Today 1/15/26 Come to Meeting Room A at the Iowa City Public Library to learn hands-on skills to fight fascism in your community! This is a great opportunity to get connected with like-minded people & learn CONCRETE ways that you can stand up to authoritarianism! We look forward to seeing you there!

Thank you to all the Iowa Citoyens who came to our ICE Out for Good event. May Renee Nicole Good's memory serve to spark a peaceful revolution. dailyiowan.com/2026/01/11/p...

ICE Out for Good - Iowa City Sunday 11th Jan, 12-20pm, Iowa Av & N Clinton St A US citizen was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, & abuse carried out by federal agencies against members of our communities. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Today in Iowa City

No War in Venezuela! Protest Iowa City 2pm Sunday 4th January - N. Clinton St. No Blood for Oil! No Blood for Greed! People Stop Trump's Regime! CONGRESS STAND UP!

no epstein files today but as consolation it seems that they have finally chosen to declassify the infamous "MODIFICATIONS OF THE FLY FOOT FOR HUMAN NEEDS" technical report from the US Army Tank Automotive Command and it's even more salacious than anticipated apps.dtic.mil/sti/html/tr/...

Go @cdelawalla.bsky.social! Straightforward question that deserved a straightforward answer. Head of NIH does not want to come out and say that vaccines have saved millions of lives 🤯. This is embarrassing 🙈 and irresponsible. Jay: you know better! We expect more from you.

TAKE ACTION! We're leading the charge to impeach and remove RFK Jr before he puts more lives in danger — and we need your help. SIGN to endorse articles of impeachment, and share! Send your representative a *special* message Donate and fuel the fight! www.standupforscience.net/im...

Just found out I was included in @nature.com's "Ones to Watch 2026" list for @standupforscience.bsky.social. Pretty wild to have my name included on a page with this calibre of scientists...really grateful for my team and the support it took to get here. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Join us on Monday, December 8, from 1:30-2:30pm in the Biology Building East lobby to celebrate a successful semester of insect collections from our Entomology Lab students! In addition to viewing the students’ work, we'll have specimens on display from the Department of Biology’s insect collection.

Today 5:30 pm in the Old Capital, Kim Reynolds opening remarks before the keynote speaker Christopher Rufo

Heads up Iowa City, Christopher Rufo will be the special guest docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Just saw it in Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City, and it's beautiful! Thank you Christian Sardet @cellsandplankton.bsky.social

Tomorrow, 20 Escucha Mi Voz members have ICE check-ins in Cedar Rapids, the largest single-day group all year. When numbers spike like this, detentions usually follow, unless our community shows up. Join us at 7:45am to protect our families and demand no one is taken? - Iowa City Catholic Worker

A newly discovered archaeal cell has a tiny genome and can’t metabolize biomolecules. It’s upending biologists’ definition of a living thing. “These types of organisms have been found before, but not as extreme as this,” said microbiologist Thijs Ettema.

Hawkeye WR Seth Anderson showed up BIG - donating 30 turkeys to the Iowa City Catholic Worker! Defensive backs Kael Kolarik and Koen Entringer jumped in to help distribute them to volunteers who’ll roast & share them with immigrant families across our community. That’s what teamwork looks like ! 🏈🙌

#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published. Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin! #CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)

It is actually an incredibly frustrating time to be a theoretical neuroscientist right now imo, for this reason

Who’s putting it at risk, @sfn.org ? This passive voice stuff has got to stop. We have to name the people destroying US leadership in science. (Hint: Trump. Vought. Bhattacharya. RFK. Say their names.)

Beautifully done history of dialysis www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDDC...

There will also be great music! Catfish Keith – Iowa’s own world-renowned blues legend Jim Swim – Hip-hop grooves that move the crowd Jeffrey Morgan – Folk storytelling with heart Pigs and Clover – Americana harmonies and grassroots fire JP Claussen – Acoustic truth and community rhythm

Armistice Day Observance Tuesday 11th November 2025, Iowa City Veterans for Peace, chapter #161

Sunday Night Community Event “Growing Up in the Shadow of Jim Crow and the Light of the Civil Rights Movement” 📅 Date: Sunday, November 9, 2025 ⏰ Time: 6:30-8pm 📍 Location: Zoom (online) - posted by Iowa City Catholic Worker ✅ RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

No Kings, Just Neighbors: Fill-A-Truck Food Drive Saturday, Nov 15 🕙 10 AM – 1 PM Downtown Iowa City Join us for a day of music, food, & community as we come together to fill a truck with groceries & personal care items for families in need. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

NEW: The Director of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya, accepted an award over the weekend from an old ally who, just weeks earlier, had been the subject of a Politico story revealing how he’d left his previous job amid sexual harassment allegations.

The work of Marthe Gautier should be more widely known. She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the cause of Downs syndrome. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/h...

Thanks - perfect for my animal physiology class

Curious to hear from semiconductor chip boffins if this has any legs. The work is being supported by Peter Thiel, who has claimed that the rational approach to solving problems has failed, so why not try the opposite of that, the irrational. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/t...

This is super relevant to all US academics - it's on Today!

I want to go to Canada. Love the videos Canada is making. Y’all saw the one w Reagan narrating the video? #canada

​Essential viewing for all peaceful civil resistance warriors Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social‬ talking to Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...

Local Governments: Pass the Due Process & Safety Resolution Now! This simple, common-sense resolution will help protect students, residents, workers, schools, & visitors from harmful ICE raids in our community. Contact your local elected officials today. secure.everyaction.com/38K0P3bF5U6R...

New Cover for The @newyorker.com For more go to www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...

Hyperlapse from the No Kings rally in Iowa City. Our town has a population of about 80,000 and this is a tiny sliver of the march. #nokings

Kudos to this Iowa City protester, who not only elevated the level of discourse, but also provided a source for the quote! "Truthfulness has fallen in desuetude." - Stereolab @iowacityoflit.bsky.social #NoKings

Happy "No Kings" Day! I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya regarding the recently appointment of a new NIEHS Director.

A university that signs the “compact” is one that acknowledges its own inability to compete and succeed based talent and merit. It would signal insecurity and mediocrity to current and future students and faculty. Say no. Recruit the best people, protect their freedom and support their hard work.

Iowa City we are on for tomorrow! If you have not done so already let us know that you'll be there via this link www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

THIS WEEKEND! Join us for No Kings Day nationwide, across 50 states, in DC and Puerto Rico, and internationally! We're standing up for science and democracy, and in solidarity with fired federal workers. #standupforscience #nokingsday

Great to see Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social writing on Substack - Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment Leaders are underestimating the risks of not fighting back donmoynihan.substack.com/p/deafening-...

17 historians, archivists, profs, authors - including a U of Iowa archivist, U.S. Supreme Court historian, and state archaeologist, are suing the State Historical Society of Iowa for haphazardly & without public input deciding to close its Iowa City research facility & archives. - from the Gazette

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

last week i spoke with the NPR show @onthemedia.bsky.social about what it feels like serving on an NIH grant review panel as the Trump administration works to defund and destroy US universities and biomedical research www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

All my emails to Director Bhattacharya now available... jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...