🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from: 📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 1/🧵

Participation has been outstanding at every level, across diverse science fields. We’ve published nearly 300 articles in local hometowns. 🧪🏠 Write yours today with help here: sciencehomecoming.com

Have you written to your home community to tell them what’s going on? They likely are unaware of the consequences 🧪🏠 penncapital-star.com/health/resea...

JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.

“Universities are the incubators of medical breakthroughs.” Long Island native Sam Cermak, now a biomedical PhD student at Northwestern, studies how chronic pain rewires the brain and fuels opioid addiction. Progress takes years, but has already saved many lives 🧪🏠 tbrnewsmedia.com/your-turn-ho...

This is gold. Emmy for Morgan Spector just for the pronunciation of "Cuomo."

Here is a link to share, to spread the news about the importance of science for healthcare nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

When I wrote this for SciAm, the thing that genuinely surprised me most was the number of emails I got (mostly from men) telling me that prior generations of women in science would be ashamed of me for my weakness in writing it. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️

🧵 I know it's ridiculous, but when he's talking mitochondrial challenges & inflammation, he's again referring to his idea of vaccine-induced autism. Let me explain.

Where the Science Homecoming authors are from…so far 🧪🏠

🚨 Major shake-up in NSF funding for K-12 STEM ed: Caps proposals at $750K max for 3 years. Prior cap used to be $5M up to 5 years for some programs. Archives several existing programs (DRK-12, AISL, CSforAll, TD, parts of ECR:Core). Combines into broad program with much lower expected # of awards.

I signed. I am a member of the National Academy of Medicine, but more importantly, I am someone who cares about my health and the health of my fellow human beings. Sign! Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho RFK, Jr. has got to go...

Some scientists haven't yet internalized the "why" behind science writing for the public - not just as a service, but for themselves. (I didn't always get it). In this piece for @natrevneuro.nature.com, I draw on the neuroscience of curiosity & decision making to unpack its value. rdcu.be/eCGr7

One reason scientists should WRITE ✍🏻 to small towns and suburbs is that people FORGOT what all science does for them. Interview with @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social

The heartbreaking thing about this is that there’s already a proven way to invest lots of money in a knowledge machine that produces unforeseeable results that include fantastically profitable ideas (and some life-saving ones) and generally benefit society and this machine is called a university

The FT has been consistently good on this stuff, the only outlet to really take coreweave seriously, had great reporting, probably my fav business outlet. The Altman oil piece by bryce elder is one of the most devastating things I've ever read www.ft.com/content/b180...

Children build math skills on a “cognitive bridge” between space & number. But where does it come from? Our new study finds monkeys transfer learning and abstractions across geometry & numerosity, revealing the evolutionary roots of basic math development. 🧪🧠 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A clear message about the value of science for Pennsylvania 🧪🏠

i identify liberalism as a product of the enlightenment, which i characterize as the idea that i should continue to be listened to and be paid lots and lots of money for the rest of my life

Science belongs to all of us! Check out this piece Clarissa Thompson and I wrote for a small town paper in southwestern PA as part of the brilliant Science Homecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social series by @cantlonlab.bsky.social and @spiantado.bsky.social. www.dailycourier.com/opinion/why-...

We safely returned to Majuro a week ago after a successful research expedition to the atoll of Aur. View here of Majuro just after sunset on our last day. An incredible experience. Hard to put into words. Next comes the data analysis after a family holiday.

Find me in Colorado Medicine talking about the importance of ALL of us standing up for science and innovation! Read here 👉 issuu.com/colomedsoc/d... Big thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social, @thebalelab.bsky.social and Dr. Steven Lowenstein!

Seeing this again and thinking of all the MAGA men whining that they're afraid to walk down the street.

We're re-writing history and falling into a trap the far-right has set. How COVID contrarianism is being mainstreamed to our collective peril. My latest for @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Important work by @asinclair.bsky.social‬ and colleagues showing that communicating the impact of NIH cuts markedly changes beliefs across the political spectrum. bsky.app/profile/asin...

The Supreme Court is reviewing a vitally important NIH case on its shadow docket. It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok. We must speak up now. 1/

Haverford is hiring a Neuroscientist! Please spread the word and share with anyone interested in a faculty position at a research-intensive liberal arts college. Motivated students, competitive start ups, hard money, great location, wonderful colleagues! www.haverford.edu/provost/news...

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Neuroscientist Chris Camp writes home to Charleston, SC: “World-changing scientific discoveries are the products of decades of risky research.” From SC to Yale, his career was built by public science funding, now threatened by cuts. @chrisclaycamp.bsky.social www.postandcourier.com/opinion/lett...

Biologist John Benning writes home to North Carolina: “The fruits of science are so widespread, they sometimes escape notice.” Decades of taxpayer-funded research made miracle gene therapies possible, saving countless children’s lives. 🧪🏠 @jbenning.bsky.social johnbenning.net/2025/08/01/a...

The student newspaper. This fell. To the student. Newspaper.

Florida, unlike the federal government, can be sued for civil rights violations and punished with monetary damages.

Cell biologist Steve DiNardo writes to The Swarthmorean in Pennsylvania to honor Nobel laureate Barbara McClintock, and warn of the dangerous cost of “forfeiting prospective knowledge” by cutting science funding 🧪🏠 @cornellasap.bsky.social

Math professor Johanna Franklin writes home to Waterloo, IL, where a 4th grade teacher sparked her math career. Cutting the NSF, “means not only fewer scientists and less scientific progress in general, but also fewer chances for anyone but the rich to do science.” 🧪 🏠 @johannamath.bsky.social

To read more about Jim’s @jimmagnuson.bsky.social journey from a Minnesota farm visit: www.hometownsource.com/county_news_...

Frontline nurses Teri Mills and Donna Gaffney write to Oregon: OHSU is Portland’s largest employer. NIH funding brought $388M to Oregon, thousands of jobs and better healthcare care that extended Oregonians’ lives. 🧪🏠 @donnagaffney.bsky.social local.newsbreak.com/west-linn-ti...

Neuroscientist Michelle Chen writes home to Colorado: Inspired by the loss of a Broncos legend and the support of her public school teachers, she’s training to become a doctor-scientist to fight brain disorders and help serve her community. 🧪🏠 sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/chen...

Clinical psychologist Brittany Rohl urges Long Islanders to support science funding, “As your neighbor and a product of this community…I offer my perspective not to tell you what to think, but to offer a look behind the scenes.”🧪🏠 @brittanyrohl.bsky.social www.babylonbeacon.com/articles/new...

Physicist Gregor Dairaghi writes home to California: “It may be tempting to relegate these concerns as hurdles to be dealt with by universities, but doing so overlooks the broader connection between academia and society.” 🧪🏠 www.paloaltoonline.com/guest-opinio...

From farm to faculty. Writing home to his community in Minnesota, Prof Jim Magnuson explains that the powerhouse behind U.S. research is the infrastructure, paid by “indirect costs”. “This system has made U.S. science the strongest in the world.” 🧪🏠 www.hometownsource.com/county_news_...

“My family vacation was ruined because I saw a homeless person” Grow up. Why are you afraid of everything? What happened to being a man?

Anyone looking for a great postdoctoral position? Here's one at Oxford University and they would love to have someone great! It's even out of the US -- a special bonus. Post-doctoral position in developmental/cognitive psychology at Oxford Brookes, UK my.corehr.com/pls/oburecru...

Come see Science Homecoming presenting our project at Cog Sci @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social @cogscisociety.bsky.social

@cogscisociety.bsky.social conference: Friday August 1st at 4:00pm, Salon 2 - join @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social and two other speakers at the symposium, 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

The NIH’s 2024 budget of just under $37B generated $95B in economic activity in 2024 alone. 99.4% of new pharmaceuticals approved from 2010-2019 came from NIH-funded research. I’m hard pressed to think of anything that generates as much direct economic benefit as our NIH did before they destroyed it

It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.