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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16h

Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social

Definitely worth a read!

www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...

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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

www.the-scientist.com

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 16h

Vanderbilt students and faculty know the right answer to Trump's "compact" for #highered.

Why doesn't their Chancellor?

#academicsky #edusky

Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 2d

Vanderbilt students, faculty and professors marched on Wednesday as Chancellor Diermeier mulls funding deal with Trump administration.

Campus Crowd Demands Vanderbilt Reject Trump Deal

Students, faculty and professors marched on Wednesday as Chancellor Diermeier mulls funding deal with Trump administration

www.nashvillescene.com

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 16h

Students and faculty at Brown know the right answer to Trump's "compact".

But 9 days since the letter went out and no response from their board and administration.

Does deciding whether you want to abandon #academicfreedom and integrity really take this much time?

#academicsky

AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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Philadelphia Science Action @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com · 14h

MIT Rejects Trump's "Compact"

This is how you do it.

JUST. SAY. NO.

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 4d

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Letter Regarding Compact

MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 15h

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 1d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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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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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's dictatorship is time for making moral choices

I talked to the top climate scientist, Penn's Michael Mann, about his great new book - and why he sacrificed a key university post in order to keep speaking the truth against anti-science lies

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

www.inquirer.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

🔬10 out of 8 scientists agree RFKJ should be fired 🧪

This can happen when your incompetence is so large it generates mass.

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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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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

Six former US Surgeon Generals all came together to issue a joint statement about the tremendous harm RFK Jr poses to the health of Americans.

Meanwhile who did RFK Jr pick as Surgeon General?

Casey Means. A wellness influencer who isn’t even a practicing physician.

Six former US surgeons general warn RFK Jr is ‘endangering nation’s health’

Former top doctors condemn health secretary’s vaccine, research policies, saying ideology replaced science at HHS

www.theguardian.com

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Doctors for America @drsforamerica.bsky.social · 3d

In an extraordinary joint statement, 6 former U.S. Surgeons General warn:
RFK Jr. is "endangering the health of the nation.”

We’ve previously called for RFK Jr.’s resignation, this moment confirms why. Patient health must come before politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 3d

They want to take away pay that they said we would get in furlough emails. It’s not like we don’t want to be working right now. And excepted employees are working without pay right now. In answer to the question below, pissed.

👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 3d

Hey, feds! How you feeling about this?

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay — Axios

Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4d

PubMed Update (no pun intended)

Publications with Pub Date

8/1//24 62209
9/1/24 64765
10/1/24 68211

8/1/25 61610
9/1/25 63719

10/1/25 35936 (as of 10/2/25)
10/1/25 38673 (as of 10/6/25, 8:00 AM)

It appears that ~40% of the expected number of publications are missing for 10/1/25

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a man in a black vest says no bueno in front of mountains

ALT: a man in a black vest says no bueno in front of mountains

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Philadelphia Science Action @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com · 4d

This is an easy one, Jameson. JUST SAY NO.

"J. Larry Jameson said the school will evaluate a proposed compact from President Donald Trump’s administration based on the school’s values and mission...
freedom of inquiry and thought, free expression, non-discrimination" share.inquirer.com/jTf7PW

Penn ‘seeks no special consideration,’ president Jameson says in response to Trump proposal

Penn has until Oct. 20 to respond to the compact, which would give the Trump administration wide-ranging influence over core university operations including hiring, admissions and tuition setting.

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Philadelphia Science Action @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com · 5d

Sign the AAUP petition urging Penn to JUST SAY NO to Trump's Compact for Academic Extortion

actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...

Just Say No to Trump's Compact for Academic Extortion

Yesterday, the University of Pennsylvania was one of nine targets of the Trump Administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Through it, Trump asks once again for universitie...

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Philadelphia Science Action @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com · 5d

"Each concession leaves institutions more entangled with the federal government and more vulnerable to future coercion. Resistance must be strong, early, and sustained, or the space for resistance will vanish."

Read our latest blog post by @dramandar.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/philadel...

Why Penn Must Reject Trump’s Higher Ed Compact

By Amanda Rabinowitz Ph.D.

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National Council of Jewish Women @ncjw.bsky.social · 7d

This week we lost Dame Jane Goodall, animal rights champion and friend of the chimpanzees.

Her work — including books, scientific breakthroughs, and establishing sanctuaries — made our world a better place for all living beings.

May her memory be for a blessing. Shabbat Shalom.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 6d

Would you agree to FORMALLY SURVEY THE IDEOLOGIES OF FACULTY IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF YOUR COLLEGE, and to "transform or abolish" any that "belittle" "conservative ideas"?

That's what Trump's "Compact for Academic Excellence." demands.

#edusky #academicsky

www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

" Signatories commit themselves to revising governance structures as necessary to create such an environment, including but not limited to transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas. Given the importance of academic freedom to the marketplace of ideas, signatories shall adopt a policy protecting academic freedom in classrooms, teaching, research, and scholarship. Such policies also shall recognize that academic freedom is not absolute, and universities shall adopt policies that prevent discriminatory, threatening, harassing, or other behaviors that abridge the rights of other members of the university community. Signatories commit to rigorous, good faith, empirical assessment of a broad spectrum of viewpoints among faculty, students, and staff at all levels and to sharing the results of such assessments with the public; and to seek such a broad spectrum of viewpoints not just in the university as a whole, but within every field, department, school, and teaching unit. "

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 6d

Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪
This was Week 37:
- 9 universities face loyalty oath (“compact”)
- government shutdown - impact on services & fear of further RIFs
- four NIH directors officially fired

& so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Week 37

Sept 27-Oct 2, 2025 - hold the door

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ERISAnerd @erisanerd.bsky.social · 7d

I think more state governors should follow Newsom’s lead and tell the universities that if the uni signs on to the felon’s curriculum agenda then state funding will be terminated. Fight fire with fire.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 7d

A new banner on PubMed about the (potential lack of) updating.

Some recent papers have been posted but it is not clear if some are missing.

I will be tracking this going forward.

New Banner on PubMed

Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted. The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov. Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at opm.gov.

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