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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · 8d

So happy to hear this, Kate. Wishing you both all the best.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18d

I’m giving a free/public talk this Tues in Seattle about how US government investment in science laid the foundations for the field of human-computer interaction and how that field (and investment) connects to so many of the innovations that we take for granted, as well as the future of AI.

sufsseattle.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social · Aug 27

Seattle! We're joining the Summer of Science with our first teach-in. Join us at Obec brewing and meet Dr. @katestarbird.bsky.social
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Seattle! We're joining the Summer of Science with our first teach-in. Join us @obecbrewing to meet @katestarbird.bsky.social

Dr. Starbird will be speaking about the evolution of human-computer interaction, and why public investment in research and diverse voices in computing and informatics are more essential than ever, especially at a time when those investments are under threat.

And you won’t just leave inspired — Seattle’s Stand Up for Science team will be on hand with easy, actionable ways to contact your representatives and stand up for science. See you there!

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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · 28d

At @hcde.uw.edu, we will be hiring an Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor this coming year! Timing wise, we are hiring for a Sept. 2026 start date, but could be sooner.

We are looking forward to welcoming a new colleague!

Learn more and apply at apply.interfolio.com/171881

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 8

1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years.

Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

www.whitehouse.gov

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · Aug 6

If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?

Email from the "PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE" to Kate Starbird asking for all emails from Jan 1 2021 through July 30 2025 with any of the following keywords:
"diversity and inclusion"
"DEIA"
"DEI"
"Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging"
"DEIB"
"gender identity"
"racial preference"
"ESG"
"organizational equity"
"intersectionality"
"anti-racism"
"critical race theory"
"LGBTQ+"
"transgender"
"cisgender"
"gender ideology"
"white privilege"
"privilege walk"
"cultural humility"
"equity audit"
"restorative justice"
"racial equity"
"implicit bias"
"microaggressions"
"inclusive pedagogy"
"identity-based oppression"
"systems of oppression"
"queer"
"non-binary"
"sexuality"
“Trump”
“fascist”

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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · Aug 5

Excited about this upcoming #CHIPLAY2025 paper led by @nishadevasia.bsky.social on people’s meaningful experiences with games!

Nisha Devasia @nishadevasia.bsky.social · Aug 5

It's probably early to be posting for #CHIPLAY2025, but I'm excited about this paper! arxiv.org/pdf/2507.18084 tl;dr Players sometimes have very personally meaningful or eudaimonic gaming experiences and we investigated what kinds of effects people reported those experiences had on their lives.

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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · Jul 28

👋

Thanks for making this list!

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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · Jul 24

We got a visit from @seattletimes.com on Monday at KidsTeam. You can try Aayushi Dangol's AI Puzzlers for yourself!

@hcde.uw.edu @ischool.uw.edu @juliekientz.bsky.social @jasoncyip.bsky.social

The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · Jul 24

Children often see AI as "magical," but a game developed by UW researchers is hoping to highlight its pitfalls.

It's kids vs. AI in game created by UW researchers. Guess who wins?

Children often see AI as "magical," but a game developed by UW researchers is hoping to highlight its pitfalls.

www.seattletimes.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jul 8

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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James B. Greenberg, Professor Emeritus @zavaletas.bsky.social · Jun 20

MAGA is more than a political movement—it’s a symbolic system that answers dislocation with identity, confusion with clarity, and loss with belonging. If we want to push back, we need more than critique. We need a new story—and the civic infrastructure to support it.

Between Stories: Understanding MAGA, Rebuilding Democracy

To counter authoritarianism, we need more than critique—we need a shared narrative and civic infrastructure grounded in belonging, dignity, and care.

jamesbgreenberg.substack.com

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jun 5

The failure of the National Academy of Sciences USA to make a clear and unequivocal statement about the disastrous Trump administration science policies — it lets all of us down and dooms them to eventual irrelevance.

US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war

Facing an extreme budget, the National Academies hosted an event that ignored it.

arstechnica.com

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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · Jun 4

Super proud of @nishadevasia.bsky.social for leading the research for this #DIS2025 paper!

Nisha Devasia @nishadevasia.bsky.social · Jun 4

I'll be at #DIS2025 presenting some findings from my first ever project as a PhD student (a labor of love heavily inspired by my own experiences): "Partnership through Play: Investigating How Long-Distance Couples Use Digital Games to Facilitate Intimacy" (arxiv.org/pdf/2505.09509) (details in🧵)

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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · Jun 1

I’m signed up to do this for my hometown in Ohio! I’ve already drafted the op ed and sent it to the movements editor and my non-scientist family for feedback. I’d encourage all my other fellow small town origin scientists to do the same. Happy to help.

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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · May 31

If you want to see the planned impact on science with the proposed National Science Foundation cuts, this table in particular demonstrates it most devastatingly. Going from 330,000 people to 90,000 people involved in NSF activities. #SaveNSF

From: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

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UW Human Centered Design & Engineering @hcde.uw.edu · May 23

Offshore wind and marine energy can boost energy security and economic revitalization along our coastlines.
HCDE’s Shana Hirsch leads research that centers community voices in the development of this emerging industry, but recent cuts to federal funding put this community-driven research at risk.

HCDE impact: Advancing renewable marine energy to strengthen coastal communities

Renewable marine energy—power generated from ocean waves and tides—could play a big role in boosting coastal economies and reducing US dependence on fossil fuels. HCDE Assistant Research Professor Sha...

www.hcde.washington.edu

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · May 23

I’m hoping that there will be some rapid action to get legal support to the PhD students who have had their NSF GRFP (fellowships) terminated in the Trump regime’s latest attacks on academia.

Bailey Bowcutt @baileybowcutt.bsky.social · May 22

I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · May 20

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · May 18

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · May 18

There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · May 18

A must read

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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · May 16

ProPublica continues to earn my monthly workplace giving donation. I encourage you to support their journalism as well.

ProPublica @propublica.org · May 16

THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.

So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/

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Isako Di Tomassi @isakoditomassi.bsky.social · May 13

Yes! We have to move the needle on public perception of science. Scientists can share their story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm

Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · May 10

Happy Birthday, #NSF. Thank you for all you’ve done for promoting science and innovation for the betterment of society. #SaveNSF

David Mouritsen @davidmouritsen.bsky.social · May 10

On the NSF's 75th:

“‘NSF investments have driven groundbreaking innovations, from the internet and LASIK eye surgery to the first image of a black hole... The foundation has also played a key role in the work of 268 Nobel Prize laureates, helping to shape many of their landmark achievements.’”

Time to Save the National Science Foundation, 75 Years and Thriving

The National Science Foundation marks its 75th anniversary today, May 10th 2025. Rather than celebrate, it's time to save it.

joshuasweitz.substack.com

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David Mouritsen @davidmouritsen.bsky.social · May 10

On the NSF's 75th:

“‘NSF investments have driven groundbreaking innovations, from the internet and LASIK eye surgery to the first image of a black hole... The foundation has also played a key role in the work of 268 Nobel Prize laureates, helping to shape many of their landmark achievements.’”

Time to Save the National Science Foundation, 75 Years and Thriving

The National Science Foundation marks its 75th anniversary today, May 10th 2025. Rather than celebrate, it's time to save it.

joshuasweitz.substack.com

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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · May 9

Oh nooooo, this is not good! Workday had made everyone miserable and less efficient at the same time for $300+ million more.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 9

🧪 Ranking member Lofgren and 11 other House dems sent a fiery 7-page letter to acting NSF director today

"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"

Share widely #SaveNSF

democrats-science.house.gov

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Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social · May 9

Uggghh… more harmful and destructive shenanigans going down at #NSF

Science Magazine @science.org · May 8

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

scim.ag

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