jp flores (he/him)
🐏 phd candidate in bioinformatics & computational biology @ unc chapel hill | hhmi gilliam '24 | nsf grfp ‘22 | co-founder, @sciforgood.bsky.social & @scopecomms.bsky.social | 🐅 occidental college ‘21 |🎙host, from where does it stem?
signal: jpflores.31
- mentors told me to find something fun to do to get my mind off of science & the news so you can find me here once a week 😂
- pringles & oreo sessions all the debts I owe - caamp
- pringles & oreo sessions you could start a cult - niall horan + lizzy mcalpine
- New rule: for every Bluesky / Instagram follower you have, try to reach that many people in your community Bonus: your community ~ & beyond ~ (Also, do so without being a bully / mean lol)
- The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone. So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment. It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/ expertvoicestogether.org
- I spoke with Science about scholars—myself included—self-censoring. In my case, my team and I feared losing our NSF funding for Expert Voices Together (expertvoicestogether.org), a program, ironically, built to support researchers and journalists under attack. www.science.org/content/arti...
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View full threadFinally, I would be remiss if I didn’t note that we accept donations. After losing NSF funding, we’re now operating on a shoestring budget. This work has never been more important. Any amount truly helps. 23/ expertvoicestogether.org/researcher/d...
- Had the pleasure of interviewing @alondra.bsky.social on my podcast, and my heart hurts for the country. Thank you so much for your service, and everything you’ve done and continue to do!
- "For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
- Just want to quickly shoutout @samschuelstein.bsky.social on conceptualizing this and really centering communities and evaluation of impact! Huge shoutouts to Alison & @emmalovesscience.bsky.social Stay tuned for more from @sciforgood.bsky.social... very soon... hehehe 😏
