Congress and the White House must work together to ensure the sustained continuity of Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE)-supported research, education, and training— including fully funding the SBE. www.psychologicalscience.org/redesign/wp-...

Published with some minor changes! Please share widely. 😊 Guest, O., Suarez, M., ... & van Rooij, I. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education, 16(2), 85–118. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Journal: www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-162

Virginia has a VRA Sec 2 district (the 3rd CD). Maybe they should hold an emergency legislative session to fix this constitutional defect, per Callais, like other Southern states?

The Trump administration + Congress further shifting the #NSF mission to corporatize what's left of funding for STEM education & research

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

Breaking news: Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Trump.

🚨 NSF is already quietly eliminating the SBE Directorate, despite Congress’ mandate that NSF support the behavioral & social sciences. Steps to counter this are in motion. If you - have an SBE proposal under review - serve on an SBE grant panel You can help! Fill out this form: shorturl.at/xuKw2

We do now know the NSF is proceeding with dissolving the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division. Congress might reverse it, but it is now already underway. YOU CAN NO LONGER SUBMIT FUNDING PROPOSALS TO SBE. Program officers are being moved to different parts of the agency. Call your Congress member

Concerned about the possible dismantling of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Directorate of NSF?? www.nature.com/articles/d41... Find out what's happening and what we can do to protect behavioral science with @fabbs.org Friday April 10th at 1:30 ET. Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🚨 Congress held NIH and NSF budgets roughly flat. Scientists celebrated. Here is what actually happened. NIH awarded 4,641 fewer grants in FY2025 than the 4-year avg. New awards dropped 14%. Over $1.3B never reached investigators. NSF awards fell 22%. The money was there.

You can submit to the Journal of Black Language and Culture (JBLAC) @jblacjournal.bsky.social here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Saving SBE starts before the bill is written. SBE needs a distinct FY27 appropriation. If your sch. is on the list, get a group of colleagues to meet w your House/Sen. offices. Esp. for Republican seats, direct constituent comms matter. Timeline/templates/updates: www.paigeamormino.com/pages/9337

BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is shuttering its SBE directorate. Staff will be transferred to other parts of the agency and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be maintained. That & more w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social & @edwrdchen.bsky.social

Wondering why NIH and NSF aren't making new grants? We explain what's happening at OMB. www.science.org/content/arti...

The genius businessman strikes again

If you are in Houston - or want to travel - join us at Rice Thursday March 12-14 for DeLange XIV: Brains in Society: Preparing for Neuroscience’s Impact on our everyday lives. DeLange.rice.edu

UF restricted professors from volunteering for post-tenure review because too many were getting the highest evaluation

NSF Update Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit. Now by Directorate... 1/11

This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants. It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.

Final Schedule F rule published: in defiance of the vast majority of public comments, it commits to further politicizing government, removing anyone the Trump administration dislikes. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf

The best tool we have to push CEOs to take on the president and prevent further erosion of the American brand is in our pockets — an economic strike that builds on calls for Apple boycotts that are already starting to emerge.

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Political philosophy 2. Modern Japanese Literature 3. Cooperation 4. Intro to African and African-American Studies 5. Latin American and US Relations

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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Trump wants violence on our streets this year. Bcuz he thinks it’ll help him in the midterms. So he’s pulled all guardrails off his masked thugs and given them the green light to be as abusive & cruel as possible. In the hopes that they’ll incite the American people to violence. That’s Trump’s plan.

Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US. If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.

📚 Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory (co-edited by me and @lhlew.bsky.social) is now available online at Oxford Academic! (print copies coming end of January) academic.oup.com/book/61815

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

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Just found out that Glossa was on bluesky from this tweet, seconding the suggestion to use the #linguistics hashtag to help people find out about new papers! (And give em a follow if you want open access linguistics papers in your feed!)

The National Science Foundation starts 2026 with a new management structure that affects every scientist with--or applying for--NSF funding. Here's what you need to know. www.science.org/content/arti...

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

“Once-unthinkable” here should be “in wild and blatant violation of the law and the US Constitution.” At NIH alone: The RIFs were illegal (as a judge, Illston, ruled). The grant terminations were illegal (Young ruling). The probationary firings were illegal (Alsop ruling). We must say this. 1/

My lab at BU is recruiting PhD students and possibly a postdoc this year! We study humans & machines, centered around topics like meaning, generalization, evaluation methods and design, and the nature of computation and representation that underlie language and cognition. 🫴🫴

Thought of @joshuaraclaw.com when coming across this story news.clas.ufl.edu/28086-2/

Don't miss this opportunity to work with one of the best in multingualism in diverse contexts and using diverse methodologies!

We’re hiring! Join the BabelBrain Project @usc.gal @filoloxiausc.bsky.social 1️⃣ PhD1/multilingual practices in Galicia 2️⃣ PhD2/multilingual practices in Gibraltar 3️⃣ Postdoc/experimental fieldwork in Galicia & Gibraltar 📄 Full details: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga... 🗓 Deadline: 26 Nov 2026

The Multilingual Minds & Machines Meetings call for abstracts is now open! Everything you need to know is here -> mmmm2026.github.io

"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion." My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy. www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

🚨🚨 New tenure-track job posting! 🚨🚨 The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, with an open research focus. Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... Here's some info about why you should apply to this job! 1/

It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.

I once had the immense pleasure of hearing her speak at PSU. A tremendous force for good, may she rest in peace.

SCOOP/UPDATE — The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instructed *all* federal agencies to send out the shutdown email with NO modifications permitted, a federal source confirmed. Leadership received these orders via email at 1:30pm ET and then reinforced on a 3pm intra-agency call.

This is so crazy and to see NSF among the list saddens me tremendously. Adherence to the Hatch Act is something that we are trained on and take seriously.

I did follow this and it is a remarkable 15 pages.

Chief Justice Roberts in SFFA just two years ago: "Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it." Yet when the government is EXPLICITLY using race & ethnicity to detain & question people, he gives it his blessing.

UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨ Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21. Please share widely! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.

The SNL 2025 Access Award will waive registration fees for up to 20 students, trainees, and faculty who face barriers to attending the Society for Neurobiology of Language conference. Apply by Aug 27; winners named Aug 28. Pls share! 🔗 tinyurl.com/SNLAcessAward #SNL2025 #NeurobiologyofLanguage