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@joshuasweitz.bsky.socialReposted by @defendresearch.bsky.socialThe NIH proposal to conceal reviewer scores from program officers, investigators, and advisory councils is ill-conceived, introduces disproportionate weight to small percentile differences, diminishes the role of scientific peer review, and should be withdrawn in its entirety. a 🧵
@defendresearch.bsky.socialICYMI: “Nobody’s OK.” A former NIH program director describes fear, lost expertise and political pressure on science. Staff started documenting it.
@defendresearch.bsky.social$174 BILLION in disrupted federal funds. The Lost Funds project maps cuts and freezes affecting research, schools and communities. Check your state.
@defendresearch.bsky.socialICYMI: Reporting science under pressure? Journalists share tactics: fact-check officials, protect sources and follow evidence.
@jeremymberg.bsky.socialReposted by @defendresearch.bsky.socialNew email to Director Bhattacharya about the unethical hepatitis B study. 1/3
@defendresearch.bsky.socialICYMI: Who decides what gets funded? OMB’s plan favors presidential priorities and would bar grant-paid publication fees.
@defendresearch.bsky.socialICYMI: College leaders spoke out against political interference and coercive research funding cuts. Their 2025 statement calls for academic freedom and open inquiry.
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.socialReposted by @defendresearch.bsky.socialThis is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.
@defendresearch.bsky.social9,000+ pages weren't enough. The EEOC is suing Harvard for more hiring and diversity records.
@defendresearch.bsky.socialNearly 12,000 school book bans in ONE year. PEN America reports a new record—with over 8,100 in Texas alone and AI helping remove books en masse.
@defendresearch.bsky.socialBook bans don’t stop at the school door. Raskin and Schatz’s Banned Books Week resolution challenges censorship in schools, libraries, and museums.
@thedailyedge.bsky.socialReposted by @defendresearch.bsky.socialThe Preamble to the Constitution, Trump 2026 edition
@defendresearch.bsky.socialA “golden age of science”? The U.S. and 16 nations endorse AI-powered research, new grant models and talent.
@defendresearch.bsky.socialSee for yourself how U.S. government #censorship works with Word Wipe, our new project in partnership with @penamerica.bsky.social. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/10/09/d...
@defendresearch.bsky.socialAlabama legislates vocabulary. Professors must say “Gulf of America.” “Gulf of Mexico”? Only for historical purposes.
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.socialReposted by @defendresearch.bsky.socialThis is what I said before about RFK Jr. wanting to use our tax money for the unethical study in Guinea-Bissau, in which they will experiment on infants from one of the poorest countries in the world by withholding the HepB birth dose.
My opinion hasn’t changed. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@defendresearch.bsky.socialCan Trump cut $2B+ in research funds and bar international students? Appeals judges pressed the government.
@defendresearch.bsky.socialICYMI: 45% of faculty surveyed held back views to avoid outside backlash. AAC&U/AAUP’s 2025 report documents academic self-censorship.
@defendresearch.bsky.socialFormer #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.bsky.socialICYMI 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
