Adam Fagen
@afagen.bsky.social
Working at the intersection of science and society. Science policy, science communication, science education, and more. Views my own.
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Another beautiful sunset in NW DC. @capitalweather.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Another beautiful sunset in NW DC. @capitalweather.bsky.social
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The bill that would let Trump appoint the city's attorney general is particularly wild. D.C. would become the only place in the country where residents would have no say, direct or indirect, in who gets picked to be the chief law enforcement officer. None.
September 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The bill that would let Trump appoint the city's attorney general is particularly wild. D.C. would become the only place in the country where residents would have no say, direct or indirect, in who gets picked to be the chief law enforcement officer. None.
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Heads up DC folks!!!!!
For those in DC: they’re dismantling the 40 year peace vigil in lafayette square RIGHT NOW! Please come to protest/record if you can!
For those in DC: they’re dismantling the 40 year peace vigil in lafayette square RIGHT NOW! Please come to protest/record if you can!
Trump orders takedown of longtime protest tent at White House
President Trump ordered the removal of the White House Peace Vigil on Friday, marking an end to a 44-year protest against the nation’s nuclear weaponry and warfare. A reporter informed the preside…
thehill.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Heads up DC folks!!!!!
For those in DC: they’re dismantling the 40 year peace vigil in lafayette square RIGHT NOW! Please come to protest/record if you can!
For those in DC: they’re dismantling the 40 year peace vigil in lafayette square RIGHT NOW! Please come to protest/record if you can!
Even McDonald’s is putting out the distress call in DC
September 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Even McDonald’s is putting out the distress call in DC
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(NBC News) - President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news.
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
August 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
(NBC News) - President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news.
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
So the White House is actively campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize?! Pretty sure that’s not how it works.
August 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
So the White House is actively campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize?! Pretty sure that’s not how it works.
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Anyone seen our democracy?
For all intents and purposes, D.C. has now lost local control of its police department.
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Anyone seen our democracy?
Some downed trees in Shepherd Park in NW DC @capitalweather.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Some downed trees in Shepherd Park in NW DC @capitalweather.bsky.social
Beautiful rainbow visible from Colonial Village. @capitalweather.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Beautiful rainbow visible from Colonial Village. @capitalweather.bsky.social
Wow, Panch is resigning from his position as NSF director.
Exclusive: The director of the National Science Foundation announced his resignation today, 16 months before his 6-year term ends, in a letter to staff obtained by Science. scim.ag/42vc3fn
Exclusive: ‘I have done all I can’: NSF director announces he is resigning
Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led the agency since 2020, leaves amid mass firings and grant terminations
scim.ag
April 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Wow, Panch is resigning from his position as NSF director.
If you missed this
Eric Green is out as head of National Human Genome Research Institute www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/t... #genomics #NIH #NHGRI
Eric Green is out as head of National Human Genome Research Institute
The longtime director of the National Human Genome Research Institute is stepping down, as the larger NIH braces for more changes.
www.statnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
If you missed this
Following from last week’s Executive Order, a second chapter on the destruction of the only federal agency supporting your local libraries and museums.
NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.
March 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Following from last week’s Executive Order, a second chapter on the destruction of the only federal agency supporting your local libraries and museums.
Even though they’ve shown promise for treating pancreatic cancer?!
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Even though they’ve shown promise for treating pancreatic cancer?!
Thanks for selling out DC. And the country. Congress has already given the White House all the power. @schumer.senate.gov
March 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Thanks for selling out DC. And the country. Congress has already given the White House all the power. @schumer.senate.gov
Why even have a Democratic Party? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
Schumer Says He’ll Vote to Advance Spending Bill, Breaking With His Party
Many Democrats are agitating for their party’s senators to block the measure in defiance of President Trump, but the leader said doing so would prompt a shutdown that would only empower Mr. Trump.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Why even have a Democratic Party? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
Thoughts?
Opinion: The U.S. National Academy of Sciences should denounce the antiscientific policies of the Trump administration
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stro...
"The new Trump administration is now making an unprecedented effort to prevent science from informing public policy."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stro...
"The new Trump administration is now making an unprecedented effort to prevent science from informing public policy."
Strong Scientific Leaders Must Speak Out against the Trump Administration’s Science Denial
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences should denounce the antiscientific policies of the Trump administration
www.scientificamerican.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thoughts?
For those who don’t understand the challenge of living in DC. There’s no other municipality in the country for which Congress can invalidate a balanced full year budget passed by the people’s elected representatives, and halfway into the fiscal year at that. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...
G.O.P. Spending Bill Would Force $1 Billion Cut to D.C. Budget
Republicans omitted a standard provision approving the District’s budget in a stopgap funding measure needed to avert a shutdown before the end of the week. The result would be a 16 percent cut.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
For those who don’t understand the challenge of living in DC. There’s no other municipality in the country for which Congress can invalidate a balanced full year budget passed by the people’s elected representatives, and halfway into the fiscal year at that. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...
A few quick shots from today’s #StandUpForScience rally in DC.
March 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A few quick shots from today’s #StandUpForScience rally in DC.
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LIVE STREAM!
Want to stream our DC event & hear from amazing speakers like Bill Nye, Francis Collins, Atul Gawande, and SO MANY MORE?
Join our livestream at www.twitch.tv/standupforsc..., starting at 12 pm!
#standupforscience2025
Join our livestream at www.twitch.tv/standupforsc..., starting at 12 pm!
#standupforscience2025
March 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
LIVE STREAM!
Reporting from Nature about NIH efforts to stop funding grants that relate to DEI and other areas contrary to recent executive actions. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Reporting from Nature about NIH efforts to stop funding grants that relate to DEI and other areas contrary to recent executive actions. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Growing protest in front of NOAA’s offices in Silver Spring, MD.
March 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Growing protest in front of NOAA’s offices in Silver Spring, MD.
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The National Science Foundation tells Science that this morning it fired 168 probationary employees. That is roughly 10% of its workforce. An NSF spokesperson said the dismissals were made “to ensure compliance” with a 11 February presidential executive order on a “workforce optimization."
February 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The National Science Foundation tells Science that this morning it fired 168 probationary employees. That is roughly 10% of its workforce. An NSF spokesperson said the dismissals were made “to ensure compliance” with a 11 February presidential executive order on a “workforce optimization."