A.N. Atomist
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Dispatches from the Lowest Ethereal Plane of Academia. My Wu Tang name is The Respected Magician. I also know what Soylent Green is made of...
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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It's official. After a few minor tweaks, Sandman Slim 13 is off to the publisher. It will be weeks before I know how they like it but, overall, I'm happy with the book. I hope readers enjoy it when it comes out next year(?). I'm really looking forward to your responses.
May 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It's official. After a few minor tweaks, Sandman Slim 13 is off to the publisher. It will be weeks before I know how they like it but, overall, I'm happy with the book. I hope readers enjoy it when it comes out next year(?). I'm really looking forward to your responses.
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NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths 7/10
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
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NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths
NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
www.statnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths 7/10
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
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NIH is freezing funds for research abroad, threatening thousands of projects. 9/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy
Move by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
NIH is freezing funds for research abroad, threatening thousands of projects. 9/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
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March 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
A GIANT good boy.
April 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A GIANT good boy.
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He’s such a handsome boy!
April 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
He’s such a handsome boy!
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My heart goes out to all of the good folks within NIH who are dealing with shit more directly.
I am so sorry that you, your colleagues, and the institution that you love are being treated with such disrespect.
4/n
I am so sorry that you, your colleagues, and the institution that you love are being treated with such disrespect.
4/n
two dogs are sitting next to each other on a window sill and one of them is looking at the other .
ALT: two dogs are sitting next to each other on a window sill and one of them is looking at the other .
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April 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My heart goes out to all of the good folks within NIH who are dealing with shit more directly.
I am so sorry that you, your colleagues, and the institution that you love are being treated with such disrespect.
4/n
I am so sorry that you, your colleagues, and the institution that you love are being treated with such disrespect.
4/n
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet
Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.
www.theatlantic.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The decision a lot of universities face now is whether to:
-- have their federal funding pulled because they stood on principle to protect their students and the integrity of their research, or
-- have their funding pulled anyway just because they exist, regardless of how cravenly they submit.
-- have their federal funding pulled because they stood on principle to protect their students and the integrity of their research, or
-- have their funding pulled anyway just because they exist, regardless of how cravenly they submit.
March 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The decision a lot of universities face now is whether to:
-- have their federal funding pulled because they stood on principle to protect their students and the integrity of their research, or
-- have their funding pulled anyway just because they exist, regardless of how cravenly they submit.
-- have their federal funding pulled because they stood on principle to protect their students and the integrity of their research, or
-- have their funding pulled anyway just because they exist, regardless of how cravenly they submit.
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Female colugos glide to forage, but males travel greater distances to not only feed but to defend territories and search for mates. Moms carry their baby during gliding, and as the baby gets bigger, gliding distances get shorter (Byrnes et al. 2011) #2025MMM
March 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Female colugos glide to forage, but males travel greater distances to not only feed but to defend territories and search for mates. Moms carry their baby during gliding, and as the baby gets bigger, gliding distances get shorter (Byrnes et al. 2011) #2025MMM
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New genetic analysis shows white-nosed coatis likely spread northward from South America ~3.8 million years ago.
NOT the north-to-south story fossils told us. Maybe Nasua lineage diversification occured in S. America? #2025MMM www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
NOT the north-to-south story fossils told us. Maybe Nasua lineage diversification occured in S. America? #2025MMM www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
New genetic analysis shows white-nosed coatis likely spread northward from South America ~3.8 million years ago.
NOT the north-to-south story fossils told us. Maybe Nasua lineage diversification occured in S. America? #2025MMM www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
NOT the north-to-south story fossils told us. Maybe Nasua lineage diversification occured in S. America? #2025MMM www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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BREAKING: Pierre Gasly, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have been disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix
Gasly and Leclerc's cars were found to be underweight, while Hamilton's car was deemed to have excessive skid wear
#F1 #ChineseGP
Gasly and Leclerc's cars were found to be underweight, while Hamilton's car was deemed to have excessive skid wear
#F1 #ChineseGP
March 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
BREAKING: Pierre Gasly, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have been disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix
Gasly and Leclerc's cars were found to be underweight, while Hamilton's car was deemed to have excessive skid wear
#F1 #ChineseGP
Gasly and Leclerc's cars were found to be underweight, while Hamilton's car was deemed to have excessive skid wear
#F1 #ChineseGP
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It's been a while. Have a micrograph of the anterior portion of a mouse eye. I'm not waiting for #FluorescenceFriday. 🧪🔬
March 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It's been a while. Have a micrograph of the anterior portion of a mouse eye. I'm not waiting for #FluorescenceFriday. 🧪🔬
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March 23, 2010: President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. Vice President Biden said, “It’s a big fucking deal,” and he wasn’t wrong.
None of this would’ve happened without the badass leadership of Pelosi, Reid, and grassroots Dems.
I miss these folks…
None of this would’ve happened without the badass leadership of Pelosi, Reid, and grassroots Dems.
I miss these folks…
March 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
March 23, 2010: President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. Vice President Biden said, “It’s a big fucking deal,” and he wasn’t wrong.
None of this would’ve happened without the badass leadership of Pelosi, Reid, and grassroots Dems.
I miss these folks…
None of this would’ve happened without the badass leadership of Pelosi, Reid, and grassroots Dems.
I miss these folks…
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter
I'm your huckleberry.
See a Doc, post a doc.
See a Doc, post a doc.
March 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I'm your huckleberry.
See a Doc, post a doc.
See a Doc, post a doc.
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Lab’s latest: (mouse) mums grow their guts during pregnancy and lactation: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
March 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Lab’s latest: (mouse) mums grow their guts during pregnancy and lactation: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Elbows up!!
March 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Elbows up!!
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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