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Colette Delawalla

@cdelawalla.bsky.social

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Clinical Psych PhD candidate at Emory Founder and Executive Director of @standupforscience.bsky.social Standupforscience.net "Colette is wearing brass knuckles...with spikes...tipped in poison" “Delusional broad” "Lady Switchblade"

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 9d

Hey Dorks!

We are working really hard to fight for science and democracy…and it’s working. Last week, we got a commitment to write articles against RFK Jr.

@standupforscience.bsky.social is punching above our weight!

Chip in to keep us fighting here: act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

Help Fuel the Big Budget Battle of Fall 2025!

Donate now to help mobilize the fight for science and democracy. Every contribution matters!

act.standupforscience.net

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1h

Is it a secret though?

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Kay Ebeling in Tahoe @rogueagent48.bsky.social · 13h

Science Under Siege authors Michael E. Mann, Peter J. Hotez on PBS News hour Oct 7, report w transcript at Heating Planet blog- Mann: When I published the hockey stick curve that implicated fossil fuel burning as the cause of climate change, vested- cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2025/10/scie...

Science Under Siege authors Michael E. Mann, Peter J. Hotez on PBS News hour Oct 7, report w transcript at Heating Planet blog

Mann: I published the hockey stick curve that implicated fossil fuel burning as the cause of climate change. Some powerful vested interests ...

cityofangels25.blogspot.com

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 11h

Love the frog and other costumes.

Protesters should be wearing costumes. It really makes the fascists look completely ridiculous.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 11h

Ok it’s not great. It should have stopped after “no fucking way”.

BUT compared to the usual…which is nothing? I’m flummoxed!

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 11h

Gotta tell ya, this good (great?!) video by none other than CHUCK SCHUMER *gasp* might be the best evidence of the end times approaching.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 13h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 17h

Learn to tell your story with urgency and hope at our PUBLIC NARRATIVE TRAINING on 10/14!

We're preparing to share why we're standing up for science & democracy at No Kings Day Rally, and you can too!

Sign up, tell your story, and bring it to your No Kings Rally on 10/18! zurl.co/LM0QK

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 12h

The Nobel Prizes, 5 of 6 having so far gone to US based scientists, are a reminder of why we must stand up for science against this horrid administration. Here are some great Scientist Activists to follow.

go.bsky.app/14W5Rdk

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 13h

Completely hear you.

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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 21h

His wife is deeply distressed and just wants her husband back.

Thank you to @alsobrooks.senate.gov and @vanhollen.senate.gov teams for responding within minutes to our request for help.

Let’s get him home before he’s moved to Louisiana. 🙏

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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 21h

Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.

He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 22h

JOIN us on 10/18 and stand up for science and democracy! There will be over 2300 events across the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and internationally for you to make your voice heard!

Interested in speaking at a local event? We will be hosting a training on 10/14 — stay tuned for details!

Poster image with a large blue star and three red stripes, text reads: "No Kings Rally, Stand up for science and for democracy! Find and join your local no kings rally! October 18th, 2025, Nationwide" At the bottom is a URL which reads: www.nokings.org

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 23h

yep it's called @standupforscience.bsky.social

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taonf.bsky.social @taonf.bsky.social · 23h

Feeling overwhelmed by the political attacks on science, education, and civil rights?

You’re not alone—and you don’t have to face it alone. Join us tonight @ 8 PM ET to connect with others, make sense of what’s happening, and move into action

RSVP ➡️ zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Learn more about Stand Up for Science—all scientists and allies welcome!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

I just emailed my "Silence" essay to the Presidents/Chancellors and Provosts of the 9 Compact universities as well as those from the 4 orgs with which I have been formally affiliated.

The essay can be found here:

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

and here:

www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremy...

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 23h

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 1d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 1d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

Join the fight with us! Get plugged in with your local SUFS group, sign our petitions, attend a protest, share with your network, and donate! act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

Help Fuel the Big Budget Battle of Fall 2025!

Donate now to help mobilize the fight for science and democracy. Every contribution matters!

act.standupforscience.net

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

This is what is at risk right now...but there are enough of us that if we come together for the greater good, I believe we can make the difference.

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Alt: a cartoon of a group of people putting their hands together with the words prime video below

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, we can fight for our tiny niche areas—make sure NASA gets XXX project funded or fight for one line of legislation. We may get an inch that way, but we give away a mile. Your research doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

Imagine what we will lose if we don’t have threads to weave.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

This sandbox is a place where people are welcome to come play and dream big. 🏥 Cure cancer?
🌐 Connect everyone in the world?
🚀 Go to Mars?
💉 Eradicate diseases?
🍲 Solve for world hunger?

🧪 🔬 🔭 This is science.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

And this is why @standupforscience.bsky.social is fighting for the whole of science.

It is the freedom to ask questions and release knowledge that makes our ecosystem so special. As a nation, we have determined that it is beneficial to support a sandbox of ideas and exploration.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

None of our research exists in a vacuum. We are weavers.

We take a thread of tech made to do complete a different task, join it with preclinical work from a different species, and weave it together with statical approaches that were made to ask a similar question in a completely different field. 🧵

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in Hell 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

This is incredible!

Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 1d

Huge historic turning point — Renewables surpassed coal as the world’s leading electricity source for the first half of 2025!

#greensky #energysky #renewableenergy

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll own that my experience in the past was definitely because of white privilege. You’re right. This is new to me, but it hasn’t been new to millions of Americans. 100%

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