@cbaulch.bsky.social
🤓 PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Tech Comm.
🧪 I study expertise and misinformation on social media.
👯♀️ Twin Mom.
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🧪 I study expertise and misinformation on social media.
👯♀️ Twin Mom.
⚽️ Spurs Fan 🐓
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"Polio: An American Story" describes how indirect costs became a thing. The precursor to the March of Dimes wanted to give a Harvard professor a grant to study polio. Harvard turned it down b/c they'd lose money by accepting the grant. The foundation offered to pay indirect costs and they accepted
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"Polio: An American Story" describes how indirect costs became a thing. The precursor to the March of Dimes wanted to give a Harvard professor a grant to study polio. Harvard turned it down b/c they'd lose money by accepting the grant. The foundation offered to pay indirect costs and they accepted
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“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
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From the president of Wesleyan slate.com/life/2025/02...
Dear Fellow College Presidents: We Need to Do More Than Wait This One Out
Why civil society needs university leaders to speak up.
slate.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
From the president of Wesleyan slate.com/life/2025/02...
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
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As the forces of hatred are on the march, my promise is this:
Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.
Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.
February 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
As the forces of hatred are on the march, my promise is this:
Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.
Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.
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One thing we saw with the violent response to peaceful protests against genocide on college campuses was that many administrators saw protesting students, staff, & faculty as an enemy within rather than, to use admin speak, as stakeholders in the institution.
Universities — including the schools that most aggressively shut down student activism — are now fully panicking because the Trump administration is about to shut down all kinds of funding for research and more. Too bad they made it clear that their students shouldn’t speak up and speak out.
February 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
One thing we saw with the violent response to peaceful protests against genocide on college campuses was that many administrators saw protesting students, staff, & faculty as an enemy within rather than, to use admin speak, as stakeholders in the institution.
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“…no amount of posting or passive info consumption is going to substitute the hard, unsexy work of organizing”
I would argue that sick & disabled folks have used social media to organize and mobilize. Some of us can’t protest in the streets or meet in person but we made a difference
I would argue that sick & disabled folks have used social media to organize and mobilize. Some of us can’t protest in the streets or meet in person but we made a difference
i wrote something about This Place for @404media.co. please read it, and then log off. 💗
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“…no amount of posting or passive info consumption is going to substitute the hard, unsexy work of organizing”
I would argue that sick & disabled folks have used social media to organize and mobilize. Some of us can’t protest in the streets or meet in person but we made a difference
I would argue that sick & disabled folks have used social media to organize and mobilize. Some of us can’t protest in the streets or meet in person but we made a difference
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It only took the NCAA 8 years to go from “hey we don’t like that HB2” to “yes we will align with your trans-bashing agenda.”
February 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It only took the NCAA 8 years to go from “hey we don’t like that HB2” to “yes we will align with your trans-bashing agenda.”
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Conspiratorial folks are convinced that an uptick in foggy weather and flu like symptoms are some sort of planned government something and wellness folks are jumping on it to sell their supplements and tell you to bathe in borax.
Happy 2025.
Happy 2025.
January 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Conspiratorial folks are convinced that an uptick in foggy weather and flu like symptoms are some sort of planned government something and wellness folks are jumping on it to sell their supplements and tell you to bathe in borax.
Happy 2025.
Happy 2025.
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reproductiverights. gov is down but we’re not! I have a list of regularly updated trusted resources for people who have abortions, linked below. I love people who have abortions and we are here to help!
www.thesweetfeminist.com/abortion-res...
www.thesweetfeminist.com/abortion-res...
January 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
reproductiverights. gov is down but we’re not! I have a list of regularly updated trusted resources for people who have abortions, linked below. I love people who have abortions and we are here to help!
www.thesweetfeminist.com/abortion-res...
www.thesweetfeminist.com/abortion-res...
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Naturally the first post on BlueSky has to be blue, right? 💙 #handembroidery #fiberartist
January 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Naturally the first post on BlueSky has to be blue, right? 💙 #handembroidery #fiberartist
Hey #teamrhetoric (outside of the original article & reader) what are your favorite invitational rhetoric citations? Trying to make sure I cover my bases completely! Thanks in advance 🙏
January 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Hey #teamrhetoric (outside of the original article & reader) what are your favorite invitational rhetoric citations? Trying to make sure I cover my bases completely! Thanks in advance 🙏
I loved participating in the @sigdoc-acm.bsky.social Student Research Competition (SRC) a couple years ago! Their early decision deadline is 2/1, if you want more info, happy to chat! gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
ACM SIGDOC 2025 SRC Submissions
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) invites undergraduate and graduate students to submit a proposal to this year’s Student Res...
gatech.co1.qualtrics.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I loved participating in the @sigdoc-acm.bsky.social Student Research Competition (SRC) a couple years ago! Their early decision deadline is 2/1, if you want more info, happy to chat! gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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The bigger issue?
Red 3 is not impacting health.
Chemophobia is a distraction from REAL food-related issues:
1) food deserts
2) diets low in fiber
3) lack of healthcare
4) overall dietary composition
5) reducing cost of produce
6) implementing modern farming methods
7) exercise habits
7/
Red 3 is not impacting health.
Chemophobia is a distraction from REAL food-related issues:
1) food deserts
2) diets low in fiber
3) lack of healthcare
4) overall dietary composition
5) reducing cost of produce
6) implementing modern farming methods
7) exercise habits
7/
January 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The bigger issue?
Red 3 is not impacting health.
Chemophobia is a distraction from REAL food-related issues:
1) food deserts
2) diets low in fiber
3) lack of healthcare
4) overall dietary composition
5) reducing cost of produce
6) implementing modern farming methods
7) exercise habits
7/
Red 3 is not impacting health.
Chemophobia is a distraction from REAL food-related issues:
1) food deserts
2) diets low in fiber
3) lack of healthcare
4) overall dietary composition
5) reducing cost of produce
6) implementing modern farming methods
7) exercise habits
7/