Not sure what they think buzzwords like "impact beyond the institution" mean but I received a WPI packet with a 14-page document titled "external impact" and it is all citation metrics and journal impact factors -- this is NOT a step forward in scholarly assessment of scientific contributions.

JOINING #standupforscience Emergency Science Meeting TODAY @ 4pm ET Vought's OMB rule would hand political appointees veto power over every federal grant which is a DIRECT attack on American science Register here 👉 events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for... -TN

Catch @standupforscience.net Director of Policy and Advocacy @colesci.bsky.social at the top of this piece! www.npr.org/2026/06/02/n...

Notes from the Emergency SUFS meeting today in case you missed it! Wow.

AI summary of the state of science: science go down down, innovation make it go up. Bigly. University need much cash from bezos. Robot good! China very bad! #nasem #sciencepolicy

Yeah, so this is fantastic. Can you come to all our events and "take notes"????

As if we didn't have enough cooking this week, @standupforscience.net launched SUFS Foundation website...so here's our response to the @nationalacademies.org "State of the Science" address by @irenesufs.bsky.social Per usual, we didn't mince words. www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

If you're asking what to do next, here you go!!! MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT PRESSURE CONGRESS FUEL THE FIGHT!

WOAHHHH YOU GUYS!! We had 2,500 activists attend the call live!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to join us. We will have a recording soon! LET’S GET TO WORK EVERYONE.

I agree with @cdelawalla.bsky.social and @standupforscience.net. @aaup.org & @aft.org will join this fight to protect our grants!!!!!

BEHIND THE SCENES

Folks we don't know how science works, actually. Yes we can use new tools to do science. No we can't automate it. There is a whole branch dedicated to figuring out how science works and THEYRE NOT DONE YET.

All our institutions are failing us. They're too gutless to stand for anything.

Saying we have "seen a loss of key personnel" is the worst kind of passive voice garbage - like this just happened out of nowhere, like the weather.

The National Academies should be advancing the interests of academics and of society. What a waste of an organization, spending its time doing the bidding of giant tech corporations.

You guys, this is INSANE. Literally saying that we need make AI and robotic labs...the tech bros must have written this speech for her. "robots work 24 hours a day, your graduate students only work 20...this increases efficiency"

I've written extensively on international talent. The talent, itself, is not the vulnerability. The lack of supportive education structures and attrition in the "STEM pipeline" is the vulnerability. The vulnerability comes from driving people out of the science and technology ecosystem.

AND WE ARE LIVE... Time for a live-skeeting of the @nationalacademies.org "State of the Science" address by Marcia McNutt. One time I pissed off all the Big Dawgs ™️ in science because I called orgs "stodgy" and they aren't beating the allegations with this waiting music.

OH MY GOODNESS THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! We are predominantly funded by The People, so this means so much to our whole team.

Welcome to the Resistance, @holdenthorp.bsky.social!

Something important to follow today…

Vought is frustrated that Congress wants to continue funding science. His next move is to override peer review, politicize the grantmaking process, and mass grant termination, which checks both existing and future grants.

I know folks in the scientific community feel exhausted and demoralized, also folks who are doing everything they can to hold onto their careers by trying to "outwork" this. I've been both- it's not going to fix anything. We gotta be the ones leading the charge to fight this. If not us, then who?

Look, I know I sound crazy, but WHY WOULD RUSSELL VOUGHT, mastermind behind Project 2025, WRITE THAT OMB CAN CANCEL ANY GRANT FOR ANY REASON IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO EXACTLY THAT?! Mark my words: Agencies will send out blanket grant cancellation emails that will make 2025 look like child's play.

For those who are interested, there is an emergency Stand Up For Science meeting today at 4pm EST. The meeting will be about the current US president’s attempt to politicize research grants. The meeting is open to anyone! Pride is a protest first and foremost. www.standupforscience.net

‪#Scientists and everyone else: Please set aside time to attend the June 2 online Emergency Science Meeting (TODAY!) about an #OMB grant funding proposal that will strip US #science of its power. Details: tinyurl.com/jptsmupy. More info: tinyurl.com/534z7u4r & tinyurl.com/mr3x63nm. 🧪

My comments to @nytimes.com on the "Uniform Regulation." “It means that all grants, not just science grants, are now subject to the rules that are defined by the White House, rather than by a technical agency." said Cole Donovan, the director of science policy and advocacy @standupforscience.net

Finished up on @scrippsnews.bsky.social just a bit ago talking about the new OMB proposed Uniform Guidance! @standupforscience.net

Oh, this is so sad and so preventable.

Last week, this ignorant regime & Project 2025 author, R Vought, proposed new rules that privatize & politicize science. Learn what we can do from folks like @cdelawalla.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social Today! events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for... #Voices4victory #USDemocracy #dv1

In fairness, a lot of MAGA supporters struggle with object permanence

From @standupforscience.net Director of Policy and Advocacy @colesci.bsky.social: "It means that all grants, not just science grants, are now subject to the rules that are defined by the White House, rather than by a technical agency.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...

Wow -- a whole lot of movement on the slow dismantling of US science. These draft regulations would, among other things, give political appointees final word on research grant funding. www.yahoo.com/news/politic... Check out SUFS tomorrow 3pm Central: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...

Do you stand up for science? I do, register here for an emergency meeting on line tomorrow. events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...

Join this event today to mobilize against OMB Director Russell Vought's attacks on science!

As a Social Studies teacher, one of the most important lessons I teach is where I dive into Rosa Parks' whole life from her work as an NACCP investigator to her activism in Detroit, she was an incredible woman who led a full life. That legacy should be truly honored.

Today at 3pm CT>

I'll be live-skeeting NAS President Marcia McNutt's speech on the "State of Science" before the @standupforscience.net Emergency Science Meeting at 4pm et. Register here: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...

You can tune in from the comfort of you own home/lab/office to hear McNutt tell us that science is basically fine... then follow that up with reality at 4pm et for the @standupforscience.net Emergency Science Meeting with @timothysnyder.bsky.social @normeisen.bsky.social and more! Link below!

NASEM framing of today's State of the Science address: "Since McNutt delivered her 2025 address, federal funding for science has held steady, but significant cuts are still being considered." In the real world also today at 4pm, @standupforscience.net events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...

AFAICT the comment *page* still works: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... . Just the link to the comment page says it doesn't work.

*deadpans into camera* Stand Up for Science or literally die.

Tomorrow, I’m going to get to work on the @standupforscience.net policy institute comment on the recent “Uniform Regulation.” I expect our comment will focus primarily on issues where the proposed reg conflicts with black letter law and scenarios where it endangers public safety. Collabs welcome.

Good morning team. Bobby Kennedy's campaign to make America sicker is working! Gift link.

Just what the world needs: less information about what's happening to the oceans.

Today, folks. Free session and you are so very welcome, #achene -- you CAN do something. You can find out what is happening and how to find folks local to work with -- it makes a difference! I'm in to hear what is happening, what I can do, and where I should look to connect and get a task list. 🖖

HAPPENING TODAY! Register here: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for... Yes, it will be recorded (register to be sent the recording). We have ASL and multi language closed captioning. It’s happening right after McNutt’s address and that is on purpose. #StandUpForScience

As present, the Regulations.gov comment site for the OMB comment has closed comments. You can still use the @standupforscience.net portal to submit your comments. We are working with our tech team to make sure these are submitted. LINK: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/163...

"Small" actions add up. That's how we move all our fights for justice forward. What are some small ways you resist in your everyday life? We like to ask lots of questions before doing anything because we just✨want✨to do✨a good job. Oopsie, did we slow things down? bsky.app/profile/cdel...