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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Zebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cool new work from @bahllab.bsky.social 🐟🧠 #zebrafish
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/n...
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NIH awarded all its grant funding, but delayed and opaque decisions stymied researchers
The NIH continued reducing grants involving health disparities, race, and ethnicity but made little progress toward other administration priorities in the 2026 fiscal year.
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
High Crimes are going on here. WAKE UP Congress!!
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Also Jack Smith already said everything he said at today's hearing and far more in a masterful 165-page brief his team filed in DC federal court weeks before the 2024 election www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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smith immunity brief
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A NEW STUDY from @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's David Putrino @putrinolab.bsky.social, Jacqueline Becker, et al. found that people w/ #LongCOVID who used a noninvasive magnetic therapy headset show improved cognitive function & mood. Press Release 🧠 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Yet another strike against AI.
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AI’s potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds
Modelling finds AI-driven productivity gains in coal, oil and gas enable more emissions than applications in renewables avoid
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From the lab of my UMass Amherst colleague Jeff Podos. www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/s...
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Scientists identify two of the world’s noisiest birds – and they’re as loud as a jackhammer | CNN
There are two new contenders for the world’s loudest bird – and scientists are not being quiet about it.
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here's how we will have to do science if Trump continues to preside over its destruction. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...
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In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life (Gift Article)
A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Trump and Xi Jinping visit the National Archives
Trump explains to the Chinese president how he’s destroying democracy
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Trump and Xi Jinping visit the National Archives
Trump explains to the Chinese president how he’s destroying democracy
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you know how much the pay of CEOs at major companies has skyrocketed since 1978? 50%? 100%? 500%? Try 1,316% Meanwhile, the typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The apparent ShinyHunters hack of the FBI 1) appears real 2) is alarming for counterintel reasons but also the possibility of criminals seeking retribution against FBI agents 3) is just latest security lapse at an FBI that has suffered a series of major breaches www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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Hackers Say They Stole Thousands of Sensitive F.B.I. Personnel Records (Gift Article)
The compromise, if confirmed, would be the latest in a string of cybersecurity failures at the F.B.I., which said it was investigating the matter.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
See the difference? 👀
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
Please stop overestimating what a democratic Congress can do. The oligarchs are spending money to make you think a Dem Congress can arrest people and hold trials and pass laws without a POTUS signature so that you’ll be disappointed when they don’t do stuff they can’t do. Don’t fall for it.
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...
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These 6 charts show how NIH research funding has been reshaped under Trump
Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research.
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump and RFK Jr are working hard to destroy our nation. wapo.st/4cZhesJ
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Opinion | Scientific research is an economic blessing. Keep Trump cronyism out.
Congress has already rebuked the president on this issue multiple times.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 24/09/2026
I was at this meeting, and I'm furious and disgusted. I'll have pictures, video, and thoughts to share tomorrow. Strongly suggest following and supporting the @newkingsdems.bsky.social if you live in Brooklyn.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases - Nature
Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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Colleges Adopted “Systemic Suppression” of Protesters
Drawing on records, media reports and surveys, the ACLU and Amnesty International USA break down how colleges have “disproportionately” violated the rights of pro-Palestinian students.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 21/09/2026
Concerned about the midterms? Get the latest from UCS and Protect Democracy on the threats we face from the Trump administration, what to watch for in the coming weeks, and ways you can take action to ensure a fair, free, and safe election this November. Info & RSVP: act.ucs.org/4z3buXF
Promotional graphic for Science Rising National Call on election threats featuring speaker Corey Dukes, scheduled for September 24, 8-9 p.m. ET.
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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 20/09/2026
“America’s public lands are among our nation’s greatest treasures. Protecting them requires more than celebrating them. It requires defending the science, scientific workforce, and public institutions that make stewardship possible.” - @julianjonreyes.bsky.social
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 22/09/2026
“Scientific grants should be judged by scientific expertise, not political ideology,” said UCS’s Jennifer Jones to @sciam.bsky.social. If finalized, she says, the reported plans would “upend the way we do science in this country.”
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What a Trump order to put political appointees in charge of NIH funding would mean for science
Advocates and scientists warn that giving political appointees power over research grants would “upend” U.S. science
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Trump bans CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House
and continues his attacks on our Free Press
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Trump bans CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House
and continues his attacks on our Free Press
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1. FUEL THE FIGHT: we created the Science Victory Fund to support pro-science, pro-democracy candidates in tough races. HELP BY DONATING. secure.actblue.com/donate/scien...
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Donate to the Science Victory Fund
The Science Victory Fund fuels the victories required in this fall's Congressional elections to stop Trump and save science.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This story is incredible - and shows how much corruption and money laundering runs through fin tech (which makes it ripe for Kremlin operations) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments received by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
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Woodland Park Zoo @woodlandparkzoo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We're in a pickle... help us rate these Goose pics on scale of "Awww!" to "Mayor of Squee City!!!" p.s. If you have cute aggression brought on by manul bleps, fair warning.
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Time to get shot!
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
UN Investigators call it a war crime.
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.aaas.org/news/stateme...
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Statement on Reports about Seizing Political Control of NIH Research | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Click to read the full statement.
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Have red cards on hand to give to victims of ICE and their family members. www.ilrc.org/redcards?gad...
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Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Have red cards on hand to give to victims of ICE and their family members. www.ilrc.org/redcards?gad...
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Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Please share with everyone that may be affected. Which means ... everyone.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Well, what an interesting turn of events. Something intense went down last Friday at the WH. Jay Bhattacharya refused Trump's directive to cut Harvard's NIH grants. Apparently he realizes that he acquiesced too much. He presided over the destruction of the NIH. Loyalty to Trump costs everyone. 🧪
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NIH Director Bhattacharya Refuses Trump Demand to Cut Harvard Funding, Politico Reports | The Harvard Crimson
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, a former Stanford University colleague of Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76, refused a directive from U.S. President Donald Trump to cut Har...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Honored to share the 2026 #IETI Green Development and Sustainability Award with Rob Jackson of Stanford: www.ieti.net/news/detail....
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gilead is expanding its influence.
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Shut off your lights!
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My behavioral neuroscience lab at Northeastern is looking to recruit two new research techs! Job description and link to apply is here: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Laboratory Technician - The Shansky Lab
About the Opportunity Job Summary The Shansky Lab is seeking a full-time technician to conduct National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded behavioral neuroscience research. The position includes lab ma...
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 23/12/2025
Glutamate is the primary molecule that neurons use to communicate with each other. Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵 #neuroskyence
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Ashley Juavinett, PhD @ashleyjuavinett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If there are any PhD hopefuls on here, I wanted to share a few thoughts on your timeline for the upcoming admissions cycle, with apps due starting mid-November. What should you be doing right now? ✔️ Generating a list of schools ✔️ Reaching out to possible recommenders 🧵!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Really cool site. www.lostfunds.org
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Lost Funds — $177 Billion Gone
Track the Trump administration’s federal funding disruptions state by state — what was cut or frozen, who it hurts, and how states are fighting back in court.
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Leslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Transformative opportunity for early career faculty @hhmi-science.bsky.social #FreemanHrabowski Scholars competition opens 11/3/2026 but you can get started NOW: view application components, establish eligibility, and unlock example applications and other resources www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
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Early Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ...
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Good to see thebooks survived. Many in our public schools have not.
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PallasLab @pallaslab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
SHAME on my former employer!!
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