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CactusPuppy
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The rescission quite literally states the purpose is “to ensure alignment with the Administration’s priorities.” No priorities should outweigh principles of integrity and transparency. A portion of the now-rescinded notice can be found below.

Liz Borkowski@lizborkowski.bsky.social

NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

grants.nih.govNOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of HealthNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD

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CactusPuppy
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I’m trying not to flood my feed with reactions to the torrent of shit that’s going down, but science is near and dear to my heart. We quite literally owe our long, prosperous, and modern lives to advances in health and technology. Going back on all that because it happens to be a bit unintuitive…

CactusPuppy
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Anyways, I’ll try and get more OW content on here at some point. Just wanted to make some noise about the issues I find important before going back to making stuff for this corner of the Internet. If you’d like to speak up, handsoff2025.com is a good start :)

handsoff2025.comHands Off!Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...