Bureaucracy will be the death of innovation and creativity.

Virginia Tech is hosting the 2026 EEID Conference May 29- June 1. Prior to the conference, there will be two concurrent workshops hosted by VectorByte and the Center for the Mathematics of Biosystems. Applications are still being reviewed for both. cpe.vt.edu/eeid2026/wor...

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Looks like the Hokie Bird needs saving… again! 🦃 ⚔️ ☀️ 🌙 🧹 D&D Livestream with @dougcockle.bsky.social (the Witcher, Natural Six), Distinguished Professor Patty Raun, @cristobal55.bsky.social @musicologist.bsky.social & Gustavo! Wednesday Feb 18 12 pm to 3 pm Eastern bit.ly/SaveTheHokie...

New AIM Research Community: Ecology Meets Infectious Disease - Modeling Complex Interactions in Ecology and Infectious Diseases More Information: sites.google.com/view/ecology... Application Site: aimath.org/programs/res...

Sharing for visibility www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/n... Thank you @statnews.com

NIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research

Saying that "research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific," the agency wrote to scientists to cancel current grants.

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A small moment of science in the world of the very small... announcing calls for applications from MS + PhD students + postdocs for a Summer School on Quantitative Phage-Bacteria Dynamics Across Scales U of Maryland, College Park, June 23-27, 2025 Apply by 3/21/25: bit.ly/phageschool2...

Support VT Math! It's still Giving Day at VT. If we get the most # of donors in the College of Science, we'll get a bonus 5K to help support our students. Even $5 donations count towards our total number of donors! givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/9...

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This is happening now! #D&D #DungeonsAndDragons #Opera #Accessibility #AccessibleGaming #TableTopGames #Music #PerformingArts #VirginiaTech

Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · last yr.

Do you like D&D? My brilliant husband and his colleagues are hosting a D&D livestream today as a fundraiser for the School of Performing Arts as part of VT's Giving Day. This is all part of a larger project aimed at making gaming more accessible and using gaming as a tool for music education.

Do you like D&D? My brilliant husband and his colleagues are hosting a D&D livestream today as a fundraiser for the School of Performing Arts as part of VT's Giving Day. This is all part of a larger project aimed at making gaming more accessible and using gaming as a tool for music education.

Giving Day is almost there! Initiatives around Global Climate Change need more support than ever! Please consider donating to the @globalchangevt.bsky.social tomorrow!

Global Change Center at Virginia Tech@globalchangevt.bsky.social · last yr.

⏳ #VTGivingDay starts THIS Wednesday at noon! Join us Feb 19-20 to support the GCC and drive real-world solutions through innovative environmental research, impactful education, and community outreach. 🌍💡 Share and stay tuned for how you can help!

A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, is growing, with 24 cases and at least 14 hospitalizations—mainly among children. Low vaccination rates are fueling the crisis. Outbreaks like this will become more common as vaccine misinformation spreads and laws weaken immunization requirements.

Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties - KFF Health News

With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.

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I'm changing it from LGBTQ+ to LGBTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTQ+ just to make my fucking point.

UC Merced achieved R1 status this morning. 20 years after opening its doors to its first undergraduate class in 2005. And to do so while dealing with the 2007-8 financial meltdown, the pandemic, dwindling state support, and, well, now - Trump - that's quite an achievement in my humble opinion!

This is the kind of stuff we celebrate! #HBCU #BlackHistoryMonth

Nicole Symmonds, PhD@spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · last yr.

Howard University is now a R1 university, the first HBCU with a research one designation. H-U definitely knows!

"I am afraid for our country because I know what happens when science denialism comes into power." Always grateful for @gregggonsalves.bsky.social's leadership, especially today. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...

Opinion | I Shudder to Imagine Kennedy Running Our Health Agencies. (Gift Article)

We have to go toe-to-toe with this administration and resist its attacks on public health.

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Three of my professional societies (in stats and atmospheric science) signed on. The math societies, though...

American Meteorological Society@ametsoc.org · last yr.

AMS joins numerous professional societies in a commitment to champion scientific integrity--including academic freedom, inclusion of diverse perspectives, and policies grounded in scientific evidence--and support scientists, scientific data, and science funding. Read more: unitedsciencealliance.org

Professional societies stand together in defense of science & scientists. “science has led to humanity’s greatest advances, improving people’s lives & the health of our planet … (we’re) committed to supporting, elevating, & fighting for science & those who further it.“ www.unitedsciencealliance.org

What can we do? Scientists are on our own. University leaders at big schools are not going to help us. Do what you can to connect with your colleagues. Plan local actions. If you can speak out to the media about what's happening to science, you're critical right now, please do speak out. /end

Elon musk isn’t elected. He’s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches. And right now he’s locked himself in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check.

Found this gem in an arcane NSF doc...key to know: The Constitution and law SUPERSEDES exec orders! "In the event of a conflict between policies issued at a lower tier versus policies issued at a higher tier, the higher tier policy will take precedence" nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Resear...

Every time I say something to a family member about how the last two weeks have been for me and they respond with silence, I learn everything I need to know.

I wish this was satire.

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2y ago

Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

There are a few things to pay attention to here with a caveat. If it turns out that NSF accepted applications and then cancelled the program w/out review, this will have major implications (again, *if* at this point, but given recent events, seems plausible and folks should be prepared). a brief 🧵

Kevin Bird@stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 2y ago

The dismantling of American Science continues. The Organismal Response to Climate Change grant call has been cancelled. The NSF Director is a disgrace

Bleak. The USAID website has gone dark.

turns out several climate-change based NSF programs have been archived. new.nsf.gov/focus-areas/...

Climate

Learn how NSF invests in research to understand the Earth's climate, including climate change and its impacts on nature and society.

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To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-he...

Seriously, we should be worried about Pubmed. Can we mirror it to some site in EU or Iceland or Switzerland? Ultimately, also arxiv / biorxiv and of course The Internet Archive ... www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

CDC Data Are Disappearing

The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.

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CDC's HIV page is currently missing. www.cdc.gov/hiv/testing/...

Just found out that NSF's Organismal Response to Climate Change funding mechanism was archived. The most recent deadline was 20 January. new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC)

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