drk-lo.bsky.social
evolutionary and marine biologist, mountain biker, amateur ceramicist, and mom
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Thanks for the kind words, but having you as a first postdoc in the lab helped put my career in a good trajectory too!
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I compare some related stats in this paper academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar...
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For those of you working on our Week of Action to #SaveNSF - here are some addition tips and example stories docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Read more about our visit ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com/2025/05/tale... from @danielbolnick.bsky.social
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The NSF statement attempts to clarify how researchers should navigate laws that aim to increase representation of women/minorities in science through broader impacts activities, which conflict with executive orders. The language is confusing, self-contradictory, and vague. Scientists deserve clarity
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I'm so sorry. It's a travesty what they are doing. If you are up for sharing, we're collecting info on terminations: bsky.app/profile/noam...
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The United States Disappeared Tracker is attempting to track people who are being detained without due process public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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Litigation Tracker, maintained by justsecurity.org, tracks legal challenges to Trump administration actions www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
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NIH Grant Tracker, maintained by Noam Ross and Scott Delaney, tracks canceled NIH grants buttondown.com/c/ZWMyNmYxNG...
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The historical budget for the National Science Foundation has been about eight billion dollars a year, which costs little less than $24 per person in the US
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this NBER report estimated each dollar invested by the federal government into R&D is nearly three dollars, and that there was no difference between private investments and public investments in the amount they stimulated the economy www.nber.org/papers/w33402
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A study by United for Medical Research found that every $1 spent by the NIH results in $2.46 in economic activity
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/annual-econo...
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The Science and Technology Equal Opportunities Act, passed by Congress in 1980, mandated the National Science Foundation to increase the participation of women and minorities in science and technology
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This memorandum from law professors explains why DEI programs are lawful
app.box.com/s/2me4mszr6p...
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American Institute of the Biological Sciences Advocacy Talking Points and Resources Document
aibsorg-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...
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Union of Concerned Scientists 10 Paths for Science Advocacy
ucs-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/science-netw...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Science Advocacy Toolkit
www.ucsusa.org/resources/sc...
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Nature magazine journalists are collecting information on how government actions are impacting research.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home sciencehomecoming.com
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A Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit has created a platform where government workers and others can share how federal contract terminations, staff cuts and data issues impact their work without using personal information datafoundation.org/pages/safetr...
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AGU is soliciting information about how federal actions against science, particularly firings of federal science employees and freezing of grants, is affecting society
forms.monday.com/forms/f553b2...
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American Intitute for Biological Science is collecting concrete information about the status of current federal grant awards. (For example: email notifying your award has been suspended, defunded, modified, etc.) aibs.wufoo.com/forms/qk5h53...
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The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has a survey about the impact of mass firings of federal science employees
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
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US Representative Rosa DeLauro, cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group, has asked for stories about the effects of funding freezes
delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
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Tips for using Signal Encrypted Messaging
www.wired.com/story/signal...
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The Union of Concerned Scientists has a “Know Your Rights” website aimed at federal scientists.
www.ucs.org/resources/re...
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Resources for Researchers and Scholars under Threat in the United States, maintained by the National Academies
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
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Understanding the Law and Policies for Grant Terminations for the National Science Foundation , maintained by the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom
click.pstmrk.it/3s/www.aaup....
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Shout out for Eunice Foote, who discovered the connection between CO2 and temperature rise back in 1819, only to be overlooked/forgotten for 150 years: