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Alison Sheets

@alisonsheets.bsky.social
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Mother Weekend warrior Biomechanics Researcher @Nike Engineer who made simulations turned experimental scientist All views my own and not my employers

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TK (Takashi DY) Kozai @bioniclab.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
🪼 Your tax dollars paid a scientist to squeeze jellyfish through cheesecloth. Osamu Shimomura processed tens of thousands on an NSF grant to understand why they glow. He found a protein that glowed green under UV light. Called it "green protein." Nobody cared. For decades.
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Nora Verlaine @noraverlaine.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
American science right now is basically 10,000 of these stories, all with their own heartbreaking specificity Lost careers, lost progress, lost discoveries I feel so sad every day for all we’ve lost and continue to lose 💔
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
GET IN, DORKS! It's a watershed moment and we need YOUR HELP. 1/x @standupforscience.net was asked by independent members of the National Academies to support their letter to Congress calling for the reinstatement of the National Science Board. #saveNSB 🔗 www.standupforscience.net/nasem-letter...
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NASEM Open Letter to Congress demanding the restoration of the NSB — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NASEM's open letter to Congress by signing your endorsement now!
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 01/05/2026
New deep dive from me into the anti-science movement, it's structure, tactics, and impact on science and society. Some data analysis, unique testimonies, new infographics and also a first attempt at outlining broadly-agreed upon actions how to fight back. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
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We need to talk about the anti-science movement
6 lessons scientists under siege learned the hard way, and how we all can fight back
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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Last weekend I received the Troland Research Award from the @nationalacademies.org. I’m so grateful to the communities who made this work possible. It's strange to receive this award at a time when much of the work being recognized is not eligible for federal funding. My remarks 👇 and a 🧵>>
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NAS 163rd Annual Meeting - Awards Ceremony
YouTube video by National Academy of Sciences
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
That's right. Worse than Pointless www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...
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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
"The reason these aspects of our jobs have been so challenging to automate is that they rely on something even more precious than our time: namely, our capacity for scientific decision-making. It is worth considering what we lose when we cede that—and our agency—to machines."
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I wanted to show support for these brave public servants and to allow others, including the scientific community, to join me. In partnership with @standupforscience.bsky.social‬, we have a way for you to do that... www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“Scientific knowledge is, fortunately, a public good, and as such, its benefits transcend international boundaries. But relinquishing its prominence in creating the future is nothing short of devastating for the United States.”
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
“Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve.” ITS 👏🏼 BAD 👏🏼 FOR 👏🏼 BUSINESS 👏🏼
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Alison Sheets @alisonsheets.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
If you care about the prosperity and safety that the US scientific enterprise provides, please reach out to your representatives. This proposed budget isn’t a done deal yet.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Scientists, I am asking us to do something that goes against our nature: Step away from fine-grained, nuanced arguments. Zoom WAY out. Share the big picture. Don’t soften the seriousness of this moment with “xxx may be ok in xxx circumstances” talk. It’s uncomfortable AND necessary.
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
I testified to a Senate committee about this in 2017 arguing that science is humanity's most important long-term investment. The goal of the reform movement is to identifying friction that interferes with making the most out of that investment. My remarks: osf.io/preprints/os...
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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The Trump administration just dropped an executive order, "Restoring Gold Standard Science" and there's lots to unpack. This EO reveals more about how the Administration will approach scientific integrity and science in regulatory contexts. Some initial thoughts. 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
““What you are feeling is the disconnect between seeing that systems are failing, that things aren’t working … and yet the institutions and the people in power just are, like, ignoring it and pretending everything is going to go on the way that it has,”” www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
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Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
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Caitlin S., PhD @paleophile.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
LISTEN TO ME. *NOW* IS THE TIME TO CALL YOUR REP AND SENATORS. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO, OR WHERE IN THE US YOU LIVE. I'M HERE BEGGING YOU. #SaveNSF Here are your talking points: democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We need you--every single one of you-- in the US to stand up, right now, and fight for NSF, NIH, USGS, NASA, USDA. Agencies Congress empowered to serve the public with impactful science and innovation. This is not a drill. This is our last stand. After this, there will be nothing left to fight for.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 22/04/2025
The majority of people —56% in the US!—are worried about climate change, but not activated. Why not? Most feel helpless, hopeless, and don't know what to do. So more fear won't activate them. Rather, knowing what to do—and being invited to do it—will. Where to start? With a conversation today. 🧵
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Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
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Alison Sheets @alisonsheets.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“Knowing the world is a group project, and everyone has something to contribute.” From @mjcrockett.bsky.social. I couldn’t agree more.
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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world. Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50...
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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
It’s all so overwhelming. There’s nothing I can do but offer to tell the stories of scientists affected by these actions, cuts and firings. If you want to tell your story for an illustrated portrait, I have here 20 science artists now volunteering - tell your story at bit.ly/faces_of_science.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 06/03/2025
The abolishment of the Department of Education & the continued reckless defunding of public education is a clear path to setting America back in technology, innovation, & competitiveness. Congress can & must stand up for the American people & stop the destruction of our federal education system. 8/
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti... Please share widely
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Scientists' Stories - How to Contribute
How to contribute a Story
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Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!
A poster for the economic blackout on February 28. It is a big red Jack rabbit on an aqua blue back ground. It says economic blackout in hand done black type. There are two black speech bubbles. One says “don’t buy stuff Friday February 28th. The other says we have power. Below it says No Amazon, Walmart, target, gas food, gas. Below that it says OK small business, use cash. Designed by Martha Rich.
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Nature @nature.com · 25/02/2025
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/4kd1vIu
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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.
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Briefly putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social President: The ASN Council has just distributed an updated message to the American Society of Naturalists members with information about actions that can be undertaken to advocate for science, and scientists, within the US:
Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 1Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 2Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 3Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 4
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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Hi! We're Skype a Scientist! We're a free program that matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&As all about science. Get matched with a scientist for a virtual conversation! We have 30+ types of scientist & match weekly. www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
A blue infographic gives a step by step guide on how to Skype a scientist. The steps are: 1) sign up on skypeascientist.com 2) pick a category of science your group would like to talk about (e.g. marine biology, chemistry, astronomy) 3) get a match via email 4) connect with your scientist, discuss your ur group’s needs and pick a time to chat 5) talk to your scientist!
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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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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 21/02/2025
The authors of a Comment article in Nature Human Behaviour propose six actionable steps of allyship that researchers, faculty members and educators can engage in to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia. #Academicsky 🧪
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Cultivating allyship for a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia - Nature Human Behaviour
We propose six actionable steps of allyship that researchers, faculty members and educators can engage in to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia: listening to marginalized voices, challenging one's own biases, speaking up to include disadvantaged groups, speaking out to confront bias, advocating for inclusive policies and dismantling institutional biases.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 16/02/2025
It’s time to #standupforscience2025 - We’re making our voice heard about the importance of the American science ecosystem, and want you to join us. More information at www.standupforscience2025.org #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Stand up for science poster featuring event details. Stand up for science is happening on March 7th in DC and nationwide. Find more information and other ways to get involved at www.standupforscience2025.org.
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Katherine Boyer @katherineaboyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This will start to filter through the community today but the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Science Study section has been postponed to an unknown future date. The approvals at the highest levels that needed to happen for a federal review meeting to be held didn’t get done. 1/n
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
If you're perennially on here trying to figure out what's happening with the federal grant funding situation, this might not have much new in it, but here I'm trying to contextualize what we need do to immediately, and as this drags on. scienceforeveryone.science/p/what-shoul... 🧪
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What should we do about science funding and the other very bad government stuff?
If you’re paying attention to the news in the United States about the situation with funding for NSF, NIH, and other orgs, then I would imagine that like me, you’re furious, worried, feeling in the da...
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David Lazer @davidlazer.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Of possible interest: National Academies webinar + consensus report on "Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science," Dec 19, 11am ET. www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...
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Alison Sheets @alisonsheets.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
“Polio vaccination is considered one of the greatest achievements in global public health.” Yes! Why would we willingly want to go back to a time when we didn’t have protection against a virus with the potential for horrible long term effects?
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sanjana! @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
fantastic piece discussing the evolving role of scholars/scientists www.nationalacademies.org/news/2024/06...
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
🚨🚨 Out TODAY in Psych Bulletin!! 🚨🚨 After 5 long years, the NSF meta-analysis I led on children's gender stereotypes about STEM and verbal abilities just came out today in Psych Bulletin!! In the words of great cultural critic Stefon, it has everything... doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
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a man says " and it has everything " in front of a world map
ALT: a man says " and it has everything " in front of a world map
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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
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Alison Sheets @alisonsheets.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
“Change is essential to progress, but what must not change is the goal of a more prosperous, healthier, and safer world and the fact that science and technology remain among the most potent tools to achieve this for all.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A new vision for American science
America’s scientific success is no accident. It has been powered by a decades-long commitment to federal investment in fundamental research that, in turn, nurtured both domestic and foreign talent and...
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.” www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Research supported by NIH has led more than 100 Nobel Prizes and has supported more than 99% of drugs approved by federal regulators from 2010 to 2019. But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...
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Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, N.I.H. Is Now a Target
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 19/11/2024
This is a great, powerful piece, and there is a parallel argument: government investment in basic research in the humanities is crucial to building a vibrant, democratic culture, which will strengthen civic health and provide the knowledge we need to confront 21st cen challenges.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/11/2024
Imagine being a grown-ass professional take-haver and still thinking that science isn't political because E = mc² doesn't care about your feelings.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/11/2024
When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit. Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention. Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
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Christopher Michel @christophermichel.com · 13/11/2024
My "New Heroes" project for the National Academies aims to capture the essence of leaders in science, engineering, and medicine through photography. I hope these quiet portraits will help humanize those who play a vital role in our collective existence. www.christophermichel.com/New-Heroes/N...
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National Academies: New Heroes - Christopher Michel
Capturing the essence of leaders in science, engineering, and medicine through soulful images holds tangible value for our society. In a world often absorbed by the superficial, these quiet portraits ...
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Alison Sheets @alisonsheets.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Well hello again, science community! Looking forward my feed having highlights from your papers and accomplishments in it again 😊
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