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Abraham Palmer @abepalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bluesky is not blocking (unpaid) posts about the Elon Musk movie, which apparently opens on Oct 9th

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Get out and vote! He literally had people raise their hands and pledge to cheat two weeks ago in Dallas.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What. A. Day. NIH grant-making was paused for several hours today. Not sure who gave the order. But in light of the Friday night Bhattacharya-Vought feud & threatened EO to implement #ScienceDeathPanels, my money is on Russell Vought. I learned of the pause from a colleague around 11:30. 🧵

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the future of scientific papers. Instead of a PDF, the paper is an AI agent that you can talk to, ask questions, run analyses. No more digging through supplements - just ask the paper directly: "what p-value cutoff was used in Fig 3B? Re-run at 0.01." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Reimagining research papers as interactive and reliable AI agents - Nature

Paper2Agent converts research papers into interactive artificial intelligence agents by turning manuscripts, code and data into model context protocol-based tool-invoking systems that reproduce origin...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/09/2026

There’s a lot going on right now, and Susan Collins is hoping voters won’t notice that she was the deciding vote in confirming another anti-abortion Trump judge to a lifetime appointment.

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Susan Collins Casts Major Anti-Abortion Vote 6 Weeks Out From Election

The Maine senator voted in favor of a Donald Trump judicial nominee who served on the board of an anti-abortion pregnancy center.

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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

ABC Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefing: Psychedelics in Brain Health - Keynote: Jaclyn “Jax” Scott, - Moderator: Mark M. Rasenick, PhD, Panel of Experts: Tiffany Farchione, MD, FAPA, Harriet de Wit, PhD, Ivan Montoya, MD, MPH, Daniel Karlin, MD, MA, Steve Levine, MD 🧠

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The US National Science Foundation Directorate for Geosciences, which has funded most of my research over the past three decades, has been enshitified by Trump and his lackeys.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The cuts in staff across federal health agencies are staggering. Great analysis from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social. 1 in 5 people gone from NIH. More than 1 in 4 gone from CDC. Nearly 7 in 10 gone from AHRQ. ourpublicservice.org/resource/the...

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The Cost of Cutting American Science: How Federal Cuts Diminish Public Health Capacity

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So a big part of Iran Contra and one of the (many) reasons it was illegal was that third party fund weren’t deposited into the U.S. Treasury

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026

This colossal new tax will likely be charged to the university (!). Few universities — obviously — will pay. That will mean a collapse in access to OPT. That in turn will kneecap international enrollment at US universities, because the bridge OPT provides is a major reason students come—>

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OPT Reforms and the Relative Supply of STEM Skills

(May 2026) - Since the late 2000s, reforms to the optional practical training (OPT) program have allowed international STEM graduates to work in the United States for up to three years after graduatio...

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is insane. I hope that an injunction is slapped in it immediately! OPT is an essential part of building our scientific workforce.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Do not underestimate the scale of this climate crisis. We are watching feedback loops accelerate, ice sheet collapse, ocean heat content, methane release, that could lock in irreversible warming. We have all witnessed the data, and it is not slowing down.

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Abraham Palmer @abepalmer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This captures many of my feelings as I think about the tragedy of the last 25 years. But I wish it mentioned that the massive concentration of wealth that has occurred as people were distracted by the war on terror and the useless autoimmune-like culture wars. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Mistakes, mistrust and misdirection: 25 years after 9/11, its dark legacy continues to unfold

The world’s most powerful country responded to the worst terrorist attack in its history by inflicting terror of its own – around the world, and at home

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Doc Edge @docedge.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Please repost: My department (quantitative and computational biology at the University of Southern California) is hiring a teaching-track faculty member. The new hire will focus on teaching statistics courses to biology students. Apply by Dec 1 usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

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Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC

Learn more about applying for Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We are sending people to countries that torture.

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Molly Przeworski @mollyprz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Job opportunity at Columbia U., in "any combination of field, experimental, computational, or theoretical approaches to study fundamental questions in evolutionary biology".

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Senate Republicans refused to convict Trump after Jan 6. Republican SCOTUS appointees gave him immunity. Republicans in Congress today stand idly by as he unleashes death and destruction across the globe. We are now at the whims of a mad king because GOP leaders have refused to constrain him.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What would you say if you saw it in another country?

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David posting in 7/8 @deltajulietmike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Don't votesafe.org. Your vote will get stolen. Tell your friends.

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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's kinda crazy how badly Sears fumbled the transition to e-commerce. Amazon had to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build the physical infrastructure that Sears already had.

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JAX Genomic Education @jaxeducation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

💥 UPDATE: Abstract submissions have been extended to September 14! 🔁 Help spread the word. #CTC2026

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Pol Solé Navais @polsolenavais.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

📣📣📣 The University of Gothenburg (Sweden) is recruiting 25 (yes, 25!) Assistant Professors in a wide range of disciplines (from arts to education to geology to maths), two of these at our Faculty. Happy to talk to anyone interested in knowing more about Sweden, Gothenburg or GU!

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Gothenburg Global Scholars Initiative

The University of Gothenburg is launching the Global Scholars Initiative – a coordinated international recruitment effort comprising 25 research positions across a broad range of disciplines and facul...

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

HARDING: Trump cut US assistance to Ukraine, repeats Kremlin talking points, actually supports Russia. He’s most pro-Russian president in US history. O’BRIEN: I mean, if Trump were a Russian agent, what exactly would he do differently? When you think about that, it’s terrifying.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So now we’re supposed to hate Canada and love Putin? That’s where we are at with this corrupt gangster government?

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You can now update bioRxiv/medRxiv preprints with funding information after the fact. Authors often omit/don't have all funding info when submitting, but funders understandably want it there. This solves the problem without requiring you to submit a whole new paper. openrxiv.org/updating-fun...

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Updating funder information on preprints - openRxiv

For the past year, bioRxiv and medRxiv authors have been able to include funder information with their preprints. This can be entered in a dedicated field during the submission process, using Research...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

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Vaughn Smider, MD, PhD @vvsmider.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“Without notifying Congress or the American people, DoD has signed an interagency agreement that could give the Department access to billions of dollars that Congress provided to NIH for critical biomedical research.” Seriously?

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Brian Wiltgen @wiltgenlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Come work with the fantastic faculty at UC Davis! Great place to live and do science 🧪 recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07812

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Assistant Professor of Psychology - Biological Bases of Behavior

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Samantha Butler @samanthabutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Please spread the news - the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA is hiring. This is an open rank search for all and any amazing neuroscientists! Please apply here by Nov 15th, first review end of October : recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11296

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Open-rank tenure-track faculty position

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 03/09/2026

We are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. Please apply or forward to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

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Assistant Professor, Psychology - Stanford University, California, United States

The Department of Psychology at Stanford University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. In addition ...

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Reyes-Lamothe lab @reyes-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We’re hiring! The Biology department at McGill is hiring a tenure-track professor in Quantitative Cell Biology. We’re looking for an outstanding researcher and educator to join our community. Deadline: October 9 Info & application: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree... Please share!

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Assistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of Biology

Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

No one can say they didn’t expect this.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Google Maps has officially caved and changed the map.

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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

owner even lost in federal court trying to force access through Yosemite. Now suddenly it’s back on the table. Our national parks are not supposed to be carved up to make private developments more valuable. Yosemite belongs to all of us!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Trump administration is considering giving a private developer access to land inside Yosemite National Park so they can build a road to an 83-acre property they want to develop right outside the park. The National Park Service already rejected the same request years ago, and the previous

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Abraham Palmer @abepalmer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I was genuinely sorry to hear that Dolly Parton died.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/08/2026

"nothing can get worse" is one of those beliefs that is usually directly responsible for things getting worse

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Giving $1.7B of children’s health funding to a guy whose current job is literally getting paid to lie that vaccines cause autism

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

New: The National Science Foundation is preparing to claw back some $500 million in funds from some of its core science programs in physics, math, computer science, and engineering in order to fund a project from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

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NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative

A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency’s budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The conditions in ICE detention centers are outrageous. Worms. Standing sewage water. Measles outbreaks. 52 people have died so far. No American - no matter what your view is on immigration - should stand for this inhumanity.

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Abraham Palmer @abepalmer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If Trump was being manipulated by his Russian handlers, this decision would make a lot of sense. Russia needs North Korea’s help in Ukraine right now, so Putin would want to make North Korea feel less threatened by the US. Is this idea really so far fetched?

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me?

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Of course this RFI drops late on Friday. NIH proposes to stop providing specific scores and instead bin grants into 3 broad categories: most competitive, competitive, not discussed. A score would be calculated but not provided to the PI (or PO). grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH

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