Sean Davidson

Huge turn out at the No Kings protest in Cincinnati

Attacks on Science Starting to Bite The goal of Science Unwound is to highlight the critical importance of taxpayer-supported science to both public health and the U.S.

Attacks on Science Starting to Bite
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Defend Scientific Progress and Protect the NIH ⭑ 5 Calls The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest sponsor of biomedical research in the world, driving essential innovations in disease detection …

For the next 2 weeks, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is asking for everyone to call their members of Congress about the cuts to and political interference at NIH by the Trump White House. 1/ 5calls.org/issue/nation...

About 2K at the Stand Up protest at Washington Park in Cincinnati today.

NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.

If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.

The website to check linked in the reply.

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US Vaccine Attitudes Risk Health and Economic Security “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,”.

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So why were they?

Very brave. I only represent Republicans, not all Americans in my district. Hopefully those independent voters will let him know how they feel about this when he runs for Senate.

Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03
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Who is going to train the people that make and prescribe my drugs? How loss of taxpayer research hits closer to home that you think.

The importance of taxpayer support of biomedical research you don't hear about as much. open.substack.com/pub/wseandav...

Ohio. The Alabama of the Midwest.
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The presidents of all universities should hold a press conference together at the National Press Club in Washington DC condemning the attacks on science and universities and outline the stakes for all Americans. 1/

The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.

Where are they? In a crisis, they have ceded the public stage to Musk and Trump. It is shameful.

Money talks

Hey NIH, what have you done for me lately? It is hard to deny that science is under threat from the Trump administration.

The NIH is taking a beating by this short sighted administration. PLEASE read my weekly Substack post to understand why tax payer funded research is SO important and share it with your friends and family, especially those who supported Trump

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.

The dire consequences of science without DEI "We are very much at risk of losing an entire generation of researchers."

“I’m just an underrepresented person in academia trying to do this work. This just hurts research broadly across the board.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

They have killed the Epidemic Intelligence Service AKA “the disease detectives.” These are the experts on the frontlines protecting us from new and old infectious disease threats. Gone. In tbe stroke of a pen.

You won’t hear me boasting. Academic science and industrial science are different and we do a lot of different things. But we still build on each other’s work!

Imagine if university presidents instead of cowering, called up their faculty too speak in a round-the-clock marathon across the nation about how their research serves every American who has ever faced illness and disease.

How did DEI become a bad word? A view from academia

How did DEI become a bad word?
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Because this platform is moderated. This is not Twitter. There is no Elon Musk dominating an algorithm that drags down the platform

Bluesky is unique. We need it to grow.

What the heck are indirect costs? How NIH cuts will devastate science in the UD. open.substack.com/pub/wseandav...

Not entirely. The grants will still pay salaries, at least for now. Basically what they are saying is "you can do the research you proposed, but you have to figure out how to keep the lights on in your lab and pay the accountants and administration you need to follow the thousands of rules we have".

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.

2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0

Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated.
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this is Musk bragging that he will defy the order

#BoycottNFL #TurnItOff #ListenDontWatch

Just the slashing--effective immediately--of this funding across all of these institutions will result in tens of thousands of lost jobs, disrupted research, disrupted care.

The Trump regime is quite literally throwing grenades.