Historian of science interested in 19th c. German sci & tech., atomic cultures, science pedagogy, and developments in physics. Retired from Georgetown Univ. Now Affiliate Faculty at the Univ. of Puget Sound. Avid reader. Archival junkie. I block bots.
Kathryn Olesko
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Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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On Ossoff. Well argued.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/o...
An uplifting opinion piece on how Hungary just must provide a model for taking back the US from all this corruption and nonsense.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...
Another federal data system dusmantled, without any input from the public or scientists
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
Oh I *LOVE* the @planetarysociety.bsky.social's dashboard of OMB proposed rule changes.
The clarity of their thematic clusters is great, but the insertion/deletion tracked changes is outstanding. I hope everyone prepping comments makes great use of it.
dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change...
“Who Controls Science”? By Jorge A. Huerta-Pérez
On the relationship between power and knowledge and how certain types of science can be and are suppressed. The author focuses on Nicaragua, but the analysis applies to the US as well.
sciencepolitics.org/2026/06/10/w...
elizabethginexi.substack.com
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
Mars Express was crucial to this study, with its mineral-mapping OMEGA instrument spotting extensive clay deposits in this part of Mars.
Clay requires liquid water to form, potentially indicating a huge ocean once existed where Rosalind Franklin will look for signs of life 👇
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Make your voices heard!
The proposed OMB rule negates peer review for approval of grant applications. The political appointee will have the power to randomly override peer review.
The last thing we need is the fear of grants getting terminated based on whim.
Russ Vought is all over this.🧪
I'm delighted to share that my deep dive into the early history of the physics Nobel Prize has been named as a finalist in the 2026 Association of British Science Writers @absw.bsky.social awards. It's such an honour to be in the list with so many great writers! 🧪⚛️
www.absw.org.uk/pages/meet-t...
Competing narratives emerge not because evidence is inherently ambiguous, but because power determines which knowledge is visible, legitimate, or silenced.
