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Dr. Jane Goodall inspired me in many ways to pursue a career in science. Rest well, Dr. Goodall. Thank you for everything you put into this world.

Fantastic resource!

Registration information for the fighting attacks on higher ed in red states workshop.

Registration information for the immigrants rights defense workshop.

Registration information for the Who Rules the Academy (and how to Fight Back) workshop.

Registration for the universities as political battlegrounds workshop.

Want to brush up on your skills about fighting back against repression and political interference in #highered? Join an online session for the April 17 #DayofActionforHigherEd. Register: www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events

An important point getting overlooked:

When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.

They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.

From a source at NIH:

“Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed.
The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad.
Everything is stopped”

Thank you for your speech @booker.senate.gov. I watched/listened since this morning in solidarity as I worked on my dissertation. Love, care, and kindness drives out hate, spite, and malice. May your message sink in for those who haven’t understood.

Definitely feels like no one cares. I struggle to find more than a handful of people around me who express the same amount of alarm or seem to understand what is at stake.

Finally got mine in the mail! Looks like I got Berry. Looking forward to the read

Mine is supposed to arrive in the mail tomorrow!

One of my students just chatting with her lab partner today: “Do I look like a scientist to you? I’m an engineer! I fix things with tape!” 😂

The game being played: How far can the boundaries of capitalistic ideals be pushed?

- Weaponizes: individualism, ignorance, uncertainty, fear, overwhelm

- Requires: compliance in advance, guise of every day normality

Public libraries were a staple of my childhood. They fed my voracious appetite for books. I volunteered at my local library as a teen. I credit so much of who I am to the access I had and continue to enjoy. I am supremely disappointed at the attack on funding for our public libraries.

So grateful to everyone who joined us in our #standupforscience walkout at the University of Arkansas. @standupforscience.bsky.social

“As the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) for NIMH, we are a group of scientific experts from leading biomedical research institutions across our nation.
Each of us has taken an oath as a Special Gov’t Employee to uphold the Constitution and fulfill our congressionally mandated responsibility…”
👀

I am participating in the economic blackout today. I am only supporting small local businesses and paying in cash with them. Also spending some time at my local public library!

Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.

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I had a conversation with my PhD advisor today about the implications of the cuts. Halting all submissions was not something we expected

This was the best Super Bowl performance by far. The concept, the music, the timing. Amazing ✊🏽

8. Finally, Trump and Republicans are going to do everything they can to divide us. Divide science and the humanities, divide red state and blue state universities, divide NIH extramural and intramural, divide us on race and gender and class.

The way we rebuild science is to stick together. /end

A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:

This was the table that the CDC posted and took down regarding #H5N1 bird flu

C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

Wow. So not only were several bird flu studies left out of today’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, some data on bird flu briefly appeared in the online report and then was quickly removed.

This graph is something I think about often. When I tell people about grad school, I try to be as honest as possible because it is one of the most difficult things you can put yourself through mentally.

#Science #STEM #gradschool #PhDstudent #Gradstudent #mentalhealth #gradstudentmentalhealth

I would imagine a more exaggerated trend in the US. It can be very difficult to get sufficient mental health support in grad school and medication may be one of the only more sustainable avenues.

The Senate is currently discussing the confirmation of Russel Vought as OMB director. He is the author of Project 2025. You can watch the floor proceedings live
www.senate.gov/legislative/...

Notes from the Field: Emergency Department Use During the Los Angeles County Wildfires, January 2025 Weekly / February 6, 2025 / 74(3);40–42 Print Emily Kajita, MS, MPH1; Karen Chang, PhD1,2; Vannalyn de Leon, MPH1; Wesley Moss, MPH1; Michael Lim, MPH1; Sharon Balter, MD1; Annabelle de St. Maurice, MD1 (VIEW AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS)

After an unprecedented pause of three weeks, the CDC has resumed publishing its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

However, three studies about bird flu that were supposed to appear in this edition, remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.

for a brief moment
a cool, sweet breeze
a pink sky
a quiet communion

I almost forget
the unhinged, unfeeling humans
the coal-black hatred
the vulgar antagonism

I return to my charts and calculations.
Working to be free to do more
than scream.
Working to remember
that brief moment.

A science-killing list. Too many keywords in this thread inherent to the scientific process. I know grad students supported by NSF fellowships awarded thru a grant that include many of these words. They have not gotten paid or are owed a large chunk of funds for this semester. Uncertainty reigns.