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If Trump is serious about tariffs on movies, it's a very dangerous escalation. Tariffs have not traditionally been applied to services, and the United States is a massive net exporter of services. We would be extremely vulnerable to any service-based retaliation.

submitted 14 hours ago • 273 comments

Now the Trump admin is trying to ruin both these sectors that represent soft power and export earnings.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

1. Canadian universities are chronically underfunded. 2. Canadian researchers are chronically underfunded. 3. Even if $$ magically appeared to support Canadians and some incoming "star" Americans, those Americans would leave again the moment things looked like they were getting better down south.

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

All the talk is of universities depending on the federal government, but it’s the opposite. The federal government depends on these great institutions to move science and knowledge forward. Sabotaging that is an act bordering on treason.

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

After a long bit of toiling, we're proud to announce the launch of Gander Social—a project to bring a new kind of social to Canadians. Canadian owned and hosted, a feed you control, privacy-first, consent-based, respectful by default. Join the Early Access program: gandersocial.ca

submitted 12 days ago • 81 comments

When you've triggered @sonnybunch.bsky.social ...

submitted 14 hours ago • 54 comments

Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Long-term data showed how ending fluoridation adversely affected the health of the population. www.sciencenews.org/article/fluo...

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races. And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards. I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.

submitted 1 day ago • 113 comments

Election trend for 2024: Incumbents, everywhere, lost. Election trend for 2025: Trump aligned parties losing massive vote share as American dysfunction becomes a cautionary tale. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/w...

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

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submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I don’t know about you but I’m done flying through DCA until this administration is gone.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

There’s some inaccurate NSF information spreading and causing extra panic. New increments on existing awards are paused. But: to the best of my knowledge, drawdown (reimbursement) on existing increments is not paused. ACMS is still accessible. Could change at any moment, though. Please share.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Your regular reminder that NSF grants built the internet and helped the U.S. dominate tech.

submitted 3 days ago • 38 comments

$9 billion a year for NSF is absolute chump change. It's nothing. And yet, cutting it will devastate American science for decades. God, we're led by a morons, empowered by idiots.

submitted 3 days ago • 118 comments

‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.

submitted 3 days ago • 1540 comments

Science is squeezed from both ends. Grant funding is being withheld, and at the same time our operating expenses are increasing dramatically because of tariffs.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

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

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

⭐️⭐️⭐️UPDATE: SB 37 will be heard in the House Higher Ed Committee on Tuesday. Please contact the committee members every day until then to oppose the bill. Use this handy tool ⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

We're in an epic, generational crisis.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

"A report by economists at American University in Washington DC estimates that a 50% reduction in federal science funding would reduce the US gross domestic product by approximately 7.6%." Science is an amazing engine of economic activity and progress for the US ... or at least it was.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

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...

submitted 3 days ago • 40 comments

I'm seeking graduate students interested in studying nectar evolutionary ecology. Masters or PhD. Sep 2025 or Jan 2026 start. Interested students encouraged to apply by May 5 to be eligible for additional scholarships. #gradschool #flower #evolution #nectar #pollination

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Even if we define "do your own research" as "look up a paper," ask yourself: * Who is the lead author? Are they respectable? * What is the study protocol? Is the result statistically significant? * Are the results consistent with the literature? If you can't answer, don't "do your own research."

submitted 5 days ago • 13 comments

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

submitted 5 days ago • 782 comments

This is the point about Trump’s poll numbers already slipping below 40. We haven’t even seen any shortages or price hikes yet. That’s all still coming.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Another amazing postdoc whose funding was cancelled. Dr. Zhang is doing basic research on how children develop stereotypes based on the statistics of their social environment. This is cutting-edge psychological research that's now been interrupted 😠

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

‼️They’re killing one of our strongest exports‼️ Colleges and universities are among America’s MOST competitive international exporters… more than natural gas and coal COMBINED.😡 @crampellw.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @noamross.net @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @boghuma.bsky.social

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Exactly. Decarbonization increases energy security. I wrote a short piece about it: rdcu.be/eg3lR

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

SCOOP: three days after Kilmar Abrego García’s family sued the govt for his wrongful deportation, US officials began working on plan to fix the mistake and ensure his safety in El Salvador until they could bring him back. Then the Trump administration dug in www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 9 days ago • 59 comments

Remarkable from WaPo poll: Trump sinking fast on immigration among independents. 56% disapprove of handling of issue 62% oppose removing foreign students 52% oppose renditions to El Salvador Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there Engage, Dems. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1944...

submitted 9 days ago • 157 comments

Big news if true & a real confession of error for the administration

submitted 9 days ago • 49 comments

12 UC Berkeley Students' Visas Restored by ICE in Nationwide Reversal SEVIS statuses are being reverted across the country

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Most land plants team with mycorrhizal fungi to survive. This ancient partnership has helped both plants and fungi thrive over much of Earth. Learn more on #EarthDay: scim.ag/4cMgplJ

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

👇🎯 They. Are. Breaking. Signed. Contracts. For. No. Legal. Reason. You want to pass legislation not funding this stuff going forward? Fine. Epically idiotic, but legal. This is something else. Shredding the basic foundations of the rule of law. Textbook authoritarianism.

submitted 17 days ago • 37 comments

URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES. For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners. We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees: Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and… 1. Download your NSF award letters. 2. Print PDF your annual reports. 3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports. NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

Very sad day. Panch had a rough ride the last 3 months, but I know what that's like. He was a great source of encouragement and passion for science for us all. All best to everyone at NSF dealing with all this. www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Or NOAA, USFW, USGS, all ‘em.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Just as the Bible warned, the Euphrates River is drying up. However, unlike supernatural explanations like the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, there is a very real environmental phenomenon driving this problem: chronic droughts and climate change. www.iflscience.com/why-is-the-e...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

The death of Pope Francis sets in motion a carefully orchestrated transition aimed at ensuring the stability and continuity of the Roman Catholic Church. Here’s what happens next. wapo.st/4isdiAK

submitted 14 days ago • 69 comments

A PhD position open to anyone who wants to study how many people are getting PhDs that don't deserve to get PhDs. #ResearchIntegrity #SciPub

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Every year, my last lecture is on Human Evolution and I ask myself why every textbook waits to introduce the difference between species and gene trees at the last possible minute.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Actually, flip the headline. It's really "How the Federal Government Became so Dependent on Universities." These competitively awarded, peer reviewed research grants produce tremendous returns on investment. New tech, health, science that benefit all people & businesses in the USA & world.

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale

submitted 16 days ago • 148 comments

Shitty explanation. Better one: NSF has spent decades carrying out the legal requirement placed on it by Congress to try to attrract more women and members of underrepresented groups into STEM. Now Trump is forcing the agency to violate this law.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

submitted 17 days ago • 8477 comments