The NIH has quietly dropped its loan repayment program for researchers doing health disparities research and for researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds. As an LRP awardee who had six figures in medical schools loans, I know how transformative this funding can be. Losing this funding will…

America's R1 universities educate ~8–9 million students (undergraduate + graduate) -> more than 1/3 of U.S. college students (vs. the ~0.6% of Ivies). Undermining this system threatens the institutions that train our workforce and drive scientific innovation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

An American research crisis with real human consequences

Ivy League universities have dominated recent news headlines, having become popular targets for critics of higher education. But the threats they face—cuts to federal research funding, assaults on aca...

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I can't possibly do the story justice in a Twitter thread, so please read it on @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... 13/13

Access to potential long COVID drugs dwindles as trials falter

Two sets of studies for COVID-driven conditions show the struggles of drug development

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Our dept. is hiring: tenure track faculty positions with expertise in cosmetics, formulations, and/or organic chemistry. Feel free to ask any questions here. Priority for submissions by Oct. 1. careers.cpp.edu/po/en-us/job... #chemsky #chemchat

Jobs - Job Details - Chemistry, Assistant Professor

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We (faculty at USC) took on an institutional behemoth with all the money and clout on earth, and we WON. We won our union. We're the biggest private-university faculty union in US history. Trying to make people care about this, challenge level IMPOSSIBLE

Look at our lab‘s new picture wall of alumni from our lab who have earned their doctorates!

That's about 2/3 the annual National Science Foundation budget.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3w ago

RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."

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Virginia Gewin@virginiagewin.bsky.social · 3w ago

Scientists--if your funding was cut over the last year (for research on climate, global health, DEI, LGBTQ or womens health, etc) but you managed to keep the research going, I want to talk to you for an upcoming article! Plz contact me: gewin at me dot com. Re-posts appreciated!

ICE killed another person.

Miami Herald@miamiherald.com · 3w ago

NEW: A 28-year-old man died Tuesday morning following an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents in St. Augustine, marking the third death involving ICE in a week.

Hegseth blocks promotions of seven Navy officers, five of them women or people of color, a highly unusual move that means that for the first time in more than a decade no female active-duty naval officers are likely to be promoted to admiral. @gregjaffe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...

Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions

For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.

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PHASE ONE of our fight against the OMB rule is complete and YOU ALL SHOWED UP!!! HALF A MILLION COMMENTS is WILD. We absolutely exceeded our goal of 100,000! So, what happens next??? Welcome to PHASE TWO: Pressure and Preparation! 1/x

If you intend to comment on the OMB proposed rule on federal funding, do it now! The window closes at 11:59 EDT. #chemsky #chemchat

“Right now, vehicle ownership takes up around 1/3 of one’s cost of living…it’s too much...The library gives people a chance to try [e-biking] out before they make the plunge.” I am so excited to announce a dream pilot 4 years in the making. Article: www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/new-e-b...

New e-bike program launches in Hood River

HOOD RIVER — In the face of rising personal transportation costs, Hood River’s Bikes Buddies and Sol Rides are teaming up to pilot residents’ comfort level with alternative means. Their

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And as a pedestrian or cyclist, you'd much rather be hit by the Odyssey, given the angled front profile which would cause you to a) be hit in the legs and not your chest and b) make your roll off the side rather than be thrown under the vehicle and run over by the tires.

Michael 🚲🚲@ballstonbakfiets.bsky.social · last mo.

This 2000 Honda Odyssey was considered a big car when my family used it to haul four kids. It's absolutely dwarfed by the big SUVs of the current era. Pay special attention to the hoods.

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NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️

It's the End of American Science As We Know It

We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.

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Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB 2026-10817)

What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice

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It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · 2mo ago

White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

Ebikes are not a replacement for bikes, they're primarily an alternative to the car.

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I already bike a lot, but the cool thing about getting an e-bike is that it's already helping me bike even more. I'm actively looking for opportunities to bike, both because the e-bike is so efficient, but also fun. I know I say it a lot, but e-bikes are an incredible tool for replacing car trips.

speed via @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c

Those of us doing research related to women’s health have been hit particularly hard by the govt’s sabotage of the NIH. I spoke to WaPo for this piece, as painful as it was to discuss the reality my lab is facing. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year

The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

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My husband, repeatedly: “How can they do this? How can it be so precise??” SCIENCE. Publicly funded science.

We had a great turnout for our Chemunity event to make a braille periodic table. Thanks to Mike Fricke for sharing designs! We made some modifications to fit on our smaller laser printer. #chemsky #chemchat @calpolypomona.bsky.social

For folks in California, AB 1557 was just amended to make up new definitions for Class 1 and 2 ebikes that would dramatically impact their usability for carrying kids and cargo. @calbike.bsky.social has a good summary; contact your representative now: click.everyaction.com/k/129073693/...

Since NASA apparently isn't on bsky I wholeheartedly suggest you keep an eye on images.nasa.gov ... two new beautiful blue marble images dropped 

This is one that I’ve most been looking forward to putting out there. A false choice that I still see and hear in far too many cities. Please share. #UrbanTruth

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Not density OR trees. Density AND trees. Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth

FYI to #ACS #ACSspring2026 attendees, the Georgia World Congress center has really good ventilation! The CO2 levels throughout the whole day stayed in the green zone on the Aranet monitor. #chemsky #chemchat

Check out our new research to probe habitability of ocean worlds out as a preprint on ChemRxiv: chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.... This is entirely the concept of an awesome Masters student Damara, who passed her defense yesterday! These vent structures were grown in a lab and are covered in biofilm.

This Long Covid Awareness Day let us remember the millions who've been disabled by the virus. The people who've been forgotten and left behind. The folks who have to hide their diagnosis because of the stigma attached to it. You think you don't know anyone with Long Covid? I promise, you do:

Long Covid Awareness Day 2026

It's 2026 and the Covid pandemic rages on despite many pretending it no longer exists. Today is a day to remind people of the disabling nature of the virus and how they can protect themselves.

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