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If you like stuff like this (i.e., beating cancer), badger your reps to get the NIH back up and running! This particular work came out of at least 3 NIH grants

If you like stuff like this (i.e., beating cancer), badger your reps to get the NIH back up and running! This particular work came out of at least 3 NIH grants and indirectly relies on a whole lot more.

n4r9 2y ago
Could be problematic; cancer research relies on a diverse sample set.
- mattkrause 2y ago
  Ha! I'm afraid to admit how much thought I've put into avoiding words that overlap with the "naughty list", like (statistical) bias and (electrical) polarization. A dead comment says this is all a myth but from somebody in the trenches...it's not. No access to the Federal Register means no meetings to evaluate grants, which means no more grants going out at all.
  - caycep 2y ago
    future of oncological meds might come from PRC institutions, maybe EU; US pipeline will likely dry up
    - firecall 2y ago
      Australian research has also made some excellent contributions!
monero-xmr 2y ago
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vkou 2y ago
My reps can't do anything and the ones that can will laugh at anyone who calls them with such a request.
- radlad 2y ago
  I agree that Democratic reps don't have a ton of power right now, though some have voted to approve some poor Trump cabinet picks. I think it's still important to call both them, and your Republican reps. They keep track of how many people call on issues, and what side they take. I think a lot of reps are worried about retaliation from the POTUS, and the only thing that gives them ammunition is constituents on their side.
  - vkou 2y ago
    > I think a lot of reps are worried about retaliation from the POTUS, As they should be, everyone from the GOP who has ever crossed the golden boy was destroyed by him. And now he has the richest man in the world to finance a campaign to destroy them. The constituents matter far less to them than those two things. They made a Faustian bargain, and they care about keeping their jobs, which means doing what he tells them, not what you tell them.
    - caycep 2y ago
      counterpoint is the HK developers of my old condo unit in NYC back in the late 80s. The story as I understand it was, they partnered w/ Chuangpu the development, but as it was completed, as was his wont, he sued them to screw them out of their shares in the project. Being HK real estate tycoons, they just shrugged, and sued him back, and won, since Chuangpu's lawyers are never really the brightest of the bunch. Won total ownership of the project AND the right to use his name...
    - licebmi__at__ 2y ago
      They had the chance to boot him the last impeachment trial, and they decided they wanted to keep being his lackeys.

n4r9 2y ago

Could be problematic; cancer research relies on a diverse sample set.

mattkrause 2y ago
Ha! I'm afraid to admit how much thought I've put into avoiding words that overlap with the "naughty list", like (statistical) bias and (electrical) polarization. A dead comment says this is all a myth but from somebody in the trenches...it's not. No access to the Federal Register means no meetings to evaluate grants, which means no more grants going out at all.
- caycep 2y ago
  future of oncological meds might come from PRC institutions, maybe EU; US pipeline will likely dry up
  - firecall 2y ago
    Australian research has also made some excellent contributions!

monero-xmr 2y ago

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vkou 2y ago

My reps can't do anything and the ones that can will laugh at anyone who calls them with such a request.

radlad 2y ago
I agree that Democratic reps don't have a ton of power right now, though some have voted to approve some poor Trump cabinet picks. I think it's still important to call both them, and your Republican reps. They keep track of how many people call on issues, and what side they take. I think a lot of reps are worried about retaliation from the POTUS, and the only thing that gives them ammunition is constituents on their side.
- vkou 2y ago
  > I think a lot of reps are worried about retaliation from the POTUS, As they should be, everyone from the GOP who has ever crossed the golden boy was destroyed by him. And now he has the richest man in the world to finance a campaign to destroy them. The constituents matter far less to them than those two things. They made a Faustian bargain, and they care about keeping their jobs, which means doing what he tells them, not what you tell them.
  - caycep 2y ago
    counterpoint is the HK developers of my old condo unit in NYC back in the late 80s. The story as I understand it was, they partnered w/ Chuangpu the development, but as it was completed, as was his wont, he sued them to screw them out of their shares in the project. Being HK real estate tycoons, they just shrugged, and sued him back, and won, since Chuangpu's lawyers are never really the brightest of the bunch. Won total ownership of the project AND the right to use his name...
  - licebmi__at__ 2y ago
    They had the chance to boot him the last impeachment trial, and they decided they wanted to keep being his lackeys.