The pattern among MAGA/MAHA dudes running federal health agencies: they’re checked out, & rarely turn up, & agency staff say they’re disinterested
Dr Prasad was reportedly rarely at FDA
My NIH colleagues tell me they call Dr Bhattacharya “Podcast Jay”—he spends his time making right wing podcasts
The criticism of Trump, Kennedy, and Bhattacharya that was so subversive that the ADA had to eject the Editor-in-Chief of their flagship journal from their annual meeting for sharing it? Prior today it had fewer than 1000 views.
Do your thing.
Today in the war on science and good government: New EO reclassifies the job categories of “epidemiologist,” “health scientist” and “toxicologist” into at-will positions, stripping them of job protections meant to shield against political interference.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
More resources on responding to proposed OMB changes.
Research should not be a pawn of politics. stanforddaily.com/2026/06/04/r...
Prof Gavin Yamey
Not sure what to say? Dr. Ginexi (@elizabethginexi.bsky.social) has it covered!
“The OMB’s proposed rules paint a bleak future for American science and society…Supplanting peer review with political review will not “improve” American science but imperil it.”
New commentary from our AAUP colleagues on the disastrous proposed OMB regulations. Pls leave a comment before July 13!
Today, the AAUP released the Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2025–26.
It is sobering.
Full-time faculty salaries are down about 0.4% in real, inflation-adjusted terms. Average full-time faculty salaries remain 9.5% below fall 2019 & about 5.8% below fall 2008.
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ICYMI: John Oliver’s hilarious & thorough takedown of the dysfunctional “complete shit show” hostile takeover of New College of Florida that led to the most corrupt, financially inefficient public university in the state. 👀
➡️ @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social
youtu.be/jFMc07F1UUU?...
SB37 in Texas infringes on faculty rights & control of core curricula in universities.
"Faculty are completely in the dark on the process...That’s a concern because faculty are no longer in control of the core curriculum at a research university."
—Daniel Morales, University of Houston AAUP
RFK Jr. is reportedly focusing solely on his pet projects and has "checked out" of broader public health concerns and policy issues
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
elizabethginexi.substack.com
Science professors at Stanford criticize the OMB's proposed grant funding changes for advancing a political agenda.
This year's Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession finds that faculty salaries are still losing ground to inflation and expands data collection on part-time faculty pay.
www.aaup.org
A new state law mandates that Texas' core curriculum must be 'foundational.' No one is really saying what that means.
Megathread resources now compiled in a Google doc. Send it to your friends. Share with your departments and trainees. And share with non-scientists! I also have a template for non-scientist comments, because this is an all-taxpayer, all medical service user issue. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
SAVE AMERICAN SCIENCE (Please! 💜 Annika @annikabarber.bsky.social) What are the proposed changes to scientific grant review and award? Read the Federal Register directly here: Regulation for Federal...
Megathread about responding to new OMB grant funding rules (feel free to add/link more!) I was collecting these for me, but figured I'd round 'em up for everyone 🧪
What's the problem?
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
arstechnica.com
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
