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D. M. David-Chavez, PhD | Indigenous Scientist | Caribbeana Mama | Indigenous Land & Data Stewards Lab Director | Asst. Prof @ Land Grant Uni | Data Warrior | Listening with the ancient ones... Indigenouslandstewards.org

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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Super excited that this amazing book is finally available for preorder. It was written by over 50 Indigenous Peoples from around the world and contains stories, poetry, and critical thought pieces on how TEK is used and extracted from our communities and what folks are doing to protect it.
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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The proposed NOAA budget gutting would also eliminate the Climate Adaptation Program (CAP). The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, the org I work for, is the CAP for Alaska and has been working for Alaskans since 2006. #akwx #climate #NOAA alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...
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Potential NOAA cuts could jeopardize weather reporting that's crucial for boaters and hunters
A program that provides coastal and ocean data to improve mariners' safety would shut down if the federal agency loses over a quarter of its funds.
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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Hearing from sources that grant terminations are starting now, likely targeting grants aimed at broadening participation of underrepresented groups in science.... which congress explicitly asks NSF grants to do.
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Sara Reardon @sarareardon.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"We spent all this money on this research and we’re not even going to be able to give taxpayers the outcomes." DOGE's cuts to NIH grants may save money on paper, but terminating studies without notice ultimately wastes money, our analysis shows. @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars?
DOGE argues killing grants saves money, but a Science analysis suggests more than $1.4 billion in sunk research costs may produce few results
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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
So long, Smokey: 10 USFS regional offices to be consolidated into as few as three. All 5 research stations to be pared back. All 154 National Forests to be consolidated. The wildland fire division to be moved into another part of the government. The Washington USFS office to be “hollowed out.”
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Some USDA RIF plans take shape as department warns employees of major cuts
Some regional offices are expected to be cut as some headquarters offices will be "hollowed out."
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Amy Cardinal Christianson @amycardinal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Job opportunity!! Communications and social media coordinator for the Thunderbird Collective. Come change the world of fire with us! More job postings to follow in the next month
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 04/04/2025
An update on this story for @science.org: A NOAA source tells me that OAR just had a reprieve to find another cloud-services host and that this contract will not be killed at midnight. Good news -- but indicative of the chaos that Commerce is putting NOAA through.
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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Appreciate Dartmouth for highlighting our recent work! Recognizing Indigenous rights in our environmental data is not only good for the communities whom the data pertains to, but also produces better science that is grounded in the expertise of the communities that steward these data relations.
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Recognizing Indigenous Rights in Environmental Data | Dartmouth
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Todd Mitchell @tasmitchell.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
📣We have a new paper out on our work developing a wetland rating system that incorporates Tribal cultural values and functions to create a more robust and culturally relevant wetland rating system. 🌿 Congrats to all my co-authors who have worked on this project! 🧪🍎🐡⚒️ #IndigenousSTEM tr.ee/H7-fgZHJvt
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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This administration is executing layoffs and threatening funding cuts that could lead to TCU closures. TCUs are part of the Federal Govt's treaty obligations. Join our phone banking community for more information on how we can push our reps on this issue and others. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Fight 4 TCUs
By filling out this form, you are agreeing to be a part of a small, grassroots organizing effort to protect our Tribal Colleges and Universities from layoffs, hiring freezes and defunding efforts by t...
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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"I don't know what NSF is going to be now, but it's not more efficient. It's just a mess." My story on today's firings and their impact. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
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National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce
NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.
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Indiginerd_Dr.D @caribbeanamamajama.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Reminder to check on your students. We open class w/a prompt Q & those who braved the freezing temps today had the following to share about what they are experiencing. Poignant & insightful thoughts on AI, burnout, finance & job security, trust in uni & also some sparks of hopeful standup energy ✨
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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Is your NSF grant on this list? Reach out if so! Ted Cruz released a list of grants flagged for DEI or "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" from his Oct. report. NSF is using keywords from that report for their review, though Cruz's list is likely larger. www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
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Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 10/02/2025
After years of expanding programming to better foster diversity, equity and inclusion across campus communities, higher education leaders worry about the future of their DEI initiatives in light of Trump’s executive order outlawing DEI across the federal government.
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Colorado colleges defend DEI amid fear and uncertainty over Trump’s order
For now, schools remain undeterred and seek to debunk what they see as mischaracterizations around diversity efforts
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The main DEI page from @agu.org has been modified to take diversity out of the title. Glad to see it's not deleted entirely, but hey AGU, we're watching what you do and remembering the big game you once talked about supporting your diverse membership. Today vs. January
Screencap of American Geophysical Union DEI webpage (URL at end) reading "Inclusion at AGU" on a banner with "AGU Ethics & Equity Center" link below it.

https://www.agu.org/learn-about-agu/about-agu/diversity-and-inclusionScreencap Wayback Machine archive version of American Geophysical Union DEI webpage (URL at end) from January 04 2025, reading "Diversity & Inclusion at AGU" on a banner with "Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at AGU" section below it, with link to "Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Plan"
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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has renamed its "Climate Resilience" website "Future Conditions" and removed much of the climate-specific language from its landing page. Learn more: envirodatagov.org/fema-renames...
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FEMA Renames “Climate Resilience” Website “Future Conditions” – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has renamed its “Climate Resilience” website to “Future Conditions,” and has removed much of the climate-specific language from the site’s landing page. ...
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
And the judge has now ordered a temporary pause (until hearing Feb 21) + another case has been filed that would cover all states www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/n...
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Federal judge halts Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments in 22 states
Attorneys general sued the Trump administration to block a NIH decision that would slash grant payments for research overhead
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
For millennia, the Karuk people in Northern California have used fire to actively manage forests. Murphy Woodhouse and Bill Tripp join us to discuss how the tribe is training others in this practice.
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Managing Wildfires Using A Centuries-Old Indigenous Practice
The Karuk Tribe in Northern California has stewarded its home using prescribed burns for millennia. Now, they’re training others on the skill.
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Indiginerd_Dr.D @caribbeanamamajama.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This is the ✨ carrying-all-my-ancestors-strength-in-me ✨ energy I want to see for us in response to these ongoing violations of our rights and the oppression of our relatives youtube.com/shorts/QDID7...
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Maori Haka In New Zealand Parliament | Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke
YouTube video by NewzExplained
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Indiginerd_Dr.D @caribbeanamamajama.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
My students are giving me life right now, they really have shown up as bright critical thoughtful caring people this semester. Even though I'm feeling super burnt out with everything, they give me good energy and hope yet for our future ✨
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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Dear workers who have not previously organized in a hostile workplace: 1) Do not use your company's messaging system to talk to your coworkers 2) Do not use company hardware (laptops, phones) to talk to your coworkers. 3) Do not sign up to receive organizing msgs with your company email address
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Dear US scientists, We've been hearing a lot of questions of the form "Why aren't universities doing anything!? They need to speak out!" We can explain. It's bad news. We're on our own. But understanding why can help us all figure out our plan. Read along in thread 1/x 🧪
"The first rule of research administration is [generally scientists don't know much about it]"
Time for that to change
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Miriam Goldstein @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
Update: They were removed from our reviewer assignments completely. I'm so sorry to all those graduate students. 

Anonymous to protect the identity of the NIH employee I spoke to...I am on study section next month to discuss F awards. We were just instructed to put the F31-Diversity applications on the bottom of our priority list for review because there is a chance we may not be able to review them. My heart is breaking for the grad students and their mentors that put so much work into these just for them to be disqualified and thrown out.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 07/02/2025
“We will fight it every step of the way, legally, politically, and our members will be out in the street pushing back. There’s no way we will let them undermine higher education in this country.” - Todd Wolfson, AAUP President www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Higher education groups sue Trump over anti-diversity executive orders
Lawsuit claims Trump’s orders violate the constitution and cause confusion and disruptions on college campuses
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Dr. Marissa Kawehi Loving @marissakawehi.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I printed these out and put them all around our departmental common room today. Hoping to spark some conversations about the current state of things.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
🚨Academic scientist friends who are members-ideally leaders- of scientific professional societies, I need your help. 🚨 There is a sign-letter being prepared that will speak out against recent politicization of scientific funding and demonization of scientific researchers. 🧪🌎🦑
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/02/2025
Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer. Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
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Alt: a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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Research is under attack. Help protect it! Paraphrased: Most US science is federally funded through NIH and NSF, both of which are being targeted by the new administration. What's happened? The executive branch halted communication, travel, and attempted to freeze grants. Longstanding programs and proposals suspected of promoting diversity and DEI are being eliminated. NSF has been instructed to shrink by 25-50%. Future threats: every NIH and NSF employee has been offered a buyout due to deep future cuts. Funding may be decentralized to block grants to states, giving states that are "loyal" more funding rather than merit based funding. Grant reviews may be done by government workers who don't have the expertise or time needed. Take action: contact your representatives and demand protection of NIH, NSF, and all government funded research. Call the capital switchboard at 202-224-3121. Submit a comment to the House subcommittee on science, space, and technology. Spread the word. Learn more by following trusted scientists on bluesky
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Indiginerd_Dr.D @caribbeanamamajama.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Had to update my Bears Ears case study activity for class today in light of this Tribal co-stewardship agreement from @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social & newly released management plan from BLM www.bearsearscoalition.org/final-bears-...
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Setting a National Standard for Collaborative Management, Bears Ears Resource Management Plan Finalized - Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
The Bears Ears Commission recognizes this groundbreaking partnership with federal agencies as a model for collaboration, unity, trust, and shared responsibility in land stewardship Bears Ears ...
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Found this gem in an arcane NSF doc...key to know: The Constitution and law SUPERSEDES exec orders! "In the event of a conflict between policies issued at a lower tier versus policies issued at a higher tier, the higher tier policy will take precedence" nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Resear...
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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“In a Feb. 2 letter to the Trump administration and congressional leaders, a coalition of tribal organizations emphasized that federal Indian programs stem from sovereign political relationships, not racial preferences.”
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Another federal court blocks Trump $3T funding freeze as tribal leaders press for protection
Second federal court blocks Trump's $3T funding freeze as tribal nations fight to protect treaty obligations and contracting rights
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Indiginerd_Dr.D @caribbeanamamajama.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Ffs. Trying to comprehend the monsters in the news and tumbling through all forms of triage at work like we're all just in the Upside Down. Time again to warrior up my homies. I believe in the power of love, our ancestral wisdom, and the strength of community 🌊
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Just went live to talk about what is happening, what we can do, and what to expect this week: www.instagram.com/reel/DForuR_...
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Grist @grist.org · 03/02/2025
10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands. State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling. grist.org/indigenous/p... #Arapaho #Tribe #Tribes #Indigenous #Climate #Prison
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10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands
State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
My letter to ASM leaders that I sent is too long to be posted here, so I'm going to post highlights in case anyone else needs information for their letter. 🧵
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Indiginerd_Dr.D @caribbeanamamajama.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
So I'd really love to see a thread honoring all the universities, professional science organizations, etc. standing up in the face of colonial thuggery right now...
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Academics and researchers are receiving emails from their higher-ups, explaining that rules are changing and their institutions are carefully monitoring the situation. Have any university higher-ups sent emails saying "We continue to be unwavering in our support for the rights of all human beings?"
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Indiginerd_Dr.D @caribbeanamamajama.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
More of this energy among the science community please ✨ might have to renew my AGU membership now
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/02/2025
*this is illegal* FYI 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Reading a few things about how to “harden” houses against wildfire in SoCal. Would also love to read more about how to help people steward agricultural resources — like oaks, manzanita, hollyleaf cherry, white sage, chia, nopal, buckwheat, deer grass, sumac, juncus, etc. — in a fire-prone landscape.
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emsaurios @emsaurios.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Against anticipatory obedience. www.aaup.org/news/against...
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Against Anticipatory Obedience
While administrators and faculty members may have to comply with legislation and court orders, even where these run counter to our values and to professional and constitutional principles, we are free...
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 02/02/2025
The Supreme Court in 2023 limited protections under the Clean Water Act. Colorado, however, enacted its own, more comprehensive statute in 2024, requiring state permits for any dredging or filling of wetlands, streams and rivers on state, private and some federal land.
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Colorado law protects state streams, lakes and wetlands no matter who is in the White House, lawmakers say
A Trump-decreed “national energy emergency” suggests drillers should receive special waivers from Clean Water Act regulations
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 02/02/2025
Many ancient desert species have seen more than you have. What do they carry with them?
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What an ancient saguaro can teach us - High Country News
A ‘grandpa’ desert keystone species has seen more than you have.
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Happy World Wetlands Day! Grateful for all the beautiful salt marshes all around Boston that provide home & nourishment to sea life & other wildlife, mitigate floods & filter water, & sequester 10x more carbon than tropical forests. 💙 #WorldWetlandsDay www.worldwetlandsday.org
A misty lush green salt marsh with three great egrets & osprey nest on a foggy day. Sunset over a salt marsh with orange lilies in foregrounded echoing orange clouds in sky.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/02/2025
Shout out to the HHS OGC, who are probably about to be fired, but going out like fucking heroes
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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The National Science foundation has just updated their FAQ to say they are complying with the court order and has restored access to funds and the ACM$ platform new.nsf.gov/executive-or...
1. When will the Award Cash Management Service (ACM$) be restored to allow disbursements on active awards?
Access to ACM$ has been restored and the system is available to accept payment requests as of 12:00 PM ET on February 2, 2025.

2. On Friday, January 31, 2025, a Federal Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) directing Federal grant-making agencies, including the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), to"..not pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate... awards and obligations." What is NSF doing to comply with this TRO?
NSF has restored access to the ACM$ system as of 12:00 PM ET on February 2, 2025 and is in compliance with the TRO.
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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
EPA, CDC, USAID and other data sites of federal government are all down or being scrubbed of long-term data that WE THE TAXPAYERS paid for. I teach with these tools! Why are our universities saying nothing about loss of access to information and research implications? I cannot believe the silence 🧪
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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Are you talking to colleagues impacted by executive branch targeting? Here’s a thread 🧵 w/ simple tips about how to show support—what to say that is likely to help, rather than make things worse. (The tips are simple, but I try to explain the rationale behind them. So please follow to the end.) 1/
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 01/02/2025
It's actually theft of taxpayers money when websites go dark. We paid for that data
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