public health cat guy
@buttonsandbiscuit.bsky.social
personal account. it’s an alt. all opinions my own except for the wrong ones
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NEW: We (mostly @noamross.net) launched a website to shine a brighter light on terminated NIH and NSF grants.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
Grant Watch
grant-watch.us
April 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
NEW: We (mostly @noamross.net) launched a website to shine a brighter light on terminated NIH and NSF grants.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
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I'm sorry FIFTEEN Senate Democrats voted to confirm DAVID PERDUE, insider trading king, to be AMBASSADOR TO CHINA???
what is wrong with these people??????????????????????????/
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
what is wrong with these people??????????????????????????/
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Senate confirms David Perdue as Trump’s ambassador to China
The former Georgia senator, who has declared that Beijing is “at war” with America, is now tasked with easing U.S.-China tensions.
www.politico.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm sorry FIFTEEN Senate Democrats voted to confirm DAVID PERDUE, insider trading king, to be AMBASSADOR TO CHINA???
what is wrong with these people??????????????????????????/
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
what is wrong with these people??????????????????????????/
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
guess i’d better tag the judicial circuit for bread crime @darthbluesky.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
guess i’d better tag the judicial circuit for bread crime @darthbluesky.bsky.social
cat got into the bread cabinet, now there is no bread
April 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
cat got into the bread cabinet, now there is no bread
hard to work or focus on anything when you don’t know if your rx medications will still be available in a few months. if just one drug goes into shortage, it’s difficult to replace, but it’s doable. when two or three or more go into shortage…
April 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
hard to work or focus on anything when you don’t know if your rx medications will still be available in a few months. if just one drug goes into shortage, it’s difficult to replace, but it’s doable. when two or three or more go into shortage…
episode v: the revenge of the libs
April 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
episode v: the revenge of the libs
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Sorry canda, you ain't getting our beautiful health care system
April 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Firefighters, first responders, nurses, and doctors rely on *NIOSH-approved* respirators. (During the pandemic we saw *many* counterfeit respirators going to hospitals.) The program that certifies respirators was eliminated.
April 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Firefighters, first responders, nurses, and doctors rely on *NIOSH-approved* respirators. (During the pandemic we saw *many* counterfeit respirators going to hospitals.) The program that certifies respirators was eliminated.
lol the last photo
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April 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
lol the last photo
democrats are full steam ahead with this inherently contradictory messaging. you can’t call this situation a crisis and not treat it like one
Booker spent Sunday sitting on the steps of the Capitol to protest some bad bill only to walk up those steps the next day and vote for a dude who supported a lawsuit seeking to overturn 2020.
like, Booker made a 25 hour plus moving speech about the stakes right now. but somehow he can't vote against trump's nominees?! wtf?
April 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
democrats are full steam ahead with this inherently contradictory messaging. you can’t call this situation a crisis and not treat it like one
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I see the already historically unpopular president is exploring how to get the military invovled in “assisting” local law enforcement just a few weeks before the real shortages caused by his inept economic policy start hitting. Probably nothing to worry about.
April 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I see the already historically unpopular president is exploring how to get the military invovled in “assisting” local law enforcement just a few weeks before the real shortages caused by his inept economic policy start hitting. Probably nothing to worry about.
oh my god, this is real. they chartered the patriots team plane to disappear people to guantanamo. what the fuck
Did the New England Patriots team plane just fly to Guantanamo? 👀
April 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
oh my god, this is real. they chartered the patriots team plane to disappear people to guantanamo. what the fuck
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My blog on new state-level estimates from @kff.org & @urbaninstitute.bsky.social of cost-shifts to states from imposing a #Medicaid per capita cap on federal expansion $, likely resulting in states terminating expansion as under direct cuts to the 90% match rate: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/04/28/n...
New State-by-State Estimates of the Federal Funding Cuts from Imposing a Per Capita Cap on the Medicaid Expansion
I previously warned about how imposing a per capita cap on the Medicaid expansion would effectively lead to a sharp cut to the current 90 percent matching rate for the 40 states and the District of…
ccf.georgetown.edu
April 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My blog on new state-level estimates from @kff.org & @urbaninstitute.bsky.social of cost-shifts to states from imposing a #Medicaid per capita cap on federal expansion $, likely resulting in states terminating expansion as under direct cuts to the 90% match rate: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/04/28/n...
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oh my god, there's another $45 billion for detention facilities. "family residential centers"
they are funding a deportation squad
in total, it's ~$9 billion more for salaries over 5 years plus $14.4 billion to deport people, plus $5 billion for other activities - for a total of $28 billion more for ICE over 5 years
ICE is a $10.5 billion agency, so they're doing a 50% increase in funding
in total, it's ~$9 billion more for salaries over 5 years plus $14.4 billion to deport people, plus $5 billion for other activities - for a total of $28 billion more for ICE over 5 years
ICE is a $10.5 billion agency, so they're doing a 50% increase in funding
April 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
oh my god, there's another $45 billion for detention facilities. "family residential centers"
have you ever thought about how goldfish are truly really great crackers
April 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
have you ever thought about how goldfish are truly really great crackers
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Not great to see "we're doing this bad thing for the Jews" spread outside the Trump administration.
It is, in fact, antisemitic for politicians to use antisemitism as an all-purpose excuse for enacting authoritarian policies like demanding control of university curricula and suppressing protests.
It is, in fact, antisemitic for politicians to use antisemitism as an all-purpose excuse for enacting authoritarian policies like demanding control of university curricula and suppressing protests.
“The new charge would be a class B misdemeanor and apply if someone wears a mask or covers their face with the intent of concealing their identity while committing a class A misdemeanor or felony or immediately fleeing the scene”
They’re, of course, hanging this on Jews (WHO DO NOT WANT THIS)
They’re, of course, hanging this on Jews (WHO DO NOT WANT THIS)
Gov. Hochul, lawmakers strike deal on new crime of wearing mask while evading arrest
The deal between Hochul and the Legislature’s Democratic majorities clears a major hurdle to a final budget deal.
gothamist.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Not great to see "we're doing this bad thing for the Jews" spread outside the Trump administration.
It is, in fact, antisemitic for politicians to use antisemitism as an all-purpose excuse for enacting authoritarian policies like demanding control of university curricula and suppressing protests.
It is, in fact, antisemitic for politicians to use antisemitism as an all-purpose excuse for enacting authoritarian policies like demanding control of university curricula and suppressing protests.
lizards against climate change
Hell yeah. Good lizard. Not “supposed to” live here, but…still a cool fucking lizard 😅
April 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
lizards against climate change
good framing and story
The FDA’s decision to request that Novavax conduct another clinical trial for its Covid vaccine approval appears to be part of a broader strategy to slow-walk vaccine approvals.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA appears to be slow-walking vaccine approvals
The Covid vaccine from Novavax was expected to be approved earlier this month. Now, the FDA is requiring the company to complete a new clinical trial.
www.nbcnews.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
good framing and story
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Almost all the time, except...
(Cats are so dignified and elegant)
(Cats are so dignified and elegant)
April 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Almost all the time, except...
(Cats are so dignified and elegant)
(Cats are so dignified and elegant)
life is bad right now. post your cats below plz
April 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
life is bad right now. post your cats below plz
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propaganda works. It works on billionaires in their group chats. It works on CEOs. It works on you. We need comprehensive media reform or this country will not survive.
America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal - Dame Magazine
America’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error....
www.damemagazine.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
propaganda works. It works on billionaires in their group chats. It works on CEOs. It works on you. We need comprehensive media reform or this country will not survive.
maybe they don’t actually know what they’re doing
remembering when democrats elected him house oversight chair over AOC 2 months ago talking about him like this
April 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
maybe they don’t actually know what they’re doing
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I'm very sorry for Gerry Connolly as a human ~and~ this is so embarrassing for House Democrats and Nancy Pelosi, who also refuses to retire, who pushed Connolly over AOC for ranking of Oversight for... reasons?
Breaking: Rep. Gerry Connolly announces that he is not running for re-election and will step down as ranking member of the Oversight Committee.
April 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I'm very sorry for Gerry Connolly as a human ~and~ this is so embarrassing for House Democrats and Nancy Pelosi, who also refuses to retire, who pushed Connolly over AOC for ranking of Oversight for... reasons?
every single person in my doctor office waiting room is watching something or talking to someone with their phone speakers on max. is this what purgatory will be like
April 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
every single person in my doctor office waiting room is watching something or talking to someone with their phone speakers on max. is this what purgatory will be like
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Everyone who cares about public health should read this incredibly informative essay (by an NIH employee) to understand the game plan for the next few months—how the cuts & rules stopping NIH from spending $ right now could let them destroy NIH’s budget for a decade
We need to make this well known
We need to make this well known
The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster
An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do
open.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Everyone who cares about public health should read this incredibly informative essay (by an NIH employee) to understand the game plan for the next few months—how the cuts & rules stopping NIH from spending $ right now could let them destroy NIH’s budget for a decade
We need to make this well known
We need to make this well known