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🚨ATTENTION SCIENTISTS🚨 👀 Are you looking for a way to connect with the press to share your story? 📰 We are excited to announce the safe and secure SUFS Press Connect System. Whether you are looking to be a face or stay anonymous--we have you covered. actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

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“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you”

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the DOJ is literally arresting Democratic members of Congress and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation

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What's new in the world of adaptive radiation?! Here's what we think! academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a... Out now in @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social! Wonderful writing this with Julia Day, @fishspeciation.bsky.social, and María del Rosario Castañeda

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me: they think it should be illegal to have black people in positions of influence savvy, sophisticated pundits: don't be hysterical the trump administration:

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NSF appears to be terminating hundreds of its grants to Harvard, per internal sources at NSF and at Harvard. At least one division has had all its grants cut.

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“The entire landscape of American science, research, and engineering are under heavy attack,” the employee says. “It’s really critical that we all speak against it and be unified in our opposition.”

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You asked for it, you got it. Biology is Bigger than Binaries is now on a shirt! Designed by @franzanth.bsky.social, printed here in Philly on 100% cotton Next Level Tees. We've got... ironically 2 colors to choose from lmao. Pre-order open until May 31! squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/bina...

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NSF grant terminations are disproportionately affecting underrepresented scientists. 58% of canceled grants have women PIs, despite making up only 34% of awards. 17% of canceled grants have Black PIs (versus 4% of the pool). Hispanic and disabled PIs are twice as likely to have NSF grants canceled.

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🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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👇 Things at #NIH are far worse than have been reported. NIH and NSF have been effectively overthrown by people that hate science. The hostile takeover is complete at the top. The question now is how scientists are going to fight back. This is one step:

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This is fascism.

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Now they are gutting NSF. This is radical destruction. The Trump goal is to end scientific research in America. Our sense is that few people, even inside the government, have actually grappled with this reality.

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This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit. This cannot be allowed to happen.

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No, Merrick Garland is not “water under the bridge.” We are currently having to deal with multiple corrupt and chargeable men and women in politics because of his failure.

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🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

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Super excited that our new paper is out today in @pnas.org. Title: Lateral jaw motion in fish expands the functional repertoire of vertebrates and underpins the success of a dominant herbivore lineage. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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🧪 Concrete evidence of political motives: Out of 1044 NSF terminations so far, not a single one started under Trump 1.0. Zilch. Nada. 0%. That is, all terminated NSF awards started Feb 1, 2021 or later after Biden took office. Yet, Trump 1.0 awards still account for 15% of still-active awards.

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SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF. The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation. Join: www.savensf.com

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About NSF’s new(est) bulletin - 15% indirect cost rates will kill universities. Apparently that’s the point. I am sick.

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Upset about federal funding cuts in the US? Want some ideas of what to do? I wrote a long-ish blog post about it here ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com summarizing things I learned meeting with Senate & House aides this week with the @aibsbiology.bsky.social Congressional Visits Day event.

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🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10

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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Just got mine. Totally expected, but it still sucks. Probably the most for all the work that so many of us put in on behalf of US taxpayers that is now wasted and will never come to fruition.

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NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.

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Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

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If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.

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Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.

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A few months ago, KQED did a segment on my regal jumpers. I loved wrangling the spiders and helping put the pieces together. They'll be releasing videos gradually, but the first one just came out! It's both gnarly and cute, so feel free to watch!♥️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=soBe... #SciComm #Bugsky

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Huge shoutout to everyone this is what a global boycott looks like. Tesla just reported a staggering 71% drop in profits compared to Q1 of 2024. It’s working. Keep the pressure on.

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ICE has detained Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist from Russia working on major advancements in cancer detection, since mid-February. If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine. Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.

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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —Arrested at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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My friends, what the Trump regime has unleashed on America is intolerable. It is time — beyond time — for a national civic uprising. We must take action. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-bigger-threat-to-free-speech-than

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Here’s “Basket Case” except it’s about why you shouldn’t use Face ID or a thumbprint to unlock your phone

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Most endangered fish in the world just plummeted from 191 to 20 individuals over just a few months due to earthquake-induced starvation🧪🐙🐟 However, the population is so inbred this won't affect their genetic diversity much. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... www.sfgate.com/national-par...

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Would be really fun if at the end of RFK Jr.'s Autism Fact Finding Mission (he will find the cause of all autism personally in six months) he blames something very different than vaccines. JPEG files cause autism, we gotta get rid of the JPEGs.

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Rich people are amazing. People will be going hungry out there, and they’ll be like yeah, but I went to space.

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Join me tomorrow! We are ready to fight fascism! Research powers progress! @freedom2learn.bsky.social @berkeleyside.bsky.social @mvzucb.bsky.social

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😱Wow, in other news, Devil's Hole #pupfish just plummeted to an historic low of 20 fish this winter from 191 fish in the fall. Luckily, USFWS had a handy refuge population and for the 1st time ever reintroduced captive fish into the wild, doubling the population. www.nps.gov/deva/learn/n...

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🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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On April 17 we ask you to Rise Up for Education! Join faculty, students, staff, unions and community members to manifest what UC Berkeley can and must be! 12pm-2pm on Sproul Plaza! Part of the @aaup.bsky.social National #dayofactionforhighered speaklearnteach.org

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This seems right, and all of this is WRONG.

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How academics imagine their lives would look like if they decide to work in tech

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