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#DefendResearch @defendresearch.bsky.social · 2d

A powerful and important statement by MIT faculty! #resist #Academia #AcademicChatter

Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 2d

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
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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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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2d

In June, the NYC Legislature passed The Freedom to Read Act, a bill to protect school libraries and librarians from book bans.

Such legislation draws a critical line in the sand in an era of Project 2025, Moms for Liberty, and censorship.

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Restore school libraries to aid reading freedom

It’s Banned Book Week, and New York City is not immune from ever-increasing attempts to curtail freedom of speech and ban books. Recognizing this threat, in June the Legislature passed The Freedom …

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Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane always said that each animal matters – not only for the role they play to support life, but for their intrinsic value.

"The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves," she said.

Photos: Kristin Mosher / Rob Sassor / Stacey Lorraine / Susana Name / Sylvie Le

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 4d

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF

This analysis and interactive map illustrate how much more enrollees in Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans would pay in premiums at the congressional district level if the enhanced subsidies ...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

Trump keeps trying to pin the government shutdown on the Democrats. Americans are not buying it.

A new poll from the Washington Post found that nearly half of Americans blame the shutdown on the president and Republicans in Congress.

Americans aren't buying Trump's shutdown blame game

Early polls show that most blame Trump and Republicans—and for good reason.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

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Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 6d

A tale of two states and Trump's shakedown of higher ed:

TEXAS: Oh goody, yes, we love to strip away academic freedoms to serve Trump's wishes.

CALIFORNIA: Eat shit. Any university who signs the letter will lose state funding.

“The University of Texas system is honored that our flagship — the University of Texas at Austin — has been named as one of only nine institutions in the U.S. selected by the Trump administration for potential funding advantages under its new Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” Kevin P. Eltife, the chairman of the University of Texas Board of Regents, said in a statement on Thursday. “We enthusiastically look forward to engaging with university officials and reviewing the compact immediately.”

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d

Very Trump-era story.
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 6d

I'm asking YOU:

What will a doubling of health care premiums mean for your family?

What it will mean if you're one of the 15 million being thrown off their health care?

Please comment below or submit a story here: tinyurl.com/3rbdfdmz

Where We Are With the Government Shutdown | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 7d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

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Submit a Claim

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Caitlin S., PhD @paleophile.bsky.social · 6d

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 6d

"Following a thorough, individualized financial review" DOE is terminating 223 awards worth $7.5 billion.

Energy Department Announces Termination of 223 Projects, Saving Over $7.5 Billion

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the termination of 321 financial awards supporting 223 projects, resulting in a savings of approximately $7.56 billion dollars for American taxpayers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 8d

📢 Attention Iowa! Federal funding changes are creating hurdles for research at Iowa colleges and universities. Join UCS’s Jen Jones + local experts to discuss who’s impacted and what’s at stake. Oct 2 at 10.40am CT. RSVP today!

Iowa Ideas 2025 | The Gazette

Iowa Ideas 2025: The Gazette hosts expert panelists in Health Care, Agriculture, Education, Infrastructure, Energy, Environment, and more

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 12d

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 13d

Today I started my grad cognition class for our masters program (we’re on a quarter system).

After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany.

We then talked about what happened. 1/

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 13d

We can’t wait to see Rep. Stevens’ articles of impeachment for the HHS Secretary. The President is not the only official whose egregious acts warrant impeachment and removal. The well being of the American people depends on this man being far away from health science.

Photo of RFK Jr with text reading “Rep. Stevens (D-MI) will introduce articles of impeachment for RFK Jr.” along with a quote “Enough is enough”

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Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social · 13d

Resistance takes many forms! Consider attending this great @defendresearch.bsky.social event. Big thanks to SJSU for elevating this fight against #Censorship.

Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 14d

@catherinemitchell.bsky.social & I are keynoting at the SJSU OA conference "Defend Research, Defend Open Access" exploring "threats to academic freedom, research infrastructure, and equitable access to knowledge in politically volatile times." scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-confer... #DefendResearch

Open Access Conference | Conferences | San Jose State University

open access | open education | conference | institutional repository

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#DefendResearch @defendresearch.bsky.social · 13d

The #ImpactProject has added a powerful new map demonstrating the local harm to public health inflicted by Trump's #censorship and dismantling of research and other public infrastructure. #DefendResearch #Action #Resist theimpactproject.org/public-healt...

Public Health Map - The Impact Project

The Office and Budget Map provides timely data on policy, funding, and workforce changes and their localized effect.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.

He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

PARTIES3. Plaintiff José Escobar Molina is a 47-year-old man who has lived in D.C. for 25 years. He has maintained valid Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for El Salvador since 2001. On August 21, 2025, Mr. Escobar Molina was walking from his apartment building in Northwest D.C.to his work truck, about to start his workday, when two cars pulled up next to him. As he was about to get into his truck, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents exited the cars and—without conducting any inquiry—seized Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbing him by the arms and legs and immediately handcuffing him. The agents arrested him without a warrant and without asking for his name, his identification, or anything about his immigration status. The agents also did not ask him where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community prior to arresting him. After ICE detained Mr. Escobar Molina overnight at its processing center in Chantilly, Virginia, the next day an ICE supervisor finally realized that he had valid TPS, which statutorily prohibits ICE from detaining him, and released him. Due tohis Latino ethnicity, Mr. Escobar Molina fears being arrested and detained again while going about his daily life in D.C.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 15d

I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

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#DefendResearch @defendresearch.bsky.social · 15d

Government #censorship continues! More CDC websites have been removed, eliminating public access to information essential for health & safety. Take a public stand--sign the Declaration and share it with your community! (www.defendresearch.org)! insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

BREAKING NEWS: Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 websites are down.

The Trump administration's HHS is back to its old habits of targeting public health resources deemed too woke.

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#DefendResearch @defendresearch.bsky.social · 15d

Another important dialogue about resisting government #censorship and how we can work together to #DefendResearch! Thank you @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social for continuing to highlight this critical issue and creating space for these conversations! #Academia #ScholComm

Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social · 15d

#AcademicTwitter #ScienceSky #SciSky #PoliSky if you're in #Leeds, join the @scholarlysocial.bsky.social crew for an in person discussion with @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social and @defendresearch.bsky.social on dangers of #censorship to #AcademicFreedom. Details: www.tickettailor.com/events/schol...

Reserve your space – Scholarly Social Talks North: Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch and ensure academic freedom – The Everyman Cinema

Scholarly Social Talks North: Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch and ensure academic freedom – The Everyman Cinema, Thu 25 Sep 2025 - We are delighted to invite you to a Scholarly Social Talk...

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 16d

One very wealthy white man got his job back today (along with his 200 staff and production team) because of organizing, boycotts, and collective pushback.

When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?

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#DefendResearch @defendresearch.bsky.social · 20d

Government censorship started on January 20th! We should definitely be taking action--here are some strategies! defendresearch.org

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Sign the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship to publicly condemn and resist the censorship of academic research. Join over 4500+ signatories and share with your networks....

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20d

I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.

When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.

I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.

bmazing.bsky.social @bmazing.bsky.social · 20d

weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness

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#DefendResearch @defendresearch.bsky.social · 20d

An easy way to start standing up for #FreeSpeech and #IntellectualFreedom is by signing the Declaration to #DefendResearch from U.S. Government #Censorship. Sign as an individual. Talk to your organization about signing as an organizational entity. It's important to take #action! #ScholCom #Academia