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A tomahawk missile costs the taxpayers the same amount of money as one five-year major NIH research grant. Remember that every time they tell us one of those missed the target, blew up paintings of enemy aircraft or tanks, or was the fifth and unnecessary hit on the same target.

The Danger of Silence When Academic Freedom Is Under Threat Inaction from rank-and-file workers enabled government censorship during the Red Scares.

You ever write something and there are so many parts you hope people engage with that you can't figure out which ones to quote?

I'll do a wee thread on the 3rd, and final, essay from my Red Scares series

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Jonah is someone to watch.

SMH

Some in the Trump administration are pushing to rebuild IES After DOGE gutted IES, the education and statistics agency inside the Education Department, some in the Trump administration are trying to rebuild it. A new report of ideas on how to do that was relea...

“not one of the recommendations was a new idea to NCES,” said Peggy Carr. “Many had already been implemented or we were working on when the center was dismantled."

Great reporting by @jillbarshay.bsky.social hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Air Quality and Suicide Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

I'm excited that my paper on Air Quality and Suicide has found a great home at the Journal of Health Economics! Pollution affects mood. We show that on days of high air pollution, there are more suicide attempts and deaths by suicide in the US. www.nber.org/papers/w30626

🚨Ed policy researchers, look at the newest special call!

📲 We’re eager to fund RCTs and quasi-experimental studies that produce actionable evidence on how K–12 cell phone policies affect student learning, behavior, and well-being.

🗓️ 3-page LOIs due May 1. Learn more: bit.ly/47n9e1L

Grant Witness is hiring! We're seeking a full-time data scientist to join our team building data resources to support journalism, litigation, and activism protecting science, public health, and the rule of law. grant-witness.us/apply.html #rstats

Being the “poor” friend is terrible

Just left my rich friends house. I’m sad

Very much so

I’m not mad per se but dang

This is my first couple of weeks as Associate Editor of EEPA and I don’t appreciate some of you people saying no to me 🤨😭

what the H happened at the Carolina Inn???

Call for Applications: Mixed Methods Summer Intensive for Practice-Based Researchers (Fully Funded) | The Economic Misfit Understanding Belonging and Agency in PracticePenn State University | July 2026 | Two-Week ProgramProgram OverviewWe invite applications from graduate students across disciplines to participate in an ...

Call for Applications: Mixed Methods Summer Intensive for Practice-Based Researchers (Fully Funded) | The Economic Misfit theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/03/06/c...

The People — And Research — Lost in the NIH Exodus - KFF Health News Government data shows the National Institutes of Health lost about 4,400 people — more than 20% of its staff — as the Trump administration slashed the federal workforce. Hear from six scientists on wh...

An incredible loss of talent. Self-inflicted brain drain. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Happy #JobsDay!

At 8:30 am ET, @usbls.bsky.social delivers one of the most-important signals about how economy is changing

Forecasts’ center:
+50K jobs
Unemployment rate (UR) steady at 4.3%

Katie went full mean girl here. I like it 😭

Right. Not just Atlanta. I’m the target market and a long time housewives watcher an I’ve outgrown it. SMH

Not just candidates. You all have lost your minds

I decided to stop watching too

PuREly ScIentiFic

It’s the daily indignities

They have pissed me off this morning

Also interested who wasn’t at the table for the “reimagining”. I’ll charitably say it was in line with the current admin’s approach to diversity.

"Reimagining" the Institute of Education Sciences It didn't have to be this way

My response to the "Reimagining the Institute of Education Sciences" report. It didn't have to be this way: betsyjwolf.substack.com/p/reimaginin...

For those interested in an IES-funded PhD alumni network the LinkedIn group below is active:

www.linkedin.com/groups/8540416

Thanks to @drconstance.bsky.social and @lizalbro.bsky.social!

Berger has an impact on my life

Huge thanks to the team & researchers that made #CALDER2026 happen! If you missed it, here are some of my takeaways from the final panel on the just-released Reimaging the Institute of Education Sciences report. #EdResearch #EdPolicy www.linkedin.com/posts/caraja...

I’m voting for Foushee, thanks