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@abrilvela.bsky.social

I talk about public education, tech, #F1 sometimes I host events, sometimes I attend them πŸ“chicago | #csforall views my own etc etc

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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

β€œIf the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."

Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.

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30.01.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8915    πŸ” 3335    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 203

People surprised that university admins are ready to throw people under the bus haven’t really been paying attention to how universities work

Now is a good time to change that

31.01.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2567    πŸ” 275    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 18
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EEOC tells its workers to halt LGBTQ+ discrimination claim processing The news comes just days after the Trump administration’s controversial purge of Democratic officials at the commission.

this has been the longest fucking week of the longest fucking month

01.02.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

turns out rewatching schitts creek still does wonders for the mental health

01.02.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's Pritzker and AOC who get it so far. Who else?

31.01.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 32442    πŸ” 3737    πŸ’¬ 733    πŸ“Œ 149
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MattXIV Wants to Make Young Queer People Feel Less Alone β€œPeople who follow me tend to walk with me.”

For Teen Vogue’s series 'Logged On,' where we talk to the people bringing you politics and the news in innovative and fun ways, @mattxiv.bsky.social chats with @janehouseal.bsky.social on creating content and his hopes to make young queer people feel less alone ‡️

31.01.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 352    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey remember two weeks ago when we still had a government

31.01.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 988    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 11

πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌ

01.02.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Trump administration is now saying NSF can't do what Congress requires it to do…

Broaden β€œparticipation of women and individuals from underrepresented groups” in science β€” something studies show leads to more productive science

31.01.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

will a sweet treat heal me let’s find out

31.01.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

just registered for #iste25

haven't made it to an ISTE conference in YEARS so looking forward to getting out there this year (even though I am absolutely *dreading* being in TX when everyone will be celebrating the 4th of July)

30.01.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if your work is NSF funding and you have or expect to be affected by the recent EO how are you pivoting? any and all feedback would be incredibly helpful

30.01.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.

anyone else checking this page daily? πŸ˜…

30.01.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ready for today to be over

not really mentally prepared for tomorrow

30.01.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They want to ban the teaching of the unpleasant facts of American history because people might conclude injustices in the past that contribute to inequalities in the present should be rectified, instead of their belief, which is that some groups of people are inherently superior to others

30.01.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 22247    πŸ” 5357    πŸ’¬ 337    πŸ“Œ 199

And after 15 minutes catching up on here…this is the one that’s gonna do me in for today✌️

29.01.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the information overload happening right now is really not helping the overstimulation

29.01.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

all you people who told us to calm down can go fuck yourselves

28.01.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 53697    πŸ” 8155    πŸ’¬ 1087    πŸ“Œ 464

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

29.01.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 64599    πŸ” 15287    πŸ’¬ 967    πŸ“Œ 279

who would’ve thought

an Amazon company (Whole Foods) has employees who make progress towards unionization and we get this:

28.01.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal Spending Freeze Does Not Apply to Student Loans and Pell Grants Students and parents panicked after news of the order, but the Education Department said the guidance would not stop the flow of money to students and schools.

The memo sent to government agencies calling for a broad pause on federal spending does not apply to federal student loans or Pell grants, the U.S. Department of Education said in a statement on Tuesday morning.

28.01.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 5
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Chris Hayes wants you to pay attention The MSNBC host asks if our ability to focus, or our politics, can be saved.

β€œEverything Trump says is too good to check…Sometimes it does have an aspect that’s true in some highly attenuated fashion, but in competitive attention markets, which is what we’re all dealing with… lies will outcompete truth, because lies are more attentionally compelling.”

28.01.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can someone please just tell me who to follow on here I’m too lazy to find everyone I used to follow over *there*

28.01.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Whole Foods Workers in Philadelphia Vote to Form Chain’s First Union The union win comes as Amazon, which owns the grocery chain, is also fighting labor organizing in its warehouse and delivery businesses.

Breaking News: Workers at a Whole Foods in Philadelphia voted to become the first unionized store in the grocery chain, which is owned by Amazon.

28.01.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6228    πŸ” 717    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 72

the struggle of wanting to root for Carlos but riding hard for the #tifosi I mean come on look at this lineup

28.01.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you know I came to Arizona to escape shitty weather and first two days I’ve been here it’s been overcast and rainy I really do think the problem is me

28.01.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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desperately need an ice coffee and a cigarette

28.01.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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