Jordan Williams

The Surprising Scientists Hit by Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts

Powerful story from Kate Zernike from the NYT

Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

Congrats, Amy!

No, University Endowments Can’t Replace Federal Science Funding How Endowments Actually Work

There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science.

Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.

What can I do to fight this administrative coup? If you look, there are people resisting at every level. Blockades of freeways. American Bar Association urging an end to...

Want to make a difference? Skip petitions & emails—they’re ignored. Call your reps (both work & local offices) 2x/day. choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
✅ Ask for the staffer handling your issue
✅ Give your zip code
✅ Make it personal
Call volume sways votes. Your voice matters. #ActNow

This is going to be a long battle. The point is ‘shock and awe’ to take away your motivation to fight this stupidity. Don’t give in.

If you are a leader in this field, or aspire to be one, now is the time to get VERY loud. You may not have another chance if you sit this one out.

I've felt lost on how to react to the big funding changes announced Friday.

I decided it's important to get my thoughts further outside of my science bubble. So I wrote a public Facebook post. Please share if you think your networks may benefit from this message. www.facebook.com/15500301/pos...

Exciting work, Marco and colleagues! I originally saw this on the other platform, but figured I would support that one as little as possible if given the option…

my research interests (optogenetics, neural engineering, brain-computer interfaces, neural interfaces, peripheral nerve interfaces, etc.). Turns out I was the first to register with ANY of those topics 😂

Needless to say, there is plenty of room in this pool, so feel free to join me!

Connect with your research colleagues Learn and collaborate with others in your field to create better science, together.

Soooo... I ran across @stacksjournal.bsky.social on another post, and thought it sounded intriguing as an affordable, open-access publishing option that could catch on. I started signing up and entered some keywords that I thought described...
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🧪Dear Grad student,

Are you overdue for a thesis committee meeting but feel like you have nothing to show since your last meeting? I'm begging you to schedule that meeting now!

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Zotero is great and I think that anyone who needs to organise and cite more than a handful of references should be using it. Here's an intro to Zotero that I made for my undergrad students (but the info is relevant for anyone new to Zotero).

Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
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