Caitlin S., PhD
@paleophile.bsky.social
Research Dev't & #SciPol | doing my best for science | Evolutionary Anthropology PhD | #celiac | 🐶 #DogRescue | #FosterCare | Personal account.
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We're one year in. The speed, scope and severity of what's happening to American science is beyond anything we've seen before. The reliability of the Federal science and technology enterprise and the people within it, has been shattered. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
www.nature.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:42 PM
We're one year in. The speed, scope and severity of what's happening to American science is beyond anything we've seen before. The reliability of the Federal science and technology enterprise and the people within it, has been shattered. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A year ago, under a flurry of executive orders, it became clear that the second Trump administration was going to make dramatic changes on US science. Here's our 10,000 foot look at the damage.
with @maxkozlov.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, and Rich Monastersky
with @maxkozlov.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, and Rich Monastersky
US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
www.nature.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:58 PM
A year ago, under a flurry of executive orders, it became clear that the second Trump administration was going to make dramatic changes on US science. Here's our 10,000 foot look at the damage.
with @maxkozlov.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, and Rich Monastersky
with @maxkozlov.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, and Rich Monastersky
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The FDP posted an Update on the Status of Federal Research Security Requirements on December 17, 2025. The update provides an overview of the current status of federal research funding agency implementation of research security requirements.
https://post.citiprogram.org/4sP0R8w
#ResearchSecurity
https://post.citiprogram.org/4sP0R8w
#ResearchSecurity
RSB Vol. 2 No. 1 | SECURE Center
Explore SECURE Center resources, tools, and services supporting research security for IHEs, nonprofits, and small businesses under the CHIPS and Science Act.
post.citiprogram.org
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The FDP posted an Update on the Status of Federal Research Security Requirements on December 17, 2025. The update provides an overview of the current status of federal research funding agency implementation of research security requirements.
https://post.citiprogram.org/4sP0R8w
#ResearchSecurity
https://post.citiprogram.org/4sP0R8w
#ResearchSecurity
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The conference (agreement between House and Senate) appropriations bill that includes HHS and NIH was released this morning.
www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
1/5
www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
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Committee Releases Conferenced Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bi...
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The conference (agreement between House and Senate) appropriations bill that includes HHS and NIH was released this morning.
www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
1/5
www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
1/5
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
For #MLKDay tomorrow, may I recommend everyone just turn on @tcmtv.bsky.social for the day?
January 19, 2026 at 3:25 AM
For #MLKDay tomorrow, may I recommend everyone just turn on @tcmtv.bsky.social for the day?
Who's done it?? Is it awesome? Will I meet @benmank77.bsky.social or @eddiemuller.bsky.social?!? Is part of the tour Mario doing Joan Crawford? Please say yes! #TCMparty
January 19, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Who's done it?? Is it awesome? Will I meet @benmank77.bsky.social or @eddiemuller.bsky.social?!? Is part of the tour Mario doing Joan Crawford? Please say yes! #TCMparty
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Happy Cary Grant Day.
Please enjoy this portrait from the GD smouldering years at Paramount.
Please enjoy this portrait from the GD smouldering years at Paramount.
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Happy Cary Grant Day.
Please enjoy this portrait from the GD smouldering years at Paramount.
Please enjoy this portrait from the GD smouldering years at Paramount.
All I do anymore is just think,"WTAF?!" over and over.
"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 AM
All I do anymore is just think,"WTAF?!" over and over.
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Another truly dark event for science.
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
January 18, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Another truly dark event for science.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 19, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
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The DoD issued a directive on January 8, 2026, to strengthen research security measures for all DoD-funded fundamental research, aiming to counter foreign influence, intellectual property (IP) theft, and exploitation.
https://post.citiprogram.org/49rusx6
#ResearchSecurity #NSF
https://post.citiprogram.org/49rusx6
#ResearchSecurity #NSF
RSB Vol. 2 No. 1 | SECURE Center
Explore SECURE Center resources, tools, and services supporting research security for IHEs, nonprofits, and small businesses under the CHIPS and Science Act.
post.citiprogram.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The DoD issued a directive on January 8, 2026, to strengthen research security measures for all DoD-funded fundamental research, aiming to counter foreign influence, intellectual property (IP) theft, and exploitation.
https://post.citiprogram.org/49rusx6
#ResearchSecurity #NSF
https://post.citiprogram.org/49rusx6
#ResearchSecurity #NSF
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It’s out in the open. Judge Young said the quiet part out loud.
“The big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries & ostensibly, the president of the US. are not honoring the First Amendment.”
-Judge William Young
#Pinks
archive.today/7D0Nf
“The big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries & ostensibly, the president of the US. are not honoring the First Amendment.”
-Judge William Young
#Pinks
archive.today/7D0Nf
Trump Cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says
“The Cabinet secretaries and, ostensibly, the president of the United States, are not honoring the First Amendment,” U.S. District Judge William Young declared.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:23 AM
It’s out in the open. Judge Young said the quiet part out loud.
“The big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries & ostensibly, the president of the US. are not honoring the First Amendment.”
-Judge William Young
#Pinks
archive.today/7D0Nf
“The big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries & ostensibly, the president of the US. are not honoring the First Amendment.”
-Judge William Young
#Pinks
archive.today/7D0Nf
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🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
www.science.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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$2 billion in grants to help stem opioid addiction and address mental health issues cancelled, then swiftly reinstated.
Why the flip flop?
Because of public outcry. Keep speaking out. Your voice matters.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Why the flip flop?
Because of public outcry. Keep speaking out. Your voice matters.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
HHS reverses mental health cuts after pushback
Health care advocates and members of Congress expressed opposition to the cuts after being told of them earlier this week.
www.nbcnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
$2 billion in grants to help stem opioid addiction and address mental health issues cancelled, then swiftly reinstated.
Why the flip flop?
Because of public outcry. Keep speaking out. Your voice matters.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Why the flip flop?
Because of public outcry. Keep speaking out. Your voice matters.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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ICE is a group of radical agitators who have brought their violent riot to neighborhoods where children live.
The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
January 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
ICE is a group of radical agitators who have brought their violent riot to neighborhoods where children live.
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Preparing STEM students for the workforce goes beyond technical skills. It’s about combining rigorous research experience, professional skills, and ongoing mentorship support to help students adapt, grow, and succeed in their careers.
https://post.citiprogram.org/4jDqfKe
#STEM #WorkforceDevelopment
https://post.citiprogram.org/4jDqfKe
#STEM #WorkforceDevelopment
January 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Preparing STEM students for the workforce goes beyond technical skills. It’s about combining rigorous research experience, professional skills, and ongoing mentorship support to help students adapt, grow, and succeed in their careers.
https://post.citiprogram.org/4jDqfKe
#STEM #WorkforceDevelopment
https://post.citiprogram.org/4jDqfKe
#STEM #WorkforceDevelopment
Wow, I'm loving this technical segment! #TCMparty @tcmtv.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Wow, I'm loving this technical segment! #TCMparty @tcmtv.bsky.social