Laurel Anderson

It's a useful thing to be able to switch on, though. I was (and still am) asked to read through grant proposals and drafts of research papers, probably at least in part for my English fluency, and it was a great learning experience! 2/2

I was a stickler for grammar and spelling as a kid, but as a grad student in a large-ish research lab with many international students/postdocs, it just felt silly. It was so clear that the people I had the urge to "correct" knew so much more about physics than I did. The content was the point. 1/2

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article) The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research.

NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%

Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%

Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.

#GiftLink ⚛️🔭

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Opinion | This Land Was Your Land, This Land Was My Land. Now It’s for Sale.

Never thought I'd be agreeing with Ryan Zinke on public lands, but here we are...once these unique places are sold and developed, we won't be able to get them back.

Urgent: Take Action to Protect Public Services Photo by Katie Rodriguez on Unsplash I have something you can do in five minutes or less that can help salvage the integrity of the federal civil service,...

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! Have you taken three minutes to save the political independence of the civil service? It’s easy! Here’s how you can do it:

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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit.

This cannot be allowed to happen.

www.savensf.com/take-action 🧪

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

YouTube video by HowNOT2 Tariffs will change climbing

Even if you're not into climbing, I found this to be a very clear and useful discussion of the impact of tariffs on a small business.

"We won’t even know about the new deaths, because all the data collection was supported by U.S.A.I.D." It will be years before we understand the size of this crisis--and we may only understand it when highly resistant forms of TB come home to roost in rich countries.

Over 120,000 Japanese Americans forced into imprisonment in internment camps simply because they were of Japanese heritage.

This would be great to share with students in an intro science or math class. 🎢 🥽 ♾️ 🍎

My dad read The Hobbit to me and my brothers when we were about 5, and we loved it! It started a family tradition of reading books aloud together (the first Harry Potter book came out shortly after we finished). Glad you are passing the joy along!

I know this isn't the main point, but anyone know why Utah's biggest trading partner is Hong Kong? Or why Delaware's is Belgium?

US FDA drops web pages on improving clinical trial diversity The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has pulled draft guidance from its website requiring companies to test medicines and devices in diverse populations as part of a purge of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at U.S. health agencies.

One of my friends has a grant from the #FDA to look at disparities in clinical trial research and just submitted a manuscript with the findings. She was told today by the collaborators from the #FDA to rescind it.

#Censorhip has started, we are living in authoritarian government.

The is is legit one of the funniest jokes I've ever heard.

@physgal.bsky.social Could I be added to the list? I'm a physics postdoc at the University of Washington.
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Yes, learned cursive starting in 3rd grade in Utah. Curious about the results!

Not sure this is what you're looking for, but Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks features a sapphic romance (and is a fantastic book for many other reasons as well!)

Maybe #BookSky 💙📚 can help me out with this... My brother's partner and I sometimes give each other books. She's given me Braiding Sweetgrass and Matrix; I've given her The Quickening, When Fish Don't Exist, and H is for Hawk. Ideas for the next gift?