Rosie ʻAnolani Alegado
@rosiealegado.bsky.social
kanaka ʻōiwi + pinay scientist | microbial ecology of Indigenous seascapes | evolution of host-microbe symbiosis | loko i’a l #choanoflagellates | #researchethics | mom
http://mee-hawaii-lab.org/
http://mee-hawaii-lab.org/
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Dr. Rosie ’Anolani Alegado of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa joins the Quality Quorum to discuss how weather, climate, and human intervention impact the microbiota to be found in human related seascapes around Hawai’i.
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Hi followers. If you are interested in the work my lab does, this is a great introduction
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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New-to-me but very helpful visualizations how all the actions of the past ten months are affecting the CDC www.cdcdataproject.org
The CDC Data Project
In the proposed FY26 budget, programs that help Americans live safer, healthier, longer lives are on the chopping block.
www.cdcdataproject.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New-to-me but very helpful visualizations how all the actions of the past ten months are affecting the CDC www.cdcdataproject.org
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A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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I’m hearing this from many people - now is a REALLY GOOD TIME to submit proposals, to show there is persistent demand for grant funding
NSF funding allocations to divisions get adjusted based on numbers of proposals; if we opt out of submitting proposals because of threats of cuts, it can cause future years budgets to divert money out of our divisions.
June 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’m hearing this from many people - now is a REALLY GOOD TIME to submit proposals, to show there is persistent demand for grant funding
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NSF funding allocations to divisions get adjusted based on numbers of proposals; if we opt out of submitting proposals because of threats of cuts, it can cause future years budgets to divert money out of our divisions.
June 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NSF funding allocations to divisions get adjusted based on numbers of proposals; if we opt out of submitting proposals because of threats of cuts, it can cause future years budgets to divert money out of our divisions.
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A short thread about the people in my lab who will present posters and give rapid talks at #ASMmicrobe: 🧵
June 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A short thread about the people in my lab who will present posters and give rapid talks at #ASMmicrobe: 🧵
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Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
United States Congress elections, 2026
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
ballotpedia.org
May 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
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I’ll say this and then I’m gonna step back b/c 2026 IS THE ONLY NATIONAL ELECTION THAT’S IMPORTANT NOW.
No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote.
So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.
No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote.
So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.
May 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I’ll say this and then I’m gonna step back b/c 2026 IS THE ONLY NATIONAL ELECTION THAT’S IMPORTANT NOW.
No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote.
So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.
No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote.
So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.
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Maxine Berg shows how the “nimble fingers” stereotype first arose in the early Industrial Revolution as a way for managers to de-skill the labor of women workers. It was also used to exoticize labor of Navajo semiconductor manufacturers at Shiprock in the 60s. The term has a long sordid history.
May 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Maxine Berg shows how the “nimble fingers” stereotype first arose in the early Industrial Revolution as a way for managers to de-skill the labor of women workers. It was also used to exoticize labor of Navajo semiconductor manufacturers at Shiprock in the 60s. The term has a long sordid history.
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Public pressure works! Keep it going.
May 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Public pressure works! Keep it going.
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The fantastically successful NIGMS MIRA R35 "expired" on May 17, after the most recent deadline--these removals are the most aggressive attack on American science in the current series of devastating actions 🧪
NIH moved up the expiration date for some funding opportunities, effectively *canceling* the next application date without removing it from the standard table. I can't even imagine how many people are still prepping these grants.
👀 List of impacted opportunities:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
👀 List of impacted opportunities:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
May 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The fantastically successful NIGMS MIRA R35 "expired" on May 17, after the most recent deadline--these removals are the most aggressive attack on American science in the current series of devastating actions 🧪
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Join us in Tubingen as a Junior Research Group Leader if you do research on #ESKAPE pathogens and infections and are interested in the highly cooperative environment of @dzif.bsky.social and @cmfi.bsky.social ! Please send your application or forward to colleagues!
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May 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Join us for a two-day workshop on preparing your promotion and tenure file for community-based research! July 16 & 17 2025, free, and probably a little bit fun.
Sponsored by CLEAR and the IndigeLab Network
www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-worksho...
Sponsored by CLEAR and the IndigeLab Network
www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-worksho...
IN Workshop: Promotion and Tenure packages for community-based research
July 16-17, 2025
www.indigelabnetwork.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join us for a two-day workshop on preparing your promotion and tenure file for community-based research! July 16 & 17 2025, free, and probably a little bit fun.
Sponsored by CLEAR and the IndigeLab Network
www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-worksho...
Sponsored by CLEAR and the IndigeLab Network
www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-worksho...
One of the things I love about my job: forming a mutual aid network with other native academic aunties. #IndigeLab
Great coverage of our mutual aid network across the US-Canadian border moving Indigenous data so it's safer.
www.theverge.com/features/664...
www.theverge.com/features/664...
Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture
They’re worried about the loss of their research.
www.theverge.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
One of the things I love about my job: forming a mutual aid network with other native academic aunties. #IndigeLab
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This is not a screenplay.
For some, these will be life or death situations. For many, these natural disasters will yield devastating loss.
We should have a FEMA ready, able and fully staffed to support the American public when it needs it most.
For some, these will be life or death situations. For many, these natural disasters will yield devastating loss.
We should have a FEMA ready, able and fully staffed to support the American public when it needs it most.
“I feel a little bit like Bubba from ‘Forrest Gump,’” Richardson said, according to the video. “We’ve got hurricanes, we’ve got fires, we’ve got mudslides, we’ve got flash floods, we’ve got tornadoes, we’ve got droughts, we’ve got heat waves ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
May 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is not a screenplay.
For some, these will be life or death situations. For many, these natural disasters will yield devastating loss.
We should have a FEMA ready, able and fully staffed to support the American public when it needs it most.
For some, these will be life or death situations. For many, these natural disasters will yield devastating loss.
We should have a FEMA ready, able and fully staffed to support the American public when it needs it most.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Because of the layoffs at NIOSH, multiple lifesaving programs have been shut down even though they’re required by law.
May 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Because of the layoffs at NIOSH, multiple lifesaving programs have been shut down even though they’re required by law.
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Here's an important article from Indigenous researchers in our Global Indigenous Network. www.theverge.com/features/664...
Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture
They’re worried about the loss of their research.
www.theverge.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here's an important article from Indigenous researchers in our Global Indigenous Network. www.theverge.com/features/664...
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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
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BREAKING: FEMA’s most senior official Cameron Hamilton has been FIRED and walked out of the building, an agency source confirms.
He testified just yesterday that he didn’t think the agency should be eliminated, per Trump and DHS Sec. Kristi Noem’s wishes. Apparently the wrong answer.
He testified just yesterday that he didn’t think the agency should be eliminated, per Trump and DHS Sec. Kristi Noem’s wishes. Apparently the wrong answer.
May 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
BREAKING: FEMA’s most senior official Cameron Hamilton has been FIRED and walked out of the building, an agency source confirms.
He testified just yesterday that he didn’t think the agency should be eliminated, per Trump and DHS Sec. Kristi Noem’s wishes. Apparently the wrong answer.
He testified just yesterday that he didn’t think the agency should be eliminated, per Trump and DHS Sec. Kristi Noem’s wishes. Apparently the wrong answer.
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Have y'all heard of the Project 2025 Heat Map that outlines how 1/3 of the goals have already been achieved? Check out this site and follow: www.project2025.observer Call your representatives and ask them if they are aware of this site and how much of their plans have been implemented.
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
February 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Have y'all heard of the Project 2025 Heat Map that outlines how 1/3 of the goals have already been achieved? Check out this site and follow: www.project2025.observer Call your representatives and ask them if they are aware of this site and how much of their plans have been implemented.
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🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.
Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET
Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET
Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.
Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET
Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET
Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...