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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 7h

I literally just turned in a round of edits to my editor at Bloomsbury for my book about the founding of JPL and the Suicide Squad, and this is painful to see.

JPL has been responsible for some of our most incredible achievements in science, and this is going to set us back.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 16h

NASA unit JPL to lay off about 550 workers, citing restructure

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a research and development lab funded by NASA — the federal space agency — and managed by the Caltech.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2h

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...

Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Fraser Weston @fraserweston4.bsky.social · 1h

Amazing second year at this site! These footprints are really something special.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 13h

💙 Jose Andres

Lunch Is on the House
Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Futbol Club at Jaleo.
And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot—
because this time, its on us!
Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel.
We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

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NPR @npr.org · 1h

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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bookswain.bsky.social @bookswain.bsky.social · 10d

I own a book by one of the “Women Who Dared.” My 1837 French edition of On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences by Scottish polymath Mary Somerville, the first person to be referred to as a "scientist” in an 1833 review of this book. 🧪

An almost 200 years old book with a paper blue cover. In black type is printed: DE LA CONNEXION
DES
SCIENCES PHYSIQUES
OU
EXPOSÉ SIMPLE ET RAPIDE
DE TOUS LES YRINCIPAUX PRÉNOMÈNES
ASTRONOMIQUES, PHYSIQUES, CHIMIQUES, GÉOLOGIQUES, ET MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES;
ACCOMEAORE
DES DÉCOUVERTES ET EXPÉRIENCES
LES PLUS BEMARQUABLES DES SAVANS MODERNES, TANT
PRANCAIS QU'ETRANCHES:
MARY SOMERVILLE;
Traduit de lAnglais
SOUS LES AUSPIGES DE M. ARAGO, PAR M"• MEULIEN.
PARIS,
LIBRAIRIE DE F. G. LEVRAULT.
RUE DE LA HARPR, 81;
KT MÊME MAISON, A STRASBOURG, NUE DES JUIFS, 33,
1837.

#HistSci 📚💙 #Womeninstem

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 13h

A neat #rstats #job with @jtleek.bsky.social at @fredhutch.org:

jobRxiv @jobrxiv.org · Aug 28

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow – Leek Lab #ScienceJobs #AcademicSky

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Leek Lab

Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

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Roey Angel @roeyangel.bsky.social · 23h

📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab!
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓

The team at our research site in the alps

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 14h

NIH Study Sections are on hold...again. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/n...

NIH Study Sections are on hold…again.

The primary input to deciding on the merit of proposals submitted to the NIH for potential funding, as most of my remaining blog audience well knows, is the outcome of the initial peer-review proce…

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 1d

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

“It’s pretty vague what the advantages are of signing the compact,” said Teresa Sullivan, the former president of the University of Virginia, one of 9 colleges the Trump administration is trying to court. “If you’re thinking of this as a deal, it’s a one-sided deal.

‘One-sided deal’: College presidents see Trump offer rife with peril

MIT’s rebuke of the Trump administration’s compact presents an opening for other college presidents to resist.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 17h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 15h

Happy Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week! At the zoo, our talented team of vet techs cares for animals large and small, in every phase of life.

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Susan Schlimpert @s-lab.bsky.social · 1d

We have a PhD opportunity available in our group @johninnescentre.bsky.social through the NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Help us uncover the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs.

Start date: October 2026. For more information and how to apply👉 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bey...

Beyond Immunity: Uncovering the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs (SCHLIMPERT_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

Join us in exploring the hidden functions of ancient immune proteins in bacteria. Bacteria, like plants and animals, have evolved sophisticated systems to detect and respond to threats.

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VivienM @vivienm.bsky.social · 22h

And here is an openly accessible link
rdcu.be/eKMOi

Choose your human genome reference wisely

Nature Methods - Scientists can choose between multiple human genome references, and a pangenome reference is coming. Deciding what to use when is not quite straightforward.

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VivienM @vivienm.bsky.social · 22h

My latest story on the multitude of reference genomes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Choose your human genome reference wisely - Nature Methods

Scientists can choose between multiple human genome references, and a pangenome reference is coming. Deciding what to use when is not quite straightforward.

www.nature.com

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VivienM @vivienm.bsky.social · 22h

ASHG 2025 @genetics-gsa.bsky.social is about to start. Do please feel free to ping me about talks I need to take in or posters I need to see. And yes, my hoverboard and I will ride through the exhibition hall to hunt for candy, chocolate and cool news. 🧪 🧵

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Jean-Yves Tinevez @jytinevez.bsky.social · 1d

Hi all. This is the recording of the online seminar I gave following the kind invitation of #GLOBIAS.

I share what we have learned delivering #BioimageAnalysis services in the IAH core facility of the @institutpasteur.bsky.social

research.pasteur.fr/en/team/imag...
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Philipp Bayer @philippbayer.bsky.social · 1d

Previous postdoc's perl script

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 2d

"The chancellor approved it"

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JAMA @jama.com · 23h

Breaking with the CDC, ACOG reaffirms support for #COVID19 vaccination in pregnant people.

Here’s what to know. ja.ma/3VYFRwQ

ACOG Continues Recommending COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy

This JAMA Medical News article discusses updated guidance on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant people from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 2d

Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

Meet the Physicist Who Wrote Over 2,000 Wikipedia Biographies for Women in STEM

After noticing a lack of entries on Wikipedia for incredible women throughout history, this incredible woman decided to take matters into her own hands.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 1d

#ScienceUnderSiege

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 2d

Diane Keaton (1946–2025)

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Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · 2d

Fred Hutch’s mammogram vans can each perform nearly two dozen scans per day throughout the Puget Sound region, from Marysville to Tacoma. They operate six days a week with patients scheduled months in advance.

Call 206.606.7800 to schedule your mammogram https://bit.ly/3KKKatd

Mammogram vans remove barriers that people face accessing breast cancer screening

Fred Hutch's two mobile mammography vans -- “mammovans” for short -- are intended to remove barriers that people face accessing mammograms in under-resourced communities.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 2d

Abstracts due December 1

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Aug 28

Call for Papers!

"Technology and Inequality in Culture, Media, and the Arts"-a special issue of Poetics, coedited with @jticona.bsky.social + Angèle Christin

www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/pla...

Technology and Inequality in Culture, Media, and the Arts

Call for Papers Technology and Inequality in Culture, Media, and the ArtsA Special Issue of Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts

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