NO KINGS ST LOUIS (DOWNTOWN) · No Kings NO KINGS RALLY & MARCH 📍 Where: Aloe Plaza, 1820 Market Street,, St. Louis, MO 63103 📅 When: March 28, 2026 ⏰ 1:00–1:30 PM: Rally ⏰ 1:30 PM: No Kings March (begins and ends at Aloe Plaza) NO KINGS i...

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"We have to pull out the most powerful arsenal in defense of our democracy that we have, and that's impeachment and removal. And we can't wait."

Día Internacional de la Mujer: tres lideresas rompen el molde en las guardias indígenas dominadas por hombres En comunidades amazónicas de Ecuador, Perú y Colombia, mujeres indígenas jóvenes reclaman su espacio en las guardias indígenas.

#DíaInternacionalDeLaMujer Recorren la selva durante días, vigilan su territorio y denuncian amenazas ambientales. En Ecuador, Perú y Colombia, tres lideresas indígenas están rompiendo barreras en las guardias territoriales y abriendo espacio para más mujeres.

Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.

ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

This is not a policy quibble. This is a battle for the soul of our nation.

ICE is kidnapping children, murdering our neighbors in concentration camps, & executing innocent people in broad daylight. They must be abolished.

@delauro.house.gov, defend your constituents from fascism or resign

Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/

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."

Nitrogen may turbocharge regrowth in young tropical forest trees New research finds that tropical forests can grow significantly faster and sequester more climate-warming carbon dioxide when additional nitrogen is available in the soil. “With this information we…

New research shows young tropical forests grow far faster — and store much more carbon — when soil nitrogen is available.

In the first decade of recovery, trees can grow twice as fast, though the effect fades in older forests, pointing to smarter reforestation strategies.

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

We are gathering momentum for @tropiroot.bsky.social activities. It’s an exciting time to join us if you’re interested in root traits in the tropics! 🌴🌳🌵🌱🪾🌾

#NExTropics symposia at #ATBC2025 find out the latest from nutrient addition experiments from across the tropics

Congratulations to Amanda Cordeiro for leading this effort & to all the @tropiroot.bsky.social members who contributed! Putting tropical roots on the map!

Upset about federal funding cuts in the US? Want some ideas of what to do? I wrote a long-ish blog post about it here
ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com
summarizing things I learned meeting with Senate & House aides this week with the @aibsbiology.bsky.social Congressional Visits Day event.

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

More bad news for US science, indirect rates capped at 15% will further gut our research institutions & univerisities
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...

2 Major Science Organizations Unite For Vital Climate Collection With the 6th National Climate Assessment in limbo, two respected science organizations, AMS and AGU, are stepping up their actions.

Good news for today! The @agu.org and @amspolicy.bsky.social are teaming up to support climate science in the US and fill the vacuum left by the cancellation of the support team and dismissal of the authors of the Sixth National Climate Assessment.

More from @drshepherd2013.bsky.social here:

Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem

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ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS

We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.

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Happy Earth Day! 💚

🥳 Congrats to Dr Lee who passed his PhD defense today. Ming Yang is a founding Team Underground student & @tropiroot.bsky.social member who studies root ecology in Southeast Asian tropical forests trying to understand how diverse forests overcome phosphorus limitation.

To the 3137 (1000+ who should have received the #GRFP this year) & countless qualified grad or soon to be grad students. This sucks, but you don’t. I’m sorry for your bad luck & timing.👇👇👇

Dang, only 1000 NSF GRFP awards this year... A more than 50% cut in the number of fellowships from last year.

Congratulations to all of the fellows !

I am sad for the 1000+ people who should be added to this list that don't get this life-changing opportunity...

www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...

The NatSec group chat shitshow illustrates why DEI is necessary. Otherwise, completely unqualified people will be hired just because they're white dudes.

The Flower Files Inside the Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium, the largest collection of plants and fungi specimens in Louisiana

The LSU herbarium is featured in the most recent Country Roads. Check out the article here!

countryroadsmagazine.com/lsu-herbarium/

Today is the international day of the Woman and Girl in Science. To all badass women, scientists keep doing what you do: discovery, mentorship, and hard work. YOU belong in SCIENE.
To others, uplift the Women scientists you know, cite them, promote them, sponsor them, invite them - be an upstander.