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Nonilex<p>InsideMedicine Scoop:</p><p>Leaked PDF outlines major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> restructuring proposal (authenticity now confirmed). "The safety nets are being blown up right &amp; left."</p><p>Floated cuts include some programs mandated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>.</p><p>The plan for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> is in &amp; it is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> across <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <br><a href="https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-leaked-pdf-outlines-major-hhs?utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insidemedicine.substack.com/p/</span><span class="invisible">scoop-leaked-pdf-outlines-major-hhs?utm_medium=ios</span></a></p>
Noam Ross<p>Thanks to <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/rachanadpradhan.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rachanadpradhan.bsky.social</a> highlighting the broad impact of <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NIH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a> cuts. It's worse than the data shows. HHS is under reporting early cancellation of biomedical training programs that are disproportionately in public institutions that serve middle- and working-class students.<br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vsggbarizdnosmpep35pgisd/post/3lmzfuyuh222r" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vsggbarizdnosmpep35pgisd/post/3lmzfuyuh222r</a></p>
Jane<p>Database of cancelled <a href="https://datavis.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> grants: <a href="https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy</span><span class="invisible">/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://datavis.social/tags/Uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uspol</span></a> <a href="https://datavis.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://datavis.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://datavis.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://datavis.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://datavis.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a></p>
SPQR<p>Nihilists, flat Earth kooks, and fascists can all unite behind the Orange Orangutan God.</p><p>"The scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal. About a fifth of the roughly 200 board members — who provide an independent, expert layer of review for the vast research enterprise within the NIH — were fired."<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/04/16/women-and-minorities-fired-nih-board-science/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/science/202</span><span class="invisible">5/04/16/women-and-minorities-fired-nih-board-science/</span></a></p>
Juan Nunez-Iglesias<p>Many folks are hurting right now, but there are pockets of opportunity… Are you an organisational powerhouse with a passion for open source and open science? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@NumFOCUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NumFOCUS</span></a></span>, which supports projects including <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@numpy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>numpy</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Spyder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Spyder</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@napari" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>napari</span></a></span> and many more, is looking for its next Executive Director. A *lot* of potential for positive impact!</p><p><a href="https://numfocus.medium.com/numfocus-executive-director-search-update-job-listing-is-open-source-a2b9e4fabdf5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">numfocus.medium.com/numfocus-e</span><span class="invisible">xecutive-director-search-update-job-listing-is-open-source-a2b9e4fabdf5</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/getfedihired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>getfedihired</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
Brittany Trang<p>Leaked budget document outlines how RFK Jr. may cut up <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> to build new "Administration for a Healthy America"</p><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/trump-hhs-cuts-leaked-budget-draft-reveals-details-administration-for-a-healthy-america/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/04/16/trump-</span><span class="invisible">hhs-cuts-leaked-budget-draft-reveals-details-administration-for-a-healthy-america/</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@STAT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>STAT</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cdc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdc</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nih" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nih</span></a></p>
Bruce Mirken<p>This pediatrician was studying familes facing <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FoodInsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodInsecurity</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> insecurity. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> just cancelled his grant, claiming “Research programs based primarily on artificial and non-scientific categories, including amorphous <a href="https://mas.to/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> objectives, are antithetical to the scientific inquiry." The researcher calls bullshit. <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/nih-grants-funding-terminated-health-equity-research-wrong/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/04/15/nih-gr</span><span class="invisible">ants-funding-terminated-health-equity-research-wrong/</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a></p>
Pia<p>Mark your calendar <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23science" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NSF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSF</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NIH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NOAA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NOAA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NASA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CDC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDC</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23EPA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FDA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USDA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ocean" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocean</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23air" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#air</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23water" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23farm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farm</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ag</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23health" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23biodiversity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23earth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earth</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23habitat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#habitat</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23wildlife" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23conservation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a> 👇🦋👇<br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mpoxsaax7r5rs2tgeh56nqhn/post/3lmwkebxnps23" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mpoxsaax7r5rs2tgeh56nqhn/post/3lmwkebxnps23</a></p>
Noam Ross<p>Folks, while much of the attention is on Harvard and Columbia's response to the Trump/Musk/RFK Jr. administration, I'd like to point out how <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NIH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a> terminations and funding cuts go far beyond this war with the nations' elite universities. 🧵🧪</p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Thousands of grants, including many at public universities and on topics as politically benign as Alzheimer’s, have been caught in what critics say is an unprecedented slowdown of the American research system that is threatening to upend universities and halt progress toward medical innovations, treatments and cures."</p><p> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/one-countrys-leading-alzheimers-projects-jeopardy-rcna199788" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/health/health-news</span><span class="invisible">/one-countrys-leading-alzheimers-projects-jeopardy-rcna199788</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ClinicalTrials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClinicalTrials</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"But Youle’s dismissal, along with 10 others at the NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, underscores a recurring problem in the Trump administration’s push to rapidly shrink the federal workforce: Computers are making decisions without much human oversight."</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2025/04/11/the-downside-of-rifs-at-nih-00283243" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/newsletters/futur</span><span class="invisible">e-pulse/2025/04/11/the-downside-of-rifs-at-nih-00283243</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Jenny<p>“Health and Human Services Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say” - <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WIRED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WIRED</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/department-health-human-services-possible-collapse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/department-hea</span><span class="invisible">lth-human-services-possible-collapse/</span></a></p><p>“If the situation is not addressed, “pretty soon, the department will be completely open to external actors to get at the largest databases in the world that have all of our public health information in them, our sensitive drug testing clinical trial information at the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> or different organizations’ mental health records,” the source claims…”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DHHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHHS</span></a></p>
Flaming Cheeto<p>So, like an idiot (or someone who's had someone die of cancer and has some empathy) I enrolled in this study a few years back and I'm now antsy about what the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> will do with my samples</p><p><a href="https://www.cancer.gov/connect-prevention-study/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cancer.gov/connect-prevention-</span><span class="invisible">study/</span></a></p>
John Sundman<p>Heading to SynBioBeta to be on a panel about art &amp; science. These conferences offer an intriguing mix of science, policy, futurism, industry boosterism &amp; the occasional sideshow from outer space.</p><p>All across the USA, anti-scientific mobs are looking for research laboratories to vandalize and scientific careers to foreclose.</p><p>Yet astounding advances in biological science keep happening despite everything. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/johnsundman/p/synbiobeta-dreaming-2025?r=38b5x&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/johnsund</span><span class="invisible">man/p/synbiobeta-dreaming-2025?r=38b5x&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false</span></a></p>
Helen Branswell<p>When you get rid of most of the people whose work fuels the day-to-day operations of an agency like <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, can the agency still function? Scientists &amp; public health experts working at NIH, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> fear the answer is no, &amp; that they're about to find out. <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-layoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-la</span><span class="invisible">yoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"The National Institutes of Health told employees Thursday it was rolling back directives from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to probe worker productivity and limit purchases and travel on company cards, according to messages obtained by POLITICO."</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/health-staffers-told-to-ignore-musks-missives-00283976" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/10/h</span><span class="invisible">ealth-staffers-told-to-ignore-musks-missives-00283976</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/staff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>staff</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Richard<p>Get ready for a different narrative. </p><p>Actually the concept was so foreign to me that the headline didn't make any sense until I re-read it 3 or 4 times. I didn't think it was proper grammar. </p><p>White House orders NIH to research trans 'regret' and 'detransition'<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5355126/trump-nih-trans-regret-detransition-research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5355126/trump-nih-trans-regret-detransition-research</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Scientists forced to perform humiliating new job amid Trump cuts.”</p><p>I wish that this article was from the Onion, but it’s actually news from the Daily Mail, that’s unfortunately the awful truth about the possible fate of scientists who were fired by the Trump admin by way of Musk’s DOGE. </p><p>It’s Trump who should be made to perform humiliating jobs in prison, for the rest of his life.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14602853/scientists-forced-new-job-trump-nps-cuts.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1</span><span class="invisible">4602853/scientists-forced-new-job-trump-nps-cuts.html</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Judge permanently blocks <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>’s plan to cap funding, setting up appeals battle"<br><a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/judge-permanently-blocks-nihs-plan-to-cap-funding-setting-up-appeals-batt/744647/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">highereddive.com/news/judge-pe</span><span class="invisible">rmanently-blocks-nihs-plan-to-cap-funding-setting-up-appeals-batt/744647/</span></a></p><p>"Research <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> won an extended reprieve Friday when a federal judge permanently barred the National Institutes of Health from capping funding for indirect research costs at a 15% rate, a move that would cost institutions billions a year. US District Judge Angel Kelley ruled NIH had violated federal statute, was “arbitrary and capricious” in creating the cap, failed to follow rulemaking procedures when doing so and violated constitutional prohibitions on applying new rules retroactively."</p><p>The NIH will surely appeal.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
Kim Perales<p>A <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> engineer removed fed officials’ permissions to post to <a href="http://Grants.gov" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">Grants.gov</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> w/o telling them. Now decisions affecting $Bs in grant opportunities are set to flow through a DOGE-controlled mailbox.</p><p>The Trump admin has taken multiple steps to delay or halt fed grants, e.g. delaying $Bs in research grants issued by agencies such as the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, freezing or term grants to higher-EDU insts...</p><p>The <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime destroys lives, livelihoods &amp; futures.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/11/doge-controls-federal-grant-postings/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/11/doge-controls-federal-grant-postings/</span></a></p>