Heard at yesterday's Stand Up For Science rally in Washington. https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/healthpolicy/114556 Francis Collins, former director of the #NIH: "99% of new drug approvals depended…on NIH research…So the industry has a lot to lose if federal investment is […] - ThreadSky

petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy • 21 days ago

Heard at yesterday's Stand Up For Science rally in Washington.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/healthpolicy/114556

Francis Collins, former director of the #NIH: "99% of new drug approvals depended…on NIH research…So the industry has a lot to lose if federal investment is […]

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petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•20 days ago

Update. Selected additional coverage of the March 7 The Stand Up For Science rally in Washington and across the country:

Scientists Are Rising Up to Resist Trump Policies, Inside Climate News, March 6 […]

petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•20 days ago

Update. "USDA’s Purge of Climate Data is Illegal and Reckless, Doing Immediate Harm to Farmers, Lawsuit Alleges"
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05032025/usda-climate-data-purge-harms-farmers/

"The #Trump administration has deleted thousands of #climate-related web pages from the U.S […]

petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•19 days ago

Update. "These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration"
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html

"The above terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents viewed by The […]

petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•18 days ago

Update. See the growing number of petitions from the Union of Concerned Scientists (#UCS, https://bird.makeup/users/ucsusa) at MoveOn.org (https://threads.net/@moveon/) in support of US science and scientists.
https://sign.moveon.org/partnerships/union-of-concerned-scientists

#DefendResearch #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•18 days ago

Update. From https://fediscience.org/@chrischirp: "Censor, purge, defund: how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities"
https://christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-purge-defund-how-trump-following

"Making a list of the actions taken since January 2025 reveals distinct patterns. Just […]

petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•18 days ago

Update. #ActionLab is a #crowdsourced collection of practical actions "for the various issues scientists are facing in the wake of destructive anti-science policies. Filter our database by action type, by location, by deadline, or by the amount of time you have to spend today. Find a way to act […]

eswag.dju.social.ap.brid.gy•20 days ago

@petersuber

Good thing @SafeguardingResearch is backing things like this up.

petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•20 days ago

@eswag @SafeguardingResearch
Yes. See my separate Masto thread on those back-up projects.
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/113929148334504422

#Preservation

ckd.mas.to.ap.brid.gy•20 days ago

@petersuber
Yeah, don't disturb the dictator with your petty problems when he's golfing!!
Goddammit!

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