😬 Dr. Amy Myrbo 😬
@cilantroperfume.bsky.social
Earth scientist by training, NSF Whisperer by day. Owner of Amiable Consulting (proposal development, Broader Impacts, evaluation) and Mud Enviro (research support for Tribes and Tribal-academic relationships). She/her. Minneapolis.
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Opinion | America is
a nation of stupid assholes and our laws and institutions should reflect that.
a nation of stupid assholes and our laws and institutions should reflect that.
June 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Opinion | America is
a nation of stupid assholes and our laws and institutions should reflect that.
a nation of stupid assholes and our laws and institutions should reflect that.
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Advice distilled from an NSF PO:
Apply for NSF funding this year. Because NSF's current policy is to forward-fund active projects (e.g. pay down their mortgage on the future years of funding), there are plausible budget scenarios where NSF has a LARGE budge to spend next fiscal year (on your grant)
Apply for NSF funding this year. Because NSF's current policy is to forward-fund active projects (e.g. pay down their mortgage on the future years of funding), there are plausible budget scenarios where NSF has a LARGE budge to spend next fiscal year (on your grant)
June 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Advice distilled from an NSF PO:
Apply for NSF funding this year. Because NSF's current policy is to forward-fund active projects (e.g. pay down their mortgage on the future years of funding), there are plausible budget scenarios where NSF has a LARGE budge to spend next fiscal year (on your grant)
Apply for NSF funding this year. Because NSF's current policy is to forward-fund active projects (e.g. pay down their mortgage on the future years of funding), there are plausible budget scenarios where NSF has a LARGE budge to spend next fiscal year (on your grant)
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Watch: NSF staff protest the takeover of their building today by Gov. Youngkin and Trump's HUD, chanting "NSF! NSF!"
June 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Watch: NSF staff protest the takeover of their building today by Gov. Youngkin and Trump's HUD, chanting "NSF! NSF!"
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Some of us need to fight within the system, some of us need to create new systems, some us need to tend the wounded, some of us need to stand in the way of harm, and all of us need to support the ones doing the things that is not, right now, our thing to do. Good thing there are a lot of us.
June 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Some of us need to fight within the system, some of us need to create new systems, some us need to tend the wounded, some of us need to stand in the way of harm, and all of us need to support the ones doing the things that is not, right now, our thing to do. Good thing there are a lot of us.
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Subway-brand energy drinks at Aldi this week.
June 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Subway-brand energy drinks at Aldi this week.
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You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country
June 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country
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If we could *not* do a world war, that’d be great.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
June 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If we could *not* do a world war, that’d be great.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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The fact is that in the United States, right-wing violence
1. Is much more common than left-wing violence
2. Furthers the interests of the Republican Party, while what little left-wing violence exists mainly causes headaches for Democrats
3. Is coddled by the Republicans
1. Is much more common than left-wing violence
2. Furthers the interests of the Republican Party, while what little left-wing violence exists mainly causes headaches for Democrats
3. Is coddled by the Republicans
June 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The fact is that in the United States, right-wing violence
1. Is much more common than left-wing violence
2. Furthers the interests of the Republican Party, while what little left-wing violence exists mainly causes headaches for Democrats
3. Is coddled by the Republicans
1. Is much more common than left-wing violence
2. Furthers the interests of the Republican Party, while what little left-wing violence exists mainly causes headaches for Democrats
3. Is coddled by the Republicans
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Well, then to work!
June 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Well, then to work!
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I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
June 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
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The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow
June 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow
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More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
June 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
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Neither "science isn't red or blue" op-eds nor platforming segregationists will save you www.statnews.com/2025/05/23/n...
May 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Neither "science isn't red or blue" op-eds nor platforming segregationists will save you www.statnews.com/2025/05/23/n...
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A poignant picture: NSF staff overcome obstacles to mark agency's 75th anniversary. www.science.org/content/arti...
Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait
Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency
www.science.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A poignant picture: NSF staff overcome obstacles to mark agency's 75th anniversary. www.science.org/content/arti...
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NSF just released a public list of terminated awards. It’s linked on the bottom of the FAQ page at: nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities#termination-list
Updates on NSF Priorities
nsf.gov
May 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
NSF just released a public list of terminated awards. It’s linked on the bottom of the FAQ page at: nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities#termination-list
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The reductions in funding touch virtually every area of science and seem certain to harm American competitiveness.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The reductions in funding touch virtually every area of science and seem certain to harm American competitiveness.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...