Liz Ridder
@lizzieridder.bsky.social
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Despite promises of cuts from Trump and Elon, the U.S. spent about $220 billion more in the first 100 days than it did last year. We’re spending far more and getting far less. So where is all the money going?
May 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Despite promises of cuts from Trump and Elon, the U.S. spent about $220 billion more in the first 100 days than it did last year. We’re spending far more and getting far less. So where is all the money going?
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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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New from the UDK - New database compiled by @scott-delaney.bsky.social and @noamross.net tracks cancelled NSF grants
New database tracks canceled N.S.F. research grants
Noam Ross and Scott Delaney's new database can track canceled N.F.S. research grants at universities amid D.E.I. backlash.
www.kansan.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New from the UDK - New database compiled by @scott-delaney.bsky.social and @noamross.net tracks cancelled NSF grants
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BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ordered OPM to rescind memos calling for the mass termination of probationary employees, saying the agency overstepped its legal authority and must inform other agencies it lacked the authority to issue such a directive.
February 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ordered OPM to rescind memos calling for the mass termination of probationary employees, saying the agency overstepped its legal authority and must inform other agencies it lacked the authority to issue such a directive.
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Los Angeles peeps—spread the word about ICE.
We won’t know for sure until it happens, but better safe than sorry. Be prepared.
We won’t know for sure until it happens, but better safe than sorry. Be prepared.
February 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Los Angeles peeps—spread the word about ICE.
We won’t know for sure until it happens, but better safe than sorry. Be prepared.
We won’t know for sure until it happens, but better safe than sorry. Be prepared.
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Every web page ordered restored by the court that features anything related to gender now contains this notice.
February 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Every web page ordered restored by the court that features anything related to gender now contains this notice.
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Breaking — Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) has fired 1,000 probationary employees and put out a press release bragging about the money they’re saving.
VA dismisses more than 1,000 employees - VA News
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees.
news.va.gov
February 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Breaking — Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) has fired 1,000 probationary employees and put out a press release bragging about the money they’re saving.
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
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Missed our data preservation event yesterday? We've uploaded the entire discussion on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/hiZuKA-o4V4
Federal data is disappearing. Meet the teams working to rescue it and learn how you can help.
YouTube video by MuckRockNews
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February 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Missed our data preservation event yesterday? We've uploaded the entire discussion on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/hiZuKA-o4V4
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Good morning unsubtle authoritarianism. Good morning loss of all credibility.
Strong rumor with credible sourcing: DOJ has put all of public integrity line attorneys in a room and told them they have an hour for someone to choose who will sign motion to dismiss and if nobody does, they will all be fired. The nastiest strong-arming in DOJ history by a long shot.
February 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Good morning unsubtle authoritarianism. Good morning loss of all credibility.
Gee, if only we had people warning everyone this would happen.
Looking over the program for the West Bank archaeology conference again, this is a real kicker - a "festive concluding session" purporting to address "ethical issues" discusses ISIS rather than, you know, conducting archaeology in the West Bank without Palestinians
February 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Gee, if only we had people warning everyone this would happen.
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Ok, I made a new starter pack: Science Job Accounts! I want to try & collect together account that are likely to post jobs/internships/employment opportunities in science. It is heavily US/Ecology based (and would probably be better as a feed). Please suggest other accounts!! go.bsky.app/QPGnfWu
February 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ok, I made a new starter pack: Science Job Accounts! I want to try & collect together account that are likely to post jobs/internships/employment opportunities in science. It is heavily US/Ecology based (and would probably be better as a feed). Please suggest other accounts!! go.bsky.app/QPGnfWu
My small contribution
February 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My small contribution
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Academic job
Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Urban Social-Ecological Systems
Arizona State University w/
Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER)
w/ Ph.D. (<5 yrs ago) in environmental social sciences or urban social-ecological systems
apply.interfolio.com/163268
Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Urban Social-Ecological Systems
Arizona State University w/
Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER)
w/ Ph.D. (<5 yrs ago) in environmental social sciences or urban social-ecological systems
apply.interfolio.com/163268
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February 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Academic job
Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Urban Social-Ecological Systems
Arizona State University w/
Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER)
w/ Ph.D. (<5 yrs ago) in environmental social sciences or urban social-ecological systems
apply.interfolio.com/163268
Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Urban Social-Ecological Systems
Arizona State University w/
Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER)
w/ Ph.D. (<5 yrs ago) in environmental social sciences or urban social-ecological systems
apply.interfolio.com/163268
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Thank you, DOGE, for clearly visualizing what incredible value the American people get from their national parks. 17,700 permanent employees making an average of $81,000 a year serving 325 million visitors annually.
Is there a better value in the entire federal government?
Is there a better value in the entire federal government?
February 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Thank you, DOGE, for clearly visualizing what incredible value the American people get from their national parks. 17,700 permanent employees making an average of $81,000 a year serving 325 million visitors annually.
Is there a better value in the entire federal government?
Is there a better value in the entire federal government?
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Not just the end of American science but the purposeful destruction of post secondary education. This will decimate colleges and force an industry wide collapse just as admissions decline due to falling birth rates.
The end goal is to destroy economic mobility for women and people of color.
The end goal is to destroy economic mobility for women and people of color.
Here’s a story with some numbers. The proposed cuts are unfathomable: a 60% reduction to NSF would be the end of American science as we know it.
February 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not just the end of American science but the purposeful destruction of post secondary education. This will decimate colleges and force an industry wide collapse just as admissions decline due to falling birth rates.
The end goal is to destroy economic mobility for women and people of color.
The end goal is to destroy economic mobility for women and people of color.
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Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
February 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
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The fed government has so many amazing data sets that I use regularly, including ACS data for weighting survey results, local weather data for energy models, EIA data for utility info, and CBECS/RECS data for building information. If they go away, the impacts will be significant and widespread.
Trump is purging vital scientific data, including a climate-justice tool for the health and financial well-being of millions of Americans. There's a Data Dunkirk saving this data, but there shouldn't have to be
🎁 link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
🎁 link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump’s Climate Data Purge Hurts Americans’ Health and Wallets
The removal of web tools that scientists and policymakers use to study global warming is a blow to the country’s physical and economic well-being.
www.bloomberg.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The fed government has so many amazing data sets that I use regularly, including ACS data for weighting survey results, local weather data for energy models, EIA data for utility info, and CBECS/RECS data for building information. If they go away, the impacts will be significant and widespread.
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Lesson #1: Do not obey in advance.
scholars.org/contribution...
scholars.org/contribution...
Twenty Lessons on Fighting Tyranny from the Twentieth Century
Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so. From acr...
scholars.org
January 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Lesson #1: Do not obey in advance.
scholars.org/contribution...
scholars.org/contribution...
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100% agreed.
To add, it'd be really great if our Universities and Institutes, rather than folding like wet paper sacks, actually sued (or got their states to sue) over illegally-cancelled grant contracts that had *already been awarded and signed* by the gov't.
Your researchers are depending on you.
To add, it'd be really great if our Universities and Institutes, rather than folding like wet paper sacks, actually sued (or got their states to sue) over illegally-cancelled grant contracts that had *already been awarded and signed* by the gov't.
Your researchers are depending on you.
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
100% agreed.
To add, it'd be really great if our Universities and Institutes, rather than folding like wet paper sacks, actually sued (or got their states to sue) over illegally-cancelled grant contracts that had *already been awarded and signed* by the gov't.
Your researchers are depending on you.
To add, it'd be really great if our Universities and Institutes, rather than folding like wet paper sacks, actually sued (or got their states to sue) over illegally-cancelled grant contracts that had *already been awarded and signed* by the gov't.
Your researchers are depending on you.
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UMass has a new webpage to track federal actions as a community resource
www.umass.edu/news/federal...
www.umass.edu/news/federal...
Federal Actions | UMass Amherst
www.umass.edu
January 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
UMass has a new webpage to track federal actions as a community resource
www.umass.edu/news/federal...
www.umass.edu/news/federal...