Bear with me if you can as I attempt to use HPV vaccines to demonstrate why many can’t see the danger of RFK Jr. TLDR: Disease prevention takes time and discipline. Not discipline of an individual, but the ability to invest in public health when the benefits may not be immediately clear.

If you live in Louisiana, click this link from @la-cac.org to send a letter to your U.S. Representative. Say NO to book bans. actionnetwork.org/letters/stop... @ydlouisiana.bsky.social @lademos.bsky.social @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @aabbri.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social

Our March 5th webinar with @ninajankowicz.com of the American Sunlight Project is about just this kind of #censorship and #disinformation. Register to learn more, including how to push back and protect our society! #DefendResearch www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

What RFK Jr.’s CDC Doesn’t Want You to Know: While claiming he stands for "radical transparency," Kennedy is suppressing information in database, to justify continuing to push against vaccines - and hide the resulting harms and deaths. @pauloffit.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...

Thanks to the Nature team for digging into this. Apportionment is one of those inside-baseball issues that I hoped never to need to learn about... But here was are.

Podcast links here: Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Esk...

This kind of #disinformation is exactly what we'll be discussing in our March 5th webinar with @ninajankowicz.com "Censorship, Disinformation, and the Fight for Academic Freedom" More info and the registration form is on our website: www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

How can we expose and fight back against the scope and scale of Trump's #censorship? Learn about what we can do from @ninajankowicz.com of the @americansunlight.org and trumpcensorship.com at the #DefendResearch March 5 webinar! www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

US Republicans have proposed a nationwide book ban. Wouldn't this crazy bill be unconstitutional? And wouldn't it also sweep up—just for starters—the Bible and Shakespeare in its pitiful claws? bookriot.com/hr7661-book-... #Books #Reading #Libraries #Censorship

Register for the March 5th #DefendResearch webinar with @ninajankowicz.com of American Sunlight Project and trumpcensorship.com to learn more about her work surfacing censorship and the impact on knowledge and democracy! www.defendresearch.org/events/webin... #ScholComm #HigherEd #Academia

@defendresearch.bsky.social webinar DATE CORRECTION: March 5: Censorship, Disinformation, and the Fight for Academic Freedom with @ninajankowicz.com - please share/register here: www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

In January, we launched TrumpCensorship.com, where we track the 200+ instances of Trump administration censorship. Academic research has been particularly hard hit, as I'll discuss w/ @defendresearch.bsky.social in a webinar next week. Register here: www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

We are thrilled to have @ninajankowicz.com speak about her important work tracking the Trump admin's #censorship. Register now to join us on March 5th: www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

Privilege will never understand what marginalized communities go thru unless they WANT to. Disappointed in this latest episode. @cdelawalla.bsky.social they want to make us tired. Grateful as a @defendresearch.bsky.social author, for yours and @jeremymberg.bsky.social 's work. #WebinarAnyone?

Stopping public health officials from sharing critical information is a form of #censorship and can have dire consequences. Keep taking action, keep the pressure on elected officials, talk with people you know who may not be aware of what's going on. www.defendresearch.org/take-action

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social said it perfectly: now is the moment for people in power to get up and do a little multitasking for the folks in our scientific ecosystem who are most at risk because of the attack on science and democracy. It’s a privilege to get to keep your head down while ICE…

This month’s meeting of RFK Jr.’s ACIP has been postponed “amid legal challenges the panel is facing over its validity”. I am thrilled that with the leadership of @doritreiss.bsky.social and @weparmet.bsky.social, we at @defendpublichealth.bsky.social have been supporting these legal challenges.

Support academic freedom at Texas A&M (and everywhere!) by adding your name to this letter from @penamerica.bsky.social Something concrete to do to resist #censorship, #DefendResearch, and support knowledge! act.pen.org/a/end-academ...

So many have been working so hard to #resist Trump's attacks on #knowledge, #education, & #research. Collectively we have done so much, but the fight continues into year 2. Every action helps--do what you can, where you can. We have some good starting points: www.defendresearch.org/take-action

1 year ago, @alicemeadows.bsky.social, @camitchell.bsky.social, @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy, @rouhiroo.bsky.social, & I released the “Declaration to #DefendResearch from U.S. Gov’t #Censorship.” Much gratitude to all who have taken action to protect knowledge! www.defendresearch.org

Happy Library Lovers Month to everyone who loves and supports our libraries! #Libraries #Librarians #BookLove

Keep up to date on the dangers of #censorship in research and education 🔽 The @defendresearch.bsky.social team have launched a series of webinar conversations with scholars and experts to discuss the risks. The first one will kick off February 12 with @penamerica.bsky.social. Register below.

as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.

Fight back against the attack on #HigherEd! Join #DefendResearch and @penamerica.bsky.social for a Feb 12 webinar where PEN staff will talk about their new report, "America's Censored Campuses." Register & learn more here: www.defendresearch.org #censorship #ScholCom #Academia #AcademicChatter

A sad day at NIH... The NIH Record was a great way for NIH folks to find out what was going on across NIH. Many important stories published there over the years. nihrecord.nih.gov/2026/01/30/n...

#censorship has no place on campuses! Register to join us on Feb 12th for a webinar with @penamerica.bsky.social to learn about their new report "America's Censored Campuses!" www.defendresearch.org @defendresearch.bsky.social

Great to see folks rallying and protesting to end #censorship and #DefendResearch and #AcademicFreedom! Thank you @aaup.org and Texas scholars!

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Threats to funding and cuts to diversity efforts are putting pressure on the pipeline of new scientists. https://scim.ag/3LIs63S

Exactly right. Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign. Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE. Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them. Every possible angle.

Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Amidst the madness (✊to our MN friends), it's easy to lose track of the impact of #censorship on #science #STM #R&D. @defendresearch.bsky.social kicks off 2026 convo series w/ experts @penamerica.bsky.social @ninajankowicz.com @jeremymberg.bsky.social. Sign up for Feb 12 - SHARE!

The Trump administration continues its despicable, harmful acts of #censorship.

We are proud to be launching our webinar series on the dangers of #censorship in research and education by hosting a discussion with @penamerica.bsky.social about their new report "America's Censored Campuses" Register soon and share! tinyurl.com/437aybub #DefendResearch #ScholComm #SciSky

Fighting attacks on knowledge requires understanding the terrain! Register for this first #DefendResearch webinar to hear from @penamerica.bsky.social about their new report “America’s Censored Campuses” analyzing #censorship within research and education. tinyurl.com/437aybub #Academia

Imagine how inhumanely you must view these people in order to be part of a team that separates this five-year-old and then ships him parentless to Texas within hours. This is not about law enforcement.

The fundamental problem here is not one of bad apples. This is what the agency is designed to do. The barrel is bad to start with.

This photo will be everywhere for the next week. Pls credit prominently. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives. Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.

The #DefendResearch team will be hosting a conversation with @penamerica.bsky.social about their newly released report on #censorship in higher education and research. Please join us to discuss PEN's analysis with them! #AcademicChatter #Academica #research #SciSky #HigherEducation

We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis. It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents. This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.

Mamdani: I am in support of abolishing ICE… I'm tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.

Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning. I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.

It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.

Awesome! Just wanted to make sure you saw that plaudit. And, this one from managing editor at @thecity.nyc. ⤵️ Thank you for making the frightening events happening in Minnesota right now intelligible to those of us far away. 🙏🏼

We are so far beyond "show us your papers." They don't want to see the papers. We are now into the "give us the names" stage of the occupation.

Remember that ProPublica report, where Russ Vought was quoted this administration would make the lives of non-MAGA federal workers hell? He’s succeeded. Driving a worker to suicide. And the home of the journalist who reported the story was raided by the FBI.

RFK Jr. and his minions have cut funding for the prevention of suicide, school violence, and training for recognizing and assisting those in distress.

Don't forget @datarescueproject.org

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