stanfordaaup.bsky.social
The Stanford Chapter of the @aaup.bsky.social. Fighting to preserve academic freedom for all. All Stanford academic staff are eligible to join. Opinions our own. Find out more and join here: https://aaupstanford.org
👤 Joined on 11 April 2025
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@stanfordaaup.bsky.socialThe Department of Defense has signed an unusual financial agreement with the National Institutes of Health, sparking outrage among Democrats and prompting skepticism from some in the biomedical community. https://scim.ag/4qTiMtW
Show PostIn #ScienceUnderSiege, my co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I emphasize that legacy outlets like the @nytimes.com are a big part of the problem. Actual statement by editorial board in today's paper: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... could have been written by a fossil fuel industry PR flack:
Show PostThe NIH Director confirms they are giving away biomedical research money used to develop treatments and cures for infectious diseases such as influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, Ebola, and other dangerous pathogens, to the Department of Defense. Outrageous.
Show PostUS child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.
Show PostNo faculty input. No mechanism for feedback of any kind. “The new Western civilization requirement is a direct response to what right-wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation & the Manhattan Institute have been calling for in terms of transformation of higher education." #academicsky
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