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"Trump Slashed Science Funding. Now the U.S. Could Face a Costly Brain Drain."
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"Last month, the Partnership for Public Service…estimated that 95,000 employees had departed federal science agencies from […]

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"Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01105-7

"For the second year in a row, US President Donald Trump has proposed significant cuts to the budgets of major US science agencies…[The plan] includes a ban on using […]

These are just two of many projects L&S has funded that help us move towards more just and accurate legal system functioning. Cutting this program is a major loss. 3/end
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#PsychologyandLaw
#AcademicSky

As Lawsuits Against Trump Pile Up, Strategies Shift The government has secured some notable wins, but plaintiffs aiming to rein in Trump’s higher ed agenda still hold the upper hand, an Inside Higher Ed analysis shows.

"According to an @insidehighered.com analysis of more than 60 key #HigherEd lawsuits, the [Trump administration] has the upper hand in just 17 cases."
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#AcadSky #AcademicSky #DefendResearch #EduSky #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

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"According to an #InsideHigherEd analysis of more than 60 key #HigherEd lawsuits, the government has the upper hand in just 17 cases as of April 1."
www.insidehighered.com/news/government/courts/2...

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Responsible publishing report As part of our ever-evolving understanding of what inequality feels like and how we may start to tackle it in academic publishing, we’ve commissioned a global report on inclusivity.

Hugely grateful to @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social for supporting our work to #DefendResearch against US govt censorship - highlighted in their new responsible publishing report along with many other great initiatives 👏👏👏
www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/responsible-...

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"Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service."
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"They’re shuttering every single one of the ten regional offices that have governed this agency since Gifford Pinchot built the system over a […]

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Update. Here's some detail on #AI tools to help conservative schools ban books.
www.404media.co/blockade-the-right-is-us...

One is BLOCKADE, which stands for “Blocking Lustful Overzealous Content, Keeping Away Depravity and […]

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Conditions of Censorship Complicity in Scholarly Publishing: A China case study. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the ... As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conv...

Speaking of great events, the next #DefendResearch webinar on 4/8 with @georgecoops.bsky.social will look at #censorship from an international perspective: "Conditions of Censorship Complicity in Scholarly Publishing: A China case study" us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A Disappearing Data Chronology About the ExhibitThe Disappearing Data Chronology documents fundamental changes to the federal information landscape under the Trump administration, including major data losses and restorations, legal...

A timeline from the National Security Archive about the Trump administration's attack on federal information: nsarchive.gwu.edu/special-exhi... #publicInformation #DefendResearch #SciSky #Academia #ScholComm

Infuriating that researchers doing this critical work have these roadblocks in their way. Ties in to the NIH and NSF grant change analysis work by @jeremymberg.bsky.social and also grant-witness.us/funding_curv... #censorship #DefendResearch #ClimateChange #SciSky #Academia

Home Sign the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship to publicly condemn and resist the censorship of academic research. Join over 5000+ signatories and share with your networks....

Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social up now discussing the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against US Government Censorship which you can sign here: www.defendresearch.org #UKSG2026

PROACTIVELY FRAME YOUR WORK! Set the narrative/story in ways that work in YOUR context. Sometimes performative resistance doesn't always work and isn't always necessary to effectively #Resist. #UKSG2026 #DefendResearch

Libraries have made its work a 🎯 for those wanting to politicize. Libraries are about leveling the playing field and opening the doors to our collections, services, expertise. Inclusion/viewpoint diversity should be built into what we do -- it's not extra or parallel work. #UKSG2026 #DefendResearch

Leadership challenges 4 libraries: how to advance mission given all the (un)known turmoil? Be aware of national/local climate, supporting our people (1-2-1, coaching, and team support), communicate effectively, PROACTIVITY - acknowledge concerns and reassure. #UKSG2026 #DefendResearch #AcademicSky

The purpose of all this intrusive action -- surveillance, doxing, trolling etc -- all meant to sew fear, mistrust, and uncertainty. Doug Way, UKL #UKSG2026 #DefendResearch #AcademicSky

Remember the distinction btw staff and deans -- Dean's role is to secure the library. Individual librarians have much more flexibility for public statements of #resistance. #censorship #DefendResearch #UKSG2026

If you want to #DefendResearch, you need strong libraries - Doug Way at #UKSG2026 "Our employees, services, collections are core to creation of new knowledge, heart of teaching/research missions." #LibrarySky #AcademicSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky

Macro level interventions via #censorship start to eliminate the conditions for doing research at all, in certain fields. #DefendResearch #UKSG2026

Rob Johnson kicking off Knowledge Under Attack #censorship session with UKY Libraries and @defendresearch.bsky.social session at #UKSG2026. #DefendResearch

To Keep Climate Science Alive, Researchers Are Speaking in Code This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly...

Disturbing case study in censorship and self-censorship: climate scientists trying to do their work without using the word "climate".
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#BannedWords #Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

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Disturbing case study in self-censorship: climate scientists trying to do their work without using the word "climate".
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/to-keep-climate-sci...

#BannedWords #Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch […]

So excellent! Looking forward to more discussions about these data and what they're telling us in a future #DefendResearch webinar!

🧪 #resist #resistrfk #defendresearch #standupforscience

@rouhiroo.bsky.social now highlighting the important work being done by #DefendResearch @defendresearch.bsky.social and the need for mutual aid, collective actions and care across the ecosystem 👏#UKSG2026

Are you "proactive" in how you frame what your library does? #LibrarySky #academicsky #sciencesky In the context of Doug's org, the goals are more important than more publicly performative action (performative is good too, just not possible for all institutions). #DefendResearch #Resist #UKSG2026

Librarians losing their job isn't really a threat bc of the university's commitment to #academicfreedom. But concerns around #selfcensorship are real. How do we advance our university's mission in light of the threats? #censorship #FreedomOfSpeech #DefendResearch #UKSG2026

“If you want to #DefendResearch you need to defend libraries.” Doug way, UL at UKY. #UKSG2026

This is not just a US problem, #censorship affects all aspect of the #Scholcomm #academicsky #sciencesky #polisky #defendresearch