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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 19d

How far can NSF bend before it breaks? Science looks at what's happened to the agency under Trump. www.science.org/content/arti...

Under Trump, NSF faces worst crisis in its 75-year history

Political directives have undermined agency's independence and record of supporting the best basic research

www.science.org

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Prof Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 21d

Great to see our new paper "Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change" out in print today in @natclimate.nature.com, which builds on our landscaping project on climate-health attribution a couple of years ago, funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · 27d

Yes! And de-commodify tenure criteria.

C. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · 27d

And yes, now is the right time.

New for @undark.org

"The fundamental problem with the tenure process is that it has struggled to recognize that knowledge is curated, created, and consumed differently today than even a decade ago."

undark.org/2025/09/11/o...

It’s Time to Rethink the Academic Tenure Process

Opinion | To fight the war on science, higher education needs to reimagine the most important career milestone for faculty.

undark.org

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · 28d

Prince of a dog💔

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · 29d

Oh no...

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Aug 28

Gang of Four comes to mind as well...totally anti-consumerist.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · Aug 26

“In a scientific sense, this is a total loss.”

US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants www.nature.com/articles/d41...

US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants

The decision will hinder lawsuits against grant terminations, legal specialists say.

www.nature.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Aug 26

Crystal clear.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Aug 23

Right? "Innovationism" over societal and environment welfare 🥲

Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Aug 14

Banal, even.

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Aug 13

Also - I have feelings about these 500 greatest...

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Aug 13

When your grown child is listening to the 500 greatest albums of all time (according to Rolling Stone) and providing commentary and critique on the music you lived through your entire life...🫣. Hearing things that are so so familiar and loaded with meaning through the ears of others is interesting.

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Aug 13

Amen!

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Aug 13

Genius!

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Aug 7

'Improvements'.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · Aug 6

We've been waiting for this report from NSF for many months — results of a survey on sexual harassment at US Antarctic stations. The numbers aren't good, but at least this problem is out in the open & starting to be tackled. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sexual harassment is rife at US Antarctic research bases, fresh survey finds

More than two-thirds of people polled had witnessed sexual harassment or assault on the ice.

www.nature.com

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Aug 5

Update on agency appropriations... www.aaas.org/sites/defaul...

www.aaas.org

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Aug 1

Me too! - except in Washington state :)

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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · Jul 18

It's too early to take to the bank, but the Senate may come to the rescue of researchers whose NSF grants were cancelled www.science.org/content/arti...

Senate panel raises hopes that NSF will restore killed grants

Republicans promise to work with Democrats to salvage defeated amendment

www.science.org

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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · Jul 15

It is not a political statement to note the fact that science enhances our well being, expands our knowledge of the world, and drives economic growth 🧪

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Jul 15

Woohoo Neil!

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Jul 14

Easy to follow, continuously updated... www.aaas.org/news/fy-2026...

FY 2026 R&D Appropriations Dashboard | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

www.aaas.org

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ooooh, reminds of Elliot Sober's book 'Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?'. Natural selection AND phylogeny.

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Jul 13

What a great book and now I will plan to re-read it. Have you read any Jim Harrison, Annie Dillard, etc?

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James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · Apr 29

Do we need a new generation of public institutions for ST&I?

Join us tomorrow at 4pm for the first in a new UCL-STEaPP seminar series with @geoffmulgan.bsky.social, followed by a discussion with @anjahuja.bsky.social & @williamcb.bsky.social. Details here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/do-we-need...

Do we need a new generation of public institutions for ST&I?

Is science stuck in the past? Join us to explore how rethinking public institutions could transform science, technology and innovation.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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