@SarahPhilo357 on X née twitter.
Postdoc studying potable water reuse and public health; all views my own. Posting mostly about sports and science.
BS at ND '16, MS at Duke '18, PhD at U Washington '23
Sarah Philo
just a relentless, laser-focused commitment to destroying everything that actually does make this country great
Me if I was a Spurs fan right now:
A 40% pay increase, the right to walk off the job if federal agents (i.e. CBP/ICE) pose a threat to them *and* the contract expires in April 2028 so they can demand more ahead of the Olympics.
Shoutout Local 11, shoutout unions.
It’s so funny how the smart people media (NYT, NPR) is so committed to making everything that happens in US elections look smart and interesting. No they’re not weighing in on “what it means to be a man,” the Republican is calling the other guy gay 50 million times a day.
Does anyone know someone who is knowledgeable about US deregulation of cancer-causing substances, and how this could lead to more cancer cases? It’s for a comic.
Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet.
The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations.
For example:
1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵