Riley DeBacker

For a video explainer, I'm looking for scientists working in the US, or in collaboration with US scientists, or with US data's, whose work is impacted by the new Trump administration.
🙏If you are willing to be interviewed (video interview in a French newspaper) DM me !

18.03.2025 15:06 — 👍 16    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 0

Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.

05.03.2025 16:41 — 👍 4751    🔁 1352    💬 72    📌 92

2025 Study section tracking

Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

24.02.2025 16:17 — 👍 367    🔁 291    💬 44    📌 22

sorry i didn’t text back i blame dei

31.01.2025 04:04 — 👍 81    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

Week one disability rights watch. What happened?

Removal of the accessibility page and all content in ASL from the White House website. The administration sets the tone for what it does and does not value on its official website.

Executive Order "ending radical and wasteful government DEI programs and spending". this seeks to terminate all DEI related programs and work within the federal government in the text DEI is sometimes written to include accessibility as DEIA

Executive Order "Ending illegal discrimination and Restoring Merit based Order". Expands the reach of Anti-DEIA tasks including investigating private sector businesses that have any DEI or accessibility initiatives

Trying to collect info in one place for folks. Things are moving quickly. The multiply marginalized will be disparately impacted, especially BlPOC, immigrant, and/or queer disabled folks. Here's the round up from week 1.

25.01.2025 23:33 — 👍 98    🔁 46    💬 2    📌 3

I’ll see you there!

11.01.2025 16:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Portland checks all of these boxes!

10.01.2025 22:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

This year, the horrors persisted but so did my lab! Really excited to find out our proposal to increase LGBTQ-related education for rehabilitation providers was funded and I can’t wait to get started on this work! 🏳️‍🌈

14.12.2024 03:06 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

LimeWire Wrapped 1. sistem_of_a_dowm_Zelda_song.flac 2. Nirvana - Glycerine.flv 3. track_8_(1)_(1)c.mp3 4. weird_al_Bert_and_Big_Bird_smoking_weed_FUNNY(parody).wav 5. jay-z_the-blueprint_FULL ALBUM_REAL.mp3.exe

finally finished downloading my limewire wrapped after 20 years

04.12.2024 21:11 — 👍 26007    🔁 4927    💬 369    📌 285

Has today been a good day? No. But did my conference talk get accepted? Also no.

22.11.2024 20:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

For anyone else looking for auditory scientists, @axelahrens.bsky.social has compiled a great starter pack. Excited to be following some new folks as a result!

21.11.2024 16:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Four books to get to know me
(This was tough and so is very much weighted toward recent reads.)

19.11.2024 21:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I didn’t know you were a fan of the Expanse!

19.11.2024 18:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’d also love to be added! My lab does ototoxicity research.

19.11.2024 07:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0