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wanting equality and wanting proximity to whiteness are not the same and it is imperative that y'all learn the difference!!!

Protests growing at The Hague apnews.com/article/neth...

Huge crowd piles pressure on Dutch government to seek an end to Israel's campaign in Gaza

Red-clad protesters have marched through the Dutch capital of The Hague demanding their government do more to halt Israel’s campaign in Gaza.

apnews.com

An @OutDoorAfro Hero?

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last yr.

Tiffany Slaton set out for a 3-day solo camping trip in Fresno County, but ended up lost for 24 days in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Surviving on wild leeks and boiled snow, she battled 13 snowstorms, reached altitudes of 11,000 ft, lost 10 lbs, and abandoned her bike, tent, and sleeping bags.

When I was a kid, the last days of school were spent dreaming about how we'd spend summer vacation. What did we call our summer list of fun and challenging things to do? - because Bucket List wasn't part of my vocabulary then.

Upholding White Supremacy will not protect you (or your family/community) from White Supremacy's cruelty. Ignoring White Supremacy will not protect you (or your family/community) from White Supremacy's cruelty, either.

The El Salvador Prison is a US Concentration Camp.

Wow

Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 2y ago

They did it. They terminated my NEH grant. Their letter went to my junk mail. This is an active grant that would have finished on June 30. “Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government” They are so afraid of us.

Pleased to see that we forced the ADL's hand on this. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Leading Jewish group condemns deportations of pro-Palestinian protesters

The Anti-Defamation League’s CEO called the deportation effort against campus protesters a violation of due process and possibly punishment for “thoughtcrimes”

washingtonpost.com

But look at how many people will suffer from canceling that grant. At 94cents, it's hella cost-effective for the real goal of this administration

Alice Miranda Ollstein@alicemiranda.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Many of the NIH cuts were listed as yielding little or no savings. One UC Irvine grant supported research into HIV stigmas. Its cancellation saved the federal government 94 cents, NIH data shows." www.notus.org/health-scien...

"Many of the NIH cuts were listed as yielding little or no savings. One UC Irvine grant supported research into HIV stigmas. Its cancellation saved the federal government 94 cents, NIH data shows." www.notus.org/health-scien...

HHS Pulled Funds for HIV Research at 22 Universities

The Trump administration pulled around $34 million in HIV-related grants.

notus.org

Krasnov delivers

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

“We’ve almost fully switched sides here” — Mark Kelly

These folks elected a Russian asset for President and watching him break the whole country from the inside out. Then watch how shocked and surprised they'll when they get Red Dawned in the middle of the night

so special ed programs are getting gutted because their internal documentation used the term "transition" when talking about helping disabled kids enter the working world. they're literally striking at that word wherever they see it.

Leah Gremlinberg ❌👑@leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 2y ago

the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs

We @chronicle.com reported on Friday that applications for F31 diversity fellowships had been withdrawn. Now, multiple scholars tell me their applications have been re-assigned to their original study sections, in a reversal of instructions NIH officials gave reviewers last week. #AcademicSky

‘We’re Being Punished’: NIH Tosses Some Grant Applications From Minority Researchers

The sudden withdrawal affects early-career scholars who applied for a prestigious federal grant with a diversity notation — flagging that they came from underrepresented backgrounds.

chronicle.com

Putting applications on the bottom of the stack because you "might not be allowed to review them" is a classic example of "obeying in advance". For anyone in a similar situation, Do Not Do That. Force them to state explicitly that they want these things done. That creates grounds for appeal.

Thanks to all of you amplifying this appalling decision, there is now a very helpful article in @chronicle.com. If you have institutional access, send it to your member of Congress. (I know this may be overtaken by the indirect cost issue but we can push on both.) www.chronicle.com/article/were...

‘We’re Being Punished’: NIH Tosses Some Grant Applications From Minority Researchers

The sudden withdrawal affects early-career scholars who applied for a prestigious federal grant with a diversity notation — flagging that they came from underrepresented backgrounds.

chronicle.com

Hoping this can get more attention since it's so obviously a resegregation attempt. The NIH/biomedical science are not my world so a broad cc to @drugmonkey.bsky.social @kendrawrites.com @tarahaelle.bsky.social @wordyard.com @alondra.bsky.social @costasamaras.com @davelevitan.bsky.social

I got the screenshot from a reliable source, but you don't have to take my word for it. bsky.app/profile/jlwe...

Jeff Weiner@jlweiner.bsky.social · 2y ago

The CSR comm I'm on just pulled all Diversity F grants from the current review cycle. These apps are reviewed alongside (and by the same criteria) as all other F grants. So, instead of helping these trainees, they will actually be punished by having their grant reviews delayed at least 1 cycle !?!?

I am obviously aware of how the Trump EOs are an Orwellian outrage to language, but I still think it is valuable to compare their real-life actions to what they wrote down! That is one way that accountability works!

This is especially important in light of @jamellebouie.net's post today. This is explicitly an effort to re-segregate science. There is no reason these applications couldn't have been considered in the regular pool - the criteria are the same. bsky.app/profile/jame...

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 2y ago

i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist

Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.

Wow

Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 2y ago

An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging: 1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal. 2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.

I don't trust nobody who thinks Cane's chicken taste good.

I don't understand this level of gymnastics. But let me also be clear, I know this reactionary behavior ALL to well: it's the "wait and see", "I need more facts/information" response. I'm amazed (& frustrated) when I see folks giving benefits of doubt to harmful systems. Anyway, carryon

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The incompetencies are incompetent

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs. Full text, per government source: