Disabled students belong in biological sciences spaces! Here is a thread of some tips and suggestions to make your spaces more inclusive.

We saw a district in Tennessee engineered to be R+22 swing to be ~R+13 this week. I'm betting a bunch of those new districts in Texas don't have that kind of margin to lose. When we empower Texans to vote, the GOP bites it, so let's take care of Texans, y'all.

It’s International Cheetah Day! You should DEFINITELY get a copy of CHEETAH & CHESHIRE ROB THE JUSTICE LEAGUE to celebrate! nationaltoday.com/internationa...

Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League is one of, if not the best limited run DC's done this year and todays #5 is the best issue yet. @gregrucka.com and @nicolascottart.bsky.social have outdone themselves. #comicsky

First flower of this experimental round! Also, because my cohort of undergrads are huge dorks this go-round, this plant was named Usain, because it was also the first to Bolt. 😂🙄

I need a TN person to explain this to me. In VA, an early lead from the tiny red states is rarely indicative of a win because the blue cities are still counting, because they’re where the people live. Why am I seeing so many folks already calling it?

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

This might be the most incredible road safety video you'll ever see.

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: - Coatimundi - Coyote - Black Bear - Brown Bear - Alligator

Asking folks to look out for Alaska Natives this holiday who are still dealing with the devastation of miles & miles of their homes, villages, traditions, foods, & ways of life & their displacement & instability continues.

One thing I implemented with a new (to me) class this semester: one relevant classic paper per week. Jacob and Monod was on the list, and it's a great example of a review paper.

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? Reeeealllly think this could go either way and is very dependent on who, specifically, we're talking about.

No teaching today, but since SOMEONE took a header while carrying a box of unsecured plant labels, I’m spending time in the office playing the world’s worst game of solitaire. 😁

I'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026. jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...

"Her wit was as sharp as her convictions, and her honesty was refreshing and rare." A wonderfully written (by @gbaucom.bsky.social) obituary for my grad school friend and Auburn University Prof. Vanessa Koelling, who passed away last week. www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/m...

Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned

At the late ni-morning, double-feature, picture show…

The plant tag quality inspection team is working hard this morning!

Your SCIENTIST name is your Mother's Maiden Name, Followed by the Model of your First Car, Followed by the Street you grew up on!

Graduate student only makes $24K/year in one of the most expensive cities in the U.S.? Problematic wage gap. No, seriously. This sucks and should be fixed.

Petition for the only allowable gender reveal parties to be for sexually monomorphic species.

Relevant to the newly described Australian horned bee: How do YOU pronounce Megachile? 1) MEG-uh-KYE-lee 2) MEG-uh-CHILL-ee 3) SOMEthing ELSE (Photo tax: Megachile campanulae taken with a dissecting scope last summer in Canada)

Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...

So teaching isn't a public commitment these days? Interesting.

Anyone in far western KY (Murray area) in the market for absolutely adorable pups? These girls and their brothers just graduated from my brother and SIL's house to another foster (bottle-feeding to better socialization conditions), and will be up for adoption in another month or so!

@rogue151.bsky.social and I were just outside on the porch, enjoying the dulcet tones of down bad foxes. 😁 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk1m...

Okay, while looking through the 16th year for @rogue151.bsky.social, I realized that four of my all-time favorite albums came out on the same DAY: September 14th, 2004 was lovely day for music!

I couldn't pick one... What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

How to tell we're in a late-90's revival: - wide leg jeans are back in style - a wildly overhyped tech product is on the verge of collapse - we've once again unwillingly been made aware of Bill Clinton's little Clinton

When your Eustachian tubes are terrible and it’s you, a 41 year-old, at urgent care for your annual ear infection with all the toddlers.

the paper also identifies Yuka as an XY male, which is really interesting as the anatomy presented as female. this is Yuka's genital region (from Maschenko et al 2019 link.springer.com/article/10.1...)

If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university. You’re working at a state propaganda factory.

ICE learning the same lesson as Napoleon and Hitler.

When your tyrosinase is out there with a wonky Exon 1 (probably). Kyoshi: 6 months vs 4 years.

Well, a tiny sliver of good news this morning, I guess.

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

Same here. Half our income. Bills going late or partially-paid. My spouse still having to work (and work OVERTIME) for no money. And we were happy to muddle through, because the cause was worth it. Absolutely disgusted with Senate Dems.

Seconded. Sucks like hell to be down an income especially at a time like this, but for all of this to have meant NOTHING, to have gotten us NOWHERE? Absolutely disgraceful.

Please spare a thought for all the Federal workers who are pulling unpaid overtime today because Congress not only can't get its shit together, it can't do so during the standard work week. My wife has had no time off this weekend and is currently working for a pinky-swear.

My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin: Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author. Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.

Yup. Watson was an ass who mistreated Franklin both pre- and posthumously, but she was respected in her field and was not robbed of a Nobel.

This is the take:

The #FindThatLizard Scholarship is accepting applications until 12/10. We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢 I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...

Meanwhile, next door in Kentucky, they just buried their first woman Governor, Martha Layne Collins, who was elected in 1983. Sometimes I forget how retrograde the Old Dominion continues to be.

Join us on Nov 18 at 2:30 PM MST to learn about CAMBIUM grad fellowships in biodiversity informatics & climate change @uarizona.bsky.social. For incoming Fall 2026 students interested in big data, ecology, evolution, climate adaptation & more. Register: events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/... 🌵🧬🌐

We're next door in Fairfax County, but: My wife is currently working for no pay because she's considered essential. The GOP candidate said, repeatedly, that us losing our jobs and our marriage because we're gay was, quote, "not discrimination".

30,000+ federal employees, their families, their neighbors, and businesses they frequent and who support them

It's not discrimination, Winsome!