Jennifer Austin
@dnaknot.bsky.social
wife, mother, sister, daughter, aunt, mathematics professor, Girl Scout, she who walks with dogs, sits under trees, digs in the dirt, and climbs mountains
I just backed "Appalachia" - the New Album from Emily Scott Robinson! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...
"Appalachia" - the New Album from Emily Scott Robinson!
Get a signed copy of "Appalachia" + special, handcrafted merch and help me raise money for my 2026 album release tour!
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October 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I just backed "Appalachia" - the New Album from Emily Scott Robinson! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...
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Coming in March 2026: Flowers! When flowers appeared, nothing was ever the same. They are the world’s great collaborators and creators. Writing this book transformed how I see life’s history and future. Cooperation, beauty, and illusion transform the world. Can't wait to share these stories
August 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Coming in March 2026: Flowers! When flowers appeared, nothing was ever the same. They are the world’s great collaborators and creators. Writing this book transformed how I see life’s history and future. Cooperation, beauty, and illusion transform the world. Can't wait to share these stories
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Every activated Guardsman has a family, a job, school, or something that they are leaving to do their duty.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
August 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Every activated Guardsman has a family, a job, school, or something that they are leaving to do their duty.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
I took action with MOVE Texas. Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: www.mobilize.us/movetexas/ev...
Submit Online Public Comments on TX Congressional Redistricting · MOVE Texas
Texas already redrew its congressional maps in 2021, but now Donald Trump and national Republicans are demanding a second redraw, not because of new Census data, but to protect their grip on power as ...
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July 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I took action with MOVE Texas. Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: www.mobilize.us/movetexas/ev...
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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NEW: Even factoring in economic growth, the House tax bill would still add to the debt -- more than $3 trillion if you factor in the costs of Republicans' agenda and the fact that the debt itself would become more expensive to service.
The latest number crunching: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
The latest number crunching: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW: Even factoring in economic growth, the House tax bill would still add to the debt -- more than $3 trillion if you factor in the costs of Republicans' agenda and the fact that the debt itself would become more expensive to service.
The latest number crunching: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
The latest number crunching: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
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"If that is what the administration is willing to do to a United States senator for having the authority to simply ask a question,” said Sen. @padilla.senate.gov, “imagine what they'll do to any American who dares to speak up”: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Choking back tears, Sen. Alex Padilla details his LA handcuffing
California Sen. Alex Padilla said Americans have a right to protest policies they disagree with in describing his tussle with federal law enforcement
www.usatoday.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"If that is what the administration is willing to do to a United States senator for having the authority to simply ask a question,” said Sen. @padilla.senate.gov, “imagine what they'll do to any American who dares to speak up”: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
June 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
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June 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Trump-allied company wins $309M contract to build border wall across San Rafael Valley - Kristi Noem waived environmental laws for project
Fisher Sand & Gravel worked on Steve Bannon's 2019 'We Build the Wall' project that resulted in criminal convictions
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Fisher Sand & Gravel worked on Steve Bannon's 2019 'We Build the Wall' project that resulted in criminal convictions
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Trump-allied company wins $309 million contract to build border wall across San Rafael Valley
Fisher Sand & Gravel was awarded a $309 million contract to build nearly 27 miles of border wall across the San Rafael Valley.
www.tucsonsentinel.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Trump-allied company wins $309M contract to build border wall across San Rafael Valley - Kristi Noem waived environmental laws for project
Fisher Sand & Gravel worked on Steve Bannon's 2019 'We Build the Wall' project that resulted in criminal convictions
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Fisher Sand & Gravel worked on Steve Bannon's 2019 'We Build the Wall' project that resulted in criminal convictions
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
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The Department of Defense has confirmed that U.S. Marines detained a civilian—reportedly an Army veteran who crossed a yellow tape boundary on his way to an office of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is an apparent violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. 1/16 www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
www.reuters.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Department of Defense has confirmed that U.S. Marines detained a civilian—reportedly an Army veteran who crossed a yellow tape boundary on his way to an office of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is an apparent violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. 1/16 www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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Republicans have largely avoided the issue. Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 Republican senators asking for comment, and didn’t receive a response from a single one of them.
Republicans Silent as Trump Refuses to Commit to Upholding Constitution
Republicans have been silent after Donald Trump responded to a question about whether he needs to uphold the Constitution by saying, "I don't know."
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May 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Republicans have largely avoided the issue. Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 Republican senators asking for comment, and didn’t receive a response from a single one of them.
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On 23 Apr 2025, NASA released this selection of splendid images, recently taken by #Hubble, for celebrating the space telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit.
Enjoy!
➡️ science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
Image: NASA, ESA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
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On 23 Apr 2025, NASA released this selection of splendid images, recently taken by #Hubble, for celebrating the space telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit.
Enjoy!
➡️ science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
Image: NASA, ESA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
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April 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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On 23 Apr 2025, NASA released this selection of splendid images, recently taken by #Hubble, for celebrating the space telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit.
Enjoy!
➡️ science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
Image: NASA, ESA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
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On 23 Apr 2025, NASA released this selection of splendid images, recently taken by #Hubble, for celebrating the space telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit.
Enjoy!
➡️ science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
Image: NASA, ESA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
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NASA’s science programs are facing what experts are calling an “extinction-level event” under Trump’s proposed budget.
From climate monitoring to planetary research, entire fields of discovery are on the chopping block.
eos.org/research-and...
From climate monitoring to planetary research, entire fields of discovery are on the chopping block.
eos.org/research-and...
April 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NASA’s science programs are facing what experts are calling an “extinction-level event” under Trump’s proposed budget.
From climate monitoring to planetary research, entire fields of discovery are on the chopping block.
eos.org/research-and...
From climate monitoring to planetary research, entire fields of discovery are on the chopping block.
eos.org/research-and...
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Researchers in the US are seeking career opportunities abroad as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes science funding and workforce numbers, finds an analysis of Nature’s jobs-board data. #Academicsky 🧪
Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain
A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.
go.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Researchers in the US are seeking career opportunities abroad as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes science funding and workforce numbers, finds an analysis of Nature’s jobs-board data. #Academicsky 🧪
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📢 ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS 🧪
ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him
ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him
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April 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
📢 ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS 🧪
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I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health
STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.
www.statnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
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🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
April 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
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“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
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HHS doctors, scientists and tobacco control staff, rare disease experts, cancer drug wizards -- all fired today or leaving in recent weeks.
Yet.
🚨 At HHS, staff make up less than one percent of the overall agency budget. 🚨
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
Yet.
🚨 At HHS, staff make up less than one percent of the overall agency budget. 🚨
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
Federal Health Workers Make Up Less Than 1% of Agency Spending (Gift Article)
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget. But nearly all of the agency’s money goes to hospitals, doctors and nursing ho...
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
HHS doctors, scientists and tobacco control staff, rare disease experts, cancer drug wizards -- all fired today or leaving in recent weeks.
Yet.
🚨 At HHS, staff make up less than one percent of the overall agency budget. 🚨
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
Yet.
🚨 At HHS, staff make up less than one percent of the overall agency budget. 🚨
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
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If you’re in Sydney, Australia tomorrow, I’ll be giving a public lecture for Pi Day, details at events.humanitix.com/artistic-mat...
Sabetta Matsumoto and I will also be doing some events at the Chau Chak Wing Museum over the weekend, details at www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...
Sabetta Matsumoto and I will also be doing some events at the Chau Chak Wing Museum over the weekend, details at www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...
'Artistic Mathematics: truth and beauty' by Henry Segerman- International Day of Mathematics Public Lecture
Henry Segerman: Artistic Mathematics: truth and beauty
events.humanitix.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If you’re in Sydney, Australia tomorrow, I’ll be giving a public lecture for Pi Day, details at events.humanitix.com/artistic-mat...
Sabetta Matsumoto and I will also be doing some events at the Chau Chak Wing Museum over the weekend, details at www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...
Sabetta Matsumoto and I will also be doing some events at the Chau Chak Wing Museum over the weekend, details at www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...
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The Trump administration has deported a 10-year-old girl to Mexico who is a US citizen and is recovering from brain cancer.
Her family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup when they were detained.
Her family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup when they were detained.
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Trump administration has deported a 10-year-old girl to Mexico who is a US citizen and is recovering from brain cancer.
Her family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup when they were detained.
Her family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup when they were detained.
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Trump and Musk are taking away your freedoms but on the other hand they are also taking away your money.
March 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Trump and Musk are taking away your freedoms but on the other hand they are also taking away your money.