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Ed Lazowska @edlazowska.bsky.social · Mar 12

www.scientificamerican.com/article/stro...

Strong Scientific Leaders Must Speak Out against the Trump Administration’s Science Denial

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences should denounce the antiscientific policies of the Trump administration

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Emery Berger @emeryberger.bsky.social · Mar 5

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...

Turing Award Goes to A.I. Pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton (Gift Article)

Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton developed reinforcement learning, a technique vital to chatbots like ChatGPT.

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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · Mar 5

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UMass Amherst Computer Scientist Co-recipient of ‘Nobel Prize of Computing’ for Foundational Work on AI Technology | UMass Amherst

Andrew Barto, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences professor emeritus, and his former graduate student Richard Sutton have been honored with the 2024 A.M. Turing Award as pioneers of r...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 12

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Katherine J. Wu @katherinejwu.com · Feb 27

I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Inside the Collapse at NIH

Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · Feb 25

Quote from the article: "You know it’s serious when scientists are on the picket line."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Academic unions are rallying to defend science

"It's sad we have to do this."

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AAUP @aaup.org · Feb 21

It’s vital that presidents publicly defend their institutions & “be brave right now,” Todd Wolfson, president of the AAUP said.

Presidents need to recognize what the administration is trying to do by attacking higher ed: They want total control.

open-campus-dispatch.beehiiv.com/p/how-univer...

How university leaders are — and aren’t — speaking out against Trump’s attempts to overhaul higher ed Trump wants to overhaul higher ed. College presidents have hesitated to fight back.

‘If you don't stand up now, no institution is safe.’

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · Feb 20

New post! Frequently Asked Questions about US Government Funding for R&D.
Short answers in the thread, longer answers at the link in the replies.

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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · Feb 20

An excellent set of suggestions to help science by reconnecting with your local community.

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 🧪🔬🧬 🏠

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Science Homecoming

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · Feb 19

This is amazing 😍😍 @500womensci.bsky.social has made cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH avail for download bit.ly/NSF_bystate & bit.ly/NIH_bystate if they are helpful for folks

NSF state cards - Google Drive

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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · Feb 19

Sad to see a presidential library close in the week we celebrate President's day.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 19

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston is temporarily closed after Elon Musk fired members of its staff.

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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · Feb 19

CRA statement on the cuts at NSF: "These cuts are the very definition of being pennywise and pound foolish — a shortsighted move that will undermine American innovation and technological leadership .."

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Cuts to NSF and CISE Directorate Jeopardize American Leadership in Computing

A statement from the Computing Research Association (CRA) The reported termination today of 10 percent of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) workforce — including significant cuts to the Compu…

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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · Feb 18

Another sad day for science.

WIRED @wired.com · Feb 18

Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.

National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues

Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Feb 17

This absolutely will make flying less safe. Maybe not today. But inevitably.

Conceivably *this* will finally get public attention? About the danger of just blowing up structures built with care over decades?

Maybe some GOP Sen/Rep will think: "I'd rather not be on the wrong side of this one"?

Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · Feb 16

Elon Musk's DOGE team of misfits have fired everybody at the Federal Aviation Administration ✈️ who is a probationary employee

Thinking they have got rid of all the new hires

It turns out many of these were experienced technicians, recently promoted and were on probation for their new senior role

Dear Senator
I am writing as a constituent, former FAA air traffic controller (26 years) and current Airline Transport rated commercial pilot. On Friday, hundreds of FAA technicians and engineers were terminated. These technicians and engineers maintain every piece of equipment that keeps flying safe, from the radars to the ILS, to ATC automation. They were identified as "probationary" and there is a reasonable speculation that Al was used to "find" probationary employees, assuming that meant that they were new hires. That is not an accurate assumption. A newly hired federal employee is probationary and may be subject to at will termination, but the term
"probationary" is also applied to promotions, to describe not that you are a probationary employee, but if the promotion or transfer is not successful, the employee would return to the pre-promotion position. That allows the government to retain needed expertise.
However, even that is not the case in these positions as workers were indeed succeeding in their new roles.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · Feb 16

@nature.com “Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? Tell Nature” www.nature.com/articles/d41... via Signal:
Max Kozlov: mkozlov.01;
Dan Garisto: dgaristo.72;
Heidi Ledford: hledford.01;
Jeff Tollefson: jtollefson.11;
Alexandra Witze: alexwitze.01;
General Nature: naturenews.61 🧪

Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature

Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Feb 17

Once again, maybe the presidents of major R1 research universities think existential threats to their business models & institutions might be worth loudly & collectively speaking out against in front of microphones 🤷‍♂️

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · Feb 17

Another consequence from Trump's attack on science : Vanderbilt has temporarily paused graduate student admissions. Current graduate students and faculty raised alarm about research funding, doctoral stipends, visas and career opportunities vanderbilthustler.com/2025/02/15/g...

Graduate student admissions temporarily paused as university monitors federal funding

In the wake of fears about significant reductions in federal funding, Vanderbilt has temporarily paused graduate student admissions. Current graduate students and faculty also raised alarm about resea...

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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · Jan 8

Congratulations, Yuriy!