New reporting on what has happened to science under the Trump administration and HHS leadership, building on publicly available NIH grants data. Take-away: across-the-board cuts are reducing our capacity to discover & serve. Out today, via @pratik-p.bsky.social 🎁 www.vox.com/future-perfe...

URGENT: help save over two million acres of Oregon's forests! The Bureau of Land Management is considering updates to plans that guide 2.5 million acres of western Oregon lands, with a strong push toward expanded timber production by the current Administration. eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-...

😱 Scary and really interesting work here:

Things are apocalyptic for science in the US. It might not seem that way to everyone because many academic scientists have tenure and get to keep their jobs (for now), and most grants last three years, so many scientists still have funding. But it's going to get way worse.

‼️New paper alert ‼️ We combined 16S amplicon sequencing and brGDGT analysis to look for correlations between microbial communities in water intubations. Our work also takes advantage of the latest studies in brGDGT producers to strengthen our findings using a bit of bioinformatics.

President Donald Trump and his allies are doing everything they can — and we mean everything — to somehow get their monster voter suppression bill through Congress. And no one is covering this epic fight as closely as Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

“Nowadays, 78 percent of scientific research conducted in the United States is funded by corporations; just four companies—Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Apple—jointly exceed the U.S. government’s spending on R&D.” yalereview.org/article/dasg...

Stephen Colbert’s interview with James Talarico, a Democrat running for a Senate seat in Texas, has been watched by millions on YouTube after it was banned from airing.

Friends — did you know that Jesse Jackson was a speaker at the 1st National Conference on Minority Participation in Earth Sciences? This 1972 USGS event sparked a lot of great work before R’s decided to shut it down. I was surprised when I learned of his participation-maybe you are too.

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ

Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.

Hello BlueSky! We’re here to bring you the latest opportunities and news in U.S. scientific ocean drilling and amplify the work of our community and partners. This account is managed by the U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling Coordination Office (SODCO).

NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics? 1) Write NSF 2) Write your Congressperson 3) CC us at [email protected] so we can compile + follow up Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter

BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps. This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

Looking for a PhD opportunity in biogeochemistry? HIGHLY recommend this one: amazing people to work with and place to do a PhD! Spread the word and apply before February 2nd: workingat.nioz.nl/o/phd-positi...

Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky? Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices? NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN... Press release: www.weather.gov/media/notifi...

I am really excited to share news of this new jaw...until now Paranthropus had been conspicuously absent from the Afar. Fieldwork at Mille-Logya is not easy, and this fossil is the result of years of very hard work (and a lot of days of dry screening by our team)! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Five Republicans joined with Senate Democrats today to take a step forward in checking President Trump's unlawful actions in Venezuela - but we need everyone to stand up and use your voice to demand the Senate assert our Constitutional authority over the use of military force.

Community college, junior college & city college faculty, are you interested in going to sea for eight days on an Alaska-to-Bay Area route with STEMSEAS? Join me! stemseas.org/2026-2yc-fac... We have an informational webinar this Friday afternoon. ⚒️🌊

Join us this Thursday as NOAA demos three new and improved environmental data products being co-developed with the #insurance and #reinsurance sector that help users assess risk, improve critical decision-making, and build resilience! You can register here: lnkd.in/et2CyxAN

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

This is a good visual. Looks like in order to ensure we have proof that we mailed something on a specific day, we will have to stand in line at the post office and request a manual post mark.

One of the big benefits of social media is rallying community and I am sure that helped in this case. I am so happy to see PRI live on…

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

What's NCAR? and 8 ways it has helped you www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

For people represented by Republicans who want ways to talk about NCAR's work when calling, NCAR's description of research benefits is good. Monitoring space weather to protect the grid, predicting wildfires, travel safety, agriculture, hail, tornadoes, hurricanes... researchworks.ucar.edu

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration. NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday. We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.

NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)

I'm in New Orleans this week for AGU and looking for climate science stories for @carbonbrief.org 🔎 If you're here - come say hello and tell me about your research 🌍 #agu25

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🌊 Our latest study reconstructs the tropical Indian Ocean during the mid-Pliocene - a past warm world with CO2 similar to today. A reminder that future oceans may reorganise in ways that reshape ecosystems and the carbon cycle. IODP EXP361 cp.copernicus.org/articles/21/...

This year, the NSF funded 35% fewer grants in geoscience, with 25% less money. Meanwhile, the Office of the Director spent almost three times as much money as in a regular year. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Today is #WorldAIDSDay whether the US administration acknowledges or not. Celebrate the living & the science that got us to this this point. Commemorate those lost - find their stories @theaidsmemorial.bsky.social

Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly. Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help! 🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm

CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.

I've been avoiding reading articles on the death of James Watson, co-discoverer of #DNA's structure. That is, until I saw that @statnews.com published one by Sharon Begley, a renowned science writer who passed in 2021. Yes, you read that right. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j... 🧪 (1/5)

Went to look for a coat rack on Notre Dame Surplus website. Found this instead. The deals just keep coming!

Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same. Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

It’s Friday! This time, Dr. Joshua Shrout of Notre Dame joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss sociomicrobiology on #MattersMicrobial. Don’t miss this one! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv youtu.be/b2UjnoM2VgU?...

“‘Over the next three years or so, unless Congress steps in, the Park Service will be pretty seriously damaged, you might almost say dismantled,’ says former NPS director Jonathan Jarvis, who served as the agency’s head from 2009 to 2017…

Update on the Paleontological Research Institution and their remaining need for donations to pay off their mortgage and avoid foreclosure #savePRI please share; tag anyone you think might help🧪⚒️🦑 @lastweektonight.com @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @pbseons.bsky.social www.ithaca.com/news/regiona...

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

“The Monday filing outlines where 2,050 positions would be eliminated; the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the main Interior office would be especially hard hit. Regional offices with the National Park Service are also targeted for significant cuts.”

Department of Biology, Lakehead University is seeking a CERC in Freshwater Sustainability and Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems. On the shores of Lake Superior, Experimental Lakes Area and Large Lakes Observatory both just down the road... Deadline Dec 1. DM for questions! www.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-...