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Stanford newspaper sues Trump administration over student deportations The lawsuit challenges Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.

Stanford University’s student-run newspaper sued two senior Trump administration officials Wednesday, challenging Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.

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International Student Enrollment Could Drop 15% by Fall Data modeling shows 150,000 fewer students may enroll in U.S. higher education due to visa challenges.

International Student Enrollment Could Drop 15% This Fall

New international enrollments in the U.S. could drop by as many as 150,000 students in the next year, according to scenario modeling by @nafsa-official.bsky.social and JB International. bit.ly/41ryr8c

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HHS Winds Down mRNA Vaccine Development Under BARDA WASHINGTON, DC—AUGUST 5, 2025—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), including the cancellation and de-scoping of various contracts and solicitations. The decision follows a comprehensive review of mRNA-related investments initiated during the COVID-19 public health emergency. “We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”

Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

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Trump admin proposes to revoke EPA’s ability to make rules about climate pollution | CNN If successful, the repeal could strip away the federal government’s most powerful way to control the country’s planet-warming pollution and fight climate change.

In one of its most significant reversals on climate policy, the Trump administration proposed to repeal a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate change endangers human health and safety, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced.

How Trump-Vetted Scientists Are Trying to Shred the Climate Consensus A new report commissioned by the Energy Department downplays global warming as the administration seeks to unwind environmental rules.

First it gutted climate work across the federal government. Now the Trump administration is hand-picking contrarian scientists to do new research with fossil-friendly findings. Gift link:

Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report - Inside Climate News Climate scientist Michael Mann called the report “a deeply misleading antiscientific narrative, built on deceptive arguments, misrepresented datasets, and distortion of actual scientific understanding...

"Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report" by Dennis Pillion for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/3007202...

This is a video of a bear on a trampoline. Whatever argument you may or may not have tonight is invalid.

Gorgeous imagery of the power of our amazing planet. Science helped inform public policy like sensor networks and warning systems. This is exactly what science strives to do.

We can't let fear and greed tear it down.

Brown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding

Brown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...

Countries can be sued by neighbours over climate inaction, top court finds

📢 The International Court of Justice’s historic advisory ruling paves the way for massive compensation claims from countries facing the brunt of the climate crisis.

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Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change

Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/c...

U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination “undermines” academic freedom

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Congressional spending panels continue to push back against proposed Trump research cuts House committees give a real boost to DOE science and shrink size of cuts to NSF and NASA science

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Can we please have our country back?

Wow. Just wow.

An open letter from the presidents of Gaza universities Our campuses may have been razed, but our universities continue to exist.

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Energy Department to Gut Funding for Solar and Wind Projects

Energy Department to Gut Funding for Solar and Wind Projects www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/b...

Trump’s EPA Cancelled 350 Environmental Justice Grants, Then Congress Cut Funding for Future Projects. Here’s Why That Matters. The new federal budget rescinds funding meant for communities dealing with environmental hazards – but there’s still hope that some promised investments can be salvaged.

Trump’s EPA Cancelled 350 Environmental Justice Grants, Then Congress Cut Funding for Future Projects. Here’s Why That Matters. - Earthjustice earthjustice.org/article/trum...

Any bets on whether SCOTUS is going to allow ppl to have their citizenship cancelled by the “unitary executive” for criticizing him?

For any reason, really.

Loving this …

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The self-sabotage state of mind How the GOP has reconciled itself with political incoherence—and how Trump benefits.

As I’ve been puzzling out what the reconciliation bill does to the energy sector, I’ve also been trying to make sense of how we got to such a worst-case outcome.

It seems like this law is self-sabotage—but, really, I think that’s a matter of perspective:
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Wait - is Trump making immigrants cool again??

Yes! Let’s build a big tent among all of us in universities across the U.S. !

They don't ask me about stuff like this because I would be curious how conservative you gotta be? Do you have to have voted at least twice for certain candidates? Believe that birthright citizenship isn't real? What's the litmus test you're using to implement this folks? They can ask JHU I guess...

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A new editorial by me on the global implications of Trump's war on science - apart from the devastating cuts to global health, we must urgently build a more distributed science infrastructure.

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Tipping Points need to be on the agenda for COP30 - SUMAÚMA The possibility of sudden catastrophic change has been largely neglected in United Nations reports on the climate crisis, which allows politicians to carry on with business as usual. That must change ...

Tipping Points need to be on the agenda for COP30

The possibility of sudden catastrophic change has been neglected in UN reports on the climate crisis, which allows politicians to carry on with business as usual. That must change in Belém

My editorial for @Sumaúma

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Thank you! That perfectly summarizes the moment. Beyond truth, beyond reason …