@ejheckler.bsky.social
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Guess what happens when one country stops investing in universities (at federal and state levels) and another country turns up the investment dial?
US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Guess what happens when one country stops investing in universities (at federal and state levels) and another country turns up the investment dial?
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Indian holders of H1B visas who returned to India this month to renew their visas have had their consular appointments with American officials abruptly cancelled and rescheduled for months down the road, leaving them and often their families stranded.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
H-1B workers flew to India to renew U.S. visas. Now they’re stuck.
H-1B holders who returned to India this month to renew their visas had consular appointments canceled, stranding them far from their homes and jobs, lawyers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Indian holders of H1B visas who returned to India this month to renew their visas have had their consular appointments with American officials abruptly cancelled and rescheduled for months down the road, leaving them and often their families stranded.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Legal analyst Elie Mystal explains how Trump's latest executive order upended the Civil Rights Act. When it comes to civil rights violations or discrimination claims, the DOJ will no longer consider one specific kind of evidence:
Math
Math
The DOJ Just Made It Almost Impossible to Prove Racism Exists
By rolling back “disparate impact" claims, the Trump administration is reducing courts to mere rubber stamps for the white supremacy written into the laws.
dlvr.it
December 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Legal analyst Elie Mystal explains how Trump's latest executive order upended the Civil Rights Act. When it comes to civil rights violations or discrimination claims, the DOJ will no longer consider one specific kind of evidence:
Math
Math
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We’re grateful to the Office of Governor Ned Lamont for allocating $10.4 million to Planned Parenthood of Southern New England to help backfill devastating federal funding losses caused by the Trump administration.
bit.ly/44zWHa0
bit.ly/44zWHa0
December 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We’re grateful to the Office of Governor Ned Lamont for allocating $10.4 million to Planned Parenthood of Southern New England to help backfill devastating federal funding losses caused by the Trump administration.
bit.ly/44zWHa0
bit.ly/44zWHa0
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I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
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The NPA is now accepting application for the NPA IMPACT Fellowship Program ("IMPACT") class of 2025-2026. Now entering its fifth cohort, IMPACT increases access to opportunities for early-career researchers based at U.S. institutions and from marginalized ...
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docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2025-26 NPA IMPACT Fellowship Program Application Form
Launched in 2021, the NPA IMPACT Fellowship Program (“IMPACT”) increases access to opportunities for early-career researchers based at U.S. institutions and from marginalized communities to build skil...
docs.google.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The NPA is now accepting application for the NPA IMPACT Fellowship Program ("IMPACT") class of 2025-2026. Now entering its fifth cohort, IMPACT increases access to opportunities for early-career researchers based at U.S. institutions and from marginalized ...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The immigration pipeline that takes those with H1B visas through to the green card process six years later is broken. @alecmac.bsky.social explores it in his latest for @propublica.org: propub.li/4ku9gtn
The Tech Recruitment Ruse That Has Avoided Trump’s Crackdown on Immigration
Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants. They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has e...
propub.li
June 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The immigration pipeline that takes those with H1B visas through to the green card process six years later is broken. @alecmac.bsky.social explores it in his latest for @propublica.org: propub.li/4ku9gtn
Join us tomorrow (Weds) at 1pm ET for myPDO monthly - Creating an Annual Report for Your #Postdoc Office nationalpostdoc.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1862246
June 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Join us tomorrow (Weds) at 1pm ET for myPDO monthly - Creating an Annual Report for Your #Postdoc Office nationalpostdoc.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1862246
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True then, true now:
"U. S. culture celebrates the success of straight white men—regardless of whether they embody merit—but discourages, diminishes, and/or destroys everyone else’s achievements, while insisting that evidence of their merit never existed."
muse.jhu.edu/article/715439
"U. S. culture celebrates the success of straight white men—regardless of whether they embody merit—but discourages, diminishes, and/or destroys everyone else’s achievements, while insisting that evidence of their merit never existed."
muse.jhu.edu/article/715439
Project MUSE - Identifying White Mediocrity and Know-Your-Place Aggression: A Form of Self-Care
muse.jhu.edu
April 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
True then, true now:
"U. S. culture celebrates the success of straight white men—regardless of whether they embody merit—but discourages, diminishes, and/or destroys everyone else’s achievements, while insisting that evidence of their merit never existed."
muse.jhu.edu/article/715439
"U. S. culture celebrates the success of straight white men—regardless of whether they embody merit—but discourages, diminishes, and/or destroys everyone else’s achievements, while insisting that evidence of their merit never existed."
muse.jhu.edu/article/715439
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Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.
www.ourhealthroi.com
www.ourhealthroi.com
Our Health ROI
Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.
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April 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.
www.ourhealthroi.com
www.ourhealthroi.com
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Hello Community!
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
April 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hello Community!
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
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"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
(April 8, 2025)
(April 8, 2025)
April 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
(April 8, 2025)
(April 8, 2025)
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The 👏 point 👏 of 👏 vaccination 👏 is 👏 that 👏 we 👏 don’t 👏 have 👏 to 👏 urgently 👏 treat 👏 severely 👏 ill 👏 children
RFK Jr on measles: "We need to do better at treating kids who have this disease, and not just saying the only answer is vaccination."
April 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The 👏 point 👏 of 👏 vaccination 👏 is 👏 that 👏 we 👏 don’t 👏 have 👏 to 👏 urgently 👏 treat 👏 severely 👏 ill 👏 children
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As in the 14th Amend Sec. 3 insurrection case, & the Trump immunity case, this Court when dealing w/Trump continues to rule as though they are facing a hypothetical scenario rather than ruling in the context of an actual executive whose conduct demonstrates the worst case scenario of abuse of power.
How is SCOTUS going to ensure that every individual, before the govt puts them on a plane to a foreign prison, is notified they’re subject to rendition, and has the opportunity to challenge it?
The government isn’t providing that notice now.
Many people in immigration detention don’t have lawyers!
The government isn’t providing that notice now.
Many people in immigration detention don’t have lawyers!
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
As in the 14th Amend Sec. 3 insurrection case, & the Trump immunity case, this Court when dealing w/Trump continues to rule as though they are facing a hypothetical scenario rather than ruling in the context of an actual executive whose conduct demonstrates the worst case scenario of abuse of power.
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“Several immigration lawyers told The New York Times that they began receiving frantic emails and calls late last week from students who had been notified by the State Department or their universities that their visas or statuses had been terminated without clear justifications.” (gift link)
Nearly 150 Students Have Had Visas Revoked and Could Face Deportation (Gift Article)
Dozens of schools, including the University of California and Harvard, said the Trump administration ended the visas of their students in recent days. For many, the reasons are unclear.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“Several immigration lawyers told The New York Times that they began receiving frantic emails and calls late last week from students who had been notified by the State Department or their universities that their visas or statuses had been terminated without clear justifications.” (gift link)
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If your NIH grant has been terminated, please report it here 👇
The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back!
forms.gle/81iLikdBtmCP...
The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back!
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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Terminated NI...
forms.gle
April 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If your NIH grant has been terminated, please report it here 👇
The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back!
forms.gle/81iLikdBtmCP...
The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back!
forms.gle/81iLikdBtmCP...
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I earned my place in science, we do important work and we will not be deterred. In the meantime if you do want to support our lab, we have a donation page that links directly to our lab fund where you can make a tax deductible donation.
www.starbirdlab.com/donate
www.starbirdlab.com/donate
Donate – The Starbird Lab
www.starbirdlab.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I earned my place in science, we do important work and we will not be deterred. In the meantime if you do want to support our lab, we have a donation page that links directly to our lab fund where you can make a tax deductible donation.
www.starbirdlab.com/donate
www.starbirdlab.com/donate
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From thee David Blight: “The assumption that there is a standard, agreed-upon truth about the country’s past is a fantasy. But when declared by a sitting American president, it becomes a provocation and an insult.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Order to the Smithsonian Distorts Teaching of American History
The assumption that there is a standard, agreed-upon truth about the country’s past is a fantasy; but when declared by a sitting president, it becomes a provocation.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
From thee David Blight: “The assumption that there is a standard, agreed-upon truth about the country’s past is a fantasy. But when declared by a sitting American president, it becomes a provocation and an insult.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
Read this, no words to describe it
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
March 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Read this, no words to describe it
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🚨I converted the list of terminated #NIH grants (as of 3/22) into a google sheet. I added activity codes and award jurisdictions (see tabs for grant count and $ by each). Note this HHS list likely does not include all planned/completed terminations as of this date.🚨 Please use, share and distribute!
March 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
🚨I converted the list of terminated #NIH grants (as of 3/22) into a google sheet. I added activity codes and award jurisdictions (see tabs for grant count and $ by each). Note this HHS list likely does not include all planned/completed terminations as of this date.🚨 Please use, share and distribute!
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An October 2024 story about Russell Vought captured the breadth and ferocity of the coming attack on the federal government.
So why didn’t this story drive more of a national conversation when it appeared?
So why didn’t this story drive more of a national conversation when it appeared?
The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy
Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story…
propub.li
March 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
An October 2024 story about Russell Vought captured the breadth and ferocity of the coming attack on the federal government.
So why didn’t this story drive more of a national conversation when it appeared?
So why didn’t this story drive more of a national conversation when it appeared?
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
The National Postdoc Association Resource Development 👆🏻 committee's session on implementing the recommendation on protected professional development time for #postdocs #NPA2025AC
March 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The National Postdoc Association Resource Development 👆🏻 committee's session on implementing the recommendation on protected professional development time for #postdocs #NPA2025AC
An excellent plenary session at #NPA2025AC on #Postdoc Association and Office collaboration with a perspective panel and Q&A
March 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
An excellent plenary session at #NPA2025AC on #Postdoc Association and Office collaboration with a perspective panel and Q&A
@saketbagde.bsky.social sharing the experience of Reverse Mentoring Model with @faseborg.bsky.social at #NPA2025AC
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
The impact of nested identities
Saket Bagde describes what he learned participating as a mentor in a reverse mentoring program when he was a Ph.D candidate.
www.asbmb.org
March 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@saketbagde.bsky.social sharing the experience of Reverse Mentoring Model with @faseborg.bsky.social at #NPA2025AC
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...