"Prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship & advising a foreign graduate student or postdoc. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding." Dictators despise science.

Have you heard about this? "As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash." h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com

🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions. 📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146... #sciencepolicy #saveNASA

Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner. www.space.com/space-explor...

5. There is a 60-day public comment period ahead of any formal implementation. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Jobs in climate! #ClimateJobs

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

Annual plug for the fabulous phylopic.org website with tens of thousands of easily searchable silhouette images for almost every life form imaginable. They make nice additions to your biology plots!

This is a great institution that deserves saving. Donate if you can support it

Dr. Jane Goodall is the main reason I became an ecologist. She has inspired me ever since I first learned about her in sixth grade. I had the privilege of seeing her speak for the first time only a few weeks ago. We’re going to miss her voice in the world, but her legacy will last for generations 💚

I am filled with so much love and gratitude that I cannot grieve. Dr. Goodall worked tirelessly in her gentle, hopeful way for a better world for all life on Earth. She has laid down her field notebook for the last time; now it is for us to fill with wonder, joy, and connection, into infinity.

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Rest in power, Dr. Jane Goodall

🚨 EMERGENCY CATURDAY IS DECLARED 🚨 if you call your reps & show me a screenshot of your call history with the call, i will reply with one (1) never-before-seen picture of my cats! capitol switchboard ☎️: 202-224-3121

"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?" Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.

Good people, don't outsource anything you're not willing to lose....

From @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social: “If you’re under 65 and not high risk, the window to get a Covid-19 vaccine is right now—before the FDA label changes (possibly this Friday). Once it happens, access will be limited immediately.”

For those of you looking for science jobs, I've been collecting links to job boards and fellowships as I've come across them and figured others might find them useful. Feel free to reach out if you know of something that would be good to add to the list! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

All things considered, seafood is the most environmentally damaging food type. a great interactive interpretation of Halpern et al. 2022 by Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor after refusing to agree ‘to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers’ www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

NEW 🚨 The violence is the point. Elected Dems must call for widespread resignations (RFK, Bhattacharya, Prasad) in response to the CDC shooting. Public health must demand this of them, and the public must demand that of us. With @publichealthguy1.bsky.social in STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...

Dooooo eeeeet

Seeking a PhD in landscape ecology & applied conservation? Funded PhD project at @forestry.ubc.ca w/ Dr. Matthew Mitchell: * Stipend $32k/yr + benefits x 4 yrs * Start Jan or May 2026 * Collaborate w NCC & Metro Vancouver * Open until filled mgemitchell.weebly.com/opportunitie...

Join us as Assistant #Curator of Vertebrates @ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿NMS! Large collections of #birds & #mammals + very active specimen prep = cool place! The ad doesn't say, but I say there's a good chance of prolongation beyond 1y. Hurry up and apply/spread the word: careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553! 🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job

I’m at #ESA2025 through tomorrow and we may be hiring soon! If you have experience or interest in climate change attribution and eco-epi and are looking for a postdoc, come find me - look for the blue @viralemergence.org hat, or reach out on email!

🌊 I’m hiring! Research Scientist in Marine Ecology & Machine Learning at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK). Got experience with machine learning techniques applied to marine ecology, biogeochemistry or climate change? Apply by 5 September! careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

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

This will also be accomplished by making universities pay for the same services, which @jbyoder.org gave us an amazing template for how to fight back against bsky.app/profile/jbyo...

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding. ✍️ Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP... 🧠 Learn more here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/p... 🌿 Here is a script (copy and paste alt text for ease!) #31days

mRNA vaccines are one of the most important tools we have for preventing future catastrophic pandemics because we can update them more quickly than any other vaccine technology in response to new emerging viruses & variants. RFK Jr cancelling millions in mRNA research makes the world far less safe.

The Trump administration has asked NASA to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions — the only two that were designed and built specifically to monitor planet-heating greenhouse gases. @npr.org @coveringclimatenow.org www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

🚨🚨 New tenure track position in #ConservationBiology @oberlincollege.bsky.social in the #Biology department--come join us, and contribute to our brand new Environmental Science major too! #biologyjobs #ecologyjobs jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671

In a rural Vermont county, spotty cell phone coverage is the norm. But a local tinkerer is using old technology to help his community stay connected free of charge.

“If these trends are not stopped, science is going to be destroyed." Here's my story on the accelerating growth of systemic research fraud--aka paper mills. Gift link: nyti.ms/45rDirw

💰 RESEARCH GRANTS & CAREER DEVELOPMENT BURSARIES 💰 Applications are OPEN for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries. Find out more now: Grants ➡️ bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries ➡️ bou.org.uk/funding/c... DEADLINE 31 Oct 2025 ⌛ #ornithology 🪶

Such a cool piece of science journalism!

Good morning, the biggest story in public health today is still that the United States is building illegal concentration camps

🌿 PhD Opportunity in Biodiversity Sciences 🌿 Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network. Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB

It should never be controversial to speak up about mass starvation. Having regular access to safe and nutritious food is a human right.

The collateral damage: “One of my big concerns is that the trust in science and in scientists is broken,” says @maratimes.bsky.social. “My priority is just being ethical in my relationships with research collaborators, participants, community partners and students," says @alidacantor.bsky.social.

there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3

We have decided to ban the use of GenAI for research, writing & creative work at our organization. In fact, we make people sign an agreement saying that their research, analysis, writing, and creative work are *theirs* and not done by GenAI.

Congress has until July 18th to vote on the recissions, which means your calls are more important than ever before! Join a TBFighter advocacy session and tell your Senator to vote NO on ending funding for critical global health programs! tbfighter.link/calendar

🧪 CRITICAL UPDATE: The House draft version is now out. ✅ Like the Senate's version, there's no cut to NASA's budget. ❌ There's a 23% proposed cut to NSF's budget. 8-page summary: appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su... Draft bill: appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff. "Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)

🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN... ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶

There is still time. Call these Reps, and continue to raise hell. You can find their numbers at 5calls.org.

In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.

This would fund 22 years of NSF’s *entire* current budget. Instead, we are taking people off healthcare to pay for concentration camps.

If one of these people is your senator, it is incredibly important that you call them today. Urge them to vote NO on the Senate budget bill that would make most Americans poorer to give billionaires a tax cut they don't even need.