A good primer on why the OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule is very bad news …

Very good (and troubling) thread on funding for science …

I understand the budget pressure @npr.org is under, but treating these topics as if they’re unimportant/expendable is huge mistake.

More bad news, unfortunately. Time to start finding and building new funding solutions.

A warning that should receive media coverage far and wide, but likely won’t.

RIP Sonny Rollins, a great jazz talent and the last surviving musician in one of the best photos of men in suits during the 20th century

This is the kind of loss we can’t afford. The U.S. science and research community continues to take body blows and our global leadership position will soon be a thing of the past.

Great update …

Tonight’s reading via @chanda.blacksky.app …

Reminder: The Trump regime cancelled nearly $500 million in federal contracts for mRNA vaccine development last year.

Amazing and hugely important. We must not let them kill mRNA research.

This seems very interesting.

Something to check out this afternoon. Should be a great discussion.

This is a sad and deadly trend that must be reversed. Overcoming years of propagandizing will be difficult. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube

And this is why we’re here. We must refocus on truth and real science so we can save lives.

“Americans are facing a bizarre epidemic of gullibility and cynicism"—one “that is drawing people into a world of conspiracism and falsehoods," Adam Serwer argues.

Shameful.

This is an important point …

They're destroying American scientific leadership on purpose

This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, but we live in strange times. This should be spread and promoted far and wide.

We’re putting a lot on these doctors. With government now just a source of confusion along with “health influencers,”who can step in with helpful materials and information for parents?

Some good news in this study. Most still understand actual expertise matters and assign trust accordingly. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide...

This is a great and educational thread …

A pretty nerve-wracking piece, but fascinating: Also one of the climate change impacts that hasn’t gotten much (mainstream) press.

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And this is why days like today see important. #Science is indeed under assault (in case you had any doubts).

Good to see these efforts …

This is what we have to prevent. And it’s not a fight we can lose.

“There is still substantial distrust of science and medicine in the Black community, but bridging the gap is possible,” writes Jasmine Gabriel Hughes in a new #LetterToScience. https://scim.ag/3ZUAMYn #BlackHistoryMonth

Today we’re listening to @jonesforar.bsky.social, who is running for Congress in Arkansas. He brings a strong background in science and tech that informs his policy views. He’s addressing #AI and the critical importance of planning and guard rails in its use and expansion. Timely, to say the least.

Amazing developments like this take time, testing and funding. If we want to see the benefits of all this work, we need to identify new ways to support science and a better job of explaining the research process.

And this is why we’re here.

Today's anti-science pairing

So much harm in the decisions being made (forced by policy) right now. Meanwhile, there is a push to allow “unproven” treatments.

Cutting research funding is about more than you may realize … www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

Incredibly destructive. We must not only fight this and make reinvestment in science a post-Trump priority, but we need to find new ways to support research and researchers.

The US is quitting 66 global agencies: what does it mean for science?

Who is the pro-science lobby? More organized pushback is needed across the country. We know things are challenging at the federal level, but states could make the situation even more dire.

Interesting perspective. apple.news/AxrMvIdooTEu...

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

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Truly fascinating finding. What could it lead to?

Fascinating and important, but will need to reach a wider audience.

This kind of thing has been happening for too long. The actual purpose (or correct funding amount) is irrelevant to them. They just find something that sounds weird enough to get certain members of the public worked up. This is why telling the story of science and research is so important.

Just 5 extra minutes per day of walking at an average speed is linked to a 10% reduction in deaths, from a meta-analysis of 135,000 participants in 7 cohorts (Norway, Sweden, and the US) New @thelancet.com thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Certainly American corporate media has problems, but a good rule of thumb is, if someone says, “don’t let media mislead you,” then they are probably about to mislead you.

Physical chemist Ruth Benerito was born #OTD in 1916. She pioneered a key chemical process, cross-linking, which led to wrinkle-resistant cotton fabrics. It transformed the cotton industry & helped save it from competition w/synthetic fibers. #WomenInSTEM She held >50 patents. #inventor

Didn’t realize there was anything left for the U.S. to pull out of at this point, but here we are … Where do climate efforts go from here?

Troubling news. In more normal times, it would seem a government department or division could step in to help with or solve this, but these aren’t normal times.