Marsha Pierce
@marshapiercephd.bsky.social
#Scientist 🧪 👩🏻⚕️ #Educator #neurosky 🧠 #pharmsky 💊 #IL14 Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Midwestern University. All opinions my own. she/her
ORCID 0000-0002-7265-0104
https://facultyprofiles.midwestern.edu/117-marsha-louise-pierce
ORCID 0000-0002-7265-0104
https://facultyprofiles.midwestern.edu/117-marsha-louise-pierce
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Anger, despair, and defiance from a voice within the US federal research system
People around the world are watching with disbelief as the new US government closes down its aid programme, withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris agreement on climate change...
www.bmj.com
“The very fact that I am having to publish this anonymously in a country that has the right to free speech written into our Constitution is an indictment of what is happening. Like all federal employees in the US, I took an oath to the Constitution, not to a president…” 🧪 www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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so you think serving up slop to humans is acceptable? because you're not exactly making a compelling argument here.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
so you think serving up slop to humans is acceptable? because you're not exactly making a compelling argument here.
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Right, as those are also choices they are making, which show standards of integrity.
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Right, as those are also choices they are making, which show standards of integrity.
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Think whatever you like, but be aware that much of your audience will feel differently.
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Think whatever you like, but be aware that much of your audience will feel differently.
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Why are you defending AI so vigorously when better, ethical alternatives exist & have existed for years?
Your whole argument boils down to “it’s okay to choose the unethical option if the situation is low stakes” but honestly, that’s worse, bc then there’s NO justification for the unethical choice
Your whole argument boils down to “it’s okay to choose the unethical option if the situation is low stakes” but honestly, that’s worse, bc then there’s NO justification for the unethical choice
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Why are you defending AI so vigorously when better, ethical alternatives exist & have existed for years?
Your whole argument boils down to “it’s okay to choose the unethical option if the situation is low stakes” but honestly, that’s worse, bc then there’s NO justification for the unethical choice
Your whole argument boils down to “it’s okay to choose the unethical option if the situation is low stakes” but honestly, that’s worse, bc then there’s NO justification for the unethical choice
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Oh yeah, I did flyers for our PTO and my standards are WAY higher than that. Also, the kids will see it and judge you HARD.
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Oh yeah, I did flyers for our PTO and my standards are WAY higher than that. Also, the kids will see it and judge you HARD.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
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Epstein files and prospect of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell are menacing Washington
youtube.com/shorts/99wWi...
youtube.com/shorts/99wWi...
Epstein files still not been released. And it’s menacing Washington
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Epstein files and prospect of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell are menacing Washington
youtube.com/shorts/99wWi...
youtube.com/shorts/99wWi...
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But pardons for pedophiles, rapists, thieves, Al-Qaeda financiers, and everyone who violently tried to overthrow the government and destroyed tens of millions of dollars of federal property
The President of the United States promising a policy of mass denaturalization of citizens "who undermine domestic tranquility"
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
But pardons for pedophiles, rapists, thieves, Al-Qaeda financiers, and everyone who violently tried to overthrow the government and destroyed tens of millions of dollars of federal property
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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Duterte stays in custody.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Duterte stays in custody.
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Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Uni...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
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Embattled reproductive healthcare providers and patients in the US are already dealing with unprecedented harassment and intimidation. The resurgence of blockades as a tactic carries significant potential for radicalizing participants to violence.
Antiabortion Militants Open Training Facility in Memphis, Aim to Restart Large-Scale Clinic Blockades
As FACE enforcement collapses, anti abortion groups are gearing up to launch a new wave of coordinated clinic blockades.
msmagazine.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Embattled reproductive healthcare providers and patients in the US are already dealing with unprecedented harassment and intimidation. The resurgence of blockades as a tactic carries significant potential for radicalizing participants to violence.
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An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
It’s Time To Scrap Zimbabwe’s Outdated Abortion Law - Molokele ⋆ Pindula News
Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele (CCC) has called for the repeal of the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act, describing it as one of the most backward laws in Zimbabwe. Molokele made the comments at a ...
news.pindula.co.zw
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
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“The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since the campaign began in early September. But it does not know who specifically is being killed, and the strikes were not designed to take out high-ranking cartel leaders.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Intelligence on U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Is Limited
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since the campaign began in early September. But it does not know who specifically is being killed, and the strikes were not designed to take out high-ranking cartel leaders.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has died. She faithfully and honorably served our country. l can't begin to imagine what her family, friends, and colleagues are experiencing right now. Keep them in your thoughts.
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has died. She faithfully and honorably served our country. l can't begin to imagine what her family, friends, and colleagues are experiencing right now. Keep them in your thoughts.
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There’s an investigation into an Army doctor who was sexually assaulting, filming and even inducing labour without consent.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
There’s an investigation into an Army doctor who was sexually assaulting, filming and even inducing labour without consent.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
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Multiple women came forward and their complaints were ignored.
This is the culture Hegseth wants to foster.
He doesn’t want women to be safe.
He won’t let them come forward anonymously.
Rape culture is alive and well.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
This is the culture Hegseth wants to foster.
He doesn’t want women to be safe.
He won’t let them come forward anonymously.
Rape culture is alive and well.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Army OB-GYN accused of secretly recording women under his care
This week, the U.S. Army has been reckoning with a sexual abuse scandal that could involve the largest number of allegations in its history. An Army doctor is accused of abusing women who were under h...
www.pbs.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Multiple women came forward and their complaints were ignored.
This is the culture Hegseth wants to foster.
He doesn’t want women to be safe.
He won’t let them come forward anonymously.
Rape culture is alive and well.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
This is the culture Hegseth wants to foster.
He doesn’t want women to be safe.
He won’t let them come forward anonymously.
Rape culture is alive and well.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Sigh
Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Sigh
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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#ice #FederalImmigrationJudgesFired #SanFrancisco
San Francisco, California:
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/j...
San Francisco, California:
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/j...
Tears flowed in S.F. courtroom as immigration judge was fired mid-hearing
The San Francisco judge said the “dismantling” of the immigration court was preceded by “inhumane” workloads and trauma-filled workdays.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#ice #FederalImmigrationJudgesFired #SanFrancisco
San Francisco, California:
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/j...
San Francisco, California:
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/j...
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Everyone (esp media) pay attention. In 2021 almost every Republican attacked the Biden administration and State dept for being too slow in approving Afghanistan special visas as Afghanistan fell.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Everyone (esp media) pay attention. In 2021 almost every Republican attacked the Biden administration and State dept for being too slow in approving Afghanistan special visas as Afghanistan fell.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Judge Box-of-Wine and Kash Patel are a national embarrassment in this press conference.
a judge is sitting in a courtroom and saying `` lord give me strength ''
Alt: a judge is sitting in a courtroom and saying `` lord give me strength ''
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Judge Box-of-Wine and Kash Patel are a national embarrassment in this press conference.
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Why the SfN Meeting Keeps Drawing Me Back
“The Neuroscience Meeting repeatedly teaches me that only real life promotes the spontaneity, fluidity, and generosity of personal exchanges…” Reflecting on 35 years of attending the SfN annual meeting.
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/45/40/e1524252025
“The Neuroscience Meeting repeatedly teaches me that only real life promotes the spontaneity, fluidity, and generosity of personal exchanges…” Reflecting on 35 years of attending the SfN annual meeting.
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/45/40/e1524252025
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Why the SfN Meeting Keeps Drawing Me Back
“The Neuroscience Meeting repeatedly teaches me that only real life promotes the spontaneity, fluidity, and generosity of personal exchanges…” Reflecting on 35 years of attending the SfN annual meeting.
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/45/40/e1524252025
“The Neuroscience Meeting repeatedly teaches me that only real life promotes the spontaneity, fluidity, and generosity of personal exchanges…” Reflecting on 35 years of attending the SfN annual meeting.
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/45/40/e1524252025