Kristin Schneider

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Attend a No Kings demonstration this Saturday!

Chicago is officially one of the top 10 happiest cities in the world The Windy City is all smiles in 2025

Boop.

www.timeout.com/chicago/news...

Federal agents deployed tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors blocked an immigration arrest.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/13/f...

Other planetary tipping points will follow.

"Surging temperatures worldwide have pushed coral reef ecosystems into a state of widespread decline, marking the first time the planet has reached a climate ‘tipping point’, researchers announced today."

#ClimateSky

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

Had a wonderful time today celebrating #PSYCGoodDeedDay2025. Greatly appreciated how many good deeds involved delicious treats! And all our new students are now CPR trained. Thanks to GASP for organizing our event!

The Nobel Prizes, 5 of 6 having so far gone to US based scientists, are a reminder of why we must stand up for science against this horrid administration. Here are some great Scientist Activists to follow.

go.bsky.app/14W5Rdk

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

NSF GRFP is out 2.5 months late w/key changes

1. 2nd year graduate students not eligible.

2. "alignment with Administration priorities"

3. Unlike prior years, they DO NOT specify the expected number of awards... that is a BIG problem.

a brief 🧵 w/receipts

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name!
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social

Today's the day: Your taxpayer dollars are now being used to fix up a “free” plane Qatar “gifted” to Donald Trump.

Up to $1 BILLION going to a plane that Trump's planning on keeping after he leaves office.

So much for getting rid of waste, fraud, and abuse.

Care Over Cuts: Reining in the Trump Chaos

The September CR needs to do more than fund NIH, CDC, EPA, USDA, FEMA, AHRQ, FDA, and so many more critical public health and safety agencies. It needs to include language that prevents harmful decision-making based on partisan politics rather than science.

indivisible.org/campaign/car...

Chicago sees its fewest summer murders since 1965 The Chicago Police Department’s criminal homicide tally for June, July and August is the lowest in 60 years. And overall violent crime remains near its lowest point in more than four decades.

Don't believe the lies coming from the federal government. www.wbez.org/news/2025/09...

Not a great time to hire FEWER mental health professionals and scientists.

Looking pretty grim out there :-(.

So, kudos to both #Democrats & #Republicans in the House for their draft mark-up for next year's #budget, which maintains funding for #NIH (just like the Senate). This is rare, true #bipartisanship and should be praised. But #RussellVought will not be stopped by an appropriations bill. Why? 1/

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

This morning 9 former CDC Directors, whose tenures date back to 1977, published this warning in the NYT:

RFK Jr is a danger to public health.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out

Thanks, Republicans.
A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/

It's the little things that sometimes you miss the most. Sorry friend. Sending positive your way.

Post from Donald Trump on Truth Social: A really deadly weekend in Chicago. 6 dead, 27 hurt in crime sprees all over the city. Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control, when in fact it is just the opposite. He is an incompetent governor who should call me for help. Mayor Johnson is no better. Make Chicago great again!

According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago.

8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.

And yet Trump is sending troops here.

The brain drain created by this Administration’s anti science policies will affect research for decades.

They are robbing your children of the cures they would have seen.

Stealing science, killing cures.

In Illinois, we want to make sure you’re connected to the resources you need to feel supported, protected, and at home here.

That’s why Illinois has launched a first-of-its-kind free and confidential legal hotline for LGBTQ+ residents — Illinois Pride Connect. Here’s what you need to know. 👇

Hispanic-Serving Institutions May Lose Federal Funds After Justice Dept. Refuses to Defend Grant Program The department has indicated that it agrees with a lawsuit calling the program’s eligibility standard “unconstitutional.” More than 600 colleges could be affected.

More than 600 Hispanic-serving institutions are at risk of losing millions of dollars in annual support after the Justice Department late last month declined to defend a federal grant program against a lawsuit.

They're going to spike everyone's energy prices. Your energy prices are going up and it's Trump's fault. Plain as day.

Join Stand Up for Science at the Lincoln Park Library Saturday to learn how spending cuts can affect Lake Michigan. #waterislife

‘A whole body of health-equity research is being disappeared’ — why I resigned from the NIH As federal support vanishes for research addressing the root causes of health disparities in the United States, we are left with a dangerous void and an urgent need to rethink science funding.

Excellent piece from a former NIH colleague and #BethesdaDeclaration co-signer.

She highlights the ongoing censorship at NIH and calls for the following three actions:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Federal Science Advisory Committees Are Being Defunded and Dismantled. Here’s a Toolkit to Help Independent Scientists Step Up Despite the current Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle federal science advisory committees, scientists and their organizations can still collaborate to form independent committees.

New toolkit provides tips for scientists interested in continuing the work of dismantled science advisory committees...

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Tell the Supreme Court Hand Off NIH! We partnered with @safa-science.bsky.social on this memo outlining the upcoming shadow docket Supreme Court case NIH VS APHA! Grants will be terminated if the stay is allowed, and livelihoods and vital health research is at stake!