Peter Suber

Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports While immigration officers support the Trump administration’s goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership’s tactics, according to reports

"Morale is plummeting among #ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

More evidence that protests work, sometimes.

#Trump #USPol #USPolitics

When #Trump and #Vance were boosting false rumors that Haitian migrants in Ohio were killing cats and dogs (Sept 2024), I started a #Mastodon thread on prominent #Republicans who actually killed cats and dogs.
fediscience.org/@petersuber/...

Doug Hamlin (of the #NRA) is just one in a long list.

America's Censored Campuses: DefendResearch.org and PEN America discuss US academic censorship As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conv...

We are proud to be launching our webinar series on the dangers of #censorship in research and education by hosting a discussion with @penamerica.bsky.social about their new report "America's Censored Campuses" Register soon and share! tinyurl.com/437aybub #DefendResearch #ScholComm #SciSky

Trump is wrong.

The US already operates a major military base in Greenland today and monitors missiles and regional threats from there. Existing agreements with Denmark allow the US to expand its military presence as needed.

Owning Greenland would not improve U.S. defenses.

screen shot of trumpcensorship.com dashboard including timeline, map, and bar charts in red, white, and blue

‼️ Today @americansunlight.org launches TrumpCensorship.com, a public dataset visualizing 200+ censorship actions by the Trump Admin against journalists, researchers & citizens since his 2nd term began.

From our weekly "Last Week in Censorship" monitoring → one interactive archive you can't ignore.

4/ Please share this call with your networks.

Contact me <peter.suber@gmail.com> if you have any questions or any level of interest.

3/ If your org is interested but could not do the work on its own, consider doing it in partnership with some other nonprofit orgs. Several very capable ones already expressed interest but are unable to take the lead.

2/ The main qualifications are strong interests in (1) staying on top of what's happening in #OpenAccess, (2) sharing what you learn, (3) recruiting, training, and motivating the crowd for a crowd-sourced project, and (4) applying for grants as needed to enhance OATP and/or TagTeam.

1/ I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit orgs to take over the Open Access Tracking Project ( #OATP, @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy ) and the open-source software on which it runs.

Details in this Google doc:
bit.ly/TransferOATP

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenSource #ScholComm

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Gov. Tim Walz encourages Minnesotans to film ICE agents for future prosecutions • Minnesota Reformer “News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities,” Walz said.

1. "Gov. Tim Walz encourages Minnesotans to film #ICE agents for future prosecutions."
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/14/g...

2. "How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE."
archive.is/ZBjKV

#FirstAmendment #LittleBrother #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

The 2025 edition of the #AcademicFreedom Index ranks the United States in the fourth decile, below Madagascar and Mongolia. (See Fig 8.)
academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
#AcadSky #AcademicSky #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

Researchers May Be Forced to Rely on an Obscure Court The Supreme Court has said legal fights over terminated federal grants “likely” belong in the Court of Federal Claims. But judges there lack authority to restore them.

"The Supreme Court has said legal fights over terminated federal grants 'likely' belong in the Court of Federal Claims. But judges there lack authority to restore them."
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

#DefendResearch #Funding #Grants #SCOTUS #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

How Nature Became a 'Prestige' Journal Since launching in 1869, Nature has evolved from a periodical offering commentary on pigeons to the prestige journal in science. But how did Nature build its reputation, and can it last?

TIL that Alexander McMillan subsidized 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 for 30 years until it began to make a profit.
www.asimov.press/p/nature

#ScholComm

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

Scientific findings will be shared with the public sooner in 2026, thanks to funders including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute @hhmi-science.bsky.social. HHMI's Immediate Access to Research Policy went into effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Details here: hhmicdn.blob.core.windows.net/policies/Imm...

This is good.

The Trump admin took down the course in Feb 2025.
fediscience.org/@petersuber/...

But why is it back? Is this another case of slashing first and thinking second -- as we've seen in agency layoffs and grant terminations?

#NASA #OpenScience #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Trump threatens to intervene if Iran kills peaceful protesters "We are locked and loaded and ready to go," the president said on Truth Social early Friday, after economic protests in the Islamic Republic took a sharply violent turn.

"Trump says U.S. will intervene if #Iran kills peaceful protesters."
www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/t...

But not in the US.

#Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Tactics to secure your smartphone before joining a protest if you are planning to join a protest, your phone is an essential tool. Here are some essential tips for mobile phone safety.

Yesterday's #ICE killing of #ReneeNicoleGood is getting massive public attention because it was recorded.

Please bring your phone to demonstrations!

Some advice on reducing the risks.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

#LittleBrother #Trump #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Collective Development Fund - Open Book Collective The Collective Development Fund provides small grants to strengthen the global open access book publishing ecosystem. It supports capacity-building projects h…

💡 Got an idea that can make a difference? This is YOUR chance to secure funding and help shape the future of #OA books!

Full details & guidance on @openbookcollective.bsky.social website

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#OpenAccess #OpenBooks #ScholarlyPublishing #FundingOpportunity #OBC #CDF26

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Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.

Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.

Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.

It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.

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Hi. Please add me to this useful list. I post frequently about #OpenAccess and #OpenScience, including new studies about OA and OS themselves.

#Trumpland #USFascism

"This was a law enforcement operation," said Marco Rubio, the guy Trump said would "run" Venezuela, explaining why Congress did not need to authorize its invasion & attack. Offering further proof of the "law enforcement operation," Trump told reporters he spoke to oil company execs before going in.

One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

'What an Authoritarian Oligarchy Looks Like': Trump Says Oil Execs Tipped Off About Venezuela Attack | Common Dreams "I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is," said one critic. "He did not inform Congress but he’s saying he informed the oil companies."

When oil companies are informed about a US military action before Congress is, that’s an obvious sign that we are living in a oligarchy

Corporation for Public Broadcasting is officially shutting down months after GOP funding cuts The CBP's board of directors voted to dissolve the private, nonprofit corporation after 58 years of service.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which helped fund NPR, PBS and many local radio and TV stations — is officially shutting down, months after Congress passed spending cuts that stripped the organization of more than $1 billion in funding.

NIH Approves 100s of Grant Applications It Shelved or Denied Last year, the Trump administration widely rejected funding research it disfavors. But, just before 2026 began, one of its agencies agreed in court filings to take another look at proposals it sat on ...

"NIH Approves 100s of Grant Applications It Shelved or Denied."
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

This follows the pillaging pattern of agency layoffs. Reckless cuts followed by partial rehires. Hack first, plan second.

#DefendResearch #Medicine #NIH #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

This is Pastor Michel Tshimankinda getting detained, brutalized & experiencing #ICELawlessness. They weren't looking for him—they were looking for someone else. They had no warrant, just brute force & if it can happen to him, it could happen to anyone.

So talk about it at your holiday celebrations.

Update. I just learned that the announced #ACM transition to #OpenAccess is not all that it seems. I just signed this petition and hope you will too.
www.ipetitions.com/petition/res...