Philadelphia Science Action
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Championing science, diversity, and fact-based policy in the city where American democracy was born. 🧪🦅
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📢 We are Philly Science Action – a group of passionate organizers that came together in 2017 for the Philadelphia March for Science and came back together with renewed resolve in 2025 for the Stand Up for Science rally in Philly on March 7th, 2025.
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“If it gets funded…”
Millions of people are waiting on scientific progress to help them live normal lives.
Millions of people are waiting on scientific progress to help them live normal lives.
Autoimmune diseases affect as many as 50 million Americans and millions more worldwide. They're hard to diagnose and treat, and they're on the rise. Now, scientists are decoding the biology behind these debilitating diseases in hopes of eventually treating the causes, not just the symptoms.
Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side
It's one of medicine's biggest mysteries — why sometimes our immune system attacks our own bodies. Autoimmune diseases affect as many as 50 million Americans and millions more worldwide.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“If it gets funded…”
Millions of people are waiting on scientific progress to help them live normal lives.
Millions of people are waiting on scientific progress to help them live normal lives.
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TOMORROW: Join AFT & @aaup.org for a higher ed day of action to push back against Trump’s attacks. Students, faculty & staff are rallying on campuses across the country to stand up for higher ed as a democratic, accessible & transformative public good.
Find an event ⬇️
www.studentsriseup.org/map
Find an event ⬇️
www.studentsriseup.org/map
Event Map
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www.studentsriseup.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
TOMORROW: Join AFT & @aaup.org for a higher ed day of action to push back against Trump’s attacks. Students, faculty & staff are rallying on campuses across the country to stand up for higher ed as a democratic, accessible & transformative public good.
Find an event ⬇️
www.studentsriseup.org/map
Find an event ⬇️
www.studentsriseup.org/map
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🇺🇸 Political #censorship of #Science: Scientists forced to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next
The titles of more than 700 multi-year NIH grants have been changed this year, according to an analysis by Jeremy Berg, a former agency official
www.statnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🇺🇸 Political #censorship of #Science: Scientists forced to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
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OMG
Some US doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Some US doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
OMG
Some US doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Some US doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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💔This is a heartbreaking story. We support our students, whatever their identities, and we deplore the political environment that is making their experience in Texas public universities so painful—while also harming the learning environment for everyone. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/21/t...
Texas trans students fear identity erasure at college
Once considered a safe haven to explore identity, Texas campuses are invalidating and alienating trans people, students say.
www.texastribune.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
💔This is a heartbreaking story. We support our students, whatever their identities, and we deplore the political environment that is making their experience in Texas public universities so painful—while also harming the learning environment for everyone. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/21/t...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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“regardless of whether the precise number is 5, 6, 7, or 8 million, Saturday’s events are very likely the biggest single-day protest event since 1970, surpassing even the 2017 Women’s March.”
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“regardless of whether the precise number is 5, 6, 7, or 8 million, Saturday’s events are very likely the biggest single-day protest event since 1970, surpassing even the 2017 Women’s March.”
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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Philadelphia is what Democracy Looks Like. Thank You @nbcphiladelphia.com @indivisiblepa.bsky.social @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com #IndivisiblePA
Holy fuck! No Kings protesters are marching through Center City in Philadelphia. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
October 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Philadelphia is what Democracy Looks Like. Thank You @nbcphiladelphia.com @indivisiblepa.bsky.social @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com #IndivisiblePA
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A helicopter shot of No Kings protesters marching to Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves over what we have allowed America to become under the fascist authoritarian rule of Trump. 🙌💪👏✊️🇺🇸👇
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A helicopter shot of No Kings protesters marching to Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves over what we have allowed America to become under the fascist authoritarian rule of Trump. 🙌💪👏✊️🇺🇸👇
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🔥👑 NO KINGS. NO TYRANTS. NO WAR ON SCIENCE.
Evidence beats edict. Always has.
Philadelphia was born in rebellion against monarchy. Let’s do it again.
📅 Saturday, Oct 18 — NO KINGS Rally
📍 Philadelphia City Hall, 12 PM and Nationwide
www.nokings.org
Evidence beats edict. Always has.
Philadelphia was born in rebellion against monarchy. Let’s do it again.
📅 Saturday, Oct 18 — NO KINGS Rally
📍 Philadelphia City Hall, 12 PM and Nationwide
www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🔥👑 NO KINGS. NO TYRANTS. NO WAR ON SCIENCE.
Evidence beats edict. Always has.
Philadelphia was born in rebellion against monarchy. Let’s do it again.
📅 Saturday, Oct 18 — NO KINGS Rally
📍 Philadelphia City Hall, 12 PM and Nationwide
www.nokings.org
Evidence beats edict. Always has.
Philadelphia was born in rebellion against monarchy. Let’s do it again.
📅 Saturday, Oct 18 — NO KINGS Rally
📍 Philadelphia City Hall, 12 PM and Nationwide
www.nokings.org
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A university that signs the “compact” is one that acknowledges its own inability to compete and succeed based talent and merit. It would signal insecurity and mediocrity to current and future students and faculty. Say no. Recruit the best people, protect their freedom and support their hard work.
October 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
A university that signs the “compact” is one that acknowledges its own inability to compete and succeed based talent and merit. It would signal insecurity and mediocrity to current and future students and faculty. Say no. Recruit the best people, protect their freedom and support their hard work.
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Panelists included Mallory Harris (of #SCIMaP and UMD-College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences), whose work has been essential to assessing the community-level impacts of federal cuts to science.
Preprint:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Panel:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/f...
Preprint:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Panel:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/f...
Former NIH leaders lament ‘constant chaos’ at the agency, and caution it’s not over
“It's been like living in a washing machine, it's been constant chaos,” former NIH official Jeremy Berg said at the #STATSummit
www.statnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Panelists included Mallory Harris (of #SCIMaP and UMD-College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences), whose work has been essential to assessing the community-level impacts of federal cuts to science.
Preprint:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Panel:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/f...
Preprint:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Panel:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/f...
🔥👑 NO KINGS. NO TYRANTS. NO WAR ON SCIENCE.
Evidence beats edict. Always has.
Philadelphia was born in rebellion against monarchy. Let’s do it again.
📅 Saturday, Oct 18 — NO KINGS Rally
📍 Philadelphia City Hall, 12 PM and Nationwide
www.nokings.org
Evidence beats edict. Always has.
Philadelphia was born in rebellion against monarchy. Let’s do it again.
📅 Saturday, Oct 18 — NO KINGS Rally
📍 Philadelphia City Hall, 12 PM and Nationwide
www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🔥👑 NO KINGS. NO TYRANTS. NO WAR ON SCIENCE.
Evidence beats edict. Always has.
Philadelphia was born in rebellion against monarchy. Let’s do it again.
📅 Saturday, Oct 18 — NO KINGS Rally
📍 Philadelphia City Hall, 12 PM and Nationwide
www.nokings.org
Evidence beats edict. Always has.
Philadelphia was born in rebellion against monarchy. Let’s do it again.
📅 Saturday, Oct 18 — NO KINGS Rally
📍 Philadelphia City Hall, 12 PM and Nationwide
www.nokings.org
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Scientists lose jobs and grants as US government shutdown takes a toll
Scientists lose jobs and grants as US government shutdown takes a toll
Hundreds of people at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many federal laboratories has been suspended.
www.nature.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Scientists lose jobs and grants as US government shutdown takes a toll
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Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
October 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
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You know they’re worried about this weekend’s turnout at the No Kings rally when they’re already making comments about it. Who’s ready for Saturday?
October 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
You know they’re worried about this weekend’s turnout at the No Kings rally when they’re already making comments about it. Who’s ready for Saturday?
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"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.
October 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.
“At its core, Chiles v. Salazar is not about protecting speech. It is about pathologizing LGBTQ identities ... It rejects decades of scientific consensus and ethical guidance in favor of a worldview that seeks to make society less safe and less inclusive.”
open.substack.com/pub/philadel...
open.substack.com/pub/philadel...
The Weaponization of Free Speech Against LGBTQ+ Youth
By Amanda Rabinowitz Ph.D.
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“At its core, Chiles v. Salazar is not about protecting speech. It is about pathologizing LGBTQ identities ... It rejects decades of scientific consensus and ethical guidance in favor of a worldview that seeks to make society less safe and less inclusive.”
open.substack.com/pub/philadel...
open.substack.com/pub/philadel...
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“The Death of Public Health”
Jonas Salk saved millions with a polio vaccine. He gave it away to help humanity. Today, venal and yes, evil billionaires—Koch to Musk to Peter Thiel—are fully behind destroying American society for profit. They want you poor, sick, and desperate. We must stop them.
Jonas Salk saved millions with a polio vaccine. He gave it away to help humanity. Today, venal and yes, evil billionaires—Koch to Musk to Peter Thiel—are fully behind destroying American society for profit. They want you poor, sick, and desperate. We must stop them.
The Death of Public Health
Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“The Death of Public Health”
Jonas Salk saved millions with a polio vaccine. He gave it away to help humanity. Today, venal and yes, evil billionaires—Koch to Musk to Peter Thiel—are fully behind destroying American society for profit. They want you poor, sick, and desperate. We must stop them.
Jonas Salk saved millions with a polio vaccine. He gave it away to help humanity. Today, venal and yes, evil billionaires—Koch to Musk to Peter Thiel—are fully behind destroying American society for profit. They want you poor, sick, and desperate. We must stop them.
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BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown
Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)
October 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)