Luiz Domeignoz-Horta

Dear US researchers: break the outrage addiction. I survived the besieging of science. So can you As I watch US researchers respond to threats against science, I’m reminded of when scientists in Brazil navigated a similar storm.

For my American colleagues! You can resist Trump! Stay strong! You are not alone! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.

It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science.

Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".

Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".

We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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The illustration depicts a person wearing a graduation cap throwing the "X" logo into a trash bin. Nearby, a blue bird lies on the ground with X-shaped eyes, symbolizing its demise. The scene is set in a simple, grassy landscape under a cloudy sky, metaphorically representing the abandonment of X (formerly Twitter).

We have a massive academic base on Bluesky, we can lobby unis to quit X. The French are leading on this, others can do it too.
3 more French unis quit Twitter:

Université Paris-Saclay
@univparissaclay.bsky.social

Université PSL
@psl-univ.bsky.social

Sorbonne Université
@sorbonne-universite.fr

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