Dr. Mandy Joye

I’m an NIH whistleblower. The scientific community cannot afford to avoid politics “Scientists are often encouraged to avoid politics. But this advice is outdated, if it was ever correct in the first place,” writes Jenna Norton, NIH whistleblower.

A heads down approach will not save science. We need to speak up, live our values, and demand integrity.

www.statnews.com/2026/03/12/n...

We get to choose:

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

Octavia E. Butler said, “These novels are not prophetic. These novels are cautionary tales… The problems that I write about are problems that we can do something about. That's why I write about them.”

And “I hope they're not prophecy because I don't want to live in that world.”

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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Longer dive into the data, meaning, and consequences

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I want you to know that if you use Gen AI tools I hold you personally responsible for the environmental destruction, the harm and the idiocy creep that they are inflicting

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

When the US govt terminated the National Nature Asst, @phillevin.bsky.social + the author team were determined not to let that stop them.

They re-organized, set up an advisory committee, found funding…and now the brand new Nature Record is open for public comment. 👏🌳👏🌲

Check it out (link below)!

Not only has the NIH terminated hundreds of grants, they’re also giving out far fewer grants than appropriate for their budget. Some researchers will have to close their labs or severely cut back their research. This is a self-inflicted wound.

Viruses in marine sediments: a review of their effect on biogeochemistry and microbial interactions | Applied and Environmental Microbiology In the ocean, viruses are known to mediate the carbon cycle, keeping dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the microbial loop and preventing its movement into secondary consumers (1). However, few direct ...

New paper out! We sat down and compiled all viral work in marine sediments. The water column has been getting a second look for viral interactions, its time for sediment to have the same!
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The molecular mechanism and activity of Kuenenia stuttgartiensis #hydrazine synthase #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social @robertsjansen.bsky.social et al www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6....

THE DEATH OF US SCIENCE ☠️

The weather may not be favorable, but a total lunar eclipse will occur on the morning of March 3rd. Please refer to the table below, which is set for southwest Michigan, or download our March Night Sky star map to read more: www.kasonline.org/files/0326ma....

Geosciences - which includes ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences (and everything else associated with the Earth system). 😱

Scientific research in the US is being slowly and painfully suffocated.

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows

Rising ocean temps blamed for massive die-off of marine life. "Researchers examined the year-to-year change of 33,000 [fish] populations in the northern hemisphere.... They found the drop in biomass from chronic heating to be as high as 19.8% in a single year." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

You + me + our friends = in the streets March 7th

@standupforscience.bsky.social

Science is still under attack in America and it won't get any better, not if we don't do something about it!

BUT WE ARE!

Join us in our
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION to
TAKE BACK OUR SCIENCE on
SATURDAY, MARCH 7th

Rally in WASHINGTON D.C. and
NATIONWIDE!

Learn more at standupforscience.net/march7

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

Hard not to worry that this isn't another attempt by OMB's Russell Vought to override Congress's power of the purse.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What accounts for the progression from healthy aging to Alzheimer's disease over an extended period of time?
The critical role of the immune system, particularly T cells and microglia.
A new, excellent review
www.cell.com/immunity/abs...

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country.

www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

The ocean as system Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere and absorbed by water lowers its pH level, making the ocean more acidic and less able to sustain life. In 2009 a group of scientists included this ocean aci...

Recommended reading: The Ocean as System – Overcoming policy fragmentation in the fight against ocean acidification.
An essay from the Back to Blue Initiative on ocean policy and why ocean and planetary stewardship matters:
backtoblueinitiative.com/the-ocean-as...

Snapshot: Grounded, Not Bowed A dangerous blizzard and even more dangerous lies

“We cannot be distracted or deterred from removing this reckless bunch of miscreants who are making our planet sicker and our world more turbulent and deadly.“

www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-g...

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous

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#blacksky

“‘I am begging my fellow politicians, my fellow Americans to realize that right now in this country we are not fighting over policy or political party,’ Pritzker said. ‘We are fighting over whether we are going to be a civilization rooted in empathy and kindness—or one rooted in cruelty and rage.’”

Your ability to predict the future these days is uncanny 💙

Q&A: How Trump is threatening climate science in Earth’s polar regions - Carbon Brief Carbon Brief speaks to experts about what Trump’s sweeping changes could mean for climate science at Earth’s poles.

Trump's attacks on science have impacted all areas of research

I wanted to find out what they could mean for Earth's poles – and was saddened to hear scientists I've known for years detail field trips being abruptly cancelled and that many plan to leave the US

www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-trump...

Editorial cartoon split into two panels. Left panel labeled “In UK” shows a uniformed police officer escorting Prince Andrew in handcuffs, captioned “Justice.” Right panel labeled “In U.S.” shows an armed ICE agent dragging a crying child, captioned “Just ICE,” contrasting accountability with state violence.

🆕 study: Global warming must stay below 2°C and return to 1.5°C as quickly as possible to reduce tipping point risks. In the long term, temperatures must cool to 1°C above pre-industrial levels, researchers from @exeter.ac.uk, @cicero.oslo.no and PIK find.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...