Bryn Nelson
@seattlebryn.bsky.social
Freelance science, medical + environmental writer and author of “Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure.” PhD in microbiology; also post about misinfo, journalism, oddities, good dogs, bad puns, and Seattle. He/him
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THEN consider what happens to a university when essentially all its research faculty— ESPECIALLY the ones who publish most widely, and so are most likely to win grant funding— are cut off from our biggest sources of research support. EVERY university in the US faces this under the SAFE Research Act.
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
THEN consider what happens to a university when essentially all its research faculty— ESPECIALLY the ones who publish most widely, and so are most likely to win grant funding— are cut off from our biggest sources of research support. EVERY university in the US faces this under the SAFE Research Act.
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I study plants endemic to the US, and my publication "productivity" reflects my position at a teaching university, and I'm still pretty sure I have a co-authorship that, under the SAFE Research Act, would get me banned from federal research funding— multiply that risk model across all of US academia
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I study plants endemic to the US, and my publication "productivity" reflects my position at a teaching university, and I'm still pretty sure I have a co-authorship that, under the SAFE Research Act, would get me banned from federal research funding— multiply that risk model across all of US academia
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In a video, Norton confirms the news and says: "I strongly suspect it is because I have been speaking up in my personal capacity about the harms I have been witnessing inside the NIH.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
In a video, Norton confirms the news and says: "I strongly suspect it is because I have been speaking up in my personal capacity about the harms I have been witnessing inside the NIH.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.