1 year ago, @alicemeadows.bsky.social, @camitchell.bsky.social, @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy, @rouhiroo.bsky.social, & I released the “Declaration to #DefendResearch from U.S. Gov’t #Censorship.” Much gratitude to all who have taken action to protect knowledge! www.defendresearch.org

It's one thing to get a "no true bill." It's quite another to get *shut out* in the grand jury.

Tomorrow the #Trump #EPA will repeal the 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health. That finding allowed the EPA to regulate carbon emissions. Its repeal will pave the way for the repeal of those regulations. www.euronews.com/green/2026/0... #Climate #USPol #USPolitics

A review of the proceedings from four major computer-science conferences showed that none from 2021, and all from 2025, had fake citations. arxiv.org/abs/2602.058... #AI #LLMs #Hallucinations #Misconduct #ScholComm

"Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records." www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr... #ICE #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

According to the Louisiana Democratic Party, Chasity Martinez got outpsent by a 3-to-1 margin in tonight's election yet still turned in a 37-point overperformance—and a victory.

Really sad to hear that First Monday is shutting down after 30 years. It was one of the first journals devoted to internet research & fully open access: no fees, no paywalls, and authors retained copyright. My very first publication was there in 2004. End of an era. firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...

Happy 1st birthday, #DataRescueProject! www.datarescueproject.org/a-year-in-da... "In a single year, we have rescued over 2500 datasets from over 90 govt agencies. This work was supported by over 900 volunteers." #Data #DefendResearch #Preservation #Trump #USPol #USPolitics @datarescueproject.org

"Trump’s GOP Makeover is Almost Complete." www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop... PS: Most Congressional #Republicans lack the courage to break with #Trump even when they despise him in private. But behind that lies a structural problem. Those who do break with Trump leave office. #USPol

This is why the #DOJ took 72 days to release the #Epstein files after Congress ordered it to do so. It had to redact them to protect the privacy of victims. "The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u... #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

"The #Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the #OpenGovernmentPartnership, ending for now U.S. engagement with a near 15-year-old initiative aimed at promoting #transparency and combatting #corruption." federalnewsnetwork.com/open-datatra... #OpenGovernment #USPol #USPolitics

If universities are going to suspend students for Gaza protests, they’d damn well better have an equivalent response for their white students when they advocate murder.

Secret police put a beat down on a grandmother in Oregon, tearing her rotator cuff while pulling her from a car, before dumping out her purse and fleeing the scene after finding a US passport.

This is what happens when #ICE violence is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱. "ICE agents…claimed Alberto Castañeda Mondragón…'purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'…But [the hospital said] that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the man’s…brain." apnews.com/article/immi...

Mayor Mamdani names criminal justice reformer Stanley Richards as NYC’s new Department of Correction commissioner Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails system @gothamist.com @wnyc.org gothamist.com/news/mamdani...

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS Donald Trump executive order "imposing new requirements for verifying the U.S. citizenship of people registering to vote or applying to receive absentee ballots." Another BIG Victory for the Democratic Party and free and fair elections!

😂😂 Lindsey melting down. Blames Mike Johnson for a UNANIMOUS House vote to strip out the provision allowing Lindsey to sue the taxpayers because DOJ got his phone records and vows revenge.

Portland, Maine www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...

True, but surprising to see in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦: " #Wikipedia is needed now more than ever, 25 years on. " www.nature.com/articles/d41... "The online encyclopedia is an antidote to an increasingly poisoned information ecosystem. Researchers should help to nourish it."

I welcome the new Alliance for Higher Ed ( #AHE ). allianceforhighered.org "We stand in opposition to authoritarian policy and actions, financial intimidation, and political interference." #AcadSky #AcademicFreedom #AcademicSky #EduSky #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

A friend with Project HOME in Maine is asking for urgent help. With ICE descending on neighborhoods, people are afraid to go to work—cutting off income and putting families at immediate risk of eviction. This is a solidarity fund: 100% of donations go straight to rent.

"Some 10,109 [Ph.D.s] in science and related fields left their jobs last year as President Donald Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce." www.science.org/content/arti... #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Kudos to #NeilYoung: "I'm honored to give a year's free access [to all my #music] to all of our friends in #Greenland … You can renew for free as long as you are in Greenland." neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/artic... Rolling Stone article about this. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

"Morale is plummeting among #ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... More evidence that protests work, sometimes. #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

We are proud to be launching our webinar series on the dangers of #censorship in research and education by hosting a discussion with @penamerica.bsky.social about their new report "America's Censored Campuses" Register soon and share! tinyurl.com/437aybub #DefendResearch #ScholComm #SciSky

Trump is wrong. The US already operates a major military base in Greenland today and monitors missiles and regional threats from there. Existing agreements with Denmark allow the US to expand its military presence as needed. Owning Greenland would not improve U.S. defenses.

‼️ Today @americansunlight.org launches TrumpCensorship.com, a public dataset visualizing 200+ censorship actions by the Trump Admin against journalists, researchers & citizens since his 2nd term began. From our weekly "Last Week in Censorship" monitoring → one interactive archive you can't ignore.

1/ I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit orgs to take over the Open Access Tracking Project ( #OATP, @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy ) and the open-source software on which it runs. Details in this Google doc: bit.ly/TransferOATP #OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenSource #ScholComm 🧵

1. "Gov. Tim Walz encourages Minnesotans to film #ICE agents for future prosecutions." minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/14/g... 2. "How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE." archive.is/ZBjKV #FirstAmendment #LittleBrother #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

The 2025 edition of the #AcademicFreedom Index ranks the United States in the fourth decile, below Madagascar and Mongolia. (See Fig 8.) academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca... #AcadSky #AcademicSky #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

"The Supreme Court has said legal fights over terminated federal grants 'likely' belong in the Court of Federal Claims. But judges there lack authority to restore them." www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... #DefendResearch #Funding #Grants #SCOTUS #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

TIL that Alexander McMillan subsidized 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 for 30 years until it began to make a profit. www.asimov.press/p/nature #ScholComm

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

Scientific findings will be shared with the public sooner in 2026, thanks to funders including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute @hhmi-science.bsky.social. HHMI's Immediate Access to Research Policy went into effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Details here: hhmicdn.blob.core.windows.net/policies/Imm...

This is good. The Trump admin took down the course in Feb 2025. fediscience.org/@petersuber/... But why is it back? Is this another case of slashing first and thinking second -- as we've seen in agency layoffs and grant terminations? #NASA #OpenScience #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

"Trump says U.S. will intervene if #Iran kills peaceful protesters." www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/t... But not in the US. #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Yesterday's #ICE killing of #ReneeNicoleGood is getting massive public attention because it was recorded. Please bring your phone to demonstrations! Some advice on reducing the risks. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca... #LittleBrother #Trump #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

💡 Got an idea that can make a difference? This is YOUR chance to secure funding and help shape the future of #OA books! Full details & guidance on @openbookcollective.bsky.social website 🔗 buff.ly/N8dqhJE #OpenAccess #OpenBooks #ScholarlyPublishing #FundingOpportunity #OBC #CDF26 1/5

Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.

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#Trumpland #USFascism

"This was a law enforcement operation," said Marco Rubio, the guy Trump said would "run" Venezuela, explaining why Congress did not need to authorize its invasion & attack. Offering further proof of the "law enforcement operation," Trump told reporters he spoke to oil company execs before going in.

One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

When oil companies are informed about a US military action before Congress is, that’s an obvious sign that we are living in a oligarchy

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which helped fund NPR, PBS and many local radio and TV stations — is officially shutting down, months after Congress passed spending cuts that stripped the organization of more than $1 billion in funding.

"NIH Approves 100s of Grant Applications It Shelved or Denied." www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... This follows the pillaging pattern of agency layoffs. Reckless cuts followed by partial rehires. Hack first, plan second. #DefendResearch #Medicine #NIH #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

This is Pastor Michel Tshimankinda getting detained, brutalized & experiencing #ICELawlessness. They weren't looking for him—they were looking for someone else. They had no warrant, just brute force & if it can happen to him, it could happen to anyone. So talk about it at your holiday celebrations.

Definitely worth contacting elected officials about this!! See the #DefendResearch website for tips and resources to help you make calls and write messages! defendresearch.org #scholcomm #academia #libraries #research #censorship