When I got this assignment, I was shocked to learn that suicide was one of the leading causes of death among new mothers. But there's hope, with the approval of the first pill for postpartum depression. @sciam.bsky.social

Have you registered for #SciWri25? SCONC's in the mix: @reunify.bsky.social on "Reporting Mistakes and Failures in Science" (Oct 23 online) and @shiplives.bsky.social moderating the plenary w/ @michellejewell.bsky.social (Nov 9 in Chicago). Registration closes Oct 22. sciencewriters2025.o...

Profile or Q&A > Consumer 🎶 “Of genes, chromosomes and oratorios” | @marlabroadfoot.bsky.social

My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator. 🧪🌎

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

Join us at 1 pm!

"I've sat on this bench now for 40 years. I've never seen government racial discrimination like this."

Applications are open for CASW'S (@sciencewriting.bsky.social) annual award to an outstanding under-31 science journalist. Deadline June 30. Winner gets $1,000 & expenses to attend ScienceWriters2025. I'm excited to organize judging this year. DM if interested in judging: casw.org/awards-fello...

The Journalist Assistance Network — a collaboration between @freedom.press, @pressfreedom.bsky.social, @rcfp.org, @penamerica.bsky.social and IWMF — provides legal and safety resources and providers.

Support the NIH! 🧪

Excited to be headed to New York today for this new journalism workshop on aging.

Happening today!

🧵 The News & Observer + The Charlotte Observer were honored as a Pulitzer Prize finalist for their joint coverage of Hurricane Helene + the aftermath in NC. The Associated Press + The Washington Post were also finalists. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...

Experts share scathing reviews of last week's HHS report on gender-affirming care for youth: "...a rejection of decades of science, evidence, and direct experiences by young people, their doctors, and their families.” @phiejacobs.bsky.social's story for @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

The President’s entire budget proposal destroys the state as we know it, and not in any kind of liberatory way. Here are the proposed NIH & NSF cuts. There will be no coming back from this.

The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion. Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more. If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.

BIG NEWS: #SciWri25 has a new location and dates! Get ready to gather in Chicago Nov 7-9. The virtual portion will take place Oct 22-24. Thank you to everyone for your support during this journey. Details: www.nasw.org/article...#SciWri25

RESOURCE ALERT: Our colleagues at @pressfreedom.bsky.social have issued travel advice and detailed checklists for journalists traveling to or from the U.S. cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...

1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor close election for a seat on the same court The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina But that claim is false We have receipts

NC could change the rules after the election is over, and throw out enough ballots to change the outcome. There are several ways that’s unprecedented. #ncpol ✍️ A special report by @kyleingram.bsky.social www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

I'll be presenting a session this year at SRCCON on how I backed up data.cdc.gov and tracked changes to it. I also hope for this to be an interactive session where we can collaboratively think about what else we can all be doing to save data. 2025.srccon.org/program/ @opennews.bsky.social

Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever: www.404media.co/nih-archives...

North Carolina's never-ending Supreme Court dispute is still going on. Now, those whose votes were challenged must prove their eligibility within 15 days. The latest from @kyleingram.bsky.social. #ncpol

Pleased to share that SciLine will hold a special briefing for journalists on Monday with scientists who can explain what's at stake with the sweeping changes underway at the National Institutes for Health. www.sciline.org/public-healt... @realsciline.bsky.social

DUE DATE TODAY April 1: The NASW Diversity Summer Fellowship, providing $3,000 in financial aid for trainees pursuing summer internships. Instructions: www.nasw.org/2025Div... 🧪📰

White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.

Many hundreds (perhaps up to 1000) of additional NIH grants appear to be have been terminated on Friday. I have updated the data from the HHS TAGGS site (and converted it from a pdf to an Excel file) on the dashboard but many hundreds are still missing. jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

In an ongoing effort to support science communicators, I'm helping to organize #SciComm community wellness check-ins for @sciencewriters.org. Members: join us this Weds 3/19 10-11 am Pacific for an informal meetup. Listen, share...be there. More info here: www.nasw.org/events/commu...

A federal judge extended her injunction against the National Institutes of Health, preventing it from implementing or enforcing planned cuts to federal funding that supports various medical and scientific research projects.

[email protected] created The Federal Environmental Web Tracker to maintain a public record of changes made to environment-related federal govt webpages. EDGI hopes the publishing of this tracker spurs activists, journalists, and academic researchers to utilize this data in their own analyses.

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

“If we don’t get this hiring freeze lifted...the impact will be felt by the American people in the form of delayed treatments and therapies for diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease." The latest on the dismantling of US science, from @dangaristo.bsky.social

Co-signed.

MEMBERS: Renewal season ends on Feb. 28. If you have been affected by federal layoffs or industry layoffs or are in financial need, please know that we have a lower renewal rate available. Simply select the lower rate at checkout. RENEW: nasw.org/renew

What did we lose when we lost more than 22,000 (so far) fired government workers? This website connects numbers to people -- and to the important work they did. trumpcostsamerica.com

So helpful! Some much-needed, science-based advice.

These are unprecedented times but our values remain the same -- among them, diversity, transparency, and fact-based reporting. If you have suggestions for how NASW can help you, or if you want to become involved, let us know.

democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings 🧪

Scientists are called on more and more to respond to questions about their results. We tried to put down some ideas for the best ways to do that based on our years of observing these interactions. Engaging is better than not, especially when science is under attack. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

As a board member of the National Association of Science Writers, I join my colleagues at the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, the Association of Health Care Journalists, and the Society of Environmental Journalists in calling for this data to be restored.

There's so much going on, but important not to lose sight of the possibility that the NC Supreme Court could overturn an election in an act of partisan lawlessness almost as brazen as what Trump attempted www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...

Fyi #journalismsky #medsky healthjournalism.org/resources/he...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer. Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵

Because we could all use a laugh.

Great reporting here.

Excited to introduce Thoughtcrime Checker! This simple text editor highlights any words on the Trump administration's "banned" list. Remove these words from your NSF/NIH grants and see if you can avoid the Thought Police! brad7280.github.io/thoughtcrime... @theo.io @xkcd.com @byscottdance.com

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.