Reposted by kaelaArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 28/07/2026Hey 🧪! I was just reminiscing with a friend about the time a very senior academic called a mid-career guy's work "completely meaningless" at a meeting and now I want to hear your best (public, academic) disses 12023640
Reposted by kaelaShane Liddelow @liddelowsa.bsky.social · 10/11/2025@sfn.org #SfN25 #SanDiego starts this Saturday. The lab is going to be there in full force - see our presentations below. Represented this year by @borderbiologist.bsky.social, Nick Kathman, @mrodea.bsky.social, @melcooperphd.bsky.social, @pryprk.bsky.social, @kerrylimberg.bsky.social. (1/2) 15117
Reposted by kaelaMegan Carey @megancarey.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Pilot just came on and said that in addition to turbulence, “We are flying today with an unusually large number of tubes. Please make sure you exit the plane with the correct tube.” Non #SFN25 passengers very confused 😂 3634
kaela @kssphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2025This is like me a neuroscientist saying “I don’t know what neuronal degeneration would look like” during my thesis defense 031
Reposted by kaelaChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20/08/2025Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ... 18092212657
Reposted by kaelaDr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 04/08/2025asm.org/press-releas...asm.orgScientific Societies File Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Support of NIH GranteesASM and fellow societies filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, calling for the swift restoration of NIH grant funding supporting early-career scientists, such as the MOSAIC program. 06028
Reposted by kaelaThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 04/08/2025We want to hear from you! @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social are teaming up to better understand how to support early-career researchers. Make sure your voice is heard. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...thetransmitter.orgWhat kinds of support do early-career researchers need?Help The Transmitter and Neuromatch bolster the next generation of neuroscientists. 01314
Reposted by kaelaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/06/2025Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ 840199602337
Reposted by kaelaShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 26/06/2025"The Mamdani campaign’s identity is the work of a tiny design co-op called Forge, and specifically its designer Aneesh Bhoopathy, formerly of Queens and now living in Philadelphia" — a little bit Bollywood, a little bit bodega :) 340969
Reposted by kaelaSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 21/05/2025This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.newyorker.comIn Defense of DespairThe feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so. 711543455
kaela @kssphd.bsky.social · 22/05/2025the best thing I’ve read all year— my fav writer, writing about one of my fav topics 🖤 040
Reposted by kaelaEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Rümeysa Öztürk spoke briefly at a press conference held when she arrived at Logan Airport tonight. "My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone." 212199424
Reposted by kaelaKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Seasonal reminder: thousands of college students are currently selling very gently used items on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace and it's a great time to pick up stuff like a TV, office chair, desk, and other home goods 422061
Reposted by kaelaScott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 22/04/2025“Older Black Americans are twice as likely as white patients to develop [dementia]. Just as it is not illegal to research breast cancer in women, Mezuk said, it should not be illegal to research dementia in Black and lower-income white Americans.” www.michigandaily.com/news/researc...michigandaily.comNIH terminates $13 million grant on dementiaA $12.9 million grant for a study on dementia risks among at-risk U.S. populations was terminated by the National Institutes of Health. 1310144
Reposted by kaelaJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions. 236233508272
Reposted by kaelaThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/04/2025Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.washingtonpost.comWomen, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boardsScientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal. 641101925224
Reposted by kaelaDr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/04/2025I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article 7826848622358
Reposted by kaelaJeff Groh @jeffgroh.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Inspired by others on here I wrote a short op-ed in support of federal research funding for a local newspaper in small town PA where I grew up 37220
Reposted by kaelaTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/04/2025So weird to see colleges promoting their USNWR grad school rankings today like grad students aren’t being disappeared by their government. 81868383
Reposted by kaelaKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 08/04/2025It’s a miracle any non-white, non straight, non-citizen person in America is getting any work done right now— —While the regime is actively trying to purge us from government, workplaces, universities from its websites, and from society in general. 24786011562
Reposted by kaelaScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 28/03/2025New this evening (3/28): Major update in NIH grant termination numbers. ❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429) ❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS ❌ 44 on cancer ❌ 28 on Alzheimer's ❌ 123 on Covid* *And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants. HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!airtable.comAirtable | Everyone's app platformAirtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free. 213099
Reposted by kaelaThomas Winfield Marie @magpine.bsky.social · 28/03/2025My #sciencehomecoming op-ed was just published in my hometown paper. Thanks @cantlonlab.bsky.social for the prompt!decaturish.comDear Decaturish - Public science matters to TuckerUnfortunately, public science is under attack, with major science agencies facing massive layoffs and unprecedented funding cuts. 33212
Reposted by kaelaKaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · 29/03/2025the U.S. government is targeting legal noncitizen scholars, not on the basis of any wrongdoing, but as part of a larger assault against an educated public. 10159011319
Reposted by kaelaDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/03/2025"It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies" wrote Dr Marks. 121181335
Reposted by kaelaHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free." - For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza. 23 and he knew to leave a death note. 2337502424
Reposted by kaelaoctober "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch @octoberk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025it is truly terrifying when this level of international fame doesn't offer any protection. If a recent Oscar winner can be attacked and disappeared like this, we can make assumptions about what happens to people who have no international friends and support. 0236109
Reposted by kaelaDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025How dare princeton be the ivy with a bit of spine. Y'all letting the uni with eating clubs outshine you at standing up against authoritarianism? 932348
Reposted by kaelaTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025As I understand it, most people who love AI hypothesize that some sort of natural equilibrium will be achieved between the exponential input AI needs and what we need of it. As far as I can tell — and I swear I’m being fair — it’s very much “invisible hand of the market” type wish fulfillment. 315932
Reposted by kaelaVirginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Hire these people! Add your name if you're in this group! A running list of folks who have recently lost their jobs and are looking for something new: docs.google.com/document/d/e... h/t to @kssphd.bsky.social for circulating this docdocs.google.comFormer Fed Job Seekers - LinkedIn 042
Reposted by kaelaBrilliance Proper @brillianceproper.com · 13/03/2025REST IN PEACE TO BREONNA TAYLOR (June 5, 1993 – March 13, 2020) 1937371432
Reposted by kaelaLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Michel Martin, my friends. 1323848
Reposted by kaelaJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 10/03/2025Folks came out in support of Mahmoud Khalil! And a ton of media so we will see how things get covered. I have more photos but these aren’t showing anyone’s face, so these are the ones you get. 9765186
Reposted by kaelaEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Columbia Spectator: Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, will ‘not be removed’ from United States until court orders otherwise, U.S. District judge writescolumbiaspectator.comMahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, will ‘not be removed’ from United States until court orders otherwise, U.S. District judge writesU.S. District Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York wrote that Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, “shall not be removed from the United States unless and until the Court ... 1234
Reposted by kaelaZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025A recent report showed that the destruction of just one USAID program, the anti-AIDS PEPFAR initiative, would lead to the deaths of one million people *every year* www.vox.com/future-perfe... 12241351901
Reposted by kaelaMary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social · 09/03/2025The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...nytimes.comICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at ColumbiaMahmoud Khalil, who recently completed a graduate program at Columbia, has legal permanent residency, his lawyer said. 4043252080
Reposted by kaelaHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Here’s the reality: This government—despite what they’d have us believe—cannot simply do whatever it wants. The moment we accept that bullshit, we become complicit in this blatantly authoritarian move by the president and his administration. With a loud, collective voice, we must say: fuck this! 41434430
Reposted by kaelaeartha mae @endoeartha.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Given the platform, I wanted to make sure I used it well & clearly articulated my message: "Thru anti-DEI & anti-trans executive orders & laws, the administration seeks to restore hierarchies centered around race & gender, resegregating America. A textbook example of fascism." tinyurl.com/3bvrf6nn 04917
Reposted by kaelaMariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 08/03/2025I am loving all the protest pictures but please be mindful of sharing photos with others’ faces, given known threats to international students who attend protests. 45613
Reposted by kaelaStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/03/2025Want to stream our DC event & hear from amazing speakers like Bill Nye, Francis Collins, Atul Gawande, and SO MANY MORE? Join our livestream at www.twitch.tv/standupforsc..., starting at 12 pm! #standupforscience2025 14743255
Reposted by kaelaPrism @prismreports.org · 05/03/2025Two years later, we look back at the decades-old roots of organizers' fight to Stop Cop City. Cop City is a fundamentally anti-democratic project driven by a mix of powerful actors, while Atlanta’s residents have been utterly ignored. This is why “the Stop Cop City movement is here to stay.”prismreports.orgThe fight to Stop Cop City has decades-old rootsThe Stop Cop City movement recalls Atlanta’s 1996 Olympic bid and the city’s history of wealth and white communities over Black and working-class people 14718
Reposted by kaelaStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎 261698752
Reposted by kaelaDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I, personally, don't get into public fights with the Jesuits but you do you 612013
Reposted by kaelaArrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Yes, there is an injunction, but... "In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grantsStudies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature. 01916
Reposted by kaelaKatie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 05/03/2025OK, gonna see if Bluesky can come though like twitter did in the before times: source request—are there any addiction/substance use specialists who can talk to me for a piece? It needs to be today but it won’t be more than 15 minutes. comee onnn blueskyyyy! 1010498