🧪 North Carolina Research Triangle 🛟 Devoted to public health 💜 Guided by intersectional feminism We're in this together. Let's give 'em hell.https://bsky.app/profile/curious-alpaca.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/curious-alpaca.bsky.social/post/3lm476saiwk2qThe Chapel Hill community came out in full force today to tell Republicans to keep their #HandsOff our jobs, our healthcare, our rights, and our democracy 🩵🪧 #GDTBATH [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Apr 2025 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:ix2mpaxqe4o7auqxcuaqyiid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm476saiwk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/curious-alpaca.bsky.social/post/3llloit6ii22lProposed cuts to #NIH indirect costs would cost North Carolinians 2,884 jobs and $668M in economic activity. Economic losses in the #ResearchTriangle and neighboring counties: • Alamance: $29M • Chatham: $19M • Durham: $220M • Granville: $10M • Orange: $140M • Person: $10M • Wake: $124M #NCPol 🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2025 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:ix2mpaxqe4o7auqxcuaqyiid/app.bsky.feed.post/3llloit6ii22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/curious-alpaca.bsky.social/post/3llfswvjhr22jLaunching clinical trials is expensive. Research teams hire staff, purchase equipment and supplies, build databases, write protocols, navigate regulatory approvals... this all costs money. Recent #NIH grant terminations create waste by preventing return on taxpayers' investment in science. 🧪28 Mar 2025 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:ix2mpaxqe4o7auqxcuaqyiid/app.bsky.feed.post/3llfswvjhr22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/curious-alpaca.bsky.social/post/3lkttukltwk2fSeeing that nearly all of Tesla's #cybertrucks have been recalled brought the biggest smile to my face today. Sometimes we have to search hard for the wins, and sometimes they fall in front of us. Like a rusty cybertruck panel. 🤭 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/business/tesla-cybertruck-recall.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U4.sXXi.CsH3IRKjCj5s&smid=nytcore-android-share20 Mar 2025 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:ix2mpaxqe4o7auqxcuaqyiid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkttukltwk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/curious-alpaca.bsky.social/post/3lkl3c6y6uc2f📰 Insightful column by @mashagessen.bsky.social: "The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/trump-trans-denationalizing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k4.EXoY.tlOPzURRr-Yr&smid=nytcore-android-share17 Mar 2025 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:ix2mpaxqe4o7auqxcuaqyiid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkl3c6y6uc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/curious-alpaca.bsky.social/post/3lkeuwh43ls26#AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Mar 2025 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:ix2mpaxqe4o7auqxcuaqyiid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkeuwh43ls26https://bsky.app/profile/curious-alpaca.bsky.social/post/3lkckm44zj22uKeep calling, keep emailing, and keep the pressure on high! ☎️📨🌡️ All democratic senators must #HoldTheLine and oppose both cloture and the Republican continuing resolution. Also, @schumer.senate.gov, I am so disappointed in you. We cannot fight tyranny with procedural obedience. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/13/us/trump-tariff-government-news?unlocked_article_code=1.304.Pdin.2x37B08z0rCi&smid=nytcore-android-share14 Mar 2025 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:ix2mpaxqe4o7auqxcuaqyiid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkckm44zj22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/curious-alpaca.bsky.social/post/3lkb3pegovs2lLet's chat about measles vaccine boosters 💉 📆 Born after 1957 and vaccinated before 1968? ➡️ A booster is recommended. ❓ Unsure whether you've received 2 doses of the MMR vaccine? ➡️ Talk to your doctor about a booster, especially if you work in a college or healthcare setting. #PublicHealth https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5304458/measles-vaccine-booster-health13 Mar 2025 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:ix2mpaxqe4o7auqxcuaqyiid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb3pegovs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/curious-alpaca.bsky.social/post/3ljt7ayuqwc2sLet's generate positivity! 💬 Comment one thing you did this week to fight fascism. 🥳 Then, reply to someone else's comment HYPING them UP about how their action made a difference. We have a lot of work ahead of us, and we'll go further when we energize each other ⚡07 Mar 2025 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:ix2mpaxqe4o7auqxcuaqyiid/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljt7ayuqwc2s