I thought I’d boost my post from several weeks ago. I think the consequences were needed and are appropriate.

March 7th. Be there! www.standupforscience.net/march7

I have always felt that the desire by institutions and many scientists to cozy up to billionaires was corrupting. In this case, knowing that Epstein was a predator who victimized young girls didn’t ring a moral bell in Richard’s brain. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/02...

"Dr. Norton told NPR in October, “[the admin and president] is asking us to do things that are illegal and harmful to the American public.” @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been an inspiration to many scientists and citizens. I can't count the number of colleagues who have praised her to me.

In an inexplicable move, the Stony Brook University senate EC voted to delete/stop posting meeting recordings from 9/24 on and to provide links only upon request. Here is the SBU Senate bootleg series (i’ll update the doc each month): #SBUSenateBootleg docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Administrators reportedly told the student media director that the IDS should publish special editions of the newspaper containing no news. “How do we frame that,” asked one assistant dean, “in a way that's not seen as censorship?”

Edward Kravitz, a Harvard biochemist who proved GABA's inhibitory power, passed away last month. He will "be remembered for his humanity, for his social conscience and his desire to help those less fortunate than he,” says Ronald Harris-Warrick. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social bit.ly/479Ggmo

Thanks to @insidehighered.com for publishing my perspective about being reprimanded by the Gordon Research conference after my display of empathy for Palestinian victims of genocide. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

I'm so excited to see this Perspective with @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social out in Neuron! About 8% of our genome is made up of the remnants of LTR-containing retroelements - here, Jason and I explore the activities of retroTEs in neurological health and disease! authors.elsevier.com/c/1lzTx3BtfH...

After we defeat fascism, our White House will have a 90,000 square foot department of racial, gender and economic justice. But we will rip that tacky as fuck gold out and paint rainbows 🌈.

If you aren’t antifascist, then what are you?

🇵🇸✡️ #BREAKING | Protesters Block Brooklyn Bridge After Yom Kipur "Rabbis for Ceasefire" protest in Brooklyn

Happening now: Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish community members gather in Brooklyn for a mass public memorial service on Yom Kippur, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel.

Just when you think @schumer.senate.gov could not possibly become more out of touch with reality, he goes and posts this.

Disney is ABC's parent company

When historians analyze this period in American history, they will conclude that the road to repression of free speech was paved with a bipartisan assault on the Palestine justice movement.

For decades, @jfrejnyc.bsky.social has shown what politics can be: courageous, collaborative, and grounded in the struggle for justice. It was an honor to celebrate them on Wednesday night alongside my friend @bradlander.bsky.social.

Is the Wall Street Journal going to issue an apology for their headline this morning that turned out to be completely false conflating Tyler Robinson with the Transgender movement? This comment, scratched on the spent shell casing has nothing to do with being Transgender.

Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

I wrote about how Chicago's resistance led Trump to back down on sending the national guard. This is a victory for the state and the city, and shows that fighting fascism can work. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/pritzker-s...

Awful take by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social. I’m against all political violence. The assassin should be tried and imprisoned. But kirk did not “practice politics the right way”. He invited violence against LGBTQ and other folk. He doxxed faculty to silence speech. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

After yesterday’s SCOTUS decision, everyone knows the answer to this question: “Would I have maintained a cowardly silence if I had been in Germany when the Nazis began chasing, harassing and detaining people for looking or being Jewish?”

This is despite continued use of multiyear funding. My estimate is the multiple funding has blocked the awarding of ~1500 grants, had grants been funded on the usual annual basis. This includes 4-year R01s, excess 2-year R21s, and other awards. 2/2

Updating my analysis now that August data should be relatively complete. Not great news... The rate of investment of the appropriation is not increasing and it seems unlikely that the entire appropriation will be committed this year. 1/2

I joined @msnbc.com @theweekendprime.bsky.social to talk about the nyc mayor’s race, Andrew Cuomo’s need to be emasculated again in the general election and how democratic leaders should get behind @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. Give it a watch and share. www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...

1/2 Multiple faculty positions available at Stony Brook University, in the Dept of Neurobiology and Behavior. Its a wonderful environment, with great colleagues and students at a public AAU. @sbuneurobiology.bsky.social School of Medicine positions: apply.interfolio.com/170252 A&S search next post

"We’re currently at about 54% of last year’s total [of funded R01s]...Another way to look at this is that we’re missing 1,809 new R01s."

NASA scheduled a major workshop for early career researchers during the most important week of the Jewish calendar, during two of the most important days of that week and expects me to accept that this was “difficult scheduling conflicts” That’s what casual antisemitism sounds like

White house releases footage proving that Trump is ok.

Happening Now — Washington DC: Pretty massive rally is forming at 14th and U NW.

The genocide scholars association says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, with 86% of experts in agreement. Anyone who won’t accept this needs to look in the mirror and into the eyes of a holocaust denier. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Thoughts and prayers wabbit.

So glad to stand with planet over profit and east end for peace today. Nadav Padan is a war criminal and is not welcome here. The Hamptons Jewish Center defiled Judaism when they invited him. We were there to say no, not in our names! www.instagram.com/reel/DOB5yKs...

CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.

Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this: “I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”. It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.

A phenomenal talk and a fantastic kickstart to our fall gcdb seminar series by @mariadelapax.bsky.social this afternoon! @iubiology.bsky.social 👏🏽🎉

The community of Drosophila researchers is amazing, mutually supportive and collaborative. Right now a key resource for our community, @flybase.bsky.social , is threatened by the cancellation of its NIH grant and is seeking community help in raising short term funds 1/n 🧪 please share

Fly folk: The Amazing and essential @flybase.bsky.social is in existential need due to Trump termination of the grant that supports this vital resource. Please donate to help keep Flybase alive. I just did. Info here on how to make a tax deductible donation: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

Breaking news: A federal judge is giving Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz. The ruling forbids state officials from moving any other migrants there.

Stephen Kapos still has vivid memories of being separated from his parents by the Nazis when he was 7. “To watch what goes on in Gaza is absolutely horrendous for me. And in lots of ways, the sufferings of the Palestinian people rhymes with the suffering that we had.” youtu.be/nF3lxAc0BHI?...

Even the IDF’s own internal data admits that 85% of those it kills in Gaza are civilians. Given that they mis- define all young men and teenage boys as “combatants”, this is an astonishing figure. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

There's a shrimp recall because of possible contamination with Cesium-137, which is a radioactive isotope, though none has been detected in food that reached the US. 🧪 www.fda.gov/food/alerts-...

If you put two and two together, Stony Brook University Hillel is using state resources to help recruit students to participate in war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Indeed, birthright trips typically mifgash (encounters)-social time with active IDF.

AI writen emails from students who want to push the boundaries on the groundbreaking research in my lab—they don’t resonate with me.

The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities. It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree. Likely to enter force within days.

A crowd of more than 700 people in Nebraska heckled and booed Representative Mike Flood over the Republican congressman’s support of President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill. Shouts of “Liar!” and “Tax the rich” filled the packed auditorium. nyti.ms/3J2Wjsz

This is remarkable. It’s late in the day for him to say this. It fails to fully reach clarity. But it is truly remarkable to see the founder of J-street write these words. I believe the dam is breaking. jeremybenami.substack.com/p/genocide?t...