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O'Neill, an investor in anti-aging technology who worked on HHS policy, would be the first non-scientist or engineer to lead NSF. His background will be a 'major concern' to the science and technology community, former NSF director Neal Lane told me.
@maxkozlov.bsky.social and I report:
Stand Up for Science National Day of Action tomorrow March 7th around the nation. Standupforscience.net/march7
Public pressure and threat of impeachment helped get Noem out. This is why we are pushing for impeachment of RFK, because that kind of pressure works.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience
#savelives
#removerfkjr
Stoked to have The Bad Astronomer in Richmond this Saturday to help us Stand Up For Science!
Check out his newsletter and we'll see you at the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (9th and Franklin Streets) at noon.
"TRUST YOUR NERDS"
GOOD MORNING SCIENCE FIGHTERS!
It is just ONE DAY till the SATURDAY, MARCH 7th RALLY to Take Back Our Science, NATIONWIDE!
Are you attending your local rally? Not sure if there's a rally near you? Visit standupforscience.net/march7 find your local rally, host a rally, or host a pop-up protest!
Tragically, Kristi Noem’s planned farewell parade cost over $100,000, so no one could approve what she considered a modest parade.
Wisconsin State Capitol
MADISON!! Visit this link:zurl.co/eckr8
to learn more about your local SATURDAY MARCH 7TH RALLY
to TAKE BACK OUR SCIENCE!
See map for location! Rally starts at 1pm and goes till 3pm!
#March7Madison
#standupforscience
#science
#savescience
WELL, DORKS! @timothysnyder.bsky.social says there is nothing more important than science and no one more important than scientists to establish a decent society and politics...which is why we are STANDING UP FOR SCIENCE on MARCH 7TH across the nation!
JOIN US! www.standupforscience.net/march7
Good article, but the framing is wrong. There is not a dearth of interest in taxonomy. There is a scarcity of funding and positions, which is a deliberate choice by funding agencies and institutions. The youth love taxonomy! It's the olds that are failing to meet their passion!
A photograph of a velvet worm: a segmented, soft-bodied animal, with beautiful patterning which looks like it has been rolled in orange and blue sequins.
A photograph of a giant springtail: an invertebrate with a soft blue body covered in long yellow soft spines.
Some exciting life news... I am now a lecturer in Entomology and Ecology at Lincoln University in NZ!
We took the Entomology students on a fieldtrip over the weekend, and saw some of my favourite invertebrates: Velvet worms and giant springtails! Always a treat to see these!
#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
CORNWALL, NY NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION MARCH 7TH RALLY CORNWALL TRAFFIC CIRCLE MAIN STREET 12:00 - 2:00 PM
CORNWALL! Join your local March 7th rally to take back our science! Learn more at zurl.co/KUTmP
#March7
#rally
#standupforscience
#March7Cornwall
#science
February 28, 2026 Trump's actions this morning were unconstitutional and bear enormous consequences at home and abroad. The stakes of speaking out against this administration are higher and more urgent today than they were yesterday, which is exactly why we are taking to the streets on March 7th. We will keep you up-to-date on where things are transpiring with how we may be incorporating this into our planned actions, and we look forward to seeing you out on the 7th. We hope you join us to make our voices heard. Save science, protect health, and defend democracy, Colette STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
See you in the streets March 7th.
standupforscience.net/march7
Hell yes, it's still on.
Near Richmond?
Join us at noon Saturday the 7th.
Capitol Square Bell Tower — at 9th and Franklin.
i think we need to make a social shift. instead of proving how cool you are by knifing someone on our team, what if you proved how cool you are by taking the fight to the enemy. crazy thought
Now to listen to some Radiohead…
“Go fuck yourselves” -Radiohead to ICE
Most Americans manage to go their entire lives without worrying what's inside the pants of Boy Scouts and I'm simply asking Pete Hegseth to do the same
Chonky loud boi
This is so spectacularly spot on by @naomioreskes.bsky.social
Federal funding provides RELIABLE STABILITY void of the WHIMS of philanthropy and billionaires.
That stability + freedom to explore = innovation and discovery at scale.
$250B in R&D every year isn’t going to happen by Big Phil.
White House stalls release of approved US science budgets: The administration has not yet released funding Congress allocated to multiple research agencies, so they cannot provide it to funded entities/people - including NIH and NASA. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Fantastic news!!
I covered the OPTIONAL facial recognition at the Atlanta airport because FUCK facial recognition and FUCK Kristi Noem.
Thanks to the Nature team for digging into this. Apportionment is one of those inside-baseball issues that I hoped never to need to learn about... But here was are.
"You can upload your own study materials — lecture slides, PDFs, notes, textbook chapters — and Einstein will help you understand them, create interactive learning tools, and guide you through the material step by step."
Um, no you can't because it is intellectual property
companion.ai/einstein
A seminar ad for my talk called Zombies! Invasives! Vampires! Fungi! Arthropod symbioses that inspire biotechnology. Features a photo of me, time of 3 pm on 26 February and the Warnell building 1 doom 304 as location.
So pleased to be visiting my mentee Hannah Petronek and her advisor @caterinavillani.bsky.social at UGA today!! I’ll be running around, but reach out if you want to say hi. ☺️ Also, check out my seminar tomorrow!
One of the best and most essential features of the WPA, IMO: support for working artists and illustrators
I'll be speaking as a guest of @vanhollen.senate.gov at the “DC People's State of the Union” tonight. Hope to see you there! www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
Poster for Stand Up for Science RTP--UNC campus, March 7 noon
1 year ago at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally, scientists, students, advocates, & community members joined in cities nationwide. Now we're returning to the streets in nearly 30 cities & towns o demand scientific integrity, strong public health protections, & democratic accountability 1/n
