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.”

Becoming a parent is much worse for women in academia vs men, because women do 5 times (!!!) the amount of childcare than men www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NO KINGS: New Orleans.

New Orleans No Kings! #NoKings #NK3 #NK3Nola #NolaSky

Thousands of protesters showed up for the No Kings 3 March in New Orleans, LA. The rallied before and after the march, with music and speakers. #NoKings

Leona Tate gives a brilliant talk at New Orleans No Kings. A reminder of what has been accomplished in a human lifetime and what is left to do.

No Kings NOLA

No Kings NOLA

THE DEATH OF US SCIENCE ☠️

The president of Tulane makes $3,000,000 in salary while some non-tenured faculty make $55,000. Solidarity with the non-tenure track faculty union. tulanehullabaloo.com/73587/news/t...

NSF Update Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit. Now by Directorate... 1/11

I won Tulane’s 3 Minute Thesis competition today! Woohoo! A big win for my campaign “Make Phenotypic Plasticity Easy To Understand” - next stop, regionals in Baton Rouge!

This all women, all early career team is officially on its way to the Wedell Sea, Antarctica to study sea ice and plankton!! Wish us luck in the dreadful Drake Passage 🤞🌊🐧🇦🇶 #oceanography #iceXplankton Krill pun shirts were gifts from co-I Tricia Thibodeau 💗

The past few years I've given my students assignments to create Wikipedia pages on various topics. This semester's Fisheries Management students were assigned to write about an ichthyologist/fisheries manager that didn't have a page, with emphasis on women or POC encouraged. I'm sharing them here:

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

fungi adapted to the Chernobyl ionizing radiation environment open up potential use as a cosmic radiation shield in space stations. Nature is amazing.

Science Illustration internships (2) at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. $700/week, relocation funds for travel to and from SERC; and onsite dormitory housing available. Anticipated start date 02/26 but can vary; duration is 11 weeks. Location Edgewater, MD.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social

Are you looking for a #postdoc? with #seabirds or #raptors? at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social & @csic.es? Please send me an email and consider applying for a #JldC fellowship #ornithology Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV. www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...

Exiting career-boosting opportunity for a a skilled and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher: We're hiring a Post-doctoral fellow in Evolutionary Biology! Please apply no later than 31 October! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

The University of Arizona says, "No!" www.kvoa.com/news/top-sto...

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

PhD studentship Come help us understand the wheat rhizosphere at the Earlham Institute 🦠 Working at the interface of fungal antagonists & pathogens (@rowenahill.bsky.social @neilhall.bsky.social ), host genetic diversity (Simon Griffiths -JIC) and bacterial community diversity (Jacob Malone -JIC)

If you want to help those fired from CDC over the weekend, the CDC Mutual Aid Network is helping folks with emergency rent, groceries, etc. altCDC gets no funds from donations, but we can verify they are legit and funds go directly to those impacted.

This is the way www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

In the first half of 2025, renewables became the biggest source of global electricity for the first time, as wind & solar growth exceeded global demand growth Shocking that it's China & India leading - EU & USA have fossil power growing ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Resistance by a professor. When there is a will, there is a way to fight fascism.

Rutgers Newark is hiring multiple new profs who work in microbial pathogenesis, structural bio, human/microbial genetics, genomics, biochemistry, or computational biophysics. I loved doing my PhD at Rutgers and I LOVE New Jersey. Reach out if you’re applying and have questions about the school/area.

Ugh don’t let Kyanite get short changed again! Deserves a win finally!

i'm glad it's posted now, but damn that's a gut-punch for any 2nd year students planning to apply this cycle

#MinCup25 Quarterfinals 3: It's a showdown between Team Green and Team Blue for #kosmochlor vs #kyanite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube. It would be a shame for you to share it www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Science is under attack! 🚨 Join Bill Nye and thousands of science supporters in fighting back against this anti-science administration. Your voice matters! ➡️ act.ucsusa.org/41Eqmxm

Going to give a talk to LSU undergrads about NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP). Are there still 0 awards in the Life Sciences? Image from www.science.org/content/arti...

This week brought wins on all fronts: Catelin Drey flipped a Trump district in Iowa and broke the GOP’s supermajority in the state senate. A federal judge protected Kilmar Abrego Garcia from deportation. And yes, even ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is about to be empty. Not bad for one week.

OH GREAT NOW THE SWAMP IS WOKE www.iflscience.com/deep-in-virg...

This is very good. www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...

Super high lead tolerance in brown anoles. Props @basicbiologist23.bsky.social for your exciting findings! #Womeninstem www.nola.com/news/healthc...

NEW: I spoke to SJ Joslin, a park ranger and wildlife biologist who was fired by Yosemite National Park last week for helping to raise a transgender pride flag on the park's iconic El Capitan rock face. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains? My lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! 🧪🌍🐙 Apply by Nov 1! Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Scientists who speak up against #misinformation and intimidation deserve our support—not threats. We must stand behind those who courageously defend evidence and public trust. Read more on protecting scientific integrity. www.americanscientist.org/article/supp... 🧪

UCLA 💙💙👊🏻👏🏼👏🏼

This first-author publication is my… first! Archaea kill bacteria by targeting their Achilles’ heel: peptidoglycan. Big shoutout to @ahocher.bsky.social‬, @valeriesoo.bsky.social‬, Pauline Misson, @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social‬ and MRC LMS Proteomics. A thread 🔽 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

*Job alert* Come work with us! We have a fully funded 4yr #PhD position in #alpine & #Arctic plant #ecology available in our group @unibas.ch. The project includes fieldwork & connects to other ongoing projects on species range shifts & microclimate. jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell... Please repost! 🌐🧪

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html