Say goodbye to being #1 in the world in biomedical research and science in general. The damage already done by this administration in <2 yrs is already such that, no matter what happens in 2028, within five years China and the EU (at minimum)will be eating our lunch. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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A decade after beginning the project, Ryan McGee, Olivia Kosterlitz, Artem Kaznatcheev, Ben Kerr, and I have a paper in PNAS this week that is one of the best pieces of work I've ever been involved in. Without paywall: carlbergstrom.com/publications... Below, a thread about (part of) the paper.

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Some local yokel has been setting off a few fireworks every few evenings and each time I excitedly think "Is today the day? Did it happen?" Only to be disappointed again. 🪦🙏😏🤷‍♂️

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In 2023, 98% of fellows at NIH, including me, voted in favor of unionizing. In 2024, our group of 5000 workers ratified a union contract with the agency. This past March NIH said they planned to file a petition to no longer recognize the union. Today this petition was dismissed 🥳🥳🥳

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