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0.000008% of the federal budget. And utterly, irreplaceably, priceless.

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every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now

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Interested in a starting PI position at University College London to work on Genetics, Evolution or the Environment? My department has opened the call for expressions of interest for sponsorship of independent fellowship applications. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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They are - literally - sending armed forces so as to take over the museums and libraries.

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We are recruiting two PhD students on polygenic adaptation! www.evolbio.mpg.de/3811254/job_...

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So on March 9, a French scientist, on a visa to attend a conference in Houston, was denied entry to the US and subsequently expelled because his phone had messages decrying scientific policies put forward by the Trump administration: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

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This is such a warped reality we’re living in.

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Our department (@EEBUofT) is searching for a Post-Doc! Post-docs funded by this fellowship are independently supported, with research funds available. We invite applications from innovative, collaborative candidates. See the job ad here: eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...

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If you have a federal grant, I highly recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

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“We will not take lectures on antisemitism from segregationists and neo-nazis.” @illdottore.bsky.social, a Columbia University professor, speaks out against the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil.

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www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...

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Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order

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Texas legislators considering a bill that would put all public university course curricula and faculty hiring in the hands of ruling party political appointees and politicians, effectively ending academic freedom.

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Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...

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President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders. Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

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Libraries and museums are integral to scientific advancement and to our core mission of #scienceforall. Stand Up for Science stands with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social! Please call your representatives and let them know you STRONGLY oppose this attack on access to knowledge. #standupforscience

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since she was 8 months old www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

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Popularity of the first name Kenzie correlates with UFO sightings in South Dakota (r=0.939)

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Postdoctoral fellowship at Eawag, Switzerland. Independent position hosted in one of the research departments, including mine at Kastanienbaum. apply.refline.ch/673277/1246/...

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Trump: COLUMBA IS AWFUL Columbia: [slaps student] Trump: COLUMBIA IS ANTISEMITIC Columbia: [kicks student in groin] Trump: NO MONEY FOR COLUMBIA LOL Columbia: [punches brown student in nose] Trump: WE WILL CLOSE COLUMBIA Columbia: [reaching for another student] okay this time it will work

submitted 8 days ago • 48 comments

People say his brain was infected by devils

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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal, officials say.

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www.bbc.com/news/article...

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U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents / www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

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🧪 The NSF director is lying to you. Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵

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Here's the full email about the classified and personnel records destruction, which just hit the public record in labor groups' litigation against the Trump admin. The groups say: "Defendants are, as this motion is being filed, destroying documents with potential pertinence to this litigation."

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I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System. This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine. Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.

submitted 11 days ago • 76 comments

one of the things i truly believe is that a significant portion of this country is in the grip of a death cult

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I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. This is a campaign of eradication. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

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The number of mechanical drafters in Colorado correlates with Season wins for the Denver Broncos (r=0.814)

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The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Plant genomics in @science.org this week: Sequencing manioc/cassava genomes shows few geographic genetic signatures and instead Indigenous farming practices have driven dispersal of this clonally propagated crop www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Stand Up for Science Rally in Pittsburgh

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Fuck these people

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#StandUpForScience👩‍🔬👨‍🔬📢 at the entrance of the University of Montpellier in France. Solidarity with our colleagues in the US who are protesting against the attacks of the Trump administration.

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This is abt latest turn in the U.S. African Development Fdn story where Trump's purported appointee showed up this afternoon w US marshals and forced his way in. Story below. I'm curious what people know about the authority under which the marshals were even there. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

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I am sympathetic to the line workers here—they didn’t ask to be put in this position. But if you’re in a position of civic trust and you’re defaulting to a defensive crouch—truly, what are you good for?

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In 1943 the US government made an antifascist film called "Don't Be a Sucker" in which we see a college professor in Germany removed from his classroom by government officials who do not approve of what he's teaching about race. youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?...

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Excited to share my first PhD project with my mentor, @johriparul.bsky.social! We examine how Hill–Robertson interference (HRI) in highly selfing species biases estimates of the distribution of fitness effects of new mutations (DFE). doi.org/10.1093/evol... @journal-evo.bsky.social #popgen #evobio

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Still planning to do this tomorrow. If it's just me with my sign, that's cool.

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Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail. I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Columbia University senior Maryam Alwan was visiting family in Jordan over winter break when she received an email from the school accusing her of harassment. Her supposed top offense: writing an op-ed in the student newspaper calling for divestment from Israel.

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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

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NEW: The National Cancer Institute will be a no-show this year at the the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Reearch, per internal NIH/NCI guidance dated March 4th, 2025.

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Reading an internal NIH guidance memo which basically says since we’re probably going to be shutting down labs with little or no notice just be sure to remember about the whole disposing of biohazard materials the right way thing. ☣️ 😬🤡

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