NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

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A note for the scientists especially: I drafted most of this book before I knew exactly how bad 2025 was going to be (and it's not done yet) but I knew that particle physics and cosmology already needed to make the case to the public. This book does that. 🧪 news.chanda.science/archive/the-...

Here, Vought doesn’t dispute slow-walking release of NIH grants from congressionally appropriated funds so that they can be cancelled in a couple of months through pocket rescission, thereby bypassing congress to enact huge cuts to NIH research.

It is all eugenics because he believes his family is superior and “deserved” that care. But see, when the state serves the public, it serves all, which means people he believes are inferior would benefit. We can’t have that in the racist-ableist belief system that constitutes eugenics.

“The inquiry found that Edinburgh University became a “haven” for professors who developed theories of white supremacism in the 18th and 19th centuries, and who played a pivotal role in the creation of discredited “racial pseudo-sciences” that placed Africans at the bottom of a racial hierarchy”

We’re exactly 6 months out from the US launch of THE CROWN’S SILENCE with @marinerbooks.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social —available for pre-order now. I know the world is a mess but at least we have books 📚, & this one is a decade in the making. More here: www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

Regional experts believe eliminating the Roadless Rule could impact the carbon capturing ability, fire resistance and integrity of Midwest National Forests.

More than 100 scientists who work in Antarctica or care about having a strong U.S. research presence there have signed a letter calling for the U.S. to keep the Palmer in operation. (4/n)

A key tactic in an abusive relationship is for the abuser to take things away from you for no reason and then expect you to be grateful to them when they give you back what was always rightfully yours to begin with

We're hiring! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30219 The Cornell Department of Communication is hiring an Assistant Professor in Science, Environment, and Risk Communication! Applications received by September 15, 2025, will be given full consideration.

A statement from AAU President Barbara R. Snyder regarding funding levels for NSF and NASA:

The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for. UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families. Our full statement below. ⬇️ 1/

News from the NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar: If US scientists want to support NSF EAR, they should continue to submit proposals. The number of proposals is an important metric for quantifying need and therefore influencing the budget

FYI: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is trying to get more info on the impact of recent research grant terminations. If your award has been canceled since Jan 20, you can fill out this survey: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...

Over the weekend, I interviewed one of the NIH employees who signed this letter (someone other than those quoted in this AP story). We talked about what they're doing and the importance of standing up. It was a moving conversation about risk and responsibility. Stay tuned for my piece on NIH and LA.

The child in this trustee’s scenario? Faculty. Who submitted their tenure files for consideration in accordance with the terms of their employment. Both sides have a responsibility in that contract, one to submit and one to review. I hope everyone really hears this.

It's incredible how we've just totally normalized "A bunch of random dudes are bypassing every federal law to plunder the government" & no one seems to care. Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst Article I constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history, & well 🤷‍♂️

Is this for real

Important for understanding US today: The Color of Law- Rothstein (2017) argues that for over a century after the abolition of slavery, federal, state and local government codified - then tolerated - racist segregation in housing, employment, education, income & wealth. www.epi.org/publication/...

I need to actually get to my gate in time, but am stuck processing this particular table:

So, as you might know, I have been in the process of tracking the activities of DOGE staff across the federal government. And now I've built an auto-updating website to browse the data It's not done (lots more content to write), but news is moving fast, so here it is dogetrack.info Enjoy!

Everyone involved in trying to pass off that ChatGPT-extruded disinformation manifesto as a scientific report should be, at the very least, barred from public office for life. The MAHA report is dangerous criminal misconduct and an offence to the process of science.

Navigating ADHD as a scientist: Shared tips and strategies for task and time management, including by volcanologist Lis Gallant (@bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social), whose ADHD is a superpower in the (lava🌋) field. Reporting by @plantnerd.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The US Administration has indefinitely blocked *all* student visa applicants from getting a visa interview. Worldwide, unconditional, no end date. All. International students are crucial to the US university system, American innovation, and future US prosperity.

I spent ten years attacking universities as illiberal and overly woke. Now that the Trump administration is using my rhetoric to destroy American science and higher education, I am horrified but not horrified enough to apologize.

Texas legislators just passed a bill that gives politically-appointed regents control over faculty curriculum, hiring, & governance. It does what they accuse academics of doing: privileging ideas, biases, & agendas on political grounds, & silencing those that do not follow their ideology.

Hundreds of National Science Foundation staffers turned out for a group photograph to celebrate the besieged agency’s 75th anniversary—despite efforts by NSF officials to prevent the picture from being taken. scim.ag/4jcGpIt

A few countries have laws that allow menstruating employees to take time off to manage their symptoms. While there are potential pitfalls to be wary of, overall I think that menstrual leave should be more widely adopted ⬇️

🚨 Today @chemistryworld.com launched a new collection on women's health. From menstruation to menopause, the articles reveal the stark gaps in medical research that have left women overlooked for far too long, and the people working to change the narrative: www.chemistryworld.com/collections/... 🔬💊

Period products are used by 1.8 billion people around the world every month, but what's in them? Researchers have found a range of concerning trace elements and compounds in them. And how can we make them more sustainable, without impacting those who use them? www.chemistryworld.com/features/how...

Read all the articles in our new special issue here: www.chemistryworld.com/collections/...

Before @robinson-julia.bsky.social started working on the cover feature for our new collection on Women's Health, she knew that there were significant gaps in women’s health research. But in her research, she learned 'that the gap is really a chasm.' #ScienceSky #MedSky

Workplace support for menstruation and menopause www.chemistryworld.com/careers/work...

12. Trump’s memecoin dinner now confirmed to include mostly non-Americans.Secy of State says it’s not his business what foreigners are on the guest list. His priority is student visa holders who write strong-eds. 13. Trump & Hegseth affirm plan to build anti-ballistic missile “Golden Dome” for $175b

10. House holds critical vote on spending bill (Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill) designed to cut SS and Medicaid, muscle educ institutions, cut taxes for the wealthy AT 1AM, so that most won’t see it. 11. Rep. Senators & Gov’s can’t get Trump to provide FEMA funding for folks devastated by tornadoes.

8. ProPublica report reveals Trump Admin applying “massive pressure” on African nations to compel deals for Elon Musk. 9. DOJ opens investigation into Chicago Mayor’s office based on Mayor’s stated pride in racial diversity of workforce. Threatens investigation of pop stars support for VP Harris.

…in which he appears not to know peace talks are happening. Shows obsequious support for Putin. 6. IRS Director nominee is confronted with evidence of agreement to provide favors to large donors. 7. DOJ opens investigation into Trump rival running for Mayor of NY, raising possible pressure campaign.

…write op-Ed’s the Admin doesn’t like. Threatens “we’ll do even more” with cold glee. 4. HHS Secy admits withholding block funding for child care & development. Yells at sitting Senator in hearing. Tells another he didn’t know funding for ALS had been cut. 5. Trump stuns Europeans on phone call..

2. Charging sitting congressman woman w/felony assault for attempting to observe ICE facility 3. Secy of Homeland Security reveals she has no idea what habeas corpus is; think it’s another presidential deportation power. 4. The Secy of State stands by his decision to revoke visas for students who

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few: 1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

'This hollowing out is not just about governance in the abstract, it has material consequences for which research questions get asked, which datasets get produced, which knowledge gets produced [...] It has consequences for the integrity of knowledge itself.' time.com/7285045/resi...

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Just a reminder that Sesame Street still airs on PBS and you don't have to pay Netflix any money to watch it.

“The entire landscape of American science, research, and engineering are under heavy attack,” the employee says. “It’s really critical that we all speak against it and be unified in our opposition.”

#NIH is still termination grants, zeroing out budgets, and issuing stop-work orders. But they are hiding more and more of it from the public. More than ever we need people to report so researchers can advocate and organize. Please report at grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...

👉 Self-reporting your terminated grants is becoming increasingly important — the 'mechanisms' for termination are getting more difficult to track as transparency plummets. Thanks to the folks that dutifully oversee this critical resource for the scientific community.

New Harvard grant terminations in the geosciences (plus others - geosciences are just my jam) are up at grant-watch.us/nsf-data.html. They include work on tracking mercury pollution in the Arctic; the longterm atmospheric impacts of 2022's Tongan eruption; and how earthquakes rupture the ground. ☠️

Update on NSF grant terminations: NSF staff expect ~200 more terminations tomorrow. Harvard situation still unclear, but could be all 252 active grants. Currently 1464 on grant-watch.us/nsf-data.html, so total could soon be ~1900.

NSF just cancelled ALL grants to Harvard researchers. That’s right - physics, astronomy, bio, CAREER - ALL. Professors won’t get paid. Postdocs won’t get paid. PhD students won’t get paid. This is insane! If they can do this to Harvard, they can do this to your school.