Research! by ji
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ji = john irons; Philanthropy+Research at Siegel Endowment; social scientist musing about AI/technology; sourdough baker; affiliated w/IDE@MIT and The Schwartz Center@The New School; SciFi fan; +stuff; http://argmax.com; Views my own; reposts!=endorsement
“The institutions under attack are universities, data repositories, libraries, archives, statistical agencies that have earned their legitimacy through decades of transparency and authentication of verifiable information” www.techpolicy.press/week-after-w...
Week After Week, The US is Dismantling Knowledge Infrastructure | TechPolicy.Press
Without reliable statistics, research funding, or accessible data, information asymmetries will surely increase, writes Amelia Acker.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“The institutions under attack are universities, data repositories, libraries, archives, statistical agencies that have earned their legitimacy through decades of transparency and authentication of verifiable information” www.techpolicy.press/week-after-w...
Take the win? Perhaps
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Take the win? Perhaps
If @stevevladeck.bsky.social is right kbj is smarter and more savvy than all of us. But I wish she didn’t have to be and we could keep it simple. Everyone deserves to be food secure, always. #snap #food4all
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If @stevevladeck.bsky.social is right kbj is smarter and more savvy than all of us. But I wish she didn’t have to be and we could keep it simple. Everyone deserves to be food secure, always. #snap #food4all
#research #research #research! #socialscience #science #humanities drives innovation, development, and human thriving - more please!
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
#research #research #research! #socialscience #science #humanities drives innovation, development, and human thriving - more please!
“The research is really necessary and has a huge economic impact for a university. Those research grants aren’t money that they can fill in somewhere else, and so oftentimes the research just ends, which has far-reaching implications.” www.wdio.com/front-page/t...
UMD researchers facing grant cuts with federal funding changes
Finding a job is challenging enough, but with federal funding changes on higher education, finding and keeping a job in environmental science is worrying many.
www.wdio.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
“The research is really necessary and has a huge economic impact for a university. Those research grants aren’t money that they can fill in somewhere else, and so oftentimes the research just ends, which has far-reaching implications.” www.wdio.com/front-page/t...
“Colleges shed hundreds of jobs last month as the sector grappled with federal research funding issues, declining enrollment, state budget cuts and other pressure points.” www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
October Brought Deep Cuts at Multiple Campuses
Colleges shed hundreds of jobs last month as the sector grappled with federal research funding issues, declining enrollment, state budget cuts and other pressure points.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Colleges shed hundreds of jobs last month as the sector grappled with federal research funding issues, declining enrollment, state budget cuts and other pressure points.” www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
“China is attracting American scientific talent, especially in STEM fields, partly due to funding cuts and immigration restrictions under President Donald Trump.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Why Trump’s cuts to scientific research are a big win for China
China is attracting American scientific talent, especially in STEM fields, partly due to funding cuts and immigration restrictions under President Donald Trump.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“China is attracting American scientific talent, especially in STEM fields, partly due to funding cuts and immigration restrictions under President Donald Trump.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
tldr; people sue so that other peoeple can get food. Trump admin says no soup for you. court says thats illegal, an emergency, and pay for the f’in food. trump and congressional reps says no food for you untill you pay double for health care. got that right?
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
tldr; people sue so that other peoeple can get food. Trump admin says no soup for you. court says thats illegal, an emergency, and pay for the f’in food. trump and congressional reps says no food for you untill you pay double for health care. got that right?
Happy 25th to Wikipedia! Glad to be at bday party in manhattan. We need more of this civic knowledge infrastructure! #wikipedia
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Happy 25th to Wikipedia! Glad to be at bday party in manhattan. We need more of this civic knowledge infrastructure! #wikipedia
“The wave of anti-science policies …prompted 'hundreds of researchers to consider moving abroad'.
Europe, sensing an opportunity, has reacted…govt’s are now competing for the top-class human capital that for decades has made the US the global science magnet.” en.ilsole24ore.com/art/scientis...
Europe, sensing an opportunity, has reacted…govt’s are now competing for the top-class human capital that for decades has made the US the global science magnet.” en.ilsole24ore.com/art/scientis...
Scientists fleeing the US: Europe offers itself as a 'safe haven' for research
Europe aims to become a safe haven for American researchers fleeing US anti-science policies, with targeted programmes in Austria, Spain, the Nordic countries and Italy
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October 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“The wave of anti-science policies …prompted 'hundreds of researchers to consider moving abroad'.
Europe, sensing an opportunity, has reacted…govt’s are now competing for the top-class human capital that for decades has made the US the global science magnet.” en.ilsole24ore.com/art/scientis...
Europe, sensing an opportunity, has reacted…govt’s are now competing for the top-class human capital that for decades has made the US the global science magnet.” en.ilsole24ore.com/art/scientis...
“Those research positions would be especially hard hit by the planned layoffs, including projects focused on the Great Lakes ecosystems and the USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center in Missouri, where scientists study toxic contaminants” #research insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
Trump Targets Federal Employees Working on Conservation and Environmental Protection - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration moved Monday to slash federal jobs across two key environmental and conservation agencies, targeting employees who work on scientific research and the enforcement of anti-poll...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“Those research positions would be especially hard hit by the planned layoffs, including projects focused on the Great Lakes ecosystems and the USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center in Missouri, where scientists study toxic contaminants” #research insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
“Thanks to years of advocacy, breast cancer has ranked as one of the most federally funded cancers... But not all diseases have received the same level of attention, and as federal resources shrink, private groups are working to keep critical research going.” #research www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
Riding for Research: Baltimore cancer survivors keep going as federal funding is cut
Breast Cancer research faces funding crunch as awareness month ramps up.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“Thanks to years of advocacy, breast cancer has ranked as one of the most federally funded cancers... But not all diseases have received the same level of attention, and as federal resources shrink, private groups are working to keep critical research going.” #research www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
Interesting read. AI cant replace human subjects in #research, argue the authors: “an over-reliance on AI Surrogates…entrench these very problems of generalizability, creating an illusion of having overcome these problems rather….significant progress.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Interesting read. AI cant replace human subjects in #research, argue the authors: “an over-reliance on AI Surrogates…entrench these very problems of generalizability, creating an illusion of having overcome these problems rather….significant progress.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#nokings get me some McDonald’s tomorrow.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
#nokings get me some McDonald’s tomorrow.
Option 1. Invest some of our collective resources to better understand the universe, our societies, our economies, our technologies, our planet, and our bodies.
Option 2. Don’t.
I say #option1
#research #research4all
Option 2. Don’t.
I say #option1
#research #research4all
a man in a blue shirt with a star trek logo on the front
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October 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Option 1. Invest some of our collective resources to better understand the universe, our societies, our economies, our technologies, our planet, and our bodies.
Option 2. Don’t.
I say #option1
#research #research4all
Option 2. Don’t.
I say #option1
#research #research4all
Agree! “Liberal arts colleges and other primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) may not have the expansive research infrastructure of large graduate programs, but they offer something equally valuable: early and direct access to faculty-led #research.” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Don’t Forget Small Colleges in Research Policy (opinion)
Primarily undergraduate institutions should not be left out of conversations over shifts in federal research funding, Andrea Chapdelaine writes.
www.insidehighered.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Agree! “Liberal arts colleges and other primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) may not have the expansive research infrastructure of large graduate programs, but they offer something equally valuable: early and direct access to faculty-led #research.” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
“… dedicated her research career to understanding how to adapt the dual powers of different immune cells — T cells and macrophages — to improve on current immunotherapies to treat cancer. The scientific challenge is daunting, and now there are other obstacles too. ” www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/d...
Funding cuts threaten new generation of cancer immunotherapies, researcher says
"We're so close." Dr. Miriam Merad says NIH cuts could derail life-saving cancer research just as scientists close in on new immune cell–based therapies.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“… dedicated her research career to understanding how to adapt the dual powers of different immune cells — T cells and macrophages — to improve on current immunotherapies to treat cancer. The scientific challenge is daunting, and now there are other obstacles too. ” www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/d...
Survey shows “strong opposition to federal funding cuts in science, health, and education, with disapproval ratios of roughly 4 or 5 to 1.” comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/newly-l...
Newly Launched Research Collaborative Polls Americans on Higher Education
A Rutgers researcher and other researchers affiliated with the newly launched collaboration, "American Higher Education Barometer," conducted their first nationwide survey of Americans, which revealed...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Survey shows “strong opposition to federal funding cuts in science, health, and education, with disapproval ratios of roughly 4 or 5 to 1.” comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/newly-l...
“A majority of Americans oppose the Trump admin’s sweeping cuts to higher ed funding, according to summer poll results released Wed. And several of the president’s other moves—including targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs—aren’t popular, either.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Survey: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump Higher Ed Cuts
The poll also found more Democrats, Republicans and independents strongly trust universities to do what’s right than strongly distrust them—ranking colleges just behind hospitals and doctors, the mili...
www.insidehighered.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“A majority of Americans oppose the Trump admin’s sweeping cuts to higher ed funding, according to summer poll results released Wed. And several of the president’s other moves—including targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs—aren’t popular, either.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Good to see this level of public support! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/15/m...
Nearly three-quarters of Americans oppose federal cuts to health research, study finds - The Boston Globe
The study, released Wednesday, comes as the Trump administration has sought to withhold federal research funds from top universities.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Good to see this level of public support! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/15/m...
Fed gov relies on “…research universities like UC Davis to carry out laboratory research, clinical trials and fundamental science that advance human, animal and planetary health, make the food supply safer and healthier, and improve our understanding of the world.
health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
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What's at stake with federal research funding cuts
From Labs to Lives highlights the life-changing impact of federally funded research at UC Davis from medicine to food, agriculture to technology.
health.ucdavis.edu
October 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Fed gov relies on “…research universities like UC Davis to carry out laboratory research, clinical trials and fundamental science that advance human, animal and planetary health, make the food supply safer and healthier, and improve our understanding of the world.
health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
@sgeecon.bsky.social would love to get in contact! (I’m a former member, appreciate your work)
October 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
@sgeecon.bsky.social would love to get in contact! (I’m a former member, appreciate your work)
“For any geospatialist or geoscientist, the first go-to place for downloading free satellite datasets is the US Geological Survey (USGS) ‘Earth Explorer.’ When they say that updation has stopped due to federal cuts, it impacts researchers across the world,” www.edexlive.com/news/global-...
Global research community hit as Trump administration’s NASA funding cuts stall critical Earth, space data
Researchers in space and other crucial domains such as Earth sciences, agriculture, and climate change are expressing deep concern over the federal funding cuts
www.edexlive.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“For any geospatialist or geoscientist, the first go-to place for downloading free satellite datasets is the US Geological Survey (USGS) ‘Earth Explorer.’ When they say that updation has stopped due to federal cuts, it impacts researchers across the world,” www.edexlive.com/news/global-...
“Such longitudinal data sets are valuable because they allow researchers to tease out effects that can't be seen in a single snapshot – but long-term efforts like this are also rare because they require sustained funding over decades.” www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...
The government has long researched high school experiences. Then DOGE cut the effort
The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:10 AM
“Such longitudinal data sets are valuable because they allow researchers to tease out effects that can't be seen in a single snapshot – but long-term efforts like this are also rare because they require sustained funding over decades.” www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...
“…fundamental research—not geared toward immediate application—has mostly been conducted at universities with federal funding.” www.fastcompany.com/91399932/mai...
Inside higher ed’s fight to continue groundbreaking research in the face of funding cuts
Unprecedented cuts have researchers scrambling, but other sources can’t fill the gap.
www.fastcompany.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
“…fundamental research—not geared toward immediate application—has mostly been conducted at universities with federal funding.” www.fastcompany.com/91399932/mai...