Victory Gardens

These data centers are coming to the Great Lakes basin because of our water. Humans should be concerned about the impact on the Great Lakes and explain the huge difference between gallons/day used and gallons/day discharged back into the lake. How will this affect me? 🌊🌊

#Microbiome #PublicHealth #OneHealth #MicrobesMatter #BiocidesBill #ProbioticPlanet

The forest floor is inhabited by a large number of soil organisms that exhibit a great diversity of species. These are, for example, fungi, bacteria, insects and worms, to name but a few. We need more forests again after we have destroyed 50% of the forests in the last 100 years

Motherfucking wind farms…

"Questioning is the way of learning,"

Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Quote from Marc B. Parlange: 'Public research institutions...are the lifeblood of local communities and are especially vulnerable to budget cuts..."

"[Research universities] are behind the breakthroughs that shape daily lives. Undermining them doesn’t just jeopardize higher education, it threatens national and global strength," writes University of Rhode Island president Marc B. Parlange in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4ky2K4I

Fascinating

Science is under attack. So I’m taking RFK Jr. to court “After losing every one of my grants — and seeing the human cost to my team, patients, and society — I knew silence was not an option,” writes Brittany Charlton.

Good morning 🌞 – some inspo to start your day:

It’s people like Dr. Brittany Charlton, a Harvard professor and public health researcher, who remind us that science, equity, and truth are worth fighting for. 💪🏽🌍

Her lawsuit is protecting LGBTQ+ health, science, and democracy. 🏳️‍🌈⚖️

Trump’s proposed budget would mean ‘disastrous’ cuts to science Key research budgets would shrink by one-third to one-half in 2026 spending plan

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Trump administration dismisses nearly 400 scientists working on congressionally mandated national climate report The National Climate Assessment, a major publication produced every four years that summarizes the impacts of climate change in the U.S., is scheduled for publication in 2027.

The relentless attack on science rolls on….

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Former US Congresswoman Liz Cheney issues urgent call to Democrats: “stop fundraising and start fighting” In the US, as political tensions reach a boiling point and democratic norms continue to erode under what many now

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photo of "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso. credit: Steven Zucker of Smarthistory.org.

If you love art, art history or just want to dab your brush along the line and learn, this project (funded by NEH) is a repository full of videos, essays & interactive lessons about art. Smarthistory.org is one of the most-visited art history sites and supports all levels of education.

Can confirm: 60 Minutes will be worth watching tonight about #NIH.

“This is my home — I really love my country,” says a graduate student at a top US university who works in plant genomics and agriculture. “But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now.”

Farmer Fred is especially pissed about this. Do you want blight resistant crops? Do you eat? A small office of the USDA maintains the genetic biodiversity of crops from apples to wheat, protecting billions of dollars in agricultural production around the world. Doge is not smart or efficient. .

NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.

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So you know how the climate crisis is messing up crop yields?

And how microplastics are now everywhere?

NEW RESEARCH: : microplastics are sabotaging photosynthesis in food crops like wheat in ways that could throw 400 million people into starvation in next 20 yrs.🧪

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Happy Birthday! 💐

Any media outlet hanging on to a shred of journalistic timber should televise these hearings.

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Folks, if you want to help protect science funding in this country, today is a really good day to call your US House Representative. A budget bill, likely filled with massive cuts, is going to the floor for a vote as soon as today.

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)