Go get it now!!

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy

Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name. "These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."

Even if highly qualified, nobody wants an insufferable jerk for a colleague. Getting a job isn’t just qualifications, it’s also being someone other people want to work with.

I can't believe this still needs to be said (and more loudly): Trans rights are human rights.

My dog is hilariously pathetic when she wants love. Sound on.

Show of hands, how many of us are ready for this madness to end — and for Congress to do their job?🙋 Sign on to endorse the articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. 👉 standupforscience.net/impeac... 📲Tag your representative below. Let them know that they need to step up and meet the moment!

A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...

Amazing work from the folks in my lab on the impact of making the wrong proteins (mistranslation) and how it INCREASES female lifespan, even when combined with reproduction! Of note, the lead author, Luana Branco, did this work as an undergrad (!!). Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Schooling! One of those strangely fascinating fish behaviours that I love watching

TODAY! CSEE Members: Check your email for the Zoom link. See you soon!

"Hormone Therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time, extending prior findings with a larger sample and longer follow-up." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Republicans just passed a bill in the House that bans federal funding of anyone collaborating or co-authoring with Chinese scientists, and it’s retroactive to ban funding for anyone who has had collaborations in the past 5 years. This is insane. Call your reps. www.science.org/content/arti...

A really good thread on adjusting your bsky filter settings, which you might not know are set to be fully on by default!

With my first kid, in the US, I was entitled to zero days of maternity leave. Zero. Because I hadn’t been in my current postdoc position for a full year yet. When I had a kid in Canada I took a 6 month leave, and the only ‘feedback’ I got from my colleagues was “oh, you’re taking a short leave!”

Are you f*ing kidding me @nytimes.com??

Good job everyone - the 🇨🇦 Trucouncil data will stay aggregated and anonymized.

There’s a (now retired) prof who I discovered had students in their genetics lab class sequence three ‘mystery genes’ from the STUDENTS OWN CHEEK SWAB and the three genes were all for SUSCEPTIBILITY TO MENTAL DISORDERS. I reported it, bc wtaf that’s wrong on so many levels.

This is the prettiest cupcake I’ve ever had 😍

This would be a huge breach of privacy. Contact your MPs, and/or sign the petition, linked in the thread.

There are two types of people. Those who are mad if some people are on SNAP and not working, and those who are mad because working people still have to be on SNAP to afford food.

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to bluesky

Biologically accurate.

A thorough article with lots of data on who more often perpetrates, and who is more often a victim of, hate crime violence.

woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers! This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

13/There is a tonne of robust data to back the effectiveness of COVID vaccines. I don't think any other vaccines have been more studied in my lifetime. It took me about an hour of pubmed searches to put this thread together. So no, a lack of data is not the reason why CDC is being dismantled.

I would read an academic murder book in which the murder was solved by reading the syllabus

If you are a researcher whose lab uses FlyBase, consider a tax-deductible personal contribution. A lot of $100 contributions would help bridge the gap until we can set up a user fee system, and even $10 donations send the folks there the message we're behind them. Please share

Neuronal diversity is written in transcriptional codes 🧬. But what is the logic of these codes that define cell types and wiring patterns? To find out we built a #scRNAseq developmental atlas of the Drosophila nerve cord and linked it to the #connectome 🪰🧠 #preprint thread ⬇️1/8

FlyBase needs your help! Visit the link below for more information, and please consider donating to help save this amazing resource. wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

I can’t believe it. I’m on my flight to #ESEB2025 in Barcelona on #AirCanada about to depart. All other AC flights have been cancelled but mine is a go. 🤯

So hey. I'm reading through some of the public comments, and there aren't that many, tbh.. And some of them are in *support* of repealing regulations/making everyone choke on their big-truck air. Your voice *definitely* matters here.

FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...

This is devastating. In addition to the obvious harm to the FlyBase staff, SO many of us rely on this resource!

My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...

Matching Cybertrucks

One of my great great+ grandmothers during the colonial period gave birth to 14 children. Those were the ones who lived long enough to be baptized and recorded. Of those, 5 made it to 12. 3 made it to 20. 2 married and had children.

Don’t take criticism to heart from someone you wouldn’t go to for advice.

Sheila Colla was a brilliant scientist and a powerful advocate for both nature and disadvantaged people. A profound loss.

I'm recruiting a US PhD student to come to Canada to work on the genetic and neural basis of female mating behaviour. Fellowship of ~$40k per year. Contact me if interested in submitting an application. Details of eligibility here! grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...

I ordered a cheese platter that said it came with “condiments” and I assumed fancy jams or something but this is what it came with instead. Wtf

It’s time for a major shift toward thinking about preserving knowledge in hard copy for the Canticle For Leibowitz -scale long term, before this guy turns all our accounts digital information into self-reinforcing White Genocide propaganda. Buy books, is what I’m saying.

I’m not sure how many others are in this position, but I’m sad that I’m missing #Evol2025 because it’s not safe for many folks to travel to the US right now, and also not desirable to spend money there.

Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation. Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants: 1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process. 2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers. 3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.

Free park passes for all 4th graders and their families!