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There is no reason for the national guard to be deployed to Chicago. I was there last weekend. It was lovely, as usual. The restaurants there are amazing!

06.10.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump:

SD - Up 235%
LA - Up 150%
WV - Up 387%
WY - Up 382%
TN - Up 320%
MS - Up 314%
AK - Up 346%

Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.

30.09.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3074    πŸ” 1452    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 66
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

NSF Graduate Fellowship announcement is finally posted!

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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26.09.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

25.09.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 223    πŸ” 275    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 67
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More bad news in the research world.

08.08.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump was impeached, twice.

Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.

01.08.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3940    πŸ” 1623    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 69
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GOP just voted to rip health care from 552K West Virginians, slash food aid for 307K, and raise energy bills β€” all to give billionaires a tax break.
πŸ“’ Full WVDP statement: www.wvdemocrats.com/news/gop-vot...
#WVpol #TrumpBudget #TheyHurtWV

03.07.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œThe Trump administration’s egregious, corrupt, and disgraceful abuse of power continues, this time by kicking dedicated scientists out of their building so HUD Secretary Turner can have a penthouse dining suite. For an administration so obsessed with claiming that it's cutting spending, how can Trump justify the tax-payer dollars it will take to meet Turner’s ridiculous demands, like a gym for his exclusive use or parking spaces for his five cars? Instead of investing in our future, the Trump Administration is investing in private perks for Secretary Turner. Where will NSF staff go? What is the Trump administration’s plan? Once again, science loses, the American taxpayer loses, and our competitors, like China, win.”

β€œThe Trump administration’s egregious, corrupt, and disgraceful abuse of power continues, this time by kicking dedicated scientists out of their building so HUD Secretary Turner can have a penthouse dining suite. For an administration so obsessed with claiming that it's cutting spending, how can Trump justify the tax-payer dollars it will take to meet Turner’s ridiculous demands, like a gym for his exclusive use or parking spaces for his five cars? Instead of investing in our future, the Trump Administration is investing in private perks for Secretary Turner. Where will NSF staff go? What is the Trump administration’s plan? Once again, science loses, the American taxpayer loses, and our competitors, like China, win.”

Statement from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Ranking Member on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee):

25.06.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

22.06.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 67351    πŸ” 21260    πŸ’¬ 2726    πŸ“Œ 1402

Hooray!

21.06.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was so nice to see positive research news today. NIH grant terminations were illegal. And the judge went farther. This thread tells you a lot.

17.06.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great turnout at the Morgantown #NoKings rally today. Really positive response from cars driving by, too!

14.06.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First they illegally deport citizens. Then they unleash ICE to terrorize communities. Now they’ve got the National Guard in L.A. to silence protestors.

This ain’t about law and order.

This is what authoritarianism looks like.

08.06.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11915    πŸ” 3556    πŸ’¬ 408    πŸ“Œ 131

His deposition in this case would be great.

30.05.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
West Virginia Humanities Council.

I'm eternally grateful to wvhumanities.org for the fellowship they gave me to work on health humanities. Like many other humanities organizations, they face an uncertain future. With modest fundraising, they can continue their important work. Consider a donation, if you can, and please forward.

12.05.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe you don’t realize how many Gen X women fans you have!

10.05.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NSF slashes number of β€˜rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of β€œrotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc

09.05.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 25
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Correct headline:

"Vulnerable Floridia pensioner realises he's been scammed by Russian mobster"

27.04.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7686    πŸ” 1620    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 135
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Morgantown, WV today

19.04.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

This thread (and this opinion):

17.04.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yep, I’m going to β€œpoliticize” the FSU shooting because gun violence is political. The reason America has a 26 times higher gun homicide rate than any peer nation is because politicians care more about pandering to gun lobbyists than protecting their constituents.

17.04.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1608    πŸ” 477    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 18

Trump just announced tariffs so wide-reaching, they now cover a sub-Antarctic island group populated mostly by penguins and a Norwegian Arctic archipelago best known for its polar bears.

03.04.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4685    πŸ” 622    πŸ’¬ 202    πŸ“Œ 59

Cancelling a Black woman. The WHCA is complicit.

29.03.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important.

He should be fired immediately.

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Yes. Judges need to ask in open court if they are lying or Trump is lying.

05.03.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly two people are celebrating the United States’ great abdication:

Trump and Putin.

The world weeps. Europe acts. And decades of U.S. leadership have been lost.

03.03.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5540    πŸ” 1150    πŸ’¬ 325    πŸ“Œ 50

We will look back on today as the day that the US became Russia’s ally. This day should never have come. I stand with Ukraine. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

01.03.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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