Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
The Trump administration’s proposed budget slashes about 90% of the funding for one of the country’s cornerstone biological and ecological research programs. 🌐🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...
01.06.2025 05:57 — 👍 42 🔁 25 💬 5 📌 0
Inspired by @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social and @ohdearz.bsky.social, here's what the White House proposed budget cuts to NASA would do to the entirety of the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
Bloodbath is right.
Graph of science funding of NASA from 1980 until present with estimated 50% cut included. This drops NASA Science to under $4B. Image source: Casey Dreier/The Planetary Society
Cuts to #science of >50% at NASA and >75% at NOAA would end US climate and space science research.
NASA cuts are '...an "extinction level" event': arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
"At this funding level, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research is eliminated...": www.science.org/content/arti...
"Days ago, the Administration’s nominee to lead NASA called for a “new golden age of science and discovery” at the agency. The proposed budget from within the White House — which cuts NASA science by 47% — would plunge NASA into a dark age instead."
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
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March 21, 2-3 pm ET: What to do when your federal grant has been stopped or terminated
If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations.
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
At least three dozen Democrats plan to take over the Senate floor all night tonight, for 30 hours, to oppose Trump's budget office nominee, Russ Vought.
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
To steal a phrase from one of my heroes: "there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves."
WE are democracy.
To federal workers, join a union, remember your oath, and hold the line.
To all Americans, get informed and get loud, this is not a drill.
📢 Global Ecology feed !
A new feed for large scale biodiversity, ecosystems and conservation sciences, covering both terrestrial & marine realms
- DM @nmouquet.bsky.social to be added as contributors
- Tag posts with globe meridian emoji 🌐 to show up in this feed
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There's so many EO and remote sensing people on here now that I've had to make a second starter pack! 🤯🛰️
Please follow all these awesome people too - and let me know if you'd like to be added!
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The Biodiversity Monitoring starter pack is growing! For scientists that monitor plants and animals using different platforms (cameras, drones, satellites and more) and sensors (RGB, thermal, acoustic, LiDAR …). Reply below to and point me to your research to be included!
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There's now so many awesome #geospatial people here it's hard to keep track! 🤩
Here's a thread of some of my favourite starter packs so far - let me know what I've missed!
🛰️ Earth Observation & remote sensing: go.bsky.app/4PMRhNL
🌏 GIS: go.bsky.app/TJ7qQF6 @milos-makes-maps.bsky.social
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Ok, here is an updated version of my space policy starter pack.
Let's make #BlueSpace the best platform for space news, space econ and space law discussions.
@sharestuff.bsky.social
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A starter pack for people studying how human affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at global scale, across terrestrial and marine realms & conservation challenges.
Sounds like Global Ecology !
sure I missed many people, reply to be added, and share to spread !
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I've initiated a starter pack with researchers working on Deep Learning (SSL, generative models, foundation models, deep learning at scale...) for Earth observation/remote sensing that I know/that I've found on this network!
-> Don't hesitate to ping me to be added/removed! 🌏
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A starter pack - scientists that monitor plants and animals using different platforms (cameras, drones, satellites) and sensors (RGB, thermal, acoustic, LiDAR …) to detect and monitor biodiversity. Reply below to me know you’d like to be included. ECRs and PhDs welcome! 🧪🦊
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They don’t come to Quark’s for the synthehol. They come to Quark’s for the atmosphere and the attitude.
15.11.2024 00:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Please add me. :)
14.11.2024 15:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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