Liz Wayne

JP Flores brings science home, connecting science to community with op-eds | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

“Bridging science and society is a problem everywhere...As someone passionate about science and society, I want the scientific workforce to reflect the diversity of the country, and these executive orders are going to stop that.” @jpflores.rbind.io

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Super excited to meet these future faculty!

Special Report: How Trump’s crackdown on law firms is undermining legal defenses for the vulnerable — Reuters Interviews with over 60 lawyers and 30 nonprofits show legal aid groups now have fewer resources to defend the vulnerable.

I’ve never paid much attention to lawyers but right now, people who understand how the law are the offense and defense power protecting democracy.

Attacking law firms publicly and privately prevents everyday citizens from engaging in their basic constitutional rights

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Welcome to Office Hours with Liz Wayne Office Hours · Episode

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The Science of Healing in Women’s Sports — A Conversation with Dr. Jenny Robinson Office Hours · Episode

So I am hosting this podcast “Office Hours with Liz Wayne” to remind myself and to remind you that we are real, the work we do matters, and we are not going quietly.

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It’s been—I don’t really have to say it, you’ve been experiencing the same 2025 that I have.

In academia, it’s been one blow after another. It has been hard to remember why anyone should teach or learn. Why anyone should train to become a scientists?

Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

It is seriously dangerous territory when Trump fires anyone who doesn't cook the books for him.

The entire economy hinges on the accurate, nonpartisan data we get from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Republicans need to join us in fighting to protect the integrity of BLS.

What killed the competitive renewal at NIH? Following up on yesterday’s whinesplaining about the relative difficulty of getting a NIH grant across pertinent career eras, I had some more thoughts on generational expectations and gasligh…

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It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!

On Capitol Hill, I joined Sen. Bill Nelson @gretchentg.bsky.social @adamconner.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social to sound the alarm about the systematic dismantling of the US research infrastructure. The question isn't whether we can afford to invest in research. It's whether we can afford not to.

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Texas Lawmakers Largely Ignored Recommendations Aimed at Helping Rural Areas Like Kerr County Prepare for Flooding Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said.

Last year, Texas published its first-ever statewide flood response plan. This year the state's legislature ignored the plan. Instead, they voted to spend $51 billion to maintain and provide new property tax cuts. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/texa...

CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.

America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.

Watch and share his message.

I want to encourage people to apply for the CMBE Rising Stars Award--Deadline 8/5/25 www.bmes.org/awards/risin...

It's a great award for early investigators.

"the No. 1 condition that made ‘hanging out’ possible in those shows — economy — no longer provides the proper conditions for it to occur"

This is so true! Even when hanging out can be free (at someone's home, a park, etc) you need *time* to hang out and you need the *energy* to hang out

Let me be clear, we're in a perilous moment in this country.

Donald Trump is taking away our economic and civil rights — and Americans are feeling helpless and powerless.

It's time to step out of your comfort zone, into the streets, and make your voice heard.

This made me think of the book by historian Edward Baptist called “the half has never been told”. It talked about out the finances of slavery. Enslavers kept intricate records of slave labor (who were -*very skilled & productive)

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Dear all, PLEASE add comments on the importance of model organism research at this link:

With cuts like these -- 5,000 planned cut staff through 2026, 1414 cut staff at Goddard Space Flight Center alone, where much of NASA Astrophysics is housed -- the United States effectively abandons its decades-old global leadership position in astrophysics.

Soooo is Tutta Bella a good place to eat?

Subcommittee Markup of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding.

Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24.

See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it.

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Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the flood risk in Texas.

DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the National Weather Service, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk. What’s more, they say it underscores the need to sustain funding to the crucial agency.

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AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."

Right. And that we are facing a machine that intentionally destroyed expertise and verification as a process and value.

How We Got Here: Six Reasons Liberal Philanthropy Is Losing the Battle for America’s Future Drawing on conversations with leaders across the progressive funding and nonprofit worlds, IP Editor-in-Chief David Callahan tells a story of strategic missteps, blind spots and underinvestment that l...

Yea I read this article whenever it came out and just let out a big ol sigh

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I have to remind myself of this frequently

What would a world without billionaires look like?

So basically it isn’t ironic it is tragic.