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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 15h

No, it’s eugenics

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

“The administration did not like that CDC data did not support their narrative, so they got rid of them. They didn’t like that CDC policy groups would not rubber stamp their unscientific ideas, so they got rid of them”.

The damage to the CDC is “beyond repair”.

‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC faces another round of deep staff cuts | CNN

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, ac...

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 15h

A central feature of Dark Enlightenment ideals is eugenics.

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 15h

Consider that the US government is one of the (if not the) largest sources of wealth in the world.

Billionaires are currently pillaging it for themselves and to fund a non-democratic, non-egalitarian technostate modeled after Dark Enlightenment ideals.

breakermag.com/heres-the-da...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 2d

“When I directly pressed Bhattacharya about this exodus during our meeting, he said that if researchers did not like the way things are in the United States, they were welcome to go elsewhere.”

😮😮😮 holy shit Jay B really does not give a fuck 😮😮😮

www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...

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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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 2d

#GOPShitdown day 10, and OMG y’all we made it to Friday 👏👏👏👏👏 Partial paycheck today to help out so that’s nice. Get your coffee and hang in there ✊✊✊✊

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 2d

After changing the rules of the confirmation process, Senate Republicans confirmed a massive batch of 107 Trump nominees, including Solicitor of Labor Jonathan Berry.

A Project 2025 author, he is a threat to all workers -- but especially women.

10 Reasons Jonathan Berry's Nomination is a Threat to Women | National Partnership for Women & Families

Jonathan Berry, a key architect of the labor chapter of Project 2025, represents a significant threat to gender equity and civil rights in America. His nomination to serve as solicitor of labor – the ...

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 2d

“This too can become a self-reinforcing set of expectations — but only if the coalition’s members resist the threats and promises of those who are trying to break it.”

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 2d

“Those who oppose authoritarianism have to play a different game, creating solidarity among an unwieldy coalition, which knows that if everyone holds together, they will surely succeed.”

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 2d

“They win when society cracks, creating a self-enforcing set of expectations, in which everyone shuts up and complies because everyone expects everyone else to shut up and comply, too.”

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 2d

“The struggle over regime change is about whether the aspiring authoritarians can subdue civil society. Their strategy is to play divide and conquer, rewarding friends and brutally punishing opponents.”

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 2d

“Power is a ‘coordination game,’ in which everything depends on what the public believes and does together. Even the most brutal tyrant does not have enough soldiers and police officers to compel everyone to obey at gunpoint.”

Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

www.nytimes.com

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 2d

Holy shit Schumer found his spine! I wonder where it was hiding all this time …

Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 5d

Yes! DMed you 😁

NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 6d

Why not both?

a close up of a person 's face with the words `` bit of both '' written on it .

ALT: a close up of a person 's face with the words `` bit of both '' written on it .

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 6d

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

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 6d

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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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 7d

Every day Trump officials are using DOL platforms in violation of the Hatch Act to push blatant lies, claiming Dems are insisting on healthcare for illegal immigrants.

FALSE. It's about healthcare for millions of American citizens--a literal life or death matter--and other critical public services.

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Alt: a close up of Arthur's fist in a cartoon

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 6d

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

www.tiktok.com

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 6d

JFC. Teslas can be sold from the White House lawn, and gifts over 400 million dollars are always acceptable from our fre-enemies. But God fucking forbid a furloughed fed receive go fund me assistance

www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs...

OGE Posts Guidance on Accepting Assistance, Outside Work During Shutdown

Following is guidance from the Office of Government Ethics on ethical considerations for federal employees who are put in non-pay status during agency

www.fedweek.com

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 8d

LOL how many Jays who don’t respond well to critique can there possibly be

Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 8d

Thought this was about Jay Bhattacharya.
… it applies to him too

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 9d

Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.

If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.

Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 8d

Enjoy!

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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 9d

Russell Vought tells Trump we need MORE COWBELL -- with cowbell meaning everything on the Project 2025 agenda! When Vought tells Trump to do something, he delivers. Who is really running the government?

Made with apologies to Saturday Night Live.

#dontfearthereaper

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 8d

Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 9d

Russell Vought tells Trump we need MORE COWBELL -- with cowbell meaning everything on the Project 2025 agenda! When Vought tells Trump to do something, he delivers. Who is really running the government?

Made with apologies to Saturday Night Live.

#dontfearthereaper

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 9d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 9d

BREAKING: A federal judge says there is a realistic likelihood that the prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was driven by vindictive motives — reflected in the public statements of Bondi, Blanche, Noem et al.

He has ordered discovery on the question.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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