Sean P.J. Whelan

Whisky tango foxtrot…. Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts nytimes.com/2026/02/13/tec… via @NYTimes

@JasonSynaptic Focus on the science. Be an advocate for what you do. Talk to people. Write to your congress folks. We know this other stuff is going on, but what we do is uniformly supported by American taxpayers. And even politicians ultimately answer to them. researchamerica.org

I’ve never felt this much uncertainty and angst in my career. Everyday brings new anxiety for my colleagues and the people who work in my lab. And what’s the endgame?! So unnecessary 😑

@R_H_Ebright Your chums and you have undermined public confidence in everything we as microbiologists do. What an absolute prince you are Richard.

Bruttel...and colleagues published an analysis in 2022 showing that the SARS-CoV-2 genome was most likely synthetically assembled. Now it has emerged that the US military intelligence agency came to similar conclusions in 2020. berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesell…

Tyranny knows no boundaries. We can either stand up and be counted or acquiesce to a tyrant. I know which will be on the right side of history. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond3…

Making America WHAT Again?

Hard to see this as anything but a fit of pique. Concerning that the “leader” of the free world suspends all military support to a country fighting against an invading tyrant.

@AmbJohnBolton The ultimate in cowardice. There is one side here for freedom and the other side for a dictator. There is no grey.

Trump and Vance have declared themselves to be on Russia's side in the Russo-Ukraine war.  This is a catastrophic mistake for America's national security.  And let's be clear:  Trump and Vance now personally own that policy.  It is not the view of a majority of Americans of either or no political party.

Aside from the general issues about Trump‘s tariff and his economic nationalism strategy, today’s actions against Canada and Mexico are inexplicable and dangerous. 1/8

Come join this meeting for the latest in the negative-strand field. Organized by the community, for the community, since 1969. #NSV2025 @PittCVR @wendybarclay11 @WashUMicro @vsv512 see you in Montpellier!

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@FedEx truly shocking customer service They have my name, address, email, tracking number, phone number… Package of perishable items, minimum of 5 days late now and has been in my metro area for the past 48h.

Get ready! Negative Strand RNA Virus meeting #NSV2025 registration will open soon! Co-organized with @wendybarclay11, @vsv512 and Paul Duprex. It will be in vibrant Montpellier, south of France, in June 2025! Please RT

@R_H_Ebright @Bryce_Nickels Richard. You need to review your institutions financial statements.

What do you not understand about "Institutional revenues are fungible"? Federal F&A charges are massively in excess of actual indirect costs of research. They are charged fraudulently, are awarded fraudulently, and are used as slush funds to support non-research operations.

Vivek's statement is more accurate than Hotez's: indirect costs are often used as a slush fund for non-research-related expenses (though its unclear to what extent). I hope the new administration considers reevaluating indirect costs rates.

@R_H_Ebright @Bryce_Nickels And your institution will no doubt tell you that you are welcome. It’s their investment in science and you. I know it’s hard to believe anyone would invest in you. But they do.

@vsv512 @Bryce_Nickels Institutional revenues are fungible. Institutional revenues from F&A charges fill slush funds that pay for executive administrators, DEI programs, multi-million-dollar athletic coaches, athletic stadium construction, and debt service. They are a colossal fraud.

@Bryce_Nickels We are focused on the science and the facilities we need to do that here. Nothing to do with DEI

@vsv512 How much money is Wash U's Med School spending on DEI and where does the money come from?

@R_H_Ebright @Bryce_Nickels Direct costs fund the salaries and fringe of folks, and pay for allowable research supplies and expenses. They do not include the facilities that are needed to do the work, the power, heat, water etc and the administrative structure for operations. That’s the F&A. A bargain

@vsv512 @Bryce_Nickels Absolutely false. A lie propagated by academic administrators.

@Bryce_Nickels Bryce. You are KILLING science with your misinformation campaign. Do better. Shameful.

1/ 🧵The harms of not holding virologists accountable for their lies, fraud, harassment and bullying. Various examples of despicable behavior by virologists. These examples reveal that virologists are not victims of anti-science, they are perpetrators of anti-science.