Computational disease ecologist. Executive Director of @ropensci.org. Co-founder of https://grant-witness.us/. Brooklynite. One Health, open science, #RStats, cities, civics, bikes, fun, love, progress + justice. he/him
Noam Ross
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🎉 rOpenSci turns 15! Join us for a Quinceañera. In this virtual mix of Celebration, Networking and Brainstorming, we'll split into groups to explore rOpenSci's past and future. ropensci.org/events/ 🧪
At two times for our global community:
📅 Jun 10, 9AM PST (16:00 UTC)
📅 Jun 17, 9AM AWST (01:00 UTC)
This was so clearly what was always going to happen, because he’s an anti-vaccine activist, and the members of Congress who voted to confirm him just absolutely did not care www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/u...
Update: The flag on Princeton's grants was removed on June 4, around the same time NSF got this letter from Democrats on the House Science Committee, demanding details. democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
The scientific community has rightfully rallied against OMB's proposed rule for replacing science with politics. It's important to see clearly what those politics are: the end of values of diversity and inclusion, and the destruction and erasure of trans people.
Solidarity is the only way forward.
NSF seems to have stopped making new awards last week. There have been no new awards from any directorate since Weds, June 3. Even with the slow pace of new awards this year, there's been a consistent trickle. Something stopped the flow. grant-witness.us/funding_curv... #NSF 🧪
Es hoy! Vengan a charlar un ratito 😁
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Important update: This morning NSF removed its internal flags on 3 of the 4 universities (Princeton's remains). We've updated our story to reflect this and the release of the new awards to Harvard and Duke.
1. There has been a major new federal rule proposed governing ALL federal grants.
A federal grant recipient will be deemed ineligible if the recipient advances "gender ideology," or denies that "sex is binary."
This includes hospitals, schools, nonprofits.
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Dan Garisto
The rule could have heavy impacts towards trans people across society.
🎉 rOpenSci turns 15! Join us for a Quinceañera. In this virtual mix of Celebration, Networking and Brainstorming, we'll split into groups to explore rOpenSci's past and future. ropensci.org/events/ 🧪
At two times for our global community:
📅 Jun 10, 9AM PST (16:00 UTC)
📅 Jun 17, 9AM AWST (01:00 UTC)
Join us for a casual community celebration where we'll all have the chance to reflect on rOpenSci's past and future.
🎉 rOpenSci turns 15! Join us for a Quinceañera. In this virtual mix of Celebration, Networking and Brainstorming, we'll split into groups to explore rOpenSci's past and future. ropensci.org/events/ 🧪
At two times for our global community:
📅 Jun 10, 9AM PST (16:00 UTC)
📅 Jun 17, 9AM AWST (01:00 UTC)
Join us for a casual community celebration where we'll all have the chance to reflect on rOpenSci's past and future.
