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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 20h

Who is Russell Vought cutting at our health agencies? The data people. The scientists. The comms people.

Project 2025 is a war on truth.
We are fighting an information war.

Sources of reliable truth are who they are after.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

More CDC Cuts :: NCHS Edition 📊🔫

At least 1/3 of the staff at the National Center for Health Statistics has been cut (and remain cut). This is catastrophic for our nation’s health data.

Say goodbye to national health statistics that you can trust, healthcare surveys, NHANES and data systems.

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 22h

OpenNeuro @openneuro.bsky.social just hit a huge milestone: 1500 datasets! Congrats to the team on making this project so successful over the last 7 years.

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Kristina Visscher @visscherlab.bsky.social · 23h

Yup! But triage has other benefits. So let’s try in the ways we can to mitigate that tendency.

Kristina Visscher @visscherlab.bsky.social · 23h

If it’s a fundamental disagreement about significance, that will come out in discussion. I think if we allow the process to systematically de-weight a group of proposals (those w/high score variance) that hold a relatively high proportion of potentially groundbreaking proposals, the field suffers.

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UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center @uabneuro.bsky.social · 1d

Meet us at Avondale Library on Nov 1 at 11AM for the last UAB Brain Chats session of 2025! Dr. Rachel Teranishi will present the highly requested topic on TBI, “Hope After Head Injury, The Road to Recovery”. 🧠

Bring a friend and join the discussion! 😀

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Kristina Visscher @visscherlab.bsky.social · 23h

The 5-point discrepancy means likely someone wholly misunderstood the application. And it’s likely to be either 1) fatally flawed in an easy-to-miss way or 2) a substantial innovation that goes against paradigm. The field is hurt if we don’t identify which.

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Kristina Visscher @visscherlab.bsky.social · 23h

I’ll bite: the 5 point discrepancy is more important. In the 2-3 point discrepancy near the funding line, both applications are probably very good and the field improves by funding either one. On the other hand…

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 1d

We're searching for a tenure track assistant professor in clinical psychology here at the University of Arizona! Come to Tucson-- great place to live and work! 🌄🌵🏀 @uarizona.bsky.social

arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Assistant Professor, Psychology (T/TE)

The candidate will be expected to build and sustain an externally funded, nationally recognized research program, provide effective instruction at the...

arizona.csod.com

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 3d

If you're talking to ppl who aren't sure why we should care about the MMWR staff being fired, here's an MMWR article from 9/25/2025. These are people whose work we don't (& shouldn't have to) think about. But they gather data & inform the people who we trust to keep us safe. #EpiSky

Pediatric Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy ...

This report describes 109 U.S. cases of pediatric influenza-associated encephalopathy during the 2024–25 flu season – a high-severity season.

www.cdc.gov

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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TK (Takashi DY) Kozai @bioniclab.bsky.social · 3d

NIH cuts save $9-10B short-term, but they’re killing 202K jobs & $46B in red-state economies (TX, FL, OH). $8T healthcare disaster loom, no cancer/Alzheimer’s cures, pricier drugs. Scientists fleeing to China? Bad deal. Fight for NIH!
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...

#AmericaFirst

NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

www.the-scientist.com

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 3d

If I were a hostile power attempting to weaken the largest superpower in the world, actions like this would be effective.

You have to ask yourself, why do this?

What is the goal?

BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 3d

My spouse pulled data from the CDC’s MMWR team on a weekly basis for her company to include with public health reports. That entire team has just been RIFed by Trump.

No more public health reports.

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.h...

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

The MMWR series is the agency’s primary vehicle for ,,,

www.cdc.gov

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 3d

“The Librarians” examines the experiences of school librarians who have found themselves on the front lines of a battle against censorship. https://to.pbs.org/46TqfiW

The fight against book bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary

According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 3d

The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4qadGZG

MIT president rejects proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits

The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump's politica...

www.pbs.org

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Ken Miller @kenmiller.bsky.social · 5d

This is the professor at Rutgers who studies fascism and anti-fascism, got doxxed by some rt-wing group, was getting death threats, and decided to move to Europe.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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@arvoinfo.bsky.social‬ @arvoinfo.bsky.social · 6d

Discover practical ways to make your #VisionResearch lab more sustainable! Join @arvoinfo.bsky.social's webinar on Oct. 29 for insights on regulations, cost-saving strategies, and institutional support. Sign up now: https://bit.ly/4mLnCXq

Promotional image for an ARVO Webinar on October 29 from 8:00 to 9:30am ET, titled 'Building a Community for Sustainable Vision Research'. Features a digital play button and a QR code, with text stating the event is free for ARVO members.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 5d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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ENIGMA Consortium @enigmabrains.bsky.social · 5d

Job Opening 💻 #ASSISTANTPROFESSOR (tenure-track) at University of Arizona' s Dept. of Psychology in their Clinical Science program! More info here: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Assistant Professor, Psychology (T/TE)

The candidate will be expected to build and sustain an externally funded, nationally recognized research program, provide effective instruction at the...

arizona.csod.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 6d

Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Kristina Visscher @visscherlab.bsky.social · 5d

A spectacular opportunity!!

Ella Striem-Amit @striemamit.bsky.social · 6d

(please repost) If you're looking for a #neuroscience PhD program - and interested in human brain plasticity and reorganization (neuroimaging in people born with blindness, deafness or without hands), my lab is accepting students this cycle. Email me!

Home Page - Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience

The Georgetown Difference We are invested in providing a transformative experience through holistic training, accessible resources, and personalized career strategies to help you reach your aspiration...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

Liberal South Carolina
Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an explosion. SLED is investigation as arson and refer attack as Judge Goodstein had been receiving multiple threats.

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 8d

Sure to NOT produce any media hand wringing. Nope, constant attacks on the folks on the left ARE NOT the result of a President calling us scum and terrorists, or any other violent rhetoric from the right. All is nominal.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

Liberal South Carolina
Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an explosion. SLED is investigation as arson and refer attack as Judge Goodstein had been receiving multiple threats.

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The Neuron Family @theneuronfamily.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Vision Awareness Month! 👀🧠✨

We will be launching our next book "How We See" on October 9th! Made in collaboration with the Vision Sciences Research Network @reseauvision.bsky.social

Sign up to our newsletter for updates and free colouring pages! 💌 go.theneuronfamily.com/98aGI

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Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 12d

Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about peer review?

Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.

9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

northwestern.zoom.us

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KB Sez @kbsez.bsky.social · 11d

#trump posting obvious AI generated crap because he's so decrepit and so deep in #dementia - #TrumpHasDementia

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 11d

Donald Trump just posted this.

We are not a serious country anymore.

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