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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps. www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

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Google, Microsoft, and Meta's increasing use of data centers has resulted in increased air pollution from extensive fossil fuel energy consumption and associated public health costs related to treating cancers, asthma, and other similar issues, valued at over $5.4 billion in the past five years.

submitted 9 hours ago • 21 comments

I wonder if you can guess, without reading the headlines, which TWO people in this picture just got fired from the Joint Chiefs. Go ahead, take a wild guess. Pick two.

submitted 2 days ago • 24 comments

More than 8 out of 10 Americans aren't pleased Trump pardoned J6 convicts & thugs Don't stop taking about that! And when they get re-arrested or create havoc let that be known too! www.newsbreak.com/news/3823589...

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Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

submitted 2 days ago • 2183 comments

Last first-author paper finally published! This took too many years but even after leaving research we manage to get it done, with Odile Maliet, @leandrist.bsky.social, @noguesbravo.bsky.social, @n8upham.bsky.social, Walter Jetz, and really supportive Hélène Morlon www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

New poll finds 72% of respondents from eight Western states want Congress to prioritize conservation over increased oil and gas drilling on public lands. Most respondents were politically conservative or independent: insideclimatenews.org/news/1902202...

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SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...

submitted 3 days ago • 35 comments

I sit on a committee for the Excellence in ScComm awards. This afternoon, I wrote to my fellow members that unless & until @nationalacademies.org “actively combat political censorship instead of capitulating to illegal, racist demands, I will not participate in any further service on their behalf.“

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

submitted 3 days ago • 248 comments

Bee beetle, Trichius sexualis. The hairstyle is unbeatable, only the wild bees can keep up with it.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

They have the votes to impeach and convict him So they are not helpless They are complicit

submitted 3 days ago • 43 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 3 days ago • 863 comments

Biomedical graduate admissions paused or cut back as some universities respond to Trump orders on research - STAT apple.news/APlQhGHRrSfy...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

So I did this today: banged out a couple hundred words of a pitch while managing lab, sent it to the opinion page editor at the newspaper my parents still somehow get in print, and got back a "yes" in, I absolutely kid you not, under 15 minutes

submitted 4 days ago • 7 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

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SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 4 days ago • 531 comments

Entire government agencies are being reshaped, career experts are leaving and power is shifting — often behind closed doors. ProPublica is investigating. 🧵⬇️ (1/6)

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Public comments are open for gender marker changes for trans people on passports. DS-11 Application for passport: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... DS-82 Passport Renewal: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... DS-5504 Name Change and Corrections. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

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)

submitted 4 days ago • 68 comments

This is the literal opposite of what’s needed

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I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

submitted 4 days ago • 605 comments

It's here and ahead-of-print at @asn-amnat.bsky.social ! 🎉 Our 22-page polyploid coexistence model is now available: doi.org/10.1086/734411 This work wouldn’t be possible without NSF support—including funding from an NSF GRFP, an NSF PRFB, and NSF DMS & DBI grants. @soltislab.bsky.social l

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

NSF accomplishes its mission primarily by giving grants. In a $10B budget request, NSF asked for $500M in 'Agency Operations and Award Management', so that's already HIGHLY EFFICIENT... >95% of funds go to research and STEM education programs nationwide. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00_NSF...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

National Park Employee Laid Off www.reddit.com/r/50501/s/N7...

submitted 5 days ago • 11 comments

“Forty-one U.S. senators could use the filibuster to block most legislation that enables the funding of Musk’s companies. With 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and two independents in the Senate, such a push is numerically possible, though politically difficult.“

submitted 6 days ago • 26 comments

Fellow Mammalogists. As many of you are aware, science is in a state of turmoil in the United States. Recent efforts to drastically reduce government workforces and research funding for science will lead to many adverse consequences for Earth’s remaining natural ecosystems.

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Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut. This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.

submitted 5 days ago • 99 comments

Please consider contacting societies to share your appreciation for their advocacy! It's important for them to hear from people who support their efforts. A repost in support of action isn't always as noticeable as disapproving or critical comments/messages are.

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Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

This is why it is so important that our scientific societies speak out against factual inaccuracies like in the sex EO.

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Breaking: In a ‘first round’ of cuts, every ‘probationary’ employee at NSF was just terminated. They received no severance. Insurance cuts off at 1 pm edt. Program Officers were given two hours to turn over their programs and clear the building. 1/2 #OpenAsResistance #StandUp4Science

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

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

submitted 5 days ago • 73 comments

Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.

submitted 5 days ago • 627 comments

When in doubt, play botanical jeopardy with your students. #PlantBiology 🌱

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Firings happening right now at the NSF.

submitted 5 days ago • 45 comments

SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is released from a Florida prison weeks after Biden commutes his life sentence.

submitted 5 days ago • 29 comments

Umm. This. Is. A. Giant red alert. The archivist receives and certifies the vote from the electoral college among other things. Also-Maintains the record of all constitutional amendments -and holds the personel files of ALL federal employees. Where are our leaders? @schumer.senate.gov ?

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

My students don’t like my jokes about maize effective population size. Too corn Ne.

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BREAKING: At least 8 injured after Delta plane crash landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport - CP24

submitted 6 days ago • 46 comments

Interesting model combining mass extinction of giant dinosaurs and their effects on the seed sizes and later diversification of giant mammals which were dependent on the emergence of large seeded plants 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🧪 #Paleobio #EvoBio ⚒️ #Macroecology #Complexity

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans. Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.

submitted 9 days ago • 834 comments

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

submitted 8 days ago • 540 comments

It’s soul-sucking to see universities cave so quickly to Trump’s demand to resegregate higher education. U Penn is wiping everything related to DEI off their websites. www.thedp.com/article/2025...

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