Would you like to take a walk around the block with me? There are some things I’d like to show you #photography

BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1

Apparently DEI was the only thing standing between us and death lettuce

Reuters@reuters.com · 2d ago

Michigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak reut.rs/4w4bd4E

Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d ago

People still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE POWER ACCOMPLISHES! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who wrote comments, contacted Congress, and yelled! This is OUR WIN! @standupforscience.net www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul

Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.

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By politicizing the federal grant process, the OMB Grant Proposal will substantially weaken our scientific enterprise that has made the United States a global leader in innovation. Take action against the proposal the link: zurl.co/Au4wk Article: zurl.co/dGIrM

How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled that breakthrough.

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The Mismeasure of Man is a critical analysis of the history of IQ testing. It is also a rebuke of the notion that science is inherently “apolitical”, when us humans-the orchestrators of the scientific process-struggle to separate their worldview from their investigation of said world. 🧵:

Grand jury and felony indictment for a case everyone knew was bullshit.

CNN@cnn.com · 5d ago

The Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj

The Secretary of the HHS shouldn’t be bringing back deadly, preventable disease. It should be someone whose top priority is actually protecting Americans’ health. Help us embolden a Congress that will remove Bubonic Bobby at the link: zurl.co/By7Pn

NEW: Much of the political right has been ignoring the historic cyclosporiasis outbreak dogging the Trump administration, some right-wing voices have weighed in… …to direct blame elsewhere. www.importantcontext.news/p/trump-alli...

Trump Allies Deflect From Explosive Diarrhea Epidemic

“The real epidemic here is the relentless legacy media effort to attack Trump and Kennedy on public health issues.”

importantcontext.news

Ugh too much stupid stuff, here are some lizards of varying evolutionary strategy

One excellent quote from this article: "If you just have an entrepreneurial system where everybody's in it simply to get rich, connectomics would never exist." - Jeff Lichtman (neuroscientist and professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard) www.thetransmitter.org/policy/neuro...

Neuroscientists weigh in on White House proposal for ‘moonshot infrastructure’ for connectomics

A report from the Trump administration calls for a “new golden age” of science, in which the federal government supports mission-driven collaborations to deliver high returns on research investments.

thetransmitter.org

the ideal academic life is being an eccentric Victorian lord. Invent a stamp licking machine at 22. Get elected to the Royal Academy for counting the beetles on your estate. Die in an arsenic explosion. The perfect life.

The NSF proposal is a tool for Vought to implement his OMB Proposal's restrictive and ideologically driven regulations on university grants. Register for the webinars to learn about the key NSF changes and draft strong public comments: zurl.co/67X9s And, leave your public comment: zurl.co/T8Ogb

📣 Researchers in the Boulder/Denver area: I'm building a photo library of real researchers at work and looking for volunteers! If you're a grad student, postdoc, faculty member, or research scientist, I'll take professional-quality photos of you - for free. Interested? DM me!

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Stop Bringing your Textbook to the Bazooka Fight (Or why our old arguments don’t make sense anymore)

By Irene Ngun, Assistant Director of Policy and Advocacy, Stand Up for Science Foundation

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The age-old game of discrediting the science to feed your uber wealthy donors at the expense of the health of the American people is one that not only perpetuates, it is at best grossly magnified under the present admin.

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2w ago

Trump has called the decades of peer-reviewed climate science that guides the NAS manual for judges "fraudulent." He has repeatedly tried to discredit the science behind climate change, because his big oil and gas donors are responsible for accelerating it. 🧵

The OMB Grant Proposal will put all grant decisions into the hands of the President. It is effectively a trillion dollar slush fund for the President. We are fighting back and need you to join us. Contact your reps and donate to fuel our legal fight against the proposal at the link: zurl.co/ruBsL

This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning

absolute buffoon of a human being let alone president

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Trump Lashes Out at National Academies of Sciences Over Climate Guide For Judges" by @dennispillion.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/2007202...

Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley

Trump, the GOP and the polluters & plutocrats they answer to are responsible for the death and damage caused by this fossil-fueled disaster: www.reuters.com/business/env...

Smoke, fire, floods: US faces triple extreme summer weather threats

Wildfire smoke blanketed the eastern U.S. from the Great Lakes to Washington, D.C. on Friday, ​floodwaters tore through Texas's Hill Country for a third day, and new fires erupted in the Pacific North...

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Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump threatens higher tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke: “Canada has refused to engage in basic Forest Management and Debris Removal”

New meme just dropped

How do we mitigate misinformation? Attemting to debunk false claims after someone has already formed beliefs often has limited effectiveness. In this study, researchers examined the behavioral and neural effects of a WHO "prebunking" intervention. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵:

Exploring the neurophysiological basis of misinformation: A behavioral and neural complexity analysis

The proliferation of misinformation on social media platforms poses significant challenges to public health, political discourse, and social cohesion.…

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The fight against Vought’s OMB proposal will be a long battle, and we’re fighting it head on. Thanks to an extremely generous donor, all donations will be matched up to $1 MILLION. If you have ever wanted to donate, now is the time; your contribution goes twice as far: zurl.co/6cWuN Thank you!

this is a @jtimmer.bsky.social fan account

John Timmer@jtimmer.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's been sitting in my "to read" tabs for a while but I've finally gotten around to reading this. I've got two thoughts on it, which I'll elaborate below. One is it's just sloppy. And two it suffers from a common problem: it assumes scientists are the only ones with agency.

Monday, July 13th is the LAST DAY that you can leave a public comment on Russell Vought's science-destroying OMB Grant Proposal. Join us from 2 - 3PM ET to learn what comes next, hear from experts, and learn how the proposal will affect you. Register at the link in our bio or go here:zurl.co/tH8hn

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 4 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/aMM32

Just a reminder that there's only about a week left to leave comments on the OMB proposal that will cripple federally funded research. Here's my attempt to convince you that you should, along with info on how to do so effectively.

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · last mo.