Tanya Dapkey

I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.

Three ways ex-CDC chief says that Trump team is sidelining science Nature - Susan Monarez testifies at tense Senate hearing that scientific integrity is being quashed at US health agency.

“I was fired for holding the line on scientific integrity. The stakes are not theoretical — we have already seen the largest [US] measles outbreak in more than 30 years, which claimed the lives of two children.”

go.nature.com/4213aJO

Queen

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

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🗣️ #Philly #Science Jawns!

💻 We are looking for guest contributors to our Substack. We want to hear about your science, how it advances the public good, and how federal funding cuts and policy changes are affecting it!

💬 DM us if you’re interested.

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🐌 🥺

So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.

Ask Your Legislators to Sign on to Letters in Support of NSF and NASA Use this opportunity to stop federal science cuts

Hey frens! @agu.org has these great template letters you can send your representaives to ask them to support funding to NSF and NASA. Make sure to quickly personalize it with your name! agu.quorum.us/campaign/121...

👏 Incredible leadership from @agu.org! We’re proud to call them a partner and applaud their efforts to keep #climatescience moving forward. ⬇️

Evolving national security-dominated landscape ignores history of devastating consequences of #landmines for people, animals, environment. Will anti-tank mines, triggered by weight of >100kg, distinguish vehicles from e.g. 1000-kg Eurasian #bison male? #MineFreeWorld @minesadvisorygroup.bsky.social

Death is the policy RFK Jr.‘s measles response is junk science and social Darwinism.

Survival of the fittest is not a health care policy - at best it's based on junk science at worst it's rooted in eugenics. #Resist
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We are not in Kansas anymore — 500 Women Scientists Photo by Pacto Visual on Unsplash While Canada and the US rejected their far right governments during recent elections, the US continues its rapid slide into authoritarianism. Last week brought m...

taking a lead from Resistance Kitty "we’re in an authoritarian fever dream with bad spray tans and worse policies. But guess what? Resistance isn’t a one-day protest. Its a daily sabotage of the unjust." #Resist 500womenscientists.org/updates/2025...

Side note, I think it is important to consistently refer to these grant cancellations as illegal. They straightforwardly are, and are currently being challenged in courts by @aaup.bsky.social and @aclu.org. Many should likely be restored if the law works.
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Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say

Track more illegally cancelled grants here, work from @noamross.net:
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As well as:
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As well as hundreds of millions in NIH grants to specifically targeted universities: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...

All after Bhattacharya started.

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...

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Have y'all heard of the Project 2025 Heat Map that outlines how 1/3 of the goals have already been achieved? Check out this site and follow: www.project2025.observer Call your representatives and ask them if they are aware of this site and how much of their plans have been implemented.

NOAA to Decommission a number of Data Products in 2025 NOAA will be decommissioning a number of data projects in 2025.   A summary of the products to be decommissioned is below.  For a full list of the products and further information, go to the NOAA page...

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Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.

YouTube video by Reuters Walter Cronkite's Earth Day broadcast in 1970

Today in class, as it is #EarthDay, we'll discuss the role of Philadelphia in the very first celebration (with an original news broadcast!). And I'll also mention Pope Francis - his TED Talk, and my AGU blog post on his encyclical on the environment and human ecology: geoedtrek.org/2018/08/19/l...

Some of the older staff at the Academy have those first Earth Day posters and buttons. It’s pretty cool to see that bit of history. Thanks for doing this!!

And respect a woman’s choice if all these things are in place and she still doesn’t want to have children.

A Proclamation on Earth Day, 2024 | The White House More than 50 years ago today, some 20 million Americans came together across the country to demand that we prioritize our planet's

Each year, there is a Presidential Proclamation for #EarthDay. I haven't seen it posted yet for this year, so in class we discussed the 2024 Earth Day Proclamation and when elected officials used to work together across the aisle for the environment.
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Opinion | Preserve the National Institute of Nursing Research's Independence Folding NINR into a larger institute risks diminishing research targeting whole-person health

Nursing research improves healthcare for us all! The recently leaked HHS budget proposal seeks to dismantle NINR.

Philly is home to one of the highest-ranked nursing schools in the world, which is also among the top NIH-funded nursing schools in the US.

www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Boom! 🎤 drop. Fuck yes to all of this #OperationalSupport

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

We need to stand up for science while it’s under attack | Opinion Everyone benefits from science. I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe.

Here is my #oped in the @inquirer.com online today, publishing in the paper on Sunday.

"I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe."

www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

Hey Senator @fetterman.senate.gov we got some questions for ya.

WTF Fetterman!? Written by members of the 500 Women Scientists Philly Pod

Couldn’t have said it better myself: open.substack.com/pub/500wsphi...

Elon Musk is not finding “waste and abuse”. He is simply slashing regulations and firing regulators that keep you safe, just so he can add a few more zeros to his bank account.