I am recruiting PhD students for my new lab housed in the Sam Noble Museum at University of Oklahoma! If you are interested in fish macroevolution, geometric morphometrics, specimen-based research & phylogenomics please reach out. More info here: fishdiversitylab.weebly.com Please share widely!!!

Trump appears to be completely passed out asleep during his 3pm Oval Office announcement

The 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile In Courage Award, Was Earned By Jerome Powell, Which Is The Families Highest Honor. Despite Years Of Attacks From Chump, Both Personal And Professional Attacks.......💪🏻

The Pacific Institute is hiring two researchers! One on water and climate equity, the other on nature-based solutions. Here's the information. If you know anyone suitable, pass this on. pacificinstitute.applytojob.com/apply/

ALRIGHT EVERYONE HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SUFS GUIDE TO LEAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OMB-2026-0034 PROPOSED RULE: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-advocacy/the-sufs-guide-to-writing-public-comments (share with all your friends!)

Call your reps -- blue, red, purple, it doesn't matter -- about the proposed OMB science funding rule. The house can stop this. Let them know it matters for your district.

When octopuses are stressed, they retreat into hiding to avoid attention, showcasing their unique coping mechanisms in the ocean's depths.

The @standupforscience.net emergency event on the proposed OMB regulations is now available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6rq...

I have often been critical of the leadership @aaas.org but they just took action on the new OMB rules that will politicize science, speaking out and notifying members. I hope all take the time to follow their advice, contact Congress, and most important, post a comment www.aaas.org/news/aaas-st...

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.

Keep on fighting: Courts block NSF from dismantling NCAR; overturn Trump/Hegseth's ban on transgender service members; permit flying a 86/47 flag over the Mall; Trump signals he may abandon the $1.8 billion bribery/slush fund to MAGA terrorists; and he's moving on from Iran because he's bored.

These same changes - already in place for the most part - should be rescinded for federal scientists!

Remember science isn’t just discovery like GLP-1 etc. a lot of science is monitoring, measuring, building the data and theory needed to understand. It is all important for our world and economy. Russell Vought is destroying this for not just NSF/NIH but also USFS, USFW, USGS…

If you would like the government to know what you think about their proposal to put federal science funding, communication, and travel under strict political control, you can tell them in the public comment section here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

DO NOT DESPAIR! @standupforscience.net is here with action! 📣 Register for our Emergency Science Meeting 6/2 @ 4pm et. ALL ARE WELCOME. (Virtual and accessible) ☎️ Call and Email Congress ✍️ Leave a Public Comment And do it all in one easy place: fight2win.standupforscience.net

The Houston Chronicle has endorsed James Talarico — “The choice is obvious. Both Republicans & Democrats should prefer a servant leader over a self-serving crook”

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

You may not "do politics" as a scientist, but politics is doing you. Might as well start fighting now! events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...

The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF

In my backyard just now. Right smack dab in the middle of Norman, OK, 6 blocks from the OU campus, dwell stealthy prehistoric creatures. 😊

Perhaps the fact that we are conducting an unprecedented experiment with the only home we have, by digging up and burning massive amounts of fossil fuels that is driving global change at rates 10X faster than the most recent warming of this magnitude that occurred oh about 55 million years ago? 🧐

A huge thanks to the many folks who made the LeRoy Poff career celebration such a wonderful event. Special thanks to Chris Funk, Dave Lytle and Deb Finn. @streambug.bsky.social @jdtonkin.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social

It's very sad that the United States, with perhaps the best climate science, scientists, and science communicators in the world, has consistently had the very worst climate-denying politicians and governments. Why? Simple: The powerful fossil-fuel industry and the money they shower on policymakers.

Another way to track the #2026SFS schedule thanks to the one and only Geoff Poole (I also miss The Grid!) #SFS2026 @freshwaterscience.bsky.social @sfs-src.bsky.social

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The powerful forces trying to dominate our country want us to fall into cynicism. That way, they win everything — and they'll be able to take it all without the rest of us putting up a fight. If you are worried about the future, you are not alone. I am too. But please do not fall into cynicism.

More on the destruction of US science: Federal science agencies lost more jobs in 2025 (12%) than over the previous TWO decades (8%), including 30% of personnel at NSF, 20% at USGS, NOAA, and NIH. NASA lost 12% (now up to 24% by Jan 2026). (Data from www.aip.org/fyi/federal-...)

Was able to squeeze one of my favorite Peter Moyle quotes into this piece: “Study fishes, and you will learn about people and the world.” ~Peter B. Moyle

In an open letter, thousands of researchers criticized the White House’s firing of the research agency’s board as ‘an alarming attack’ on U.S. science

“People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure ~David Attenborough Happy 100th Birthday Sir Attenborough (May 8th) Enjoy the symphony of birds in this beautiful & wonderful & amazing natural world #eastcoastkin

California Bill Would Create A $23 Billion Fund For University Research

Incredible. And incredibly fast. Whoever says the renewables revolution is over is wrong. It's just beginning. Death to fossil fuels! insideclimatenews.org/news/0505202...

Deep-Sea Sea Pigs: Scotoplanes, the Echinoderms that Walk the Abyss at 5,000m Depth

"Who will pay to protect the blue sucker?" tnature.substack.com/p/the-hidden... @solomonrdavid.bsky.social @matthewlmiller.bsky.social

Mainstream media is starting to cover the dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. Thank you for speaking out and helping keep this story alive. #SaveUSFS

Join the SFS Student Resources Virtual Events Committee for a workshop on improving your poster, oral presentation, or lightning talk. Speakers will share tips and tricks to strengthen your science communication. 📅 Monday, May 4th at 1:30 PM EST/ 2:30 PM CST 🔗 ua-edu.zoom.us/j/8240370513...

No. We haven’t. Our scientific ecosystem is sustaining a HUGE amount of damage that will require intentional reconstruction. We are leading the efforts there…while ensuring a pro-science congress, and organizing people power to enact this policy. We can walk and chew gum at the same time.

I was lucky enough to finally see him in concert last year. Happy Birthday Willie!

This is your periodic reminder that @skypeascientist.bsky.social connects 1000s of scientists with classrooms every year, & collaborates with artists to educate people about environmental action. We exist thanks to the support of 100s of people every month. A couple bucks a month means a lot to us!

The Stand Up for Science Foundation (a nonpartisan 501c3) is launching a new Institute to craft and implement policy that will address the damage to federal agencies and institutions, recenter evidence-based decision making, and reestablish the United States as a global leader in science. 2/7

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

Clear your mind for moment and understand this. We are altering the very #climate of the planet in a way that's dangerous for our own survival and the stability of our ecosystems. With only a few exceptions, our politicians are not only looking the other way but actively making the problem worse.

Another giant in the global environmental community has passed away. RIP Peter Raven. news.mongabay.com/2026/04/pete...

A place where history rests in stone: discover wonder at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 🧪

This Earth Day, let’s make some good trouble to save the U.S. Forest Service. SaveUSFS.org has been updated. Chaco and Hydro Flask are now supporting the movement. We’re currently targeting TEVA, Nalgene, Yeti, and more. Reach out to the brands you love and ask them to join us. #SaveUSFS

An octopus claims a broken toilet as its home, fiercely defending it from intruders while welcoming a curious porcupine fish. Nature never ceases to amaze!

The Forest Service’s proposed closure of research facilities in Hawaiʻi, including the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry and a biocontrol lab, threatens years of research on biocontrol agents and disease-resistant ʻōhiʻa strains, impacting efforts to protect Hawaiʻi’s forests and watersheds.

@umflbs.bsky.social is welcoming students from the area to the station for the annual Mussel Walk to raise awareness of invasive species, especially the risk of zebra/quagga mussels to keep the lake mussel-free. Read about previous events: leaderadvertiser.com/news/2023/ma...

The Forest Service just told Congress to go pound sand. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz appeared before the House Appropriations Committee this week and made it clear the agency is moving forward with

Save the US Forest Service from destructive “restructuring” peer.org/letter-tell-...