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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 12h

Celebrate #BlackInMicro Week Oct 14-16! This year’s theme, HARMONY, honors collaboration, resilience & shared experiences. Join us to amplify Black scientists, grow careers & community. RSVP: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Support: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (links in bio)

Black in Microbiology Week 2025. Black Microbiologists Association. Central yellow box with patterned design displays the word “HARMONY” in bold black letters. Below, an acrostic poem defines each letter: H – Hope, A – Alliance, R – Resilience, M – Mutual Support, O – Optimism, N – Nurturing, Y – Yielding Progress.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 9h

Cannot stress enough how terrifying this is.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sara Wallace Goodman @saragoodman.bsky.social · 1d

Is ThIs PrE-rEgIsTeReD

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Hey US scientists, the NY Times wants to hear from you if you've had your funding cut. 🌊🧪

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 2d

Best consideration deadline, Friday Oct 10:

#SCIMaP (scienceimacts.org) seeks to hire a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist at U-Maryland to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research.

umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

SCIMaP job opportunity - https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/job/Research-Communications-and-Media-Outreach-Specialist_JR102577

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 4d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Karl Schmid @kjschmid.bsky.social · 4d

The Cluster of Excellence @greenrobust.de is hiring:

- Computer Scientist/Research data manager: shorturl.at/xSvvO
- Data steward: shorturl.at/l6NCv
- Scientific coordinator 'Plant Perturbation Atlas': shorturl.at/vBU6x

Deadline: Friday, 7 November 2025

RT are welcome

#plantjobs #plantscijobs

Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim

Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.

www.uni-hohenheim.de

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 4d

Understandable. I feel it. But I do still signs that give me some hope. Not nearly as many as I'd like. But not none. I'm trying really hard to hold on to hope

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 4d

Some good advice in here but one critical piece I always give is this:

Get a hobby. Preferably a mildly social one. One that has NOTHING TO DO WITH SCIENCE. NOTHING.

You need friends. Not colleagues. FRIENDS. Friends who will love you no matter your research prospects...

Nature @nature.com · 4d

What's one piece of advice you'd give to someone considering a PhD?

We asked 3785 doctoral candidates across 107 countries for their hard-won wisdom
go.nature.com/4nDjJ7t

27 things we wish we’d known when we started our PhDs

Nature’s survey of PhD candidates reveals hard-won wisdom on choosing supervisors, managing mental health and surviving academic culture.

go.nature.com

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 4d

Maj. Gen. Steven Lepper (Ret.) & leading military justice expert Gene Fidell:

“Every military leader… must understand that the law is still the law, even if the Court is willing to exempt the president from its consequences.”

www.justsecurity.org/121919/milit...

#JAG #MilitaryJustice

The Crisis in Uniform: The Danger of Presidential Immunity for the U.S. Military

Military personnel are increasingly aware that they may be asked to prioritize loyalty to an individual over their rights and responsibilities

www.justsecurity.org

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 7d

🚨 Please repost widely!🚨

I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions

An ad for a PhD position to start fall 2026 working with me at ETSU. For more info, please email at LeeBR1@etsu.edu.

A close-up picture of dimpled trout lilies active in early spring, still largely surrounded by the previous year's senesced tree leaves.

A beautiful vista of the Blue Ridge Mountains from on top of Carver's Gap on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 5d

Fage honey. So good

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 5d

It is exhausting for everything to be so historical all the time, why are we doing historical things at 10pm on a Sunday 😭

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 5d

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Karin Immergut hears emergency arguments as California and Oregon seek to block President Trump's deployment of federalized California National Guard troops to Portland. 🧵

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 5d

NEW: Judge Immergut schedules a hearing TONIGHT, in 45 min, to hear arguments on SECOND TRO to block federalized California National Guard from deploying in Portland, Oregon. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481...

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 5d

I've never seen It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 5d

Immergut deposed Monica Lewinsky for Ken Starr, was a US attorney under Bush, and was appointed to the bench by Trump during his first term. This is not some left-wing judge.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

Immergut: I'm handling this on expedited basis, but defendants haven't provided new info.

SHE RULES FROM THE BENCH: I grant the plaintiffs motion for a second TRO based on reasons stated in previous order...

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 5d

No seriously. Please make this happen

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 5d

Do you know when I was growing up I never imagined "I believe in science and the Bill of Rights" might be controversial statements. Silly me

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 5d

Make America Abide by the Constitution and Rule of Law Again

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!!

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 6d

She really loves it. I'm so grateful to the parents who coach and make it possible for them!

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 6d

I was in a cheering section when she and her dad ran in 3rd grade and it was a blast. Last year we were all sick for the race. This year I'm up and I'm sure it will be fun once it's over 🤣

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent. You're now my official coach

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