A “golden age of science”? The U.S. and 16 nations endorse AI-powered research, new grant models and talent.

A “golden age of science”? The U.S. and 16 nations endorse AI-powered research, new grant models and talent.
Alabama legislates vocabulary. Professors must say “Gulf of America.” “Gulf of Mexico”? Only for historical purposes.
Great #TSK post from @funsizesuze.bsky.social and @alicemeadows.bsky.social about the new Word Wipe tool from #DefendResearch and @penamerica.bsky.social that lets you see what government #censorship would do to any text! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/10/09/d...
Can Trump cut $2B+ in research funds and bar international students? Appeals judges pressed the government.
ICYMI: 45% of faculty surveyed held back views to avoid outside backlash. AAC&U/AAUP’s 2025 report documents academic self-censorship.
Former #NIH staffers envision research committed to the public, not politics. Hear from leaders of @27unihted.bsky.social and #MosaicResearchFrameworks in #DefendResearch November webinar, "Building the Future of Science Now"
📆Nov 17
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#DefendResearch and PEN America Present… Word Wipe! - The Scholarly Kitchen
The slimmer dictionary still available for free speech in Trump's USA - banned words -
As 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 these banned words disappear from it.
pen.org/word-wipe/
ICYMI The recording of last week’s #DefendResearch webinar, “Defending Academic Freedom in Texas and Florida: On-the-Ground Stories of Strategy and Solidarity” is available now
Only 1 week left to tell the government #HandsOffOurCensus. Learn more about the proposed changes in our Sept newsletter and connect with resources to resist at HandsOffOurCens.us
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The 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!
@crasshlive.bsky.social
ICYMI @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
As 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/
Government #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...
Many 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
Want 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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Fight 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...
11 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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