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Scientists and Science Supporters. Now is the time to act to stop the new OMB proposed rules that changes federal grant regulations and threatens to weaken US science... the comment period is open now and until July 13th. @sse-evolution.bsky.social email below with information on what to do next!

DOGE Lives On Through Russell Vought prospect.org/2026/02/05/d...

MARK YOU CALENDAR for our EMERGENCY SCIENCE MEETING June 2nd at 4pm et. We will be giving an overview of the rule and assigning EVERY SCIENTIST IN AMERICA their marching orders. Register here: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...

The attack on science continues... midterms coming up... be sure you and everyone you know are ready to vote!

An Ecuadorian biologist is accused of scientific misconduct, inflating species counts, mishandling animals, entering reserves without permission and potentially complicating the development of lifesaving snake antivenoms. For more than a year, I investigated him for @science.org:

Just 4 ancestral species (citron, pummelo, mandarin, & papeda) gave rise to the common citrus fruits, as shown in this graphic from Kalita et al. 2021. A molecular perspective on the taxonomy and journey of Citrus domestication. doi.org/10.1016/j.pp... #Citrus #Rutaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱 1/2

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

Not sure about you fellow women... but I take one look at pics of #swallwell and I have no doubt of the victim allegations. Not trying to #profile here, but he has the #harasser vibe. 🤮

I am shocked to see this language from the NSF. “The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”

I knew he was going to look like this.

The reason this position has been so much fun is because you get to work with lots of different people you might otherwise not have. And those people are creative and innovative. All three societies are hungry for ways to bring new value to members via meetings. Anyway, apply!

I’ve spent two summers there and this warms my heart. Incredible community. ✊🏻

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

Nice guide to Structural Variants (SVs)

On sabotage of our young scientists, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023. Learn more on #WorldWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4riUU1G

There's still time to apply to the PREP program at the University of Oregon! Deadline is March 2nd, see below for details.

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

An amazing new species of Cordyceps-mimicking spider has just been described from the Ecuadorian Amazon - Taczanowskia waska www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...

Added a new piece to my shop in honor of the state of the union tonight. www.erikarier.com/shop/fuck-th...

Hang in there lovely Bluesky people and don’t let the political shenanigans get you down this evening (Tufted Titmouse) #birds 🌿

Olha aí gente! Free registration to virtual Evolution 2026.

The Frog 🐸 of the Week is the Anthony’s Poison Dart Frog (Epipedobates anthonyi). The frog’s poison is called epibatidine and 1 frog has enough poison to kill a person. It was used to kill Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader. 📸 John P Clare learn more at buff.ly/p2JdMu7

Hahahaha...😂

RIP Augustus McCrae. It was a helluva party.

New paper led by my former student Cinnamon Mittan... find out what those cane toads have been doing once they got established down there in Florida... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This story is not surprising to a lot of us but also hugely important, especially for 🔭 because this is who the space sciences are being handed to 🧪 "Musk’s posts repeatedly echoed prominent white supremacist narratives and ideologies"

Without naming you job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "OK, tell me what's going on with your mentor"

'Boys will be boys' is the most sexist and pathetic excuse ever... and yet here it is just to remind you how women are viewed by a certain faction of society. Do better.

Trivers and Epstein... vile 🤮

Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.

Let me translate for the out-of-towners: People made lanterns out of ice (frozen water), put candles in them, and arranged them into giant letters spelling "ICE OUT" on a frozen lake that is not too far from MSP airport.

32 others died at the hands of ICE in 2025. Do not forget them. 2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

New paper! Fun collaboration with @raynacbell.bsky.social lab group. I don't think Kyle (first author) is on here, but he led us in this effort 😍

Find that Bee! Our annual Spring Bee Competition is now OPEN! @alexwild.bsky.social biodiversity.utexas.edu/news/feature...

Thanks @bruno-soares.bsky.social @kzutaustin.bsky.social and Valeria Ramirez Castaneda for presenting and bringing your insights during this weekend's @systbiol.bsky.social symposium and panel "Creating Meaningful Collaborations Across Communities and Natural History Collections"

Applications now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2026! Funds cover registration, travel, food, and lodging. Apply by January 30: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social

Can I suggest my own? 😂 When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History & America's Black Botanical Legacy. I explore 7 trees & the cotton shrub--the science of them, personal/family history related to them & their intersections with Black history. It's out Jan 20, 2026 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Brazil has now signed agreements with Springer-Nature and Elsevier for Brazilian researchers to read AND PUBLISH for free for 3y. Rest of the world, take note: THIS is how you support and promote open science. www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Time to update the list of US military interventions in Latin America.

Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement. #NoWords 🤮

UF Biology is searching for an Asst Prof in Evolution, Ecology of Infectious Disease - spread the word! @ufresearch.bsky.social @ufgeog.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

The T. H. Huxley Award recognizes an outstanding evolution education resource and provides funding for the awardee to attend the Evolution or NABT conference to present their work! Apply by February 2nd: bit.ly/2kP2pPM