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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 02/02/2026

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

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Suzanne McGaugh @suemcgaugh.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

St. Paul Friday, March 7 · 3 - 5pm CST www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... Austin Friday, Friday, March 7 · 4 - 7pm CST www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

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Jeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 16/02/2025

It’s time to #standupforscience2025 - We’re making our voice heard about the importance of the American science ecosystem, and want you to join us. More information at www.standupforscience2025.org #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Stand up for science poster featuring event details. Stand up for science is happening on March 7th in DC and nationwide. Find more information and other ways to get involved at www.standupforscience2025.org.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It's not just Assistant President Trump saying crazy shit. It's Democrats doing nothing. It's the lack of serious resistance. It's institutions obeying in advance. It's media normalizing threats against allies. Those are all reasons the USA can never be trusted again.

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Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Join us in Tuscany this summer for a Gordon Conference aimed at the cutting edge of how we use genomics to answer fundamental questions in ecology and evolution! Lots of great speakers already and we'd love to add you to the list www.grc.org/ecological-a...

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2025 Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 01/02/2025

Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...

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Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous

Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 28/01/2025

Whether you get voicemail or staff, be polite and brief: - This is [name] from [city], zip code [NN] - I'm an [NSF/NIH] supported researcher - I'm very concerned about disruptions to grant review and research at NSF and NIH - NSF and NIH help fund [students, research benefits, health security ...]

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