Nic Bennett (they/them)
@nicbennett.bsky.social
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We’re a growing community of researchers, educators, and science-adjacent workers who believe that science should serve the public good—not corporate profits or authoritarian power. We know that the f...
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Across race and class, scientists and allies are organizing to defend science as a public good.
We link arms so no one is left behind—because when we stand together, we all rise, and when the powerful divide us, we all lose.
🔬Join Scientists in Solidarity:
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We link arms so no one is left behind—because when we stand together, we all rise, and when the powerful divide us, we all lose.
🔬Join Scientists in Solidarity:
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Science should be life-giving, not supporting surveillance + war tech. Join our Science in Solidarity Action Hour to:
📞 block ICE funding
🛑 pressure Microsoft
🤝 build collective power.
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📞 block ICE funding
🛑 pressure Microsoft
🤝 build collective power.
buff.ly/pYBl1Dn
February 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Science should be life-giving, not supporting surveillance + war tech. Join our Science in Solidarity Action Hour to:
📞 block ICE funding
🛑 pressure Microsoft
🤝 build collective power.
buff.ly/pYBl1Dn
📞 block ICE funding
🛑 pressure Microsoft
🤝 build collective power.
buff.ly/pYBl1Dn
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This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
We aren't leaving anyone behind.
⛓️ Science in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM
We aren't leaving anyone behind.
⛓️ Science in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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⛓️ Science in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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My work should help people breathe easier, not harder.
If my intelligence serves harm, it is misaligned. If it serves life, it is home.
If my intelligence serves harm, it is misaligned. If it serves life, it is home.
February 7, 2026 at 1:14 AM
My work should help people breathe easier, not harder.
If my intelligence serves harm, it is misaligned. If it serves life, it is home.
If my intelligence serves harm, it is misaligned. If it serves life, it is home.
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If you were to actually take his white supremacy and racism seriously, you would evaluate their impacts on every single decision and policy advanced by the administration. And you would be on board for future reparations.
February 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
If you were to actually take his white supremacy and racism seriously, you would evaluate their impacts on every single decision and policy advanced by the administration. And you would be on board for future reparations.
I know a lot of us are worried about ICE + how science & tech are used for surveillance and war. We organize Science in Solidarity Action Hour to take action (Senate + Microsoft) and build relationships of trust so we can grow real power together.
Join us 💛
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Join us 💛
buff.ly/pYBl1Dn
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February 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I know a lot of us are worried about ICE + how science & tech are used for surveillance and war. We organize Science in Solidarity Action Hour to take action (Senate + Microsoft) and build relationships of trust so we can grow real power together.
Join us 💛
buff.ly/pYBl1Dn
More: buff.ly/O2bfMqE
Join us 💛
buff.ly/pYBl1Dn
More: buff.ly/O2bfMqE
When they try to pick us off one by one, we answer by linking up.
💪 Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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February 6, 2026 at 1:38 AM
When they try to pick us off one by one, we answer by linking up.
💪 Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗞️ Newsletter: buttondown.com/scientistsin...
💪 Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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I'm a theatre person who isn't a fan of musical theatre, but "We Build the Wall" in the Hadestown performance absolutely wrecked me.
Thank you artists for helping us make meaning of these times, even in texts written 17 years ago.
Thank you artists for helping us make meaning of these times, even in texts written 17 years ago.
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I'm a theatre person who isn't a fan of musical theatre, but "We Build the Wall" in the Hadestown performance absolutely wrecked me.
Thank you artists for helping us make meaning of these times, even in texts written 17 years ago.
Thank you artists for helping us make meaning of these times, even in texts written 17 years ago.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
We’re stronger across race and class. Come build that “us” with us: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 5, 2026 at 2:10 AM
We’re stronger across race and class. Come build that “us” with us: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Take a breath. Then take a step. Join a Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Take a breath. Then take a step. Join a Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The point of a conversation is not only to change someone else’s mind — it’s to risk being changed myself.
Transformation is mutual or it isn’t real.
Transformation is mutual or it isn’t real.
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The point of a conversation is not only to change someone else’s mind — it’s to risk being changed myself.
Transformation is mutual or it isn’t real.
Transformation is mutual or it isn’t real.
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@sydmt.blacksky.app became a journalist to be part of the solution. Journalism had other plans.
She's given us an essay on what it means to choose empathy and ethics as both are under attack, and to tell the truth outside the media institutions that are failing us.
unbreaking.org/blog/Unbreak...
She's given us an essay on what it means to choose empathy and ethics as both are under attack, and to tell the truth outside the media institutions that are failing us.
unbreaking.org/blog/Unbreak...
Unbreaking: Journalism and the Ethics of Community Care — Unbreaking
It could be argued that once you learn the essential tools of journalism—critical thinking, skepticism, research, documentation, meticulousness, stubbornness—they become second nature to you, a skin t...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
@sydmt.blacksky.app became a journalist to be part of the solution. Journalism had other plans.
She's given us an essay on what it means to choose empathy and ethics as both are under attack, and to tell the truth outside the media institutions that are failing us.
unbreaking.org/blog/Unbreak...
She's given us an essay on what it means to choose empathy and ethics as both are under attack, and to tell the truth outside the media institutions that are failing us.
unbreaking.org/blog/Unbreak...
We are as strong as our relationships.
Bring a friend.
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Bring a friend.
Register for an Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... •
Subscribe: buttondown.com/scientistsin...
February 4, 2026 at 2:52 AM
We are as strong as our relationships.
Bring a friend.
Register for an Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... •
Subscribe: buttondown.com/scientistsin...
Bring a friend.
Register for an Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... •
Subscribe: buttondown.com/scientistsin...
Division is the strategy.
We’re practicing solidarity together—register for Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We’re practicing solidarity together—register for Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Division is the strategy.
We’re practicing solidarity together—register for Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We’re practicing solidarity together—register for Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
(1/3) That temptation to disappear ourselves?
It’s calling really loudly right now. It would be so tantalizing, so understandable, to give into collapse.
It’s calling really loudly right now. It would be so tantalizing, so understandable, to give into collapse.
February 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM
(1/3) That temptation to disappear ourselves?
It’s calling really loudly right now. It would be so tantalizing, so understandable, to give into collapse.
It’s calling really loudly right now. It would be so tantalizing, so understandable, to give into collapse.
Isolation is a tactic. Come find your people at Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 2, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Isolation is a tactic. Come find your people at Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
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I recently posted in my neighborhood Facebook group asking if folks wanted a Signal version of it.
Anyhow now there are like 400 people in a Signal group.
Highly recommend doing this
Anyhow now there are like 400 people in a Signal group.
Highly recommend doing this
February 2, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I recently posted in my neighborhood Facebook group asking if folks wanted a Signal version of it.
Anyhow now there are like 400 people in a Signal group.
Highly recommend doing this
Anyhow now there are like 400 people in a Signal group.
Highly recommend doing this
We’re building the muscle. Practice with us at Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
We’re building the muscle. Practice with us at Action Hour: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The quiet work of tending relationships is not a distraction from change.
It is the infrastructure that makes change hold.
It is the infrastructure that makes change hold.
February 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The quiet work of tending relationships is not a distraction from change.
It is the infrastructure that makes change hold.
It is the infrastructure that makes change hold.
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We are in solidarity with everyone striking today. Our Block It! mini toolkit is a great source of other actions you can take to disrupt ICE:
Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are in solidarity with everyone striking today. Our Block It! mini toolkit is a great source of other actions you can take to disrupt ICE:
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Scientists in Solidarity
We’re a growing community of researchers, educators, and science-adjacent workers who believe that science should serve the public good—not corporate profits or authoritarian power. We know that the…
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January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Scientists in Solidarity
We’re a growing community of researchers, educators, and science-adjacent workers who believe that science should serve the public good—not corporate profits or authoritarian power. We know that the…
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January 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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The universe is too fucking fabulous for capitalism and Nazis y’all
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
JWST unveils most intricate map yet of cosmic dark matter
Astronomers puzzled out minuscule distortions in images of faraway galaxies taken by JWST in order to chart the invisible
www.scientificamerican.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The universe is too fucking fabulous for capitalism and Nazis y’all
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...