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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The NIH proposal to conceal reviewer scores from program officers, investigators, and advisory councils is ill-conceived, introduces disproportionate weight to small percentile differences, diminishes the role of scientific peer review, and should be withdrawn in its entirety. a 🧵

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What is NIH Leadership Trying to Hide from Researchers & the Public?

A NIH proposal to conceal reviewer rankings of investigator-initiated research grants is ripe for misuse & demands a collective response (by October 13).

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2h

To this day, the @standupforscience.net work I'm most proud of is fighting this study. Please help us stick a fork in it by signing our petition to Congress: www.standupforscience.net/petition-to-...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 2h

In Feb 2026, we dispatched an experienced associate with decades of West Africa investigative journalism expertise to conduct an on-the-ground fact-finding investigation. We presented this to Congress in a closed briefing. A thread of our findings🧵 www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

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Investigation Report: CDC-Funded Hepatitis B Vaccine Trial in Guinea-Bissau — Stand Up for Science Foundation

On-the-ground fact-finding in Guinea-Bissau regarding a planned Hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine trial funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the local oversight condit...

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"'Research can document harms a government might prefer to minimize,' writes Brynn Paulsen with the @standupforscience.net Foundation, a grassroots organization that formed in the wake of Trump's cuts to scientific staff." archive.ph/OoIqB

Screenshot of a Washington Post article under “5-Minute Fix,” titled “Trump is trying last-minute ways to bring down prices.” The subheading reads, “What happened under the Trump administration this week that you may have missed.” Below is a partially visible photograph of a digital gas-price sign beside a road and yellow field.

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 13/10/2026

Comments the NIH proposal to screw up peer review are due TODAY. If you need a hand figuring out how to submit a comment or what to write, see Josh's post below. 🧪

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Oct 13 comment deadline for NIH peer review score binning is fast approaching! Please add your voice! Direct link to RFI: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3... Background on why it matters: 27unihted.substack.com/p/nih-wants-...

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NIH wants to shroud peer review scores. Here’s what you can do about it.

Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review

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wondersofnature23.bsky.social @wondersofnature23.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Can't get to an in-person rally Saturday? @standupforscience.net has you covered with this official virtual rally! Big name speakers are joining us, don't miss it!! 👇👇👇

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 13/10/2026

Michael Lewis, @authormichaellewis.bsky.social , best-selling author of Moneyball, The Big Short &, most recently of Blockers, the story of the DOGE destroyers & the federal employees & others who resisted is scheduled to speak at our Virtual & Accessible Get Out the Vote Rally on Oct 17th, 7pm ET!

Promotional poster for Stand Up For Science's No King Event: a Virtual and Accessible Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Rally that includes ASL and Spanish interpretation. Flyer features Michael Lewis as a speaker. Photo of Michael, smiling in a collared shirt, against a blue background. Event is on October 17th, 2026 at 12pm ET

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 13/10/2026

It's time to take immediate action to halt RFK Jr.’s malicious and harmful study, which will intentionally withhold life-saving Hepatitis B vaccine from thousands of newborns in Guinea-Bissau.

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I was surprised how different this was from the movie, especially the ending. Both 10/10 in their own right for me.

A photo of the shining against a backdrop of the boulder flatirons

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is some spineless garbage from @apapsychiatric.bsky.social. The APA isn’t achieving neutrality with their censorship, they are aligning themselves with the Trump admin. I’ve put them on the running list of compromised institutions.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/10/2026

Whether you are someone with accessibility challenges, stuck at work, a caregiver with parents, kids or patients, or live in a No Kings rally desert - you are welcome at the SUFS No Kings GOTV Rally on October 17th @ noon: tr.ee/zdelKk

The graphic contains photos for the SUFS & No Kings Virtual & Accessible GOTV Rally on October 17th, at 12PM EST. The speakers include: Theo Braddy, Dr. Colette Delawalla, Michael Lewis.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/10/2026

The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

Breaking-news graphic featuring a photo of RFK Jr with headline that reads "RFK JR. TO GIVE 1.6M IN CDC FUNDS TO EXPERIMENT ON AFRICAN BABIES IN UNETHICAL TRIAL"

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is a deep and powerful report from the @standupforscience.net Foundation. It is thorough and deep but worth the time to read. www.standupforscience.foundation/forging-the-...

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Advancing science for the public good.

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wondersofnature23.bsky.social @wondersofnature23.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a big deal and an amazing piece of writing from my brilliant colleagues at @standupforscience.net. Go read it. Then join us in the fight.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/10/2026

Here at Stand Up For Science, we aren't just talking about a better future, we're forging it. Chapter One: OUT NOW from the SUFS Foundation Policy & Research Team buff.ly/jZaG89E

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Advancing science for the public good.

Irene Ngun, Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy, Stand Up for Science Foundation

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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Enormous thanks to my coauthors @irenesufs.bsky.social, @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social, and @wondersofnature23.bsky.social, and to @cdelawalla.bsky.social for her organization and leadership.

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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The @standupforscience.net Foundation is releasing the first part of our report on forging a new future on the science and technology ecosystem. To get where we want to go, we need to understand what has happened and the forces at work that enabled it. Resilience requires reflection.

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Advancing science for the public good.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today we launched our Assessment section; How We Got Here: Right Wing Strategies and Tactics where we take a deep dive into the players, objectives, and tactics used to rob the scientific ecosystem of its value to the public.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Forging the Future of Science and Democracy is a guide for rebuilding a resilient scientific ecosystem that works for the public good. 4 steps we must take to ensure we don’t rebuild a system with the same injustices & vulnerabilities: Assessment, Accountability, Deconstruction, & Reconstruction.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The anti-science, anti-democracy Trump Administration has placed the American scientific ecosystem in a precarious position. We needed reform before Trump 2.0…but now we need a full reconstruction. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to dream big about a brighter future for science & democracy.

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Stephanie W. ⚡️ @stephanieway.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

NCAR/UCAR/Boulder friends! Heads up! @kmanwx.bsky.social

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

At @standupforscience.net we aren’t just talking about a better future…we are forging it. OUT NOW from the SUFS Foundation Policy & Research Team: @irenesufs.bsky.social @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social @colesci.bsky.social @wondersofnature23.bsky.social www.standupforscience.foundation/how-we-got-h...

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Advancing science for the public good.

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Chris Leece @cleece.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🧵 on climate change

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good thread 🧵 with good thoughts on an enormous challenge confronting for us all. 'Adequately addressing climate change will be disruptive' ... So be it ... Nostalgia should not be a strategy. @standupforscience.net

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📣 Researchers in the Boulder/Denver area: I'm building a photo library of real researchers at work & looking for volunteers! If you're a grad student, postdoc, faculty member or research scientist, I'll take professional-quality photos of you - for free. Interested? DM me! @standupforscience.net

five photos showing researchers fitting and using an EEG cap in a laboratory. Text reads: “Are you a researcher in Boulder/Denver? Would you be interested in (free) photos of you at work? DM me! Or email: brynn@standupforscience.net.”

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Paul Krugman on the economic reasons people don’t like AI. “There is also, however, a more prosaic reasons for the public’s dislike of AI: This is a technology of, by and for oligarchs, with hardly any of the benefits trickling down to regular Americans.” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/one-more-r...

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One More Reason Americans Hate AI: It Does Nothing for Them

Trillions of dollars in spending, higher interest rates, hardly any jobs

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

High protein AI is coming I just know it

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

People have asked why we aren't involved with Neil deGrasse Tyson...this is why. @standupforscience.net does not endorse candidates with accusations of sexual misconduct and we do not collaborate with people who have accusations of sexual misconduct. PERIOD. Welcome to the matriarchy.

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

9/ It is time to be angrier, more demanding, and more disruptive. Climate action adequate to the scale of the crisis will be uncomfortable. It should be. <fin>

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

8/ Speak to the devastation unabashedly. Stop accomodating every new threat in the name of pragmatism. Take disruptors seriously. Their demands look radical only because we keep treating comfort of the priviledged as non-negotiable.

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

7/ science has already given us extraordinary knowledge about what is happening to the planet, why it is happening, and many of the technologies and policies that could reduce the damage. the problem is not another panel explaining the science. we need real action commensurate with it.

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

6/ grassroots comunities are already doing much of the work glossy agendas try to describe as innovative, including building power, sharing resources, and sustaining communities inside systems that were never designed for them. These people are however often missing from the NYCW stages.

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

5/ The most hopeful conversations happened elsewhere: smaller rooms talking honestly about accountability, deconstruction, reconstruction, & what comes after the systems we relied on fail us. Not "how do we restore the system?" but "what do we rebuild in its place?"

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

4/ This is partly why the people outside the rooms during NYCW were so memorable. Their presence sharpened the contrast between discussing crisis politely and treating a crisis like a crisis.

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

3/ Adequately addressing climate change will be disruptive. It will challenge powerful interests, create political inconvenience. It will require scientists, activists, institutions, and the public to risk being called dramatic, impolite, difficult. Good. Be difficult.

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2/ AI data centers make this especially obvious. Their enormous projected energy demands arrive amid a crisis already wildly off track. & yet much of the convo at NYCW was about how to accomodate rapid data-cener growth "responsibly." Sometimes the responsible answer is a hard no.

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Brynn Paulsen, PhD @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I attended NY Climate Week w/ @standupforscience.net. I have some THOUGHTS. 1/ Climate change is an existential threat. Addressing it means confronting unequal harms, powerful political & financial interests, & an uncomfortable reality: good intentions do not necessarily produce adequate action.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Knowledge is NOT politically neutral. The scientific method is a tool for deriving knowledge. So why then, are we telling the arbiters of the scientific method and developers of knowledge to be politically neutral? Are scientists supposed to forsake knowledge for politics sake?

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My quote of the day It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@standupforscience.net released their America’s Compact for Higher Education campaign that pushes back in a united front against this administration’s authoritarian control of U.S. colleges and universities. www.standupforscience.net/sufs-compact...

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Demand your school's leadership publicly endorse America's Compact for Higher Education — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Email your school's president urgently asking them to publicly endorse America's Compact for Higher Education

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Susan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today is my son’s 40th birthday . When he was born in 1986 his life expectancy was 12 to 15 years old. Thanks to the research and science done by Dr. Francis Collins and the NIH a miracle drug was found. This drug brought Jim’s lung function from 19% to 43%. 🧵

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