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Mia K. Markey

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Engineering professor. Cancer researcher. Parent. I speak for myself. She/They.

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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Trump administration guts data collection on US education as math and reading scores plummet
National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts
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Diversify Microbiology @diversifymicro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
UNC Greensboro Department of Biology is hiring for three positions this year including one in microbiology! spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/35918
spartantalent.uncg.edu
Assistant Professor Microbiology
The Department of Biology at UNC Greensboro (UNCG) seeks an individual with a strong record of accomplishment in microbiology broadly defined for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assista...
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Drummond Lab @drummondlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We are hiring! 🌟 Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor. It's a broad search: we want great colleagues doing serious biological work at the molecular scale. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/191981 bcmb.uchicago.edu
A picture of the University of Chicago campus, with downtown Chicago in the distance and Lake Michigan on the horizon. The campus's central quad is pictured, a classical collegiate quad with paths and old trees and stone architecture. It's really pretty and I love it.
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Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · 08/09/2026
Fred Hutch is recruiting an open-rank faculty member in cancer immunotherapy. Join a leading immunotherapy research community and help advance next-generation treatments from discovery to clinical translation. Apply: apply.interfolio.com/188969
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Mónica A. Jiménez @monijimenez.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm teaching Race, Law and US Society, which is on this list and has been deemed "too narrow." Some readings: US Constitution, Federalist Papers, Notes on the State of Virginia, Cherokee Nation Cases, Scott v. Stanford, Brown v Board... so US legal history... too narrow? Or just too about race?
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
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Pentagon Agreement With N.I.H. on Biodefense Draws Alarm From Democrats (Gift Article)
Under a new partnership, the Defense Department would play a larger role in biodefense and pandemic preparedness. Democrats warned it could allow a Pentagon cash grab.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NIH funding curves posted at grant-witness. It looks like grant making is slowing down noticeably and we are in the now in the last month of the fiscal year. It seems like "NIH" may be challenged to get all of the appropriated funds out the door (even if that is their intention).
NIH funding curves showing the NIH grant making is slowing down with only one month to go in the fiscal year.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Stories behind UT’s now-closed ethnic and gender studies departments www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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Four UT departments are gone. Their histories span decades
Their names are gone from UT’s doors, but faculty and alumni say the academic communities they built will endure.
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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We're currently hiring a new director for the renowned UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain. The director will be appointed as a Professor in our psychology department: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07814
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Director of the Center for Mind and Brain & Professor of Psychology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
bme.utexas.edu/event/asee-g...
Call for papers - https://bme.utexas.edu/event/asee-gsw-2027
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/08/2026
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a curriculum in possession of a single book with queer main characters must be in want of a PTA member in a blind and furious rage." buff.ly/bFQgtCh
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Universally Acknowledged Truths for High School Teachers
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a curriculum in possession of a single book with queer main characters must be in want of a PTA member in a blin...
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Source: BBC share.google/Po5DH9RpVgZS...
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Buckingham Palace guards play '9 to 5' in honour of Dolly Parton.
The Band of the Coldstream Guards played the track during the Changing of the Guard ceremony, drawing crowds of tourists who stopped to listen.
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’
The president’s border wall plan could damage or destroy ‘the oldest-known books in North America’
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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Four UT departments are gone. Their histories span decades
Their names are gone from UT’s doors, but faculty and alumni say the academic communities they built will endure.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🗞️As a former Managing Editor of Stars and Stripes I can tell you it is the most important newspaper in the world because it exists to inform and protect our troops from people like the despicable Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump who do not believe they — or anybody for that matter — are owed the truth.
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Stars and Stripes editor says he has been fired for insubordination after doing interview
The editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes says the Pentagon has fired him as well as its publisher and a reporter.
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ACLU of North Carolina @aclunc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
For more information and to apply: www.acluofnorthcarolina.org/jobs/ac…
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Alzheimer’s research is latest casualty in Trump administration war against ‘DEI’
Grant cancellations at leading research institutions appear to target study of impacts of racism on brain health
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
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Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. (Gift Article)
The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 14/08/2026
More than one-fifth of some IEEE conferences’ papers appear linked to authorship for sale. scim.ag/4gt0Hzh
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Hundreds of paper-mill papers peddled in ads were later published
More than one-fifth of some IEEE conferences’ papers appear linked to authorship for sale
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review
NIH 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
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump administration concedes it canceled research grants in blue states
The administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.
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AFT @aft.org · 04/08/2026
“As with [Trump's] first compact, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their administrations and governing boards reject Compact 2.0. There is every reason to believe we can do so again." - @rweingarten.bsky.social & @aaup.org's @proftwolf.bsky.social
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AFT, AAUP Respond to Trump Compact 2.0
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following response to the Trump administration’s new higher education comp...
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NIH is testing their ability to terminate “unaligned” grants, with at least one new termination documented. Disgustingly, they awarded this grant simply so they could add a termination clause. Then they terminated it. From @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH is again terminating grants that the Trump administration dislikes
With cancellation of health disparities project, agency may be testing new way to legally kill politically sensitive grants
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Senator Mazie K. Hirono @hirono.senate.gov · 24/07/2026
Trump's corruption and need for revenge know no bounds. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
apnews.com/article/iran... $37.5 billion on war with Iran. The population of the US is about 342 million. So, that’s more than $100 per person in the US.
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Hegseth estimates Iran war has cost $37.5 billion as he defends funding request at fiery hearing
The defense secretary provided the new estimate, up from earlier assessments, during a combative Senate Appropriations Committee hearing.
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett @doggett.house.gov · 20/07/2026
Trump has a solution for widespread ICE violence—don't investigate it. The FBI was ordered to stand down. ICE will now investigate ICE. Since January 2025, immigration agents have fired on nearly two dozen people and killed six. Three were U.S. citizens. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...
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Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“Two courses for the fall of 2026 were canceled outright, while several more had to alter their syllabi to comply. Professors teaching those courses told The Chronicle they weren’t provided with any rationale for why their “exception requests” were partially or fully denied.”
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What Texas A&M Will — and Won’t — Let You Teach
Newly obtained records reveal that two courses for the fall were canceled outright, while administrators demanded changes to others. Instructors say the deliberative process is a black box.
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
www.npr.org/2026/07/17/g...
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Trump's team says 'no children' died from USAID cuts. Consider these 3 cases
Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I'm one of the 200 signatories. None of us know what our AI-fueled future holds, but the range of possibilities includes both utopian and dystopian scenarios (and in-betweensies). It's clear that our current policy debate isn't fit for this pivotal moment. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/b...
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Nearly 200 Economists and Tech Leaders Warn of A.I. Threats (Gift Article)
A letter calls for policymakers to do more to understand and respond to potential disruptions from artificial intelligence.
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Vinny Costa @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Just submitted my comments on the OMB proposed rule. Gets yours in before tomorrow afternoon.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/07/2026
Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
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The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 11/07/2026
Trump wants to turn the federal budget into one big slush fund to reward his allies and punish everyone else.   A cancer research grant in a state where someone personally offended Trump? Terminated.    This would be devastating for communities & is downright unacceptable.
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is the US trying to make scientists’ work so difficult that they simply give up? | Daniel Malinsky
New Trump administration rules would undermine longstanding research practices. It’s death by a thousand cuts
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 11/07/2026
When researchers contacted almost 9,000 amateur sports clubs in Germany, table tennis and horse-riding clubs were less likely to respond positively to emails sent with foreign-sounding names. Football and golf clubs showed no discrimination. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/jnS250Zmx38
A group of young men play table tennis at Gleisdreieck Park in Berlin, Germany, in May 2024.
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Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Please respond! This is an incredibly important moment for the future of all federally funded programs in this country.
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just submitted my comment on the new OMB rules for federal grants. Thanks to @fabbs.org for all the helpful resources. 🧪 You still have time to make your voice heard! The comment deadline is Monday July 13th at 11:59pm. fabbs.org/fabbs-omb-co...
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FABBS OMB COMMENT TOOLKIT – FABBS
On May 29, 2026, OMB published a proposed rule to update the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance, which are government-wide policies and requirements rela
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 10/07/2026
Agree, this is a super form, very easy to draft and submit. Do it!
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/07/2026
🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 3 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/J92d9
Graphic from Stand Up for Science urging action on a federal funding proposal. Large text reads: "3 Days Left" and "Help Us Stop Vought From Destroying American Science." A portrait of Russell Vought appears beside the U.S. Capitol. A banner along the bottom reads: "Submit a comment on the OMB proposal | Link in bio to take action." The Stand Up for Science logo appears in the top left.
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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"The decision by the university’s AAUP chapter to retain outside lawyers is the latest example of faculty members and other groups choosing to fight settlements with Trump in ways that the colleges themselves often seem reluctant to." @aaup.org @yaleaaup.bsky.social
chronicle.com
Yale Professors Vow to Fight Trump if the University President Won’t
The opposition to a potential deal with the government reveals a strategy that Yale groups have spent a year honing.
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AAUP-South Carolina @aaup-sc.org · 10/07/2026
Good article. The capacity to protect civil rights is just one reason why we need truly independent accreditation—and what makes the recent moves at SACS / “The Commission” so concerning.
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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Still time to make a comment. I wrote as loved one of a person with chronic illness, an historian, and administrator focused on undergraduate research in all disciplines. I picked a few areas for focus of my comments. Public conversation has also not captured the language of the rule change.
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US appeals court strikes down key part of Florida law restricting campus race and gender discussions
Ron DeSantis’s Stop Woke Act suffers another legal setback, with the state accused of ‘puppeteering’
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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
SIX DAYS LEFT, FOLKS. LET'S DO THIS AND NOTCH A BIG WIN FOR SCIENCE AND OUR UNIVERSITIES! See the thread for details.
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United Academics @local6741.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Great piece—take a moment to read it. How can we combat these legislative efforts to increase our workloads (while decreasing our salaries) &, thus, decrease the quality of teaching & research? Unionize! Join here: www.aaup.org/join And get organizing! www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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Opinion | The Faculty Workload Myth
Politicians think faculty members don’t teach enough. Here’s what the data says.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/07/2026
The Trump admin continues to attack whatever they deem as “woke” with no basis, suppressing those who are most vulnerable. This rule change would attack research on black maternal health, LGBTQ+ health, and much more. Fight back by leaving your public comment here: zurl.co/OcDQM zurl.co/DrBw8
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Provision buried in controversial U.S. rule change would help people legally challenge ‘woke’ federal research
White House asserts expanded authority to prosecute any wasteful spending “in the national interest”
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AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
One week remains to submit a comment to the OMB! Use the link below to share your thoughts and objections to the proposed rule. fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/163...
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Stand up for Science
Stand up for Science
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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...
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Decline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 06/07/2026
🚨🚨URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Calling ALL Yale Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff!!🚨🚨 According to The New York Times, Yale has reportedly entered settlement discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations involving admissions at the Yale School of Medicine.
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