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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Fewer grad students means less science, but many STEM PhD programs in the US are cutting back on admissions this year due to federal funding uncertainties. Words by me for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪

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US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold

Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.

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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

AERA members Mike Steele, @julieposselt.bsky.social, ‪@doctadre.bsky.social‬, and William Penuel comment on the devastating impact of National Science Foundation cuts to STEM education research. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...

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Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education Researchers

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Canadian cafés are changing Americano to Canadiano in response to the tariff nonsense ☕️

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

It’s been an honor to serve on NSF’s advisory committee for the STEM Education Directorate. May its “disestablishment” be brief. I will continue to advocate the value of gathering experts w varied perspectives on science to support and guide major funders. In a democracy, is there any other way?

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Making a piña colada in the blender this evening in lieu of another episode of White Lotus. 🥥🍍💀

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The New York Department of Education is refusing to certify that school districts are eliminating DEI initiatives, citing that the “U.S. Education Department has no legal right to threaten to withhold federal funding over its own interpretation of the law.” www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

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Trump gave states 10 days to sign anti-DEI policy. NY Education Department is refusing.

In a Friday letter to the U.S. Education Department, New York officials said they will not certify that the state is eliminating DEI in schools, despite threats to pull federal funding.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Please note: This is the same entity that he also claimed today should manage federal financial aid if the Department of Education is shuttered. 🤦‍♀️

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I’ve seen a lot of assumptions in the media that Trump (and Musk) are targeting institutions with loyalty tests. But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

If you have not, since January, spent a couple of hours just reading a book at a pleasing cafe of your choosing, may I suggest this $5 technique for recentering.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

It’s easy to get caught up in the political churn, but today this is the news that has my attention. Having hiked near those transformers the weekend the fire, and loathed their buzzing, I don’t know the last time I have felt such visceral support for a lawsuit. www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/u...

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Los Angeles County sues Southern California Edison, alleging utility’s equipment sparked wildfire | CNN

Los Angeles County said Wednesday that it’s suing Southern California Edison, alleging the utility’s equipment sparked January’s Eaton Fire, which destroyed more than 9,400 structures and killed 17 pe...

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

“What university leaders must realize is they are coming for your funding, no matter what. They are coming for the Dept of Ed, no matter what…The new segregationists are coming for public education no matter what, because it is a civil right that multiple targeted communities fought for.”

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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Proud to be part of the team that put this paper on neurodivergence and the PhD together! 🫶 @dianatan.bsky.social for leading us in this project!

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Three major reasons why higher ed administrators must not rush to comply with the 2/14 Department of Education DCL, according to @garceslm.bsky.social: -The letter is a massive overreach -It contradicts the court’s ruling -It enforcement threats are unconstitutional www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...

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Hitting Pause on the ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter

The Department of Education is overstepping its bounds and infringing on constitutional rights.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/02/2025

“Far from harmless, the crusade against DEI has been a way of laundering racist policies into the mainstream. The anti-woke right’s public focus on hollow cultural signifiers obscures their actual goal: undoing the gains made by the Civil Rights Movement.” www.theverge.com/politics/613...

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The war on DEI is a smoke screen

MAGA’s attacks on “wokeness” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” are a thinly veiled attack on the Civil Rights Movement itself.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Would you please consider reposting this? The Department of Education needs to hear from as many people as possible that it is not acceptable in the year of our Lord 2025 to offer only two gender options. Thank you. Love, Julie/Mommy of a non-binary college student

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

DCA airport: Just overheard a man on his phone ranting loudly about democracy, and it was unclear what party he stood for and this is more of the energy we need

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I haven’t the heart to tell my own darling doge that her breed has been co-opted.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Instead of valentines this year, I’m sending copies of this tiny little book to family and friends. If you have not read it, get two copies today— one to keep and one to give. The first lesson: Do not obey in advance. The second: Defend institutions. It could not be more relevant.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Too bad Oceans 12 has already been produced….

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The best thing I have heard or read on the Administration’s efforts to consolidate executive power & undermine institutions that might push back. Trump is one of a kind, but he & his people are pulling straight from a playbook of autocratic legalism (eg Hungary, Venezuela) overcast.fm/+AADon2WNQvw

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Trump’s American Takeover — Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

If you’re punch-drunk and disoriented this week, come on in. Donald J Trump’s second administration is materializing at frightening speed and recklessness and it is hard (and stressful) to keep up wit...

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Truth! Spread the word: “He is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality… The real threat is if he convinces the rest of us to believe he has power he does not… Don’t believe him.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Don't Believe Him

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 02/02/2025 · 14m

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Retaliatory tariffs. 🇨🇦 Not only is it brilliant, it just rolls off the tongue.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs. Per copy of memo: "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."

SUBJECT:
Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs
'The American people elected Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States and gave him a mandate to increase the impact of every federal taxpayer dollar. In Fiscal Year 2024. of the nearly $10 trillion that the Federal Government spent, more than $3 trillion was Federal financial assistance, such as grants and loans. Career and political appointees in the Executive Branch have a duty to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities. Financial assistance should be dedicated to advancing Administration priorities, focusing taxpayer dollars to advance a stronger and safer America, eliminating the financial burden of inflation for citizens, unleashing American energy and manufacturing, ending wokeness" and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency in government, and Making America Healthy Again. 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.
This memorandum requires Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President's policies and requirements. For example, during the initial days of his Administration, President Donald J Trump issued a series of executive orders to protect the American people and safeguard valuable taxpayer resources, including Protecting the American People Against Invasion (Jan. 20, 2025).
Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (Jan 20, 2025), Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements (Jan. 20, 2025). Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20.
2025). Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Jan. 20.

ent these orders, each agency must complete a comprehensive analysis of all jal assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that any of the President's executive orders. In the interian, to the extent applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency nay be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial
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pause will provide the Administration time to review agency programs of the funding for those programs consistent with the law and the he temporary pause will become effective on January 28, 2025, at 5:00
rehensive analysis. Federal agencies must immediately deadlines for assistance programs arising while the les must report this information to OMB along with an directs Federal agencies to pause all activities associated
conducting merit review panels
No later than Febrar
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any programs projects or activities subject to this pause. Each agency must pause. (i) issuance of disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards, and (il) other relevant
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To the extent required by law, Federal agencies may continue nistrative actions. such as closeout of Federal awards (2 CFR 200.344), or expressly required by law

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I have one month to go leading this fine little organization. And I can say with confidence and pride that it is unrivaled in the social sciences for maximizing excellence in scholarship, community, and natural beauty. Do yourself a favor and get away from the cold to California’s central coast.

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NPR @npr.org · 15/01/2025

Help It’s Been A Minute write LA a love letter. If you’re over 18, send a voice memo telling us why you love LA to IBAM@npr.org. Do it by 1/16 at 12p ET. We'll put some on the radio. By sending a memo, you grant NPR an unrestricted sublicensable right to edit or use it in any manner in any platform.

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Adam Shields @adamrshields.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Charles Person, the youngest of the Freedom Riders passed away on Jan 8. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/charl…

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The most gripping single chapter of a book that I have read in a decade centers on the battle of man vs. nature in the neighborhoods connecting Altadena & the San Gabriel Mtns. just above. (1/2)

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Have no fear. This downloading, the printing — they are acts of devotion and possibility. Of hope. Now let us speak of buying books…

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

My favorite hiking area burned today, as well as staggering numbers of homes and businesses, including that of a loved one. It’s all so surreal. Sending love to all who are affected, which is to say, anyone with a heart. #EatonFire #PalisadesFire

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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Today, a brush fire started in Pacific Palisades fueled by extremely high winds. At the Getty Villa, some trees & vegetation on site have burned, but no structures are on fire, and staff and the collection remain safe. The Villa is closed to non-emergency staff and the public.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Spare a thought tonight for unhoused Angelenos. We are in the middle of the worst windstorm in a decade and their typical shelters of tents and tarps are blowing as freely as sails. #palisadesfire #LosAngeles

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

As worthwhile a read for highlighting the politics of research-policy-practice connections as it is for the substantive issues surrounding alcohol consumption.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy new year! 🎇 Whatever 2025 holds, try not to lose sight of the light. nautil.us/we-are-light...

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We Are Light-Eaters

The language we share with plants—and all life under the sun.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

It turns out, doing nothing is everything. In 2025, I encourage everyone to do nothing more. Or, if you prefer, do more nothing.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Gender dynamics in geoscience seminars that I observed for an ethnography were so obnoxious that I started quantifying them in my field notes. I also tracked how different women responded, which varied greatly. You can read the results in Ch 3 of Equity in Science www.sup.org/books/sociol...

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Equity in Science | Stanford University Press

STEM disciplines are believed to be founded on the idea of meritocracy; recognition earned by the value of the data, which is objective. Such disciplinary cultures resist concerns about implicit or st...

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

It is not about culture, race or IQ. There is a hyperselection from China, India, and South Africa, where some of the wealthiest & + highly educated immigrate to the U.S. Other countries & their families subsidize the education of engineers, doctors, etc. who contribute to U.S. growth & innovation.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Swipe through to read how the board explains both their commitments (“appropriate”) and the business consequences (“necessary”) of inclusion. It’s a great example of sensible decision making ala March (1994)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I'm sure I will get slated for pointing this out, but rulemaking takes months, and if the rule is not completed by the end of the term the new administration can stop or revise the rule, making the policies worse. That is not explained in the politico piece but seems to be what is going on here:

But the move was also designed to insulate both policies against immediate manipulation by the incoming administration. The decision helped ensure that the open proposals could not be quickly rewritten, and that the Trump administration would have to at least start the process of introducing its own regulations from scratch.

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

When you accidentally type an email sign-off as, “All beset” instead of “All best” and think for a moment, “Yeah, not wrong for the USA circa 2024-2025”

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USC Pullias Center for Higher Education @uscpullias.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Professor Julie Posselt (@julieposselt.bsky.social) is the editor for this month's newsletter, featuring research in the Equity in Graduate Education space, organizations interested in Shared Equity Leadership and more! conta.cc/3OOIBsV @akezar.bsky.social, @uscrossier.bsky.social, #highered

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

If you don’t like this, we can’t be friends

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

ICYMI: Federal Judge Bennett wrote that there was a “compelling national security interest in a diverse officer corps in the Navy and Marine Corps,” and that “the U.S. Naval Academy is distinct from a civilian university…. It is fundamentally a personnel issue.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...

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Federal Judge Upholds Racial Preferences in Naval Academy Admissions

A group that successfully challenged affirmative action at the Supreme Court had also sued the military academies. But, the judge said, “the U.S. Naval Academy is distinct from a civilian university.”

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Julie Posselt @julieposselt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I move to collectively cease and desist the scheduling of any further meetings until January. Is there is second?

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David Hughes @filmcritic.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Photo of all the workers who have spent the last five years restoring the Notre Dame Cathedral.

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