It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

Super cool of @climateages.bsky.social to do a very elegant write up of montane responses to climate change as inspired by @benjaminfreeman.bsky.social @natrevbiodiv.nature.com paper ( rdcu.be/fkwsB)

New online! The fate of mountain biodiversity in a warming world

I think a lot about how mountain species are responding to warming temperatures so it was great to team up with @suzetteflantua.bsky.social @kjfeeley.bsky.social Christi McCain & Jenny McGuire to write a review of sp responses to both modern AND Quaternary warming www.nature.com/articles/doi...

"A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming." Gift link.

🦴Georgia Tech's Fossil Friday was created to build a community centered on hands-on science outreach. Hosted by @sepl.bsky.social, this weekly event is free and open to the public. Learn more⤵️

Please donate to UWY to help continue the excavation of a mammoth specimen at Natural Trap Cave, WY. www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...

Interested in community-scale trait environment relationships? Check out commecometrics R package by Maria Aleja Materon Hurtado and A. Michelle Lawing! @tamueccb.bsky.social Also at bdj.pensoft.net/article/1682...

There is time to urge a change to the current #GRFP solicitation ( #NSF 25-547 ): reverse the eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance in the competition. Feel free to sign and share this open petition: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Feel free to reach out to any of us here at GT if you have questions! On bluesky: me, @wcratcliff.bsky.social, @benjaminfreeman.bsky.social, @sepl.bsky.social, @seananderson.bsky.social, @digglelab.bsky.social, and everyone else here: biosciences.gatech.edu/people

Come and be our new Chair of Biology at @gtsciences.bsky.social! We are growing an incredibly exciting ecology and evolution group here at GT and would love a visionary eco-evo minded person at the helm to help us do that. Please spread the word! biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search

Join our community! Seeking a postdoc jointly supervised by Jenny McGuire (GATech) and Michelle Lawing (TX A&M). Details here: www.mcguire.gatech.edu/paleontology...

We had a small but mighty protest at GT today! www.11alive.com/article/news...

“The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said, at a time when top officials have emphasized their determination to curb the incidence of such chronic conditions.”

Georgia Tech College of Sciences and SEPL Stood Up for Science on Friday!

Department of Interior records show that in 2024, the parks received $3.475 billion from U.S. taxpayers. For that $3.475 billion outlay, our national parks in turn put a whopping $55.6 billion into our economy, again according to official government documents. www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/n...

This is how you do it. Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social Read their whole email to membership here mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...

Screen-reader compatible list. "Words flagged in search of current NSF Awards. May be incomplete. This is a cull from 1/10th of the awards flagged" activism activists advocacy advocate advocates barrier barriers biased biased toward biases biases towards bipoc black and latinx community diversity

If you want to find out how much NSF money goes to your state, check out these really handy fact sheets: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... -- excellent fodder for op eds in your local paper or to bring to your university administration.

Georgia Tech is searching for an open-rank Integrative Physiologist (broadly defined). We are growing an amazing eco-evo group here and would love to have you come be our colleague! https://bit.ly/4dx677J

We are seeking an Executive Director for Georgia Tech's Brook Byers Institute of Sustainability! BBISS facilitates sustainability-focused research, with partners on and off campus. Apply yourself or nominate someone today! https://buff.ly/3Ngonr9

The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab (SEPL) is seeking new Ph.D. students. Check us out: http://mcguire.gatech.edu Contact me (Jenny: [email protected]) with a brief description of your background and how your interests intersect with the lab's goals. Info sessions upcoming.