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From Senator @murray.senate.gov: the Senate's proposed NIH budget would reject 40% cuts, increase funding by $400M.

"We're not going to give up the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's or rare diseases."

Message to scientists: "we support you. We need you to stay here & keep this research going."

First highlight...

Senator Capito started of the discussion saying that the bill contains AN INCREASE for NIH.

The details are not available, but the bill will be released ofter the hearing.

This is not a done-deal, but it does show where the Senate is on a bipartisan basis.

We're hosting a community teach-in at Pennovation in Grey's Ferry on Friday, August 15 from 5:30-7 PM.

Philly neighbors who are curious about brain science and what a brain looks like in an fMRI machine are invited to join us for this free event. RSVP required.

@standupforscience.bsky.social

Appeals Court Delivers Another Blow to Voting Rights Act Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals holds that voters and private organizations can no longer sue under Section 208 – the VRA provision that protects the right of voters with disabilities or language barriers to receive assistance at the polls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up To $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute

"resolve dispute" is a bizarre way to describe extortion.

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

Home | Social Connection Lab The Social Connection Lab ("SoCoLab") at USC investigates what helps people feel socially connected to one another.

🚨We are recruiting a lab manager who will spend 80% of their effort in my lab and 20% of their effort in @leorhackel.bsky.social's lab. Please share widely!

Apply at usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange... with:
completed questionnaire (socolab.org/lab-manager-application), CV & Cover Letter!

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

To get a clear sense of impacts of cuts to biomedical research, we recommend looking at a local level and accounting for commutes.

We continue to expand our analysis soon to look at other cuts & impacts. Let us know if you have ideas or questions!

scienceimpacts.org

Faceted plot of maps displaying losses from terminated grants under the static model (top) and commuter model (bottom), where counties are colored by economic losses (in USD). Under the static model, much of the map is white (indicating no economic losses). With the commuter model, every county is shaded (indicating losses), and most are orange or red (indicating losses of greater than $100K.

We see similar effects of grant terminations (as of June 30th). Over $8B in economic losses are spread across the country.

Although affected institutions are only located in 191 counties, economic losses from terminated grants exceed $100K in 1,185 counties.

When commuter flows are considered, economic losses are spread across every county. 2,136 counties (about 1/3 of all counties) would lose over $100K.

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

But how are local commuities impacted by NIH research funding cuts? Our approach, which accounts for commuting, reveals widespread losses otherwise hidden in conventional 'point' or state-views.

scienceimpacts.org

Faceted plot with panels for Atlanta, Pittsbrugh, and Houston. Focal counties (Dekalb, Alleghany, and Houston) are outlined. Surrounding counties are shaded by future estimated annual economic loss due to the proposed cap on indirect costs based on commuter flows that connect to a focal county (indicated by light pink outline).

#SCIMaP estimates current & future economic losses in local communities across the US (counties & Congressional Districts). We explain our approach in a new preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

(w @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @cl10.bsky.social)

Comment: Rethinking behavior change interventions in policymaking

📢 New commentary out today in Nature Human Behaviour!
We argue that behavior change interventions often suffer from a one-sided success focus. But failures may reveal structural barriers people face.

🔗 rdcu.be/ex8hR

#BehavioralScience #PublicPolicy

#psychjobs

#psychjobs

📣 Heads-up that our amazing dept (Berkeley Psych) is anticipating hiring *two* TT Asst Profs this Fall, under the themes of (1) Social & Personality Psychology, and (2) Biological Basis of Behavior.

Official job ads coming soon...

Send qs for (1) to Iris Mauss/Serena Chen, (2) to Linda Wilbrecht

🪧New Preprint led by @saschakuhn.bsky.social on the connection between climate policy support and macro- (country-level) variation in e.g., economic freedom, per capita emissions, income inequality, and climate vulnerability, building on data from the Many Labs Climate Project!

“When we numb ourselves to loneliness, we give up the hard work of making ourselves understood, of striving for true connection, of forging relationships built on mutual effort. In muting the signal, we risk losing part of what makes us human.”

I'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months.

Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/

Perceived community alignment increases information sharing - Nature Communications Information sharing is a ubiquitous and consequential behavior. Here, the authors use neuroimaging and behavioral studies to show that people are driven to share information that they believe will be ...

Excited to ✨share✨ that our paper on ✨sharing✨ is published! Across 3 studies that build on one another, we show that perceived alignment with one's peers increases the likelihood of information sharing.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This remains an incredible case of red state Attorney Generals preferring loyalty to Trump over the material outcomes of their citizens. Trump illegally cut off resources to their universities and state economies and they were fine with it.

On Tyranny free resources To use and to share, now or any time

"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...

If there is one lesson to draw from the history of fascism in the interwar period in Europe, it is this:

Democracy falls if and when mainstream conservatives and centrist/center-right elites decide to make common cause with extremists because they consider the “radical Left” the more acute threat.

In this letter in @pnas.org, we respond to a comment on our recent paper.

Although multiple factors shape whether we act on our intentions, intentions are valuable precursors of behavior that can guide the iterative development of behavior change interventions.

www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

Stickers supporting striking city workers from Philly DC33. The QR code links to a call script to call city leaders. The link is: https://bit.ly/support-dc33

Want to support striking city workers from #DC33?

Use this script to let Mayor Parker and your councilmembers know you stand with the people who keep Philly running and demand they get a fair contact now!

bit.ly/support-dc33

Solidarity with the 9,000+ AFSCME District Council 33 Philadelphia city workers on strike for a fair contract!

We are #AFSCMEStrong.

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Here's the truth about tax cuts for the rich.

They explode the federal debt, fuel giant profits at the biggest firms and financial institutions, and stoke a surge in billionaire wealth but do nothing for average working people.

Nothing trickles down — and the tax cuts don't "pay for themselves."

Solidarity Forever!

If Mayor Parker wants to make Philly “clean and green” she should start by paying the people who do the work.

Solidarity with all #DC33 city workers on strike. We see you, appreciate you, and support you.