I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
The most impt change at #NIH and to US science this year is bigger than grant cancellations— it’s how the agency is governed.
For 75 years NIH has been largely independent of presidential control. That’s changed this year. New piece from me and @nataliebaviles.bsky.social in @nature.com
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Essential read: a statement from Cardinal Cupich. www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
Same here!
Stand up for Science Rally is TODAY in Boston Common 12-3 pm
fight2win.standupforscience.net/Boston-March/?
As usual, Nicholas kristof is spot on:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/o...
Hoping as many American professors, researchers, trainees & technicians as possible attend the #StandUpForScience rallies across the US tomorrow. It’s an important message to send to Washington, but the rest of the world is also watching & supporting you in taking a stand on attacks on science. 🫡
ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.
“Most of our pickleball group is here,” said Marion Atwater, a 73-year-old in a navy visor and puffer jacket. “We did not bring our paddles, but we are here with our signs.”
Read more here: https://bit.ly/40jJek3
"I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING YOU TO STAND UP FOR SCIENCE ON MARCH 7TH" HIT THE STREETS TOMORROW. standupforscience.net/march7
WE NEED YOU TO JOIN US AT YOUR LOCAL RALLY TOMORROW!!! Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to find your local rally!
#standupforscience
#science
#March7
#rally
#savescience
Important OpEd from Michael Roth. The demobilization of students has left a gaping hole in our democratic defenses. Michael is organizing to correct that. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/o...
Stand up for Science National Day of Action this Saturday!
Find an event near you.
I'll be speaking at the one at the Parkman Bandstand in Boston
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
WELL, DORKS! @timothysnyder.bsky.social says there is nothing more important than science and no one more important than scientists to establish a decent society and politics...which is why we are STANDING UP FOR SCIENCE on MARCH 7TH across the nation!
JOIN US! www.standupforscience.net/march7
Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose
Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why?
If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment.
Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.
How is the US at war with Iran when Congress didn’t approve it?
Harvard Law’s @noahfeldman.bsky.social explains 🎥
Atand up for Science rallies this Saturday March 7 in many cities!
I'l be speaking at the Boston event:
fight2win.standupforscience.net/Boston-March/
All the snow in Falmouth last week gave us a snow mountain to stand on for our Saturday protest.
February 28, 2026 Trump's actions this morning were unconstitutional and bear enormous consequences at home and abroad. The stakes of speaking out against this administration are higher and more urgent today than they were yesterday, which is exactly why we are taking to the streets on March 7th. We will keep you up-to-date on where things are transpiring with how we may be incorporating this into our planned actions, and we look forward to seeing you out on the 7th. We hope you join us to make our voices heard. Save science, protect health, and defend democracy, Colette STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
See you in the streets March 7th.
standupforscience.net/march7
Colette believes it is imperative that scientists push back when their profession comes under attack from partisan political actors.
🗣️ "If you just sit there and keep your head down, you're part of the problem!"
Clip: youtube.com/shorts/tz7cK...
Full chat: youtube.com/watch?v=KDTt...
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Historic Shift
lots of good points have already been made on using AI Agents for cheating (e.g. the latest Canvas-bot), it degrades learning, etc.
One additional thing I'd like to point out: if you use this stuff, you're not being clever, you're just an asshole.
to explain:
National day of action. Save science. protect health. defend democracy. March 7th. Washington dc and nationwide! standupforscience.net/march7
Hey @hcrichardson.bsky.social! Can you help us get the word out about our SECOND National Day of Action on March 7th??
#standupforscience
🗣️“We can blame the Israelis for committing genocide in Gaza all we want. But the fact of the matter is, we committed genocide in Gaza.” – Dr. @FerozeSidhwa , an America trauma surgeon who volunteered multiple times in Gaza over the post two years, told the California Democratic Convention Progressive Caucus on Saturday. He told the audience that what he witnessed in Gaza felt like a “prelude to the end of humanity,” and what we’re now experiencing in the United States is a “small fraction of what can happen when the end of humanity comes home.” “Acknowledging what we have done in Gaza and facing the truth will not be easy,” Dr Sidhwa stated. “Facing the truth will reveal that some of the people you thought had normal human values are actually monsters. Good. That’s exactly the point. Let’s figure out who wants to make the world a better place, and then let’s go do it.”
🗣️“We can blame the Israelis for committing genocide in Gaza all we want. But the fact of the matter is, we committed genocide in Gaza.”
– Dr. @ferozesidhwa.org, an America trauma surgeon who volunteered multiple times in Gaza over the post two years, told the California Democratic Convention...
This hero sacrificed his job to warn us:
Former ICE assistant chief counsel Ryan Schwank testified before Congress, revealing that ICE’s training program is deficient, defective, and broken.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YAd...
“I hope this news brings some joy to all who need to hear it,” she said. “As an important side note, I would like to be called Dr. Öztürk, not Miss Öztürk, from now on.” 👏👏👏
21% of Americans support US attack on Iran:
sadat.umd.edu/sites/sadat....
"But that moment probably won’t come. Things have gone too far too many times already. Hoping for better is still the right attitude, but only as long as we prepare for the worst."
"And yet life continues as usual. What was unthinkable only yesterday we now take in stride, and we wait for that moment when things really have gone too far this time, when the fever breaks and things will revert to normal.
"When Donald Trump refused to say whether he would accept the outcome of the election in 2016, people should have sensed the danger. And yet at the time, respected intellectuals told me that everything would be fine:...Since then, one red line after another has been crossed...
"The human capacity for hope is an essential quality. Without hope, there can be no improvement. But hope can also turn into delusion. The United States today is not Hitler’s Third Reich. .... But as humans, we are prey to similar kinds of self-deception...
"One reason for public docility ...is fear... But there is something more insidious...: the hope that things will turn out all right soon, that the political outrages are temporary or at least that they can’t get worse. One way of dealing with bad times is to pretend that they are normal...
