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Jordan Williams (she/her)
@jolybdenum.bsky.social
pharmacology 💊 PhD pending
researcher 👩🏻‍🔬 + science communicator
volunteer writer w/ @unbiasedscipod co-organizer w/ @snapcoalition 🗣️
🔬✨calcium enthusiast✨🔬
🚫 not a pharmacist 💊
Yeah, that number is like 10,000.
How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?

My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.

www.science.org/content/arti...
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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I'll be speaking on this panel with @mjarnett.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @erinmorrow.bsky.social and Alex Rich at #AAAS2026!

Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
Who's ready for #AAAS2026?

Come see SNAPpers at a plenary panel session on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.!
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Do what you can.

❤️‍🩹Take care of yourself.
🫂Take care of each other.
☎️Call 5calls.org
🧑‍💻Write democracy.io#!/thanks
🚫Boycott ICE: www.boycottcitizens.org/ice
✊Support MN: www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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We started a blog for @snapcoalition.bsky.social and I was excited to write our introductory post! Check it out on #Medium

medium.com/@snapscipolo...

More long- and short-winded thoughts in the #science-policy space coming soon
Medium
medium.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Who's ready for #AAAS2026?

Come see SNAPpers at a plenary panel session on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.!
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Y’all aren’t ready for all the cool topics we have coming up! If you don’t follow @snapcoalition.bsky.social already, go do it now!
Great job, Emily (@eselland.bsky.social) for the summary of what SNAP has been and is up to!
January 22, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Looking to ramp my engagement on this platform back up in the new year, but for now - the Lee & Carey labs had a great time @ascbiology.bsky.social #CellBio25 sharing our love of bitter taste receptors👅, ✨calcium✨, and airway physiology 🫁 with so many others
December 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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ASCB President Mary Munson awards Francis Collins the ASCB Public Service award, noting this is the first time it’s been awarded for defense of science #cellbio2025
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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SCOPE’s summer course “Engaging with Science Policy Through Traditional and New Media” is in full swing! Meet our cohort at scopepolicy.org/2025-new-med..., and stay tuned for the opportunity to vote on content created by the participants
#scopepolicy #newmedia #scicomm
July 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
June 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Incredible turnout so far in Philly for #NoKings Day! Find your nearest rally at NoKings.org
June 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Trump wanted a coronation. Philly gave him a massive f*cking protest.

100k strong. 100k loud. 100k unbought. 100k unbowed.
June 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Massive turnout in Philly
June 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Day #1: ✅
So excited to work with this incredible cohort and with @scopepolicy.bsky.social in this training! #scopenewmedia #scicomm #scipolicy
Introducing the ✨Inaugural New Media Training Course 2025 Cohort✨
Follow along to see how these individuals develop content for engaging science communication. For future course iterations and other training opportunities, check out our homepage. #scopenewmedia #scicomm #scipolicy
May 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Here is my #oped in the @inquirer.com online today, publishing in the paper on Sunday.

"I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe."

www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
We need to stand up for science while it’s under attack | Opinion
Everyone benefits from science. I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe.
www.inquirer.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Today was a good day to stand shoulder to shoulder with coworkers in six unions across the university and the health system speaking out for the rights of all members of our community
March 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Gods I love a long petition 💋
Penn employees and students marching the petition, signed by over 1,000 of our coworkers, to College Hall. This beauty is 30 feet long!
March 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
So excited to have heard from @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social as part of the Authors@Wharton talks - as a future #scicomm person I would LOVE to chat about the need for public investment in science.
Everything in your talk about tuberculosis today was SPOT ON!
March 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My 1st op-ed with Devin Burris & Mark Bray (@mark531.bsky.social)!

We look at how Trump’s funding cuts/changes to scientific resesrch threaten American biomedical research for small institutions & young scientists.

Feedback/comments welcome! #scicomm

markbraywrites.medium.com/the-goal-of-...
The Goal of Killing Academia: ‘Small’ Science as a First Stop
Co-written by Jordan Williams, Devin Burris, & Mark Bray
markbraywrites.medium.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM