Don't forget @datarescueproject.org

And don’t forget @defendresearch.bsky.social - we’re all doing our part!

Except that the same is asked in all kinds of lawsuits and criminal cases all the time and happens. Do people think everything can be done with a Google search? No wonder no one respects those of us whose job it is to MEANINGFULLY process huge amounts of information and do it well every damn day.

This was a brutal presser to listen to. These new policies from RFK Jr. et al., WILL lead to death, are anti-scientific, and steeped in eugenics. This is one of many reasons we are leading the charge for RFK Jr's impeachment and removal from his cabinet position. #impeachRFKJR

Our final email of 2025 is out--what a year of attacks on #research and knowledge, but also of tremendous community organizing and #resistance! Take a read to see our thoughts of why and how to continue to fight back to #DefendResearch. #Academia #ScholComm #SciSky app.keila.io/archive/nmc_...

Nothing says “restoring trust in public health” like RFK Jr. funding a modern-day Tuskegee-Nazi mashup study that puts the lives of Black children in a vulnerable country at risk.

@pentacent.bsky.social Keila seems to be stuck again! Our newsletters are not going out!! Some quick help would be much appreciated!!!!!

Earlier this year I interviewed Djissa, who came to the US from Benin after winning the visa lottery. Last week he completed US Army basic training. Bc Benin was added to the travel ban list, it's now impossible for people to come the way Djissa did timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/an-intervi...

Here's a draft I made! My 7 year old helped my with some suggestions of things she likes to do at the library. And I made a custom one for myself of things I want to do next year at the library.

ICYMI: Important Context broke a story that’s been making the rounds.

So appreciative of how @penamerica.bsky.social is fighting #censorship & so grateful they have signed the "Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government #Censorship" -- please add your name and join us and PEN in this fight to protect knowledge and intellectual freedom! defendresearch.org

The Trump regime has announced a new escalation in its war on free speech and civil society. Pam Bondi sent a memo to every federal prosecutor directing them to go on offense against all organizations connected to “ANTIFA” — a loose ideology rather than an actual organization or group.

Just a great allegory for the US that we get this image of deflated and desperate masculinity on the same day that the government gives a $12 billion bailout to compensate for an economic and agricultural disaster that was self-inflicted.

Disregarding the judiciary branch (except the Trump/McConnell #SCOTUS) is what theyc all "working all that through"

For decades, right-wing groups have been fighting to access private voter roll information—data they see as critical in their long war to establish unproven claims of rampant voter fraud. But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.

Temu ACIP, having shed all scientific credibility, put children at greater risk of severe chronic disease and premature death in adulthood, and embarrassed themselves in front of the world, has just adjourned.

Fantastic video about how UC faculty and unions fought back against Trump's attacks with the help of the @aaup.org youtu.be/TMyDmBZ1bdc?...

How your local Library of Things can help you enjoy the holidays on a tight budget

Remember: Since the #CDC cannot be trusted to provide accurate information anymore, don't forget, there are other places you can still trust. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

It's impossible to understate the importance of what #RFKJr's cronies just did. Thousands will die because of this -- a slow, horrible death from liver failure, years from now -- because he stacked a key #cdc#rfkjrcommittee with antivax quacks […]

In The News: #CDC Panel Drops Recommendation That All Babies Get Hep B Shot at Birth www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

Top Senate health leader calls CDC vaccine panel ‘totally discredited’ www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/c... via @statnews.com #CDC #ACIP #vaccines #health #MedSky

Something I say sometimes is - find someone to help, and if you can't find someone, pick up some litter. Community action becomes so much more important when it's clear that the larger government is completely broken.

There's always something you can do. Even if it's a small thing, it helps.

"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.

According to this Supreme Court: ❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot ✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps ✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones The only consistency is white supremacy.

This move by the Trump administration is clearly an effort to prevent people from having easy access to African American history that they might not encounter elsewhere. Consider writing about this in a letter to the editor of a paper you read! defendresearch.org www.sfgate.com/national-par...

NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

"Texas has also passed a law allowing people to seek at least $100,000 in damages if someone they impregnated or someone they’re related to received abortion pills by mail from another state. That law took effect Thursday, Dec. 4." www.newsfromthestates.com/article/priv...

The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison

And show what it looks like on babies who aren’t white.

New issue of Critcatenate now available, featuring news about critical #cataloging. cataloginglab.org/2025/11/30/c... #critcat Metadata & cataloging librarians, please consider taking the surveys shared to help your colleagues! 📚

Absolutely disgusting government rn

An important day, and also a reminder of how essential history is. Do what you can to ensure our ability to understand and always have access to our shared past! #DefendResearch defendresearch.org

a funny aside: last year I visited Montgomery and saw the statue of Rosa Parks at the stop where she boarded the bus, and the man showing me around noted 'now that bus musta had about 50 seats yet about 100 people have told me they were on that bus when Mrs. Parks refused to give up her seat' 😂

I am excited to share with you a new paper, probably my last of 2025. @drcatmac.bsky.social is a coauthor. Our paper presents advice for early career shark scientists who want their work to be useful for conservation and management policy. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌍🦈

Our community of taxonomists and marine scientists has grown so much since the start of the Ocean Census. Thank you so much to all who contribute. Opportunities in the Science Network: oceancensus.org/science-netw...

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

Reading a great overview of the research on conspiracy thinking & this stands out to me today: "The literature strongly suggests that conspiracy theories must align with a person’s existing set of predispositions to be adopted." 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Incredibly proud and grateful for @everylibrary.bsky.social support of @defendresearch.bsky.social through it's public signing of the declaration at DefendResearch.org www.infodocket.com/2025/11/17/e... #StandupForScience #DefendResearch #Resist #Censorship #AcademicFreedom

#SanFrancisco folks, I'm giving a #LecturesOnTap talk on 12/9 about U.S. gov #censorship & the assault on knowledge. The latest misinformation about vaccines & autism from the CDC/RFK, Jr. shows how critical this topic is. Please spread the word! #DefendResearch www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-o...

So great to have @everylibrary.bsky.social sign and support the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government #Censorship! defendresearch.org

Scholars are fighting #censorship by the U.S. government and their own institutions--support them by taking action to #DefendResearch! Sign the Declaration, call elected officials, write letters to the editor! defendresearch.org #SciSky #Academia #ScholComm www.chronicle.com/article/secr...

Massive gratitude to @democracyforward.org and @aaup.org for defending higher education and first amendment rights. 💪 👏🏼

An incredible, critical victory in defense of education, research, and knowledge!!!! Thank you @aaup.org and UCLA faculty!!! #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #DefendResearch

Genuinely curious if this law censors Indiana University Press from publishing a book on MAGA and white supremacy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

Like you give away tax cuts to big corporations and the richest Americans?

Kudos to @nejm.org for their work to #DefendResearch against censorship by launching this effort. The undermining of MMWR is a tragedy. #Academictwitter #PublicHealthTwitter #StandUpForScience Sign the declaration to defend research @defendresearch.bsky.social! www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...

“If UC won’t stand up for research, we will. That’s why we’re rallying to let management know that we refuse to give up on science." Shame on UCSF—bring back our laid-off colleagues at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases!

Lol. Bay Area police chief commuting from Idaho. ACAB