Rosie ʻAnolani Alegado

USA abducted the president and his wife?? Fucking marauding pirates

Notice of Request for Information; Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from all interested parties on Federal policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking...

OSTP has issued a request for information, please share with them your ideas for how to improve government functions related to science funding and policy

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Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils - Nature Microbiology Metagenomics shows that viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.

Our paper "Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils" is out in Nature Microbiology!

We show that peatland health strongly structures viral communities, shaping virus–host networks, and carbon and nutrient cycling. Please share.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#phagesky #Microsky

ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.

The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge

"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

The CDC Data Project In the proposed FY26 budget, programs that help Americans live safer, healthier, longer lives are on the chopping block.

New-to-me but very helpful visualizations how all the actions of the past ten months are affecting the CDC www.cdcdataproject.org

UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.

A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

I’m hearing this from many people - now is a REALLY GOOD TIME to submit proposals, to show there is persistent demand for grant funding

NSF funding allocations to divisions get adjusted based on numbers of proposals; if we opt out of submitting proposals because of threats of cuts, it can cause future years budgets to divert money out of our divisions.

A short thread about the people in my lab who will present posters and give rapid talks at #ASMmicrobe: 🧵

Thank you for correcting your post!

🤗 hugs for you.

Start every day with this reality:

EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable

ballotpedia.org/United_State...

I’ll say this and then I’m gonna step back b/c 2026 IS THE ONLY NATIONAL ELECTION THAT’S IMPORTANT NOW.
No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote.
So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.

Maxine Berg shows how the “nimble fingers” stereotype first arose in the early Industrial Revolution as a way for managers to de-skill the labor of women workers. It was also used to exoticize labor of Navajo semiconductor manufacturers at Shiprock in the 60s. The term has a long sordid history.

Public pressure works! Keep it going.

This is a conflation of ethnic groups and political groups. The Trump admin affirmed that Native Americans and Native Hawaiians and Alaska Native programming doesn’t fall under DEI exclusions. not supporting consolidation of other groups but they shouldn’t let trust relationships be mowed over

The fantastically successful NIGMS MIRA R35 "expired" on May 17, after the most recent deadline--these removals are the most aggressive attack on American science in the current series of devastating actions 🧪

#Microsky 🦠

IN Workshop: Promotion and Tenure packages for community-based research July 16-17, 2025

Join us for a two-day workshop on preparing your promotion and tenure file for community-based research! July 16 & 17 2025, free, and probably a little bit fun.

Sponsored by CLEAR and the IndigeLab Network
www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-worksho...

One of the things I love about my job: forming a mutual aid network with other native academic aunties. #IndigeLab

This is not a screenplay.

For some, these will be life or death situations. For many, these natural disasters will yield devastating loss.

We should have a FEMA ready, able and fully staffed to support the American public when it needs it most.

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

time.com/7285045/resi...

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.

Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

That effing blows. I’m really sorry. And disgusted.

Because of the layoffs at NIOSH, multiple lifesaving programs have been shut down even though they’re required by law.

Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture They’re worried about the loss of their research.

Here's an important article from Indigenous researchers in our Global Indigenous Network. www.theverge.com/features/664...

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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”