Charity lives in the Fascist States of America, Ph.D.
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NSF postdoc in the Harkess Lab at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotech -- studying apomixis in Rosaceae. 🍎 🌸 Here for the polyploids. Remember science is done by people. Opinions are my own. she/her #WomeninSTEM
Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar, & the U.A.E. could soon influence: CNN CBS HBO Nickelodeon Comedy Central MTV & more Why? They’re dumping $24B into Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros. We can't let countries with a record of censorship dictate what you watch. I’m pressing for accountability.
We can't let countries with a record of censorship dictate what you watch.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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So no publication fees, no conferences, no international collab, and we can terminate or reject your grant anytime for any reason. This might have some impact on how science works, folks. And maybe just maybe not a positive one.
elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo agoSummary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
"The plan is to kill off publicly funded academic science in this country." Correct. And that means killing off the whole US science and innovation industry. Because it's all built on a foundation of basic research—which. can. only. be. funded. by. public. dollars.
Derek Lowe@dereklowe.bsky.social · 2mo agoAn unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:
Congressman Al Green Releases Statement in Response to President Trump’s Truth Social Post About the Election. Click here to see President Trump’s comments about my election: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
The Trump administration may be going after the Southern Poverty Law Center now, but make no mistake, this attack affects everyone. The point of prosecuting SPLC or others that make the president angry is to send a message: Fall in line or pay the price.
Trump Administration Indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Democracy at Risk
Targeting Southern Poverty Law Center, a major racial justice group, is Trump’s latest effort to punish groups for their views.
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BREAKING: Senate Republicans just rubberstamped 49 Trump nominees without the consent or agreement of Democrats, weaponizing the partisan procedural workaround they created last year.
Pop genomic people: Are there factors associated with lcWGS that can artificially inflate Tajima's D? Google scholar has not been helpful.
Heyyyyyy anybody want to take a guess at what this is? FASCISM
Science Magazine@science.org · 3mo agoBreaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
There is no reason for the U.S. to fall behind in its investment in science and technology and in training a science-savvy citizenry. It's a choice being made that will have consequences. theconversation.com/china-surpas...
China surpasses US in research spending – the consequences extend far beyond scientific ranking and clout
Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the technologies and brainpower that come with it.
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All 22 members of the board that advises and oversees the US National Science Foundation (NSF), a leading funder of basic science, were fired on 24 April without explanation. go.nature.com/42tkCGv
Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration
Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination.
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Hospitals reporting they are overwhelmed with victims. Over 100 strikes in just minutes. Many in Beirut and its southern suburbs.
🚨 Congress held NIH and NSF budgets roughly flat. Scientists celebrated. Here is what actually happened. NIH awarded 4,641 fewer grants in FY2025 than the 4-year avg. New awards dropped 14%. Over $1.3B never reached investigators. NSF awards fell 22%. The money was there.
📉 FY2026 is worse. NIH has made 10,195 awards so far. NSF has made 613. Six hundred thirteen. Congress appropriated the money. The agencies are not spending it. Grant freezes. NOFO collapse. Staff RIFs. Review cancellations. You can win the budget fight and still lose the funding war.
I was just going to cross out his name but this is a much better idea
Republicans are trying to BAN medication abortion in all 50 states. They want to force women to give birth no matter the circumstances. Let me be clear: I'll be fighting to kill this bill. American women deserve full reproductive freedom and nothing less.
Way too many people genuinely think people are doing things to upset them in particular, like they’re the target of this random person’s life, and their behavior was meant to upset them specifically, which informs their reactions to be oh so upset at someone clearly experiencing a crisis.
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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SHAME on the Wall Street journal for even posing this question. NO. Trump is a maniacal, pedophilic idiot and the only thing we should be doing is CONDEMNING this horrible monster to PRISON.
Glad to see it’s back. Not glad to see the hyper-focus on AI. Really limits the kind of science that can be done when applicants are pigeonholed into using a developing technology.
Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · 6mo agoHoly shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
this is what's needed (& where everyone needs to be): ✅️ calls the killing "outright murder" ✅️ calls ice a "rouge agency" ✅️ supports its abolition
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal@jayapal.house.gov · 7mo agoWhat happened in Minneapolis today was absolutely horrific. ICE is not making our communities safer — they are putting innocent lives in harm’s way. We must put a stop to this.
Dis mean I can has job now? 🥹
