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I like my rocks deformed and metamorphosed. Assist. Prof. at the University of Washington. Fluids π¦, rheology πͺ, and the rock recordπ€! She/her https://caileycondit.weebly.com/
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Dr. Tina Dura, part of the CRESCENT Cascadia Paleoseismology (CPAL) working group, was featured recently in a PBS Terra video about the future Cascadia megathrust event.
Learn more about what the event could mean for the PNW and how you can prepare here β‘οΈ www.youtube.com/watch?v=89uV...
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
07.07.2025 20:03 β π 1506 π 598 π¬ 31 π 127Faculty Position at University of #Iowa π§ͺβοΈ
Solid Earth #geology, focused on #structural geology, tectonics, geochronology, thermochronology, critical minerals, or geodynamics.
jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...
The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts β and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. π§΅
New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism
β'Iβve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'Iβve sat on this bench now for 40 years. Iβve never seen government racial discrimination like this.'
*More of this, please*"
70,000 people marched through Seattle at the No Kings rally. It was loud, it was huge, and it was only a start. While downtown swelled with speeches, ICE tear-gassed protesters in Tukwila. Showing up once isnβt enough. The fight doesnβt end when the march does.
17.06.2025 00:58 β π 9872 π 2174 π¬ 136 π 68
We are just getting started. βAmerican Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is acceleratingβ¦β wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...
14.06.2025 18:40 β π 238 π 46 π¬ 4 π 1
This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
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If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
one big reason beltway journalists shouldnβt buy white house spin about los angeles is that the actual public opinion info we have doesnβt suggest the president has a winning hand here
11.06.2025 18:30 β π 4501 π 894 π¬ 103 π 29
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known βNo One Will Stop Meβ Loophole
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known βNo One Will Stop Meβ Loophole theonion.com/trump-c...
11.06.2025 21:00 β π 3199 π 608 π¬ 89 π 67oh crazy, it is as if protests have consistently hurt trump since 2017
10.06.2025 17:07 β π 6508 π 1311 π¬ 93 π 20
US Earth Scientists: We know you have questions, come get them answered directly from NSF/EAR POs! Tuesday, June 17, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
09.06.2025 19:24 β π 56 π 44 π¬ 1 π 1tl;dr: This federally funded science will help us understand deadly geologic hazards and we should fund basic research because it will save lives, money, and result in wonder!
23.05.2025 16:39 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I live in Seattle, WA. My city and the PNW is going to have a huge >8Mw earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone Fault in the near future. I want to know all the hazards we will face when this earthquake comes, and learning more about these fault systems from the rock record is key!
23.05.2025 16:39 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We're here, three PIs, one postdoc, two graduate students, and one undergrad on a research grant funded by the NSF. We're working on basic science, and our data is key to understand how the earth works and has important implications for seismic hazards along subduction fault zones.
23.05.2025 16:39 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Four geologists swim in the Aegean Sea past a highly deformed shear zone/island towards an outcrop only accessible by water.
With everything going on *gestures wildy*, I am feeling so to be on Ios Island in Greece with some incredible other geologists learning everything we can about subductionβοΈπ₯π, underplating βοΈπ½οΈ, deformation γ°οΈ, fluidsπ¦, and (perhaps?)...slow slip π«΄π¦.
23.05.2025 16:39 β π 39 π 5 π¬ 4 π 0
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
So many of my colleagues are struggling with this same decision: stay or leave. Iβm staying as long as itβs within my power to do so, but this is π₯π₯π₯
13.05.2025 14:42 β π 45 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0
Letter: I use funding from the NSF for my research at the University of Utah. Trumpβs deep budget cuts would devastate science.
11.05.2025 21:12 β π 74 π 31 π¬ 7 π 1
Office of the Director (OD) $4 Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) $5 Biological Sciences (BIO) $15 Engineering (ENG) $25 Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) $34 Geosciences (GEO) $34 Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) $35 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) $41 STEM Education (EDU) $590
π§ͺ Data update on NSF grant terminations
Including last Friday's terminations, STEM education grants now account for...
54% of terminated NSF grants (751 of 1381)
75% of terminated NSF funding ($590M of $783M)
The next generation of scientists is being targeted.
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF
Reminder: the budget where you see NIH & NSF getting cut by 40-50% has been PROPOSED by the President of the United States.
The Senate and the House must approve this budget-- and they generally do NOT. See below.
β¨Congress needs to hear from you.β¨
CALL YOUR REPS & tell them to Save our Science!
NSF just revised its indirect cost policyβ15%.
When NIH tried the same, it led to lawsuits, layoffs, and a federal court injunction.
Changes like this can wreak havoc on research.
MORE ACTION ITEMS TO COME SOON. Stay tuned.
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
#NSFFreeze #WithoutNSF
Screenshot of table showing number of grants and total value terminated by NSF directorate. STEM Education directorate is highlighted, with 417 terminations totaling 322 million dollars. CSV of table: Directorate,No. Terminated,Total Value Biological Sciences,46,"$27,960,075" Computer and Information Science and Engineering,85,"$44,630,113" Engineering,94,"$33,472,485" Geosciences,52,"$36,454,740" Mathematical and Physical Sciences,30,"$6,418,312" Office of the Director,7,"$4,859,738" STEM Education,417,"$322,680,063" "Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences",266,"$77,635,904" "Technology, Innovation and Partnerships",46,"$62,231,309"
UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days.
We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
NIH DOGE'd.....
Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations
60 Minutes @cbsnews.com w/transcript
www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-lay...
π£PRESSURE WORKS!π£
The Trump administration has reversed its termination of thousands of studentsβ U.S. visa registrations, reinstating their legal status after legal challenges and court orders deemed the mass cancellations unlawful.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, DORKS!
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Science friends, Iβll be honest: We have no idea yet what any of this will mean. But I can tell you that I work alongside some of the best humans around and that we are fighters. www.science.org/content/arti...
25.04.2025 00:06 β π 152 π 17 π¬ 8 π 0
A nice part of Earth (in Canada). A flattish (glacially eroded) small island of granite sits on a still lake reflecting a blue sky dotted with clouds. Two people stand at either end, fishing.
Itβs Earth Day, and some of us have spent not just our careers but our whole lives loving + studying the Earth. It is not an easy time. But I hope you take a moment today to look at something beautiful, eat something delicious, squish someone you love, pet a dog, remember the nice parts. Yay Earth.
22.04.2025 20:37 β π 277 π 32 π¬ 1 π 0
