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Sally James

@jamesian

Science journalist. Yoga teacher. I'm an "indirect cost" writing for researchers at times. More at https://seattlesciencewriter.com

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There will be videos of speeches soon. If you want to know what Chetan and Darrick said. @sufsseattle.bsky.social

11.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For those who are #journalists, imagine the scope of this reporting and how much time and $ it cost the newsroom to be comprehensive about it. Could someone donate to @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for similar story here?

10.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜My scientific career is essentially over.’ A brain drain imperils Massachusetts’ biomedical future. In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.

www.boston.com/news/the-bos...

10.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fabulous complicated story of brain drain in #Boston could serve as a template for similar drain in #seattle?
See comment for link. Story from @bostonglobe.com surveyed 4,000 scientists to try to get at how funding cuts, or just uncertainty, freezes #research. πŸ§ͺ

10.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics

NEW: We just published a deep dive into just how much billionaires are now dominating U.S. politics.

We found 300 billionaire families accounted for 19% of federal donations in 2024. The deluge was even larger in many state and local races.

1/7

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

10.03.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 599 πŸ” 342 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 42

We speculated that the @standupforscience.bsky.social event yesterday would have been bigger if there was not another event in same weekend. @sufsseattle.bsky.social
Good for #womensmarch

08.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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She called 911 for an ambulance. She got a nightmare instead Seattle no longer is capping ambulance wait times for certain 911 patients, tracking those waits or penalizing its contractor when they run long.

#lawsuit #negligence #patient #COPD #rheumatoidarthritis #nurse
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

08.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heartbreaking well-reported story about #seattle #ambulance coverage from @danielbeekman.bsky.social
outlines AMR (ambulance co) failing to send rig to a woman who called 9-1-1 over and over. She died alone in her apartment. #science
Story from @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social in comment below.

08.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice to hear. All the speeches had πŸ”₯
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Kind of like Chetan making a list of some wins, toward the end.
#standupforscience #rally #seattle

08.03.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sally James spoke, too, and gave voice to the many science journalists laid off and the many science communicators expelled from the federal institutions we all rely on. She crushed it!

07.03.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Myself and Kristin Weinstein, PhD candidate and speaker at @sufsseattle.bsky.social
She championed the pipeline for candidates and the terrible dwindling this year.
#stem #academic #pipeline

07.03.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Proof of speech.
#standupforscience #writing #journalism

07.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two global health researchers who both spoke at @sufsseattle.bsky.social
At left, Chetan Seshadri, and at right, Darrick Carter. #tuberculosis #schistosomiasis #gobalhealth #research #NTD #IDsky

07.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

See you there. Speakers include @repkimschrier.bsky.social @daveupthegrovecpl.bsky.social @meadekrosby.bsky.social and many others. #rally #science

06.03.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about @plosglobalpublichealth.org @nijhuism.bsky.social issues of USAID cuts + science, and health.

05.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A poster shows the Statue of Liberty in red, with black letters that say "National Day of Action. Take back our science, health and democracy!"
Poster refers to Seattle event from 12-3 on March 7, 2026

A poster shows the Statue of Liberty in red, with black letters that say "National Day of Action. Take back our science, health and democracy!" Poster refers to Seattle event from 12-3 on March 7, 2026

Just read one of the speeches that will hit Saturday at the #rally
@sufsseattle.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
From a πŸ§ͺscientist trying to save lives threatened around the world.
#fedcuts #globalhealth #publichealth
"Greed is tearing apart what took generations to build."

05.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Glad you are joining me and other speaking Saturday at @standupforscience.bsky.social
We need your influential self there. #science #facts #democracy
fight2win.standupforscience.net/Seattle-March/

04.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stand up for Science Stand up for Science

Glad to join @repkimschrier.bsky.social Alexis Rink, @justin-gill.bsky.social Chetan Seshadri, @meadekrosby.bsky.social Abby Gambrill, Will Daugherty @daveupthegrovecpl.bsky.social ++ for rally Saturday.
#science #facts #climate #fedcuts #democracy

fight2win.standupforscience.net/Seattle-March/

04.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
SUFS ANNOUNCES AAUP AS AN ENDORSER OF MARCH 7TH NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

SUFS ANNOUNCES AAUP AS AN ENDORSER OF MARCH 7TH NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

Stand Up for Science is excited to welcome The American Association of University Professors (@aaup.org) as an endorser of our National Day of Action on March 7th!
Join us: standupforscience.net/march7

#science
#standupforscience
#rally
#March7
#savescience

03.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Join @sufsseattle.bsky.social in national rally this Saturday 12-3.
Seattle Center.
#science #facts #gravity #climate #ocean #forest #botany #Biology

02.03.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seattle!! Come to Mural Amphitheater at Seattle Ctr 12-3 on March 7th.

21.02.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Love that.

21.02.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Seattle Armory open space at Seattle Center with people walking.

The Seattle Armory open space at Seattle Center with people walking.

Information sign inside Seattle Center.

Information sign inside Seattle Center.

See that tiny "information" window? That is where my lost backpack (with ID and stuff) got turned in at Seattle Center yesterday. #fridayvibe #goodnews #positive

20.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
NATIONAL DAY of ACTION
Take back our science, health, and democracy!

Join us
MARCH 7TH, 2026
SEATTLE, WA
and nationwide!

Register, volunteer, and donate!

standupforscience.net/march7

NATIONAL DAY of ACTION Take back our science, health, and democracy! Join us MARCH 7TH, 2026 SEATTLE, WA and nationwide! Register, volunteer, and donate! standupforscience.net/march7

SEATTLE! Join your local March 7th rally to take back our science! Learn more at standupforscience.net/march7
#rally
#March7
#ImpeachRFKJr
#science
#standupforscience

18.02.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Young child watches through glass while scientist dissects bird.

Young child watches through glass while scientist dissects bird.

Thank you @burkemuseum.bsky.social for another #dissection for my young friends. #school #break My membership pays off with #womeninSTEM

18.02.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#patientsuseai #genailiteracy #healthai | Gilles Frydman | 11 comments Last week I analyzed the Nature Medicine study testing LLMs as medical assistants. The headline: accuracy collapsed from 94.9% to under 34.5% when real people used the models. I argued that's a workf...

Insightful take on using #AI for medicine from Gilles Frydman. He criticizes a recent @nature.com story, calling most results in accurate. Frydman argues that careful searching, and re-engineering the #AI, can make it more accurate.

www.linkedin.com/posts/gilles...

15.02.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hope is not a plan. Direct action is. Join us across the nation on March 7th to take back our science, health, and democracy! https://lnkd.in/eFP-Bvrn | Colette Delawalla Hope is not a plan. Direct action is. Join us across the nation on March 7th to take back our science, health, and democracy! https://lnkd.in/eFP-Bvrn

www.linkedin.com/posts/colett...

15.02.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All the more reason to March for #Science March 7th. @standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social

12.02.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Something #valentines about a Little Free Library painted red with "More than Two" a guide to #polyamory in it. #Seattle

12.02.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey @nswa.bsky.social @spjwash.bsky.social #journalism, #science
Ready for #standupforscience? @sufsseattle.bsky.social
πŸ§ͺπŸ§ͺ Speakers last year included @irahyman.bsky.social
Details to come.

12.02.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0