I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...

So dangerous that they must be blown into small pieces rather than arrested … unless they are actually captured in which case they may go home with a warning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

ICE is thug trash.

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days.

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

#PhysSky #SciComm Dianna Cowern, AKA [The] Physics Girl, has improved significantly from the worst of her prolonged illness (combo of long COVID & ME/CFS) to the point of posting a video update ⬇️.

Hoping she continues to regain her health.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeI...

If Ksenia Petrova is deported back to Russia, she will be immediately imprisoned - likely for decades. The United States will also lose a brilliant mind. This monstrosity is a gift from Trump to Putin and all people of good conscience must oppose it. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/h...

Heartbreaking essay from our colleague & fellow @haw-uaw.bsky.social union member, unjustly imprisoned since February: “I hope that the judge rules Wednesday that I can be released, so I can return to my lab. There is a data set that I’m halfway finished analyzing. I want to go home and finish it.”

**Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program** -- $25,000 grants earmarked for early-career researchers whose NSF-funded research on STEM and education has just been terminated.

www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

hub.jhu.edu/2025/04/28/j...

Thanks @lizneeley.bsky.social !

🚨 Well fuck…

1. DOGE has finally setup shop at NSF this week.

(everything that’s happened at NSF thus far has largely been *without* direct DOGE meddling)

2. NSF is halting making new awards across *all* directorates to rereview proposals for alignment with exec orders.

“I feel like something is happening generally in America,” she said, in an interview over a video link. “Something bad is happening. I don’t think everybody understands.”

If you’re a North Carolinian, you can check whether your name or the names of anyone you know is on the list of the 65K voters whose votes may be tossed. You could have an opportunity to fix it if so.

thegriffinlist.com

Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly