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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · Jun 26

The NSF is in trouble. Here is my latest substack post:
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@standupforscience.bsky.social

The NSF is in trouble

The Trump administration is dismantling the NSF

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · May 18

Definitely worth reading. Similar stories ongoing at other major research universities.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 18

Nice new piece by undergraduate reporter Janice Hur about research funding at Yale.

yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/05...

As Trump slashes funds, Yale researchers fear lasting damage

Frozen funds and proposed cuts to federal research spending are threatening Yale’s research infrastructure, faculty careers and the training of future scientists.

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · May 6

Agreed!

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · May 6

Hi Nino, while I’m not a “real” businessman, I’ve always thought of running the lab from the concept of running a business. I need to bring in money (though grants or other means) to pay my students, postdocs, and staff as well as buy supplies and equipment.Thanks for your feedback!

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · May 5

NSF is in trouble. Here is my latest Substack post. Please share. open.substack.com/pub/artediso...

This is no way to run a bagel shop or a country

Academic science in the US is being gutted by Trump

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · Apr 30

My latest Substack post about the importance of federal funding for science and early steps in my grad school career. @standupforscience.bsky.social

Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · Apr 18

Hi Josh, I’ll get into this next post. It was critical for us! We would have been completely stressed out and probably would have stopped if we even had a serious threat to funding.

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · Apr 15

My Substack post about challenges in grad school and current threats to science. @standupforscience

open.substack.com/pub/artediso...

When are you going to get a job?

The route to graduate school

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · Mar 28

My new post on Substack about the importance of science and early influences for me.

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NMR, corn, and cold fusion

These are some of the factors that influenced my decision to go to graduate school. Read on to learn more about the importance of basic science.

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · Mar 22

Here is my latest post about the importance of science. @standupforscience.bsky.social

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The smell of sagebrush

My experience as an undergraduate student that started my career in science

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · Mar 15

My new Substack on science that was motivated by @standupforscience.bsky.social

artedison.substack.com/p/it-is-time...

It is time to Stand up for Science

This new substack was motivated by my recent trip to Washington D.C. to join the Stand up for Science rally on March 7.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 22

This is why supporting science and public health is more important than ever. We need independent experts guiding vaccine policy, not political appointees with an agenda.

It's time to #standupforscience2025 — join us on March 7th to advocate for science, health, and justice. ☀️

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Feb 2

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
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The Logic of Destruction

And how to resist it

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · Dec 31

My latest blog post. Bikes, Jimmy Carter, and the satisfaction of local politics. edisonleatherworks.com/2024/12/31/j...

Sometimes it’s the little things

Jimmy Carter became president when I was in 10th grade. I didn’t know much about him beyond his southern accent and that he was a peanut farmer from Georgia. Having never been to Georgia or anywher…

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · Dec 16

Registered vehicles on UK roads:

1991: 20 million

2023: 41.2 million

Congestion is caused — and air pollution and climate change is made worse — not by cycleways or LTNs, but by too many motor vehicles.

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Ken McLeod @kenmcld.bsky.social · Dec 9

"In 2023, U.S. households paid on average $13,174 for transportation, making it the second-largest per annum household expenditure after housing" and those in the lowest income group spent 32% of their before-tax income on it

Making biking viable can lower costs
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nmrfam.bsky.social @nmrfam.bsky.social · Nov 20

The two Network for Advanced NMR 1.1 GHz NMR spectrometers are open for use!
1.1 GHz solids at NMRFAM, UW-Madison
1.1 GHz solution at CCRC NMR Facility, UGA
Submit time requests at usnan.nmrhub.org/access-uhf
#NMR #NMRchat

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · Nov 13

Philip, these are great! Makes it worthwhile to visit Bluesky. Thank you!

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Art Edison @artedison.bsky.social · Nov 13

Thanks, Nino. Very nice slides that I hadn’t seen before. And many thanks to Philip Grandinetti for making them available!

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