Triple the science budget AND fix agency governance. TLDR: Those are the two essential things we must fix in US science.
Get the president out of the science agencies, no presidential influence beyond appointment, stop the attacks on the civil service, restore Congressional power and oversight.
I'm so proud to work with students who are leading the charge to fight this. Please circulate!
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This is a very helpful resource from the former EiC of Science: a template for commenting on the proposed changes to OMB regulations that threaten the continued existence of US Science.
To explain this for my non-science followers. Such a proposal would be to create a black box around review of scientific proposals - this reduction in transparency is what you would do if you wanted to make political or partisan decisions about funding and not scientific ones
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University of Chicago issues guidance for commenting on the proposed regulations around federal grants, includes a link to elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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About the Opportunity Job Summary The Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory (IASL) within the College of Science is seeking a full-time Research Technician for an NIH-funded, multidisciplinar...
After having seen STAR WARS 500 times as a kid, I remember having my mind blown learning that the entire "the death star is about to blow up the rebel base as its being attacked" beat of the ending was invented in the editing room using outtakes and ADR. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️
Them: I've devised an exact formula for what we should invest in science and public health and education, see my 100 page PDF and then–
Me: I'm not reading all that, just triple it and go from there bsky.app/profile/cost...
Several people have asked for possible content and structure for comments regarding the proposed OMB regulations.
With some suggestions from others, I have posted on example (as a Word document) for downloading).
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I hope this is helpful.
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Marcia Lucas, George Lucas' former wife and Oscar-winning editor of 'Star Wars,' died Wednesday. She was 80.
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Well I've really taken a left turn while making slides for my talk., But I am pleased to share some more AI images of sexy Thomas Bayes
Sharing a recent blog post on how PhD students can make a difference in the fight to defend American science.
Hosted on PsychPress, a blog from Northeastern Psych PhD students created by me and @zoekross.bsky.social.
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I heard from several sources yesterday that NIH is planning to release a Request for Information (RFI) that apparently will include this:
Scores and percentiles for NIH grant applications will not be shared with applicants although they will be provided to NIH program officers and staff.
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The same National Science Foundation that the President’s budget wants to cut in half. In half! We should triple it.
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A new class of materials that passively harvests #water from the air.
Because science.
From a project funded by the US National Science Foundation.
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A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can … Read More ›
