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300k comments in, now zoom out to the far-right fringe that originated this rule. Which includes John Roberts. Win elections, and then we need a plan for 2029: strengthen Congress, reform the Supreme Court, save biomedical research, and dementia and cancer treatments. Thanks to everyone who organized including @standupforscience and everyone who commented. #nih #realisticoptimism #freespeech #neuroscience

An inspiring part of #NoKings in DC. These two ladies came from their retirement community as part of a group, formed up into buddies, because they thought it was important to be there.

The farewell to Cosyne 2026. We didn’t have a mike or a podium, but like all scientists we were ready to improvise with chairs and loud voices. Congrats to Guillaume Lajoie and Alex Cayco Gajic for a great workshop program, and thanks to all the scientists who came, participated, spoke, and exchanged ideas. See you next year for Cosyne 2027– the comp neuro and brain research conference. It’s a great community and I always learn a lot. #cosyne #science #neuroscience #AI @cosynemeeting

No, the budget vote is NOT a reason to think things at NIH will be ok. Russell Vought and the Project 2025 people in the White House are breaking NIH from the inside. What’s looming: bad NIH institute director hires and changes to peer review. Please share. This is discussing publicly reported facts or it’s my opinion and is free speech protected by the first amendment, because the public has an interest in hearing from experts in government. Edit: yes it was cold outside! But that’s the light

Part 2/2 Pinching puppies! The reasons for health misinformation can seem complicated. But there’s an amazing kids book that explains this in simple terms. It also covers why there is an attack on science happening. Everything I say here has either been reported publicly or is my opinion, and I speak in my personal capacity on personal time. So this is #freespeech protected by the First Amendment (ex: Thurgood Marshall in Pickering v Board, 1968). #nih #realisticoptimism #science #media Full v

Pinching puppies! The reasons for health misinformation can seem complicated. But there’s an amazing kids book that explains this in simple terms. It also covers why there is an attack on science happening. Everything I say here has either been reported publicly or is my opinion, and I speak in my personal capacity on personal time. So this is #freespeech protected by the First Amendment (ex: Thurgood Marshall in Pickering v Board, 1968). #nih #realisticoptimism #science #media PART 1 of 2. Fu

One thing that makes science— cancer research, cell biology, neuroscience— powerful is that we rely on the scientific community to act as advisors. People offer up their expertise, listen to others’ talks, serve on committees. We put our minds together and share expertise. But it’s not just science! Watch for another example. Speak out, call your Congress members and tell them we want NIH institute directors hired with real search committees. #nih #realisticoptimism #talent #innovation

Trump’s ongoing destruction of cancer research by blowing up NIH from inside. This one is about institute directors and one thing we can do. Scientists, please share with your colleagues. More info in other reels and in bio. The massive changes inside NIH to move towards conservative politics and away from real science are reportedly led by Russell Vought, the shadow president and Project 2025 co-lead. As always speaking here in my personal capacity on personal time about matters of public conce

We — scientists who are speaking out — get this question all the time. Why are they coming after scientists? So a short summary. For more see the longer video, reel in profile and links in bio. Similar things have happened for climate, and asbestos, and vaccines. But this administration is doing a super-charged attack on science. Attacking truth isn’t the only reason: privatization and electoral sorting is part of it too. Karl Rove, Russell Vought, and Charles Koch are all part of the answe

The Trump CDC is doing junk science. And it helps to see how it does it. And why. Some things: We are not in the business of proving negatives, what is scientific truth and how does it arise? RFK’s corruption/conflicts of interest. Consensus, merchants of doubt, and money. Don’t be afraid to call out the merchants of doubt. #realisticoptimism #nih #merchantsofdoubt #Science #wearegoingtowinthis @DrSoz @Jenna @public_enlightenment

Bad news out of the Trump NIH. They opened job applications for several Institute Directors. But with a super short deadline, seemingly without the expert search committees that engage the scientific community on these hires. Those expert search committees can prevent the president from installing his cronies. For scientists: so far we have seen grant terminations (illegal grant terminations). But we have not seen many grants awarded for political reasons. But the IC directors have the authority