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Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social · 2d ago

It. WORKED!!! The calling and comments and yelling! It works. It's a temporary stall but it can be made permanent. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sena...

If you have an NIH or NSF program officer, post a comment!

I-270, Exit 1@i270exit1.bsky.social · 3d ago

🚨🚨 FEDS and everyone else 🚨🚨 🧵Tomorrow is the last day to comment on the Office of Personnel Management rule, “Promoting Employee Accountability" at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP... This rule eliminates employee protections and rights, and hastens the firing process. Specifically, it... 1/4

From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation iucn.org/news/202607/...

From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums

The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...

iucn.org

1/4 In today's funding climate, every grant and fellowship matters. Based on feedback from our GSAC Community Check-In Survey, we're building a growing hub of graduate & postdoctoral funding opportunities and job boards to make them easier to find. 🧵

Excellent resource here from @omearabrian.bsky.social

Brian O'Meara@omearabrian.bsky.social · 2w ago

Updated my applyingtoeeb.info site on applying to evolution and ecology grad school in the US to incorporate some of the latest immigration changes. Share with any REU or other students who might be considering grad school.

The CDC officially recorded more measles cases this year than in all of 2025, making 2026 the worst for measles in 35 years. Public health officials warned that falling childhood vaccination rates left more communities vulnerable to sustained outbreaks.

CDC has announced record measles numbers. See how bad cases have been.

With more than five months left in the year, 2026 is the worst for measles in 35 years. Public health officials have warned that falling childhood vaccination rates have left more communities vulnerab...

washingtonpost.com

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Open Letter Concerning the Tenure Denial of Dr. Iván Chaar López. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...

Open Letter Concerning the Tenure Denial of Dr. Iván Chaar López

The denial of tenure to Dr. Chaar López has become a national concern because it raises questions that extend far beyond one faculty member or one institution. Scholars across disciplines depend upon ...

actionnetwork.org

New York Post. Easy to search for it. nypost.com/2026/07/23/l...

19 million eggs recalled at several supermarkets over possible Salmonella contamination

The egg recall comes just weeks after the cyclosporiasis “explosive diarrhea” outbreak.

nypost.com

I’m joining the Attitude w Arnie Arnesen today at 12:30p ET to discuss Texas’ right wing legislature’s war on its own universities. Listen live @ WNHN FM: www.wnhnfm.org/programs-2/a...

Jonathan Feingold@jpygold.bsky.social · 2w ago

UT leaders choosing ideology over excellence. Iván’s case is a warning for all faculty across the university,” said Lauren Gutterman, former chair of the American Studies department. “Because it suggests that achieving excellence in your field is no longer enough to secure tenure and promotion.”

Responding to common pushback I receive when I say you should present your research or other technical work by telling a story. blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/if-the-wor...

If the work is good why does it need a story?

I thought we do science here, not fiction or romance

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🐠 Without a doubt, Museum Collections help us study human impact on wildlife. Dr. Bill Ludt, Associate Curator of Ichthyology, shares the ongoing microplastic research which samples specimens from the 1940s to present.

Good afternoon! At midnight, the public comment period ends for a proposed federal rule change that would put political appointees in charge of science grant funding. Thousands have already written in against it, including several Nobel laureates. www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

Scientists overwhelmingly against rule change that would give political appointees say over science grants

Hundreds of thousands of scientists, including Nobel laureates, warn that changes to the way federal grants are approved would greatly damage American science

scientificamerican.com

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3w ago

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700,000 deaths... DOGE... not sure how anyone can own a Tesla?

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 3w ago

Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

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CNN@cnn.com · 2mo ago

Tiny Cape Verde shocks European champions Spain with a 0-0 draw in the country's first World Cup match https://cnn.it/4ouaEic

Scientists and Science Supporters. Now is the time to act to stop the new OMB proposed rules that changes federal grant regulations and threatens to weaken US science... the comment period is open now and until July 13th. @sse-evolution.bsky.social email below with information on what to do next!

Gina Baucom@gbaucom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨SSE members: check your inbox!🚨 SSE has sent an important email regarding the OMB's proposed overhaul of federal grant regulations--changes that could affect peer review, publishing, conferences, professional societies, international collaborations, and more. @sse-evolution.bsky.social

DOGE Lives On Through Russell Vought prospect.org/2026/02/05/d...

DOGE Lives On Through Russell Vought

Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.

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MARK YOU CALENDAR for our EMERGENCY SCIENCE MEETING June 2nd at 4pm et. We will be giving an overview of the rule and assigning EVERY SCIENTIST IN AMERICA their marching orders. Register here: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...

Emergency Science Meeting by Stand Up for Science

[discussing OMB-2026-0034?]

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The attack on science continues... midterms coming up... be sure you and everyone you know are ready to vote!

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2mo ago

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

An Ecuadorian biologist is accused of scientific misconduct, inflating species counts, mishandling animals, entering reserves without permission and potentially complicating the development of lifesaving snake antivenoms. For more than a year, I investigated him for @science.org:

Did this scientist go too far trying to save Ecuador’s wildlife?

Alejandro Arteaga’s efforts to identify and protect tropical reptiles and amphibians have entangled him in controversy

science.org

Just 4 ancestral species (citron, pummelo, mandarin, & papeda) gave rise to the common citrus fruits, as shown in this graphic from Kalita et al. 2021. A molecular perspective on the taxonomy and journey of Citrus domestication. doi.org/10.1016/j.pp... #Citrus #Rutaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱 1/2

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

Not sure about you fellow women... but I take one look at pics of #swallwell and I have no doubt of the victim allegations. Not trying to #profile here, but he has the #harasser vibe. 🤮

I am shocked to see this language from the NSF. “The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”

Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request to Congress

nsf.gov

I knew he was going to look like this.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"A young tech entrepreneur who recently moved to Florida got upset when he ran into obstacles while trying to build a house on the habitat for the endangered Florida scrub-jay. So he filed a lawsuit attempting to strip the bird of its federal protection."

The reason this position has been so much fun is because you get to work with lots of different people you might otherwise not have. And those people are creative and innovative. All three societies are hungry for ways to bring new value to members via meetings. Anyway, apply!

April Wright@wrightam.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m finishing my tenure as Chief Meeting Organizer for the Evolution Meetings. Apply to replace me! Without a doubt, this is my favorite service I’ve ever done. In trying times, it was a real balm to get together weekly with a group devoted to making the best meetings we can for students.

I’ve spent two summers there and this warms my heart. Incredible community. ✊🏻

NoLaceyNo!@nolaceyno.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#NoKings from the arctic in Utqiaġvik, Alaska the northernmost city in the entire USA!

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

Nice guide to Structural Variants (SVs)

Katarina Stuart@katarinastuart.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New review! Theory & a practical guide to structural variants in popgen🧬 Many thanks to my co-authors: @rebekahoomen.bsky.social @annatigano.bsky.social @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social @janawold.bsky.social @dlfield.bsky.social @clairemerot.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...