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  How anti-migrant boat protests were organised and who is behind them Let's call it what it is: Fascism on the streets. Normalising it would be a big mistake. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpq0nn1l7w0o

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  Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go Six editors and 58 out of 62 advisory editors at an economics journal gave up their positions after the publisher did not renew the editor-in-chief’s contract. https://www.the-scientist.com/editors-mass-resign-from-elsevier-journal-after-editor-in-chief-let-go-74962

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  Senate panel voted to hold Fauci in contempt The vote was entirely along party lines: 8 to 7. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mtfctq4q7pnrabqbzmjomz5z/post/3msidujsv452u 1/6

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  A fatal reaction A cutting-edge gene-editing trial in China went disastrously wrong. A family wants accountability Shameful, but these things do happen. As shown here again, they are found out. https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-death-girl-chinese-gene-editing-trial-was-never-made-public

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  Freedom! F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-studies.html 1/2

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  1952, still very true 🤣 There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’

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  Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03623-2 1/3

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  The academic practice of resistance: Learning solutions in the age of autocracy Around the world, we are witnessing a disturbing rise in democratic backsliding, and academia is increasingly in the crosshairs. https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2025/08/14/the-academic-practice-of-resistance-learning-solutions-in-the-age-of-autocracy/ 1/3

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  Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01105-7 1/2

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  Of course, it is never just about the one in the office. That is what makes this a long-term issue, and it will not be quickly fixed by just replacing the one in that same office.

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  NIH grant terminations affected women scientists more than men, study finds Female Ph.D. students and assistant professors saw disproportionate impacts https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/23/nih-cuts-who-lost-funding-women-blacks-young-researchers/ 1/2

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  Don't let theattack on the Iranian regime, how possible beneficial for the Iranian people distract from this: Read the draft emergency executive order for Trump to take control of elections https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/exclusive-read-the-draft-executive-emergency-order-for-trump-to-take-control-of-elections/ 1/2