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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 7d

Had never read Jane Goodall's original 1963 article in Nat Geo on the wild chimpanzees in Tanzania until now. It's a wonderful blend of science and journalism, and well worth your time.

www.nationalgeographic.com/pdf/jane-goo...

David Greybeard, a wild chimpanzee, gets a handout of bananas from author Goodall, who studies the apes under a National Geographic Society grant. This scene near
her camp represents a triumph for Miss Goodall; at first the animals fled if she came
within 500 yards. Knapsack holds camera and notebook. She carries a whistle in her
pocket to summon searchers in case of accident in the rugged Tanganyika hills.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23d

A simple way to help reduce obesity and stroke?
Stop the shifts in our clocks twice a year
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Circadian-informed modeling predicts regional variation in obesity and stroke outcomes under different permanent US time policies | PNAS

Seasonal changes in time policy, such as switching between Standard Time (SDT) and Daylight Saving Time (DST), have been adopted by many countries,...

www.pnas.org

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Rosemary Braun @rosemarybraun.bsky.social · Sep 5

Newport Jazz Festival, 1958 www.rirocks.net/Band%20Artic...

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Sep 3

New: Judge Burroughs rules on the Harvard grant terminations and underlying agency guidance.

Takeaways:
-Big win for Harvard—$2 billion in grants will be reinstated.
-There is a (careful) path for district courts to rule on grant terminations
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Court orders the following relief:
1. The Court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders as arbitrary and capricious under 5
U.S.C. § 706(2)(A).
2. The Court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters as violative
of the First Amendment under 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(B). All freezes and terminations of
funding to Harvard made pursuant to the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters on or
after April 14, 2025 are vacated and set aside.
3. The Court vacates and sets aside the Termination Letters as violative of Title VI under 5
U.S.C. § 706(2)(C), (D). All terminations of funding to Harvard made pursuant to the
Termination Letters are vacated and set aside.
4. Defendants, their agents, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants
are hereby permanently enjoined from:
a. Implementing, instituting, maintaining, or giving any force or effect to
Defendants’ Freeze Orders, Termination Letters, and attendant unconstitutional

i. The April 3, 2025 Letter from the Federal Task Force to Combat
Antisemitism;
ii. The April 11, 2025 Letter from the Federal Task Force to Combat
Antisemitism;
iii. The April 14, 2025 Freeze Order;
iv. The May 5, 2025 Freeze Order;
v. The May 6, 2025 Termination Letter from the National Institutes of
Health;
vi. The May 9, 2025 Termination Letter from the United States Department
of Agriculture;
vii. The May 12, 2025 Termination Letter from the Department of Commerce;
viii. The May 12, 2025 Termination Letter from the Department of Defense;
ix. The May 12, 2025 Termination Letter from the Department of Energy;
x. The May 12, 2025 Termination Letter from the Department of Housing
and Urban Development;
xi. The May 12, 2025 Termination Letter from the National Science
Foundation;
xii. The May 12, 2025 Termination Letter from the Department of Education;
xiii. The May 12, 2025 Termination Letter from the Centers of Disease Control

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AAUP @aaup.org · Sep 3

This is a HUGE win for American higher education!

#DefendHigherEd

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

Judge Issues Ruling Helpful to Harvard in Case Against Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Sep 3

Gift link.

Harvard Secures a Court Victory in Its Fight With Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Rosemary Braun @rosemarybraun.bsky.social · Sep 3

m.youtube.com/watch?v=5m9O...

Fight Fiercely, Harvard

YouTube video by Tom Lehrer - Topic

m.youtube.com

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Defendants, their agents are permanently enjoined from implementing, instituting, maintaining, or giving any force to Freeze Orders orTermination Letters, or refusing to grant or to continue federal funding undertaken pursuant to the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Court vacates and sets aside the Termination Letters as violative of Title VI. All terminations of funding to Harvard made pursuant to the Termination Letters are vacated and set aside.

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders as arbitrary and capricious All freezes and terminations of funding to Harvard made pursuant to the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters on or after April 14, 2025 are vacated and set aside.

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Partial summary judgement victory for Harvard: The Court GRANTS Harvard's motion for summary judgment as to Counts 1, 3, and 4 and Defendants' cross motion for summary judgment as to Counts 2 and 6. As to Count 5, the Court GRANTS IN PART Harvard's motion with respect to the Freeze Orders

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 1

NEW: The bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee has rejected Trump’s proposed $18 billion, 40% cut to the National Institutes of Health budget and endorsed a $400 million increase.

DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. Keep speaking up and calling your elected officials.

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · Aug 1

Current* conditions near Sturgeon Bay, WI:

View of a playground and flagpole in foreground that overlooks Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-08-01 02:04:25 UTC (about 3 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Sturgeon Bay: 60.98 F | 16.10 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: NNE at 3.444 mph | 5.54 kph // Humidity: 77%

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George Musser @georgemusser.com · Jul 29

When UC Berkeley caved in to McCarthyism, it lost its entire theoretical physics department, including future Nobelists. Let this be a lesson to #Columbia and other universities that are now pursuing a policy of #appeasement. Great article on p. 18 of the latest @aip.bsky.social’s history newsletter

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · Jul 28

Applications are open for SFI's 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships

If you’ve recently earned a Ph.D. in any scientific field and want to pursue independent, transdisciplinary research, consider applying.

Deadline: October 1, 2025
Apply here: santafe.edu/sfifellowship

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · Jul 27

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

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AAUP @aaup.org · Jul 24

Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration is a disaster for academic freedom, freedom of speech, & the independence of American higher education. Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat.

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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · Jul 14

I've been anxious to talk about this because it feels so selfish, but time to move past that.

I have a book coming out!

"Who's Got the Power? The Resurgence of American Unions", comes out October 14th from The New Press.

It's an optimistic book for perilous times.

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Who’s Got the Power - The New Press

An essential and timely guide to the changing landscape of the labor movement, from a veteran labor organizer “The best overview of the recent labor upsurge we have yet seen. This will remain a must-...

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Just like Northwestern

Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · Jun 30

Email from Brown admin: government stopped payment on existing NIH grants as of April 3; in three months since, the gov't has cumulatively withheld $45 million in NIH grant reimbursements.

Whatever injunctions, court orders, etc. may exist, no resumption of payments... and no explanation either.

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · Feb 13

What is alive? What is dead?

To follow the tree of discussions, click below and navigate.

Here, I briefly give some reflections that might be useful to spur further discussion.

A “life thread” 🧪🧬🦠🌍🌐

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · Feb 12

I think we might miss the fact that internal dynamics (and closure) are completely disrupted once gradients (and the associated flows) stop. That marks the transition to a new state where the requirement of a distinction between inside/outside is gone. As an agent, it is dead.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Jun 23

As we show, the impacts will be widespread.

Nearly all House districts to experience >$10M in loss.

1/3 of House districts to experience >$100M in loss.

A full report is available:
data.scienceimpacts.org/scimap_white...

data.scienceimpacts.org

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Jun 23

The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget.

Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.

Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26

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Economic loss due to NIH budget cuts by congressional district, scienceimpacts.org/fy26

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Rosemary Braun @rosemarybraun.bsky.social · Jun 23

Late to the party, but me too, please!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 23

New CNN story about clinical trials damaged by the funding freeze at Northwestern.

www.cnn.com/2025/06/23/h...

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NIH froze funding for clinical trials at a major university. By fall, they’ll run out of funding | CNN

Northwestern University hasn’t received any funding from the NIH since the end of March. Not only could patients potentially stop receiving treatments that trials provided, the research itself could b...

www.cnn.com

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · Jun 18

It's been hard for early career biologists looking for postdocs, so I created a Google Sheet where we can all compile fellowships/job boards/postdoc opportunities in one place. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! If you're a PI looking for postdocs, you can add to the 4th tab! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Postdoc Opportunity Megathread

docs.google.com

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