iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Honored to receive the 2026 American Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award! To see how the DEI ban in Ohio influences our university, please see the OSU announcement of the award (left) vs the actual APS citation for the award (right).

Lopez receives physics award
Laura Lopez, a professor in the Department of Astronomy, is the recipient of the 2026 Edward A. Bouchet Award from the American Physical Society. The award honors Lopez’s pioneering contributions to X-ray astronomy, as well as her transformative leadership of mentoring programs for undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs.

Laura A. Lopez, The Ohio State University
2026 recipient, Edward A. Bouchet Award
For pioneering contributions to X-ray astronomy, including foundational studies of supernova remnants, compact objects, and stellar feedback in galaxies, and for transformative leadership in advancing equity and inclusion in physics through innovative mentorship programs, national advocacy, and unwavering support for students from historically marginalized communities.

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Emily Griffith @emilyjogriffith.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

On Sunday, I married the love of my life, and it was the most perfect day.

Two brides and their wedding party stand on a small outdoor stage in front of grassland and trees, with seated family and friends onlooking.

Two brides, one holding a bouquet, stand in the grass on a sunny day, smiling.

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

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Aaron Weiss (no relation) @aweiss.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment. Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Governor Polis Orders Flags to Half-Staff to Honor the Anniversary of September 11th and the Passing of Charlie Kirk

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SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper @localvolumemapper.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Discover the ✨amazing✨ possibilities of LVM in this image of IC 434 in the Orion constellation, featuring the Horsehead Nebula emerging on the left (credit: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A%26...). Find more information here: sdss.org/robotic-tele...

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Sloan Digital Sky Surveys @sdssurveys.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Today is a big day for us: it's DATA RELEASE DAY!!! And to celebrate our nineteenth data release, we have not one, but two papers for you to read all about our data: we have a DR19 paper (arxiv.org/abs/2507.07093) and an SDSS-V Overview paper (arxiv.org/abs/2507.06989) #DR19

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Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V: Pioneering Panoptic Spectroscopy

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V (SDSS-V) is pioneering panoptic spectroscopy: it is the first all-sky, multi-epoch, optical-to-infrared spectroscopic survey. SDSS-V is mapping the sky with multi-object...

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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 27/06/2025

we all need the reminder; remember, we are not powerless

political poster by me; a red-winged blackbird sits perched in front of a blurry full moon. it's wings and tail feathers are spread and it is captured in the middle of a song. a quote around the blackbird reads "Despair is a tool of your enemies" by Audre Lorde

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Emily Griffith @emilyjogriffith.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

If you are looking for a way to support the STEM equity community in light of the funding cuts, please consider donating to the Access Network. This group is amazing. The funds will be used to host the annual network gathering that was being planned by a wonderful group of students.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

🧪 Our Terminated NSF Grant Tracker is live 🧪 🔴 114 NSF grants listed so far 🔴 Cancelled grants focused on → Training scientists → Misinformation → AI → Climate change Credit to @noamross.net for all the work to build this & to all PIs who submitted their info. Link: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/04/2025

Hope it was worth it to stop a few of us from peeing.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 31/03/2025

The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program recently named 24 new fellows to its 2025 class. The program enables outstanding postdoctoral scientists to pursue independent research in any area of NASA astrophysics: bit.ly/4c2ZJpI 🔭 🧵

Alt Text: The class of 2025 NHFP Fellows are shown in a photo montage. Left to right, top to bottom: The Einstein Fellows (whose headshots appear in blue hexagons) are: Shi-Fan Chen, Nicolas Garavito Camargo, Jason Hinkle, Itai Linial, Kenzie Nimmo, Massimo Pascale, Elia Pizzati, Jillian Rastinejad and Aaron Tohuvavohu. The Hubble Fellows (whose headshots appear in red hexagons) are: Aliza Beverage, Anna de Graaff, Karia Dilbert, Emily Griffith, Viraj Karambelkar, Lindsey Kwok, Abigail Lee, Aaron Pearlman, Dominick Rowan, Nicholas Rui, Nadine Soliman, Bingjie Wang. The Sagan Fellows (whose headshots appear in green hexagons) are: Kyle Franson, Caprice Phillips, and Keming Zhang.

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Emily Griffith @emilyjogriffith.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

So excited and honored to be a part of this amazing group of scientists!!

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

OSU astronomy professor and former chair David Weinberg says the SB1 bill banning DEI will make it less rewarding to be a prof here, hurts students, and cause talent to leave the state. newrepublic.com/article/1924...

Article text featuring OSU astronomy professor David Weinberg: "David Weinberg, an astronomy professor at OSU, describes how his department has, over the last 15 years, become more representative of Ohio; its students and researchers now look more like the United States and the world in terms of gender, race, and religion. Diversity makes a “huge difference” in everything from approaches to experiments, views of how collaborations should be organized, and just generally, ideas about “how the universe works.” Weinberg says the bill will make it “more burdensome and less rewarding to be a professor in the state of Ohio,” but suspects the most immediate effect of S.B. 1 would be on students, some of whom are succeeding in the program but now, in the shadow of S.B. 1, are “looking for an exit” and wondering what other university they could move to outside Ohio.

Ohio-based companies, seeking scientifically trained minds, make a habit of courting Weinberg’s students. While astronomy may bring funding to Ohio due to the department’s work with NASA and ground-based telescopes, the department’s students take jobs in all areas of data science and technology.

“I think that taking a hammer to the quality of the universities in Ohio is going to have a big negative impact on the ability of our universities to really power the economy,” Weinberg says."

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choir Collaboration @choirastro.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

MUTUAL AID ALERT: Stand with our community in Astro+ adjacent fields impacted by the attack on DEIA, support our community by giving aid through our GoFundMe. See links in thread! - choir collab, @blackinastro.bsky.social, Astro Poverty Survey Team, MVMT Consulting @dranicole.bsky.social)

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Emily Griffith @emilyjogriffith.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Excited to be giving a public planetarium talk at Embry Riddle University tonight! Love showing off the @sdssurveys.bsky.social data :) Sold out show!!

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 07/02/2025

I am a coauthor of this letter, which asks folks in power at NASA and other institutions of space exploration to do more to resist ongoing efforts, and instead support the incredibly diverse people across the country that make the field what it is. Sign here: sites.google.com/view/space-s...

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Space Science is for Everyone: An Open Letter Written February 6, 2025

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/02/2025

Someone is going to write a piece about how that executive order claims it’s defending women but now the National Science Foundation is shuttering programs that serve women and trying to cancel grants that mention women, right? 🧪

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/02/2025

We all knew that attacking trans people doesn’t defend women but I think it’s important to highlight how brazen the lie is, that in fact attacking trans women is becoming a vehicle for attacking all women, as trans women said it would be.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

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Eric Boodman @ericboodman.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house." Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded. www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills

An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/01/2025

LAWLESS NSF: Every NSF employee who is following the director on this funding freeze and fishing expedition is in violation of US code. per the post below, this language has been reauthorized twice, most recently by Biden in 2022 as the CHIPS Act. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/... 🧪

PUBLIC LAW 117-167-AUG. 9, 2022
Subtitle E-Fundamental Research
SEC. 10341. BROADER IMPACTS.
(a) ASSESSMENT.-Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall enter into an agreement with a qualified independent organization to assess how the Broader Impacts review criterion is applied across the Foundation and make recommendations for improving the effectiveness for meeting the goals established in section 526 of the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p-14).
(b) ActIvitiEs.-The Director shall make awards on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to support of resources for reple menting the Broader impasts review criterion, including-
(1) training and workshops for program officers, merit review panelists, award office administrators, faculty, and students to improve understanding of the goals and the full range of potential broader impacts available to researchers to satisfy this criterion;
(2) repositories and clearinghouses for sharing best practices and facilitating collaboration; and
(3) tools for evaluating and documenting societal impacts of research.
136 STAT. 1557
42 USC 19051.
Deadline.
Contracts.
Recommenda-tions.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I'm really gonna need folks to pay attention to the anti-disability language that Donald Trump used today. You can read @metrauxjulia.bsky.social for details. It is as central to what he's doing as the misogyny and racism and homophobia and .... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Trump responds to Washington plane crash with racist, ableist diatribe

The president used the tragedy, which killed 67, to deliver a bigoted and self-promoting tirade about DEI.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 30/01/2025

“That paragraph was gone as of Thursday afternoon, as was the assertion that Rubin shows what can happen when “more minds” participate in science. The word “more” was replaced with “many,” shifting the meaning.” 🧪 🔭 www.propublica.org/article/vera...

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Vera Rubin Was a Pioneering Female Astronomer. Her Federal Bio Now Doesn’t Mention Efforts to Diversify Science.

The edits to the webpage offer a glimpse into how far the Trump administration will go in refusing to acknowledge today’s inequalities as it purges federal initiatives promoting diversity, equity and ...

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Emily Griffith @emilyjogriffith.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

No one is telling us what to do, and we’ve received a lot of conflicting information. Many people were advised to pull funds on Jan 28th. This will be devastating for many folks. Check in on your fellows and see if your university can offer them emergency funds.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 29/01/2025

I'm obviously delighted about the funding freeze being stopped. AND Remember the list of EOs, INCLUDING the stripping of "DEI" from everything, INCLUDING the banning of gender affirming care for those 19 and younger, INCLUDING the trans ban in the military with virulent hate language

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/01/2025

I keep thinking about what might have happened if people had listened to Patricia Williams, Charles Lawrence, Mari Matsuda, Gary Peller, Jonathan Kahn, and other actual critical race theorists about the shift away from racial justice towards diversity as a framework medium.com/space-anthro...

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Diversity is a Dangerous Set-up

Recreational antiracism won’t change anything: a review of Jonathan Kahn’s critique of implicit bias discourse.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

NSF grantees - people who have already received their grants based on a previously funded and approved research proposal - are being told to stop any activities related to DEI and accessibility. Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects. www.opm.gov/policy-data-...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.

Hey friends! We're seeing a lot of terrible things. We're not able to cover all of them, but we felt this latest one is a really big deal and needs much more awareness.

Our summary is this: It's an administrative coup. Trump has ordered tens of billions (maybe up to $3 trillion) of budget halted indefinitely in a blatantly illegal move. He's claiming power to halt and potentially redirect funding that's already been authorized by Congress — a classic authoritarian move.

Here's what we know. And we're doing our best to catch up with this story, because it's moving fast.

There's a memo from Matthew Vaeth, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget. (That's the same government entity who set-up the DEI "snitch" line, that's now been spammed by tens of thousands of our fellow residents.)

In typical Trump-style, the memo gets its facts wrong. It claims in FY2024 the US government spent $10 trillion (actually it was $6.8 trillion). It says money should be used for the administration's priorities — "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve." (Again, it's very fact deficient.)

The memo says a pause will begin at 5pm on January 28th where, "Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal."

Anyone promised federal grants might have their money at risk, even states. This is Congressional directed spending and Trump is ordering people to not do it. This funding includes universities for education and research programs, nonprofits, local and tribal governments, disaster relief aid, e…

So what can we do?

It's been a lot. And the shock approach of this administration is to overwhelm us with nonsense and a state of paralysis. We continue to believe the best thing is to stay grounded and keep yourself sane amidst insanity.

At this juncture, three actions we suggest that make sense to us:

1) Urge media to cover this story properly

This is not "possibly illegal" — it's "patently illegal." You can read notes on that here.

It's not "temporary" — it's "indefinite." There's no timetable for ending it.

It's not just a memo — it's an administrative coup.

2) Urge your Representatives to act like this is a big deal

If you know us, this isn't a knee-jerk action we suggest. We think this is a strategic because it's Congress that's being violated — their power is being directly undermined.

3) Continue to support ACLU and Democracy Forward

These groups have been preparing litigation for some time. Unless Trump revokes this, this will certainly make its way through the courts. Our read is even the biased courts will have trouble swallowing this — so it may end up being shut down.

Keep breathing. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again," Nelson Mandela.

Warmly,

- Choose Democracy

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Jenne (she/her) Go Birds @jenne.myatproto.social · 27/01/2025

Choosing only white people is also identity politics.

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Here's an e-mail that just went out to NASA agency wide. 🔭

Letter reading, "Dear agency employees,
We are taking steps to close all agency DEIA offices and end all DEIA-related contracts
in accordance with President Trump’s executive orders titled Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive
Orders and Actions.
These programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in
shameful discrimination.
We are aware of efforts by some in government to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language. If you are aware of a change in any contract description or personnel position description since November 5, 2024 to obscure the connection between the contract and DEIA or similar ideologies, please report all facts and circumstances to
DEIAtruth@opm.gov within 10 days.
There will be no adverse consequences for timely reporting this information. However,
failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Janet Petro"

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Emily Griffith @emilyjogriffith.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Interested in near-peer mentorship? The Access Network has just released its starter kit for developing near-peer mentorship programs! I am so happy to have shepherded this document to completion with Gloria Lee and many others--it's many years in the making! arxiv.org/abs/2501.05524

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A Starter Kit for Diversity-Oriented Communities for Undergraduates: Near-Peer Mentorship Programs

This mentoring resource is a guide to establishing and running near-peer mentorship programs. It is based on the working knowledge and best practices developed by the Access Network, a collection of n...

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Grant Tremblay @granttremblay.com · 08/01/2025

It's five now. Jason Tumlinson and the HWO Folks have set up this one, which is now at $3K+ in donations and sending out money immediately. More funds for broader community are coming ... www.gofundme.com/f/support-na...

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Donate to Support NASA JPL HabWorlds teammates in the Pasadena fires, organized by Jason Tumlinson

We are raising money to assist friends of ours who are displa… Jason Tumlinson needs your support for Support NASA JPL HabWorlds teammates in the Pasadena fires

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Apply to & advertise the AAS CSMA Micro-grants program! Offers grants of >$500 to support BIPOC undergrads to pay grad school application fees, GRE testing fees, virtual conference registrations, or to purchase textbooks and research supplies. Deadline is October 13! aas.org/posts/news/2...

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Emily Griffith @emilyjogriffith.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

It's application season so I wanted to share my NSF AAPF! My full application is on my website. Reading successful proposals really helped me to craft my own. Feel free to share! www.emilyjgriffith.com/nsf-aapf-app...

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