Top notch story of the day krdo.com/news/top-sto...

Stay classy, UCLA www.latimes.com/california/s...

Friend of a friend just published a paper with a photo of a field site. Photoshop AI automatically added a bird into the photo because it said it would look better. Author had no idea until the paper came out. #NothingIsReal

Sure enrollment is declining and the budget cuts are massive, BUT the parking is incredible!

Yes please to more consequences. I know criminal prosecutions aren't possible in some cases, but at minimum, anybody who even casually associated with Epstein out to be shunned, much less elected to anything

Re-enjoying Feist's 2007 album The Reminder since it was featured multiple times in Heated Rivalry

“Imagine if we had to follow the law”

New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets. These are their stories:

My very terrible father has started a blog. While married to Wife 5, the blog discusses stories he and Wife 4 told each other during Saturday night baths together (ick). I don’t know whether to click on the link…a decision made easier by him continually sending out different incorrect links

I’m willing to accept #BelowDeckDownUnder filming in the Caribbean, but then don’t use that B-roll of clownfish that don’t exist there. Nemo would be so disappointed!

Whole lot of you following Neil Gaiman, and I assume it's because you forgot you did so and he stopped posting when it was revealed he is a rapist. Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.

A student just asked me if I could help them understand a paper another Bio prof had given them to read. Friends, I could not understand the title...

Opposition party doing so good that they’re gonna pass a law that exists already and tell us it’s a win 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

This is the worst month ever

#TheTraitorsUS spoiler alert ***spoiler alert*** I can't get over "Yam Yam is toast toast"

I have a lot of students with a disability accommodation that allows them to take pictures of the board. It leads me to conclude there are faculty who DON'T allow this normally? Why not?

Amazon laying people off cuz they spent their salaries on a massive bribe

Ah jesus fuck

A surprising number of folks start their job application cover letter with "Dear Sirs" and...hard pass

Our lab is hiring summer positions! frsbeelab.org/join-the-lab

Priyanga Amarasekare has been dismissed from her tenured position at UCLA: dailybruin.com/2026/01/22/u...

Oh man, please let this be both true and effective

“Sammy Davis Senior Junior College” My favorite running joke on #Stumble

Wicked with zero nominations...that seems fine. Wicked: For Fine

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

Cal State University’s deal with OpenAI — providing ChatGPT to all faculty, students, and staff — will expire in June 2026. Amid the prospect of layoffs in the CSU, we’re asking the chancellor not to renew this costly and demoralizing contract. Link below and anyone can sign:

A plea from an editor: postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍

I'm not positive this is about Priyanga, but it seems like UCLA might be having a hearing to consider dismissing her tomorrow (Wed, 1/21, 8:30am). You can sign up to make a comment at the open hearing here (must sign up by 5pm Pacific today): regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/meetings/pub...

I'm not positive this is about Priyanga, but it seems like UCLA might be having a hearing to consider dismissing her tomorrow (Wed, 1/21, 8:30am). You can sign up to make a comment at the open hearing here (must sign up by 5pm Pacific today): regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/meetings/pub...

Begging Canvas to let me Drag and Drop into Modules! The tech is already built in (new Modules allow this), but after one use, they just remove that functionality

I got to spend time with friends from grad school this weekend...in the same town where we went to school, and wow I am glad that grad school can provide those lifetime bonds

Start of semester feelings

sales of internal-combustion engine collapsing in China, down by half since 2017. EVs have taken over And, China's car exports are soaring. US automakers getting completely left behind as they abandon EVs. Losing market share worldwide www.ft.com/content/5b13...

An affinity group for trans scientists: transscientistcollective.carrd.co

omg, this has to be one of the most popular things the museum has or ever will do

"I know these people, Baby. They're rich and they're mean." -an evergreen perception from Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing

Always use the mic at a conference even if you’re loud. People who can’t hear you *can’t hear you * when you ask if you can hear them in the back. Some of us went to one too many hardcore shows in our youth without ear plugs and our hearing ain’t what it used to be 🥺 #SICB2026

the week of circling back … … it begins

If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Look Stranger Things, if you can’t say it in 12 min, it’s not worth saying #2hr8min??

Is Andy Cohen’s coat a tribute to Lily Allen?

THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context

I'm fascinated with different Christmas traditions, but this one is new to me! Excited to learn more

Dunno who needs to hear this, but before your start writing your reviewer comments, eat a cookie. Only you can prevent rude reviews.

I’ve just realized the true cost of granting sabbatical to @jbyoder.org

Surprised that Google Forms doesn't have a built-in QR code generator for the responder link

Ethical question for the hive mind: I have a bowl of candy on my desk for students. The custodian often takes several at night. (I assume. Nobody else has access to my office.) Most recently, they took them all. What's the appropriate course of action?

So much online discourse about the proper booze to add to eggnog: whiskey, rum, brandy, etc.. …when the answer is clearly Bailey’s!