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God @thegodpodcast.com · 20h

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

Philadelphia Science Action @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com · 1d

“At its core, Chiles v. Salazar is not about protecting speech. It is about pathologizing LGBTQ identities ... It rejects decades of scientific consensus and ethical guidance in favor of a worldview that seeks to make society less safe and less inclusive.”

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The Weaponization of Free Speech Against LGBTQ+ Youth

By Amanda Rabinowitz Ph.D.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 1d

“The Death of Public Health”

Jonas Salk saved millions with a polio vaccine. He gave it away to help humanity. Today, venal and yes, evil billionaires—Koch to Musk to Peter Thiel—are fully behind destroying American society for profit. They want you poor, sick, and desperate. We must stop them.

The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
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More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

We have a judicial crisis in the US.

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

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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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3d

Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social

Definitely worth a read!

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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

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

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 3d

Vanderbilt students and faculty know the right answer to Trump's "compact" for #highered.

Why doesn't their Chancellor?

#academicsky #edusky

Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 4d

Vanderbilt students, faculty and professors marched on Wednesday as Chancellor Diermeier mulls funding deal with Trump administration.

Campus Crowd Demands Vanderbilt Reject Trump Deal

Students, faculty and professors marched on Wednesday as Chancellor Diermeier mulls funding deal with Trump administration

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 3d

Students and faculty at Brown know the right answer to Trump's "compact".

But 9 days since the letter went out and no response from their board and administration.

Does deciding whether you want to abandon #academicfreedom and integrity really take this much time?

#academicsky

AAUP @aaup.org · 3d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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Philadelphia Science Action @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com · 3d

MIT Rejects Trump's "Compact"

This is how you do it.

JUST. SAY. NO.

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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 6d

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
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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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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 3d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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AAUP @aaup.org · 3d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 4d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4d

Hey US scientists, the NY Times wants to hear from you if you've had your funding cut. 🌊🧪

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4d

Trump's dictatorship is time for making moral choices

I talked to the top climate scientist, Penn's Michael Mann, about his great new book - and why he sacrificed a key university post in order to keep speaking the truth against anti-science lies

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 4d

🔬10 out of 8 scientists agree RFKJ should be fired 🧪

This can happen when your incompetence is so large it generates mass.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4d

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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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5d

Six former US Surgeon Generals all came together to issue a joint statement about the tremendous harm RFK Jr poses to the health of Americans.

Meanwhile who did RFK Jr pick as Surgeon General?

Casey Means. A wellness influencer who isn’t even a practicing physician.

Six former US surgeons general warn RFK Jr is ‘endangering nation’s health’

Former top doctors condemn health secretary’s vaccine, research policies, saying ideology replaced science at HHS

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Doctors for America @drsforamerica.bsky.social · 5d

In an extraordinary joint statement, 6 former U.S. Surgeons General warn:
RFK Jr. is "endangering the health of the nation.”

We’ve previously called for RFK Jr.’s resignation, this moment confirms why. Patient health must come before politics.
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Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 6d

They want to take away pay that they said we would get in furlough emails. It’s not like we don’t want to be working right now. And excepted employees are working without pay right now. In answer to the question below, pissed.

👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 6d

Hey, feds! How you feeling about this?

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay — Axios

Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 6d

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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