Creativity night at #AAGC25 #alabamagifted is always a blast. I'm bringing squishy circuits!!! #alabamaachieves

🚨 It’s the 20th anniversary of Katrina + FEMA workers are warning us: cuts + censorship are gutting the agency meant to keep us safe. Delayed disaster response = lives at risk. Sign the Katrina Declaration + demand Congress protect FEMA. 👉 www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina-declaration

This August, we’re turning concern into collective action and you’re invited. Our founder & executive director @cdelawalla.bsky.social breaks it down here 👇 youtu.be/AaYs9Il9Hy0?... We’ve got the tools, training, & community to make it easy. Links in thread to get involved!

Compliance training is a fun annual tradition. This year is especially interesting as the *federal government is now requiring me to learn about the importance of *international research collaboration and working with international students.

President Trump has slashed funding for medical research, threatening a longstanding alliance between the federal government and universities that helped make the U.S. the world leader in medical science. Here are the nearly 2,500 grants that have been canceled or delayed. https://trib.al/iBstU2B

🔔Trump’s Fool’s Gold EO is facing MAJOR backlash. THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science. Our Open Letter is featured here: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...

Thank you to @policyhound.bsky.social for covering this EO and our open letter. We have over 5k signatures now! You can sign here: www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...

UAlabama researchers not only conduct basic science but also lead applied research that translates to better medical and accessibility (along many things! news.ua.edu/2025/05/igni...

If you are in any of these cities or states and want to do SUFS things, we have people needing assistance in: Tuscaloosa Salt Lake City Denver or Boulder Ohio Indiana Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan SO, GO SIGN UP! #StandUpForScience #SummerFightForScience

Tax Day next up: NSF! 🛰️ $40 a year. That’s what the average U.S. taxpayer pays annually to fund the National Science Foundation. 💡 Science isn’t luxury - it’s infrastructure. From disaster prediction to cybersecurity to the tech in your phone, NSF powers the systems that keep society running.

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) funds education research, evaluates federal education programs, and collects and reports info about education in America to inform the public. Cutting nearly the entire staff at IES will keep us in the dark about student learning.

We had a fantastic turn out and participation. Most important thing was the sound system. A representative of Birmingham Alliance for Safer space hooked us up and took care of AV for the whole event. linktr.ee/bhambass #standupforscience2025

Standing up for science here at the Georgia State Capitol. @standupforscience.bsky.social

Everyone of starting to arrive at Railroad park to #standupforscience

A small action you can take from anywhere for @standupforscience.bsky.social Please subscribe to the Birmingham event YT so they can livestream the rally today youtube.com/@standupfors...

The Birmingham site for @standupforscience.bsky.social has a great line up planned with representatives from the medical field as well as researchers in immunology, neurology, and epidemiology. We will also feature community members who have directly benefited from NIH research discoveries.

SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion:

Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

I’m just a girl, speaking in her personal capacity, standing in front of all of you making your little protest signs And I am ABSOLUTELY BEGGING you not to make some kind of “joke” that involves some play on the phrase “Make America Great Again” Please, please do not do that.

So excited to see how quickly #StandUpForScience has grown from a single rally to rallies in 32 cities in 27 states and counting! Let's go! Thank you for your leadership @standupforscience.bsky.social! They also opened up a donation page 🧪 standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

Stand Up for Science is a nationwide protest to promote awareness of the federal cuts to research. Our event is at railroad park in Birmingham, AL, 12-3 on March 7th. standupforscience2025.org

@500womensci.bsky.social has shared these stats on how much Alabama benefits from two federal agencies. These funds mean employment and economic growth in addition to scientific innovations.

This is amazing 😍😍 @500womensci.bsky.social has made cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH avail for download bit.ly/NSF_bystate & bit.ly/NIH_bystate if they are helpful for folks

Alright. Officially had a grant terminated bc of DEI. Our team was developing science labs to get more high school students interested in pursuing a STEM career in the Navy. #subversive

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We had another article published over the break (TY editorial teams for proofs ON Christmas. 😀) Methodologically, this is Kaiwen's work, but I'm excited about the new opportunities in eye tracking data for understanding cognitive test item engagement.

My colleagues and I have published a new OPEN ACCESS piece on identifying sources of difficulty for cognitive test items. If you develop tests or care about item quality, you'll be interested

WWE meet Department of Education

Looking forward to seeing folks at NAGC24! I’ll be presenting on talent scouting to broaden identification. #NAGCgifted #gifteded #giftedminds

Looks like bluesky “starter packs” are hot, so I created one for assessment and measurement accounts (mostly K12 because that’s who I follow). Let me know if you want to be added but here is my start at a few of us. Follow them. go.bsky.app/DW9LoQa

My interview with #adventuresinbeinggifted podcast is up. We talked about test wiseness, test validity, and spatial thinking. I think I did alright. I appreciate the hosts for inviting me! #ohioassociationforgiftedchildren

Squishy circuits at creativity night for #aagc