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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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On the cutting room floor is the bit where the host introduced their interview series, The Interview, and I asked how long it took to come up with the name. Anyway, here’s me talking about birds and science and burnout and moving through the world. The photo’s nice! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

submitted 10 hours ago • 42 comments

I love a good chart that hits you over the head with what’s going on.

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Editing wildlife documentary scripts. This line is hitting me a little too personally tonight: "Such a change is expected to significantly disrupt the food webs and life that have otherwise enjoyed a stable home here."

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Please know that if you're a friend or acquaintance of mine and you're publishing on Substack, I would very much like you to leave them and their bigot-and-nazi-supporting-leadership behind. Many people already have. You can do it! Begin the baby steps today.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

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I for one would like to live in a society where we can have both Halloween and the National Science Foundation. Better yet, where we spend more on the National Science Foundation than Halloween. And I really like Halloween 🎃

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Public funding is the backbone of scientific advances, and the National Science Foundation is an powerful impartial supporter of science in the USA improving quality of life, building scientific workforce and enabling discoveries. 1/6 www.axios.com/2025/02/19/n...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

My God…

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

Please tell people. Please share. Folks don’t know, even those who would care to know.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Join us! 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

submitted 4 days ago • 32 comments

This morning, the US National Science Foundation fired 168 employees, approximately 10% of its workforce, for no cause other than they were the agency's most recent hires. 🧪 Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️

submitted 4 days ago • 19 comments

Marisa Kabas: Elon Musk & his young acolytes are actual, open Nazis. “Whatever comes to mind when you think of a Nazi, that is for whom this country is currently being run.” [thehandbasket.co]

submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

National Science Foundation is being gutted today. Please support these folks and make some noise about this. 🧪

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

Margaret is one of several colleagues I’m losing at 1:00p today, including one of my best friends who finally got his dream job 5 months ago. Fuck all of this.

submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

Hundreds at the Salt Lake City #NoKingsDay rally

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Dear NSF scientists and staff: If you're looking to talk to a journalist about what's going on at the agency, please reach out (from a non-governmental phone/computer) via signal @jonlambert.12

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

I heard y'all wanted some nematodes? Here's one I filmed in Antarctica. Scottnema lindsayae, female, an endemic species. Video made possible thanks to support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). 🧪 🦠

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

I heard y'all wanted some nematodes? Here's one I filmed in Antarctica. Scottnema lindsayae, female, an endemic species. Video made possible thanks to support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). 🧪 🦠

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

Protest happening in San Francisco right now at Tesla on Van Ness Avenue. Calls for more people to join.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Federal employee terminations will cause widespread economic damage even beyond the hardships for specific employees How many federal workers live in your state or county or congressional district? I made an little interactive site to tell you economic.github.io/federal_work...

submitted 8 days ago • 123 comments

I'm a reporter at the SF Chronicle hoping to speak with scientists who were impacted by the government firings. Specifically NOAA scientists, especially those in California. Open to hearing from you on the record, off the record or anonymously. email: [email protected] DMs open

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

“It feels like a betrayal by NASA....It’s inefficient, it’s wasteful, and it’s also just messed up.” This is how scientists inside and outside the agency are feelings about the cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Words by me: 🧪

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

Please lend support and opportunities to people who create awesome things with science. Our most difficult years are ahead 😔 🧪 #scicomm

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

submitted 9 days ago • 523 comments

My vibe for the foreseeable future in this timeline. @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social

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