$200 billion could fund the National Science Foundation for 20 years.

Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war

That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.

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They are terminating STEM education grants -- the grants that help you and your kids get access to a better and more effective learning experience. They are terminating grants that help everyone access careers in STEM, regardless of race or ability. They are stealing from you. Don't let them.

This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit. This cannot be allowed to happen.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Thanks to all who participated so far in the Week of Action for NSF by calling your reps and sharing your stories! Check out our Media Tool for other actions you can take to #SaveNSF. shorturl.at/i7WfU #SupportNSF #WithoutNSF

Upset about federal funding cuts in the US? Want some ideas of what to do? I wrote a long-ish blog post about it here ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com summarizing things I learned meeting with Senate & House aides this week with the @aibsbiology.bsky.social Congressional Visits Day event.

New: A NOAA lab in Hawaii that is connected to the longest-running observation of global greenhouse gas concentrations is slated for closure in August, according to a list of lease terminations Democratic members of Congress shared with @washingtonpost.com.

Trump moves to close government lab that tracks planet-warming pollution

The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.

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More useful kit from Rudolf Meier’s group to streamline insect sequencing at scale

Rudolf Meier@rudolf-meier.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 EntoSieve is now published in Molecular Ecology Resources: Fast and accurate size-sorting of bulk insect samples! Perfect for boosting DNA megabarcoding & metabarcoding projects. 🧬🔬 DIY low-cost device, gentle on specimens and yet efficient 🦋🐞 here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

If you wanted to destroy higher ed, this is part of how you do it. I don't think a lot of folks realize how much U.S. universities rely on federal grant funding to keep the lights on, particularly in the past 20 years as the government has continuously cut tuition subsidy.

"Uncertainy, fear and panic": Trump abruptly cancels NIH meetings, upending scientific research

Federal science agencies were directed to cancel all scheduled meetings, effectively suspending NIH research grants

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*Be my new work supervisor!* Arizona State University is hiring a new Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor. *I'd really love for this person to be an entomologist so ento friends, please share!* apply.interfolio.com/159166

We "didn’t cause the climate crisis by heating our homes or buying bottled water..a point brilliantly illustrated by MIT students who calculated that even if Americans lived without homes or as itinerant monks, our carbon footprints would still be 2x the global average" www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

3 things the U.S. climate movement must do differently

A majority of American voters are concerned about the climate crisis, but almost nobody votes based on it, writes Nathaniel Stinnett. If we don’t embark on a crash course to dramatically increase the ...

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Switching from internet to zoom phone so campus can save money. With new training, websites etc. How often do campuses think through: "we save $100,000, but use 1.5hrs of prof time with 5,000 profs getting paid $75/hr and.. oh shit we just spent $550K on salary to save $100K" .. I'm guessing never

New faculty position in climate change ecology at UW-Madison, applications due in four days for full consideration. Come join us! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor of Climate Change Ecology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Job Summary: The Departments of Integrative Biology and Botany are seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in Climate Change Ecology. The selected candidate will mount a vigorous rese...

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Come work with us! We are hiring a new #curator in invertebrate paleontology! careers.amnh.org/postings/4301 #academicjobs #tenuretrack #AMNH

Xerces will be giving out two $10k DeWind Awards in 2025 to support students (grad or undergrad) studying moth and butterfly conservation! 📑Application: Research proposal, project timeline, CV 🗓Deadline: 7 Jan 2025 at 11:59 PST 🦋For full info & instructions visit xerces.org/dewind

Going to test out the power of new followers! Does anyone here (or do you know anyone who) teach statistics (specifically GLMs) to primarily ecology/evolution/bio students and would be willing to potentially review a book proposal?

Speaking as an anthropologist, I would strongly, STRONGLY advise you to start preserving physical media of things that are important to you, especially racially or queer focused media. That means physical books, physical DVDs, and digital files stored locally.

For #EntSoc24, ESA has teamed up w/ Fill it Forward to reduce single-use waste. Bring a reusable water bottle and come to the Registration desk to pick up a QR code sticker. Every scan unlocks a donation and tracks your environmental impact. entsoc.org/events/annua...

we're hiring for an assistant professor position in infectious disease dynamics at the University of Oklahoma, with lots of opportunities to collaborate and expand our One Health focus. our updated deadline is 11/20, spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/156424

Nature: "Trump repeatedly ignored research-informed knowledge...undermined national and global science and public-health agencies...denied climate science, lied about the federal response to hurricane forecasts...pulled the US out of the WHO in a pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The world needs a US president who respects evidence

As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump face off, the fate of US democracy, science and evidence-based policy hangs in the balance.

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Take your pick! My "Adventures in time" collection explores the idea of what would it be like to take a holiday back through Earth's geological past (with a humorous spin and plenty of anachronisms). So far, you have eight geological periods to choose from (all prints are linked in my profile)

Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you could time travel to one past period in Earth's history, when would it be, and why? (You'd be given any necessary equipment for safe and non-invasive observation, so if you want to visit, say, the Cambrian, you can have a solar-powered submersible or whatever!)

I was looking for an #Entomology Starter Pack but I couldn't find one - so I started to build one! It's already morphing into more of a list of invertebrate aficionado/lovers. Did I miss you? Aplogies! Reply to this post and I'll remedy that! #StarterPack #Invertebrate go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC

One more time, for all the new folks on #academicsky: review of applications starts today! (For clarification, Recent Invertebrates means extant taxa, so #entomology #arachnology #mussels and other cool living #invertebrates, as opposed to paleontology!)

Katharine Marske@kamarske.bsky.social · 2y ago

#entomology and #invertebrate #biodiversity folks: We are hiring an assistant/associate professor and curator of recent invertebrates at University of Oklahoma! Please apply--I can't wait to have another invertebrate colleague! apply.interfolio.com/154669

Still time to apply!

Katharine Marske@kamarske.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tenure-track position for a computational biologist at the University of Oklahoma! This is a joint initiative between School of #Biological Sciences and Laboratories of Molecular #Anthropology and #Microbiome Research. Come be my colleague! apply.interfolio.com/154459

Still time to put in your application!

Katharine Marske@kamarske.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are hiring! Tenure-track faculty position in physiological #ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma. Come be my colleague! apply.interfolio.com/154741

Still time to apply--keep spreading the word! (recent #invertebrate = extant species, not paleo, so all you #insect, #spider, #mussel, etc cool invert people, folks, this one's for you!)

Katharine Marske@kamarske.bsky.social · 2y ago

#entomology and #invertebrate #biodiversity folks: We are hiring an assistant/associate professor and curator of recent invertebrates at University of Oklahoma! Please apply--I can't wait to have another invertebrate colleague! apply.interfolio.com/154669

Still time to apply!

Katharine Marske@kamarske.bsky.social · 2y ago

#AOS24 Tenure-track assistant professor/curator of #ornithology position available at the University of Oklahoma! Joint position between School of Biological Sciences and Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Come be my colleague! apply.interfolio.com/154668

Reminder I'm recruiting a graduate student to join my lab group in fall '25. My lab uses fossils, fieldwork, & phylogenetic methods to study macroevolutionary processes in marine invertebrates, especially echinoderms. Please share & feel free to reach out! 🧪⚒️