They are intentionally destroying the future of science in America. A generation of lost talent. These are grants that go *directly* to support trainees.
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« Ça va craquer » : le cri de détresse des laboratoires français du CNRS.
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"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Visas for international students were down 40% last summer, thanks to a slew of policies designed to throttle visa issuances and scare off students. Students from 40 countries are now outright banned.
The Constitution and a court order both say that the Everglades detention facility must allow people access to their attorneys.
Instead of complying, guards are cutting off people’s phone access and beating people who speak up.
I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I.
I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee
Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel.
King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.
On a serious note —
Pope Leo is asking you to call your Members of Congress
Capitol switchboard
☎️ 202-224-3121
Protect Chaco Canyon! Trump’s DOI has announced a proposal to open it to oil and gas drilling—potentially destroying sites that have been sacred to Pueblo and Diné indigenous communities for generations.
Say NO to revoking protections for this sacred place: eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home...
Graphic with the text "Action Alert: AAS urges advocacy against proposed cuts to science in President's Budget Request"
The President's Budget Request proposes a 47% cut to NASA Science, a 55% cut to NSF, and a 13% cut to the DOE Office of Science. AAS President Dr. Dara Norman sent a call to action to AAS members via email today. Urge your members of Congress to reject these cuts now! aas.org/reject-2027-...
Schéma du Module de Service européen du vaisseau lunaire orion
Le saviez-vous ?
Au cœur de la mission lunaire Artemis II se trouve le module de service européen (ESM), qui alimente, propulse et soutient le vaisseau spatial Orion et son équipage pendant leur voyage autour de la Lune et leur retour en toute sécurité sur Terre.
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L’hommage des mathématiciennes à Michèle Audin
Billet publié sur Images des mathématiques par René Cori
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It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you.
If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can.
Everyone give this a share after.
Journées parité en mathématiques et informatique à l'Université Paris Cité le 29 et 30 juin 2026. Pour tous les mathématiciennes et mathématiciens intéressé·es par les questions de parité. Parrainé par la SMF.
Programme et inscription : postes.smai.emath.fr/apres/parite...
A petition to relocate this year’s International Congress of Mathematicians, which awards the Fields Medal, the most prestigious honor in the field, has gained over 1,700 signatures.
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A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.
NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)
Directorates to follow
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La SMF ne tiendra pas de stand au Congrès International des Mathématiciens (ICM) de Philadelphie en 2026. (1/3)
(Motion du Conseil d'Administration du 16 janvier 2026)
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This is a wild stat. It's a ratio of 15-20 observers per ICE/CBP agent.
The entire adult population of Hennepin County is about 1 million. This suggests 6-7% of adults in the county have undergone some measure of observation training.
Crazy level of community activation.
Hundreds of Mothers and Children. HUNDREDS OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.
Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers.
Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social
"To date, 757,314 people – the majority children – have died from the funding cuts, according to ImpactCounter, which tracks the effect of USAID cuts via sophisticated modelling tools. That is 88 deaths every hour."
“For the families of Danish soldiers who died in the American-led campaign against the Taliban, their country’s partnership with the United States is not an abstraction. Denmark’s loyalty to America brought Sophia Bruun to Afghanistan, and it ended her life.”
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
La disparition de Michèle Audin laisse un goût amer, alors j'essaie de la retrouver dans ma bibliothèque avec sa sensibilité, ses combats et ses colères...
Retrouvez un hommage complet sur sa vie : engagement à la SMF, géométrie symplectique, littérature, affaire Audin et cause des femmes dans un texte co-écrit par G. Bhowmik, L. Broze, R. Cori, I. Gallagher, C. Ropartz, ainsi que de nombreuses références sur son oeuvre.
👉 smf.emath.fr/actualites-s...