Absolutely insane numbers on data center buildout. I haven’t vetted these by they’re about right based on memory/back of the envelope.

CALL YOUR HOUSE REP AND TELL THEM TO CO-SPONSOR THE ARTICLES. NOW!

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Thrilled to share that my first dissertation chapter is now published at Ecology! dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... We embed TPCs into population dynamics to show how changing temperatures' ordering — not just its distribution — increases extinction risk (i.e. heatwaves matter!) @esajournals.bsky.social

Speaking as an evolutionary anthropologist, this stuff is embarassing for our field and contributes to justified skepticism from the social sciences that evolutionary theory has anything to contribute to understanding human social dynamics.

The paper's framing: Human violent conflict has been explained by different theories in different places and times, including cultural identities. Chimps have violence but don't have cultural identity, so maybe cultural identity isn't so important to human conflict! Illogical Darwinist slop.

Got asked an ideology question during my talk at Chicago and shared that my first question is always "Which viewpoints are y'all looking for? Folks who say I'm not human because I'm Black?" Say it with your whole chest. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

This Tax Day, every American should know: Because of Trump, Amazon avoided paying over 90% of the taxes it owed. That's $17.5 billion that should be going to health care, schools, child care, and more. But instead, Jeff Bezos gets wealthier. Congress needs to tax the rich.

Congratulations to Dr. Tess Grainger @integrativebiology.bsky.social, named an Early Career Fellow with the Ecological Society of America! The fellowship recognizes ESA members who have advanced ecological knowledge & applications within 8 years of their doctorate. www.uoguelph.ca/cbs/news/202...

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

You know what would also help her afford her husband's cancer treatments? UNIVERSAL FUCKING HEALTH CARE JESUS FUCKING CHRIST HOW IS THIS GODDAMN COUNTRY STILL LIKE THIS MAYBE GRANDMA SHOULDN"T HAVE TO DELIVER FOOD LIKE A TEENAGER IF WE HAD A DECENT FUCKING SOCIETY!!!!!!!!!!

“the larvae attract bees by emitting a collection of 17 scented compounds often found in flowers, including linalool oxide and lilac aldehyde. Once a larva has been airlifted to a bee’s nest, it feeds on the bees’ eggs and supplies of pollen and nectar.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/beet... 🧪

Thousands of mathematicians to boycott US Fields Medal event www.timeshighereducation.com/news/thousan... #Mathematics #Mathematicians #FieldsMedal #Boycott #Trump #ICE #InternationalCongressOfMathematicians #ICM #Research #AcademicResearch #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter

NSF GRFP results are out! Awardees: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Honorable Mention: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... (Our team members didn't get emails but discovered the lists through Reddit. Confirmed by logging in to the website and checking.) #NSF #GRFP

More awards through GRFP this year! Yay!! Quick back of envelope comparison of awards by category to 2024 (skipping 2025 b/c it was weird): Life sci: 486/2599 18.5% ('26) 499/2036 25% ('24) ☹️ Eng: 914/2599 35% ('26) 532/2036 26% ('24) Comp sci: 261/2599 10% ('26) 151/2036 7% ('24) 🧪

we’ve talked a lot about how AI might con people into believing bad things, but it is sad to think of how it will also make us stop believing in wondrous things too

Much like we don't dump food uneaten directly into the toilet, a lot of other human activities relating to thinking, new skills, need to pass through your system (you need to deeply engage with situations and materials) too sans AI. You can't outsource parts of something and still consider it done.

Are you in southern California or Baja? Let the USGS know if you felt the sonic boom from the Artemis re-entry! DYFI link: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Flower color isn’t just for pollinators – it shapes thermal balance Yuxin Li (李雨欣), Charlotte Grossiord, Xinran Ke (柯心然) and Christoph Bachofen nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/RQJVJC... #PlantScience

New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

looking for some help editing a component of my website that is baked into the custom wordpress theme--footer has my old institution & I can't figure out where the footer.php file lives or whether that is actually what I need to change. Help please!

Watch the video. Read the whole damn paper. Birds. Are. Amazing. #birds 🌿

I'm becoming kind of obsessed with Fuller. There are so many amazing photographs of her performing and I love the way her dances obliterate and deform the human body. There's a lot of body horror to them, which you can even see her alluding to in the film.

Very happy to see this lab paper out in @newphyt.bsky.social - we identified genomic traits & environmental drivers of ectomycorrhizal fungal mycelium exploration in the soil and on roots. Thanks to all our co-authors and to @tommansfield.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....

I'm heartbroken to report a devastating loss of a great friend and young scientist. telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/2026/04/09/a...

So anyway, amidst everything else, I've been spending this week figuring out how to deal with the death of a mentee Remembering Dr. Lea Richardson lab.jbyoder.org/2026/04/09/r...

“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2

1/ Hours after Iran and the U.S. reached a ceasefire deal, Israel launched one of its most devastating attacks on Lebanon to date. Over a hundred strikes in ten minutes - carnage in Beirut, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are sheltering. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

I wish science could explain what’s happening.

The sitting President just called for the end of an entire civilization. It’s time to impeach him.

AOC: “This is a threat of genocide & merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing & cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat”

30 yrs aftr Norman Finkelstein wrote this article, “First the Cherokee, now the Palestinian,” nothing has changed. Current Affairs re-released the essay, which shows the similarities between tactics used against my Cherokee ancestors & Palestinians today.

damn aaron swartz tried to warn everybody about sam altman

This administration is not making a long-term investment in science, discovery, and innovation nor the people, projects, and sites that make it happen.

Post Doc position alert! Come work with us on the evolution of cannibalism. Full job description in link below. Salary starts at $58k plus benefits. (Please help spread the word) emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

WH requests budget cuts (again) for FY27 for federal science agencies ($ B) NASA: 24.4 to 18.8 NIH: 47.2 to 41.3 (w/ proposed capping on publication costs) NSF: 8.8 to 4 (55% cut) NOAA: 6.2 to 4.5B EPA: 8.8 to 4.B (50% cut) Military budget: 44% increase. This won't fly. 🧪 archive.today/yAdmQ

I have been hiding in the desert, clamoring on rocks while taking tips from lizards on the best way to collect seeds from the Death Valley Sage. @npr.org came along for the ride and it was amazing. www.npr.org/sections/the...

Oh no. NSF Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program shuttered. This one leaves me winded. A good story from 2025 by @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social offers insight into what we are losing: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II

NSF LTER program “archived”. LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”. This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings. My heart is breaking.

The fact that this went out and Congress hasn’t immediately convened for an emergency session show just how much trouble we’re in.

Nouvelle photo incroyable d'Artemis II où l’on comprend que la Terre est vraiment plus petite que la Lune!!!

Bone up on your Moon facts with the wonderful Raquel Nuno aka SpaceGeologist: www.alieward.com/ologies/sele...

Where on the Democracy Index does it fall when the government bans entire fields of education?

Constitutional lawyer here. I don't think it would violate the Constitution for the VP/Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the intended constitutional remedy for this behavior is impeachment & removal. The fact that that remedy is politically impossible is a scandal and a crisis.

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.”

If anyone on here works at one of the 57 forest service research stations that are going to be closed and you want to tell me about your work there and why it's important, reach out: [email protected]