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NSF postdoc in the Harkess Lab at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotech -- studying apomixis in Rosaceae. 🍎 🌸 Here for the polyploids. Remember science is done by people. Opinions are my own. she/her #WomeninSTEM
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UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

Free Mahmoud Khalil!! How fucking DARE they do this in the United States!

This administration is literally disappearing people.

Israel will cut the flow of electricity into Gaza immediately, a week after blocking all aid into the territory: cnn.it/4kBAmiz

As President Trump upends America's trade alliances, he's creating a void Beijing wants to fill.

JD Vance is crying again. This time, he claims he and his daughter were “confronted” by pro-Ukraine protesters while walking near his home. Sounds dramatic, right? Except the video tells a different story. Let’s smite his lies.

First and foremost, an incredible THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Stand Up for Science—whether you attended our events, donated, shared, or volunteered. We are so humbled by how many people showed up to support us & all of the passion that people brought with them.

Science funding is not government waste - see my opinion piece in the Lansing State Journal about why cuts to science funding are bad for Michigan. @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinio...

@plantdoctorc.bsky.social ☺️

👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.

That is exactly true.

Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.

Birmingham Stand Up for Science rally 🩷🩷🩷 #stopthecoup @standupforscience.bsky.social

This #WomensHistoryMonth, SfN celebrates women in neuroscience who have dedicated their lives and careers to educating and inspiring generations. Through research, mentorship, and leadership they continue to light the path forward for the next generation of scientists. #Neurosky

Today, tons of Marylanders rallied at the Lincoln Memorial with Dr. Francis Collins, Bill Nye the Science Guy and thousands of others to tell MAGA to let our expert civil servant scientists get back to work, pursuing facts and conducting critical research for the common good.

The AP claim that the crowd was only “a couple thousand” seems entirely erroneous to me. I was there, it was closer to 5000.

Good work SLC at the #StandUpForScience event at the capitol. #ScienceMatters!

My department is hiring! Looking for an Assistant Professor of Biology (Botanist/Plant Ecologist) in the Department of Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences at West Texas A&M University. If you have any questions feel free to DM me. tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WTAMU_...

Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4

Attended the #StandUpForScience in Montpellier France 🇫🇷 Science is a universal language …. It is the basis of our prosperity and health (as well as inspiration!) and needs protecting and nourishing

There are Democrats who voted to censure Al Green? Just become a Republican you assholes.

GET OUT. NO MORE CENTRISTS. UGHHHHHHH

* U.S. JOB CUTS TOTAL 172,017 IN FEBRUARY, HIGHEST SINCE JULY 2020 - CHALLENGER @reuters.com

This is domestic terrorism.

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️ Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th! More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️

@standupforscience.bsky.social Proposal to wear masquerade masks at all events? 👀 🩷

Dems should have been backing this man up. COWARDS - PUT UP A FIGHT OUTSIDE OF TINY SIGNS AND PINK SUITS. The lack of effort on the dems part is ASTOUNDING. You’d have made such a bigger impact walking out of there tonight.

This is not normal.

the gulf between those who just root for you and those who actually show up and have your back can be wide

"the uh, the state of the, so basically, you see, the, um, the state of the um, so like essentially what we ha, um, well, the state of the, um, like, fundamentally what is most important to understand about the, um, the, uh, the state of... um, like the state of the union is fundamentally based"

Goddamn cowards. Do your job and serve the people. Can’t do it? Resign. Maybe some of the federal workers you were fine firing could rise to the occasion.

The stock market is crashing Inflation is soaring We started a trade war with Canada and Mexico Insulted our NATO partners and threatened worldwide democracy Fired thousands of federal workers Made the world far sicker And sided with Russia over Ukraine Can’t wait for the gaslighting tonight

Apropos of nothing, now is a good time to brush up on your rights as a protester or protest organizer. You are largely protected under the first amendment, thiugh there are limitations. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

🧪🚨 NSF's Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) has halted making nearly all new awards since inauguration day. Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience Thread👇🧵

Lol seriously dude? Go f*ck yourself

NSF plans to reinstate all probationary employees who were fired on 18 Feb! NSF’s decision. 👏🏻👏🏻❤️

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

Okay, nerds, buckle in! It's time for some SCIENCE. Back in the late 1960s, a scientist got some government funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Atomic Energy Commission to look for interesting bacteria living in extreme environments. 1/x

This one hits close to home. Rachel was one of the collections managers for a nat'l germplasm repository in Winters, CA where I've done a lot of my research. Invaluable resource that that will take a big hit from this www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

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That Trump is now calling Pres. Zelensky a “dictator” and it talked the U.S. into spending $350 billion (a lie) for a war Ukraine started (another disgusting lie) should remind you the White House occupant is mentally deranged and must be opposed at all times.

When Putin invaded Kyiv in 2022, I quickly wrote this brief history to help explain what was happening and why it was so devastating for Ukraine and the free world. Unfortunately it appears some people in my own country need a refresher right now. www.itjustgetsstranger.com/ukraine-a-br...

Thank God.

🚨🚨The press briefing yesterday between Pres Zelenskyy, JD Vance & Trump was absolutely devastating and to my mind the lowest point of American diplomacy in modern history. @kyivindependent.com editorial is a must-read acutely summarising this excruciating event.🧵 kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-...

The U.S. government has put up a submission form for reporting schools who teach kids about “DEI.” It accepts file uploads. Internet, you know what to do enddei.ed.gov