Ashlyn Runk
@ashlynrunk.bsky.social
Clinical Psychology PhD student @LSU_NRG 🧠 | Neuropsychology, Health Equity, Aging, & Everyday Functioning | She/Her
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So, I emailed the link:
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
to my kids, some of my former graduate students and post-docs, and a few other friends. All in all, I shared the link with about 30 people.
I asked them to consider signing and to share the link with their own networks.
5/n
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
to my kids, some of my former graduate students and post-docs, and a few other friends. All in all, I shared the link with about 30 people.
I asked them to consider signing and to share the link with their own networks.
5/n
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
www.standupforscience.net
June 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So, I emailed the link:
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
to my kids, some of my former graduate students and post-docs, and a few other friends. All in all, I shared the link with about 30 people.
I asked them to consider signing and to share the link with their own networks.
5/n
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
to my kids, some of my former graduate students and post-docs, and a few other friends. All in all, I shared the link with about 30 people.
I asked them to consider signing and to share the link with their own networks.
5/n
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They’re not “deporting” people, they’re kidnapping them and sending them to foreign prisons. Concentration camps. They’re paying these countries to imprison humans. It’s human trafficking.
April 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
They’re not “deporting” people, they’re kidnapping them and sending them to foreign prisons. Concentration camps. They’re paying these countries to imprison humans. It’s human trafficking.
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BREAKING: A court ruled that our case challenging Rümeysa Öztürk's unlawful detention should move forward in Vermont, instead of Louisiana, and that ICE must transfer her there.
Nobody should be shipped to a detention facility halfway across the country for writing an op-ed.
Nobody should be shipped to a detention facility halfway across the country for writing an op-ed.
April 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BREAKING: A court ruled that our case challenging Rümeysa Öztürk's unlawful detention should move forward in Vermont, instead of Louisiana, and that ICE must transfer her there.
Nobody should be shipped to a detention facility halfway across the country for writing an op-ed.
Nobody should be shipped to a detention facility halfway across the country for writing an op-ed.
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Our client Rümeysa Öztürk has not been charged with any crime.
She is being held in ICE detention in retaliation for her political beliefs. Writing an op-ed is not a deportable offense.
She is being held in ICE detention in retaliation for her political beliefs. Writing an op-ed is not a deportable offense.
American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have be...
www.propublica.org
April 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our client Rümeysa Öztürk has not been charged with any crime.
She is being held in ICE detention in retaliation for her political beliefs. Writing an op-ed is not a deportable offense.
She is being held in ICE detention in retaliation for her political beliefs. Writing an op-ed is not a deportable offense.
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Our lab had a great morning at the 4th Annual Senior Black American Health Fair hosted at @penningtonbiomed.bsky.social. We conducted 60 free memory screenings, offered fun VR “travel” experiences, and provided info about our free neuropsych clinic for those otherwise unable to access services.
April 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our lab had a great morning at the 4th Annual Senior Black American Health Fair hosted at @penningtonbiomed.bsky.social. We conducted 60 free memory screenings, offered fun VR “travel” experiences, and provided info about our free neuropsych clinic for those otherwise unable to access services.
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We have just been informed that four Emory students have had their visas revoked.
Let me be so crystal clear, this is dictator behavior and we won’t just sit here and take it.
University leaders—it is time to locate your spine and put it to use.
Let me be so crystal clear, this is dictator behavior and we won’t just sit here and take it.
University leaders—it is time to locate your spine and put it to use.
April 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We have just been informed that four Emory students have had their visas revoked.
Let me be so crystal clear, this is dictator behavior and we won’t just sit here and take it.
University leaders—it is time to locate your spine and put it to use.
Let me be so crystal clear, this is dictator behavior and we won’t just sit here and take it.
University leaders—it is time to locate your spine and put it to use.
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Concentration camps. They're requesting $45B for concentration camps.
Use the proper terminology.
Use the proper terminology.
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Concentration camps. They're requesting $45B for concentration camps.
Use the proper terminology.
Use the proper terminology.
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To my #StandUpForScience & #NIH #NSF #IES friends - the #Humanities needs our support. It's easy to get stuck in our divisional silos but if you didn't know, the DOGE is planning to basically eliminate the #NEH (via RIF of 80% staff & cancelling ALL existing grants) 💔 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/a...
DOGE Demands Deep Cuts at Humanities Endowment
The National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports museums, scholarship and historical sites, could see grants curtailed and staffing slashed by up to 80 percent.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
To my #StandUpForScience & #NIH #NSF #IES friends - the #Humanities needs our support. It's easy to get stuck in our divisional silos but if you didn't know, the DOGE is planning to basically eliminate the #NEH (via RIF of 80% staff & cancelling ALL existing grants) 💔 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/a...
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Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.
March 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.
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Science is under threat in the US. @elife.bsky.social have commissioned a series of articles discussing the implications and what we can do. The first three articles are now live. More to follow:
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Science Under Threat in the United States: How scientists and institutions should respond
Individual researchers and university leaders need to make the case for science to their elected representatives and to the public at large.
elifesciences.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Science is under threat in the US. @elife.bsky.social have commissioned a series of articles discussing the implications and what we can do. The first three articles are now live. More to follow:
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
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I just want to do my work, man. That’s all any of us want to do.
March 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I just want to do my work, man. That’s all any of us want to do.
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By attacking science:
We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care.
We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit.
We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge.
We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care.
We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit.
We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge.
March 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
By attacking science:
We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care.
We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit.
We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge.
We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care.
We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit.
We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge.
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Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
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“Eppur si muove”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Don’t wait out four hard years: speak truth to power
The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by.
www.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“Eppur si muove”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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“Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable…IT’S NOT WORKING... We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
March 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable…IT’S NOT WORKING... We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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From my PhD advisor @kenmiller.bsky.social at Columbia. These are the grants that funded my PhD.
March 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
From my PhD advisor @kenmiller.bsky.social at Columbia. These are the grants that funded my PhD.
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I have the same conversation with so many academics lately where they say something like "I just can't pay attention to the news anymore. It's too stressful. I'd rather just focus on my work."
All I hear is "I feel safe in my privilege and don't care about what's happening to other people."
All I hear is "I feel safe in my privilege and don't care about what's happening to other people."
March 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I have the same conversation with so many academics lately where they say something like "I just can't pay attention to the news anymore. It's too stressful. I'd rather just focus on my work."
All I hear is "I feel safe in my privilege and don't care about what's happening to other people."
All I hear is "I feel safe in my privilege and don't care about what's happening to other people."
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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Troubling:
Congresspeople say they are NOT hearing from academics, or university administrators.
PLEASE SPEAK UP!
Oppose these budget cuts to research, health, student loans!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
Tell others to do the same!
Congresspeople say they are NOT hearing from academics, or university administrators.
PLEASE SPEAK UP!
Oppose these budget cuts to research, health, student loans!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
Tell others to do the same!
Tell Congress Today: Reject Budget Resolution that Will Harm the Nation’s Health
Please take 2 minutes today to ask your officials to oppose the proposed $3 trillion in federal budget cuts. If Congress moves forward with its current proposed budget resolution, these cuts will...
www.votervoice.net
February 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Troubling:
Congresspeople say they are NOT hearing from academics, or university administrators.
PLEASE SPEAK UP!
Oppose these budget cuts to research, health, student loans!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
Tell others to do the same!
Congresspeople say they are NOT hearing from academics, or university administrators.
PLEASE SPEAK UP!
Oppose these budget cuts to research, health, student loans!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
Tell others to do the same!
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NEW: How researchers are reacting to - and questioning - new executive order and its impact on science. Fear, anger, and resolution to move forward with their work. With @jonathanwosen.bsky.social and Angus Chen.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/t...
Researchers reel as Trump administration moves quickly to cut funding and end DEI programs
The rapidity with which the new administration is putting in place policies to end DEI programs is sowing fear among scientists
www.statnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
NEW: How researchers are reacting to - and questioning - new executive order and its impact on science. Fear, anger, and resolution to move forward with their work. With @jonathanwosen.bsky.social and Angus Chen.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/t...
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I strongly support the NIH Diversity Supplement Program. Addressing the severe lack of diversity among biomedical researchers improves the quality of research. It's not a level playing field. This program helps restore equity through mentored training. Rescinding this program is a big mistake
January 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I strongly support the NIH Diversity Supplement Program. Addressing the severe lack of diversity among biomedical researchers improves the quality of research. It's not a level playing field. This program helps restore equity through mentored training. Rescinding this program is a big mistake
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Update: Unofficial word training directors are hearing is the hiring freeze won’t impact psychology interns or post docs.
Literal nightmare. It’s 2017 all over again.
Federal hiring freezes could potentially impact the Match. I matched in 2017 and it ask worked out fine. Hope it does this time too. Stay frosty out there folks.
Federal hiring freezes could potentially impact the Match. I matched in 2017 and it ask worked out fine. Hope it does this time too. Stay frosty out there folks.
January 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Update: Unofficial word training directors are hearing is the hiring freeze won’t impact psychology interns or post docs.