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Dr. Katy Croff Bell @katycroffbell.bsky.social · May 3

📣🧪
$25k grants for those who:

1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and

2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.

Early-career scholars prioritized

500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · May 3

🧪 funding alert! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

www.spencer.org

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Apr 16

Friends, many of us are finding it hard to feel hopeful. And that’s ok. When you can’t feel hope, do hope. Hope is getting out of bed. Hope is telling jokes, writing that paper, smiling at a stranger, permission to rest. Hope is a practice. What does hope in action look like for you?

Goodnight 💚

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Mar 2

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org

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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · Mar 1

Since February 26, an additional 1,322 adults (from 14,482 to 15,804) and 141 infants (from 1,541 to 1,682) have died as a consequence of a single frozen USAID program.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 2

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?

Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!

#standupforscience2025

Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Feb 24

NIDA has announced it, but all the NIH summer internship programs are likely cancelled.

Sorry college students interested in STEM jobs, sorry high school students looking at science 🧪 careers. Trump and Musk are cancelling your futures.

Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Feb 24

Another loss for #science & the next generation of researchers. The 28-year running NIDA summer internship program is cancelled for this year.
@altnih4science.bsky.social #SavetheNIH

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · Feb 16

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 25

Today has been a DAY but we are happy to have shared it with all of you. Rest well knowing they fumbled HARD this weekend.

And send photos of your emotional support pets!

See you in the morning!

A person kissing their cat and the cat looks alarmed. The text above the cat reads “pov: my cat realizing just how much emotional support he’s gonna have to provide after RFK Jr takes away my meds.”

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Claire W @sciclaire.bsky.social · Feb 24

Now that DOGE decided funding cuts are the answer
Surprise surprise, guess we don't need to cure cancer
Oh! I just wanna know when will my grant come through?
(Maybe never!)

🙃

...please feel free to add your own lyrics for other critical government agencies currently being decimated! (2/2)

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Feb 23

I want to see every scientific society going into emergency mode. This is a good example of how an organization can flex its specific power in a time of great need. What else is possible?

American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · Feb 21

The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government.

Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk

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Claire W @sciclaire.bsky.social · Feb 22

Less than a month away! Seattle folks, spread the word!

Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · Feb 12

BrainFest is coming back! Join us on Mar. 15 at Pacific Science Center for a cerebral celebration for all ages! 🧠 ⚡️ 🤘

BrainFest is incl. with general admission. Limited number of free general admission tickets will be given out at the door starting at 10am.

🔗 alleninstitute.org/events/brain...

Claire W @sciclaire.bsky.social · Feb 17

Gotta love nerds raising over $3 million for charity in 48 hrs - what a great distraction from the world this weekend. It's not too late to donate and/or vote on the recipient nonprofits at www.projectforawesome.com

John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Feb 14

So what exactly is the Project for Awesome? Since 2007, my brother @hankgreen.bsky.social and many friends and online creators have come together to host an annual 48-hour livestream in support of great charities. Over the years, we've raised over $22,000,0000 for a huge variety of charities...

image showing the projectforawesome.com header; this year we've already raised over $500,000 and the p4a technically hasn't begun yet.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Feb 13

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Feb 17

They’re firing NIH scientists and replacing them with people with this level of crappy chart-making?

Sounds like the DOGE kids would benefit from going through the NIH postbac program. 🧪

Molly White @molly.wiki · Feb 15

not sure what's worse about the DOGE site: unsecured databases, leaking of classified information, or these chart crimes

Bar charts of employee tenure, salary, and age from the DOGE website. The y axis is unlabeled, and horizontal lines providing some sense of scale are unevenly spaced

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Feb 16

Information hygiene request - please circulate & take action.

I’m getting bombarded with frantic fragments.

Information flow is crucial right now, and every link in the chain matters. This is a concrete place where you can play a massive role in improving transmission.

Start with SIFT method:

The SIFT method - STOP, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace claims, quotes & media

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 11

⏱️ ACTION STEPS ⏱️
💥Call your reps and demand they oppose RFK Jr, NIH Cuts and the Musk Takeover
5calls.org
💥Call your state’s Attorney General and demand they fight Musk’s access to data and funding cuts.
www.usa.gov/state-govern...

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5calls.org

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

Thinking back on all this I better understand the pain I feel to see science under devastating attack here. It’s not just about my livelihood or my university. It’s about my identity. And it’s about a pursuit that I see as standing along with art, literature, and music as among our highest callings.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · Feb 8

And Academic T&P committees, maybe take a beat & consider how the continuous & unsustainable push for CV conspicuous production has been a competitive inhibitor of scientists & scholars being engaged in their communities in meaningful ways as a bulwark to the shitstorm happening now.

a woman in a black and white jacket is sitting at a table in a diner .

Alt: a woman in a black and white jacket is sitting at a table in a diner saying "There, I said it."

media.tenor.com

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ashley juavinett @analog-ashley.bsky.social · Feb 6

Dear biologists & neuroscientists --

I'd like to collect some cursory data on what the "typical" breakdown of funding between federal & private looks like in labs.

If you run a research lab or know enough about yours, could you fill this small form out? forms.gle/PEzWEYojBjfj...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 7

What started as a small group of park rangers has grown into a movement of over 100,000 federal employees. People all across the nation have risked everything to challenge Elon, his staffers, and the Trump administration, ensuring the truth reaches the public.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · Feb 3

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

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Claire W @sciclaire.bsky.social · Feb 4

Welp I'm not going to the AAAS conference this year but now I want to renew my membership just for the shirt...

HPS @ AAAS @hps-aaas.bsky.social · Feb 3

Free t-shirt for renewing your AAAS membership
#InclusionIsElemental
🧪 #HPS

A black t-shirt with a rainbow of squares each with a chemical element symbol that spells Inclusion: Indium, Chlorine, Uranium, Silicon, Oxygen, Nitrogen.

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Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · Feb 3

How are y'all dealing with the cognitive dissonance of much of your daily life continuing as normal right now even as really really really bad shit is happening in government (that will certainly have ripple effects that will reach us all)? Because I'm honestly feeling a little insane right now.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 1

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

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Mombian @mombian.bsky.social · Jan 31

This week has seen a stream of appalling, transphobic executive orders from the new administration. We shouldn’t minimize the harm these will cause—but we can find some hope in the actions being taken to stop them. Click thru to learn more & find resources to help. #trans mombian.com/2025/01/31/f...

Fighting Back: Actions Being Taken Against Transphobic Executive Orders - Mombian

This week has seen a steady stream of appalling, transphobic executive orders from the new administration. We shouldn’t minimize the harm these will cause—but we can find some hope in the actions alre...

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