🚨 TOMORROW 🚨 Register at tinyurl.com/ympw5bkt #DefendResearch #censorship #SciSky #EduSky

“The message I keep trying to send is that when you hear about one high-profile case, you know there are a thousand more that we never hear about, not to mention those instances where a professor just avoids teaching on a certain topic altogether.” – Lorena Grundy, VP, @aaup-penn.bsky.social

There’s still time to register for “Funding Under Pressure.” Join #DefendResearch, @jeremymberg.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.phd as we discuss the consequences of the politicization of federal #research funding. Register at tinyurl.com/ympw5bkt #censorship #NIH #grants #SciSky #EduSky

What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? All of these questions and more to be discussed at the Emergency Science Meeting on June 2nd, 4PM ET, hosted by Stand Up for Science! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/g3vTZ

Incredibly important research on #censorship #academicfreedom #democracy - hoping to get Maria and Fernando on a #DefendResearch webinar soon! @defendresearch.bsky.social

Some important opportunities to get support in submitting comments re. the #OMB proposed changes: @standupforscience.net has an emergency call June 2nd fight2win.standupforscience.net and @dataindex.us has Take Action Monthly Office Hours on June 5th. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #DefendResearch

Several people have asked for possible content and structure for comments regarding the proposed OMB regulations. With some suggestions from others, I have posted on example (as a Word document) for downloading). jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... I hope this is helpful.

The #DefendResearch 6/3 webinar featuring @jeremymberg.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.phd in conversation with @rouhiroo.bsky.social couldn't be more timely and important given the latest threat to #science and #knowledge from the #OMB and #Vought. Register now!!! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Webinar "Funding Under Pressure: Political Influence, Censorship, and the Future of U.S. Research" Wednesday 11:00 Eastern Details and registration here. www.defendresearch.org/events/webin... @michaeldgreen.phd @rouhiroo.bsky.social

Very much looking forward to this @defendresearch.bsky.social webinar June 3 - REGISTER: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... We'll be talking #Censorship #NIH #EarlyCareerResearch #ECRs #AcademicFreedom #AcademicSky #HigherEd

@apduorg.bsky.social Will you be creating any resources to help folks respond? If so, please share and @defendresearch.bsky.social will amplify!! #DefendResearch #censorship #SciSky

US federal research funding is increasingly shaped by political priorities rather than scientific merit. Join #DefendResearch on 6/3 with @jeremymberg.bsky.social & @michaeldgreen.phd to examine the consequences of this shift. Register tinyurl.com/ympw5bkt #censorship #research #NIH #grants #SciSky

In a threat to #AcademicFreedom and a truly liberal education, "Civic Centers" at universities are getting private and public funds to replace courses with more encompassing views, exactly what @bparsonst.bsky.social discussed in his #DefendResearch webinar. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

@katherinestiles.org help us promote our 6/3 webinar @defendresearch.bsky.social w/ @jeremymberg.bsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd - we're talking #censorship of #NIH grants, something your colleagues may run into at some point! Share and consider joining us! REGISTER: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"Higher education has been one of the most powerful engines of opportunity, innovation & democracy in our nation’s history. It can be again. The task now is not simply to defend it. It is to rebuild it so it truly serves the public." —Todd Wolfson & Randi Weingarten

@theblochian.bsky.social #researchers colleagues may be interested in this 6/3 @defendresearch.bsky.social webinar w/ @jeremymberg.bsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd on #censorship of #NIH grants and their impact on science day2day. Hope you'll join us/promote! #DefendResearch Thx for all you do 🙏

UW AAUP delivered a petition to the president & provost demanding faculty input in addressing UW’s financial crisis. “They're not giving us an honest picture of what the needs are & problems are...The trajectory we see UW on is getting worse for the students who we're dedicated to." #AcademicSKy

The recording for May's #DefendResearch webinar, "Academic Freedom and Scientific Independence in a Polarized Age" is posted. Watch NOW #censorship #SciSky #EduSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoUh...

I gathered with friends and colleagues today at a local park. We wanted to celebrate our anniversary of signing the #BethesdaDeclaration. I forgot my phone, and I wanted to take photographs of us. I realized that the conversations we had were perfect just in that moment.

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

The NIH is demanding that it's grantees cease collaborations with foreign scientists. Wait until NIH director Jay Bhattacharya hears about this! His stated top priority in the director role is to prevent government interference with or censorship of scientific researchers.

As the recent cyber ransom threat by hackers via the Canvas learning management system illustrated, digital security is a real and growing concern. Check out the AAUP and Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's resources on digital security and a short video here ⬇️

The New School's buyout offer is “yet another attempt to intimidate faculty into resigning, to save the university further scrutiny regarding the elimination of programs & firings & to force some full-time faculty to give up rights afforded them by the Faculty Handbook.” @newschoolaaup.bsky.social

The 6/3 #DefendResearch webinar welcomes researchers @jeremymberg.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.phd to discuss the politization of federal research funding. #censorship #research #NIH #grants #SciSky Register NOW us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

www.studentsengaged.org/impact/funer... A great organizing effort resisting #censorship and the attack on #HigherEducation by students and others in #Academia in #Texas.

A great action to #DefendResearch, knowledge, and education.

New STAT story about delays in filling open NIH institute director positions. www.statnews.com/2026/05/20/n... 1/3

Still time to register for the 5/19 webinar about threats to #AcademicFreedom and the independence of #HigherEducation #censorship #EduSky #SciSky us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

NEW: We've spent 10 months tracking the outcomes in tens of thousands of lawsuits brought by ICE detainees amid an unprecedented detention push. It's not a cose call: judges have ruled more than 10,000 times against ICE, a 9-1 ratio. See the database: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

#academicsky Join @defendresearch.bsky.social Tues 5/19 11 am ET to talk #censorship and #polarization w/ @bparsonst.bsky.social. REGISTER: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #HigherEd #Academia #FacultyForward #CampusFreeSpeech #polisky

More turnover at NIH. New acting director of the Center for Scientific Review. 1/2

Up next in the @defendresearch.bsky.social webinar series, @bparsonst.bsky.social will discuss #AcademicFreedom and scientific Independence in a polarized age. Register here: buff.ly/rVZsRRT Scholastica is proud to support #DefendResearch events. #AcademicSky #StandUpForScience

@defendresearch.bsky.social next up! May 19 at 11am ET: www.defendresearch.org/events/webin... @bparsonst.bsky.social discusses #academicFreedom in an age of #polarization #academicsky #sciencesky #freedomofspeech #DefendResearch #polisky #HigherEd #research #standupForScience #politicalscience

ICE is kidnapping students. Skyrocketing debt makes school unaffordable. Billions of funding for scientific research is frozen. Our democracy is at risk. That’s why higher ed workers are resisting on May Day: to stop growing attacks on our universities & to remake education for the common good.

Yet again we see that silence within the research-knowledge-academic ecosphere brings more harm. So many ways to take action, including the suggestions here: defendresearch.org #NoTimeForSilence #DefendResearch #Academia #ScholComm

The same NSB that silently went along with his destruction of the NSF for the last year. DID NOT SAVE THEM

Check out our new #DefendResearch YouTube channel for recordings of our webinars with experts from around the world who view the current attacks on academic freedom as existential threats & are helping to surface the many repercussions of #censorship. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Preventing collection and preservation of these records is a form of #censorship. The historical record belongs to the public! Something to make calls about--see our tips! www.defendresearch.org/take-action

The Trump administration asserts that a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.

PEN America is celebrating the memory of Harry Keyishian, one of the most important champions of academic freedom in the twentieth century. “We owe it to Harry Keyishian’s legacy to continue to fight for that transcendent value.” Read more here: pen.org/press-releas...

Really looking forward to poking my dear friend and grad school BOIIIIII @bparsonst.bsky.social #defendresearch

This is active government #censorship of research and knowledge, endangering us all! Learn more about how to push back! #DefendResearch www.defendresearch.org/take-action

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Upcoming event: Census Bureau Geography Division GeoForum May 19-20 www.census.gov/programs-sur...

Join @rouhiroo.bsky.social of #DefendResearch in a conversation with @bparsonst.bsky.social about the importance of academic freedom and the current attacks on it. Register for this May 19 webinar here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Applying @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social #openscience retreat is open! I’ll give an introductory talk about the resilience of open science in times of geopolitical tensions. Thrilled to do this alongside @petersuber.bsky.social - and his work @defendresearch.bsky.social Info: openscienceretreat.zbw.eu

Dare we say.. #DefendResearch? @defendresearch.bsky.social

#DefendResearch! (esp #UKSG2026), join us Wed 11 am ET/4pm GMT for this important webinar on scientific/research #censorship in China/what it portends for other parts of the world. #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #LibrarySky #HigherEd #ResearchSky #AcademicChatter #Scicomm #sciencesky Please share!

Gov. Ron DeSantis today signed a bill into law that PEN America warned could undermine free speech by pressuring individuals to avoid speaking, organizing, or engaging with viewpoints that officials could construe as “promoting” terrorism. pen.org/press-releas...

The international mathematics community is organizing to keep its scholars and their work safe, which means keeping their upcoming conference out of the United States. sites.google.com/view/icm2026... #DefendResearch