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Fight back against the attack on #HigherEd! Join #DefendResearch and @penamerica.bsky.social for a Feb 12 webinar where PEN staff will talk about their new report, "America's Censored Campuses." Register & learn more here: www.defendresearch.org #censorship #ScholCom #Academia #AcademicChatter

A sad day at NIH...

The NIH Record was a great way for NIH folks to find out what was going on across NIH.

Many important stories published there over the years.

nihrecord.nih.gov/2026/01/30/n...

#censorship has no place on campuses! Register to join us on Feb 12th for a webinar with @penamerica.bsky.social to learn about their new report "America's Censored Campuses!" www.defendresearch.org @defendresearch.bsky.social

Great to see folks rallying and protesting to end #censorship and #DefendResearch and #AcademicFreedom! Thank you @aaup.org and Texas scholars!

Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center

How Trump's moves could dramatically reshape the scientific workforce Threats to funding and cuts to diversity efforts are putting pressure on the pipeline of new scientists

Threats to funding and cuts to diversity efforts are putting pressure on the pipeline of new scientists. https://scim.ag/3LIs63S

Exactly right.

Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.

Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.

Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.

Every possible angle.

Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Webinar Series Since releasing the "Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship" in mid-February, the #DefendResearch team has engaged with scholars and experts around the world who view the cu...

Amidst the madness (✊to our MN friends), it's easy to lose track of the impact of #censorship on #science #STM #R&D. @defendresearch.bsky.social kicks off 2026 convo series w/ experts @penamerica.bsky.social @ninajankowicz.com @jeremymberg.bsky.social. Sign up for Feb 12 - SHARE!

The Trump administration continues its despicable, harmful acts of #censorship.

America's Censored Campuses: DefendResearch.org and PEN America discuss US academic censorship As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conv...

We are proud to be launching our webinar series on the dangers of #censorship in research and education by hosting a discussion with @penamerica.bsky.social about their new report "America's Censored Campuses" Register soon and share! tinyurl.com/437aybub #DefendResearch #ScholComm #SciSky

America's Censored Campuses: DefendResearch.org and PEN America discuss US academic censorship As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conv...

Fighting attacks on knowledge requires understanding the terrain! Register for this first #DefendResearch webinar to hear from @penamerica.bsky.social about their new report “America’s Censored Campuses” analyzing #censorship within research and education. tinyurl.com/437aybub #Academia

Imagine how inhumanely you must view these people in order to be part of a team that separates this five-year-old and then ships him parentless to Texas within hours.

This is not about law enforcement.

The fundamental problem here is not one of bad apples. This is what the agency is designed to do. The barrel is bad to start with.

This photo will be everywhere for the next week. Pls credit prominently.

Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune

Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives.

Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.

The #DefendResearch team will be hosting a conversation with @penamerica.bsky.social about their newly released report on #censorship in higher education and research. Please join us to discuss PEN's analysis with them! #AcademicChatter #Academica #research #SciSky #HigherEducation

We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.

It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.

This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.

Mamdani: I am in support of abolishing ICE… I'm tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.

Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.

I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.

It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.

Awesome! Just wanted to make sure you saw that plaudit. And, this one from managing editor at @thecity.nyc. ⤵️

Thank you for making the frightening events happening in Minnesota right now intelligible to those of us far away. 🙏🏼

O’Keefe was put into another vehicle with three agents. She says they started taunting and mocking her, and called her ugly. “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock that you could say that to one of her neighbors,” she said. They were brought to the Whipple Building and released after eight hours. They weren’t charged for a crime. Sigüenza said he was brought to a room with agents from the Department of Homeland Security and asked to provide the names of people he knows that are undocumented or the names of protest organizers in exchange for money or legal protection.

We are so far beyond "show us your papers." They don't want to see the papers. We are now into the "give us the names" stage of the occupation.

Remember that ProPublica report, where Russ Vought was quoted this administration would make the lives of non-MAGA federal workers hell? He’s succeeded. Driving a worker to suicide. And the home of the journalist who reported the story was raided by the FBI.

RFK Jr. and his minions have cut funding for the prevention of suicide, school violence, and training for recognizing and assisting those in distress.

Don't forget @datarescueproject.org

And don’t forget @defendresearch.bsky.social - we’re all doing our part!

Except that the same is asked in all kinds of lawsuits and criminal cases all the time and happens.

Do people think everything can be done with a Google search? No wonder no one respects those of us whose job it is to MEANINGFULLY process huge amounts of information and do it well every damn day.

This was a brutal presser to listen to.

These new policies from RFK Jr. et al., WILL lead to death, are anti-scientific, and steeped in eugenics.

This is one of many reasons we are leading the charge for RFK Jr's impeachment and removal from his cabinet position.

#impeachRFKJR

Our final email of 2025 is out--what a year of attacks on #research and knowledge, but also of tremendous community organizing and #resistance! Take a read to see our thoughts of why and how to continue to fight back to #DefendResearch. #Academia #ScholComm #SciSky app.keila.io/archive/nmc_...