Alex Koufos ❌👑
@exoticdft.dev
Research software engineer, computational physicist, science outreach advocate. he/him. PhD. The views expressed here are solely my own and do not reflect the opinions of any organizations I'm affiliated with.
Two USRSE'26 deadlines coming up ⏰ 🎟️ Early bird registration ends 7/31 📋 Poster submissions close 8/7 The draft program is also live → us-rse.org/usrse26/prog... Cost a barrier? Financial support info for USRSE'26 is here → us-rse.org/usrse26/atte... October 19–21 · San Jose, CA #usrse26 #rse
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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 th...
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Join us for "Straight A’s for Facilitating Difficult Conversations (within a Political Context)" - a hands-on, interactive workshop. 🗓️ Date: Thursday, July 30 ⏰ Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 📍 Location: Reach and Teach | 1179 San Carlos Ave, San Carlos RSVP: buff.ly/xH05qrt
The following is all my interpretation, but I think the writing's on the wall for #NASA ROSES-26. It's a reasonable read given the evidence. It's at least useful to consider for planning purposes. 🧵[1/7] @roguenasa.altgov.info @agu.org @aas.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social @nationalacademies.org
To stop the Project 2025 takeover of science, public comments are half a plan. But they won't get us all the way there. Here's the second half of the plan - and what you can do: samwang.substack.com/p/building-h...
Comments are Half A Plan To Stop the Takeover of Science...
...here's the second half.
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🔬Federal-funded #research depends on the people, #software, and #infrastructure behind it. Proposed updates to OMB's Uniform Guidance (2 C.F.R. Part 200) could affect the research software community. Review the proposal and submit a comment by July 13: www.aps.org/initiatives/... #RSE #RSEng
Comment on OMB proposed rule for federal financial assistance
Make your voice heard on the Office of Management and Budget's proposed federal grant funding changes and defend the scientific community from this existential threat. Submit your comments by July 13,...
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🪧 Ready to make some "Good Trouble"? 📨 On Sunday, July 19, we're going to write 1,965 Get Out The Vote (GOTV) letters in honor of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965. 🍪 Join us for a high-energy afternoon of community action, fabulous music and delicious snacks. ☑️ RSVP Today! buff.ly/t6ksGSl
📌 Poster submissions are open for #USRSE26! Share your work with the RSE community. Posters are a great way to spark conversations, get feedback, and connect with peers. 📅 Submit by August 7 🗓️ Oct 19–21 | San Jose, CA 👉 us-rse.org/usrse26/participate/ #RSEng #ResearchSoftware
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month from Indivisible Mid-Peninsula! We celebrate the work of our Transgender & Queer Rights Action Team, and we stand proudly in solidarity with the entire LGBTQ+ community. We must continue the fight for equal rights, dignity, and an inclusive democracy for everyone. ✊️ ✨
🙋♀️🌎 Have you heard? AGU is now accepting abstracts for #AGU26! ➡️ Learn more and submit an abstract by the 5 August deadline: spklr.io/63328EO18r
Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂
James Talarico could be the key to ending the Electoral College.
Registration is open for USRSE'26! 🎉 Join us October 19–21 in San Jose, CA for three days of research software engineering, AI-driven science, and community. Early bird rates available through July 31: 🎓 Student: $550 💼 Professional: $750 Register now → us-rse.org/usrse26/atte... #usrse26 #rse
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Useful tool from #APS to help develop/submit original, unique comments on the proposed OMB regulation changes. Anyone can use it, not just scientists or APS members. Additional guidelines: 1) be specific - details matter! 2) Include personal impacts. 3) Equally important are national impacts!
Comment on OMB proposed rule for federal financial assistance
Make your voice heard on the Office of Management and Budget's proposed federal grant funding changes and defend the scientific community from this existential threat.
aps.org
Shea (she/her)@solarshea.bsky.social · 2mo ago📢 If you receive federal science funding and haven't 1) read about the proposed #OMB changes or 2) left comments on research.gov, please attend this @aas.org webinar. Even if you've done both, I encourage joining. Share with colleagues. #SaveScience #SaveResearch #FundScience #ScienceIsNotPolitical
Are you represented by one of these Democrats? Golden (ME-2) Lee (NV-3) Gottheimer (NJ-5) Davis (NC-1) Cuellar (TX-28) Gonzalez (TX-34) Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-3) They need to hear from you — because these Democrats recently voted with Republicans to let the regime keep spying on American citizens.
And cover our canals to help water from evaporating as @ucmerced.bsky.social is working on. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/states-...
Abilu Tangwa.@abilutangwa.bsky.social · 2mo ago10 Reasons to Love Solar Power 1. Zero CO₂ to run 2.Infinite fuel 3.sunlight 4Cuts air pollution 5.Creates local jobs 6.Low water use 7.Price keeps dropping 8.Powers homes + grids 9. Works off-grid too 10. Energy independence Future-proof tech
As @solarshea.bsky.social mentioned, this is extremely important to take action on. The lengthy #OMB proposal is well summarized by @elizabethginexi.bsky.social on her substack at elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of... #SaveScience #SaveResearch #ScienceIsNotPolitcal #FundScience
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
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Shea (she/her)@solarshea.bsky.social · 2mo ago📢 If you receive federal science funding and haven't 1) read about the proposed #OMB changes or 2) left comments on research.gov, please attend this @aas.org webinar. Even if you've done both, I encourage joining. Share with colleagues. #SaveScience #SaveResearch #FundScience #ScienceIsNotPolitical
Obama: "It's a reminder that on a lot of different foreign policy problems, the notion we can just bully our way or bomb our way to solution may sometimes seem appealing ... You'd think we would've learned that lesson by now, but it seems like every so often we have to learn that lesson again."
This ⬇️ is a real American hero! Congresswoman Joyce Beatty is a Kennedy Center trustee who sued after the unlawful renaming of the center. Late Friday her suit prevailed and the center’s rightful name was restored. Thank you @repbeatty.bsky.social, we love you! ❤️
🤝❤️ Stand in Solidarity! Join Indivisible Mid-Pen for our Signs of Solidarity Business Canvassing Day to protect immigrant neighbors. Short training provided! 📋🙌 🗓 Sat June 20, 10:30AM–1PM 📍 Central Park (Benches on 5th Ave), San Mateo 🎟 RSVP: bit.ly/4euHqwj @indivisiblemidpen🥾
Solidarity request from our IPA+ friends! They need warm bodies to show up at the PA City Hall on Monday. mobilize.us/s/ejI5ml @indivisiblepaloaltoplus.org @indivisiblemidpen.bsky.social @stanfordaaup.bsky.social
All Hands on Deck — Stand Against Flock in Palo Alto! · Indivisible Palo Alto Plus
**All hands on deck!** We need EVERYONE to show up to the next Palo Alto City Council meeting to support speakers who will urge the council to cover Flock cameras and to cancel the city's Flock contra...
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🎶 Rise Up, Sing Out! This Flag Day, join Indivisible Mid-Peninsula for an inspiring afternoon of music, art, and collective action to celebrate our First Amendment freedoms. 🗓 Sunday, June 14 🕒 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 📍 Community Activities Building | 1400 Roosevelt Ave, RWC 🎟 RSVP: buff.ly/45mSDHR
Join our chapter for voter registration in Modesto. It's only 90 minutes away! Field Team 6 has a fun, clever way of registering democratic voters. Contact Nicole on our Elections Team at (301) 830-0708 too coordinate carpooling, etc., and RSVP at: buff.ly/D8a5mqh
Just found out about a petition from a collective of pro-science organizations in the SF East Bay to get SB 895, the California Health and Science Research Bond on the November ballot. Read more and sign the petition here: savesciencesavelives.com #savescience #FundScience
Join the Fight - Save Science Save Lives
Join Us The Trump Administration is directly targeting the scientific research that generates cures and hope and helps create hundreds of thousands of high-wage jobs. California is fighting back. Dona...
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‼️If passed, SB 895 would establish the California Foundation for Science and Health Research to offset threatened cuts in federal funding.‼️ #savescience #FundScience @ucs.org @standupforscience.net @calacademy.bsky.social @exploratorium.bsky.social @stanford.edu @stanfordaaup.bsky.social
Shea (she/her)@solarshea.bsky.social · 2mo agoJust found out about a petition from a collective of pro-science organizations in the SF East Bay to get SB 895, the California Health and Science Research Bond on the November ballot. Read more and sign the petition here: savesciencesavelives.com #savescience #FundScience
🌟 (Re) Introducing the US-RSE Member Spotlight! 🌟 💪 🚀 Help us highlight the people behind #research #software. Want to be featured? Complete our 5-minute form: forms.gle/dXqVsHKiHnot... #RSE #RSEng #ResearchSoftware #ResearchComputing #ResearchData
The AAUP is battling Trump’s attacks on higher education on multiple fronts: on campus, in the courts, and in the streets. “We’re only getting stronger. I can promise you that we will fight them tooth and nail.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President Join us.
Trump officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they're rewriting the rules for all of academia
President Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda.
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