if chatgpt has no haters, i have died

chatgpt is what my parents and elementary school teachers *thought* wikipedia was

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M WRITING MY PHD THESIS!!!!!!! IM DISSERTATING!!!!! AND I'M ALMOST DONE??????

With 23andMe filing for bankruptcy -- reach out to your family members who might have ordered these kits to get them to request deletion of their data. And if you signed-up yourself, you should absolutely do the same!

This is so awesome. I'm glad someone is doing this important work to educate those in power!!! and I'm especially glad it's you audrey :)))

In leu of NIH cuts at Columbia, many folks are asking why aren't universities using endowment funds to support the research mission of their faculty scientists?

Inspired by @jeremymberg.bsky.social bluetorials here are a few of the reasons that is not a sustainable option

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I think it's really important to remember that not all schools where research is done have endowments. So even if the top-tier/wealthy schools could tap into their endowments, this is not an option for some public unis and they will have to drop research missions.

...This piece is really important because we are not allowed to communicate this to grantees, but it could potentially help a lot of people about to submit stuff if they just knew to avoid certain words on their biosketch and other support."

“You never heard of us because we are doing our jobs” UC Davis plant pathology PhD student

I am loving all the protest pictures but please be mindful of sharing photos with others’ faces, given known threats to international students who attend protests.

Close to 600 people for the Trenton Stand Up For Science rally. Great chants, NJ schools out in force, and scientists discovering their inner extrovert. Rush Holt led off, me at end.

The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials.

Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.

“fluoride”

“measles”

“covid-19”

“vaccines”

Holy fuck this is uh quite an overt example of politics actively hamstringing science in ways that will make us all less safe.

Despite the weather the Chicago scientific community (including prospective young PhD students) gathered today to Stand UP for Science and show that science is for everyone and that NIH support is critical to keep labs running.

For state-specific NIH info cards, find your state here: bit.ly/NIH_bystate

make flyers of the first two paragraphs of this just filed lawsuit, and give them to your neighbors, leave them under t*sla wipers, in little free libraries, at the grocery store

(thank you to the plaintiffs)

This thread really goes places.

so special ed programs are getting gutted because their internal documentation used the term "transition" when talking about helping disabled kids enter the working world. they're literally striking at that word wherever they see it.

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

i'm nearing the end of my PhD, and will be graduating this summer. I'm starting to write the introduction of my thesis and I'm getting emotional over how much I've learned and grown intellectually over these last 6 years. This type of writing would've been impossible to first-year katie. I'm proud!

The Pennsylvania Attorney General has not joined the lawsuit against the NIH indirect cap, which means Penn and all other universities are suffering a massive funding cut. You can contact our AG here and request he join the suit: www.attorneygeneral.gov/contact/

Many in biotech/private sector are boasting about their ways of funding and doing science

But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities

With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed

The NIH’s new imposed standard indirect cost rate threatens life-saving brain & behavior research that benefits millions of Americans. SfN, with other scientific organizations,urge reversal of this policy & implore Congress to protect critical research infrastructure.

Full statement: bit.ly/4jVJnCL