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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
If we’re serious about more efficient government and better everyday life in America - which we all should be - that means actually improving government, not cutting health care for poor people and slashing support for veterans.
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Nature @nature.com · 22/04/2025
Job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold go.nature.com/449INfr
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Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain
A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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EPA orders staff to begin canceling research grants
Agency targets programs that award up to $40 million annually
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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New NIH director defends grant cuts as part of shift to support MAHA vision
In his first public remarks, Bhattacharya emphasizes his overall support for agency
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 22/04/2025
The bad news seems never ending. But giving up is not an option. Protests are a visible encouragement to all who are fighting. And a warning to those who are not. Get your friends into the streets. #maydaystrong #yourweekinprotest www.fiftyfifty.one thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/a-map-of-p...
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A Map of Protests April 19-27
An (mostly) complete list of (almost) every protest this week.
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NPR @npr.org · 22/04/2025
Climate change calls for long-term, systemic solutions, but that doesn't mean we can't all strive to live more sustainably. Life Kit is here with solutions from your kitchen to your closet.
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Earth Day 2025: 8 ways to live more sustainably : Life Kit
Climate change calls for long-term, systemic solutions, but that doesn't mean we can't all strive to live more sustainably. Life Kit is here with solutions from your kitchen to your closet.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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Maddow's advice to universities joining forces against Trump: 'Go faster'
YouTube video by MSNBC
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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US universities’ faculty unite to defend academic freedom after Trump’s attacks
Indiana University leads the push for a pact among 18 institutions as Donald Trump targets diversity
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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NOT-OD-25-090: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-090. NIH
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review
DOGE is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal grants, requiring officials to manually review and approve payments that were previously routine.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/04/2025
Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."
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Nationwide 'Hands Off!' protests erupt against Trump and Musk
Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off!"
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Thousands demonstrating in Lansing, Detroit and other cities among US protests opposing Trump agenda • Michigan Advance
Attorney General Dana Nessel warned thousands of protesters gathered on the lawn of the Michigan Capitol Saturday that President Donald Trump could pose the type of domestic threat warned about in the...
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Trump opponents ready to take to streets with nationwide protests
Some 1,200 demonstrations are planned across the U.S. on Saturday in what organizers expect to be the largest single day of protest against President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk since the administration launched its rapid-fire effort to put a conservative stamp on government.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Thousands in Michigan join nationwide protests over Trump-Musk ‘billionaire power grab’
“Hands Off” protests against the Trump administration were planned across the country on Saturday, including over 50 in Michigan.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Nationwide 'Hands Off!' protests erupt against Trump and Musk
Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off!"
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Take Nature’s poll: How will Trump’s policies affect US science?
The new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways. What do you think of all the changes?
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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» Five things to know if your federal grant is terminated Close menuMenuClose menuSpectrum logoYouTubeBlueskyMastodonYouTubeBlueskyMastodon
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Annenberg School at Penn @asc.upenn.edu · 03/04/2025
Researchers at Annenberg and @umdscience.bsky.social show that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide. Learn about their project and view the interactive map here:
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Data-Driven, Interactive Map Shows Local Economic Impact of Cuts to Federal Funding for Health Research
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NPR @npr.org · 03/04/2025
JUST IN: Federal health agencies have to slash their spending by more than a third, on top of the 10,000-person staffing cuts.
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On top of layoffs, HHS ordered to cut 35% of spending on contracts
Federal health agencies have to slash their spending by more than a third, on top of the 10,000-person staffing cuts.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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How Kennedy is already weakening America's childhood vaccine system
The Department of Health and Human Services cut $2 billion from a program that supports vaccines for vulnerable children, forcing public health departments to lay off staff and cancel clinics.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Very important. www.mlive.com/politics/202...
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Whitmer, Dingell sound alarm about potential Medicaid cuts, what it means for Michigan
“Too many people do not understand what the impact will be on our children, our seniors, our people with disabilities if they cut Medicaid,” said Dingell, D-Ann Arbor.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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Grad School Is in Trouble
The latest signal that the future of the university is under threat
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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Right Here & Right Now
We are facing a generational disruption to science, research, and higher education. We must speak up in the face of attacks – right here & right now.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control
As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Don’t wait out four hard years: speak truth to power
The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by.
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Dr. Emily Dolson @emilydolson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
And now she's calling out cuts to science as a huge problem! Yay! "I feel very strongly that I would rather have University of Michigan developing that new drug, testing it, vetting it... [than another country that we might trust less]" (sorry didn't type fast enough to catch the end of that)
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
In today's episode, the repercussions of dismantling USAID and withdrawing from the World Health Organization. Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/novsqHH
What do the Trump administration’s cuts to USAID mean for global health?
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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Hundreds attend Stand Up for Science rally, protest defunding research
Research institutes at Michigan State, Wayne State, the University of Michigan, and now Michigan Tech may be forced to suspend projects, lay off staff, shut down labs, or even stop admitting new gradu...
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akhuberphd.bsky.social @akhuberphd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Can’t wait for the next. Hyped up for what we can do next!
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Emmanuel Paul @emmanuelpaul.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Fight for #science #standupforscience2025 @michigan4science.bsky.social
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Today!!! It will be cold but we are determined!!!
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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Jobs lost in every state and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts
Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. medical research promise to reach every corner of America.
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Clean Water Action Michigan @cleanwatermi.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
“It is a very important natural resource, it is a very important source of recreation and it is a vital source of commerce to this nation. Degrading the ability to monitor and research these #GreatLakes can have no positive benefit to this nation.” www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/03/grea...
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Great Lakes scientists among latest round of Trump cuts in Michigan | Great Lakes Now
Scientists in an Ann Arbor research office were among hundreds fired nationally as the Trump administration slashes staff within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Join us THIS FRIDAY, March 7th, 12-4pm, in Lansing to #StandUpForScience! We are citizens united in demanding that policymakers defend science, protect research funding, and ensure evidence-based decision-making for the benefit of all. We’re standing up for science because science is for EVERYONE.
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STANDUP FOR SCIENCE 2025
MARCH 7, 2025
MI State Capitol
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SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE
Find your local rally site and other ways to get involved: standupforscience2025.org
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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
THIS FRIDAY in Lansing, MI, 12-4pm #StandUpForScience with featured speaker: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed! Dr. El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist, educator, author, and public servant. @michigan4science.bsky.social @michigannoah.bsky.social @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025
March 7, 2025, Lansing Capitol, 12:00-4:00
Science is under attack.
#StandUpForScience with featured speaker DR. ABDUL EL-SAYED
SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Legendary former NIH director retires from embattled agency
Dr. Francis Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency is facing cutbacks and restrictions under the Trump administration.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Howard Crawford @hccvpdac.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Shout it from the mountaintops!
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 19/02/2025
☀️📣 Looking for a STATE LEAD and VOLUNTEERS to help us #standupforscience2025 in Michigan! Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Finally an article that brings to light many of the things I, and others, have heard are happening at the NIH. Please read it (especially if you think court orders are stopping the crisis). It seems things are starting to move again but we should still be watchful (and support our agency colleagues)
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Once again, concrete evidence that Trump continues his killing spree without halting from anyone. www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/h...
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A kindergartner’s hopes for beating cancer are tied to federal grants now on the chopping block | CNN
A family whose 6-year-old is battling cancer says a move to slash funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research at universities and medical centers would be “devastating.”
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Jennifer Klomp @jennyklomp.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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Jennifer Klomp @jennyklomp.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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Stand Up for Science 2025 - Lansing, MI
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
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