Preparing slides for upcoming talks. Mindful of the old advice, "If you're not sure what to say, say it louder." #WarOnScience
March 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Preparing slides for upcoming talks. Mindful of the old advice, "If you're not sure what to say, say it louder." #WarOnScience
The #WarOnScience harms the most vulnerable first
The field of gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ) health is being erased. Hundreds of ongoing NIH grants being immediately terminated. Deb Umberson and my decade long longitudinal study on marriage and health joined the termination list last night.
March 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The #WarOnScience harms the most vulnerable first
Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump:
Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
May 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Here's what you need to know about Trump's war on science & medicine, from two incredible experts, @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
Five Questions with Doctors Peter Hotez and Michael Mann
The War on Science Continues
joycevance.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Giving an external committee power to veto research funding because it doesn’t align to a political agenda will not only harm science, it is a threat to democracy.
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
These stories should start with framing about the broad #WarOnScience, not technical details
DOGE now controls grants.gov, preventing many federal officials from posting funding opportunities. It’s up to DOGE to post them now.
DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions
A DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
These stories should start with framing about the broad #WarOnScience, not technical details
"Harvard Freezes Hiring as Trump Threatens to Pull Funding"
Harvard Says It’s Temporarily Freezing Hiring of Staff, Faculty
Harvard University will temporarily freeze hiring as the risk of federal funding cuts by the Trump administration threatens the finances of some of the most prestigious American colleges.
www.bloomberg.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Trump regime again tries to shutter all NOAA labs in its 2027 White House budget. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
White House releases FY27 budget proposal, continuing plan of massive cuts to Earth science, including elimination of NOAA Research
NOAA grant data shows agency awarding grants at a much slower rate than previous years, likely showing administration strategy to reduce scientific spending through budget execution
open.substack.com
April 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM
tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.
The White House today announced it plans to make major changes in how the U.S. government manages research funding. https://scim.ag/43HgW4s
May 30, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Personally, I’d be in shock if he believes in the round Earth theory. #WarOnScience
June 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Personally, I’d be in shock if he believes in the round Earth theory. #WarOnScience
US Coast Guard Academy Censors ‘Climate Change’ From Its Curriculum insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...
US Coast Guard Academy Censors ‘Climate Change’ From Its Curriculum - Inside Climate News
The terminology will be stricken in classes for future officers in a service that confronts global warming every day, a move some say will weaken it.
insideclimatenews.org
March 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
March 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New episode out! 🧪
The Trump administration has thrown the science world into chaos. We talk to @maxkozlov.bsky.social at @nature.com and Jocelyn Kaiser at @science.org about what's going on.
On Spotify or wherever you listen 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/56Co...
The Trump administration has thrown the science world into chaos. We talk to @maxkozlov.bsky.social at @nature.com and Jocelyn Kaiser at @science.org about what's going on.
On Spotify or wherever you listen 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/56Co...
The War on Science
open.spotify.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
As a testament to the dire situation in the U.S., our university (Uni. Iceland) just sent an email on the risk of data (used or gathered by European institutions) stored in the United States being deleted, altered, or access to it restricted. #academia #waronscience #disinformation
May 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
As a testament to the dire situation in the U.S., our university (Uni. Iceland) just sent an email on the risk of data (used or gathered by European institutions) stored in the United States being deleted, altered, or access to it restricted. #academia #waronscience #disinformation
Drexel is attempting to cause catastrophic damage to our connection to our worlds natural history, by displacing millions of specimens that have been housed for 200+ years, by closing the museum at the end of the month.
Help make waves. watch the video and participe in history.
#WarOnScience
Help make waves. watch the video and participe in history.
#WarOnScience
Drexel University in Philadelphia is trying to shut down the oldest Natural History Museum in the western hemisphere, privatizing its vast collection. If you care about natural history PLEASE watch this video that tells you how you can help. youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...
The Plan To Destroy Americas Oldest Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
youtu.be
September 26, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Drexel is attempting to cause catastrophic damage to our connection to our worlds natural history, by displacing millions of specimens that have been housed for 200+ years, by closing the museum at the end of the month.
Help make waves. watch the video and participe in history.
#WarOnScience
Help make waves. watch the video and participe in history.
#WarOnScience
St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won.
Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
By @audreydutton.bsky.social and @kelciemmorris.bsky.social
Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
By @audreydutton.bsky.social and @kelciemmorris.bsky.social
This Hospital System Fought COVID, Then a Far-Right Leader. Now It’s Taking on Idaho’s Abortion Ban.
St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing…
propub.li
March 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The explosive diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis outbreak has now spread to 41 states, with cases surging past 11,500.
Last year, RFK ordered the CDC's Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network to stop tracking cyclosporiasis.
Last year, RFK ordered the CDC's Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network to stop tracking cyclosporiasis.
July 23, 2026 at 3:13 AM
The US has become a country that scholars are afraid to visit. #WarOnEducation #WarOnScience #AcademicSky
🚨 The Canadian Association of University Teachers has just advised against any non-essential travel to the United States.🚨
Was doing this anyway, but still shocking to see it officially in writing.
www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
Was doing this anyway, but still shocking to see it officially in writing.
www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
April 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The US has become a country that scholars are afraid to visit. #WarOnEducation #WarOnScience #AcademicSky
War on Science: The oldest museum in the Americas is facing closure:
youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...
Link to Petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
#science #waronscience #philadelphia #DrexelUniversity
youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...
Link to Petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
#science #waronscience #philadelphia #DrexelUniversity
The Plan To Destroy Americas Oldest Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
youtu.be
September 24, 2026 at 1:51 PM
War on Science: The oldest museum in the Americas is facing closure:
youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...
Link to Petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
#science #waronscience #philadelphia #DrexelUniversity
youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...
Link to Petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
#science #waronscience #philadelphia #DrexelUniversity
Keep fighting back! The culture warriors have spread themselves too thin (just too much to be frightened of!) and are losing the #WarOnScience. #AcademicSky
Resist. Trump will keep losing. And his legal battles and Epstein are stretching the DOJ thin.
He has dropped his appeal of the $1.2B demand from UCLA.
This fight was not from tepid administrators or the faculty senate
It was from the DeFacto faculty union and the UAW.
He has dropped his appeal of the $1.2B demand from UCLA.
This fight was not from tepid administrators or the faculty senate
It was from the DeFacto faculty union and the UAW.
Trump administration drops appeal of order blocking $1.2 billion UCLA settlement - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 10:00 p.m. The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a decision Friday that blocked it from demanding a $1.2 billion settlement from UCLA.
dailybruin.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Keep fighting back! The culture warriors have spread themselves too thin (just too much to be frightened of!) and are losing the #WarOnScience. #AcademicSky
Unbelievable effects of the #WarOnScience.
Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.
Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline
Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Unbelievable effects of the #WarOnScience.
2/2 other part of their #WarOnScience = attacks on the #CDC
👇 here is a collection of Articles & Posts about #RisksOfDismantlingCDCcuration
Use it to turn out the #vote to elect #leaders
bsky.app/profile/bias...
🏷️ #health #diseasePrevention #RisksOfDismantlingCDC #healthRisk #rfk #maha
👇 here is a collection of Articles & Posts about #RisksOfDismantlingCDCcuration
Use it to turn out the #vote to elect #leaders
bsky.app/profile/bias...
🏷️ #health #diseasePrevention #RisksOfDismantlingCDC #healthRisk #rfk #maha
Here’s a curation of posts 👇on the impacts and future impacts of changes at the #CDC.
Is it being destroyed? Are these changes endangering lives?
Feel free to add to the curation 🔗 in the reply comments below 👇
#health #diseasePrevention
Is it being destroyed? Are these changes endangering lives?
Feel free to add to the curation 🔗 in the reply comments below 👇
#health #diseasePrevention
September 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
2/2 other part of their #WarOnScience = attacks on the #CDC
👇 here is a collection of Articles & Posts about #RisksOfDismantlingCDCcuration
Use it to turn out the #vote to elect #leaders
bsky.app/profile/bias...
🏷️ #health #diseasePrevention #RisksOfDismantlingCDC #healthRisk #rfk #maha
👇 here is a collection of Articles & Posts about #RisksOfDismantlingCDCcuration
Use it to turn out the #vote to elect #leaders
bsky.app/profile/bias...
🏷️ #health #diseasePrevention #RisksOfDismantlingCDC #healthRisk #rfk #maha
Top scientists pen letter calling for end to ‘assault on U.S. science’
CBC News
April 1, 2025
By Catherine Zhu
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/top-...
#WarOnScience #USPoli #research
CBC News
April 1, 2025
By Catherine Zhu
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/top-...
#WarOnScience #USPoli #research
Top scientists pen letter calling for end to ‘assault on U.S. science’
stillcoviding.ca
April 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Top scientists pen letter calling for end to ‘assault on U.S. science’
CBC News
April 1, 2025
By Catherine Zhu
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/top-...
#WarOnScience #USPoli #research
CBC News
April 1, 2025
By Catherine Zhu
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/top-...
#WarOnScience #USPoli #research