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Jordan Williams (she/her)
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Aspiring SciCommer 💬📝 | Pharmacology PhD Candidate @upenn.bsky.social | reposts = my 🧠 | 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 | #DeathPositive 🪦
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Pharmacology 💊 women in STEM 👩🏻‍🔬 showed up & out for scientific funding! 🧬
#standupforscience2025
#standupforsciencephilly
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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SCOPE’s summer course “Engaging with Science Policy Through Traditional and New Media” is in full swing! Meet our cohort at scopepolicy.org/2025-new-med..., and stay tuned for the opportunity to vote on content created by the participants
#scopepolicy #newmedia #scicomm
July 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
June 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Incredible turnout so far in Philly for #NoKings Day! Find your nearest rally at NoKings.org
June 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Trump wanted a coronation. Philly gave him a massive f*cking protest.

100k strong. 100k loud. 100k unbought. 100k unbowed.
June 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Massive turnout in Philly
June 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Day #1: ✅
So excited to work with this incredible cohort and with @scopepolicy.bsky.social in this training! #scopenewmedia #scicomm #scipolicy
Introducing the ✨Inaugural New Media Training Course 2025 Cohort✨
Follow along to see how these individuals develop content for engaging science communication. For future course iterations and other training opportunities, check out our homepage. #scopenewmedia #scicomm #scipolicy
May 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Here is my #oped in the @inquirer.com online today, publishing in the paper on Sunday.

"I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe."

www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
We need to stand up for science while it’s under attack | Opinion
Everyone benefits from science. I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe.
www.inquirer.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Today was a good day to stand shoulder to shoulder with coworkers in six unions across the university and the health system speaking out for the rights of all members of our community
March 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Gods I love a long petition 💋
Penn employees and students marching the petition, signed by over 1,000 of our coworkers, to College Hall. This beauty is 30 feet long!
March 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
So excited to have heard from @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social as part of the Authors@Wharton talks - as a future #scicomm person I would LOVE to chat about the need for public investment in science.
Everything in your talk about tuberculosis today was SPOT ON!
March 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My 1st op-ed with Devin Burris & Mark Bray (@mark531.bsky.social)!

We look at how Trump’s funding cuts/changes to scientific resesrch threaten American biomedical research for small institutions & young scientists.

Feedback/comments welcome! #scicomm

markbraywrites.medium.com/the-goal-of-...
The Goal of Killing Academia: ‘Small’ Science as a First Stop
Co-written by Jordan Williams, Devin Burris, & Mark Bray
markbraywrites.medium.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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We have a website now for #silencedsciencestories!
Share your story.

Silencedsciencestories.com
Silenced Science Stories
Featuring the faces and stories of federal scientists.
Silencedsciencestories.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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We call for the immediate release of former Columbia University grad student Mahmoud Kahlil, a legal permanent resident of the US. His abduction is an assault not only on basic immigration law but on our 1st Amendment protections of freedom of speech & assembly.

www.aaup.org/news/aaup-co...
AAUP Condemns Trump Administration’s Punitive Weaponization of Federal Grant Funding at Columbia
The Trump administration has taken the unprecedented move of cancelling $400 million in federal contracts and grants to Columbia University in alleged response to “inaction by Columbia’s administratio...
https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-condemns-trump-administration’s-punitive-weaponization-federal-grant-funding-columbia
March 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Paywall free news! But please do subscribe to some of these pubs if you find yourself reading and rereading their stuff. @wired.com @rollingstone.com @statnews.com @sciam.bsky.social many others are good to support.
@mmasnick.bsky.social shouting out the Gift Links feed, which is genuinely something that's only possible in Bluesky:

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March 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Our work is far from done—science is still under attack.

We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together?

Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/7EEQMZUveXN9...
How do we keep Standing Up for Science?
A heartfelt thank you for everyone that Stood Up for Science with us on March 7th—whether it be volunteering, donating, sharing, or attending in event, we're forever indebted to people like you who ca...
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March 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying why some people are hesitant to receive vaccines or evaluating strategies that could encourage vaccine uptake. scim.ag/4how23i
NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines
Move reflects vaccine skepticism of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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March 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Sad to NOT see @upenn.edu on this list.
Do not comply preemptively!!
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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What do we do when science is under attack? Stand up, fight back! Philly understood the assignment: two thousand people showed up at the March for Science today! whyy.org/articles/phi...
Philly scientists, protesters join nationwide push to 'Stand up for Science' opposing Trump's funding cuts
More than two thousand rallied in Philadelphia as part of a nationwide protest that included almost every state in the U.S.
whyy.org
March 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM