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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · Aug 20

have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nature headline "I invented a life-saving frog sauna." Photo of said frogs in said sauna

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Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · Aug 19

theconversation.com/data-that-ta...

Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.

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Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz @wannseekonferenz.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thank you @tevahp.bsky.social @umisrcps.bsky.social @umich.edu
"The exhibit ends with a photograph of Vice President Vance, visiting the Dachau Concentration Camp Feb. 13, 2025. The next day, at the Munich Security Conference, Vance demanded that Germany’s far-right parties, including the AFD,
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'On the Roof of Himmler's Guest House' - Center for Political Studies (CPS) Blog

A special exhibit at the Wannsee Conference Memorial and Educational Site tells the untold story of Fritz Traugott, a German refugee turned US soldier.

cpsblog.isr.umich.edu

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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · May 5

A Clockwork that is Really Really Orange, Like Probably Twice as Orange as Any Other Orange. This movie is going to be huge.

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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · May 5

9 to 1 am

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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · May 4

Graduate, faculty, and post-doc researchers -- here is one way to communicate out about the value of the work you do in the public interest. ⬇️

Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · Apr 21

Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress.

Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.

#McClintockLetters

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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · May 3

Snakes on a Plan

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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · Apr 17

I think you might be a fan of dad jokes, so here's this gem for your continued mental health benefit...?

It's surprising when people don't know what brutalist architecture is, when there are so many concrete examples! 🥁

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · Apr 6

Print edition of article with @epopppp.bsky.social ran in @freep.com today. Michigan shouldn’t let itself be one more trophy on the wall at Mar a Lago

www.freep.com/story/opinio...

University of Michigan caved to Donald Trump on DEI programs | Opinion

Trump's attacks on DEI at University of Michigan is part of a larger deployment of misinformation and government threats to weaken universities.

www.freep.com

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · Apr 5

Adorable. The Boston ducks have protest signs #handsoff

Bronze statues of a duck and her ducklings. They each have a little white sign

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Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · Mar 13

Second Teach In Alert, next Wednesday, March 19th, 7 pm. Please share!

We will update the U-M community on what has happened since the first teach in and will cover what is at stake for the international world order.

Come with questions and thoughts. Pizza for students starting at 6.30 pm.

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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · Mar 7

#StandUpForScience

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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · Feb 21

Where is Congress? @ccavaille.bsky.social and @robmickey.bsky.social share three reasons Republicans in Congress aren't "pushing back" on executive overreach. From the recent #Umich teach-in: @jmping.bsky.social #PoliSky ➡️
myumi.ch/jZ14V

Three Reasons Why Congress Isn’t Checking Executive Overreach

President Donald Trump seeks to expand executive power at the expense of congressional authority, but Congress has remained virtually silent.

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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · Feb 18

The controversial executive orders under Trump 2.0 are unique because political wins are their primary objective, and because they appear to be illegal by design, says Kenneth Lowande @umisrcps.bsky.social, an expert on executive power. Will they succeed? ➡️ myumi.ch/nyMm5 #PoliSky

What is unique about executive orders under the second Trump administration? And will they succeed? - Center for Political Studies (CPS) Blog

The EOs under the Trump administration are "unprecedented because they are illegal power grabs by design."

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Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · Feb 11

This is honestly the best piece that I’ve seen on what is going on. If we can’t rely on the rule of law to stop this ignorant nonsense, what is left?

Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · Feb 11

The ordinarily cautious and conservative ABA is blowing the whistle: The break-the-glass moment has arrived.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · Feb 11

Someday, someone will write about how the conflation of university speech with “censorship” was used to mobilize actual government censorship.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Feb 10

When Stanford IT staff and a pro-diversity group shared a list of words they encouraged others not to use, it was national news, despite the fact it never represented campus policy.
When the government erases any mention, data or research related to words, will it be treated as a free speech issue?

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Feb 10

Get in dorks, we're going protesting!

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL

Because science is for everyone!

Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org

#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · Feb 11

💙 Thank you @dananessel.bsky.social!

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 8

Thank you!! A federal judge in New York has granted a temporary restraining order in favor of the states suing over DOGE.

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Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · Feb 9

This event is happening this Wednesday at the #Umich Ann Arbor campus, come and please share!

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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · Feb 10

No one can truly capture what cuts like the ones announced Friday might do to American medical research. But I decided to try, in terms that a general audience might understand. I hope it's useful. open.substack.com/pub/karagavi...

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Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · Feb 9

#StandWithUSAID
#SaveForeignAid

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Feb 9

Musk allegedly spent $40 million on #SuperBowl ads to spread sheer lies about USAID. Do not fall for it. #StandWithUSAID #SaveForeignAid and share this video far and wide. m.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

Save Foreign Aid

YouTube video by friendsofUSAID

m.youtube.com

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Esteban J. Quiñones, Ph.D. @estebanjq.bsky.social · Feb 7

What can you do about the assault on USAID?

Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Dec 20

Register now for #PAA2025: www.populationassociation.org/paa2025/reg-...

If you are presenting in any way, you need to be registered by February 3rd!

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Jan 16

One way employers suppress negative info is binding employees to broad nondisclosure clauses. In #MeToo, some states narrowed NDA enforcability.

With Jason & @evanstarr.bsky.social, we show evidence that this increased the flow of negative info onto Glassdoor.
research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcont...

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The Research Center for Group Dynamics @rcgd-isr.bsky.social · Jan 13

🌟 A star scholar to watch! Meet Guiying Angel Zhong, an artist, activist, and @rcgd-isr.bsky.social researcher in the @umisr.bsky.social Junior Professional Researchers program (now open for applications!) #UMich-research #UMich Read their feature profile:

rcgd.isr.umich.edu/news-events/...

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