The People's Science Collective
@sciencecollective.bsky.social
Dedicated to connecting scientists, amplifying evidence-based voices, and resisting the erosion of science in public policy.
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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of The People’s Science Collective (PSC)—a horizontal org connecting scientists, resisting anti-science agendas, and supporting impacted federal workers. Join us in defending science for the public good! 🌍🔬 #ScienceForAll #PSC #Standupforscience
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Several research institutes in Germany are joining a worldwide grassroots effort to save science data sets that researchers fear could be deleted by US President Donald Trump’s administration, Nature has learnt.
https://go.nature.com/42uEw50
https://go.nature.com/42uEw50
Major European institutes join race to save US science data
As the administration of US President Donald Trump slashes budgets, crucial climate and other data sets could disappear.
go.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Several research institutes in Germany are joining a worldwide grassroots effort to save science data sets that researchers fear could be deleted by US President Donald Trump’s administration, Nature has learnt.
https://go.nature.com/42uEw50
https://go.nature.com/42uEw50
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Vanishing people and vanishing data...here is the US. Shamful. Great reporting by BBC.🧪
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion
Swathes of scientific data deletions are sweeping across US government websites – with decades of research at risk. Now, scientists are racing to save their work before it's lost.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Vanishing people and vanishing data...here is the US. Shamful. Great reporting by BBC.🧪
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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To say it once more today: I think you'll be moved if you take 2 minutes to look through 269 institutions signed on here.
Yes, still a few notable absences. (Where is Stanford?) But such an array of *presence.* Big and small. Public and private. World famous and barely known. Check them out.
Yes, still a few notable absences. (Where is Stanford?) But such an array of *presence.* Big and small. Public and private. World famous and barely known. Check them out.
Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
April 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
To say it once more today: I think you'll be moved if you take 2 minutes to look through 269 institutions signed on here.
Yes, still a few notable absences. (Where is Stanford?) But such an array of *presence.* Big and small. Public and private. World famous and barely known. Check them out.
Yes, still a few notable absences. (Where is Stanford?) But such an array of *presence.* Big and small. Public and private. World famous and barely known. Check them out.
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Making America like North Korea: “Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained.”
Citizens of your closest allies are scared to travel to your country for fear of arrest and abuse.
Well done, America.
Great again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Citizens of your closest allies are scared to travel to your country for fear of arrest and abuse.
Well done, America.
Great again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Making America like North Korea: “Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained.”
Citizens of your closest allies are scared to travel to your country for fear of arrest and abuse.
Well done, America.
Great again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Citizens of your closest allies are scared to travel to your country for fear of arrest and abuse.
Well done, America.
Great again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The world is heating up. How much can our bodies handle?
Scientists put people in a heat chamber for nine hours. Here's what they learned.
The full article is here: grist.org/health/scien...
#Heat #Health #Climate #Environment #PublicHealth
Scientists put people in a heat chamber for nine hours. Here's what they learned.
The full article is here: grist.org/health/scien...
#Heat #Health #Climate #Environment #PublicHealth
April 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The world is heating up. How much can our bodies handle?
Scientists put people in a heat chamber for nine hours. Here's what they learned.
The full article is here: grist.org/health/scien...
#Heat #Health #Climate #Environment #PublicHealth
Scientists put people in a heat chamber for nine hours. Here's what they learned.
The full article is here: grist.org/health/scien...
#Heat #Health #Climate #Environment #PublicHealth
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Fascists want normal people to feel alone. They want us all to feel at their mercy. But what #handsoff demonstrated is that we are not mere victims of political events. Democracy is a participatory sport, and we are active participants.
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Fascists want normal people to feel alone. They want us all to feel at their mercy. But what #handsoff demonstrated is that we are not mere victims of political events. Democracy is a participatory sport, and we are active participants.
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A second child has died of measles in Texas. The child was unvaccinated. Tragic and preventable, this is a direct consequence of anti-vaccine disinformation.
April 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A second child has died of measles in Texas. The child was unvaccinated. Tragic and preventable, this is a direct consequence of anti-vaccine disinformation.
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Fantastic thread here of not just concerning events (and I presume, cash grabs), but key antivax and science contrarian figures appearing as speakers (profiting via speaker fees and/or exposure to existing/new audiences)--some well-known, some new(er) to the scene. 🛟 🧪 medsky sociology
As a measles epidemic continues to spread, with over 500 reported cases, anti-vaccine groups are busy spreading misinformation. There are several anti-vaccine events around the country in the next month.
Measles cases:
Measles cases:
April 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Fantastic thread here of not just concerning events (and I presume, cash grabs), but key antivax and science contrarian figures appearing as speakers (profiting via speaker fees and/or exposure to existing/new audiences)--some well-known, some new(er) to the scene. 🛟 🧪 medsky sociology
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Tom is correct as always. The more the govt controls who gets to engage in commerce, the more it creates a supplicant class that grovels at its feet rather than holds its feet to the fire.
I sincerely believe that the current administration is not stupid about tariffs, and that they know exactly how chaotic this will be. They also understand that this allows them to dispense extremely valuable favors to businesses--in the U.S. and globally--who will really need them.
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Tom is correct as always. The more the govt controls who gets to engage in commerce, the more it creates a supplicant class that grovels at its feet rather than holds its feet to the fire.
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Hilary Marston was the Chief Medical Officer at FDA until today. In my experience, she was one of the folks most interested in helping people with #LongCOVID.
Between Marston and Marrazzo, it's a bloodbath for infection-associated chronic illness today. 🧪
Between Marston and Marrazzo, it's a bloodbath for infection-associated chronic illness today. 🧪
April 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hilary Marston was the Chief Medical Officer at FDA until today. In my experience, she was one of the folks most interested in helping people with #LongCOVID.
Between Marston and Marrazzo, it's a bloodbath for infection-associated chronic illness today. 🧪
Between Marston and Marrazzo, it's a bloodbath for infection-associated chronic illness today. 🧪
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BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
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Understanding the health impacts of climate change
#climatechange effects include sea level rise, extreme weather events, food and water shortages and infectious diseases
New summary in the @futurehealthj.bsky.social
@uclgeography.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#climatechange effects include sea level rise, extreme weather events, food and water shortages and infectious diseases
New summary in the @futurehealthj.bsky.social
@uclgeography.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Understanding the health impacts of climate change
#climatechange effects include sea level rise, extreme weather events, food and water shortages and infectious diseases
New summary in the @futurehealthj.bsky.social
@uclgeography.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#climatechange effects include sea level rise, extreme weather events, food and water shortages and infectious diseases
New summary in the @futurehealthj.bsky.social
@uclgeography.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Impact Map is Live!
The Impact Map has consolidated federal layoffs, office closures, funding freezes, rehiring, etc. It is designed to make the impact of complex, fast-moving federal funding, employment, and policy decisions more accessible and understandable at the local level.
The Impact Map has consolidated federal layoffs, office closures, funding freezes, rehiring, etc. It is designed to make the impact of complex, fast-moving federal funding, employment, and policy decisions more accessible and understandable at the local level.
The Impact Map - The Impact Project
The Impact Map provides timely data on policy, funding, and workforce changes and their localized effect.
theimpactproject.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Impact Map is Live!
The Impact Map has consolidated federal layoffs, office closures, funding freezes, rehiring, etc. It is designed to make the impact of complex, fast-moving federal funding, employment, and policy decisions more accessible and understandable at the local level.
The Impact Map has consolidated federal layoffs, office closures, funding freezes, rehiring, etc. It is designed to make the impact of complex, fast-moving federal funding, employment, and policy decisions more accessible and understandable at the local level.
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Trump’s executive order canceling federal workers’ union contracts isn't just anti-labor—it's an authoritarian move, like attacks on media & courts.
History proves dismantling unions is core to consolidating authoritarian power. We can't overlook this. (Thread) bit.ly/4lpwEcv
History proves dismantling unions is core to consolidating authoritarian power. We can't overlook this. (Thread) bit.ly/4lpwEcv
Oligarchs Understand Power. Do We?
Unions make us strong.
bit.ly
March 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Trump’s executive order canceling federal workers’ union contracts isn't just anti-labor—it's an authoritarian move, like attacks on media & courts.
History proves dismantling unions is core to consolidating authoritarian power. We can't overlook this. (Thread) bit.ly/4lpwEcv
History proves dismantling unions is core to consolidating authoritarian power. We can't overlook this. (Thread) bit.ly/4lpwEcv
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Now playing in NYC at Angelika Film Center!
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March 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Now playing in NYC at Angelika Film Center!
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angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/movies/d...
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Update on Long COVID research funding: Per researcher and advocate @themegascope.bsky.social, funding for at least 45 different RECOVER studies have been terminated.
RECOVER is a $1.7 billion program that serves as the single largest federal funding mechanism for long COVID research.
RECOVER is a $1.7 billion program that serves as the single largest federal funding mechanism for long COVID research.
March 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Update on Long COVID research funding: Per researcher and advocate @themegascope.bsky.social, funding for at least 45 different RECOVER studies have been terminated.
RECOVER is a $1.7 billion program that serves as the single largest federal funding mechanism for long COVID research.
RECOVER is a $1.7 billion program that serves as the single largest federal funding mechanism for long COVID research.
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Bill Nye at the Stand Up for Science rally in DC:
"What are you afraid of? What is it about the process of science, modern medicine, caring for our neighbors, or Women's History Month, that you all find so scary?"
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"What are you afraid of? What is it about the process of science, modern medicine, caring for our neighbors, or Women's History Month, that you all find so scary?"
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
March 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Bill Nye at the Stand Up for Science rally in DC:
"What are you afraid of? What is it about the process of science, modern medicine, caring for our neighbors, or Women's History Month, that you all find so scary?"
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"What are you afraid of? What is it about the process of science, modern medicine, caring for our neighbors, or Women's History Month, that you all find so scary?"
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Elon Musk’s staffers have been granted access to a sensitive child support database by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The data access was approved by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite resistance from career employees within the department. Sorry, we tried…
March 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Elon Musk’s staffers have been granted access to a sensitive child support database by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The data access was approved by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite resistance from career employees within the department. Sorry, we tried…
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In today's episode, we check in on the Stand Up for Science rallies that spread to 32 cities.
Listen here 🎧:
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Listen here 🎧:
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March 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In today's episode, we check in on the Stand Up for Science rallies that spread to 32 cities.
Listen here 🎧:
buff.ly/YgplAQ4
Listen here 🎧:
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The president of the United States has unleashed a wrecking ball to dismantle the scaffolding of the country’s scientific enterprise. This does not just impact scientists — it impacts everyone in the U.S. and across the world.
Check out our newest op-ed:
medium.com/@500womensci...
Check out our newest op-ed:
medium.com/@500womensci...
March 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The president of the United States has unleashed a wrecking ball to dismantle the scaffolding of the country’s scientific enterprise. This does not just impact scientists — it impacts everyone in the U.S. and across the world.
Check out our newest op-ed:
medium.com/@500womensci...
Check out our newest op-ed:
medium.com/@500womensci...
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of The People’s Science Collective (PSC)—a horizontal org connecting scientists, resisting anti-science agendas, and supporting impacted federal workers. Join us in defending science for the public good! 🌍🔬 #ScienceForAll #PSC #Standupforscience
March 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of The People’s Science Collective (PSC)—a horizontal org connecting scientists, resisting anti-science agendas, and supporting impacted federal workers. Join us in defending science for the public good! 🌍🔬 #ScienceForAll #PSC #Standupforscience
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When you mess with science, be prepared for a reaction! #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
When you mess with science, be prepared for a reaction! #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social
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LIVE: Join the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in DC – via Twitch
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standupforscience streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join their community.
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March 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
LIVE: Join the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in DC – via Twitch