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New Open Interval Cohort Will Explore Symmetry Through Art and Science New Open Interval Cohort Will Explore Symmetry Through Art and Science on Simons Foundation

Very happy to share that @squeakybuffalo.bsky.social, with artist Anna Scime and scientist Neil Patterson J, has been selected as one of the 15 cohorts for the Open Interval Program, part of the Simons Foundation's Science, Society & Culture division. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/05/19/n...

Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
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We are excited to join BlueSky at the this exciting time for the program.
The Living Snow Project is going global in 2025!
Anyone anywhere (in mountainous and polar places) can help us study snow algae !
#LivingSnowProject #WatermelonSnow #CitizenScience #ClimateScience #SnowAlgae #glacierblood

In Search of the First Animals A fossilized ocean reef on a mountaintop may hold clues to the evolution of complex life

After writing a book about very young fossil reefs, I got to learn about very old fossil reefs while reporting this story for @nautil.us featuring ⚒️🧪science by @phoebefossil.bsky.social and her collaborators and edits by @kristenfrench.bsky.social nautil.us/in-search-of...

🚨 Our terminated NSF grant tracker now includes 434 grants that were terminated last Friday. We think this is all of them for now.

Link to the tracker: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

Huge credit to @noamross.net for this. Contact me via Signal at sdelaney.84 for questions or corrections.

NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov

My amazing department at Williams College is hiring a 3 year full time visiting assistant professor in ocean/climate/surface processes! apply.interfolio.com/166059 - we will begin reviewing applications May 2nd - feel free to reach out w/ questions.

In 15 yrs of reporting, I've never had so many health & biomed researchers & outreach orgs tell me they're afraid to talk w/press or barred from speaking bc of new comms policies.

I understand the fear of losing funds. I don't know if silence does more harm than good. If you can speak up, pls do.

Shards of red and orange plastic 'glass' laid out on a black background.

Not sea glass but fragments of plastic car tail lights, indicators and brake lights, probably washed into storm drains after heavy rain, eventually making their way to the sea. #oceanplastic

Cuts to federal science funding are a problem for all of us In an op-ed, professors Rohit Bhattacharya and Phoebe Cohen explain how cuts to federal research funding will have devastating consequences beyond academic circles.

My colleague Rohit Bhattacharya and I wrote an op-ed in our campus paper to call attention to the impact on federal cuts to science and academia and encourage our students to keep paying attention: williamsrecord.com/469399/opini...

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.

It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

We need #2025MMM now more than ever. Lets goooo!!!!

Weather and climate data shown on this website and countless others are at risk. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the U.S. agency responsible for global weather forecasting, hurricane prediction, ocean observation, and many other services vital to public safety. Its satellites, supercomputers, and research teams provide essential data that help us understand our planet and protect lives. On February 27, the new U.S. administration initiated mass firings at NOAA. These actions are unethical and deeply disruptive to the talented scientists and engineers who dedicate themselves to the public good. The firings, along with expected budget cuts, have serious implications for the availability and quality of weather forecasts produced by the United States. They must be reversed immediately. Much of the data on this website is downloaded directly from NOAA's servers. In this environment of uncertainty, access could be disrupted at any time. While I'll strive to keep all features on this website functional and switch to alternative data sources if necessary, some datasets have no substitute if they go offline. If this concerns you, speak up. Share on social media. And if you're in the U.S., contact your representatives. - Cameron

All websites that depend on NOAA data should display something like this.

earth.nullschool.net

This essay written by Lucy the snow reporter is especially impactful because it's an excellent example of communicating to your audience about what matters to them specifically -- snow, the mountains, the community at Sugarbush. Artfully done.

Heck yeah

photo of a protestor standing in the snow holding a sign that says "Vance skis in jeans"

And more pure goodness from my brave little (adopted) state. A deep #Vermont burn.

From the vermont community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the vermont community

Today's Sugarbush snow report (since taken down, but circulating widely and emailed to thousands). Love to see it. www.reddit.com/r/vermont/co...

This is what tenure is for.

Here’s my response to my institution’s recent advance compliance, quoted in the AJC.

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Where did billions in climate and infrastructure funding go? Search our map by ZIP code. From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood.

Where did billions in climate and infrastructure funding go?

From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood.

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#IRA #BIL #Climate #Infrastructure #Data

Interesting! I had no idea who was 'behind' this -- just stopped by my local cafe & boutique and they're doing a swift business today which was so good to hear. No one in my circles seems to be aware of the grifter, which is a good thing...

READ THE ROOM

OMFG dude.

Obsessed.

REF: FROM: TO: SUBJECT: MEMORANDUM EXECUTIVE ORDER 14168 Department of Justice ALL PERSONNEL Bathroom Usage All humans are female at conception as sex differentiation takes place around 6-7 weeks. Pursuant to the executive order 14168 "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government" no one is allowed to use this men's room. ANYONE CAUGHT ENTERING WILL BE REPORTED TO DEIATRUTH@OPM.GOV

Just some amazing signs up in a congressional office building. Whoever did this… hero(es).

This is amazing 😍😍 @500womensci.bsky.social has made cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH avail for download bit.ly/NSF_bystate & bit.ly/NIH_bystate if they are helpful for folks

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠

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Please let the GEO/EAR community know: Program Directors and Mission Support who’ve been at NSF under two years were just terminated via Zoom. Even those of us whose offer letter stated one probationary year and whose government data states “permanent”.

When talk turns to strategic coalition-building, the calls are always for us "not to scream in their faces" and never for them to simply say "I'm sorry. I was wrong."

“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”