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Brian Foley

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#CSUN Prof and soccer/basketball fan. Science teacher, tech teacher, teacher teacher, teacher advocate.Teaching is the solution.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/09/2026
The Trump admin has decimated American science budgets, taking away life saving opportunities, and the potential for groundbreaking discoveries. This is how you destroy American innovation. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows
An analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
📚 Ed researchers: Listen up, the Dept of Education is proposing major changes in the federal role of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC). ⏰ You have **three days** left to submit a public comment. Working on my own right now. In the meantime, take it from a former contracting officer for the WWC:
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Toxicologist here. If you have a working liver and kidneys then you are already “detoxing.” Supplement use is one of the leading causes of liver and kidney failure. The only thing you’re getting rid of when you fall for these predatory wellness grifts is your money.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My mom had polio when she was five. She was living on a US military base in Japan (1947). Four kids on the base died. She was the only survivor.
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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We've just released Snap! v12.1 featuring new blocks for recognizing Body Language, Bauhaus-style shape compositions, first-class Processes and international translation updates. release notes: github.com/jmoenig/Snap... Snap!: snap.berkeley.edu/run
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
🚨 Influencer hype + grifter economy + MAHA noise. BPC-157: Miracle Drug or Joe Rogan Experiment? www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... by @nbtiller.bsky.social "Peptides thrive online because they feed into a digital economy that rewards simple, confident advice."
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BPC-157: Miracle Drug or Joe Rogan Experiment?
Experimental peptides like BPC-157 have become the longevity movement's latest fad. Why are people falling over themselves to inject an unapproved drug with no human safety data?
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/08/2026
I've heard thousands of climate denial arguments over the last few decades. But do you know they all fall into one of 5 categories? 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not bad 4. We can't fix it 5. You can't trust the info/experts Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A classification tree showing the breakdown of climate denial arguments.
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Jeremy Secaur @secaurphysics.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"getting their subjects fed to them" tells you everything about how these clowns view teaching and learning
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 21/08/2026
Trump's pick to lead the FDA, Heidi Overton, says the FDA, CDC, and NIH need to be "reformed" to fund more "conservative-based" research instead of peer-reviewed and evidence-backed medical science. #Trump #Overton #Science #StandUpForScience #FDA
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Carl saw this coming
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"The gov't wants access to private Signal chats that communities... are using to coordinate lawful responses to dangerous abuses of power... We’re asking the court to deny that access and shut down the government’s attempt to intrude on the fundamental First Amendment right" ✏️ @wired.com
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DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats
A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights—but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ encrypted communications.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
re-upping this too:
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/07/2026
1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.
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Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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Paul Bleicher @pbleic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.
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FDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)
In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.
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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Some are suspicious. Others are skeptics. We are believers. What kind of cosmic thinker are you? Discover your results. Take the Fermi Paradox Quiz: seti.outgrow.us/what-is-your... 🧪 🔭 👽️
SETI Institute logo. Background: Silhouette of a person against the night sky which is focused on the center of the Milky Way. Text: Some are suspicious. Others are skeptics. We are believers. What are you? Take our quiz to find out.
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 19/07/2026
Who’s the real dinosaur expert? These five people all claim to be professional Dinosaur Experts… but only ONE of them is telling the truth! Will the LEGO® Brick Click uncover the real dino genius… or will a dino-decepter leave them extinct?
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REAL or FAKE?! Guess the Dinosaur Expert 🦖 ft. PBS @eons | Full Episode | LEGO Brick Click
Who’s the real dinosaur expert? These five people all claim to be professional Dinosaur Experts… but only ONE of them is telling the truth! The LEGO® Brick Click dives in with the help of Kallie from…
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Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“Correcting a false belief is not like correcting a math error. It requires something closer to what clinicians call grief work. The person must let go of a version of reality that has been sustaining them…” That’s one doozy of an asymmetry! “Make stuff up” vs basically “extended complex therapy”?
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National Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We are excited to announce our 2026 Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet award recipients! These awards are presented annually to a select few whose efforts to support NCSE's goal of defending the teaching of evolution and climate science have been truly outstanding. ncse.ngo/friend-darwi...
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Dr Dan Jones @hookean.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Introducing the Physics Teaching Resource Finder. Over 5,000 ideas for teaching, sorted by topic. Please share if you find it useful! 🙂 #iTeachPhysics #Science 🧪 www.drjonesphysics.com/physics-reso...
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Brian Foley @csunfoley.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Want to hear amazing students teach science? Check out the 2026 winners of the #CSUN Science ExplanaJam Contest bit.ly/csunexplanajam Including the newest award the ProfDaveExplains Disinformation Debunking Prize #STEMeducation
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CSUN Science ExplanaJam
Explanajam 2026 Winners ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1st place Bubonic Plague - Quinn E, Arbor F & Golda S (Ms. Murray, Franklin Avenue ES) 2nd place Optical Illusions - Abhi C (Ms. Cossey, Granada Hills Cha...
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Brian Foley @csunfoley.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Glad that word is getting out about the poor quality summer courses at LAUSD. www.dailynews.com/2026/05/22/l...
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LAUSD faces questions about Edgenuity that offers online courses for students
Gilbert, a musician and varsity baseball player, said he frequently questioned the point of the class because so many students looked up the answers to assignments and quizzes online. “It makes studen...
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
No comment. Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit Amid ‘Unprecedented Disruption’ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/b...
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Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit Amid ‘Unprecedented Disruption’
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/05/2026
The U.S. used to be the world leader in scientific research, but the Trump admin took that away from us. It's time we #StandUpForScience. Visit the link in our bio to sign your support for the restoration of the NSB and email your reps Sign your support 👉 zurl.co/oXF2c Email MoCs 👉 zurl.co/TVF5b
The graphic contains a news clipping reading: "The Ohio State University: China Surpasses US in Research Spending". The graphic reads: "Under Trump, the U.S. is no longer the world leader in scientific research." "Having no National Science Board will put us further behind." "STOP TRUMP, SIGN TO SUPPORT THE RESTORATION OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD". "LINK IN BIO". The graphic also contains the red Stand Up for Science logo.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We take one picture and we're done for life
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026
More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.
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Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future
The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Nothing to worry about, just the Heritage Foundation publishing an article on how the Republican Congress can refuse to seat Democrats www.heritage.org/election-int...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/03/2026
And here are materials from the high school adaptation that we developed together and that Linsey piloted; it will be taught more broadly this spring. Scroll down to "Resources for Teachers and Librarians". www.cip.uw.edu/education/
CIP resources for teachers and librarians screenshot.
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Mark Guzdial @markguzdial.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
GenAI as automobile for the mind, and exercise as the antidote: A metaphor for predicting GenAI’s impact computinged.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/g...
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GenAI as automobile for the mind, and exercise as the antidote: A metaphor for predicting GenAI’s impact
Some of you may remember the Apple ads that emphasized the computer as a “bicycle for the mind.” (From GenAI is not like a bicycle for the mind. Instead, it’s more like an automobile. I’m finding t…
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 16/02/2026
New algorithm watercolor, YOU ARE SMARTER THAN AI artologica.etsy.com/listing/4458... #sciart
greenish blue watercolor with white brain image and words YOU ARE SMARTER THAN AI
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Brian Foley @csunfoley.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is seeking a tenure-track faculty member in Biology/Science Education at the rank of Assistant Professor. careers.pageuppeople.com/873/nr/en-us... #scienceeducation #biologyeducation #stemeducation #csun
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Career Opportunities
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants. It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
A word cloud from the titles of ~1100 NSF grants that were terminated. The most frequent words are STEM, ADVANCE, Student, career, and engines.
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Brian Foley @csunfoley.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Powerful description of what makes science different from other sources of knowledge.
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Ence Morse @ence.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000. More than 260,000 will be children. Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
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AAPTHQ @aapthq.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
AAPT Member, James Lincoln, gives a TEDx Talk on "The Passion of the Teacher Rings True." The video is free to watch and features experiments and a history of physics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArP7... #PhysicsEducation #PhysicsTeachers #ITeachPhysics
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The Passion of the Teacher Rings True | James Lincoln | TEDxTustin
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
My latest: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting
American science is under attack. Recent cuts to funding and staffing of federal agencies, layoffs of scientists, and rescission of billions of dollars in grants are unprecedented in US history and th...
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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
ICE detained a CSUCI prof protesting peacefully. He wasremoving a tear gas canister from under a wheelchair. The feds say he was throwing tear gas at police. You can decide if you believe the consistently violent cops using chemical weapons or the philosophy prof academeblog.org/2025/07/13/f...
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Free Jonathan Caravello!
BY HANK REICHMAN Dr. Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in mathematics and philosophy at California State University, Channel Islands, was beaten and arrested on Thursday, July 10, in an ICE raid on a …
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Big, Beautiful Bill assigns each American a billionaire who will live the
American dream for you. You can check in on your billionaire at intervals and see how he is using your money. Maybe he's building a 19th pool. Maybe he's buying himself some formerly public land! Maybe he's taking a Supreme Court justice on a dream vacation! Maybe he is reupholstering the Statue of Liberty to hide the poem.
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Brian Foley @csunfoley.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
They are saying the quiet part out loud again. We need to get ready.
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Dan Burns @the-physics-well.net · 21/06/2025
#astrophotography
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PhET Interactive Simulations @phetsims.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
1/7 💔 We are very disappointed to announce that on April 25, NSF terminated a $1.5M PhET grant – our Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems Phase II grant for advancing PhET’s SceneryStack project. Learn how this impacts our work and how you can help: bit.ly/PhETNSF2025
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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
The Atlantic talks about the unethical University of Zurich experiment on r/changemyview: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’
The most persuasive "people" on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 19/04/2025
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨 We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely! airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
NSF Grant Termination Information Collection Form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NSF grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.


We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected PIs, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks. 


We are actively building a pipeline to organize these terminations and will soon have a tracker akin to our NIH grant tracker at https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA


WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential.


These resources are maintained by Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with input and support from additional volunteers. For any questions, please contact Scott Delaney on Signal (sdelaney.84).


THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This statement from the NSF is insane. Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false. Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
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Claire G. Griffin @polargriffin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This is a WILD list of data to disappear. I was braced for climate stuff, but not, like, shoreline maps and coastal bathymetry
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🧵 Thread on NSF grant terminations 🧪 This Nature article today confirms what DOGE's arrival at NSF can mean: terminating already awarded grants. "DOGE is...considering more than 200 of them for termination, NSF staff members have told Nature" What can we expect? And what should NSF grantees do?
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Exclusive: Trump team freezes new NSF awards — and could soon axe hundreds of grants
The National Science Foundation is the latest US agency to be disrupted by Elon Musk’s DOGE.
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