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DOGE appears to have ordered a 50% cut in the budget of the National Science Foundation, leading its director, appointed by Trump in his first term, to resign. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Agreed - he tried hard over the last few months.

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Exclusive: The director of the National Science Foundation announced his resignation today, 16 months before his 6-year term ends, in a letter to staff obtained by Science. scim.ag/42vc3fn

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University of Washington environmental professor Phillip Levin shows us how to fight back against Trump’s anti-science, anti-environment purge - DIY science! That’s the spirit of Galileo and Copernicus alive in Washington State. Go Huskies! Or as we say, “Go Dawgs!”

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ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

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Researchers in the US are seeking career opportunities abroad as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes science funding and workforce numbers, finds an analysis of Nature’s jobs-board data. #Academicsky 🧪

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They canceled the National Nature Assessment. We kept going. The science didn’t stop. Neither did our hope, or our resolve. The work is still happening—independent, evolving, and grounded in purpose. Because weareunitedbynature.org 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...

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I am fairly certain that Jack White is the only one who has used the term 'animalcule' in a song lyric and therefore my love for him has only grown.

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NSF has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into STEM. Not anymore. scim.ag/3RUtgZg

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cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is terminating a bunch of research funding. Much of this is in line with the goal of making sure nothing gets in the way of systemic racism and sexism, but they also explicitly target research on "misinformation/disinformation." www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

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Letter from Zoe Lofgren, Ranking member of Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...

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Oh, is it Friday already?

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Is there literally nothing that the human species cannot ignore or normalize?

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Our NOAA probationary feds were re-fired today. Taken off administrative leave, no salary, no health care. I feel increasingly powerless.

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Important reading for the times.

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dire wolves more like liar wolves am I right

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De-extinction is science fiction. Extinction is forever. No matter how much we wish it to be true, there's no way to resurrect a long lost species without a time machine. Big Tech isn't going to save us or the biosphere from that history. We must protect & conserve the living while their still here

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We are not achieving the SDGs. Understanding root causes of unsustainability is critical to move toward sustainable and just futures, argues Centre researchers Ana Paula Aguiar and David Collste in a new study. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The great Nina Simone never sung more prescient words. “Folks you better stop And think, and feel again, For we’re headed for the brink…. What’s gonna happen now that the King of Love is dead.” 57 years ago #MartinLutherKing music.apple.com/us/album/why...

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Deadline tomorrow, April 4th at 5:00pm! Apply & share!

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What relevant classic shall we choose today to fathom all this? The Tragedy of the Commons, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Stranger, other? There are so very many options...

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OK, that's it, I'm in love. 😍

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being decimated right now. Mass layoffs happening across agencies (NIH, FDA, CDC etc). Some employees found out by security badge being denied. Others got email. Line outside Health Resources and Services Administration this AM shared with me:

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Are you a member of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)? I'm holding zoom chats during which I will get your feedback and thoughts about what the society can do for you and for the field! Everyone is welcome to join -- sign up for a time and pls RT this!!

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