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Matt Minich

@mattminich.bsky.social
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APART-USA fellow at @univie.ac.at | Formerly @FDATobacco | Digital media campaigns and adolescent health research. Antarctica enthusiast.

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IPKW - Department of Communication @ipkw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📢 Job Alert! The @compcommlab.bsky.social at the University of Vienna is hiring a University Assistant (Postdoc) in the area of computational communication science! 💻 📍 Vienna | 6-year position | full-time Apply until the 3rd of October via the University of Vienna job portal ⬇️
jobs.univie.ac.at
University Assistant postdoctoral
University Assistant postdoctoral
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
After six months of navigating immigration, media requests, and new funding schemes, my wife and I spent last week hiking through the mountains of Georgia’s remote Tusheti region. Ancient, atmospheric, and vast — exactly the sort of reset a busy mind needs.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Funding curves (if you can call the fiscal year 2026 one that) for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) from grant-witness.us
Funding curves for AHRQ showing that very little money has been obligated for fiscal year 2026 compared to previous years.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Strong recommend.
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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
📣Post Doc Alert! I am hiring a 2-year postdoctoral researcher in political language and NLP/LLMs 🤩 Come join a great, interdisciplinary team at @ddc-sdu.bsky.social in Odense! Applications due October 15, 2026. Detail here: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Computational Political Communication Postdoc position(s) at The Digital Democracy Centre
Application deadline: October 15, 2026
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Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Looks like a very useful neuroscience funding searcher from the good folks @thetransmitter.bsky.social
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Neuroscience Grants Funding Finder
Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages.
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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A new CCL #SeniorScientist position is now officially open on the @univie.ac.at job portal! Please apply and/or share with colleagues with a matching profile! 📑
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Senior Scientist - Computational Communication Science
Senior Scientist - Computational Communication Science
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I’m pleased to report that Salzburg lives up to the hype
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Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Hello, Game Studies/Video Game scholars or developers with an interest in games scholarship! I'm looking for one or two *very very very* quick turnarounds for a manuscript with @gpccomm.bsky.social.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
My MS thesis involved comics, and I had the opportunity to present it in Lent’s group at IAMCR. He was such an intellectually generous leader of that group — and such a warm presence in the room. Can’t imagine a better representative for the academic study of comic art — a gentle titan.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Very excited for this! See you next week, Vienna!
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Great documentary from @annikahorne.bsky.social on where early career researchers are right now.
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 27/04/2026
Our lab (w/ @patrickgbissett) is hiring a full-time research coordinator to work with us on cognitive control, dense fMRI, computational modeling, and human-AI interaction. Designed for post-bacs looking to start a Ph. D in ~2 years. Please repost. phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDNLbWAG
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Social Science Research Coordinator (Hybrid Opportunity) in School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States
Professor Russ Poldrack’s lab is seeking a new full-time Research Coordinator. The RC will work closely with and report directly to Dr. Patrick...
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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
@anniewald.bsky.social, @aytalina.bsky.social, and I present at the Long Night of Research!⚛️ How do social issues compete for public attention?🤔 You will learn via playing with an agent-based model 🤖🎲 langenachtderforschung.at/station/5656 📍24.04, 5-11 PM 📍Stand C04, Main Building of @univie.ac.at
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Wie konkurrieren soziale Themen um öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit? - #LNF26 Lange Nacht der Forschung
Warum setzen sich manche Themen in der Öffentlichkeit durch – während andere rasch verschwinden? An dieser Station interagieren Sie mit einer Computersimulation und erfahren, wie Aufmerksamkeit in soz...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Found a really nice Dutch grant for turning our WARN-D pipeline that forecasts depression onset for young adults into an actionable system for people at risk. Grant requires a Dutch tech partner, preferably with an existing app that can be adapted to ours needs. Any interest? Please get in touch.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Important to note, I think, that this very good news is from 2024 -- remains to be seen whether trends will continue after the decimation of federal US tobacco control centers.
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Smoking rates are at a historic low. You're not hearing about it from the government
The CDC had remarkable data on smoking rates last fall, but it no longer had smoking experts available to review it and disseminate it.
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I build a feed for european grant funding that's updated daily and (IMO) far more transparent then the official EU fundign website: michelnivard.github.io/eu-grants-fe... (inspired by the NIH equivalent @sashagusevposts.bsky.social build yesterday)
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
This is really interesting!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/02/2026
An American-made hunger crisis. A worsening cholera epidemic. Our reporters journeyed to some of the places most devastated by Trump’s dismantling of foreign aid. They spoke to hundreds of people who witnessed and experienced how political appointees cut programs in arbitrary ways:
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What Really Happened When USAID Was Cut
YouTube video by ProPublica
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João Guassi Moreira @jfguassimoreira.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
My lab at UW Madison is hiring a new lab manager! I’m looking for a motivated and detail-oriented person to help run the lab’s day-to-day, including our ongoing neuroimaging and behavioral studies. This is especially well suited for graduating undergrads thinking about grad school. Link below
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Hey... that's me! Extremely happy to be here---in a city and department that have so far exceeded all hype.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I’m proud to say I was tear gassed repeatedly during the first Trump administration… and this refreshingly creative piece perfectly captures the experience and its implications.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Inspiring — it’s never too late to become your best (physically largest) self.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
A good complement to the very misleading take that (some) science funding may soon be restored.
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The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
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Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
With some trepidation, I'm putting this out into the world: gershmanlab.com/textbook.html It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class. My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
My wife and I both had our careers effectively nuked by DOGE this year. It’s been a nightmare for us and thousands of other Americans. This analysis is welcome but maddening — all of our pain and fear served to make these “cuts” look and feel meaningful…. but they weren’t.
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How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
post a movie from where you are from
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Recall a similar observation being made after Hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico — hurricanes don’t just kill with wind and rain, but also (and mostly) through power outages, displacement, and fracturing of support networks.
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Björn Siepe @bsiepe.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
We built the openESM database: ▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place ▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software ▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python Find out more: 🌐 openesmdata.org 📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
A remarkable policy insight buried in here: India (part of WHO's SE Asia), mandates that health warnings should accompany ANY display of tobacco use... including characters in films and TV shows.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Admin seems to understand that outbreaks only matter politically if voters understand their origin and scale. If illness comes unexpectedly and seemingly at random, disease becomes a personal problem.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Extremely good news
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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The number of tobacco users has dropped from 1.38 billion in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024. Since 2010, the number of people using tobacco has dropped by 120 million – a 27% drop in relative terms. @who.int @ashorguk.bsky.social @asthmaandlung.org.uk #LungSky #RespEd www.who.int/publications... /n
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WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2024 and projections 2025–2030
This report presents WHO estimates of tobacco use prevalence among the population aged 15 years and older from 2000–2024, with trends projected to 2030. Estimates are at global, regional and country l...
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Really appreciate this paper — an impactful, timely, and straightforward look at the potential impacts of major cuts to the world’s largest source of scientific funding. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Please RT 2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD! Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all! We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 01/09/2025
By William Foege, William Roper, David Satcher, Jeffrey Koplan, Richard Besser, Tom Frieden, Anne Schuchat, Rochelle P. Walensky and Mandy K. Cohen
The authors previously led in the C.D.C., either as directors or acting directors under Republican and Democratic administrations.
We have each had the honor and privilege of serving as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, either in a permanent or acting capacity, dating back to 1977. What Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has done to the C.D.C. and to our nation's public health system over the past several months - culminating in his decision to fire Dr. Susan Monarez as C.D.C. director days ago - is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced.Secretary Kennedy has fired thousands of federal health workers and severely weakened programs designed to protect Americans from cancer, heart attacks, strokes, lead poisoning, injury, violence and more. Amid the largest measles outbreak in the United States in a generation, he's focused on unproven "treatments" while downplaying vaccines. He canceled investments in promising medical research that will leave us ill prepared for future health emergencies. He replaced experts on federal health advisory committees with unqualified individuals who share his dangerous and unscientific views. He announced the end of U.S. support for global vaccination programs that protect millions of children and keep Americans safe, citing flawed research and making inaccurate statements. And he championed federal legislation that will cause millions of people with health insurance through Medicaid to lose their coverage.We are worried about the wide-ranging impact that all these decisions will have on America's health security. Residents of rural communities and people with disabilities will have even more limited access to health care. Families with low incomes who rely most heavily on community health clinics and support from state and local health departments will have fewer resources available to them. Children risk losing access to lifesaving vaccines because of the cost.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
nature.com
Protect Antarctica — or risk accelerating planetary meltdown
To keep Earth habitable, humanity must recognize the value of Antarctica and seek to save it from irreversible damage.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We wanted post-publication peer review. We got post-award grant review.
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NIH director orders new review of grants in outline of top research priorities
Many topics on Bhattacharya’s list are familiar, but order to re-evaluate grants draws concerns
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
My technically unsophisticated #BlueSkyHack is to 'like' every post on my feed that features garden veggies, wildflowers, or birds. This has meaningfully improved my digital life. Gardeners and birders of BlueSky, thank you for your service.
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Matt Minich @mattminich.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Telling my wife how the conference is going
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Science Magazine @science.org · 28/07/2025
The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX
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NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
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Carlos Moffat @carlosmoffat.com · 25/07/2025
🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share: We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October. If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
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Hannah Overbye-Thompson @overbye.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
For anyone on the Communication job market this year S. Rutherford McEwan has put together an excellent spreadsheet for 2025-2026 openings. Highly recommend checking it out (whether you're applying or hiring): docs.getgrist.com/rHppfvPrMDQd... #commsky #academicsky #communication
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Comm Job Spreadsheet 2025-2026 - Grist
A modern, open source spreadsheet that goes beyond the grid
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended. This is so horrifying I made a bar graph www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
Bar graph showing the change in percentage of calls answered after FEMA laid off contractors on July 5th (over 99% on July 5, about 36% on July 6 and 16% of calls answered on July 7)
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Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
**US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Award @WesternU -$160,000 to 25 PhD students for up to 4 years. - Must've had offer rescinded/cancelled from US school. -Expedited admission process. -Feel free to reach out, if interested in a PhD in inorganic chem! www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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A Leading Canadian University Makes A Pitch For Top U.S. PhD Students
Western University, one of Canada’s leading public research universities, is launching an initiative aimed at luring away PhD students from premier U.S. institutions.
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