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Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

“If Trump and his supporters can defame others,” writes David Frum, “they can dull voters’ awareness of the astounding and horrible uniqueness of Trump’s corruption”: https://theatln.tc/8YM3Hqab

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11 May 1918: Richard Feynman was born.

"It does not make any difference how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is – if it disagrees with experiments it is wrong. That’s all there’s to it."

In the movie, he masterfully explains the key to science.

🧪 ⚛️ #HistSci #Physics #science

“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”

- Carl Sagan

Republicans' "budget will skewer the poor and squeeze out crucial long-term investments in energy, scientific research, medical advances, and children," @annielowrey.bsky.social writes:

Oklahoma will teach high school students debunked 2020 election-fraud theories as fact www.snopes.com/fact-check/o...

Basic science takes a long time to get a return on investment. It is not something that corporations can do. In the drive to cut government for tax breaks for the rich, we are having our future sacrificed. eact.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01397-1

A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.

2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,

Goodnight, friends.

Voltaire, writing long ago, said, "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."

Intimidation tactics aren't new. Stay safe. Have a plan.

I love you.

CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre.
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I’m in tears watching this now. Surely people could have watched a little cartoon.
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Cool new research from one of our college faculty Peter Janson! news.arizona.edu/employee-new...

"Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease, and for them to bag and barn up the treasures of the earth from others, that these may beg or starve in a fruitful land; or was it made to preserve all her children?" – Gerrard Winstanley (The New Law of Righteousness, 1649)

Only 8 days left to apply for our fully-funded 4 years #PhD position in island biogeography for plants!
Work with Prof Rampal Etienne and me at @unigroningen.bsky.social & Macquarie University in #Sydney.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity!

Please share widely!

Important

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Happy Evolution Day! Today's the 165 anniversary of the initial publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" - and this is a page from his notebooks.
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News from the UA College of Information Science: infosci.arizona.edu/news/navigat...

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget