Ethan Gilmore and Dylan Young represented the #BullyBlocker team at the @spspnews.bsky.social Conference in Chicago this week! It was great sharing some time with our amazing ASU/Cornell collaborators! #NSFfunded

Interested in a fully funded PhD position applying AI, Network Science, and Data Analytics to address problems of high social relevance? Send us your application by January 31! This position is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Google, and @loyolachicago.bsky.social.

The AAUP & @aft.org are fighting back to remind our elected leaders that higher education & public health research are transformative public goods. We must keep life-saving NIH research fully funded & stop the Trump admin’s devastating funding cuts that are halting medical breakthroughs.

Another day testing the limits of resilience. The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels. Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels. The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.

"This Court rules that the challenged directives . . . are arbitrary and capricious." "They are of no force and effect." "They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"

After ruling, with anger in his voice, Judge Young: "This represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America's LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so."

$1 Million in Linked NSF Grants to Support the BullyBlocker Project! Our proposal SaTC: CORE: Toward Well-being by Design in Social Media has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program. @loyolachicago.bsky.social #NSFfunded

As a science community, we must stand united. As we fight for illegally terminated #NSF & #NIH grants I see MANY stand together but I also see a problematic trend; some arguing my work has nothing to do with DEI. This only validates the false narrative that DEI is bad. Our unity is our power. LFG 🙌🏼💪🏼

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

Just like we need women in STEM and "Girls Who Code", we need “Men Who Nurse” and “Guys Who Teach,” pipeline programs that can offer boys pathways forward in female-typed fields. @reshmasaujani.bsky.social time.com/7286184/worr...

Our best chance to stop this thing is in the House. Rs are trying to pass it though Budget tonight, through Rules Wednesday, and then through the full chamber on Friday. It would kick millions off Medicaid and take food assistance away from households with kids as young as 7. Please help stop it.

🧪 National Science Foundation update alert ⚠️⚠️ NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page. It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad. ❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards. The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p... 1/8... 🧵

At the end of this summer, the future of U.S. science and research will be decided. From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives. We need everyone in this fight. The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in? The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU

🚨 We’re hiring! Científico Latino, Inc. is looking for a Program Director to lead two national STEM mentorship programs. Fully remote, impact-driven role in higher ed 🎓👩‍🔬 📌 Apply: cientificolatino.com/job 💼 Know someone? Send it their way!

👏👏 Bravo to @alondra.bsky.social for her *public* resignation from the National Science Board and Library of Congress!! “The aim of my resignation is to break free of powers that seek to limit knowledge and silence voice.” Powerful piece. Recommend reading all the way through. But also… 1/3

I joined 112 of my House Democratic colleagues to oppose the Trump administration's cuts to National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. This will not only disrupt ongoing research, but derail global competition in science and technology. The President needs to reinstate these funds.

🧪 The union for NSF employees just called on Micah Cheatham, NSF's chief management officer, to resign: "Beyond his willingness to break the law, CMO Cheatham’s duplicitous cruelty and callous disregard for the people whose livelihoods are being jeopardized reveal a fundamental unfitness."

A victory for the federal scientific workforce! We could not stand by while this irreparable harm continues at NSF, NOAA and all our scientific agencies. TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trump’s Executive Order.

Bears repeating that Congress has not passed a budget or any other legislation that has asked the NSF to do this downsizing, they're dismantling the agency in anticipation of cuts that as of yet have no basis in law

Dorks, it’s time to throw sand in the gears. They want us to stop teaching, we will teach in the streets. They want us to stop our research, we will use archival data. They want to send us back to the dark ages, we will be a light. We will not lay down and take this.

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

🧪 Data update on NSF grant terminations Including last Friday's terminations, STEM education grants now account for... 54% of terminated NSF grants (751 of 1381) 75% of terminated NSF funding ($590M of $783M) The next generation of scientists is being targeted. #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF

Just wrapped two intense, incredible workshop days & can’t stop thinking about it. I quoted Nikita Gill: Everything is on fire, but everyone I love is doing beautiful things and trying to make life worth living, and I know I don’t have to believe in everything, but I believe in that. So grateful.

🧪 BOOM: The AAU, ACE, APLU, and 13 universities just filed suit today against NSF for slashing to 15% indirect rates. Full compliant: www.aau.edu/sites/defaul... Updates: www.aau.edu/resources-aa... A similar group of plaintiffs won a *permanent* injunction against a similar change at NIH.

Michigan leads the world in STEM research and innovation. It’s what’s powering our manufacturing comeback. Donald Trump just proposed putting an end to that. I’m fighting back for Michigan.

"Science is an investment. We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world." — President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷

Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.

What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼

I’m here to tell you that @standupforscience.bsky.social is working HARD behind the scenes to fight back against Trump’s destruction of science! We are going all in this summer ahead of the budget vote…and setting up to support pro-science candidates in the midterms. We are gonna save science!

In light of the skinny budget (55.8% reduction), 6 past NSF directors and 7 NSB chairs have sent the House Committee on Appropriations a letter advising doubling the NSF budget. "We face a fork in the road. Do we want to win or concede the race for new knowledge and a competitive STEM workforce?"

👏💯🎯 Save the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)! “investing in scientific research is crucial for the advancement of knowledge and the betterment of society” #SaveNSF #StrongerTogether www.savensf.com

Pause for a minute to appreciate the valiant Program Officers still at NSF, who are doing their utmost to preserve what they can. They’re in the stinking rotting belly of the beast, laboring on our behalf. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ to them

Thousands of people from Chicago and the suburbs came out on Thursday for May Day rally and march to protest President Donald Trump’s policies. www.wbez.org/immigration/...

We are here at Union Park in Chicago! Here until noon, when we step off on our march toward Grant Park. Come join us! #MayDay #MayDayChicago

“These reinstatements show us that legal action still has the power to hold the federal government accountable to its obligations.” 🎤

"I would not have dared to dream that metastatic melanoma would become a treatable disease in my lifetime. Yet here we are today, with 43% of people diagnosed with metastatic melanoma living 10 years or more, due to treatments that we broadly refer to as cancer immunotherapy." Barry P. Sleckman, UAB

This is a really excellent summary of the current issues, including the consequences for those who work at NIH, scientists embarking on their careers, patients involved in clinical trials, and scientific advancements in this country. It’s all bleak, and they didn’t really sugarcoat it.

Thrilled to be at the CHI conference this week where PhD student @schafer.bsky.social will present our paper — co-authored w/ Rachel Moran (1st author) & @mertcanbayar.bsky.social — titled, "The End of Trust and Safety?" dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Shout out to all the hard working program officers and administration staff holding on at the NSF (and other federal agencies). Your work is appreciated and more meaningful with every passing day.

It’s Independent Bookstore Day!! It’s a one-day party, and it’s just what we need. 50 states, 1400+ shops + Bookshop.org You’re not just buying a book. You’re buying into your community. #IndieBookstoreDay

Sí se pudo! #Sujack25 #BullyBlocker @loyolachicago.bsky.social

My full statement on cuts to scientific research at the National Science Foundation👇

In the past month 4 trainees in my lab lost: NIH diversity supplement, MARC, & STEP-Up funding. NSF SBE meeting (incl. ECRs) indefinitely postponed. Pipeline cuts disproportionately affect underrepresented scholars. Individual lives & our collective future impacted. #ScienceMatters

So: In 2017, Congress made this happen: NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still: 💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets. 📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.

A powerful call has just gone up on the website of the @aacu.org : “A Call for Constructive Engagement” signed by almost 200 college & university presidents (more sure to join), from community colleges to R1s! #academicsky #edusky @academic-chatter.bsky.social www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

BOOM: Harvard sues Trump administration. Defendants include the agency heads of NIH, NSF, Dept of Ed, DOE, DoD, NASA, GSA, and...DOJ (Pam Bondi). Full compliant here: www.harvard.edu/research-fun... NYT summary (gift): www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

To put things in context: Three weeks ago, it felt like every institution was folding. Like nobody was standing up except the American people, like we were calling our representatives and nothing was happening.

If you’re comfortable, here’s a form to submit info on terminated NSF grants for greater collective transparency and insight among grantees: Kudos to @scott-delaney.bsky.social for putting together. airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...