My amazing wife, author @jeshonard.bsky.social, got two of her new anthology pieces in the mail today! You want poetry with killer whales on the cover? You want queer-affirming nerdiness about lesbians in space? Check ‘em out and order!

Very happy to share that one of my PhD dissertation papers is out in the International Journal of Inclusive Education! We use reflexive thematic analysis to understand biology student perceptions of disability and accessibility. #qualitative #disabledinSTEM www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NRDTR...

🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL🚨 You’ve seen the bad news. Now it’s time for us to flood the zone. Over 400 NSF grants — gone. Trump’s cronies are cutting science funding and betting we won’t notice. But we’re not powerless. We’ve got 24 hours to make noise. Here’s how 🧵(1/3) ➡️

Support our Education & Outreach initiatives that bring students into the field. High school students participated in SF-ROCKS (Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science in the San Francisco Bay Area) at Pt. Reyes National Seashore Pledge today! #CalBigGive give.berkeley.edu/fund/FW4101000

I’m a disabled scientist & education researcher. NSF EDU matters because I’d like to fairly compensate other disabled researchers and students to work with me. While we build more supportive, human-centered STEM spaces & classrooms for & with disabled people. This matters. #DisabledInSTEM #DEI

@dentalanth.bsky.social workshop next week at the @bioanth.org conference! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/daa-worksh...

If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti... Please share widely

An excellent resource for very tough times.

Hey: If you made it through the week, and you tried to do some things to help other people — large or small — where you could, and you need to hear it, I’m here to tell you thank you. Get some rest. Figure out today, then figure out tomorrow.

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

Super excited to see this #SciComm project out through @nagtgeo.bsky.social’s Teach the Earth! Developed by @hlusko.bsky.social with input from me and a great team, this project became a big part of my dissertation. Hope others will enjoy this project in their #STEM and #STEMEd classes!

"SICB condemns any measure that curbs the ability of SICB to broaden access and support inclusion within its meetings and activities, or the ability of SICB members to recruit strong, diverse teams within their laboratories and their institutions." 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 🧪 mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...

NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Supporting each other through difficult and challenging times theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i... Free, gentle, practical and bonding suggestions for anyone impacted by university changes, cuts, closures, threats and dangers #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #PhDSky #gradschool #PhDChat #PhDHelp

They are trying to overwhelm us with all these EOs. Do what you need to do to stay out of freeze mode the best that you can. Connect with people. Connect with yourself. We're gonna fight.

Are you a researcher with a federal grant who would normally be expecting funds from that grant over the next several weeks that now may not be coming? I'd love to talk to you about what that means for your lab/research/colleagues. Reach out via DM or signal.

My sense is that most of us in science now have at least some institutional guidance on how to cope with latest round of proclamations. I hope you're able to refocus today despite the uncertainty, good luck. AND we need to brace against future rounds of disruption. Here's what my group is using:

It took a while to find me here in Kalamazoo, but my PhD lollipop finally arrived from the Grad Division at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! Especially in these strange days, I will celebrate these small moments of joy, accomplishment, and gratitude!

A very important podcast and episode on non-violent resistance and of course, women leading the way towards justice and peace in Palestine and Israel.

Faculty and staff at Sonoma State University were just notified of the closing of the Geology Department - they are organizing an email letter writing campaign for Monday 1/27 to rally support - see below🧪⚒️ It’s awful to see the closing of another Geology department and big loss for the community.

🧠 writing a wee chapter on neuroqueering digital youth work & have just come across Ryan Boren and Helen Edgar @autisticrealms.bsky.social's Open Framework For #Neuroqueer Learning Spaces: medium.com/@helenrealms...

Incorporating Sex-Diverse and Gender-Inclusive Perspectives in Higher Education Biology Courses. Really glad to finally see this in print. And proud to have played a small role in writing it. #sex #gender #STEMeducation @sicbjournals.bsky.social #SICB2025 academic.oup.com/icb/article-...

It's #FossilFriday and we want you to join us in celebrating disabled and neurodivergent community and equity at GSA 2025! Join disabled geoscientists & allies in this important discussion, sign up: forms.gle/eWqqR6zZQtob... @geosociety.bsky.social @nagtgeo.bsky.social @accessiblegeo.bsky.social

Exciting work by @chrislaw.bsky.social, @hlusko.bsky.social and @tsengzj.bsky.social!

Sad about this. And angry.

Detailed article about PRI and the Museum of the Earth's current struggles. If the museum closes it may be the largest collection dispersed/lost in the US (with 7 million specimens it is one of the 10 largest in the US). ⚒️🧪🦑 Please share widely and help if you can! ithacavoice.org/2025/01/muse...

Submit a talk at GeoConnects 2025 in a session on Disabled/Neurodivergent Perception, Community, and Identity in Geoscience! Help us make this session happen - sign up by Jan. 31st: forms.gle/tRYSyTNMb2Yf... #DisabledinSTEM #ActuallyAutistic @nagtgeo.bsky.social @accessiblegeo.bsky.social

Check out this cool Glyptotherium migration paper by @kmagoulick.bsky.social and team!

GeoSPACE 2025 applications will be accepted through the end of this month! Get those applications in and join us for an accessible inclusive field camp online or in person this summer! sites.google.com/ufl.edu/geos...

I am a disabled scientist & STEM education researcher, situational white cane user, and proudly neurodivergent. Here is my very first AP quote, thanks to my involvement with the fabulous group, @accessiblegeo.bsky.social! #DisabledInSTEM #NothingAboutUsWithouUs apnews.com/article/acce...

Cool opportunity for CT folks!

Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪 My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...

Are you on an academic search committee, or know someone on one? Please take a look at this comprehensive set of suggestions to make the application process more inclusive for queer and trans folks! So glad I could contribute my two cents to this work! ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

If you don't know about the @burkemuseum.bsky.social DIG Field School, it's a great time to learn about this PD program for K-12 educators and classrooms www.burkemuseum.org/education/ed... Sign up for a Microfossil Workshop by Jan 3! and the DIG Field School applications open soon! #paleo #K12STEM

The Journal of Geoscience Education seeks manuscripts for the Informal Learning Special Issue: Beyond the Classroom. Submit your Expression of Interest form by Dec 31, 2024 at nagt.org/nagt/jge/jge... Thank you to those who have already submitted. We are looking forward to an enlightening issue!

🦋The National Association of Geoscience Teachers is on Blue Sky! We are excited for all that this new platform can bring.

Reskeet this until it breaks. Then reskeet it again. We need to flood Congress with phone calls TODAY to make sure they don't slip the dangerous and misguided Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) into a must-pass year end bill. This bill would make kids LESS safe and threatens LGBTQ ppl & human rights.

My buddy Obsidian (Sid) is in love with the fireplace this winter. She’s *almost* forgiven us for moving from California. 💜 #Cats

It’s a turkey kind of a day. Courtesy of @arctomet.bsky.social 😍

Fabulous program - undergrads in STEM, apply!

Very excited (and grateful) to share more about my current research at Western Michigan University! 💜 DM me with any questions or to connect! #DisabledInSTEM #STEMEducation #Neurodivergent #Paleontology wmich.edu/arts-science...

Still acclimating to the Midwest, but I find myself already very comfortable with “ope…!”

There's two weeks left to apply for the 2024 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program! Today we're bringing advice from one of our wise mentors that is feeling extra poignant these days!

Hi! I feel so much safer over here! 🤣 Recent UC Berkeley paleo grad and current postdoc at Western Michigan. Lover of STEM equity research and interested in why paleontology matters. Former high school teacher, friend to cats, super queer, spicy #disabledinSTEM New fun things are afoot. *waves!*

Tomorrow’s the last day to submit an abstract for #GSA2023! We’d love to have you join us at T69: Disabled and Neurodivergent Perception, Community, and Identity in Geoscience. Questions? DM me!

Hello world! Me and my love @jessihonard.bsky.social at Castro Theatre for the SF Pride kickoff!