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Also - today's related article..
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...
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The Nation stands up for the nation.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Oh my gosh - he is even more lovable to me now, if that is possible.
Nah, the Super Bowl is totally boring. But you did miss an absolutely epic Bad Bunny Bowl!
I stand with Colette.
WTF
Staying silent would be better than this… a lot better.
He also said that he would sue Harvard for $1B because to NYT hurt his feelings with good reporting.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#studiesingrey
Ta-Nehisi Coates lays bare in brilliant prose the original sin of the Department of Homeland Security. It is right there in its name. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Is there anyone else who can so unflinchingly write about the very heart of an issue with such stunning honesty, and with prose so beautiful that it will take your breath away? He is just a very unique blessing. (And so are you, thank you.)
This graph makes me want to cry.
Sometimes, you just really have to contemplate the distinction between gatekeeping and peer review...
Beautiful light and shadows, Penny!
Yeats is pure gold, Kent, and this poem is so devastatingly appropriate right now.
I so appreciate your vibe. It's hopeful and helpful when it feels so so bad and when it's hard to know what to do.
Exactly. Not to mention damage to translational science-based policies, or the redistribution of funding away from critical research agendas and towards others.
Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned
www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
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Split-screen image on a deep green background. Left side contains a statement from Dr David Obura, IPBES Chair, regarding the US withdrawal from IPBES and extinction threats to over 1 million species. Right side shows a photograph of a man wearing glasses, dressed in a dark jacket and grey shirt, seated at a conference table with a microphone. The IPBES logo appears at the bottom with the tagline "Science and Policy for People and Nature". The design features white typography on the dark green background, creating a professional contrast. Several small pins or badges are visible on the speaker's jacket.
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”
IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.
— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
“President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the bedrock global treaty to tackle climate change is a new low and yet another a sign that this authoritarian, anti-science administration is determined to sacrifice people’s well-being and destabilize global cooperation."
Read UCS Statement:
Includes withdrawal from IPBES and IPCC..
This morning, Mavis Staples' "It's a Sad and Beautiful World" came up for me and I thought - pretty apropos right now. And that was before the news of today...
Maybe all we have left right now is to document things and tell the truth about what's happening and write heartrending songs, IDK.
This is a little orgasmic, I won’t lie.
You know you really have the right sort of friends, when you receive a gift with a card that reads "CAUTION: Contains mushrooms!"😍
But it is also frequently over-estiamted. Thus I would suggest people look at this new paper (not by me) on this topic:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"Reassessing Interkingdom Horizontal Gene Transfer Suggests Limited Influence on Plant Genomes"
Yes sir. And, in my experience, the argument takes on a certain specific flavor in white liberal circles in academia, yet it is the same one at heart. Meritocracy myths, credentialism, objectivity, etc.
Please read
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Yet always important to remember that officially stated reasons for change need to be contextualized by overarching policy changes.
Olivier = the best. You were nice too hahaha 😀
