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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 13h

This Saturday, NIH Vigils will celebrate No Kings with @saralove4md.bsky.social, @evanmglass.bsky.social, @allstrike.bsky.social, a food drive for those impacted by the shutdown, and words from NIH staff and patients.

And possibly some members of Congress - we’ll see!

No Kings NIH Vigil and Food Drive

Come join us and bring your spare non-perishables. We'd love to have you join us for our event!

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d

The IRS is laying off people during the shutdown, even though it was rehiring staff it previously fired because it was so shorthanded.
This one stands out because firing IRS employees costs the government money, since they bring in about $6-8 for every dollar spent on tax enforcement

IRS Halts Layoff Plans, Begins Rehiring Amid Staffing Shortages
The agency is attempting to rebuild its workforce and restore public confidence.

Treasury Department: Treasury cut 1,446 employees on Friday. Two Internal Revenue Service employees confirmed layoffs were taking place at the tax agency, which has already shed more than 25,000 employees. One employee who was laid off was working Friday and exempt from shutdown furloughs.

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teabelly @teabelly.bsky.social · 4d

This is illegal and is precisely why we need members of congress to pass nothing less than a CR that not only averts the looming health care crisis, but actually reins in a lawless Vought/OMB and White House. The House Dems' version of the CR includes such protective measures, including ...

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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · 4d

This 👇🏼

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 4d

We have breaking news in Inside Medicine.

We had heard rumors of RIFs to CDC.

But this is the first visual confirmation that it has occurred tonight, and at high levels in the agency.

Here is what we know...and then some well-sourced rumors (but rumors, nonetheless, not confirmed) 🧵...

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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · 4d

He just decimated the CDC…

DURING A SHUTDOWN 😡

Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 4d

It is day 10 of the government shutdown, and instead of negotiating with Democrats, Trump is disrespecting federal workers and using them as pawns in his plan to dismantle the services Americans rely on.

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

Mass firings of federal workers have begun. That was the announcement Friday from the White House as Republicans worked to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to end the government shutdown.

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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 4d

It is day 10 of the government shutdown, and instead of negotiating with Democrats, Trump is disrespecting federal workers and using them as pawns in his plan to dismantle the services Americans rely on.

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

Mass firings of federal workers have begun. That was the announcement Friday from the White House as Republicans worked to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to end the government shutdown.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 4d

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, we argue vociferously, backed by empirical research, that patients’ wellbeing and health outcomes will suffer from the Trump administration’s push to end DEI policies at US medical schools

The BMJ @bmj.com · 4d

The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 4d

Russell Vought has announced that "mass firings [RIFs] have begun."

Lawless. The RIFs in the spring were illegal, as Judge Illston outlined. Yes, the conservative SCOTUS supermajority lawlessly signed off. But the Calvinball Court is not doing law.

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'RIFs have begun.' Vought announces start of mass firings during government shutdown

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 8d

"rather than articulating and defending these goals and processes, many parts of the scientific establishment seemed to be rushing to violate one of the first tenets of historian Timothy Snyder’s important book On Tyranny: Do not obey in advance." 🧪

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 8d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Trisha Clark @tcinindy.bsky.social · 8d

This expresses what many of us have been thinking. The silence has been deafening at times. The collective good of all would have a huge impact, if we can find a way to bring everyone together. We must dissent and resist to survive and come out on the other side. Thank you to all who do speak out!

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 8d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 8d

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Letter Regarding Compact

MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 7d

This is a legitimately amazing video from @schumer.senate.gov

Please watch.

Thank you, Chuck Schumer!

youtube.com/shorts/Bl01O...

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 9d

What do you know, when science funding is interrupted, you get less science

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 9d

PubMed Update (no pun intended)

Publications with Pub Date

8/1//24 62209
9/1/24 64765
10/1/24 68211

8/1/25 61610
9/1/25 63719

10/1/25 35936 (as of 10/2/25)
10/1/25 38673 (as of 10/6/25, 8:00 AM)

It appears that ~40% of the expected number of publications are missing for 10/1/25

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a man in a black vest says no bueno in front of mountains

ALT: a man in a black vest says no bueno in front of mountains

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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · 8d

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 9d

When you attack and interrupt science, you end up with fewer findings. In a few years, we will start to see this in fewer treatment breakthroughs.

But this did not need to happen.

And it need not continue.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 9d

PubMed Update (no pun intended)

Publications with Pub Date

8/1//24 62209
9/1/24 64765
10/1/24 68211

8/1/25 61610
9/1/25 63719

10/1/25 35936 (as of 10/2/25)
10/1/25 38673 (as of 10/6/25, 8:00 AM)

It appears that ~40% of the expected number of publications are missing for 10/1/25

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 9d

What I didn’t get to say on @msnbc.com part 2

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8A6KecL/

I went on MSNBC The Weekend Primetime. Here’s what I didn’t get to say, part 2.

TikTok video by jennajmn

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 9d

Here what I didn’t get to say on MSNBC tonight, part 1: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8A6kqV7/

I went on MSNBC The Weekend Primetime. Here’s what I didn’t get to say, part 1.

TikTok video by jennajmn

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10d

The Supreme Court’s Republican appointees let the Trump administration end the legal status of 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants who were granted Temporary Protected Status, a type of humanitarian relief for people whose home countries are in crisis.

The Supreme Court just took legal status from 300,000 Venezuelans

Justice Jackson accuses her colleagues of "repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference."

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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · 10d

Check this out! 😃 A group of comic book artists collaborated on Stop Project 2025, a chapter-by-chapter illustrated version of the Heritage Foundation’s manual for modern dictators.

stopproject2025comic.org

Stop Project 2025 Comic

Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 10d

Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun!

We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚

The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 10d

Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...

‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 10d

OSC tells us how to file a #HatchAct complaint. Nearly all federal sites are in violation. Do not accept this as normal. #FEDSTRONG
osc.gov/Services/Pag...

How to File a Hatch Act Complaint

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10d

A strong statement from the Dartmouth President regarding the "Compact"

president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10...

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Response to the ‘Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’ | Office of the President

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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 Are you an alum from one of the 9 universities Trump is attempting to extort right now?

✍️ Sign this petition to defend your university, free speech, and democracy. I signed.

This is a time for courage, not capitulation.
#JustSayNo #Compact 🧪🧠🧬

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Trump attacks 9 universities: Sign the alumni petition to defend your school now

Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America.

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