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Science as Solidarity | I fight for a world where science serves people, not elites. Basebuilding Director @standupforscience.bsky.social | PhD in Scicomm @UTAustin | More: stemprov.org
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"Authoritarians fear science in part because its feats — unlocking the universe, ending plagues, saving millions of lives — can form bonds of public trust that rival or exceed their own." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
We are currently live on YouTube right NOW with a Teach In - Funding Cuts and the Threat to Lake Michigan Hop in here! 👇 www.youtube.com/live/S6al3T3... #standupforscience #sufs
Rev. Victoria Safford reminds us "You know we cannot do this all at once. But every day offers every one of us little invitations for resistance, and you make your own responses." What latest "little invitations for resistance" have you accepted? How can we keep our hearts open to them?
💙 I'm SO doing this! 💙 🧠🪱🐤 SHARE, SHARE, SHARE 🧠🪱🐤 🦋 @standupforscience.bsky.social 🦋 act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
I think we are in a moment where the way we think about “rules” is one of the most important things in the world. Writing? Family? Careers? Organizing? Politics? Activism? Our sense of what is “normal” or “allowable” gives us a suite of options that we select from. It constrains us. (1/2)
New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...
I keep saying this, but... ...punishing the homeless is how big-city and blue state liberals do fascism.
Today marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall. One last thing I wanted to share is this video we did as part of Crash Course Black American History that examines the storm and its aftermath. Thinking about all my New Orleans people today. And always. youtu.be/VmqZvlj07-w
Lego fans are famously cool and chill when they can't get the parts they need.
You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.
On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I signed this letter of support for the FEMA dissenters. Please join me, friends!
We at @standupforscience.bsky.social are hosting a Virtual FEMA Rally with special guests — including several of our brave FEMA Dissenters. Let's stand in solidarity with them. 8PM ET tonight! act.standupforscience.net/events/virtu... #FEMA36 #31DaysOfAction #StandUpForScience #SUFS
@daniel-hunter.bsky.social's fantastic guide in @wagingnonviolence.org reminds us that one pathway to resisting authoritarianism is to protect civil institutions--> shorturl.at/9e7Ah We see this happening. Workers at EPA, FEMA, CDC, & more are standing up to tyranny.
Telling it like it is 🔥 "Once again, we are seeing the federal government retaliate against our civil servants for whistleblowing—which is both illegal and a deep betrayal of the most dedicated among us." www.newsweek.com/fema-staff-l...
I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Organize in Solidarity: a 5-week training series on organizing our communities to resist ICE” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
New: Flock, the ALPR company in thousands of U.S. communities and which ICE taps into, wants to partner with a firm that sells dashcams to ordinary drivers. Nexar gets "trillions" of images a month from the dashcams. Could turn cars into roaming surveillance devices www.404media.co/flock-wants-...
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “#WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day Mass Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
acts of bravery all the time, we are standing up
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some FEMA employees who signed public letter of dissent are put on administrative leave.
Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy?
Fucking spineless cowards. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/univers...
Silence = complicity Stand up for yourself; stand up for your kids, your students, future peeps not yet born We must #resist the authoritarian creep towards neo-fascism
for every scientific institution I am disappointed in obeying in advance or doing nothing, I meet with scientists who are defying. They are choosing to align with their values rather than conform to those around them, standing up to authoritarian bullies. They fuel my hope.
www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...
Welcome FEMA to the letter resistance!! The Katrina Declaration was released today out of concern that we are going back to a time when our response was its own man-made disaster. Say Never Again and sign in support!!! @rebelfema.altgov.info act.standupforscience.net/forms/sign-o...
FEMA Staff Warn Trump Official’s Actions Risk A Katrina Level Disaster www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025... SIGN ONTO KATRINA DECLARATION HERE: www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...
I bet many people feel less alone and more motivated to fight because they saw these! Thanks for your work.
I walked around my community cleaning up and posting these notices. Science is for everyone! @standupforscience.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social @nicbennett.bsky.social @savehealthresearch.bsky.social
I’m sorry but the “should scientists be activists” train left the station for the last time when we started spending billions to build concentration camps. I feel like you guys are engaging with the science stuff as though the camps thing is like, happening on a different TV show
My new piece is live! While the atrocities of RFK Jr. are many (and well beyond what can be summarized in a single blog post), we at @standupforscience.bsky.social have selected the nine most atrocious. Read below 👇 www.standupforscience.net/blog/9-worst... #ImpeachRFKNow
Of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, which allows hundreds of NIH grant terminations to proceed, @scott-delaney.bsky.social says: “I see no viable, no reasonably likely scenario where that research comes back. I think it’s gone.” www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
“From citing non-existent studies generated by the FDA’s AI tool ‘Elsa’ to mischaracterizing real research on the COVID-19 vaccine, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly spread false claims” In fact, RFK has screwed us so often, @standupforscience.bsky.social struggled to restrict its list to 9!
join us tonight! we'll gather, make meaning of this moment, and get into action let's link arms and protect each other's health
🧫It’s day 19 of #31DaysOfAction! Join our weekly action hour TONIGHT with special guest @aratip.bsky.social, an engineer and former Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy! Link in bio or sign up here: zurl.co/lCym9 #StandUpForScience #ActionHour #AratiPrabhakar
Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES! Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No. Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES! Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES! Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES! Fund mRNA research!
As climate disasters increase, the hamstrung agency’s response efforts will be impeded when they’re needed most.
📢 It’s day 15 of #31DaysOfAction, Friends and Family Friday!! RFK Jr. is a danger to science & democracy. Tell your friends, family and EVERYONE to sign our petition. We’re NOT trading innovation for ideology. Sign & share: zurl.co/JPPol
Introducing Infinite Sums, A National Initiative Celebrating Mathematics infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/introducing-...
dismantling of justice work in science is real—it happened to me but my stubborn ass won't stop fighting for science to belong to everyone now, as Basebuilding Director @standupforscience.bsky.social I help scientists find their way into fights for justice. Let's build together.
millions of people have been in the streets the last few months, but what's next? we and others across the country are hosting mass meetings with @surj.org 🚨Join us Aug 16th 1PM in Lansing🚨 let's talk about what we're up against, what we all have in common, and what we do next shorturl.at/Pi6Wg
happening now! join us for a powerful convo
truth.
@jeremymberg.bsky.social on last night's @standupforscience.bsky.social action hour: "You can always get another job. You can't get another soul." I am proud to know scientists who are digging deep into their values and linking hands. We will not leave anyone behind in this fight.
someone on the @standupforscience.bsky.social action hour last night said "I hope we can make it embarrassing to have enabled fascism" let's make it so
thanks for joining us!
and delighted to share @jeremymberg.bsky.social will be there to share and to take action with us ⚗️🔭📋 let's grow our movement to demand a world that works for everyone
Feeling fired up about attacks on science and our ability to flourish? Not sure what to do? We've got you--join @standupforscience.bsky.social's Welcome & Action Hour and we'll connect you with community + action. We don't have to do everything, but we can do our part. And every part adds up.
so many people have helped me after I lost my funding and job with the attacks on DEI in science the small check ins, the connections to housing, the quick gig to help pay the bills--> knowing that others were out holding me up. Our relationships are what is durable and cannot be defunded.
Tonight I secretly placed ~12 flyers about the NIH's critical, life-saving work (now threatened by Trump) all over my local grocery store. A fun way to spice up my shopping. You can too: www.standupforscience.net/microflyering @standupforscience.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social
For my Sunshine Saturday, I tabled about Climate Change Theatre Action at the Beal Botanical Garden at their jazz concert. What did you do?
New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 5! Join our Action Hour! Today at 8p Et/5p PT Meet the team, connect with others, take action, and get a little boost of hope. We have a very special guest: Nobel Laureate Dr. Victor Ambros! Sign up here: zoom.us/webinar/regi... #31days
From Kaz Gary: For Pride Month, Astrobites is interviewing one transgender astronomer every week. This week we interviewed Dr. Megan Pickett, an Associate Professor of Physics at Lawrence University! 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/06/27/m...
We must see that our lives, our struggles and successes, are bound up in each other. What does collective action look like if you stop being optimistic your discipline's market will improve and instead think about academia as a whole?
Who do we call instead of the police? In this new episode of the One Million Experiments podcast, we chat with Relationships Evolving Possibilities (REP) in Minneapolis about their crisis hotline, staffed by dedicated community members. The episode is also available on YouTube! Check it out here:
Day 3 of our 31 Days of Action campaign seems like the perfect time to say THANK YOU to all 75k (!!!!) of our followers! What started as a single post has turned into a vibrant grassroots movement & community of science activists. Tell your friends! www.standupforscience.net/31-days-of-a...
The failure of the United States government to do what it needs to do regarding climate change is one of the most undemocratic and possibly consequential things to ever happen in human history
“Deescalate all conflict that isn’t with the enemy.” - Margaret Killjoy, “The Sky is Falling; We’ve Got This”
Looking for good summer tech reads that aren’t going to boost terrible CEOs and their companies? I just made some updates to my Bookshop page! Find my recommendations here: bookshop.org/shop/parismarx
WE ARE HIRING! The hunt for our new executive director has begun! The link for more information is in our bio. Feel free to DM us with any questions!
excited to dig into this one: Transformative community-engaged science: Strengthening relationships between science and society | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Each Friday, I write a summary of what happened this week in science 🧪& higher ed: - EPA shutting down office of research - NIH selecting politically-preferred reviewers - ICE surveillance tech - unsnarling research funding news This was Week 26, a marathon. buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
🧪 UPDATE: All 63 House appropriators will meet **this Thursday** about science funding levels. They'll deliberate on the proposed multi-billion dollar cut to NSF's budget ($9.0B --> $7.0B). If you think that's bad for our country, here's who to call: appropriations.house.gov/about/member...
WIRED is hiring! We're looking for a senior writer to cover the frontiers of scientific advancement—breakthroughs in space tech, quantum science, nanotechnology, batteries, and more—and the people and companies behind them. This role is based in our London office. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
🚨BREAKING NEWS! 🚨 🚀 the Voyager Declaration has LAUNCHED. NASA employees join a growing rebellion against Trump’s anti-science, anti-American agenda. 🧵(1/4)
I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Summer to Grow: Lansing Mass Meeting to Turn up the Heat” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
Tonight! Join the One Million Rising training series, where we'll discuss strategies and tactics of strategic noncooperation - critical to defending our freedoms and our communities during this time. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination - nonprofitquarterly.org/rehearsing-f...
thanks for that catch! here is the registration link--look forward to seeing you there: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
registration link! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Trump’s War on Science got you down? Do not despair! 😈 Join @nicbennett.bsky.social @lizneeley.bsky.social and I (and others!) for the Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour tomorrow at 7pm est! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social
reposting w/ correct date 😅
🚨 Scientists are rising up—and we’re rising with them. Join Scientists in Solidarity + @standupforscience.bsky.social for an Action Hour to support federal scientists dissenting against authoritarianism. 🧪 Mon 7/14 · 7–8pm ET 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #BethesdaDeclaration #EPA
Under EPA head Lee Zeldin, the agency is rethinking asbestos bans, weakening mercury rules, and allowing delays in removing carcinogens from drinking water. EPA workers are rallying to support coworkers facing retaliation for signing a letter of dissent:
I want the left(s) to move from appreciation of particular institutions to seriously contending for GOVERNANCE. If you can, get on your local library boards. Take up those positions.
I keep finding new things in the pictures the longer I look. A true lesson in close looking and non-Euclidean wonders.
IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB Scripts here: 5calls.org
apnews.com/article/canc... scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research
Join us July 1, 3pm PST/6pm EST for Mobilizing White People for the Anti-Fascist Fight! Register here: shorturl.at/gpxcw This webinar will help equip us to build the broad, multiracial front necessary to defeat fascism. See you for session 3 of the 2025 Anne Braden Anti-Racist Organizing Series.
After a brief hiccup, our latest episode of the Solo Sundays podcast is out, this time @nicbennett.bsky.social and I talk about our experience playing @kenlowery.bsky.social's VOID 1680 AM! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
For young people starting at a new job, making friends can feel anxiety-inducing. One way to make it easier? Joining or forming a union. Five young people working across industries and across the country share how organizing helped them find community and changed their relationship with work. ⤵️
Y'all, this past week for science funding lawsuits has been 🔥🔥🔥 ✅ Major recent wins regarding: 1. U of California researchers 2. NSF indirects 3. NIH terminations 4. EPA terminations Plus: 5. Brand new NSF lawsuit (about terminations & slowdown of new awards) 🧵 Let's break it down
Meeting the Moment Co-Working Tonight! 7PM ET // 6PM CT // 5PM MT // 4PM Join for silent or social work to build collective power to put science in the service of collective liberation. Register here to join us: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Happy birthday to the prophetess Octavia Butler. We live in the times she foretold. From her notebooks.
“How to Deescalate Conflict & Build Stronger Movements” by Kai Cheng Thom (h/t @prisonculture.bsky.social newsletter) kaichengthom.substack.com/p/how-to-de-...
Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil was released after three months in immigration detention, following a judge’s ruling to free him amid growing backlash against the Trump administration’s crackdown on Palestine solidarity campus protests.
thanks for signing my books yesterday and for indulging my awkward convo-making! hope the rest of your Origins is terrific
Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.
“What we’re seeing – businesses pulling back and universities canceling programs in response to attacks on DEI – shows that many institutions and corporations were never truly committed to diversity and inclusion,” LaTasha Levy, prof of Afro-American Studies at Howard University shorturl.at/XXRYH
In honor and celebration of #Juneteenth, we talked with Jasmin Graham of MISS about the importance of enhancing representation, fostering diverse communities, and considering varied perspectives in the ocean sciences. #OceanMonth #BlackinSTEM @misselasmo.bsky.social 🤿🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
I'm going to raise $5,000—enough to fund two of these scholarships. Can you chip in? Whether you care most about racial justice, education, or equity in science, this work is all connected. Donate at this link and post in reply to this thread or DM me to celebrate: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
One powerful way the Justice League is doing this? ✨ Reparation Scholarships: ten $2,500 awards for descendants of enslaved African Americans in Greater Lansing. These scholarships help young people pursue their dreams, close the racial wealth gap, and bring us closer to a Beloved Community. 🧵
As part of this, I’m raising funds for the Justice League of Greater Lansing, a local organization working to repair the harm caused by slavery and its ongoing legacy. 🧵
This year, I joined the Anne Braden Anti-Racist Organizer Program, which supports white organizers through political education, leadership development, and grassroots fundraising—because organizing against racism requires resourcing the work. 🧵
Hey friends—many of you know I’m new to Lansing. I’ve been learning about the city’s history—including the injustices that have shaped it—and reflecting on what it means to be a good neighbor in a new place.🧵
My birthday falls on Juneteenth (today!), and this year I’m raising $5,000 for Justice League of Greater Lansing (www.justiceleagueglm.org/contact). DM me to let me know how much you donated, I can add it to my goal. Donate at this link. More info in the thread below 🧵
as a lover of your books and a scicomm researcher, very excited to check this out 😍
We need a better, kinder, and more compassionate world than this.
The issue w/ current discourse of resistance is the focus on who the “real criminals” are instead of the process of criminalization by which certain people, groups & actions will *always* be framed as threats/violent while enabling others to engage in extreme forms of violence w/ absolute impunity.