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mostly here to read tweets about wsu sports

[Jon Lovett @jonlovett]

I know we're having fun, but imagine how much MORE fun it would be to live in a functioning democracy where two fragile billionaires crashing out didn't impact, say, rural hospital closures.

[Being J Wood @BeingJWood]

The United States is spending much more money and providing far fewer services.

Where is the money going?

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Trump when his interviewer fact checks him: 'Don't do that. You can't do that. They're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you to do the interview because frankly, I'd never heard of you, but you're not being very nice'

[Kevin Hall @KevinH_PhD]

After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology. Lately, I’ve focused on unravelling the reasons why diets high in ultra-processed food are linked to epidemic proportions of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Our research leads the world on this topic.

Given recent bipartisan goals to prevent diet-related chronic diseases, and new agency leadership professing to prioritize scientific investigation of ultra-processed foods, I had hoped to expand our research program with ambitious plans to more rapidly and efficiently determine how our food is likely making Americans chronically sick.

Unfortunately, recent events have made me question whether NIH continues to be a place where I can freely conduct unbiased science. Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction.

I was hoping this was an aberration. So, weeks ago I wrote to my agency’s leadership expressing my concerns and requested time to discuss these issues, but I never received a response. Without any reassurance there wouldn’t be continued censorship or meddling in our research, I felt compelled to accept early retirement to preserve health insurance for my family. (Resigning later in protest of any future meddling or censorship would result in losing that benefit.) Due to very tight deadlines to make this decision, I don’t yet have plans for my future career.

The NIH has been a wonderful place because it allows scientists to take risks, form unique collaborations, and do studies difficult to conduct elsewhere. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished and I’m fortunate to have had such wonderful colleagues and scientific collaborators. I hope to someday return to government service and lead a research program that will continue to provide gold-standard science to make Americans healthy.

[Amanda Knox @amandaknox]

This battle over Abrego Garcia is simple. It doesn't matter that he was here illegally. It doesn't matter if he's a gang member or if he's a wife beater (both of which are disputed). It doesn't matter if you think he deserves to be deported or to be in prison. / thread

[(((Charles Fishman))) 💧 @cfishman]

The federal government doesn’t ‘give’ money to Harvard. The $2.2 billion in frozen payments isn’t for Harvard sophomores’ tuition or library books.

The US government is buying services from Harvard: scientific & medical research & development.

These aren’t ‘woke donations.���

They are contracts. Proposed, reviewed, awarded, with metrics and deadlines and standards of performance.

Harvard is a government contractor in that sense — lab by lab, scientist by scientist — just the way any other company is a contractor.

That’s true of Columbia’s $400 million in ‘frozen’ contracts — and all the rest.

R1 research universities do crucial research the federal government can’t do itself, but that we as a nation have decided we need done.

Mission driven. Pioneering. Essential.

They can’t be done — as Sean Hannity just suggested — at community colleges & vocational schools.

That’s not what the $2.2 billion is being spent on.

…You could Google it. Of course.

[a @avbaybeee]

@RepMGP Can you explain your decision to vote to censure Rep Al Green? Having a hard time understanding this and hope that you’ll release a statement regarding your decision so your constituents can understand who is representing them.

[dom mclennon @DomMcLennon]

The most abnormal thing about all this is white leftists acting like they hate it when they won’t actually do shit about it. Y’all actually eating this up.
Inaction is just as violent as action, and these benign gestures are nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars.

[Andrea C. Love, PhD @dr_andrealove]

I can’t believe this needs to be said.

TransGENIC mice

are not

TransGENDER mice

[a @avbaybeee]

My heart rate has not been below 100 this entire basketball game

[Barstool Wazzu @BarstoolWazzu]

All these fouls holy shit

[Barstool Wazzu @BarstoolWazzu]

Enjoying coug basketball

[tori 🪩🥂🍒 @bensonscully]

me at the ripe age of 26 urban dictionarying a slang term i don’t know

[The Couch GM @The_Couch_GM]

It’s Coug alumni night here at the University of Portland! 😂 Ton of crimson.

Cougs dominating tonight.

[a @avbaybeee]

Uni combo >>

[Pac-12 Conference @pac12]

COUGS WIN BACK THE APPLE CUP 🍎🏆

[Braulio Perez @BraulioEPerez]

Washington State 24, Washington 19

Jedd Fisch shaking his head in disgust, then Jake Dickert celebrating the thrilling #AppleCup win. After all they’ve been through, what a moment for Dickert and #Wazzu

[WSU Pullman @WSUPullman]

#GoCougs