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Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
Environmental economist: climate, forests, land, biodiversity, development.
Berkeley is known for three things: protests, Nobel Prize winners, and sunshine. All three came together today to #standupforscience
March 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Thousands march at UC Berkeley today to #standupforscience
March 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Thanks to advances in science, my son’s life was saved!”
—Robin Lopez, Mayor of Albany, CA and PhD candidate at Berkeley
#standupforscience
March 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“We have the numbers, and we have the power! If you haven’t yet, join your union.”
— UAW rep, and also a scientist who lost NIH funding
#standupforscience
March 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“I had a choice to study science in Europe or the US. I chose the US”
—Fernando, Colombian computer scientist (and developer of Python?)
#standupforscience
March 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Science and engineering are for everyone!”
—Negar, president of Berkeley Society of Women Engineers
March 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
March 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“When you feel like you’re losing hope, look up to the sky!”
— Brian Mendes, Director of Berkeley Planetarium and Berkeley’s first Mexican Ph.D. in Astrophysics
March 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Truth wont bend, nor will we!”
—speaker at #standupforscience Berkeley
March 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Proud to #standupforscience at Berkeley!
March 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“Today’s young people are tomorrow’s scientists!”
—Rita Dorff, Director of Lawrence Berkeley Hall of Science
March 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“There is no king, or dictator, or tzar, in science!”
—Ted Miguel at #standupforscience Berkeley
March 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“I would not be here without the support of the National Institutes of Health…and the National Science Foundation”
—Science rockstar and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna at #standupforscience Berkeley
March 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'm energized to #standupforscience at Berkeley this Friday!

Stand up for Science has 3 goals:
1) Secure and expand scientific funding
2) End censorship and interference in science
3) Defend diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in science

Find a rally near you standupforscience2025.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
There are many more Nutches than Nitches!

What should the Nutches do?

A) Build more Nitches
B) Do NOT build more Nitches, because of neighborhood character, traffic concerns, and greedy developers
C) Only support Affordable Nitches, paid for by bond measures they know will never pass
D) B and C
December 6, 2024 at 9:36 PM