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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

submitted 4 days ago • 1513 comments

"Kagan justifiably mocks the 'bespoke Federal Reserve exception' saying that a simpler way not to spook the markets would just be to not give Trump new powers by overturning precedent." Why the Supreme Court decision on firing independent agency heads is a big deal open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated

submitted 4 days ago • 34 comments

Great place to do a postdoc

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I think it's imperative that you talk to your family and friends about this and contextualize that none of these changes will result in "savings". Turning the qatari plane into Air Force 1 will cost 1 billion. Trump's military parade will cost 25-45 million = zeroing out grad education.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

There are only 14,393 comments submitted as of this moment! That's waaaay too few, considering the number of people who are affected by or rely on NIH/NSF funding.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

To be clear: The virtual event is free for anyone in a low or middle income country. It's also rather inexpensive even if you're not. ($10/$20/$30 for student/postdoc/professional members of the societies; +$10 if a non member)

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Unsolicited listicle: My list of the most criminally underused/underappreciated phylogenetic comparative methods. Note, I am not involved in ANY of these methods; but I see them as things people are often asking of comparative data but have been surprised at how infrequently they have been cited.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

This is so far over the line it’s disorienting.

submitted 8 days ago • 237 comments

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

submitted 13 days ago • 32 comments

Having just learned that my dissertation has been accepted by Virginia Tech, I wanted to take some time to impart wisdom to current and future graduate students. So here goes, what I have learned in six years of graduate school is...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF: Dear members: The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

A complete and dynamic tree of birds - out today in PNAS! Teamwork with @eliotmiller.bsky.social and others at @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social and Open Tree of Life to put together current relationships across all birds. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

Words can't describe how these stories shake me to my core. How can it be that all Americans are not repulsed by this evil?

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

This, from a woman in Oklahoma talking to her local news station, is better than the vast majority of political speeches you'll hear today.

submitted 28 days ago • 104 comments

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

submitted 28 days ago • 1336 comments

I'm starting a campaign for this play to be known as "Zeno's paradunk"

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Japanese Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema sikokianum) looking into the morning sun from my shade garden.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday. I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further. If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.

submitted 31 days ago • 76 comments

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

submitted 34 days ago • 18 comments

Broke: Jurassic Park is about how dangerous dinosaurs are. Woke: Jurassic Park teaches us the dangers of listening to tech bros and engineers.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

It's funny how the logic of protecting expertise from political interference makes sense for a certain type of independent agency, but is largely deemed irrelevant for the other independent agencies that Trump is colonizing

submitted 35 days ago • 5 comments

Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States Advice includes researchers 'at odds with the position of the current U.S. administration'

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

"I will no longer be able to continue teaching." Hyeongseon Jeon, an assistant professor at the University of Houston, said he had his foreign visa unexpectedly terminated and now must return to Korea immediately. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

submitted 41 days ago • 51 comments

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

submitted 42 days ago • 1664 comments