Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell
Doug Caldwell
@dacmess.bsky.social
Astronomer at the SETI Institute <> Exoplanets <> Data-Instrument interfaces <> dogs, cats, horses <> slow trail runner <> banjo?? <> he/him/his
1.2K followers880 following235 posts
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings: Vote Early Sunnyvale, CA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Doug Caldwell reposted
Pete Hegseth is trying to take funds that save lives and instead use them to end lives. Sign our petition against this heinous plan: tr.ee/uQmeZi www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Your advocacy works! Congress just passed a bill that delays a rule that would've fundamentally changed how science is done in the United States, by handing power over research funding to political appointees instead of scientists. Learn more and get updates: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...
Doug Caldwell reposted
At one frequency, the dual-band antenna on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will receive commands and send back information about the spacecraft’s health and location. #NASARoman 🔭
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
I have been shouting this for a while now. The message to scientists: "Your funding is safe as long as your work, your institution or public statements remain acceptable to the Trump administration." This would go into effect BEFORE the midterm elections. 🧪 www.propublica.org/article/fede...
Doug Caldwell reposted
With the National Science Foundation (NSF) under threat from the Trump administration, Science Rising’s Senior Advisor, Kei Koizumi, explains why this institution is so important to American science and how, by working together, we can protect it.
Doug Caldwell reposted
Replying to @geekyjules.julessherred.com
www.bbc.com/news/article... same link without the google share that lets them track you
Doug Caldwell reposted
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Here is another thing you should do to oppose OMB’s proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034). Pressure congress. They have the power to stop it! 5calls.org/issue/federa...
Doug Caldwell reposted
Science in under attack in America. Are you ready to #StandUpForScience ? Join the fight - Visit the link in our bio or this link to sign up to volunteer for Stand Up for Science: zurl.co/gu4ZZ #Volunteer #Science #OMB #Vought
Please read this thread, submit your comments (#9) and subscribe (#10)
1. There has been a major new federal rule proposed governing ALL federal grants. A federal grant recipient will be deemed ineligible if the recipient advances "gender ideology," or denies that "sex is binary." This includes hospitals, schools, nonprofits. Subscribe to support our journalism.
Doug Caldwell reposted
Another handful of sand in the gears: Researchers cannot serve on a panel *at all* if anyone from their institution has submitted to that panel. Recusing themselves for the proposal itself is no longer sufficient. This is needless, but will certainly slow things up even further.
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
Doug Caldwell reposted
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
My discussion with @katiephang.bsky.social after hosting roundtable with survivors on why we must investigate and prosecute these rich and powerful men.
Doug Caldwell reposted
While we're talking percentages, let's talk about the proposed cuts to NASA's science budget. NASA is currently 0.36% of US federal spending. www.planetary.org/space-policy... The proposed budget cuts NASA science by 47%. NASA science is already on a shoestring, and that string is about to break
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
Nice new (peer-reviewed) analysis of the impact of satellite constellations on ground-based astronomical observations. By Olivier Hainault from @eso.org 🔭https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09427
Doug Caldwell reposted
Doug Caldwell reposted
I hate when fantasy films I made a long time ago begin to come true in real life.
Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"