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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I don’t know if he intended it to be this way, but Brian Goldstone wrote a book that every education policy person and every educator needs to read. This is why: 1) This is a book about children. They are there in nearly every scene, and every setback in their families’ quest for a home is…

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There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Working and Homeless in America (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Some science cuts in Trump's proposed FY27 budget ❌ NIH: -$5B, including all of NIEHS, NIMHD, FIC & NCCIH. ❌ EPA: -4.6B ❌ NSF: -3.8B ❌ NASA Science: -3.4 Billion ❌ NOAA: -1.8B, including the entire Oceanic and Atmospheric Research budget ($605M) ❌ AHRQ: All of it. -$296M, 100% And there's more.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.

Graph of award probability of R35 and R01 from NIH factbook as a function of review rank percentile. As is apparent, 2025 is a significant departure, with lower award probabilities at all scores <40 and significant departures from norm, where even being in the top 10% is no longer a nearly certain indicator of success.

Data source: https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/report/302

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This July, we are holding a virtual hackathon to explore LEVANTE data! If you're interested in data analysis, development, and cross-cultural variability, please join us! First week is open, second week is by application with mentorship on group projects. levante-hackathon-2026.github.io

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

We are pleased to announce that the first LEVANTE data release is now publicly available! To access and download the pilot data, follow instructions on researcher.levante-network.org/data. This data release accompanies the preprint linked in the thread.

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Data collected through the LEVANTE Framework is de-identified. LEVANTE currently does not hold any data regulated under HIPAA (US) or GDPR (EU). To learn more, please see our Ethics and Privacy page.

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Theresa Cheng @tcheng.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Excited to share that I'm helping organize LEVANTE Hackathon 2026, taking place July 6-17! Please save the date and bookmark our page for updates: researcher.levante-network.org/hackathon

Promotional flyer for LEVANTE Hackathon 2026, featuring a graphic of a person working on a computer. See https://researcher.levante-network.org/hackathon for more info.

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 07/10/2025

🔬✨Applications are open! The Science for Public Good Fund offers up to $1500 to support community-driven science advocacy projects. From workshops to local campaigns, you can help spark change. 🔗 Apply here now: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

After many requests, I finally accessed what turned out to be the saddest and smallest library I have ever seen. I was surprised to find that the books were not categorized by author or Dewey number but size. I tried to find a book before my allotted time ended and picked a cooking book; the second time I got a novel. I began flipping through the pages in search of solace, as books have always been my safe haven. To my surprise, I discovered handwritten notes scattered throughout the book, dated and written by various detainees over time. These messages were filled with reminders of hope, strength, and the assurance that this, too, shall pass. Tears welled up in my eyes as I read their heartfelt expressions. It’s incredible how human beings can find ways to uplift each other, transcending time, space, and borders if they want to and if they choose to. I continued to turn the pages, holding on to the hope of finding brighter moments in this terrifying situation—all thanks to the kindness of people I had never met.

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Theresa Cheng @tcheng.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

These are really digestible – thanks!

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Sheila Crowell, PhD @sheilacrowell.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I am not alarmist. I'm writing what needs to be said. Higher ed is on the brink of collapse and so much could be lost. College, alongside the military, is a second family for many adults. It is where people fall in love, pick sports teams, meet lifelong friends, and form a professional identity. A 🧵

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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday 📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

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Theresa Cheng @tcheng.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Update: My contract won't be cancelled due to an internal fund. This is a personal relief after weeks of uncertainty! Still thinking about: how answering deep questions in basic science often takes years, and how much we are losing now in talent, infrastructure, and intellectual freedom

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Adrian H. Huerta, PhD @adrianhuertaphd.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

What a damn shame! Now more than ever do we need more research insight into understanding the mental health of kids! 😡 #academicSky

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Theresa Cheng @tcheng.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Welp. I'm a postdoc whose NIH funding source has just been cancelled in a mass grant termination targeting Harvard. We've been using these funds to study how puberty affects the brain and adolescent mental health.

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Grace Miao @graceqmiao.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Excited to share the DIMS Dashboard—a tool for displaying multimodal, extracted time series alongside the original video source! It’s designed to support and inspire a richer qualitative–quantitative research cycle. Huge thanks to my amazing collaborators and mentors who made this possible! 🙌

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Theresa Cheng @tcheng.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Delighted that my first post on Bluesky is this joyful announcement. Rümeysa is a fellow developmental scientist and her imprisonment for protected speech should never have happened. I've been following this closely and appreciate folks who've been breaking down the legal proceedings — thank you!

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