My Hobby and Interest - Research

The Science Fight Club Science, Health, and Democracy For All.  Reflections on the month of March, marches, and how we march on together. SCIENCE FIGHT CLUB  AND  COLETTE DELAWALLA MAR 29 Well hello there science fighters and welcome to all our new friends! Sorry for the radio silence over here…we have had a very busy March. I hope everyone had a safe and uplifting No Kings Day. I know our national team at Stand Up for Science certainly did. This month has left me with a surprising take away that I want to share. One aspect of our work at Stand Up for Science is identifying gaps in resistance and filling them. During our preparations for our National Day of Action on March 7th, some members of our community encouraged us to host an accessible rally for folks who couldn’t join in person. This was our first foray into virtual rallies, we didn’t have a lot of time to plan, but we did it. We asked the disabled community what they needed for the rally to be accessible and they...

 Join me in the Scarborough main conference room on Tues/Thursday this week or on zoom: Tuesday March 31 and Thursday April 2 8:00am-8:30am https://maine.zoom.us/j/4625543963 If you are joining in person in the main conf room in Scarborough, mats are available in the lobby closet. Come early to make yourself a space for practice.

 The Guardian ‘No kings, just vaccines!’: demonstrators gather at NIH headquarters to protest against cuts to medical research Protesters decried Trump administration healthcare policies and direction of HHS under leadership of RFK Jr by Melody Schreiber As tens of thousands of people assembled across the US and around the world for No Kings protests, about a thousand people gathered outside the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda,  Maryland , on Saturday morning to protest cuts to medical research and the Trump’s administration’s policies on health. The rally follows a tumultuous year for the research agency, with devastating cuts to multi-year funding and outright terminations of grants, especially to research related to gender and race. The White House is now poised to cut the NIH’s budget by 20%, according to  reporting  by Roll Call on Friday, nearly one year after mass layoffs at health agencies. A year ago, Bill Bien woke up sick, with a sore throa...

 The Guardian No Kings rallies draw millions to US streets in protest against president People joined massive rallies across 50 states to protest Trump’s decision to enter war in Iran, immigration policies and rising living costs. by  Lex McMenamin ,  Fabiola Cineas ,  Rachel Leingang  and  Amy Qin Large anti-authoritarian No Kings rallies took place across 50 states and 16 countries on Saturday, in the third such protest against the  Trump administration . People joined massive rallies in protest against Donald Trump’s decision to enter into war with Iran, as well as against rising living costs and federal immigration enforcement. Organisers said they expected Saturday’s protest to be the largest to date, after the last No Kings rally in October drew 7 million people nationwide. Large crowds protested the  Trump administration  at more than 3,000 No Kings events nationwide, as well as in more than a dozen countries, on Saturday, according to...