Reposted by Jamie CollinsTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh. 322234585
Reposted by Jamie CollinsNPR @npr.org · 24/09/2026Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research. n.pr/4ycseLJn.prUnder Trump, NIH funding disruptions have evolved. Here's what the numbers showStories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research. 7213151
Reposted by Jamie CollinsGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 2821991231
Reposted by Jamie CollinsTransactions on Machine Learning Research @tmlrorg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026TMLR has faced a deluge of submissions, necessitating stricter desk rejection policies due to limited reviewer capacity Co-EiC Nihar Shah reached out to authors of 10 papers slated for desk reject. Could they answer questions about their *own* submission? medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...medium.comAsking Authors About Their Own PapersBy Nihar B. Shah 116163
Reposted by Jamie CollinsEd Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights. 150108031819
Reposted by Jamie CollinsKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Good thing he's not a Twitch streamer without any formal role in government or his entire political party would be compelled by the media to denounce him. Just a Nazi working in the State Department. No big deal! 211657536
Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I mean, sorry to my fellow New Englanders but the jokes write themselves 😂 000
Reposted by Jamie CollinsGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 04/09/2026“Their proximity and access … [can] put them on a position to attract paid content sponsorships”: 39422
Reposted by Jamie CollinsDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Republicans' largest donor (by far) is hosting a robust debate on his platform about whether Jews are white. Corporate Media will ask precisely 0 Republicans about their largest donor's all-consuming misogyny, xenophobia, antisemitism, he will instead by referred to as a visionary industrialist. 14638391191
Reposted by Jamie CollinsMaxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I just redirect to the real news of our Senator not disavowing a rascist and stealing the money. 322215
Reposted by Jamie Collinskat excellence ✨ @katexcellence.io · 31/08/2026this was difficult to read, but it's important to know people are currently in prison for 50+ years for attending a protest + one wasn't even at the protest, but got sentenced for 30 years for "concealing" anarchist zinesmotherjones.comHow anti-ICE protesters became prisoners in Trump's war on antifa“We are not terrorists.” 14859538
Reposted by Jamie CollinsKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/08/2026Sometimes society at large rejects certain ideas because they’ve been thoroughly shown to be wrong and also because they suck and the people who espouse them suck and when someone comes around arguing those ideas should be part of some edgy modern debate we can and should shun them and move on. 7266941360
Reposted by Jamie CollinsDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.thelancet.comEvaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysisUSAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a... 5435201808
Reposted by Jamie Collinsᴋɪɴɢᴘɪɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴋᴘᴇɴ @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/202616 months ago: Never forget how it started. 7572743494
Reposted by Jamie CollinsColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Let’s call this what it is: an atrocious betrayal of people who risked their lives to help Americans. 13413170
Reposted by Jamie CollinsHoward Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This will pretty much end international students pursuing doctorates. A shocking decision and one which will do irreparable damage to the United States in the long term. www.highereddive.com/news/trump-a...highereddive.comTrump administration caps student visa stays at 4 years under final ruleCritics have castigated the measure, arguing it ignores average degree completion times and creates unnecessary burdens for international students. 30544266
Reposted by Jamie CollinsElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The NIH just released a proposal that will apparently hide peer reviewers’ impact scores and percentiles from the research team, their institution, and NIH program officers. All the better to obscure how funding decisions will be made primarily via political review, I’m guessing.grants.nih.govNOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer ReviewNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH 17391213
Reposted by Jamie CollinsColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE RADICAL TRANSPARENCY!!!! 412429
Reposted by Jamie CollinsJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Whatever else was wrong with the United States, we truly did have a higher education system that was the envy of the world. Now we’re lighting it on fire because some people are bored and racist. 451818522
Reposted by Jamie CollinsRheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Public comments open for how NIH should restructure funding mechanisms for mentored scientists who want to focus on clinical trials 01011
Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Thx to @rheumcat.bsky.social for sharing. We can find treatments, cures, etc. but it is the policy that determines how this gets to people. see *policies* shaping GLP1 availability, for instance. NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comNIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policyUS biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo. 051
Reposted by Jamie CollinsJack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comOne Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE DetentionMy husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare. 11835232211
Reposted by Jamie CollinsBrendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Like so many thing happening right now. Incredibly short sighted. Cruel. The only motivation is to punish higher education. 093
Reposted by Jamie CollinsRheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The NIH is requesting public comments on measuring and rewarding scientific impact. How about allowing funded researchers to continue international collaborations? osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form...osp.od.nih.govComment Form: Measuring and Rewarding Scientific ImpactRequest for Information on Measuring and Rewarding Scientific Impact 133
Reposted by Jamie CollinsSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The fact that these people have the nerve to open their mouths to talk about “protecting women and girls” while doing shit like this… whew! 9643114
Reposted by Jamie CollinsKevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Once again, the administration is doing everything they can to make us less globally competitive 1114
Reposted by Jamie CollinsOsteoarthritis and Cartilage Journal @oacjournal.bsky.social · 28/07/2026🛑⚠️ Dubious Paper Alert ⚠️🛑 Can you easily identify #fabricated #OA publications? youtu.be/ghAHsZhZzMc This master class with Dr. Ben Faber will help you identify dubious OA publications and how we might stop them!youtu.bePublished examples of dubious osteoarthritis papers and how we might stop them - Dr Ben FaberYouTube video by Joint Action 032
Reposted by Jamie CollinsJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Science is an international pursuit. This harms in the US and our standing in the global scientific community. 0279
Reposted by Jamie CollinsRheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Immediately thinking of multiple people I know whom this could affect 241
Reposted by Jamie CollinsMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such 9844831185
Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026New visa changes will upend international studies. Graduate programs are bracing for impact www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/31/m...bostonglobe.comNew visa changes will upend international studies. Graduate programs are bracing for impact. - The Boston GlobeWith new changes to student visas, graduate programs prepare to take the hit. 031
Reposted by Jamie CollinsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026ICYMI — Tennessee man Paul Vaughn, convicted in 2024 of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which makes it a felony to interfere with reproductive healthcare services, was just awarded 7 figures by Trump. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo... 105880557
Reposted by Jamie CollinsMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it. 4759461336
Reposted by Jamie CollinsMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Odd, how Republicans are so angry at the *pretend* notion that Dr. Fauci undermined our health but are not even slightly interested in RFK Jr’s *actual* undermining of our health. 17740201212
Reposted by Jamie CollinsRheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 29/07/2026TPS ended Monday for 350,000 Haitians in the US An extension for TPS passed in the US House but is stalled in the Senate A script to contact your Senators is here drive.google.com/file/d/1xg0z...drive.google.comTPS Advocacy Templates.pdf 074
Reposted by Jamie CollinsDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026I don't know why these two particular episodes (out of so many) stick out in my memory, but: the Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan & Claudine Gay "plagiarism" "scandal." *No* Trump scandal has received the quantity or intensity of mainstream press fury that those two attracted. 351108209
Reposted by Jamie CollinsJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Remember when NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said there were no banned words and NIH Program Officers were making them up? Here’s the proof he lied: apnews.com/article/cali... I know, Jay Bhattacharya lying is not news. But it’s still really validating to have the admission.apnews.comWhite House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grantsFederal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV... 8736358
Reposted by Jamie CollinsWilliam Sturkey @william-sturkey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Feds cancel grant that would have helped "improve care for kids with congenital heart disease, stroke, and influenza." No reason given. www.inquirer.com/health/chop-...inquirer.comPenn and CHOP researchers lost millions in federal funding for healthcare research last week, forcing programs to closeThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality last week cut dozens of grants, affecting multiple programs at Penn and CHOP. “These are not controversial topics,” CHOP doctor Christopher Forrest said. 37140
Reposted by Jamie CollinsBen Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...bostonglobe.comTrump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston GlobeThe new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September. 12939561522
Reposted by Jamie CollinsMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026"Hundreds of federal food-safety staff have been cut, and last July the CDC narrowed FoodNet — the sentinel network that provides early warnings of foodborne illness — from eight pathogens to two, dropping cyclospora altogether."statnews.comWhy we still don’t know what foods are the source of the cyclospora outbreak“You cannot thin a system, defer the tools that would speed it up, and then wonder why the public is left guessing,” writes epidemiologist Katrine Wallace. 13810288
Reposted by Jamie CollinsKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/07/2026There is still time to submit your comment and tell the government that you don't want US research to be completely destroyed by politicians meddling in individual grants. You can submit your comments here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... 11716561
Reposted by Jamie CollinsRheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Scientists have called the proposal “catastrophic,” “devastating” and “stupid.” So begins the NYT piece discussing the OMB proposed rule, whose public comment period ends today www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/w...nytimes.comA Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy. (Gift Article)In tens of thousands of comments, researchers, doctors and others warned the rule could hamper progress on important health issues. 11210
Reposted by Jamie CollinsPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026victory lapping on this one 231143512460
Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026via @bostonglobe.com - Lorenzo Salgado Jr., a Tufts grad, remembers his dad www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/10/m...bostonglobe.comTufts grad, son of man killed by ICE in Houston, reflects on father’s passion for education - The Boston GlobeFor Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the father who had immigrated to the United States from Mexico decades ago, education meant everything. 000
Reposted by Jamie CollinsOversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Lorenzo Araujo was killed by ICE agents this week. He should still be alive and with his family. Oversight Dems are demanding a full investigation and will hold all responsible accountable. Check out the immigration enforcement dashboard to learn more about DHS abuse. 1219074
Reposted by Jamie CollinsMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti 156161615496
Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Please leave a public comment on the OMB Proposed Federal Grant Rule. @amstatnews.bsky.social has partnered with APS to make it really easy! I used this tool and focused my comments on international collaborations: www.aps.org/initiatives/...aps.orgComment on OMB proposed rule for federal financial assistanceMake your voice heard on the Office of Management and Budget's proposed federal grant funding changes and defend the scientific community from this existential threat. Submit your comments by July 13,... 011
Reposted by Jamie CollinsJason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The NIH is an ENORMOUS bargain for the American people. Do folk think that private industry will do the background slog work for drug discovery for 250K direct costs? 16671176
Reposted by Jamie CollinsIoannis Ziogas @ziogas.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Today's NYT jobs report coverage (left) compared to exactly 2 years ago under Biden (right). Notice the numbers. 17551301826
Reposted by Jamie CollinsThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/07/2026Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja was walking to Sunday Mass in Texas when federal immigration officers stopped her, confiscated her rosary and put her in handcuffs. She was released hours later after lawmakers intervened. washingtonpost.comICE’s arrest of nun heading to church fuels bipartisan backlash in South TexasThe president’s deportation drive has riled border areas that supported him in 2024, and a GOP congresswoman has joined Democrats calling for the sister’s release. 612665