@toki-crassh.bsky.socialThe talk will be a virtual event open to anyone. You can register to hear Lisa Schiff speak on 'Responding to political upheaval with #DefendResearch' at the link below. We look forward to you joining us at our first seminar of the series!
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@alicemeadows.bsky.socialICYMI @defendresearch.bsky.social & @penamerica.bsky.social launched Word Wipe, a great tool for seeing what a world redacted of the Trump admin's banned words looks like. Try it out!
Kudos to @funsizesuze.bsky.social for developing it!
#FallofFreedom #DefendResearch
wordwipe-research.netlify.app
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@penamerica.bsky.socialAs part of Fall of Freedom 2026, #DefendResearch has teamed up with PEN America to create Word Wipe, a virtual tool that shows how a document changes when words now banned for use by federal government agencies disappear from it.
Learn more and try it for yourself at: https://pen.org/word-wipe/
@defendresearch.bsky.socialGovernment #censorship affects us all. What ideas will be flagged in an article you just read or wrote? Or in an historical text? Word Wipe, a new tool from #DefendResearch & @penamerica.bsky.social built for #FallOfFreedom, let's you see for yourself. www.defendresearch.org/projects/wor...
@alicemeadows.bsky.socialMany thanks to @penamerica.bsky.social for their help with & support of Word Wipe - please try it out & see for yourself a world in which words censored by the US govt have been redacted
#DefendResearch #FallOfFreedom
@alicemeadows.bsky.socialWant something fun & informative to do to #DefendResearch this weekend? Check out our new Word Wipe tool developed w/ @penamerica.bsky.social’s banned words list & launched as part of #FallOfFreedom. See what a world of censored words looks like 😱🤬https://www.defendresearch.org/projects/word-wipe
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@defendresearch.bsky.socialFight again census #censorship by 10/13, preview @researchconsulting’s research findings, and read 2 legal challenges protecting #freedomofspeech. Get the full picture in #DefendResearch’s Sept newsletter: app.keila.io/forms/nfrm_7...
@defendresearch.bsky.social11 EST TODAY Stories of strategy and solidarity from activists on the front-lines in the fight for intellectual and academic freedom.
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@defendresearch.bsky.socialAnother assault on #govdata: the Trump Administration wants to erase non-residents from #census counts. Details in our Sept newsletter and resources at HandsOfOurCens.us Public comments due 10/13
@lschiff.bsky.socialRegister today for the #DefendResearch webinar Thu. (10/1) "Defending Academic Freedom in Texas and Florida: On-the-Ground Stories of Strategy and Solidarity" with @shawntalbrown.bsky.social, Amanda Garcia, Dr. Jonathan Scott Perry, & @drmbutler.bsky.social. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@defendresearch.bsky.socialThis Thursday, Oct 1 at 11 AM EST, hear from front-live activists in the fight for intellectual freedom. With @shawntalbrown.bsky.social , @drmbutler.bsky.social , Dr. Scott Perry, & Amanda Garcia
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@defendresearch.bsky.socialThis could fundamentally change how NIH research is funded.
@defendresearch.bsky.socialOMB review is slowing routine NIH policy decisions and adding political oversight.
Demand transparency. Push back against political interference in science.
@petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gyUpdate. More detail on Bhattacharya's refusal to do Trump's bidding on this point.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/9/21/harvard-bhattacharya-trump-funding/
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Harvard #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
@defendresearch.bsky.socialFree to Think 2026: latest report documents 382 attacks on scholars, students, and higher-ed institutions across 59 countries and territories.
www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...
#censorship #DefendResearch #Academicsky #AcademicChatter #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom
@defendresearch.bsky.socialICYMI: AAUP urges colleges to “refuse to comply” with federal demands it says threaten academic freedom.
#censorship #DefendResearch #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #academicchatter #academicsky @aaup.org
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