"It’s one thing to be reminded that “elections have consequences,” but quite another to insist that the best response to the abuse of authority is to be restrained, demure, neutral. For university leaders the exception is their opposition to endowment taxes. On this topic, they’re inclined to be positively brat." -- Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan

Slate Magazine

Dear Fellow College Presidents: We Need to Do More Than Wait This One Out

Why civil society needs university leaders to speak up.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT. of House Appropriations Committee:"They are causing irreparable damage to ongoing research to develop cures & treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease & related dementias, ALS, Diabetes, Mental Health disorders, opioid abuse, genetic diseases, rare diseases & other diseases and conditions affecting American families." If you know someone w/one of these diseases (who doesn't?) call your Congressperson & kvetch like you've never kvetched before.

Salon.com

Elon Musk built his wealth from taxpayer-funded research — now he's trying to destroy future science

The billionaire should be writing a thank you note to Al Gore, not wrecking burgeoning developments

Is #bluesky freakin' kidding? How coarse, ageist, and utterly offensive. Can you do better than this, #JayGraber?

"If we don’t resign, remote workers have been told they need to move to work in one of 9 cities by March 3, & we haven’t been told if we get to pick from among the (or if we will randomly be assigned to a city in which we don’t live or have any connections. My bosses, & my bosses’ bosses, don’t have answers to any of our questions. Nobody knows who is in charge, though the leadership level of our parking garage is suddenly filled w/Teslas."

Slate Magazine

I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know.

We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else.

#Fascism #Musk #OPM

The beauty & clarity of righteous resistance: "#Medical journals, including The #BMJ, do not retract published articles on demand. We will not retract published articles on request by an author on the basis that they contain so-called banned words. Retraction occurs in circumstances where clear evidence exists of major errors, data fabrication, or falsification that compromise the reliability of the research findings. It is not a matter of author request." https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r253

For-profit death: "A physician, said that after her practice was acquired by private equity, she “was forced to see 45 patients daily with 1 medical assistant. This was unsafe."

the Guardian

US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access

Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths

#Healthcare

The righteous #LetitiaJames, NY AG told hospitals "they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people under age 19 in response to an executive order from Trump aimed at curtailing federal funding for such treatments." I hope this means that NY Langone Health will either get sued for denying on 2.2.25 gender-affirming care to 2 12 year-olds or will reverse their loathsome decision.

HuffPost

Letitia James Tells Hospitals To Continue Transgender Care Despite Trump Order

New York

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #UsPol