@nihvigils
We commemorate and mourn the losses resulting from cuts to funding, programs, and people that have been both discriminatory and indiscriminate. We gather every Saturday at 10 am at the Medical Center Metro station at NIH in Bethesda. Opinions are our own.
Screenshot of an email “As a result of bargaining unit determinations, union dues will no longer be deducted from your monthly stipend beginning with the April 1, 2026, stipend payment. Thanks for your partnership on this matter. NIH Employee & Labor Relations Branch
This ridiculous union busting does nothing to help the early career researchers the NIH director claims to support. This is ridiculous.
TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops.
CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.
lol
"We can't last 35 more months with what we've seen over the last 13.
We cannot do it. We will not survive it as a nation."
Stand Up For Science!!
And #ImpeachVought!
#Resist #SUFS
Sign reading: No puppet masters. Impeach Russell Vought.
Some fantastic new artwork from the talented @drrabbithole.bsky.social for the impeach Vought campaign!
Please join us in signing! actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...
Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.
But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.
It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:
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Especially since those people randomly picked off the street are likely to be highly experienced and skilled fired Feds who used to make this government work.
Especially in foreign affairs and diplomacy.
Who would not have abandoned Americans in a war zone of their own creation.
Get in, dorks! @nihvigils.bsky.social , @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social , and @standupforscience.bsky.social. Let's celebrate science like the radical leftist nerds we are. What could be better? #NIHStrong
We have a rotating exhibit of Cajal drawings at NIH. Along with the drawings, a 3D printed model of the image is printed to make Cajal’s work accessible.
I was invited to write captions for the images with a group of NIH neuroscientists but our last contribution, from Dec. 2024, never went up.
A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.
NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)
Directorates to follow
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Another great essay from my colleague Elizabeth Ginexi on how NIH is being restructured by the White House (Russell Vought) despite Congress rejecting such moves.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
This aged well. Note the author.
Abuse of power? Impeach Vought
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“This is not routine executive discretion over agency operations. This is systematic dismantling of an agency’s structure, mission, and capacity without the legislative approval that such changes have historically required. And it is accelerating.”
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Today’s call to sign the letter to Congress to impeach Russell Vought comes to you from the ongoing dismantling of NIH
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Can confirm
i thought sex offenders weren’t supposed to live in government housing
This is what they’re up to..We must stop them!
The @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social team asked some tough questions of NIH Director Bhattacharya. It's worth a listen: substack.com/home/post/p-...
I wanted to add some additional context on Bhattacharya's responses. Sorry, long thread.
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Dramatization of the Trump administration’s policy goals
What is not covered is that much of this was Vought’s plan all along
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Great article by Ray Limon on history of the MSPB, its statutory oversight power, and a call for it to exert a check on overreach by OPM.
www.linkedin.com/posts/raymon...
Yeah seriously. Vought is ideologically committed to “I got mine, F you.”
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“We are current and former federal workers from across the government. We have witnessed first-hand the harm Vought has inflicted on American communities. We are urging Congress to act now to protect the American people by impeaching and convicting Russell Vought.“
actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...
The defacto President draws heat
Civil Servants Demand Impeachment of Russell Vought
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Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. We are urging Congress to act now to protect the American people by impeaching and convicting Vought. We invite all Americans to join us by signing on to our letter to Congress.
actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...
