Reposted by Teresa SchubertSabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 6h🧪 probably a long shot, but: has anyone heard of a two-headed trout specimen named Cuthbert the Great? the specimen allegedly went to the AMNH in 1940 but the museum has no record of it. trying to track down Cuthbert. www.nytimes.com/1944/08/13/a... 27839
Reposted by Teresa SchubertRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The right-wing idea is that somehow people cannot thrive amidst difference/diversity and cities demonstrate that they do and that lots of us find it enriching and rewarding to live among people who are not clones marching in lockstep. They treat diversity as a threat.... 215924
Reposted by Teresa SchubertJoe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026What truly grinds my gears is that climate scientist can spend 50 years building data-grounded models and need to frame their findings to avoid being called alarmist. At the same time x-risk cranks and CEOs can just pull P(doom) > 10% out of their ass and be taken seriously. 38719
Reposted by Teresa SchubertDan 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 9661515
Reposted by Teresa SchubertEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 13972416
Reposted by Teresa SchubertAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.apnews.comhttps://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d 5542421631
Reposted by Teresa SchubertNick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026SCOOP: the ICE officer who shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in Austin wasn't wearing his body cam. The officer is a new recruit hired by the agency last year 🔽 www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body CamThe officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency. 27650219
Reposted by Teresa SchubertDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Trump administration tries - yet again - to get federal research research funding under its ideological control. Let’s defeat it like we did the last one!science.orgYet Another Attempt to Strangle Scientific Funding 25219
Reposted by Teresa SchubertMatt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Are you an (associate) editor? Help Reviewer Zero improve our peer review culture! Join our Editor Learning Community, share your expertise, and benefit from the insights of your colleagues. Details below! 045
Reposted by Teresa SchubertMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026While ICE agents were shooting Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin on Sunday, their colleagues were violently detaining a US citizen in Evanston, IL who "resembled" a person they were seeking. The victim reported "injuries to his head, neck and teeth":evanstonnow.comFederal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston NowPolice chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved. 16591248
Reposted by Teresa SchubertMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.npr.orgFederal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, TexasThe person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference. 3732181281
Reposted by Teresa SchubertEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026But speaking of staying in one's lane, can we PLEASE switch the default position from "It's fine to use 'AI' for this thing I'm not an expert in" to "Yeah, I'd be really skeptical of any use cases and need to see strong evidence that it's okay, but I'm not the one who can produce that evidence"? 12569155
Reposted by Teresa SchubertSabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🧪 & entomology bluesky: I keep encountering this example of the longest-lived insect but can't find an original source (I know it's cited in Guinness World Records). Does anyone know more about this 1983 finding? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buprest... 2226
Reposted by Teresa SchubertMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"In past conflicts, preparing lists of proposed targets — work that includes assessing how they align with an operation’s objectives — had taken hours for staffers to complete. Ahead of the US attack on Iran, much of that work was condensed into several minutes via Maven," a Palantir AI system. 20487202
Reposted by Teresa SchubertA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on 8685382213
Reposted by Teresa SchubertLaura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Neural networks are trained on human knowledge: the books we wrote, the art we created, trillions of words on the Internet. They can rearrange that knowledge into interesting shapes, but cannot develop new knowledge or make leaps of logic There is no path to superintelligence here 321931
Reposted by Teresa SchubertMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026NEW: Yet another group of researchers is suing the NIH and HHS over a massive purge of federal research grants. The class-action suit alleges the Trump admin is violating scientists' first amendment rights by using keyword searches to censor science that doesn't align with its political views.aclu.orgResearchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties UnionClass action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research 418894
Reposted by Teresa SchubertJeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A deep dive into the memo that marks the end of how NSF has done business for 76 years www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchersNew document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas 10159119
Reposted by Teresa SchubertThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Explore “The State of Neuroscience in Latin America,” a special report capturing the highs and lows of doing neuroscience research in Latin America. #neurociencia #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu... 172
Reposted by Teresa SchubertStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 14/09/2026There's A LOT of ways the Trump admin is currently attacking & decimating American science. Here's a breakdown of what they are doing, and what you can do about it. 🧵 5370242
Reposted by Teresa SchubertDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026yup, and Joseph Weizenbaum articulated this playbook clearly back in 1972 "This is usually coupled to the more or less subtle assertion that only computer science, hence only the computer scientist, can guard the world against the admittedly hazardous fallout of applied computer technology." 15219
Reposted by Teresa SchubertDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026"Did these AI models “go rogue”? Not exactly. the models were tasked with finding solutions to a hacking challenge, and this is what they attempted to do, though in an unintended and surprising manner." aiguide.substack.com/p/misleading...aiguide.substack.comMisleading Metaphors, Real RisksWhat To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency 16390155
Reposted by Teresa SchubertDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026"It might even require abandoning the seemingly hopeless project of “AI alignment”—teaching machines to be “good”—and embracing the idea that AI’s proper role is not as a moral agent, but as a set of tools to enhance human thriving." 0467
Reposted by Teresa SchubertEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Boosters say: AI is a thing, it's inevitable, it's imminent and it's going to solve all of our problems. The Doomers say: AI is a thing, it's inevitable, it's imminent and it's going to kill us all. >> 316145
Reposted by Teresa SchubertNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"Metaphors can help us make sense of novel situations...But inappropriate metaphors, like the narrative that 'OpenAI lost control of escaping swarms of rogue agents,' can lead to ill-informed decisions about how to fix problems or set policy." 0135
Reposted by Teresa SchubertDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026More and more studies show that vaccination against various infectious diseases also leads to fewer cardiovascular deaths and lower rates of dementia. A rational public health system would be getting as many people vaccinated as possible. But. . .science.orgMore Impossible-to-Ignore Vaccine Effects 310651
Reposted by Teresa SchubertAlt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 09/09/2026"Trump’s State Department . . . discovered that many of the people it eliminated were, unfortunately, pretty important all along—and desperately trying to refill their roles. “State is shopping for the expertise it threw away,” said one former officer." 15228
Reposted by Teresa SchubertGothamist @gothamist.com · 09/09/2026With rising numbers of New Yorkers struggling to afford food and thousands losing their SNAP benefits under new federal work rules, food advocates are highlighting three existing city-funded programs that help people afford healthy foods — that few know about. gothamist.visitlink.me/Y_grV5 01410
Reposted by Teresa SchubertElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!jamanetwork.comCOVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory SeasonThis Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o... 17267772684
Reposted by Teresa SchubertKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved” 20591033163
Reposted by Teresa SchubertTrump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) official filed a whostle-blower report that alleged that the USPS is moving forward with a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans. TAT: [Undermining democracy]nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before MidtermsA report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections. 02918
Reposted by Teresa SchubertAlt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 02/09/2026It's been over a year. Our dear USAID family are still speaking out and standing together. We make each other strong. #USAIDForever www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comHow misconceptions and woeful PR allowed Musk to shred USAID so easily | Jeremiah A CarewA year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga – and why it would never happen to Nasa 411130
Reposted by Teresa SchubertElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026RFK Jr. ordering the CDC to remove the two measles deaths from Pennsylvania is misconduct. If the protocol for reporting infectious disease cases and deaths is that the CDC uses the state health department determination, then RFK Jr. has just changed that protocol without rationale or explanation. 11598212
Reposted by Teresa SchubertJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Not Surprised: “A U.S. Postal Service official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a ‘secretive, rushed’ effort to implement President Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail (Gift Article)A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections. 1061847860
Reposted by Teresa SchubertMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 31/08/2026New York, here’s how you can save a life: 1. Go to nyc.gov/naloxone to get free overdose-reversal medication, also known as Narcan®. 2. If you or someone you love is struggling with substance use, call 988 for confidential recovery resources.nyc.govNaloxone - NYC Health 7655901642
Reposted by Teresa SchubertAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA 227147262819
Reposted by Teresa SchubertEmily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I'm a staff writer at @wired.com and I'm looking to speak with parents of immunocompromised kids, especially those in areas with measles outbreaks, and how you're dealing with back to school with rising cases. emily_mullin@wired.com 25902617
Reposted by Teresa SchubertThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Last week, the National Science Foundation announced $1.5 billion in new funding opportunities—but none from its Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences. #neuroskyence By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/funding/futu...thetransmitter.orgFuture unclear for U.S. federal funding of cognitive scienceThe NSF hasn’t shared new funding solicitations for its Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences or replaced outgoing program officers. 01412
Reposted by Teresa SchubertMatt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tell Congress to save NSF's SBE! Take action here: cossa.org/action-cente...cossa.orgAction Center | COSSAA consortium of Social Science Associations works to communicate the importance of social & behavioral science research to policymakers. The powerful stories come from people who express how it is lik... 0116
Reposted by Teresa SchubertAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way to honor Dolly’s legacy: get your covid vaccine this year! www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/...washingtonpost.comDolly Parton helped fund Moderna’s vaccine. It began with a car crash and an unlikely friendship.“Without a doubt in my mind, her funding made the research toward the vaccine go 10 times faster than it would be without it,” physician Naji Abumrad said of his friend. 7565145
Reposted by Teresa SchubertBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026(3/3) Dolly called and asked if there was any way to help with this tragedy. Abumrad replied she was on a vaccine research team but it was expensive and they were still seeking grants. When Dolly heard this she replied "Well I have money" and donated $1m. Abumrad's team produced the Moderna vaccine. 204027570
Reposted by Teresa SchubertAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026NEW: ICE data released under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that more than half of all ICE arrests are now people with no criminal record; no prior convictions or pending charges. In the first week of August, 55% of all ICE arrests were of people with no criminal record. 16766436
Reposted by Teresa Schubertdavemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com · 14/12/2025people don't want an agentic os they want to do this 22875368
Reposted by Teresa SchubertStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/08/2026The NSF Proposal is a serious threat to science. 13120
Reposted by Teresa SchubertStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/08/2026🚨WARNING🚨 Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal. The Proposal implements some of Vought's Science-Destroying OMB Proposal plans in advance: zurl.co/9nywR Leave your public comment TODAY using our guide & tool: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/Pro...fight2win.standupforscience.netStand up for ScienceStand up for Science 4106133
Reposted by Teresa Schubertbergelsonlab @bergelsonlab.bsky.social · 24/08/2026just did this, thru the comment button here: www.regulations.gov/document/NSF... Would love to see my #NSFSBE folks + the relevant societies ( @fabbs.org, @cogscisociety.bsky.social, @cogdevsoc.bsky.social, @srcdorg.bsky.social, @infantstudies.bsky.social)comment too. deadline today!federalregister.govAgency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Science Foundation Proposal/Award Information-NSF Guidance on Financial AssistanceThe U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew and revise its collection for its financial assistance policies and procedures. In accordance with the requirements of the Paper... 146
Reposted by Teresa SchubertStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 23/08/2026The OMB Rule will put all federal grant funding in the hands of political appointees, not experts. We need MoCs to permanently #RevokeTheRule. Visit the link to contact your MoCs: zurl.co/JayNi #OMB #Vought #Science #StandUpForScience 37025
Reposted by Teresa Schubertᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/202616 months ago: Never forget how it started. 7572693494