K.T. Elliott

One of my mentors gave me the same advice when I just started out. Log every single thing you do, and save receipts! Compliments, thank-you notes, press mentions, any stats or proof of project success. Even rejections, to prove you tried.

Mike Flood’s town hall erupts in boos after he claims that Republicans protected Medicaid

Where the Voting Rights Act stands after the Supreme Court punts on a Louisiana case The Supreme Court delayed ruling on a Louisiana congressional redistricting case that some legal experts say could end up further weakening protections against maps that dilute minority voters' power.

6. As the Voting Rights Act's supporters to mark today's 60th anniversary of the law's passage, its critics are setting up potential future showdowns at the Supreme Court over its remaining protections for minority voters

Arkansas United - 2025-08-04 8th Circuit Appellees' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Petition for Rehearing or Rehearing En Banc

NEW: Arkansas United plans to ask the full 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals to review a panel's ruling that found private individuals and groups in seven states have no right to sue to enforce the Voting Rights Act's Section 208 protections for voters with a disability or limited language proficiency

Infections as ecosystems: community metabolic interactions in microbial pathogenesis | Infection and Immunity Microbial communities are present on nearly every surface of the human body. These microbiomes exist as dynamic ecosystems that are influenced by heterogeneous nutritional and chemical landscapes, the...

Excited to have our new mini review on Microbiome Metabolism out today in I&I as part of the @asm.org New Voices in Microbiology collection! Check it out!

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Research Assistant (110702-0725) at University of Warwick Apply for the Research Assistant (110702-0725) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

As part of building the new lab, I am recruiting for a Research Assistant@warwicklifesci.bsky.social. Ideal for someone experienced in mammalian cell biology, biochemistry, cellular virology and eager to explore unconventional functions of signal peptidase complex.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC987/r...

Curbing Antibiotic Resistance Through Off-Target Antibiotic Removal To address the growing antimicrobial resistance problem, scientists have been searching nature in attempts to find new classes of antibiotics, optimizing existing ones, or designing new antimicrobi…

Antibiotics that make their way into other places beyond infection sites can drive #AntimicrobialResistance. In my new article for #TheMicrobialMenagerie, I dive into how eliminating these "off target" antibiotics can help reduce #AntimicrobialResistance.
microbialmenagerie.com/curbing-anti...

Tell us that you have never been in a bookstore or a library without telling us that you have never been in a bookstore or a library.

Screenshot of the page showing the calculations with the exact numbers.

Let’s compare the M8.8 earthquake in Russia to the M3.0 earthquake in New Jersey.

The M8.8 was 631,000 times bigger and 500,000,000 times stronger.

earthquake.usgs.gov/education/ca...

Congrats to the section award winners. Thanks @li-corenv.bsky.social for sponsoring.

Best LI-COR Poster :
Amelie LeTierce, University of Minnesota - Duluth
"Beauty is Skin Deep: Obscured Chlorophyll is Photosynthetic in Zinnia elegans Flowers"
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#bsaecophys #botany2025

DOGE Is Accused of Wasting $21.7 Billion in Just 6 Months Here are five takeaways from Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal's new 54-page report accusing DOGE of waste.

"The 54-page report offers an especially critical look at DOGE’s budget slashing, citing billions in wasted resources and hindered efficiency among government services." - Chris Morris

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‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law. Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.

“To the scientists wondering if there will even be an NIH by the end of this administration, this committee’s resounding message is: ‘Yes, Congress has your back’,” said @murray.senate.gov

We’re not near the finish line yet - but this is a strong step in the right direction.

zurl.co/AzSK7

My quote of the day

History is a vast early warning system.

Norman Cousins

Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

For months, people have been asking me whether I still trusted gov’t data. My answer was always the same: The stats agencies faced longstanding challenges, some of which Trump was making worse. But there was no sign of political meddling.
I can’t say that anymore.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...

Schoolhouse Rock did not adequately prepare me for this moment

I'm rereading Huck Finn in preparation for reading this over the summer. I cannot wait to crack this open!! So excited that @feliciajsteele.bsky.social and our English department have planned a panel on it this fall!

Major cities as well will be affected. Greater Boston, for instance, has about 75K international students, ~1.5% of pop. They are on average wealthier & spend more discretionary income than U.S. citizen students. That's a big subsidiary economic hit right there.

It's important to note here that we're not just talking about faculty & university staff. 100s of U.S. colleges are in towns or small cities where they form the major industry & lifeblood of the community. Loss of students -> loss of rent $, restaurant $, bars, bookstores, gaming stores...

Grew up on WMPB in Baltimore - Bert & Ernie and Oscar raised me along with Reading Rainbow & eventually Jim Lehrer

But I fell in love with NPR thanks to WUGA in Georgia during long commutes and now cannot live without WHYY in the Philly area. The new WHYY app is *amazing* - I'm on there constantly

Kiddo #1 lived and died by Odd Squad and kiddo #2 adores Dinosaur Train. The PBS Kids app is awesome!

The PBS Kids shows and games app are all great! My kids absolutely love the PBS games, especially the Wild Kratts ones.

Sabiha Kasimati posing for the photographer Kristaq Sotiri in 1942. A black and white photo of a young woman wearing a nice outfit with delicate floral embroidery.

Sabiha Kasimati (1912-1951) was a professor of biology and ichthyologist, one of the earliest known women scientists in Albania.
She was arrested by the communist regime in 1951, and a few days later was executed without trial along with 21 other intellectuals.
#WomenInSTEM

Canada’s experiencing an uptick in Americans enrolling in our universities to say nothing of overseas students

So I called my malpractice insurance on Friday to get their recommendations for AI clinical tools and they unequivocally told me NOT to use any because HIPAA BAAs don’t cover AI as of yet so technically there’s no guarantee these tools have any kind of security. Would be cool if the EHRs pushing 1/

In high school, I somehow managed to write English papers involving 1984 (comparing it to other books etc) every year

At the time, I felt a little guilty (though I really did write about different aspects each year). But these days it feels like this should actually have been required of everyone

A bold, patriotic-themed flyer for “31 Days of Action” by Stand Up for Science. The top half features red diagonal banners with white text reading “31 Days of Action” and the Stand Up for Science logo beneath it. The background includes blue ink splatters, red and white stars, and distressed textures evoking protest art. The right side prominently displays the Statue of Liberty in grayscale, holding her torch high. At the bottom, there is a red QR code and a blue banner with the URL: “standupforscience.net/31-DAYS-OF-ACTION”. The overall design conveys urgency, activism, and American iconography.

The official flyer! (With good alt-text, copy and paste for ease!)

This feels like a fun time to share that @michaelemann.bsky.social is not only an esteemed climate scientist and author with a new book out next month(!!!!!)…

He is also a member of the @standupforscience.bsky.social advisory board!

We are deeply grateful to have his input & expertise!

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

HELP SAVE SCIENCE

The attacks from this regime are killing science, but we can do something about it.

Follow @standupforscience.bsky.social, watch this video, and go to their page where they have a plan for every day August.

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact