John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦

@johnawhitephd.bsky.social

Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Biomedical Engineering Program, U. Victoria. Research Professor, Boston U. Advocate for science, universal healthcare, housing, pedestrians, cyclists, and transit. he/him

1.5K followers376 following213 posts

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

Apoorva Mandavilli
@apoorvanyt.bsky.social

I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

Abdul El-Sayed
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Breaking News: Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would help cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health.

nyti.msWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. GrantsFederal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

Steve Ramirez
@okaysteve.bsky.social

🚨 new work from the lab! "Hippocampal astrocytic sequences emerge during learning and memory recall" by @ryguy.io & @rsuthard.bsky.social thank you to the entire team for your camaraderie and for muscling through science together 🧠 -- we welcome all feedback! nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comHippocampal astrocytic sequences emerge during learning and memory recallNature Neuroscience - Senne, Suthard and colleagues show that dorsal hippocampal astrocytes display time-compressed calcium-event sequences after foot shock and upon context re-exposure, and that...

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her)
@karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social

We are donating to her campaign! How about you!?

CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦@corrina.sheshed.rocks

Alaska, Mary Peltola is ready to put you first. 💙🏔️ A fisherman’s daughter. A proven leader. An independent voice who knows Alaska and fights for the people who call it home. On Nov. 3, send Mary Peltola to the U.S. Senate 🗳️💙 #Alaska #MaryPeltola #VivaHerAlliance

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

jamelle
@jamellebouie.net

this is a man so hollow, pathetic and power hungry that he is actively trying to ingratiate himself with neo-nazi groypers who think he is a race traitor

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "We were tired of being called racists for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier and poorer"

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

jamelle
@jamellebouie.net

in john roberts’ constitution, congress does not exist and the power of the purse belongs to the president, who is an elected dictator embodying the authentic Will of the People

David Kurtz@davidkurtz.bsky.social

The gig is up in the very first sentence of the Supreme Court's per curiam opinion on the Trump ballroom (emphasis added): "In October 2025, the *federal government* started a project to replace the East Wing of the White House." They've collapsed the legislative branch into the unitary executive.

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

Jason Shepherd
@jasonsynaptic.bsky.social

My department is hiring! Come join a vibrant and thriving neuroscience group. New faculty are exceptionally well supported and we offer a very collaborative/collegial environment. employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-ci...

employment.utah.eduemployment.utah.eduFounded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. University of Utah Jobs

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

BWJones
@bwjones.bsky.social

Even more of a reason to not do business or to minimize business with Amazon or Whole Foods. Reminder: You can get many things direct from the manufacturer's website rather than going through Amazon.

Reuters@reuters.com

Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital discloses $215 million Amazon stake reut.rs/45uJmzP

reut.rsJoshua Kushner's Thrive Capital discloses $215 million Amazon stakeJoshua Kushner's Thrive Capital held Amazon shares worth about $215 million as of the end of ​June, a regulatory filing showed on Friday, adding ‌to the venture capital firm's list of tech and AI investments.

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

Kris S
@mplsme.bsky.social

Well, everyone…here’s your president. Aren't you proud? He has absolutely no empathy, and is mean spirited to the core. I hope when he dies, no former presidents and no representatives from foreign countries attend his funeral. He is vile.

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

NIH “Director” Jay Bhattacharya keeps talking about how he is going to restore trust in public health. So what has happened since he began his role on April 1, 2025? Trust in public health has *plummeted*. The rest of us would be fired for such poor performance. He is an absolute disgrace.

politico.comNIH head quarrels with CBS host over loss in public trust on health issuesJay Bhattacharya's interview ended up similar in tone to the one with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week on CNN.
John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦
@johnawhitephd.bsky.social

Preach! This is the message that will unite the party and win.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

James Talarico: 50 years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around DC — a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal, and rig the system for themselves. And it worked.

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦
@johnawhitephd.bsky.social

I’m happy to read this. I’ve been boycotting Douthat, a BFF of Vance and apologist for Christian authoritarianism, for some time. ‘60 Minutes’ is already a lost cause. There are conservative commentators worth our attention, but not this dude. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

nytimes.comRoss Douthat Joins ‘60 Minutes’ as a CorrespondentMr. Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, will join the CBS News program, along with several other journalists.

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

nytimes.comTrump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for UniversitiesMichael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦
@johnawhitephd.bsky.social

A great scientist, an even better person.

Earl K. Miller@earlkmiller.bsky.social

Huzzah! MIT names Emery N. Brown an "Institute Professor," its highest faculty honor picower.mit.edu/news/mit-nam... #neuroscience

picower.mit.eduMIT names Emery N. Brown an "Institute Professor," its highest faculty honorBrown, a renowned neuroscientist, anesthesiologist and statistician, has made numerous seminal contributions to basic science and clinical care alike. He joins two other professors in earning the hono...

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

James Talarico
@jamestalarico.bsky.social

A 3-year-old girl watched ICE murder her father yesterday. We all watched Sebastian Guerrero’s final moments through our phones. We can scroll away — but Sebastian’s 3-year-old daughter cannot.

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

Count Binface
@countbinface.bsky.social

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

John A. White, Ph.D. 🇨🇦 reposted

Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her)
@karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social

One of the best series run by the @nytimes.com - Lost science. We are losing so much ground in science and technology...... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

nytimes.comShe Studied Ways to Make People Smarter. Then Her Grant Was Cut. (Gift Article)Jessica Cantlon had a grant with the U.S. Navy to explore whether people could improve spatial problem-solving skills through training. Then the program was cut.