"You’re punching a generation-size hole, maybe a multigenerational hole, in the scientific and technical workforce. You don’t just Cryovac these people and pull them out when the money comes back. People are going to move on.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/prop...

Hi friends - In the face of unprecedented cuts to the basic research science funding, climate scientists are staging an 100-hour live stream of why science matters. There will be many talks on all sorts of things (I'm Saturday at 12:30 PT). Please share widely! wcstreamathon.netlify.app. 🌊🧪

All the details on all the foreign funding opportunities for US researchers that have been announced to date jmlilly.net/blog/2025/05...

Here’s how Trump’s war on science is going. NSF funding is at the lowest level in decades. We’ll lose knowledge, generations of scientists, and US competitiveness. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hi everyone, As you know, there are now many initiatives being offered by other countries to support US researchers whose funding has been pulled or threatened. Here is my attempt to gather the relevant information about all of these efforts in one place. Please share. jmlilly.net/blog/2025/05...

Anybody want to go to Norway? (The answer is yes, you do, it's a wonderful country.) By my count this makes three countries—France, Australia, and Norway—all investing in programs to attract to researchers that the US doesn't want. That's brain drain y'all. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

A big thanks to @eleanorfrajka.bsky.social at the University of Hamburg for the invitation to teach time analysis. I had a great time spending two weeks working with these ~40 participants from all over Europe and beyond. The resources are open and can be found here: jmlilly.net/course/index....

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 The Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute at @ucdavis.bsky.social is searching for a Professor and Director to join us in advancing the mission of CMSI. View the position description and apply by the next review date, April 27th, here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07044

Not a great look for our national security team www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

So, speaking of Universities caving to government demands and people bringing up loyalty oaths, here's a story that involves a well known oceanographer. In 1935 Massachusetts enacted a law that required teachers in public and private schools to take a loyalty oath to teach in the state 1/n 🌊

Shameful for Columbia. Who will want to go there now?

Rare opportunity.... a permanent observational oceanography position on offer at GEOMAR, one of the world's leading oceanographic centers www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...

Leadership from UC Berkeley. "...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."

Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field. By @arthurallen202.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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Columbia University’s immediate submission & betrayal of the core mission of higher education reflects cowardice and capitulation to a government that appears intent on destroying US higher education. Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson: www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

Post opening in Stockholm. su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

🚨**Job advert** 🚨 We are hiring a seagoing technician in Hamburg! Interested in going to sea, handling instrumentation (ship-based, moored, glider) and logistics of research-travel to remote places? See the advert - contact me with any questions. Deadline 4 April. eleanorfrajka.com/post/2025-03...

You're kidding, right Nature?

Anybody want to go to France? A new program called "safe place for science" will fund 15 researchers for 3 years. If only they had room for 150,000! And yes of course it's tragic that we are seeing the end of America's long scientific—and, eventually, techinical—dominance, all for no good reason.

I have written a short statement responding to mass firings today of #NOAA / National Weather Service (#NWS) staff (which were concentrated among recent hires as well as highly experienced staff who had recently been promoted). Please see below screenshot & below for full text.

I don't think people really get how these employee purges are just going to break the culture of public organizations for a very long time.

Dear NSF scientists and staff: If you're looking to talk to a journalist about what's going on at the agency, please reach out (from a non-governmental phone/computer) via signal @jonlambert.12

I wrote this NASA page about wildfires and climate change, and I'm so excited it's finally live. It's a tireless effort to get big pages published at NASA - as it should be! How long will it remain up? Who knows. Check it out while you still can. 🧪 #climatesky science.nasa.gov/wildfires-an...

Is your NSF grant on this list? Reach out if so! Ted Cruz released a list of grants flagged for DEI or "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" from his Oct. report. NSF is using keywords from that report for their review, though Cruz's list is likely larger. www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

The American Bar Association standing up for what is really at stake. It's not just about government following "the will of the people". It's also about doing this in accordance with the laws and Constitution of our country. If you see this differently, then it's not democracy that you want.

Hey everyone. We're in a new place and it's pretty nice so far. How about we keep it that way by making a change? How about we don't insult, belittle, curse, demean, or make fun of people whose opinions differ from our own—even if we think they are not reading. Wouldn't that be better?

Entirely unsuprisingly, it looks like the Trump administration wants to cut the NSF budget by 2/3. I'm an NSF-funded researcher. Let's talk about what this would look like. Because there are unintended consequences you might not be aware of. 1/ www.science.org/content/arti...

In other news, today is something like my 10000th day in a row of not eating any animals. And yes I'm getting enough protein, thanks. I don't think people appreciate how good it feels to know you're not taking part in a system that causes so much needless suffering. Also vegetables are delicious.

This sounds like something you say if you are interested in an absolute ruler, and not the head of the executive branch whose powers are subject to the checks and balances set forth in the Constitution. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

Please read this tragic story from @starlord37.bsky.social‬ about how abruptly cutting DEI programs pulls the rug out from under talented researchers, who were specially encouraged to apply for these programs and not others, with potentially career-ending consequences. It's both cruel and foolish.

I'm a researcher funded by NSF. The indirect funds that are being slashed to 15% at NIH, and probably NSF soon, are not some kind of markup or profit. These pay for essential things like rent for a building to work in, lab space, salaries of people who manage benefits for the organization... 1/

Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present Generation, to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make a good Use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it. John Adams, a founding father, in 1777 www.masshist.org/digitaladams...

I run a yearlong program called Life Skills for Young Scientists where we study essential skills for a happy and meaningful life. Each month I record a talk about a relevant topic. These might be useful resources: open.spotify.com/show/7GQcLJG... This month: "Staying Motivated in Difficult Times"

I'm covering changes at NOAA for @bloomberg.com. Hoping to talk with people who work w/ the agency or have in the past. Here's how to get in touch. Call or text me on the free Signal app: lgrosen.03 Email me: lrosenthal21[at]bloomberg.net Submit a tip: www.bloomberg.com/tips/

Just going to leave this right here...

NSF’s cash management service is now back up and running. Seems like they responded to the court order. new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

Congratulations to this administration for wasting everyone's time for in the end no reason whatsoever. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

All is not lost! The MacArthur Foundation just awarded $6 million to boost climate journalism in 🇺🇸 Both my former employer, @postandcourier.bsky.social, and current employer @canarymedia.com are awardees. ✅ employ human reporters ✅ keep the lights on www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/maca...

Among the many others affected by this, the freeze on all Federal grants and loans means that every person in the US who works on scientific research in support of our country's priorties is currently wondering when and if their next paycheck will arrive. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

I've served on these panels. It takes a huge amount of coordination to gather a group of scientist to review proposals, who then have to arrange taking a week off of their regular responsibilties. This will delay funding cycles by probably months at the bare minimum, affecting people's livelhoods.

Journalist wants to talk to scientists on cancelled NSF panels

How I arrived on bluesky

If you're interested in time series analysis, my course in March at U. Hamburg still has a few slots still open. www.conferences.uni-hamburg.de/event/560/ti...

Start 2025 by mastering Julia programming for Earth Observation! 🗓️ January 6-10, 2025 📍 Hybrid format: In-person (Terceira Island) & Online streaming (details below) More details 🔗 aircentre.github.io/JuliaEO25/ Register here 🔗 aircent.re/3BENrGj