Jeremy Berg
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Husband, Father and grandfather, Datahound, Dog lover, Fan of Celtic music, Former NIGMS director, Former EiC of Science magazine, Stand Up for Science advisor, Pittsburgh, PA
NIH Dashboard: https://jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.github.io/index.html
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Reposted by Jeremy Berg
Phill Collins eat your heart out...
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Phill Collins eat your heart out...
My quote of the day
That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
Ah, but don't you believe them
Bruce Hornsby
That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
Ah, but don't you believe them
Bruce Hornsby
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My quote of the day
That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
Ah, but don't you believe them
Bruce Hornsby
That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
Ah, but don't you believe them
Bruce Hornsby
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The Supreme Court majority has decided that they are the fact-finders, and the facts are what they want them to be, and quite frankly if District Courts disagree, they can pound sand because they're not the ones in charge.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Supreme Court majority has decided that they are the fact-finders, and the facts are what they want them to be, and quite frankly if District Courts disagree, they can pound sand because they're not the ones in charge.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
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To all of you readers who submitted noxious nominations for the 17th annual Golden Duke awards, we thank you for your service. Now it’s time to vote! May the sickest sleazebag win.
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talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/grift...
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
To all of you readers who submitted noxious nominations for the 17th annual Golden Duke awards, we thank you for your service. Now it’s time to vote! May the sickest sleazebag win.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/grift...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/grift...
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That contract has brought the US to the fore of scientific discovery and innovation, but this year that seems to be going in the wrong direction
Subjects drawing the ire of the admin have been hurt,yes, but also Alzheimer's, cancer and HIV/AIDS research (analysis of NIH data by @jaspar.bsky.social)
Subjects drawing the ire of the admin have been hurt,yes, but also Alzheimer's, cancer and HIV/AIDS research (analysis of NIH data by @jaspar.bsky.social)
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
That contract has brought the US to the fore of scientific discovery and innovation, but this year that seems to be going in the wrong direction
Subjects drawing the ire of the admin have been hurt,yes, but also Alzheimer's, cancer and HIV/AIDS research (analysis of NIH data by @jaspar.bsky.social)
Subjects drawing the ire of the admin have been hurt,yes, but also Alzheimer's, cancer and HIV/AIDS research (analysis of NIH data by @jaspar.bsky.social)
Yes, this. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
It is clear what is happening and more facts are emerging every day including, apparently, the very troubling video with the second strike.
This is immoral and very likely criminal and we should not tolerate this being done in our name.
It is clear what is happening and more facts are emerging every day including, apparently, the very troubling video with the second strike.
This is immoral and very likely criminal and we should not tolerate this being done in our name.
Holding ourselves to account over the boat strike isn’t about the traffickers or the boat… it’s about us
youtu.be/yMH3NcZEeNA?...
youtu.be/yMH3NcZEeNA?...
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Yes, this. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
It is clear what is happening and more facts are emerging every day including, apparently, the very troubling video with the second strike.
This is immoral and very likely criminal and we should not tolerate this being done in our name.
It is clear what is happening and more facts are emerging every day including, apparently, the very troubling video with the second strike.
This is immoral and very likely criminal and we should not tolerate this being done in our name.
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Good discussion of our research results presented at #RSNA2025 @rsnasky.bsky.social showing that adding 3D mammography (tomosynthesis) to contrast mammography reduces false alarms, maintains better detection of small invasive breast cancers. dailybulletin.rsna.org/2025/wed/wed14
Adding Tomosynthesis to Contrast-Enhanced Mammography Reduces False Positives
dailybulletin.rsna.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Good discussion of our research results presented at #RSNA2025 @rsnasky.bsky.social showing that adding 3D mammography (tomosynthesis) to contrast mammography reduces false alarms, maintains better detection of small invasive breast cancers. dailybulletin.rsna.org/2025/wed/wed14
My quote of the day
There are a lot of things that people go through, and maybe they don't know how to get through it, and maybe you do, and if you have some sort of knowledge or power, share with the world.
Sabrina Carpenter
There are a lot of things that people go through, and maybe they don't know how to get through it, and maybe you do, and if you have some sort of knowledge or power, share with the world.
Sabrina Carpenter
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My quote of the day
There are a lot of things that people go through, and maybe they don't know how to get through it, and maybe you do, and if you have some sort of knowledge or power, share with the world.
Sabrina Carpenter
There are a lot of things that people go through, and maybe they don't know how to get through it, and maybe you do, and if you have some sort of knowledge or power, share with the world.
Sabrina Carpenter
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Going to be an awful day for anyone who appreciates vaccines, as Kennedy's ACIP meets today. The agenda is up and even the person representing CDC in the first session is a hard-core antivaxxer (Mark Blaxill). Starting today at 8am Eastern.
www.cdc.gov
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Going to be an awful day for anyone who appreciates vaccines, as Kennedy's ACIP meets today. The agenda is up and even the person representing CDC in the first session is a hard-core antivaxxer (Mark Blaxill). Starting today at 8am Eastern.
Maybe the wizards on Wall Street can put together a derivative that will allow investors to short the health of the American population with metrics such as the number of vaccine preventable illnesses such measles and hepatitis B.
a man in a suit and tie is looking at something in the distance
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is looking at something in the distance
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Maybe the wizards on Wall Street can put together a derivative that will allow investors to short the health of the American population with metrics such as the number of vaccine preventable illnesses such measles and hepatitis B.
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input on Federal policy updates to accelerate the American scientific enterprise.
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
Notice of Request for Information; Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from all interested parties on Federal policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking...
www.federalregister.gov
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input on Federal policy updates to accelerate the American scientific enterprise.
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
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Thanks @robcaliff.bsky.social and 11 other prior FDA Commissioners for weighing in on vaccines, evidence, appropriate policy in today's @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Thanks @robcaliff.bsky.social and 11 other prior FDA Commissioners for weighing in on vaccines, evidence, appropriate policy in today's @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
Very bad indeed.
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Very bad indeed.
I think it is clear that this means that you can request any amount without asking for permission and it will go through.
This seems to me to be a good thing since that cap has been in place at that level before 2003 when I started at NIGMS.
But, of course, abuse is possible....
This seems to me to be a good thing since that cap has been in place at that level before 2003 when I started at NIGMS.
But, of course, abuse is possible....
The latest NIH uidated are duoer vague. Today they announced that you cannot contact an IC to get permission to go above $500K Directs. Does this mean the cap is removed OR you can’t go over $500K at all and if you do submit a budget above, it will not go through?! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-019: Updated Application Policies: NIH Administrative Burden Reduction Effort Removal of Requirements for Letters of Intent and Unsolicited Applications Requesting $500,000 or More in Dire...
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Application Policies: NIH Administrative Burden Reduction Effort Removal of Requirements for Letters of Inten...
grants.nih.gov
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I think it is clear that this means that you can request any amount without asking for permission and it will go through.
This seems to me to be a good thing since that cap has been in place at that level before 2003 when I started at NIGMS.
But, of course, abuse is possible....
This seems to me to be a good thing since that cap has been in place at that level before 2003 when I started at NIGMS.
But, of course, abuse is possible....
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Aftyn Behn close election is reason why, though expensive, every contest should be contested, There's no other way to measure support for #Democratic policies or oppo to #GOP.
Lessons are learned when +22 Trump CD is lost by +5 GOP.
#MorningJoe
Lessons are learned when +22 Trump CD is lost by +5 GOP.
#MorningJoe
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Aftyn Behn close election is reason why, though expensive, every contest should be contested, There's no other way to measure support for #Democratic policies or oppo to #GOP.
Lessons are learned when +22 Trump CD is lost by +5 GOP.
#MorningJoe
Lessons are learned when +22 Trump CD is lost by +5 GOP.
#MorningJoe
My quote of the day
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
Bo Bennett
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
Bo Bennett
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
My quote of the day
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
Bo Bennett
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
Bo Bennett
I don’t think this is an attack, but it does expose unnecessarily sensationalized “journalism” from @charlespiller.bsky.social
A long thread…
bsky.app/profile/jere...
Just helping him feel he succeeded…
A long thread…
bsky.app/profile/jere...
Just helping him feel he succeeded…
“If I’m not getting attacked…I would have felt I failed.” @charlespiller.bsky.social at #WCSJ25 on how his work exposing fraud in Alzheimer’s research was attacked and called misinformation and how he responded. “Ignoring scientific misconduct invites public distrust.”
December 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I don’t think this is an attack, but it does expose unnecessarily sensationalized “journalism” from @charlespiller.bsky.social
A long thread…
bsky.app/profile/jere...
Just helping him feel he succeeded…
A long thread…
bsky.app/profile/jere...
Just helping him feel he succeeded…
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Chinese-born ‘boffins’ have long made up the largest group of foreign researchers in the US; Silicon Valley is still full of them as the US remains the top destination for AI talent worldwide. But China is the top source of that talent
Their exodus will be harmful
🧪
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
Their exodus will be harmful
🧪
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
America is foolishly waving goodbye to thousands of Chinese boffins
Hostile policies and attacks on science are driving them back into China’s arms
www.economist.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Chinese-born ‘boffins’ have long made up the largest group of foreign researchers in the US; Silicon Valley is still full of them as the US remains the top destination for AI talent worldwide. But China is the top source of that talent
Their exodus will be harmful
🧪
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
Their exodus will be harmful
🧪
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
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As is closing a gap from deep double to single digits in a year
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
As is closing a gap from deep double to single digits in a year
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No matter what happens - another reminder every vote counts
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
No matter what happens - another reminder every vote counts
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present: