Yamuna Krishnan

This is like watching Trump bankrupt a casino in real time. Except this time we are the casino.

Welp. They sacked all the adults. Now they’re going to have to grow up and deal with the real world.

Tweet by Adam Kinzinger responding to a post about the U.S. using low-cost interceptors against Iranian drones, suggesting Ukraine provided the technology. The image shows Donald Trump speaking at a podium during a White House event.

My my, how it’s come full circle.

This is the largest oil supply shock in history in mb/d
The enemy gets a vote. Iran is now delivering pain to Trump via multiple paths
(1) Gulf Kings
(2) Financial meltdown
(3) AI tech oligarchs
(4) Fuel, fertilizer, food disruptions
Read our Polycrisis Dispatch:
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We get to choose:

The Roberts Court and its approach to executive power, or the American science superpower.
We can't have both.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

After revelations that companies like Ring have been selling home security footage to ICE, the most common defense of keeping a camera up seems to be, “But what if I’m stalked?”

And as a violence researcher, I’m just here to state for the record that police do not care about your security footage.

Just discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful!

here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments

Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US

BREAKING: For the first time in 35 years the Ig Nobel ceremony will move to Europe. "There are no immediate plans to return the ceremony to the US."
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Food for thought for conference steering committees.

How Congress can restore the independence of US science Members must go beyond reinstating US government research spending and re-establish decentralized governance at the National Institutes of Health and other agencies.

The most impt change at #NIH and to US science this year is bigger than grant cancellations— it’s how the agency is governed.

For 75 years NIH has been largely independent of presidential control. That’s changed this year. New piece from me and @nataliebaviles.bsky.social in @nature.com
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Sound like an @theoion.com headline

Tweet by Philip Proudfoot saying Switzerland stopped being neutral after condemning U.S.–Israeli attacks on Iran as a violation of international law, quoting an Al Jazeera Breaking News headline.

A Swiss kick in the ass.

I say this every year, but:

The uni students I'm teaching are thoughtful, intelligent, will make everything they encounter better.

With a new addition for 2026:

They deeply hate AI.

What an amazing group of scientists!

Honoured to serve as President of the Swiss Young Immunologists Society (SYIS).

We aim to connect early-career immunologists across Switzerland, strengthen our community, and support professional growth.
Looking forward to what we will achieve together!

To join the team syis-ecr.org/join-our-team/

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

An insightful thread. For whoever needs to hear it.

Cryptic Emails and No Strings Attached. How MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Billions. The injections of cash, which arrive without warning, have led to bolstered finances, scholarships, jobs—and sometimes even more money.

MacKenzie Scott’s more than $26 billion in charitable gifts have arrived without warning and have led to bolstered finances, scholarships and jobs.

A photo of a young Lilian Vaughan Morgan, sitting with a book on her lab staring into the distance.

A photo of an older Lilian Vaughan Morgan, sitting at a lab bench with a microscope and dozens of glass milk bottles bunged with cotton. Lilian is in the middle of applying ether to anaesthetize a bottle of flies.

This #InternationalWomensDay I want to tell the story of Lilian Vaughan Morgan. I learned of Lilian this past year - what a badass.

Lilian was a leading scientist when women weren't welcome in the lab, nor even the department. But she contributed immensely to the genetics of sex determination

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Indeed it is!

Mostly Jack, but I’ll take whatever comes my way! 😁

Thank you! ♥️

So proud of him.

Hundreds of scientists in Chicago, standing up for science.

Chicago getting ready to stand up for Science!

Gretchen Goldman of Union of Concerned Scientists speaking at the Stand Up for Science National Day of Action Rally in Washington D.C.

Gretchen Goldman of Union of Concerned Scientists speaking at the SUFS National Day of Action Rally in Washington D.C.!

#March7
#March7DC
#Rally
#science
#ImpeachTheQuack

Thank you for supporting science!

Thanks for coming out!

I’ll be speaking in #Boston today.
See you soon, friends.

Getting ready to Stand Up for Science in 1 hour. Join me there folks! Let’s make our voices heard!