We should all be taking to the streets. March 7. DC, state capitols, other big cities. Go to the website and sign up. Honestly, what the hell else will it take? - ThreadSky

mikefeigin.bsky.social • 13 days ago

We should all be taking to the streets. March 7. DC, state capitols, other big cities. Go to the website and sign up. Honestly, what the hell else will it take?

Reposted from Colette Delawalla

FIRMLY AGREE!

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Comments

septinlab.bsky.social•13 days ago

2 hr ride up the street - we’ll be there!!!

navinpokala.bsky.social•13 days ago

I can’t … it’s a Friday, and I have classes. And lot of other folks have weekday responsibilities. So frustrating not set up on weekend like 2017.

olinotom.bsky.social•13 days ago

And it raises awareness for the undergrads and other members of the academy and scientific community if they are not aware. Not all folks across stages of training are keyed into all that is going on.

ctmurphy1.bsky.social•13 days ago

Agreed! Why didn't they plan this for the 8th?!?

mikefeigin.bsky.social•13 days ago

It was planned for when representatives are out of DC and back in their district offices. Hence the focus on state capitals. This would not be the case on a weekend.

ctmurphy1.bsky.social•13 days ago

That makes sense, thank you

ctmurphy1.bsky.social•13 days ago

(but DC would still make more sense on a weekend then)

mikefeigin.bsky.social•13 days ago

True. There’s no good time for this. But it’s better than the nothing I see other people planning. The grad students putting this together are incredibly brave and dedicated.

mikefeigin.bsky.social•13 days ago

And honestly, we need to show working people what is going on. Doing this on a weekday accomplishes that. We can’t sacrifice half a day or our time?

ctmurphy1.bsky.social•13 days ago

Of course! We have gone down to the DC and to the Trenton marches for science, and we will go to this - just hard for folks teaching classes

mikefeigin.bsky.social•13 days ago

5000+ government scientists were fired today. We should all take an afternoon off.

navinpokala.bsky.social•13 days ago

I would like to, but I have obligations to my undergrad students. If I was at a research institute or was a postdoc, grad student, absolutely. Yell on my behalf!

mikefeigin.bsky.social•13 days ago

I will!

annikabarber.bsky.social•13 days ago

I’ve blocked out lecture time to explain what’s happening to my undergrad STEM classes with timelines, lawsuits, current and possible outcomes for science broadly and our U specifically. Teaching-in can be activist work too!

navinpokala.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yes, same here.