My @romancingthevote.com auction win arrived today! I already read the eARC for Roses & Stone, and it was everything I hoped for. Now I’m looking forward to getting reacquainted with my favorite bounty hunting crew.

The @bluemarblespace.bsky.social Young Scientist Program is one of the best opportunities on the planet for early career scholars to participate in research and training in #scicomm and ethics. Check out our project to make videos with Sciworthy! Applications are now open! bmsis.org/ysp/projects/

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I was pleasantly surprised to find this lovely hibiscus tea in my mailbox today. I had completely forgotten about winning it in a give-away from @courtneymilan.com and it was the perfect antidote to a dark and gloomy day. Thank you!

Im quoted in this @wired.com story about the effects of the NIH mess, written by a journalist using a pseudonym for their own safety 💔#AcademicSky 🧪 www.wired.com/story/life-s...

The Damage to Federal Medical Research Is Already Done

Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sector—even if the Trump administration’s funding pause is only tempor...

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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t... Story by @ericboodman.bsky.social

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills

An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

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Thrilled to share our pre-print on 1st Federated Learning model deployed between Earth & @Space_Station 🚀 Huge thanks to HPE (SpaceBorne Computer), Intel (OpenFL), & NASA via the NASA Open Science Data Repository. Let’s build & move the ball forward! 🌅 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Deep Space Network operations have moved to backup control center at Goldstone. This is first and only time in the history of the DSN that has occurred. It has been in 24/7/365 operation at JPL since 1964. DSN talks to spacecraft beyond Earth orbit, including the Voyagers and Mars rovers. #eatonfire

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NASA GeneLab is looking for a Bioinformatics Program Developer to join the Data Processing team. In this role, you'll work with cutting-edge -omics data from space biology experiments, develop workflows, and analyze critical data that supports human space exploration. bluemarblespace.easyapply.co