Thrilled to share that the Szych research group kicks off this June, thanks to a Liebig fellowship from @chemieverband.bsky.social 🥳 Huge thanks to all my mentors! 😊 You are a motivated master's student and interested in a fully funded PhD position in inorganic chemistry? Reach out! 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬

🚨 Breaking: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions 1️⃣ Removes/demotes division director leaders 2️⃣ Forced layoff notices to NSF staff going out tonight 3️⃣ More grant terminations expected tomorrow One glimmer of hope: the 8 directorates appear to be staying

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

Shout out to the tenured and emeritus faculty who are speaking up on here, at rallies, in calls and emails to legislators, in board meetings, in meetings with funders, so that us non-tenured folks don't risk our careers to speak out against *waves hands wildly* all of this

Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.

On #NationalScrabbleDay, this periodic table shows what every element's name would score during a game. Can you spot the highest scoring elements and the only element that scores the same as its atomic number? www.compoundchem.com/2019/07/07/p... #ChemSky 🧪

NSF GRFP Awards by the Year: 2021 - 2074 2022 - 2193 2023 - 2555 2024 - 2036 2025 - 1000 Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US....... @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social

Happy #OpeningDay, @tigers.bsky.social! ⚾️🐯

Today I had the honor of moderating the National Center for Institutional Diversity Anti-Racism Graduate Research Showcase at University of Michigan. UM may have eliminated DEI, but that will not stop these students from advancing equity-centered research. Congratulations to all of the grantees!

Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

After 24 hours on his feet, Cory Booker is defending the scientific research establishment of this country - calling out an experience like the one that drives me and SO MANY of my fellow scientists to do the work we do - that maybe we can do for others what we couldn't for our own loved ones.

Long before the 21-hour mark, Strom Thurmond was reading the phone book, and Ted Cruz was reading Green Eggs and Ham. Cory Booker is talking about the economy right now. He's going to obstruct an entire day of Senate business with an actual policy speech.

If you do not have a passport, and your ID does not match your birth certificate, you cannot prove your citizenship, according to the SAVE Act. You will not be able to vote. The SAVE Act will disenfranchise tens of millions of women in America. It’s blatant voter suppression.

If Sen. Cory Booker makes it to 7:19 p.m. EST, he will break segregationist Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond's record for his 24 hour 18 minute Senate floor speech against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

One feature of "fearless speech" is critiquing those in power and/or yourself. We all have to meet this moment.

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

#TeslaTakedown Seattle in SODO.

If you had a U-RISE or MARC grant cancelled this week (I'm hearing the MARC programs, which are similar but at research intensive unis, were also cancelled), please be sure to update the information here: forms.gle/81iLikdBtmCP... 🧪 #AcademicSky

It's official. The subject link is "Evolving our approach to DEI" but the instructions say "All units will evaluate their web presence to reflect the status of current programmatic directions and for compliance with federal executive orders and guidance." So disappointed in my university right now.

I’m not surprised, but it doesn’t ease my anger, frustration, & disappointment as an alum & faculty member. Please miss me with any more talk of being the “leaders & best” moving forward. I’ve always been critical of this concept, but it rings especially hollow now. #AcademicSky

Why is @acs.org putting www.crowdconnected.com tracking devices in our lanyards? #ACSFall2015

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

With everything happening in the US right now, how safe are scientific conferences for foreign participants in the US? I think this is something we have to discuss as a scientific community. I am hesitating to register for US meetings due to the unpredictable situation. Others who feel the same?

The SAVE plan helped millions of people stay above water while repaying their student loan debt. Now that Trump has shut it down, borrowers are reporting as much as a 10x monthly payment increase. How is this supposed to lower people’s cost of living?

This is your periodic reminder: NSF's Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) *still* remains paused in new awards. Here's an updated graph. But also see below thread about why the nation needs these #STEMed investments, including for sustaining the *future* of scientific research.

My personal take is that I really feel for these students. They went from COVID to this mess. Like many of the folks we spoke to, I'm also very worried about who'll end up leaving science as opportunities continue to disappear.

We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!

That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history! Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.

Because the timeline needs more dog photos 💚🌈 #DogsOfBluesky

I need the Onion to stop posting real news

Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses. Let’s not make it harder to learn.

Share with US students who had their offers of admission withdrawn for PhD programs: Apply to Canada. Check out Canadian professors, and contact us. Our system works differently here, and we are all still, technically, able to accept students for Fall 2025.

ICE illegally arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, for his political advocacy. Take action to free Mahmoud NOW.

Donold is now classifying protests at Tesla dealerships as ‘domestic terrorism.’ Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist. But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.

Wow. "NIH" canceled my co-mentored (with Dave Sulzer) PhD student's F31 funding. His work is on understanding the genetics and neuroscience of language learning disorders. F31 provides no indirect $ to Columbia, just pays his salary. Not that it should matter, but he's an American citizen. W.T.F.

Add R25s to that list. Our NIH funding got straight up cancelled today for the two R25s that my team runs at Columbia for post-bacs and high-school students. I fear for our young scholars, who love learning about the brain and now are losing opportunities to be tomorrow's neuroscientists. 🧪

HE'S LITERALLY READING A SALES PITCH

The ACS Inclusivity Style Guide used to include sections on “Gender and Sexuality” and on “Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality”. Both are now gone. www.acs.org/about/inclus...

An important piece but infuriating piece, with quotes from @stemxicaned.bsky.social @chemjobber.bsky.social @dereklowe.bsky.social @matthartings.bsky.social. To my fellow white folks: we need to speak out against bastardizations of civil rights like this lawsuit. And to @acs.org: hold your ground!

The general trend is crazy. Here is Twitter vs Bluesky volumes for the last week. On some days they are equal in volume.

As with so many things - if white ppl had listened to and (this is the crucial part) believed BIPOC experiences of oppression, none of the current state of affairs would be a surprise. More importantly, had white ppl refused to enact or enable that oppression we'd all be safer.

Since Trump fired most of the National Park Service, the bears have to pick up the slack. “Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone” Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X @altnps.bsky.social

This exactly what Hitler and the Nazis thought. Didn’t work out too well for them. Empathy is literally what makes us human.

He stood alone with courage in the face of tyranny.

There was a great turnout this afternoon at the Lansing, MI #standupforscience2025 rally. America leads when science thrives! 🧪 #sciencenotsilence @miomj.bsky.social

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎