anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social

2 days ago

When Trump signed an EO signaling more political oversight of research it didn’t set off new alarm bells inside the NIH

They’d already been ringing for months

@mmolteni.bsky.social @angusrohan.bsky.social & I document how politicization has slowed the agency down

www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/i...

Layers of political oversight have ‘put sand in the gears’ of NIH grant funding

Last November, in the days following Donald Trump’s election, leaders at the National Institutes of Health began discussing how to prepare for the coming

Libby Hill @libbyhill.bsky.social

3 days ago

my moment has arrived

Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social

3 days ago

"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual." Meta removed that language from its internal guidelines after I raised it.

AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement. www.reuters.com/investigates...

Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children

An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social

4 days ago

New: NSF has reinstated the suspended UCLA grants, following yesterday's court order. Here's the email to Chancellor Frenk.

(The ~490 NIH & 2 DOE grants remain suspended)

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social

4 days ago

Really crazy, from the Most Transparent Administration in History™: The Department of Energy says it will throw out FOIA requests from as recently as less than a year ago unless the requester affirmatively emails them to say they still want the documents

www.404media.co/trump-admini...

Trump Administration Outlines Plan to Throw Out an Agency's FOIA Requests En Masse

The Department of Energy said it will close FOIA requests from last year unless the requester emails the agency to say they are still interested. Experts say it's an "attempt to close out as many FOIA...

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social

4 days ago

FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...

Harvard University lays off fly database team

The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com

4 days ago

Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy. Story by @stephaniemlee.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy

A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com

6 days ago

Eric Adams may be lagging in the polls—but he’s killing it on social media, Tyler Foggatt writes.

The One Race That Eric Adams Is Winning

The Mayor is lagging far behind Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo in the polls, but on social media he’s killing it.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social

4 days ago

“If NIH restricts the collection of gender data, it will limit our ability to conduct rigorous, representative research,” said Brittany Charlton, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School… “Gender and sex are not interchangeable. Failing to measure both means missing vital information”

Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social

5 days ago

SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy

A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.