NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 7h#RAdminSky Looking for a co-presenter for 2017 NCURA PRA NOLA w/legal background. DM me. 000
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 13/10/2026#Harvard cases discussed early in show #RAdminSky 000
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerJust Security @justsecurity.org · 09/10/2026On the Just Security podcast, Erwin Chemerinsky and @rgoodlaw.bsky.social discuss how red states benefit from the lawsuits that blue states are bringing against the Trump administration. Watch the full episode: www.justsecurity.org/159978/just-... 01211
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 10/10/2026❤️ And that back of the t-shirt should have “F you… list of red states”static.klipy.comOMG That's Awesome Love It Flashing TextALT: OMG That's Awesome Love It Flashing Text 000
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerNIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 10/10/2026GAO found that HHS violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding funds after firing its grants management staff. These kinds of investigations will not happen under Eric Ueland’s watch. We must not let him lead GAO. www.gao.gov/products/b-3...gao.govU.S. GAO - Department of Health and Human Services—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—Application of Impoundment Control Act to the Availability of Funds for GrantsCongress appropriated lump sum amounts to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to carry out various research initiatives for fiscal... 078
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerSTAT @statnews.com · 09/10/2026The Trump administration is investigating nine universities for alleged fraud related to visas commonly used by postdoctoral researchers, a core part of the U.S. biomedical workforce. It’s unclear how much evidence the administration has to support its visa fraud concerns. bit.ly/4dXOBwsbit.lyTrump administration investigates 9 universities for alleged visa fraudThis story has been updated. The Trump administration announced Thursday that it is investigating nine universities for alleged fraud related to visas 465
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Axios reports AI companies are preparing for a catastrophic event in the next six to 12 months. 61281132
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I can’t wait for Election Day!static.klipy.comAwesome Glowing Blue Ocean WaveALT: Awesome Glowing Blue Ocean Wave 000
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 07/10/2026That’s the auditors and fed govt for ya - not the universitystatic.klipy.comCat Feeling Your PainALT: Cat Feeling Your Pain 010
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ha ha hastatic.klipy.comJim Carrey's Hilarious 'Good One!'ALT: Jim Carrey's Hilarious 'Good One!' 000
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/10/2026Trump has been coming for American higher education since January 20th, 2025. It's time to fight back as a unified front. Join us on October 7th, 7pm ET to increase the public pressure on higher education leadership and defend academic freedom: tinyurl.com/yckchhy3 #Science #University #HigherEd 26327
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerAlex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Not sure exactly what this means. Seems like NIH wants to offload (privatize?) biorepositories. sam.gov/workspace/co... 143
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This strikes me as really fuckin bad 441125236
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There is no NSF leadership. They were removed and never replaced. 323073
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerTrisha Clark @tcinindy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026ICYMI: If you're submitting a NIH K Award, the DMS Plans are no longer required, effective immediately. You may receive a validation error if you try to include it. We're already receiving reports of some receiving an error. #RAdminsky 001
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:science.org‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences researchAgency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year 9665515
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hey California, great idea! tinyurl.com/bddjv8m2tinyurl.com$7.5-billion mini-NIH plan goes to California voters under bill signed by NewsomCalifornia voters will decide whether to create a $7.5 billion state scientific research arm similar to the National Institutes of Health. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that puts the issue before vo... 000
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 04/10/2026static.klipy.comAlia Shawkat as Gwendolyn Clicking Pen in SeveranceALT: Alia Shawkat as Gwendolyn Clicking Pen in Severance 010
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerMark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026What is likely going on here: Vought, Project 2025, Trump etc want to kill social and behavioral research, blow up basic science, harm universities, and destroy govt generally. So they are defunding SBE almost completely, leaving a shred of activity behind so Vought can plausibly assert in court 110032
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I tell my boy everyday just STOP whatever you are doing NOW. #AfricanWildCat 020
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Good summary of #SCOTUS power grab. tinyurl.com/259327tutinyurl.comThe Supreme Court is building power no one gave it 051
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Tomorrow! 1st Circuit oral arguments scheduled for Oct 5, 9:30 am, Harvard v. DHHS www.ca1.uscourts.gov/calendar-inf... #RAdminSkyca1.uscourts.govCalendar Information | First Circuit | United States Court of Appeals 000
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 02/10/2026this matters 15315
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerJessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🎧 NEW EPISODE 🎧: the incomparable @andykroll.bsky.social explains how one man (not DJT, not Elon Musk, not Pete or Kash or Marco...) is behind so much of what the second Trump administration has done. He's a bureaucrat named Russell Vought — the Shadow President www.propublica.org/podcast/who-... 59138
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Northwestern Wrongly Fired Gender Center Chief, Ill. Jury Told www.law360.com/articles/253... (The case is Abtahi v. Northwestern University, case number 2025-L-009013, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois)law360.comNorthwestern Wrongly Fired Gender Center Chief, Ill. Jury Told - Law360Northwestern University illegally fired its former gender and sexuality center director for criticizing its decision to remove resources from the center's website in an email to colleagues that leaked... 000
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 30/09/2026For now. Waiting on NIH to issue FAQ. Don’t worry about getting them recertified, it’s not necessary, and only puts more burden on faculty. 010
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's September 30, end of the federal government's fiscal year. Happy #FOIA day to all who celebrate. Let's make those numbers, #FOIA officers! 0337
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerThat's Mikael Meyers @saintarray.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026I work in IT. In my office, all of the other techs use ChatGPT regularly. I do not. Imo, Chad Gibbidy hasn’t made them any more efficent than they were before nor faster than me. They mostly use it in order to respond to emails by making their natural assholery sound less assholery. 1251
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 30/09/2026At least you do not need to also be a Research Administrator #RAdminSky 110
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Reading and writing (and collecting data) is exactly what I think #highered is about #AcademicFreedom 000
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 30/09/2026Democrats control state government in Minnesota but they are still cutting public higher education funding: www.highereddive.com/news/univers...highereddive.comUniversity of Minnesota eyes $225M in budget cutsSenior leaders attributed its financial woes to “shifting enrollment trends, unpredictable state and federal funding, and rising costs.” 24020
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 25/09/2026FYI to everyone submitting this October NIH cycle You need to re-certify your ScienCV AFTER Sept 26 (tomorrow) for your application or it may not be accepted. Great timing! 78692
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Science peeps: Looks like SciENcv updated the digital certificate used to sign Biosketch and Current & Pending documents without notification. The old certificate expires Saturday, September 26, 2026. SciENcv docs before that date may fail validation in eRA Commons delaying or blocking submission. 77572
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project? 15145851293
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Russell Vought cannot be given the power to decide what science is funded. He knows nothing about science; in fact, he seems to hate it and everyone who does it. And he has all of the worst characteristics of humanity. The Republican Congress is a fucking disease.arstechnica.comRussel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grantsPending move comes over the objections of the NIH director. 39735294
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Statement from @murray.senate.gov and the Senate Appropriations committee about Vought takeover plan. www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minorit...appropriations.senate.govSenator Murray on Trump’s Latest Plan to Politicize Lifesaving NIH Research | United States Senate Committee on AppropriationsUnited States Senate Committee on Appropriations 14227
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerCraig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Collins issues statement on rumors of Executive Order taking control of NIH funding - please keep pressure on. There can be no trust here but it is also the case that she should hear that this statement will be welcomed if it is accompanied by action www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...appropriations.senate.govSen. Collins: OMB Should Not Be Involved in Agency Decisions on Grant Awards | United States Senate Committee on AppropriationsUnited States Senate Committee on Appropriations 14724
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants" [everybody up in arms, as they should be, but for those who have been paying close attention, this has pretty much already happened - the realization just hasn't sunk in yet] www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...nytimes.comWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. 1015271
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Another 1A challenge to grant terminations filed #researchimprovesyourlife #NIHscience.orgResearchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screeningLawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech 000
NotAnInfluencer @scigeek69.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Duke and UNC under investigation for failure to disclose #ResearchSecurityed.govU.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of State Open Foreign Funding Investigations into Duke University and the University of North DakotaYesterday, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of State (State) opened foreign funding investigations. 000
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Whether it’s universities trying to hire more women and Black people or Kash Patel trying to hire more people who have engaged in bestiality, both sides have taken controversial approaches to increasing diversity. 12728139
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerMatthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A North Carolina professor in the 2026 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey: "I have had a non-student with a gun enter my classroom to intimidate me. I have received an email death threat from a student.” Here are more voices from the region: 1/x lailluminator.com/2026/09/10/u...lailluminator.comUniversity faculty in the South report culture of fear, doxxing and threats • Louisiana IlluminatorA survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education 12113
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerInside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 10/09/2026Judge Declares West Point Faculty Gag Order Unconstitutional bit.ly/4A4fxnN 058
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerProPublica @propublica.org · 08/09/2026This video on the rise of Trump's "shadow president" is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Russ Vought, most of which had not been previously reported:youtube.comRussell Vought: The Shadow PresidentYouTube video by ProPublica 401000526
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/09/2026The NIH Director confirms they are giving away biomedical research money used to develop treatments and cures for infectious diseases such as influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, Ebola, and other dangerous pathogens, to the Department of Defense. Outrageous. 481146608
Reposted by NotAnInfluencerNature @nature.com · 04/09/2026An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense. go.nature.com/4ycEbk8go.nature.comRevealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIHAn agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defence. 78675