huberman ever was at that level.

Alex Pretti made the “mistake” of helping up a woman who had been pepper sprayed in the face and pushed down on the ground.

Fetterman Once Agreed ICE Was an 'American Gestapo.' Under Trump 2.0, He's Praising the Agency | Common Dreams U.S. Sen. John Fetterman defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid criticisms about its lawless and authoritarian behavior.

He made this comment in July 2025. We don’t need fake things to be made at. there is enough real stuff.

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Fair enough. Then maybe she should just keep her mouth shut then?

Is there no hill the Democrats are willing to die on?

Maybe NIH funding is not that hill, I understand. But maybe it should be? Protecting NIH funding is among the most bipartisan and politically prudent hills to claim.

The tone of her message is just so infuriating. MYF at 2025 levels is a huge cut. Shame on her for the spin.

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So I find this message pretty enraging. "More research grants awarded..." Is this spin...?

If I'm going to be screwed over by the politicians I voted for, at least they could be honest about the fact that they screwed me over when they had to make trade-offs.

This semi-self congratulating message ("$415mm increase") omits the the fact that maintaining MYF at 2025 level is a massive effective NIH cut (as you know).

G Elliot Morris is not serious. Every piece of data always shows how great Dems are doing. In this example party ID exactly where it was in Trump 1.

Real progressives are serious about data.

So I just have a lot of skepticism

I don’t want to overgeneralize but in my field (translational med end), the field is saturated by extremely low quality quasi mill papers. I do editorial work too and we just don’t see high quality papers coming in from Chinese lead author groups.

Denis how much do you believe in the argument here about Chinese emerging dominance?

You rightly are skeptical of Susan Collins but sad to say we should be equally skeptical of Democrats holding the line here as well.

Absolutely outrageous on so many levels

How frustrating to spend multiple hours getting this ready, as demanded by NIH, and then to have them delete the data I manually entered.

It's almost like this administration doesn't like scientists! (sarcasm)

Good. The reporting here has focused too little on Summers as himself a predator:

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100%! I have been really disappointed that the reporting has not talked about Summers himself being a predator:

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We must condemn this disgusting behavior. If not, it becomes normalized and accepted.

Details here: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

This man should not be allowed to be around young women or students in general.

“Stepping back from public engagements” is not a sufficient remedy. He needs to be ejected from academia forever.

The reporting on Larry Summers has totally missed the point. It’s not just about him pal-ing around with Epstein.

It’s about his predatory actions against junior Female colleagues and mentees.

Notice that he doesn’t even apologize for the despicable sexual harassment he was doing

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Ya totally, it is shocking reveal of privilege that this person thinks working at 9pm is something extraordinary. I work on emails and papers every evening at this time.

Is it “radically leftist” to believe that marginalized groups should not be excluded from NIH research? …that throwing away public resources by terminating studies just before they complete?

If so, I wear the label proudly.

And it is absolutely my job to criticize such policies at work.

Shame on them Jenna. I am proud of you. May your bravery permeate to all of us.

The hypocrisy is astonishing