Please don’t stop cold calling the president of the United States at the start of every episode. Hysterical every time.

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

We’re back, rebranded and ready for your comments! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...

Community-collected data can reveal the impacts of industry on everything from air quality to fisheries. But in Louisiana, a law sets strict limits on what kind of data can be used to enforce regulations. Journalist Elise Plunk reports on how environmental groups are responding: buff.ly/uQUxUQu

no monarchs but monarchs. no rat kings but rat king.
#nokings

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

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Help Public Science Study of Urban Birds Support the Public Science Study of Urban Birds!

Science funding is drying up so we’re out here, cap in hand, asking for your support so we can buy hats for our bird monitoring volunteers! Donate link: give.colostate.edu/schools/Colo...
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Science communicators of the Mountain West! Please consider submitting your work to @sciwrirockies.com's first ever #scicomm contest. No entry fee but must be a SWARM member to submit ($30/year, $15/year for students). Deadline November 1!
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New update just dropped on thoughtcrime-checker.com/index.html! You can now automatically check your grant for banned words and replace them with a phrase 100% approved by the #Trump regime!

Time for South Park, Colbert and the rest to start their own breakaway media company.

"Politics is so much easier when you can say whatever you want, in the same way even an expert soccer player will not score many goals against an unskilled opponent who insists the sport being played is rugby."

Tone reminds me of @kenwhite.bsky.social
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Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice - npj Aging npj Aging - Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice

Imagine tripping in a small, smelly mouse cage in the bowels of some academic hall. I bet those telomeres would be even longer if the mice were in an outdoor pen with live grass and dirt! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great observation to add to whoeatswhom.org!

My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.

I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.

If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.

Opinion | We Found a Work Around to Trump Defunding Science When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it.

They canceled the National Nature Assessment. We kept going. The science didn’t stop. Neither did our hope, or our resolve. The work is still happening—independent, evolving, and grounded in purpose. Because weareunitedbynature.org

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Trump says it’s not in his power to get him back. Bukele says it’s not in his power to send him back. Senator Van Hollen should just bring him home himself!

Cancer itself getting in on the disinformation game. God help us!

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I’m sure the party that hates when cabinet secretaries mishandle classified information will be just furious about this

well, your lab did a great job out there

Thank you! Top five thrift of my life lol

@standupforscience.bsky.social

Stand Up for Science: In Defense of Curiosity "President Trump and his administration lack the humility required to take an interest in understanding the world around them."

Excited to see my #StandUpForScience speech in @westword.com today.
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This will be a really neat and timely event. Registration free for SWARM members, $10 for non-members. Join us!

Equal parts glad and deeply troubled that this is finding utility! 😅