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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 23d

Recently, I have been getting ads for exercise routines for elderly women 😂

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · Aug 7

I will be interviewing for a clinical psychology PhD student in the Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab this interview cycle.

Please see our website for more info about what we do + share with applicants you think might be a good fit.

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Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Just to give the TL;DR on this one:

*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.

Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · Aug 7

This is literally some of the craziest shit I have ever read.

And that's saying a lot.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Jun 13

Something I've been feeling a lot lately, but haven't heard much about is the grief that comes with being an early career scientist in America in 2025.

I think we all understand that, even if things turn out well, there is no going "back to normal" now.

A (sad) thread /1

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Mar 13

Defunding SAMHSA won’t make mental health and substance use challenges magically disappear. This isn’t peekaboo. It’s real people with real problems and in a country without other social and health safety nets they are cutting it to provide tax cuts to billionaires.

Drug Policy Facts @drugpolicyfacts.bsky.social · Mar 12

"By the end of this week, the staff of the agency, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, could be cut by 50 percent, according to senior staff members at the agency and congressional aides who attended briefings by Trump officials."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/h...

Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts (Gift Article)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced by 50 percent.

www.nytimes.com

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Sheila Crowell @sheilacrowell.bsky.social · Mar 11

My annual psych internship rant, now with even more 🔥. The pre-PhD internship is an outdated model that devalues the expertise psych students bring. Now, we may be requiring students to move to unsafe cities and unstable positions, during a stage when healthcare and reproductive rights are critical.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 6

WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?

Stand up for science flyer, happening on March 7th in DC & nationwide with more information at www.standupforscience2025.org

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 6

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!

To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

List of Stand Up for Science events—official events in red, solidarity events in blue.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 5

2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!

More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️

#standupforscience2025

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · Mar 3

Don't be disheartened by the RFK confirmation- that is what they want.

Please consider calling your representatives to oppose Bhattacharya.

Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Mar 3

“We have to attack the universities… professors are the enemy.”

#NIH funds universities.
Jay Bhattacharya believes what Vance says here too. Bhattacharya was chosen by Trump because he would attack universities.

Scientists must oppose Bhattacharya’s confirmation, and there is not much time left.

Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Mar 3

"The universities control the knowledge in our society (...) We have to agressivly attack the universities (...). Fundamental lies that feminism is liberating (...) There is wisdom in what Nixon said, the professors are the enemy "

bryanalexander.org/politics/the...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 1

"When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on years of research supported by NIH"

apnews.com/article/nih-...

Renowned geneticist Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging 'respect' for embattled workers

Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers.

apnews.com

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · Feb 28

Lab Website: brains.auburn.edu

The BRAINS Lab at Auburn University – The Biobehavioral Research on Addiction and INternalizing Syndromes Lab

brains.auburn.edu

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · Feb 28

Job Posting: www.auemployment.com/postings/51505

Research Aide

This is a one-year limited term appointment. Continuation of employment is contingent on availability of funds.Dr. Richard Macatee, the Director of the Biobehavioral Research on Addiction and Internal...

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · Feb 28

Looking for a post-bac job? The BRAINS Lab at Auburn University is hiring to work on a NIDA-supported clinical trial for folks with Cannabis Use Disorder! Links to the job posting and lab website are below. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 26

📣 Want to DONATE to help us Stand Up for Science on March 7th?

Make a tax-deductible donation using the QR code below!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 26

🚨 10 Days Until Stand Up for Science, and some HUGE NEWS! - Take Action With Us! 🚨

We’re excited to announce 32 official Stand Up for Science events happening across the country on March 7th!

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Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · Feb 26

It is official! Stand Up For Science 2025 is in Alabama!

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · Feb 26

Details for the AL Stand Up for Science rally are here! Join us at Railroad Park in Birmingham from 12-3pm on Friday, March 7. More info here: shorturl.at/al1KA
#standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall

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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · Feb 25

NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan

prospect.org/health/2025-...

VA Research Funding Slashed

Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.

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

🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨

Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process!

Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...

#standupforscience2025

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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · Feb 18

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠

sciencehomecoming.com

Science Homecoming

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 19

☀️📣 Looking for a STATE LEAD and VOLUNTEERS to help us #standupforscience2025 in Alabama!

Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence #alabama

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Feb 15

A visualization I created to share with family and friends about how the NIH indirect rate costs will hurt science AND our economy.

To understand the devastation for U.S. science right now. Here is how NIH grants work:
somebody comes up with a research idea, like a tree sapling
NIH invests in the “direct cost” of that idea, aka buys the sapling
Let’s say that sapling is $100

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