What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? All of these questions and more to be discussed at the Emergency Science Meeting on June 2nd, 4PM ET, hosted by Stand Up for Science! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/g3vTZ

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🚨UPDATE: We will launch our action center on this issue tomorrow. 📣JOIN US: Emergency Science Meeting (Virtual) June 2nd at 4pm et. Details to come. Our Policy Team has read through the entire 400 page hot mess express from Russ Vought...here are the high level details. A Thread🧵 1/x

If you are going to comment on the proposed changes to how science is done in the US, please use this guide. The rules specify that you have to mention the number associated with the proposed changes, and this blog has those. Here is where to comment: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

A great article — no comply www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/b...

Again. But we have to fight every inch of the way before November. Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM

Applications to the Gordon Research Seminar in Speciation are now open! We encourage PhD students & postdocs from all geographies, backgrounds, disciplines to APPLY! This 2d seminar in beautiful Lucca 🇮🇹 will be followed by a 5d conference open to the broader community. www.grc.org/speciation-g...

A really nice description of Roger Butlin's contribution to speciation biology in JEB by @ruimmfaria.bsky.social and colleagues. Roger is one of the good ones! doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

@rephaleystevens.bsky.social demonstrates how to do it. No notes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBdT... @standupforscience.net

I've been asked recently for something on Why Ed Markey / Why Not Seth Moulton, so I decided to do a stock-taking of Seth Moulton's record. jonathancohn.medium.com/ma-elects-fi...

Cool new work connecting population genetic and adaptive dynamic perspectives on species interaction by Kasturi Lele & Lawrence H. Uricchio @kasturilele.bsky.social @tufts.edu #EcoEvo #PopGen doi.org/10.64898/202...

Tomorrow, Director Bhattacharya is hosting the inaugural "Scientific Freedom" Lecture with Matt Ridley sharing his perspectives on the search for the origin of Covid-19 (and hawking his book on the subject published in 2022). 1/3

💬 In the second installment of The Evolution Exchange, retired NSF Program Officer Dr. Sam Scheiner returns to discuss how to craft a successful research proposal. Watch or read the transcript here: www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolutio...

Last night, on the corner of Alewife Brook Parkway and Powderhouse Boulevard, my older daughter was struck by a driver. She was crossing in the crosswalk – with the WALK signal – and the car ran the red light. Miraculously, she was okay and walked away with nothing worse than a bruise.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS- Winchester” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Sen. Markey, science saves lives. The US needs science. @edmarkey.bsky.social

In our most recent episode we talk with Bill Zamer and Sam Scheiner, two former BIO program officers at the NSF, about the recently proposed 56% budget cut to the NSF. 🎙️Listen now: bigbiology.substack.com/p/savensf-ep... #scicomm #science #sciencecommunication #SaveNSF #NSF

tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.

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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 7!! SAVE THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE! MAKE A COMMENT TODAY!!! news.chanda.science/archive/urge...

Want to know why Republicans are voting on their Big Billionaire Bailout in the middle of the night? MSNBC just reported that it includes a $500 Billion dollar cut to Medicare.

You have 2 days left to comment (by May 23 at 11:59 pm)! Go to the link if you don’t want your NSF or NIH program officers who took an oath to the constitution (not a political party) to instead be subject to the whims of a president and fired if they don’t “conform”.

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Two days remain to comment on the US FWS and NMFS rule change that undermines the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This proposal rescinds the definition of “harm,” limiting protections to actions that directly injure or kill listed species, leaving their habitats vulnerable. Please submit comments! 🧪

I know NIH is ~5x bigger than NSF but I think the gutting of NSF is getting a lot less than 1/5 the attention— in the news media and in higher ed— compared with what's happened to NIH.

An update on Rümeysa Öztürk. www.youtube.com/shorts/wpx4P...

Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF: Dear members: The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.

Action Alert: Ask Your U.S. Representative to Support Investment in NSF www.congressweb.com/AIBS/3?frame...

I participated in @aibsbiology.bsky.social congressional visits day last week and I have hope for bipartisan support for science. But we need everyone who supports science to call/meet their reps and senators and ask for 9.9 billion for NSF and 7.5 billion for NOAA.

Science is not a switch that can be flipped on or off. If we do not act now to alter our current trajectory it will undermine our prosperity, our democracy, and our children’s futures for decades to come. You need science. Science needs you. SaveScienceNow.org #ScienceMatters

SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF. The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation. Join: www.savensf.com

COURAGE. STRENGTH. INSPIRATION. Joseph Peters has autism and lives independently in Hackensack, New Jersey. He lives in his own apartment, assisted by an aide. Medicaid is absolutely vital to Joseph. Cuts of any kind would be utterly devastating to Joseph’s quality of life, and to the…

Damn, let’s go Beantown

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

Goddamn--the ICE goons again terrify a family, with violence, and get the wrong guy. He's now in custody. www.cbsnews.com/boston/video...

@sandiegostate.bsky.social recently featured my awesome MS student @trevormugoya.bsky.social on their news website: www.sdsu.edu/news/2025/03... Dude already has 2 pubs with me with more in the pipeline! Congrats, Trevor!

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

Didn’t realize how much I needed to hear someone speak up - some lightness thanks to @corybooker.com

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

You can become a member of the National African American History and Culture Museum. support.si.edu/site/Donatio...

Rumeysa Ozturk was kidnapped in plain sight & sent to Louisiana to be locked in the same detention center Mahmoud Khalil was sent to. She's a peaceful protestor, grad student, & my constituent who has a right to free speech & due process. Now she's a political prisoner. Free her now.

This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties. The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process. This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.

White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.

For those interested in sex chromosomes and speciation, Thomas Lenormand from CEFE, University of Montpellier, will visit us and present a seminar about his work on these topics. For more information (and the zoom link), please follow the link here: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/a-...

Really excited to say that my lab's paper on color transitions in Mimulus sect. Erythranthe is out! We found that some traits demonstrate evolutionary convergence in phenotype & genotype, while others are divergent, & that - as Bob Vickery found - bees prefer yellow! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In addition to normal mayor stuff, like announcing how many potholes have been filled, how many apartments made affordable, Wu's State of the City speech is a rebuke of Washington.

This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

“Obscure entities”. Do better NYTimes: “Mr. Trump directed the heads of the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, to eliminate all functions that are not statutorily mandated.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...