Hearing that NSF is going to pilot moving awards from institutions to individuals. Hello compliance nightmare. Especially because a lot of federal requirements for these awards (research security) are tied to institutional requirements. Potentially devastating for scientific collections/archives.

There is a similar crushing feeling in science. 😔

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · last wk.

I am so tired of witnessing media layoffs and publications just throwing away amazing talent as this career becomes less and less sustainable and growing numbers of people are pushed out. All for shareholder profits.

Double dose of products from the @standupforscience.net Foundation policy institute this morning. @irenesufs.bsky.social with her analysis of the contents of the National Science Foundation Guidance to align with OMB rulemaking.

Here is What You Should Know About NSF’s New Guidance on Financial Assistance — Stand Up for Science Foundation

On June 24, 2026, less than one month after the Office of Management and Budget released its proposed revisions to the Uniform Guidance on federal financial assistance—the National Science Foundation ...

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Hey guess what 😌

Mali 💤@sleepimali.bsky.social · 4w ago

I'm making this sticker specifically for me

Hi, I am emerging from my Bluesky hiatus to address the nicotine stains on my anti-smoking report. It’s not what you think, I just like smoking and hypocrisy.

Holden Thorp@holdenthorp.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi, this is Holden emerging from my Bluesky hiatus to tell everyone that when checking the links in the piece, I used ChatGPT as my search engine (does anyone use Google anymore?). The piece was written by me and edited by humans. So all the links were checked by me and again by our copyeditors.

British Columbia probably has more lichens than Costa Rica or the Amazon. This is the Amazon of the lichen world — and we have a global responsibility for the conservation of this organismal group. wildsight.ca/2026/06/23/c...

Conservation through the lens of lichens — an interview with lichenologist Toby Spribille

Toby Spribille was 18 years old when he first discovered a new-to-western-science species of lichen, and became hooked on lichenology. “I realized there was quite a bit of unrecognized species diver...

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Sharks can have a little Zoloft, as a treat

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last mo.

Scientists find antidepressant in the brains of sharks off the coast of Rio de Janeiro

Trans rights are human rights.

I need y'all to understand that I teach high school and there are teenagers already planning to leave the U.S. to because they will be studying science or medicine. They are SO serious about it - saving money, learning extra languages, and looking to see if there are familial connections abroad.

Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social · last mo.

You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ

"Évangiles dorés d'Henri VIII",vers 980 La couleur pourpre des pages obtenue à l'aide d'un pigment végétal à base de lichen (l'orseille). Dans l'Antiquité & au M_A, l'utilisation du parchemin pourpre et de l'encre d'or était le symbole ultime du luxe, de l'autorité et du prestige impérial >ALT

Am I crazy to be writing an NSF proposal when they aren’t giving any grants right now? But I’m getting close to having to close down my lab, which is so sad I feel that I have to do something

I now fervently believe this. Relatedly, I think celebrating good news and embracing joy are equally radical. You have to remember what you’re fighting for. We cannot sustainably organize around sorrow.

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m coming to understand that maintaining hope is radical.

The BBC has requested that Donald Trump hand over his phone records from Jan. 6 as part of his defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster.

BBC requests Trump’s diary and phone logs in editing scandal lawsuit

The US president is demanding $10bn in damages from the BBC

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After reading @blekhernia.bsky.social's great blog post on lab AI usage policy (blekhman.substack.com/p/you-need-t...), we made one in lab meeting. Feedback welcome! rilab.ucdavis.edu/ai_expectati...

I’m pleased to say (as its President Elect) that @resmedia.bsky.social board of trustees agreed on Friday that the Society will stop using X (FYI @sundersays.bsky.social )

Plecos at your local pet store are voracious algae eaters and get to a shocking 2 feet long. Just saying. 😜

Vote for @alexlando.bsky.social for VP of the @msafungi.bsky.social #Student and #Postdoc section! Renew your membership and vote right now! Voting ands today @ 4. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @msastudents.bsky.social

MSA Student and Postdoc Section Executive Board Election Ballot 2026-2027

Hello Student and Postdoc members! It is the time of the year where we select the new MSA Student Student and Postdoc Section. With the following link you can learn about the nominees and the positi...

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Brian Lovett@lovettbr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hey @msastudents.bsky.social members! There’s still time to vote for Alex Lando for VP! Get your votes in and tell a friend, whoever you vote for (Alex). 🍄 msastudents.org/msa-sps-elec...

Hey @msastudents.bsky.social members! There’s still time to vote for Alex Lando for VP! Get your votes in and tell a friend, whoever you vote for (Alex). 🍄 msastudents.org/msa-sps-elec...

Double bubble #cantharelluscibarius

What? You heard SUFS made wheatpasting posters? We totally DO NOT have wheatpasting posters on our website for you to print at home and totally DISCOURAGE you from pasting them! DO NOT visit the link in our bio or this link to print them: zurl.co/QHtb4 Learn how to avoid wheatpasing below! 🧵

When I have checked for my work in, say, Anthropic, training data, it’s been work I published with Elsevier. I have always wondered if they just scraped lithub or similar, where these older articles would also be. 🤔

Nature@nature.com · 3mo ago

Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined the dozens of firms and individuals suing artificial intelligence companies over their alleged use of copyrighted works in training AI models go.nature.com/4eFGLZK

🚨 Lifer alert! 🚨 Check out this deer bot #fly that @dradriansmith.bsky.social found while we were hunting bugs - my first time getting pics of a wild adult of this family! It's a convincing bee mimic, whose babies live in the sinuses & throats of deer 😋 👀 #Oestridae: #Cephenemyia phobifer NC, USA

Pleased to share this article for @standupforscience.net with @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social discussing the eugenics foundation of the MAHA and MAGA movements. It’s an important thread to name and understand! 😳 substack.com/@sciencefigh...

MAHA and MAGA as Eugenics Projects

Brynn Paulsen, PhD and Brian Lovett, PhD

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DOGE Screwed Us on Screwworm Because USAID didn't fund abortion, as Republicans claim, but it did fund screwworm prevention programs (boldface mine):... https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/06/09/doge-screwed-us-on-screwworm/

DOGE Screwed Us on Screwworm

Because USAID didn't fund abortion, as Republicans claim, but it did fund screwworm prevention programs (boldface mine): The 5,300 grants and programs killed in the Trump administration’s cuts to the U.S. Agency of International Development include U.S.-funded animal disease monitoring projects operated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. A list of terminated programs sent to Congress this week and obtained by Agri-Pulse includes $250 million that went to projects housed under the FAO’s Global Health Security Program.

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"The idea of having Jay Bhattacharya as the opening keynote was highly offensive to me and to many ADA members. He is directly complicit in the systematic dismantling of the biomedical research enterprise in this country." - Aaron Kelly www.chronicle.com/article/a-pr...

A Professor Was Ejected From a Conference for Criticizing the Trump Administration. He Says He Was ‘Shocked.’

Over the weekend, the American Diabetes Association made news for booting five researchers from its annual conference for handing out op-eds critical of the Trump administration’s approach to science....

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WHAT'S BEEN DIGITIZED IS __ONLY__ A TINY FRAGMENT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE & HISTORY PRIMARILY WHAT'S __EASY__ TO RUN THROUGH MACHINES Internet = a sip of water Museums & archives = OCEANS, GALAXIES, UNIVERSES Signed, a former digitization professional

Ted McCormick@tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm sorry but if I criticize the promotion of genAl as a surrogate "research assistant" for sidelining non-digitized sources, and for making the process of creating knowledge from them more opaque, and you tell me that's just credentialism, I'm obliged to ask if you read and understood the criticism

Hopping on a plane to DC tonight, because @standupforscience.net is fighting this new OMB rule proposal with everything we’ve got. My calendar is literally booked for 12 hours of meetings, on the Hill, in a row for three days. Wanna sponsor the trip? secure.qgiv.com/for/stop-vou...

Circling back around to this post in light of what happened at the ADA Annual Meeting yesterday. The actions of Kahn, et al., had all the elements of Good Trouble. - The action, itself, was harmless but agitating - They used their position to legitimize the action - They recorded everything

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Rosa Parks' refusal to stand up and give her seat up to a white passenger on the bus was not some random, one time act taken because she was tired. Her action was part of a preconceived NAACP Bus campaign for equality and Parks was a dedicated activist. "Small" actions matters.

I’ll admit, I thought sleeping on the job was just a saying.

Ultimately, this is an all hands moment. Every action, no matter how small, helps push the defense of science and free expression forward. This is one of the most direct ways people can influence executive action, and it doesn’t have to be difficult.

The SUFS Guide to Writing Public Comments — Your Site Title

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