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Tr*mp is shutting down at midnight tonight the federal website for ordering free COVID tests (four per order). I just ordered four—can’t be easier. Last call. ------------------ covidtests.gov Please share

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This piece by @dieworkwear.bsky.social is just super thoughtful and full of revelations. Love.

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

Putting a face to what you read in the news. Until last Friday, I served our nation working as a Research Ecologist with the US Geological Survey (USGS). As a federal scientist, I provided robust, defensible information to support good decisions in natural resource management.

submitted 6 days ago • 72 comments

I am not a federal employee, but many of my colleagues are. The work they do to better understand + inform the public on volcanic hazards is deeply important. We are a team. The attacks on education and NSF harms our shared mission. There is no public sector equivalent for the operational work we do

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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

submitted 8 days ago • 44 comments

Firings happening right now at the NSF.

submitted 8 days ago • 45 comments

reposting with alt text for accessibility BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years.

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

As I spend yet another Sunday night going through job listings, a reminder that I am still looking for a job! I am extremely good at writing things and would simply like to be able to do so for a living again instead of cobbling weird jobs together like some sort of gremlin.

submitted 9 days ago • 9 comments

@sbn-bsky.bsky.social has released a statement on current events. SBN DEI comm, of which I'm chair, wrote this statement to be people-first focused on the human impacts. I want to thank Peg McCarthy & the Exec Comm in quickly approving the document w/ few edits. This is why SBN is my "home" society.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Hey y'all, my sister and her fellow Alamo Drafthouse NYC workers went on strike yesterday to protest the recent laying off 70 their fellow employees. if you want a place where even a small donation can make a difference in the lives of working people consider donating to their GoFundMe which is

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

submitted 12 days ago • 16 comments

The Stonewall Riots happened because trans people, particularly of color, rose up against state violence. You can’t even begin to tell the story without our trans ancestors and elders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument. (Scroll down.)

submitted 12 days ago • 519 comments

If you have an undergrad that will graduate this year but who needs a little more research experience before their next step, encourage them to apply to the UConn RAMP program. genome-postbac.biology.clas.uconn.edu. The application deadline for the 2025 cohort is February 21st. 🧪 1/2

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WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT SEQUENCER'S SCIENCE STORYTELLER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM We are launching a mentorship program for new science writers. Get published @sequencermag.bsky.social! Learn about science writing at the funniest, coolest popsci magazine around! www.sequencermag.com/scicomm-ment...

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Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

submitted 18 days ago • 313 comments

Amid today’s massive NIH cuts to universities, please know that my research colleagues: - Develop new cancer treatments for kids - Are curing sickle cell disease - Build new tech to help premature babies survive - Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose - And more #NIH #MedSky #research #science

submitted 18 days ago • 319 comments

Here’s a strategy: 1) establish the frames, what problems will these changes cause, how will they impact communities; 2) inspire people to use those frames to tell their own stories of their families or communities are impacted; 3) amplify those stories.

submitted 18 days ago • 10 comments

Frankly, this hearing should be alarming to all biomedical researchers.

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

This is really bleak, they're attacking all animal research with the ranking Democrat, Shantel Brown, agreeing with Nancy Mace. Brown goes on to state that AI and 3D printing give us "better and more accurate results" compared to actual biology.

submitted 20 days ago • 20 comments

This article--on the systematic dismantling of the NIH, NSF, and CDC--is a must-read not only for researchers and clinicians but for anyone who has ever gotten a vaccine, taken medication, read the results of a research study, or gotten tested for Covid, flu, or STIs. www.science.org/content/blog...

submitted 20 days ago • 23 comments

Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care. Big counter salvo!

submitted 21 days ago • 252 comments

“There’s a common misconception pervading the American press that trans reporters are simply too biased to fairly cover trans issues, which means I am one of the few trans reporters who is able to actually cover national trans issues for mainstream press outlets.” Must-read by @katelynburns.com:

submitted 21 days ago • 12 comments

Extremely disappointed to see HHMI decide to kill their Inclusive Excellence program, including terminating the current IE3 awards to over a hundred institutions effective this year in the middle of a 6-year grant. I was hoping HHMI (and other private funders) would continue to lead the way.

submitted 21 days ago • 18 comments

Origami Ink is a stationary store in Asheville NC. Well, it was a store...Hurricane Helene gutted it. They're trying to get back on their feet if you're looking for lovely pens and papers.

submitted 20 days ago • 10 comments

Screen-reader compatible list. "Words flagged in search of current NSF Awards. May be incomplete. This is a cull from 1/10th of the awards flagged" activism activists advocacy advocate advocates barrier barriers biased biased toward biases biases towards bipoc black and latinx community diversity

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Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is [email protected]. Reposts appreciated.

submitted 23 days ago • 126 comments

NYU Langone. Nazi by compliance.

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1. School systems across the United States are declaring they will not comply with Trump's anti-trans executive order. MCPS, Maryland said they will fiercely protect their teacher sand students. Columbus City Public Schools president: "bring it on." Subscribe to support my journalism.

submitted 26 days ago • 64 comments

Everyone concerned about data loss right now should learn about the End of Term Web Archive, which I believe has been working on preserving federal websites for the past 8 months. The dataset you fear has been lost may well be here Just an incredible project. Thank you to everyone involved

submitted 25 days ago • 26 comments

My latest publication is out! Elder Black women science teachers wrote poems to their younger Black girl self. The paper shares the lessons we can learn about cultivating the curiosity of Black in science classrooms today. Wanna read?: drive.google.com/file/d/1f971...

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The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...

submitted 26 days ago • 44 comments

The year I turned ten, my mother and stepfather joined Amway. Our lives spiraled into unreality, and we lost everything. I never got my mother back. Our experience prefigured the Trump era, with characters from my childhood later showing up in the White House. My story for the @theatlantic.com.

submitted 27 days ago • 70 comments

If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 26 days ago • 71 comments

I’ll emphasize that this is a rumor. But I’ve heard from people I trust that CDC has been ordered to scrub their datasets of LGBTQIA identifiers. This is supposed to start tomorrow. If you rely on gov datasets that have anything to do with this anti-woke witch hunt, I would download a copy ASAP.

submitted 26 days ago • 16 comments

In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪 🧵 1/26 drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...

submitted 26 days ago • 28 comments

I’m putting together a post on what’s going on in the trenches in various parts of the NIH. Anyone who would like to share experiences (anonymously!) can reach me at Dblowe.18 on Signal

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

I wonder if any lawyers are willing to take this on? Because I think a lot of us scientists would be willing to challenge these attacks directly with the right representation.

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

It's Free Friday at Defector! From now until Sunday night, all of our posts on here will include free-to-read gift links, so you can check out all of our blogs, even if you're not a subscriber. Just look for the gift emoji and enjoy. 🎁🎁🎁

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

Yes, this is the lab that hosts “drag and tag,” shark tagging research with drag queens that raises money for Florida LGBTQ youth. We could sure use your support, and you get an amazing adventure out of it! www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...

submitted 26 days ago • 31 comments

What the NSF is doing this week is damaging generations of scientific researchers and American investments in science. Billions of US tax payer dollars in investment, being thrown away, because of a fucking fishing expedition that is intended to terrorize and set the stage for a real witch hunt.

submitted 26 days ago • 22 comments