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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/04/2025

good luck to anyone dealing with this clown show www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The permanent Daylight Saving Time trial in 1974 was a deadly mistake. This cartoon, published on October 25, 1974, expresses relief seeing morning sunlight before 8am when the country went back to Standard Time.

Cartoon by Ben Sargent depicting happiness seeing morning sunlight before 8am after permanent DST's repeal in 1974.

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Lynn Jolicoeur @lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Hear our interview with @docsirianni.bsky.social of @umasschan.bsky.social on why she shut down some of her lab's research. She says federal cuts are "destroying" what's made the U.S. a global leader in science, medicine and tech, "without any rhyme or reason or logic." www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...

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UMass biomedical scientist freezes pediatric brain cancer research due to federal funding problems

UMass Chan Medical School biomedical engineer and professor Rachael Sirianni leads a lab that researches new technologies to help treat brain tumors in children. Delays in federal grants have led her ...

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Help us snowball sample this study about how academics in the U.S. react to the executive orders!

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Mark Blumberg @marksblumberg.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Important and informative new Unexplainable podcast episode (nhassenfeld.bsky.social) entitled “Is science in danger?” It lays out the threats but also provides helpful counterarguments to the nonsense out there. Everyone concerned for the state of US science should listen and share.

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