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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The Committee has withdrawn its request! Which suggests that even a little bit of pushback really matters

Abigail M Hatcher, PhD @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

How can HIV science resist assaults on our field? ✅ Rely on our home-grown movements ✅ Do not comply in advance ✅ Retain precise language ✅ Use our collective power ✅ Dual job: sustain science & secure safe human bodies @nickmetheny.bsky.social @kldunkle.bsky.social @rebeccafieldingmiller.com

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads:

"BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 23/03/2025

"We want to preserve public health data that are crucial for people's well-being," - social epidemiologist Nancy Krieger, on the value of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...

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Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever

The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.

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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles

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Abigail M Hatcher, PhD @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Ah yes, pinpointing how men use rape, assault, and psychological terror towards pregnant people is scary for this administration. Because "protecting women" in no way means: keeping them alive, sane, or able to safely parent.

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Abigail M Hatcher, PhD @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Most US universities are treating students with patronizing silence or "business-as-usual" platitudes (or banning their collective action altogether). But what could it look like to work alongside early-career colleagues? I'll tell you: it feels essential and inspiring!

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 22/03/2025

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 10/03/2025

The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus, including uninterrupted access to campus facilities and educational opportunities. The letters are addressed to all U.S. universities that are presently under investigation for Title VI violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination.

“The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. “U.S. colleges and universities benefit from enormous public investments funded by U.S. taxpayers. That support is a privilege and it is contingent on scrupulous adherence to federal antidiscrimination laws.”

The schools that received letters from the Office for Civil Rights include:

American University
Arizona State University
Boston University
Brown University
California State University, Sacramento
Chapman University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Drexel University
Eastern Washington University
Emerson College
George Mason University
Harvard University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Middlebury College
Muhlenberg College
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Pacific Lutheran University
Pomona College
Portland State University

Princeton University
Rutgers University
Rutgers University-Newark
Santa Monica College
Sarah Lawrence College
Stanford University
State University of New York Binghamton
State University of New York Rockland
State University of New York, Purchase
Swarthmore College
Temple University
The New School
Tufts University
Tulane University
Union College
University of California Davis
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California, Berkeley
University of Cincinnati
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of North Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Tampa
University of Tennessee
University of Virginia
University of Washington-Seattle
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wellesley College
Whitman College
Yale University

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Abigail M Hatcher, PhD @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I'll be Standing Up for Science tomorrow with some protest crafts. Get in dorks! standupforscience.bsky.social

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P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

BREAKING - ILLEGAL FOREIGN AID FREEZE At oral argument on the preliminary injunction in AIDS Vaccine v. State, Judge Ali orders the Trump administration to pay all plaintiffs' invoices and letters of credit draw-down requests for work completed before Feb. 13 (approx. $2B) by 6pm Monday March 10

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled

Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come

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Abigail M Hatcher, PhD @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

UNC erased portions of the undergrad curriculum focused on equity to "be compliant" with executive orders. Let's see how university administrators backtrack now that constitutional rights are a thing again.

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Abigail M Hatcher, PhD @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

So many scientists are staying quiet. Proud to work alongside @rebeccafieldingmiller.com who says it like it is.

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Abigail M Hatcher, PhD @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

See you in Raleigh on Mon @ 2:30 (also featured in every state capitol near you) @50501movement.bsky.social @50501activists.bsky.social

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

❗#USAID Temporary Restraining Order issued: "All USAID employees currently on administrative leave shall be reinstated until [Feb 14] ... no additional employees shall be placed on administrative leave before that date. No USAID employees shall be evacuated from their host countries"

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Tim Clancy @viewfromarchstreet.com · 08/02/2025

On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

This isn't my first or even second time at the rodeo. I dealt with Ronald Reagan & George Bush trying to kill my community by ignoring the AIDS epidemic. It happened again when I lived in South Africa with Thabo Mbeki. And we won twice. So: courage. We will beat them too. Stay focused. Get to work.

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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 02/02/2025

Here is the guidance in full. The wording is very broad. This should help a lot of organizations and people.

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Abigail M Hatcher, PhD @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

US institutions are being seized through "state capture". State capture is systematic corruption by unelected civilians taking control of public institutions. The goal is to erode public interest for personal gain. 🧵 @altnih4science.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US. Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪 We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Amazing to see Reddit become a forum of solidarity and resistance among federal workers today. If you need a dose of hope, read all the comments of federal employees vowing to hold the line and their oath to serve the American people. www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

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From the fednews community on Reddit: Hold the line! We made an oath to protect the constitution from threats, both foreign and domestic.

Explore this post and more from the fednews community

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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🧵Scientific truth doesn't change with Senate confirmations. These facts remain absolute: ➡️Vaccines prevent millions of deaths ➡️Fluoride in water is a great public health achievement ➡️Raw milk threatens lives ➡️HIV causes AIDS ➡️Wi-Fi doesn’t cause cancer ➡️Anti-depressants don’t cause school shootings

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Breaking: ATLANTA (AP) — US public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

With all the turmoil at #NIH, the uncertainty facing faculty, grad students and post-docs, you'd think university presidents would offer a word of support, solidarity, comfort even. But these are the days of "institutional neutrality"--"we" don't speak on things that happen in the wider world.

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

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Abigail M Hatcher, PhD @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Take 3 minutes to send a letter to your Senator to oppose RFK nomination: lnkd.in/gVVmRh5n Highest stakes: Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, West Virginia (in Republican-speak) RFK will mean fewer jobs, lower tax base, lost US edge #ScienceNotSilence

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