New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word! laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one

Huh, so it *wasn't* about antisemitism. I'm shocked. Shocked! The goal all along has been destroying higher education. They have said so explicitly. And we've had media outlets carry water for lies about "protecting Jewish students."

Pelagic fauna

Best Simpsons headline? Only one choice in June

Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

The Eight of Wands encourages you to trust the process. My version of the Eight of Wands features; • Cosmos for harmony and balance. • Oenothera for inconstancy • Aquamarine for the strength to go with the flow. #tarotdesign #tarotillustration #eightofwands #witchyvibes #tarot

enough!!!!!!

We need to bring back 1st wave coffee shops. Draw the menu on a blackboard, fill the place with mismatched thrift store furniture and fill a cup with the most burned-ass drip french roast for $2. Have a high school kid out front playing chess with a homeless guy. Bonus if a stray cat wanders around.

My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday. I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further. If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.

Remember: NOAA is not its social media accounts. Do not let the takeover of NOAA communications take away your support of the real NOAA and the very real scientists behind it. The administration would want nothing more than for us to stop supporting our science agencies 🧪

The NOAA account on here is now putting out propaganda. That one hurt.

When the U.S. withdrew from WHO, prominent voices in public health reached for the wrong talking point - "Okay, you're right, WHO is flawed / inefficient, so, reform it." My undergrads now repeat this back to me, with no understanding of why they believe that. This can't happen to NIH/NSF. Instead:

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

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dire wolves more like liar wolves am I right

I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible. I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible. I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.

What’s the worst vegetable to cut and prep and why is it a tomato.

an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law

They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.

Important. Either Trump is so far gone mentally he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or people are acting in his name without his knowledge. This was an order with enormous implications, and the President of the United States says he didn’t do it.

RIP academic freedom. This is a very sad day for academia in America.

Tomorrow, we expect Trump is going to sign an Executive Order claiming to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education. Reminder: Trump does not have the legal authority to destroy a cabinet department; reporting on the EO as if he does have that power is both inaccurate and unethical.

If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

I’m a disabled scientist & education researcher. NSF EDU matters because I’d like to fairly compensate other disabled researchers and students to work with me. While we build more supportive, human-centered STEM spaces & classrooms for & with disabled people. This matters. #DisabledInSTEM #DEI

🧪 The NSF director is lying to you. Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵

Chiming in: When NSF was founded in 1950, one of its four original 'Divisions' was 'Scientific Personnel and Education'. Education was part of the original core mission per NSF Act of 1950 (Public Law 507, 81st Congress).

This is a big deal. Please share this article widely. We need Senators and their staff—many of whom live in DC— to understand that DC police officers, teachers, and other critical employees could be furloughed immediately. And this is *local money* that House R’s are stopping us from spending.

shared a bit of my experiences being trans in STEM a bit ago, excited to see the article out! and cis folks: the statistics here are from *before* the current dumpster fire, just for context. so just imagine for a second how much worse things are now www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The thing about efficiency standards is they save you money. Like dishwashers being wildly energy and water efficient is why it's literally better for the environment to use a dishwasher over handwashing. It makes being lazy the greener choice. That RARELY happens.

Statement from @marinesanctuary.bsky.social: "With zero public input, and no report to Congress or Governors, America has lost dedicated scientists, enforcement officers, and environmental specialists who safeguard our most iconic waters in over a dozen states." marinesanctuary.org/news/marine-...

🚨 The indiscriminate firing of employees is going to cripple @noaa.gov's ability to do essential work that every single one of us across the United States relies on. 🔗⤵️ Statement from @oceanconservancy.bsky.social's Vice President of External Affairs Jeff Watters: bit.ly/3QCLdek

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

CALIFORNIA — ex NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested for civil disobedience protesting at the city council in Huntington Beach, where the council planned a “MAGA” display on a plaque at the library. Context: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

NSF workers who didn't get fired this morning are sending angry emails to NSF management. Here's one of them:

I escaped poverty because I am a scientist. And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation. A 🧵:

Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut. This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.

We won’t disappear just because you change a website.

See here's how to do a headline. fortune.com/2025/02/13/e...

1. Click link 2. Scroll to "Was this Page Helpful?" 3. Hit "NO" 4. Copy and paste: "Restore the TQ+, because without the TQ+ this site woudn't exist."

This also includes *veterans*, including, I am told, at least some fully qualified wildland firefighters with actual fire experience. Per a source with knowledge: “I want everyone to know that they are firing veterans, fully qualified and trying to serve their country again in civil service.”

Every time I see Trump do/threaten to do a thing that will make my life worse, I feel compelled to text my dad, because I want him to have a wealth of specific examples of how this jackass is harming someone he cares about. But every time he's like "Nahhhhhh he won't do that" and I go bananas.

Huh, if only there were supplements to NIH’s merit-based peer review to direct funding to states historically underrepresented in federal science funding, mostly rural ones. Then they could be expanded. It might Estab­lish Programs to Stim­u­late Com­pet­i­tive Research. We could call it EPSCoR.