Tiffanie Ford-Baxter
@tfordb.bsky.social
Science Librarian at Cal State Los Angeles. B.S.Biology MLIS First Gen. My thoughts are my own.
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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"If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research."
The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article)
Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research."
The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
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The explosion of comics about food and cooking gives us the perfect time to dig into stories that engage the senses and leave readers hungry for more.
Join GNCRT and @ala-booklist.bsky.social on Thursday, May 8 at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT
ala-events.zoom.us/w...
Join GNCRT and @ala-booklist.bsky.social on Thursday, May 8 at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT
ala-events.zoom.us/w...
April 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The explosion of comics about food and cooking gives us the perfect time to dig into stories that engage the senses and leave readers hungry for more.
Join GNCRT and @ala-booklist.bsky.social on Thursday, May 8 at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT
ala-events.zoom.us/w...
Join GNCRT and @ala-booklist.bsky.social on Thursday, May 8 at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT
ala-events.zoom.us/w...
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FYI, I collected links to what the IMLS funds in most of each of the US states and they're in here so you can know on a state and sometimes even local level what is going to be severely impacted very very soon.
DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted
DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.
bookriot.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
FYI, I collected links to what the IMLS funds in most of each of the US states and they're in here so you can know on a state and sometimes even local level what is going to be severely impacted very very soon.
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SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
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a primer on IMLS and implications of its closure.
www.libraryjournal.com/story/what-h...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/what-h...
What Happens to Libraries if IMLS Goes Away?
On Friday night, March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order that called for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and six other agencies. In FY24, the IMLS bu...
www.libraryjournal.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
a primer on IMLS and implications of its closure.
www.libraryjournal.com/story/what-h...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/what-h...
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Trump and Musk are absolutely destroying Indian colleges, which are federally funded as part of the government's trust obligation to tribes. Haskell, which is here in Lawrence, is the oldest Indian college in the US. DOGE even fired the women's basketball coach, during the season!
"Students at Haskell Indian Nations University say they want their teachers back after federal orders terminated 35 employees at Haskell." https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/a-lot-of-chaos-haskell-indian-nations-students-react-to-teachers-being-laid-off-following-federal-orders
'A lot of chaos': Haskell Indian Nations students react to teachers being laid off following federal orders
Students at Haskell Indian Nations University say they want their teachers back after federal orders terminated 35 employees at Haskell Indian Nations University.
www.kshb.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trump and Musk are absolutely destroying Indian colleges, which are federally funded as part of the government's trust obligation to tribes. Haskell, which is here in Lawrence, is the oldest Indian college in the US. DOGE even fired the women's basketball coach, during the season!
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“Together, these actions will make people in the United States and around the world less prosperous and more vulnerable.”
“We at Nature denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition.”
“We at Nature denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition.”
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
https://go.nature.com/4kd1vIu
https://go.nature.com/4kd1vIu
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
go.nature.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Together, these actions will make people in the United States and around the world less prosperous and more vulnerable.”
“We at Nature denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition.”
“We at Nature denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition.”
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Peer review and revision. The system is working!!!
November 22, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Peer review and revision. The system is working!!!
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California State University - the largest public system in the country w 23 campuses - announced it is now “AI powered.” All while laying off hundreds of faculty and shuttering whole depts due to yet another (Democratic Party I should add) austerity budget
February 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
California State University - the largest public system in the country w 23 campuses - announced it is now “AI powered.” All while laying off hundreds of faculty and shuttering whole depts due to yet another (Democratic Party I should add) austerity budget
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Today in unexpected "of course #GraphicMedicine is political" web alerts.......
www.villages-news.com/2025/02/05/s...
www.villages-news.com/2025/02/05/s...
February 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Today in unexpected "of course #GraphicMedicine is political" web alerts.......
www.villages-news.com/2025/02/05/s...
www.villages-news.com/2025/02/05/s...
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Anti-Trump immigration protests in DTLA, 2-2-25.
Kentmere Pan 100 / 80mm / Mamiya 645
#analogfilmfeed #photography #immigrationprotests #blackandwhite #film #losangeles
Kentmere Pan 100 / 80mm / Mamiya 645
#analogfilmfeed #photography #immigrationprotests #blackandwhite #film #losangeles
February 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Anti-Trump immigration protests in DTLA, 2-2-25.
Kentmere Pan 100 / 80mm / Mamiya 645
#analogfilmfeed #photography #immigrationprotests #blackandwhite #film #losangeles
Kentmere Pan 100 / 80mm / Mamiya 645
#analogfilmfeed #photography #immigrationprotests #blackandwhite #film #losangeles
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If this grant "freeze" holds, it is essentially a hostile takeover by Trump of Congress's authority to allocate federal resources.
This single action makes every federal grant subject to individual approval by one of Trump's political appointees.
It's sheer chaos.
Gift link:
wapo.st/4gfgcHQ
This single action makes every federal grant subject to individual approval by one of Trump's political appointees.
It's sheer chaos.
Gift link:
wapo.st/4gfgcHQ
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
wapo.st
January 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
If this grant "freeze" holds, it is essentially a hostile takeover by Trump of Congress's authority to allocate federal resources.
This single action makes every federal grant subject to individual approval by one of Trump's political appointees.
It's sheer chaos.
Gift link:
wapo.st/4gfgcHQ
This single action makes every federal grant subject to individual approval by one of Trump's political appointees.
It's sheer chaos.
Gift link:
wapo.st/4gfgcHQ
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NIH funding supports the vast majority of all biomedical research in the United States. Virtually every advance in American medicine and biological science comes from NIH. This is a blow against American science.
Call Congress, 202-224-3121.
Call Congress, 202-224-3121.
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
NIH funding supports the vast majority of all biomedical research in the United States. Virtually every advance in American medicine and biological science comes from NIH. This is a blow against American science.
Call Congress, 202-224-3121.
Call Congress, 202-224-3121.