We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

If you are or you know people on an #H1B, get in touch with your U international office to get guidance and know what you/they should/should not be doing. I just received the information below from #AAUP. Feel free to share and check in with your immigrant friends/colleagues. They are not doing ok.

**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

AMNH is hiring a #curator! We are searching for an “Assistant Curator in #Climate #Physics: #Atmosphere or #Ocean”! Join us! careers.amnh.org/postings/4579 #academicjobs #tenuretrack

Lo and behold which study is the most read paper currently at JEB, congratulations @bleavell.bsky.social!!

Thanks for reading! Article open access here 😀:

🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 Variation in sexual signals and defensive strategies elicits receiver-dependent shifts in attractiveness *Open Access!* in @jexpbiol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... w/ Dineilys Aparicio, Hoover Pantoja-Sánchez, Rachel Page, & @xebernal.bsky.social 🧵 Photo by Christian Ziegler

GREAT news everyone! The Onion is hiring! For a bunch of new positions. Sports Editor (yes, we're bringing it back): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... Entertainment Editor (going harder here too): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... And a Staff Writer (!): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... Apply or die!

Hey! Biotropica has a new paper category devoted to SYNTHESIS of research programs. We are looking for manuscripts from one study site or group that represent integration of long-term insights and understanding. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

UAB Neurobiology is hiring up to 4 new tenure-track faculty as part of 3 new open-rank searches. Come join our vibrant, supportive, and growing neuroscience community! uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23916 uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23944 uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/24010

It would be *spun* as political, but the challenge to the RS is whether it has the courage to stand by the values of science its code of conduct requires of all Fellows. Without that, how can it maintain its claim to speak for the wider scientific community? www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Trump, McMahon, Musk, and MAGA Republicans are threatening every student, educator, family, and community in this country. They are attempting to destroy public education as we know it—cutting funding and spreading hate instead of creating opportunities for students to thrive. It’s unconscionable.

Dear @royalsociety.org, the University of Lausanne can only manage, but never erase, the stigma of giving Mussolini a doctorate honoris causa in 1937. Act now, or be for ever the scientific society which kept a fascist leader as a member. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists https://go.nature.com/4koFGpq

This is quite a kicker in Thomas Edsall’s latest op-ed. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...

David Fotouhi's confirmation hearing is tomorrow - the man who could by #2 at EPA and recently tried to overturn the agency's ban on asbestos. Stay tuned... www.propublica.org/article/davi...

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

"It is absurd to mindlessly decimate the workforce that has led the world in science over the past 75 years, and to willingly give up excellent scientists and talent," Beyer wrote. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Public comment period is <30 days. COMMENT! “This interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations.” www.regulations.gov/document/CEQ...

If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti... Please share widely

The latest science update: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYEf... @annechurchland.bsky.social

I’ve been overwhelmed trying to keep up with everything that’s happening at the NIH. I wondered if others were likewise overwhelmed so I am going to start regularly posting videos with what I know. Pls feel free to leave suggestions and comments. youtu.be/MvgNHWSJtH0

ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

Royal Society must choose between Musk and its integrity. When science itself is under attack, neutrality becomes complicity, says Kit Yates. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

I will keep the letter open until 3rd March, the date of the meeting called by the Royal Society to discuss principles around the public pronouncements and behaviours of its fellows. So one more week to add your voice to the call for the RS to stand up for its values.

Management by harassment?

Trump falsely claimed “fraud” to attempt to steal the 2020 election from the people—he failed. Now, he’s falsely claiming “fraud” to steal the government from the people—he’s succeeding. The analysis below proves Trump’s DOGE is ideologically targeted, meant to consolidate exec power.👏 Adam.

“NSF fired about 10 percent of its staff at the end of Tuesday, removing 168 people who included most of the agency’s probationary employees and all of its experts, a class of contract workers who are specialists in niche scientific fields.” — www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

"Retaining a fellow [Musk] whose actions contradict the ethical principles that the Royal Society purports to hold is tantamount to tacit approval and runs the risk of eroding public confidence in the Society’s commitment to its own standards." substack.com/home/post/p-...

From a friend at NSF: "We need lots of public support and outcries."

Please spread the word on our paid research program for recent biology graduates at #okstate. The ON-RaMP program provides a year-long biology research experience with tons of resources. More info here: cas.okstate.edu/onramp/ Apply here (by Feb 28!): etap.nsf.gov/award/475/op...

You cannot fire so many people and shutter so many agencies and services and not expect things to start to go very bad very quickly. Our job is to highlight not only the chaos and cruelty of the firings, but also the devastating consequences. The public must turn on this madness and soon.

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Women in STEM are having their work and bios removed from government websites. One woman started womeninstemus.blogspot.com?m=1 to document these “lost works” for future generations. They are taking submissions! Please share #womeninstem

They define any immigrant they don’t want here (not white and not wealthy) as “illegal” therefor just by being here they are a criminal. Even if they followed every rule for being here. People coming here for asylum are including in their description of “illegal” if they aren’t white/wealthy.

CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

Letter expressing widespread concern at the Royal Society’s inaction over Musk reported in the Mirror: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.

⏳ The Countdown is On! ⏳ 📣🚨 Only 3 days left to submit your abstract! 🚨📣 ✨We’ve already received several fascinating submissions and are looking forward to your contributions. 📅 submission deadline - 15th February 2025 Portal closes on 11:59 PM IST on 15th of February.

Lawrence Tabak, longtime principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health, has abruptly resigned—surprising even his own lab staff and the broader community. scim.ag/4hR40OE

Tesla's stock is ridiculously overvalued, and even a modest consumer boycott could tank the company, which accounts for the majority of Elon Musk's wealth. The divestment movement weakened apartheid South Africa. Let's do that again. slate.com/business/202...

Middle school students at a U.S. military school walked out in protest of Pete Hegseth's visit, while a group of adults booed him and chanted "DEI" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Is your NSF grant on this list? Reach out if so! Ted Cruz released a list of grants flagged for DEI or "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" from his Oct. report. NSF is using keywords from that report for their review, though Cruz's list is likely larger. www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

Handy site with information for USA citizens to call their congressional reps and deliver key points: 5calls.org/issue/elon-m...