@sipsadvocacy.bsky.social
A group of Cornell graduate students in the plant sciences advocating for each other, their global communities, and the need for good science.
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Federal R&D has shown to provide a return on investment that eventually leads to economic growth. Yet, the PBR proposes steep cuts. AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh told @NPR.org these proposals "will slash science at every university and laboratory in the U.S."
Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP
President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.
www.npr.org
May 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Federal R&D has shown to provide a return on investment that eventually leads to economic growth. Yet, the PBR proposes steep cuts. AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh told @NPR.org these proposals "will slash science at every university and laboratory in the U.S."
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Science activism from scientists and state level actions to bolster science in the face of Trump administration attacks are taking off!
daniels-newsletter-42563f.beehiiv.com/p/science-ac...
daniels-newsletter-42563f.beehiiv.com/p/science-ac...
Science Activism Surges!
An overview of some grass roots (by scientists) activism and proposed (California) legislation
daniels-newsletter-42563f.beehiiv.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Science activism from scientists and state level actions to bolster science in the face of Trump administration attacks are taking off!
daniels-newsletter-42563f.beehiiv.com/p/science-ac...
daniels-newsletter-42563f.beehiiv.com/p/science-ac...
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They’re trying to quietly eliminate Hatch Act funding for agricultural schools???? @altusda.altgov.info @aaas.org @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
They’re trying to quietly eliminate Hatch Act funding for agricultural schools???? @altusda.altgov.info @aaas.org @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social
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Mining, including the extraction of transition minerals, leads every sector in attacks on environmental & human rights defenders. 40% of those killed were Indigenous, a reflection of the fact that more than half of all critical minerals lie in or near Indigenous land. grist.org/indigenous/i...
Indigenous land defenders face rising threats amid global push for critical minerals
The past decade has seen “a consistent, sustained pattern" of violence against Indigenous people who oppose corporate human rights abuses.
grist.org
June 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mining, including the extraction of transition minerals, leads every sector in attacks on environmental & human rights defenders. 40% of those killed were Indigenous, a reflection of the fact that more than half of all critical minerals lie in or near Indigenous land. grist.org/indigenous/i...
Please support early career scientists!
Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
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June 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Please support early career scientists!
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It's easier to cut funding from people you don't know... let our public + gvt feel more of our science research lived experiences by joining the #MClintockLetters effort in local media. She'd like that, I know, remembering her as my beloved mentor in grad work at @cshlaboratory.bsky.social.
Scientists, tell your story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, to publish on June 16! #McClintockLetters #saveNSF We have to move the needle on public perception.
Fight this attack by sharing how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
Fight this attack by sharing how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
May 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's easier to cut funding from people you don't know... let our public + gvt feel more of our science research lived experiences by joining the #MClintockLetters effort in local media. She'd like that, I know, remembering her as my beloved mentor in grad work at @cshlaboratory.bsky.social.
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For so long, I've relied on the windows at @democracynow.org @pbs.org @npr.org - let's keep them open... Showing gratitude for #PublicMedia #NPR #PBS on Public Media Giving Days. Thank you to Amy Goodman and all these brave reporters.
In honor of Public Media Giving Days on May 1 and May 2, your tax-deductible donation to Democracy Now! will be DOUBLED, making it twice as valuable. This special offer won't last long—so please don't delay. We're counting on you.
Please donate today! Your support is vital to sustain and grow Democracy Now!
A daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González
www.democracynow.org
May 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
For so long, I've relied on the windows at @democracynow.org @pbs.org @npr.org - let's keep them open... Showing gratitude for #PublicMedia #NPR #PBS on Public Media Giving Days. Thank you to Amy Goodman and all these brave reporters.
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In many areas letting Mother Nature take her course is wise, but the area of emerging lethal pathogenic bugs is not one of them. Who protects us as these facilities shutter, victims of US political restructuring? www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni... #StandUpForScience @standupforscience.bsky.social #Scicom
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departm...
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In many areas letting Mother Nature take her course is wise, but the area of emerging lethal pathogenic bugs is not one of them. Who protects us as these facilities shutter, victims of US political restructuring? www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni... #StandUpForScience @standupforscience.bsky.social #Scicom
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I only donated $10, but if we each did, that adds up to a LOT of standing up for science!
#DefendResearch #StandUpForScience
#DefendResearch #StandUpForScience
🚨HEY DORKS, WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨
We preparing for a BIG fight against Trump's attack on science and we won't stop until we win!
We are grassroots and run on donations. Whether it's $5 or $500, every little bit counts in the fight to save science.
#standupforscience
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
We preparing for a BIG fight against Trump's attack on science and we won't stop until we win!
We are grassroots and run on donations. Whether it's $5 or $500, every little bit counts in the fight to save science.
#standupforscience
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Stand Up For Science Summer Campaign!
Can you help us mobilize the fight for science and democracy? Every contribution matters!
actionnetwork.org
May 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I only donated $10, but if we each did, that adds up to a LOT of standing up for science!
#DefendResearch #StandUpForScience
#DefendResearch #StandUpForScience
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Every repost, every share, every time you send this link to a friend, and every dollar, fuels our fight!
Thank you for your trust and support. We are going to fight like hell for OUR SCIENCE ✊
Thank you for your trust and support. We are going to fight like hell for OUR SCIENCE ✊
May 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Every repost, every share, every time you send this link to a friend, and every dollar, fuels our fight!
Thank you for your trust and support. We are going to fight like hell for OUR SCIENCE ✊
Thank you for your trust and support. We are going to fight like hell for OUR SCIENCE ✊
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Graduate, faculty, and post-doc researchers -- here is one way to communicate out about the value of the work you do in the public interest. ⬇️
Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress.
Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.
#McClintockLetters
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.
#McClintockLetters
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
May 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Graduate, faculty, and post-doc researchers -- here is one way to communicate out about the value of the work you do in the public interest. ⬇️
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I’m loving #WithoutNSF - it embodies the ethos of the McClintock Letters, an initiative to take this discussion to the public, far beyond social media echo chambers. We are on track to reach over a million people. Sign up to share your story!!! Share this!! blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
May 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I’m loving #WithoutNSF - it embodies the ethos of the McClintock Letters, an initiative to take this discussion to the public, far beyond social media echo chambers. We are on track to reach over a million people. Sign up to share your story!!! Share this!! blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
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Want to learn more about all of the amazing work that has been part of #DisabledInSTEM?
Check out this recent @natureecoevo.bsky.social interview with Alyssa Paparella to see the insights of starting this platform while being a graduate student!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out this recent @natureecoevo.bsky.social interview with Alyssa Paparella to see the insights of starting this platform while being a graduate student!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Advocacy for disability in STEM - Nature Ecology & Evolution
DisabledInSTEM is a platform that offers support, mentorship opportunities and shared resources for persons who are navigating science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields with disab...
www.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Want to learn more about all of the amazing work that has been part of #DisabledInSTEM?
Check out this recent @natureecoevo.bsky.social interview with Alyssa Paparella to see the insights of starting this platform while being a graduate student!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out this recent @natureecoevo.bsky.social interview with Alyssa Paparella to see the insights of starting this platform while being a graduate student!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories
As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures
www.science.org
May 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...
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I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about the cost of that one fighter jet that slipped off the carrier deck, and how many NSF grants that a single fancy killing machine could have funded.
Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature.
https://go.nature.com/44Ugf9V
https://go.nature.com/44Ugf9V
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
go.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about the cost of that one fighter jet that slipped off the carrier deck, and how many NSF grants that a single fancy killing machine could have funded.
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Making America Highly contagious Again.
An NIH research facility tasked with studying ebola and other deadly diseases has been issued instructions from HHS to stop research, and is terminating studies on some diseases, according to an email viewed by @wired.com.
By @emilymullin.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
By @emilymullin.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departm...
www.wired.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Making America Highly contagious Again.
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#SciComm challenge before 8am on a Monday!! My sister and 5yo nephew call to ask a “real scientist” if the frozen peas they’re eating are fruits or vegetables. Such a simple question but still I fumble… any tips? @scicommsuwe.bsky.social @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org @scifri.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#SciComm challenge before 8am on a Monday!! My sister and 5yo nephew call to ask a “real scientist” if the frozen peas they’re eating are fruits or vegetables. Such a simple question but still I fumble… any tips? @scicommsuwe.bsky.social @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org @scifri.bsky.social
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I know this is not a new observation, but every single time I read about how much the American healthcare system costs its citizens I am absolutely appalled at how US politicians still have the guts to show their faces in public without fear
April 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I know this is not a new observation, but every single time I read about how much the American healthcare system costs its citizens I am absolutely appalled at how US politicians still have the guts to show their faces in public without fear
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Let's do our part to move the needle on public opinion of federally funded research.
#McClintockLetters initiative is pushing 1000 scientists to write opinion pieces for their hometown papers to share why sci research is valuable to every day health and wealth. Join us!
tinyurl.com/McClintockLe...
#McClintockLetters initiative is pushing 1000 scientists to write opinion pieces for their hometown papers to share why sci research is valuable to every day health and wealth. Join us!
tinyurl.com/McClintockLe...
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Let's do our part to move the needle on public opinion of federally funded research.
#McClintockLetters initiative is pushing 1000 scientists to write opinion pieces for their hometown papers to share why sci research is valuable to every day health and wealth. Join us!
tinyurl.com/McClintockLe...
#McClintockLetters initiative is pushing 1000 scientists to write opinion pieces for their hometown papers to share why sci research is valuable to every day health and wealth. Join us!
tinyurl.com/McClintockLe...
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“Intellectual diversity” is such a funny way to frame it. It’s just DEI for white, cis, straight, middle-class+, able-bodied, neurotypical men (and some women). It’s about making sure these people can succeed regardless of how intelligent or qualified. Not a new thought, but also not merit-based.
It's not just Columbia, it's not just DEI, and it's not just biomedical research: Trump's war on universities has frozen crucial science at institutions like Princeton, Cornell, Northwestern, and more. Our @nature.com team spoke to some of the affected scientists: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How Trump’s attack on universities is putting research in peril
Scientists have little information as the US government freezes and cancels their funding.
www.nature.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Intellectual diversity” is such a funny way to frame it. It’s just DEI for white, cis, straight, middle-class+, able-bodied, neurotypical men (and some women). It’s about making sure these people can succeed regardless of how intelligent or qualified. Not a new thought, but also not merit-based.
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It feels like things are hitting a tipping point. Key debrief items:
- The Harvard letter
- FDA food safety inspection
- Financial devastation of NIH, NOAA, USGS
- DOGE hits NSF - grant terminations
- Doublespeak & disinfo
And more
This was Week 13 buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
- The Harvard letter
- FDA food safety inspection
- Financial devastation of NIH, NOAA, USGS
- DOGE hits NSF - grant terminations
- Doublespeak & disinfo
And more
This was Week 13 buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Week 13
Figuring out what to focus on now & next in science and higher ed
buttondown.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It feels like things are hitting a tipping point. Key debrief items:
- The Harvard letter
- FDA food safety inspection
- Financial devastation of NIH, NOAA, USGS
- DOGE hits NSF - grant terminations
- Doublespeak & disinfo
And more
This was Week 13 buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
- The Harvard letter
- FDA food safety inspection
- Financial devastation of NIH, NOAA, USGS
- DOGE hits NSF - grant terminations
- Doublespeak & disinfo
And more
This was Week 13 buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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This isn’t just a humanitarian issue, it’s a setback for science too.
April 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This isn’t just a humanitarian issue, it’s a setback for science too.
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Creating a list of Jewish people seems like a very dangerous thing to do, even under the pretense of combatting antisemitism theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...
Trump Administration Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They’re Jewish
“Barnard was not given advance notice of this outreach,” the college’s general counsel wrote in an email to faculty.
theintercept.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Creating a list of Jewish people seems like a very dangerous thing to do, even under the pretense of combatting antisemitism theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...