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  Stopping #censorship requires communicating the consequences. #DefendResearch & Research Consulting are tackling just that. Learn more at our 9/15 webinar: “From Anecdote to Evidence: Mapping the Impact of US Government Censorship on Public Health Research” https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WzXJVynHRjGmyUbPZfbwUw#/registration

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  FYI, there is still time to register for the #DefendResearch 9/15 webinar that will be focused on our project to surface the aggregate impact of censorship in public health and create tools to help strengthen efforts to fight back. Please help us spread the word! "From Anecdote to Evidence: Mapping the Impact of US Government Censorship on Public Health Research" https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WzXJVynHRjGmyUbPZfbwUw#/registration

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  TX & FL are sites of longstanding attacks on #AcademicFreedom at #HigherEd institutions, esp. related to race, ethnicity, & gender identity. Register for the 10/1 #DefendResearch webinar to hear how faculty & staff from these states are organizing in response! https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wkT9kAEXRtKntM5h9MgpUQ#/registration

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  Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 30m I'm so honored to be one of the speakers at the October CREDO Workshop on Communicating Research, Equity, and Democratic Openness. https://lnkd.in/p/gUueaXwk

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  Get up to speed on how faculty & staff in #TX & #FL are organizing to protect #AcademicFreedom and the #RightToLearn! Register for the 10/1 #DefendResearch webinar to hear directly from folks on campuses fighting back against these attacks on #HigherEducation! https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wkT9kAEXRtKntM5h9MgpUQ#/registration

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  Don't forget to register for tomorrow's #DefendResearch webinar "Defending Academic Freedom in Texas and Florida: On-the-Ground Stories of Strategy and Solidarity" https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wkT9kAEXRtKntM5h9MgpUQ#/registration

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  Government #censorship affects us all. What ideas will be flagged in an article you just read or wrote? Or in an historical text, like the 15th or 19th Amendments? Word Wipe, a new tool from #DefendResearch & PEN America built for #FallOfFreedom, let's you see for yourself. https://www.defendresearch.org/projects/word-wipe

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  Just got tix to see "First They Came for My College" So looking forward to seeing this film about the students and faculty who fought so hard to save #NewCollege. #HigherEd #Resist #Academia Showings are happening across the country! https://www.firsttheycameformycollege.com/

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  Civic engagement is the long-term answer to so many of the challenges we are facing right now. Kudos to these researchers for running for office! https://www.314action.org/

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  Libraries For The People wants to hear from YOU about your local library--we are putting select contributions in our newsletter! Send us a picture of your library and tell us why you love your library in 100 words! https://forms.gle/8c1Uu1iQDop2RyWS7

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  Great Scholarly Kitchen post on #openScience in MENA: "do not measure open science in MENA only by what is free to read. Measure it by who is using it and for what." Strongly resonates w/Hountondji's brilliant intro to "Endogenous Knowledge." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/10/19/guest-post-whose-knowledge-whose-terms-governing-open-research-in-mena-one-year-on/

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  There's still time to register for the #DefendResearch webinar with Dr. George Cooper to hear about his research: "Conditions of Censorship Complicity in Scholarly Publishing: A China case study" https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7HCzoxUGTguI7AolqdN7CA#/registration

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  Trump is threatening to destroy an entire civilization tonight. He must be removed now. Call your representative and senators and demand that they stop him. Party affiliation is meaningless in this moment; we all have a responsibility to stop our country from committing--and even threatening to commit--crimes against humanity.

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  Attending an Eyes on ICE training right now. https://www.youtube.com/live/4xBUa67XAyM

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  FYI, there's still time to register for this Thursday's #DefendResearch webinar with PEN America to learn about what's going on with academic #censorship and what we can do about it #AcademicChatter #ScholComm #Academia #SciSky https://www.defendresearch.org/events/webinar-series

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  No ICE "warehouses" in #California! Contact Schiff & Padilla, Newsom, & ABAG (https://abag.ca.gov): "ICE is terrorizing communities across this country--California should have no part in it but ICE is attempting to set up a "warehouse" in Dublin. Let’s follow Senator Warnock's effort to forbid DHS from establishing ICE detention warehouses anywhere in California, and use all local and state tools available to generate frictio...

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  FYI, data about ICE warehouses, including the proposed on in #Dublin #California: https://lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/b0228ccb-6fcf-4ab6-9d9b-41dd53292ec6/page/p_uy4yssvm0d

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  Join #DefendResearch on March 5th for a conversation with Nina Jankowicz, co-founder and CEO of the American Sunlight Project, where we'll explore "Censorship, Disinformation, and the Fight for Academic Freedom" and how we can resist #censorship and its negative impacts. Register and find more information on our website: https://www.defendresearch.org/events/webinar-series

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  Join #DefendResearch on March 5th for a conversation with Nina Jankowicz, co-founder and CEO of the American Sunlight Project, where we'll explore "Censorship, Disinformation, and the Fight for Academic Freedom" and how we can resist censorship and its consequences. Register and find more information at https://www.defendresearch.org/events/webinar-series

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  Trump keeps attacking knowledge & scholars, so institutions should stop being quiet & speak out! Join Alice Meadows, Louis Coiffait-Gunn, Terri Teleen, and myself at a May 5th, free #UKSG webinar: "Why we all need to #DefendResearch" https://www.uksg.org/events/free-uksg-webinar-why-we-all-need-to-defendresearch/

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  Your #library is as strong as you make it! At the March 18 For The People (FTP) Friends & Foundations Network mtg we’ll talk about about #library governance and how #FriendsOfTheLibrary or #LibraryFoundation groups can help libraries in these times! https://www.librariesforthepeople.org/events/friends-foundations-network-march-meeting

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  Register for our 4/8 #DefendResearch webinar with information studies researcher Dr. George Cooper to learn about findings from his extensive research on China and #censorship complicity in scholarly publishing. https://www.defendresearch.org/events/webinar-series #scholcomm

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  There's still time to register for the next #DefendResearch webinar! On April 8th, #DefendResearch team member and Declaration co-author Sara Rouhi will be in conversation with information studies researcher Dr. George Cooper, who will share key findings from his 6-year project on the conditions of #censorship complicity in scholarly publishing. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7HCzoxUGTguI7AolqdN7CA#/registration