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Scientists who are not yet on top of digital security & preparing for targeted harassment need to come up to speed ASAP. I’m glad @ucsusa.bsky.social is hosting this webinar tonight. Also download/share toolkit for science orgs at researchersupport.org

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Solidarity with the workers striking across the UC system—including my brilliant partner. All workers deserve fair wages and dignified working conditions. Unions make us stronger! www.kqed.org/news/1202844...

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NEW: Two Philly-area lawmakers walked out of a meeting with the @upenn.edu president on Tuesday after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.” One state senator called the meeting “bullshit.” @whyy.org whyy.org/articles/pen...

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1/7. Public discourse about racial equity has changed a lot over the years. At @commhsp.bsky.social we’ve been monitoring those changes and their consequences. In a new 538 article, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and I share what we’ve been seeing and why it matters. abcnews.go.com/538/national...

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A judge has ruled that Philly Quakers are among the religious groups whose houses of worship are now off-limits to ICE agents. Maryland District Judge Theodore Chuang said in a memo that allowing for warrantless operations in places of worship “lacks meaningful limitations or safeguards.”

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Very pumped to attend the @standupforscience.bsky.social at Philly on March 7th at City Hall! Sign up here to be kept in the loop for details. www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

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When we fight, we win. Judge Halts Implementation of Trump Anti-DEIA Executive Orders Nationwide The AAUP is proud to stand up & defend our campuses & communities against those attempting to squash civil rights & halt progress toward an equitable, multi-racial democracy. www.washingtonpost.com

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Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

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At #SPSP2025 and interested in learning about interventions to decrease loneliness and support well-being in young adulthood? Check out our symposium “Building Connections: Psychosocial Approaches to Reducing Loneliness in Young Adults” today at 3:15! @ruipei.bsky.social @elisabaek.bsky.social

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Alone but not Lonely! New study finds "people with negative beliefs about being alone experience a steep increase in loneliness after spending time alone in daily life, whereas those with positive beliefs feel less lonely after spending time alone." Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Hey neuroimagers! We've updated NeuroVault.org in response to feedback from the community. Uploading new images and browsing existing collections is now streamlined and more user friendly. Check out the new changes in this post. Feedback welcome! neurovault.github.io/updates/2025...

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THE RESIST LIST IS HERE. Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.

submitted 7 days ago • 24 comments

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

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Seattle showed UP! 💥 500 energized workers & students, @WAaflcio, and @RepJayapal rallied with unions from campuses & across the city to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! We won’t let billionaires gut higher ed & medical research to fund their tax cuts. #LaborForHigherEd

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Boston turned out STRONG! 💪 Nearly 20 unions & worker units from across the region came together to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! Billionaires want to gut higher ed & medical research to fund their tax cuts. We’re fighting back. #LaborForHigherEd

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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

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I escaped poverty because I am a scientist. And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation. A 🧵:

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If you’ll be at #SPSP2025, come check out Steven’s fantastic work!!

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Excited to share work from my time as a lab manager(w/ @dcosme.bsky.social @shannon47burns.bsky.social @eriknook.bsky.social and @falklab.bsky.social ). Across 3 studies we investigate the promise of predicting psychological well-being w/ language-based assessments @spspnews.bsky.social

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HUNDREDS of Higher Ed faculty, staff, grad workers, postdocs, researchers and students showed up in the cold today outside the office of @davemccormick.bsky.social to say HANDS OFF our research, our healthcare, and our jobs! @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aftunion.bsky.social

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Chicago turned OUT 💥 Northwestern, DePaul, UChicago, UIC faculty, UE President Carl Rosen—all rallying to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! Billionaires want to gut higher ed and lifesaving research to fund their tax cuts. We’re fighting back. #LaborForHigherEd

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Higher education workers are mobilizing against the Trump administration's assault on academics, scientists, researchers, & organized labor. Members of @aftpa.bsky.social rallied outside of Sen. Dave McCormick's Philly office to say: HANDS OFF our healthcare, research, & jobs! #LaborForHigherEd

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Philadelphia turned out! 💪 Workers, students, and allies from universities across the city rallied to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! Billionaires want to gut higher ed & lifesaving research to fund their tax cuts. We’re fighting back. #LaborForHigherEd

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Philly, come out to 2000 Market right now and say it loud: hands off our healthcare, hands off our research, hands off our jobs!

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Hundreds in Philly braved the freezing temps to rally for our healthcare, research, and jobs! ❄️💪 Workers & students from CCP, Drexel, UPenn, Rutgers, Temple, Jefferson, Arcadia, Rowan, Moore—alongside elected leaders & union presidents—made it clear: We won’t back down. #LaborForHigherEd

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9 degrees, mighty colleagues, fighting for science and service! public research IS public health! uic united faculty, carl rosen of united electrical, radio,+ machine workers, uchicago aaup, northwestern postdocs, depaul, in it to win @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aftunion.bsky.social @uaw.org

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President's Day rallies

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Attending #spsp2025 in Denver? Be sure to check out our symposium on self-control and behaviour change! You'll hear some exciting research with important implications for interventions, habits, strategies, and beyond.

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“We have to try to protect time and space to be inefficient with each other in as many places as we want to have healthy relationships.”

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“Part of our decline as a culture and economy would be our disinvestment in higher education.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth speaks with @nytimes.com @michellegoldberg.bsky.social on Trump’s attack on #HigherEd.

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“Educational leaders must not put on a demure face and stay silent while civil society is undermined by the diktat of executive orders. We must not sacrifice academic freedom and a healthy civil society for the short-term gains of anticipatory compliance.” Wesleyan’s President in @slate.bsky.social

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“The purpose of these orders are to see which parts of our society are weakest, which parts will cave to threats. … The only response is to stand up, explain the public value of the research and the teaching that happens … all across the university.”

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Shameful. Solidarity to colleagues with @aaup-penn.bsky.social defending academic freedom and our students. "It is the higher education community’s responsibility not to surrender to such attacks—and not to surrender in anticipation of them. Instead, we must vigorously and loudly oppose them."

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While I wait for the email that tells me whether I’ve been fired or spared, here’s a thread of things I’ve had the privilege of working on, experiencing, and accomplishing in my 10 months as a federal employee at the Storm Prediction Center. 1/?

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Read this.

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I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!

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Today, along with 2,000 other NIH employees, I had to clear out my office 😭 It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where everyone cared about their job and serving others.

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While the administration abdicates their duty to stand up for our values, I hope we staff, faculty, and students at Penn will continue to loudly affirm and act in alignment with our commitment to diversity.

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It’s official. My university who told me for all of the years I have been a faculty person they it valued diversity all of a sudden decided it no longer does without even attempting to resist a legally questionable executive order. www.thedp.com/article/2025...

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This comment on the NYT site sounds spot-on, and it is why I disagree with my colleagues who say: "We'll know more in a few weeks, let's wait and see how things shake down before we take any action.": "As someone who grew up under an authoritarian regime, I can offer one crucial piece of advice: ...

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Scientific organizations coming together to protect science unitedsciencealliance.org including @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social

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Happy to report that APA wrote this letter, gathered a coalition across science, and will now pay for ads for it to be disseminated in Science and Chronicle of Higher Ed to spread the word!! unitedsciencealliance.org

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“Unions have concrete benefits, from anti-discrimination clauses to higher, more equitable wages, and they also provide a means to build collective power. That is how we both resist the rise of authoritarianism and work towards a truly just and equitable world.”

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