Friends! A quick ask. Many of you have told me you are reading (or have already read) my new book, Unlocking Justice. Eould you consider leaving a rating/review on Goodreads and/or, if you bought it online, the bookseller's website? 🙏🙏🙏 This helps raise visibility and get the message out.

Happy Aromantic Visibility Day 2026! Young Adult Shapes of Love by L.V. Peñalba When nineteen-year-old Sasha’s first album throws her into stardom, her fans become obsessed with discovering who inspired her love songs.... https://lgbtqreads.com/2026/06/05/happy-aromantic-visibility-day-2026/

Going to lose measles elimination status is indeed amazing... in a terrible and preventable way.

📆 Join us next Tuesday, June 9 at 12 PM EST for the next klogW seminar featuring Jonas Veenstra (ENS Lyon) and Matthew Leighton (Yale University). Don’t miss this chance to hear from two outstanding early-career researchers! Please sign up and find more details here: engage.aps.org/dsnp/resourc...

A little #SciComm PSA for #pride month 🐡

My in-person take on today's State of the Science and how to avert a path towards American mediocrity in a diminished vision of what is possible shared by the President & panelists.

This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone #ProofOfCat

Did I tell y'all I did not renew my contract? There are many reasons for this (some I won't get into publicly) but that means I am currently out of a job. My goal is to stay in academia and in particular be at a small teaching-focused school in the US northeast. I would prefer a physics department

Happy pride, y'all! 💕🌈 Here's a photo from a renfaire we recently went to. While being in TX it has been a place that has felt queer friendly. Hoping everyone can find their little pockets of fun and safety if they are in places that are typically unsafe

New book just arrived! Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequality and Create Change by @chadtopaz.bsky.social ! Looking forward to learning a lot from this. If anyone wants to read along, maybe an unofficial journal club, let me know!

Semester is over. Grades are in. And I put in my resignation today! I don't have another job lined up at the moment, but this is the best decision for me and my mental health. Last official day is May 31st. I don't want this to be the end of academia for me. Just some time apart may do us both good.

A senior in my class told me yesterday that my class has been so hard and all his others have just been regurgitating stuff. He said despite mine being hard, he's learned a lot and enjoyed it. I kind of struggled this semester with my expectations of the students and trying to make my material

When we got Minki, I was hoping that he would get along with Fermi because I felt like Fermi would want to cuddle or play, but Millie never wanted to (despite the two of them growing up together). They are now very good brothers that like cuddling and it makes me so happy. Millie two feet away

Our latest preprint at arxiv.org/abs/2604.26346 provides insights on chemically active mixtures that can produce mesmerizing patterns, such as this one:

I have asked my students in my math bio class to use my reaction diffusion code that generates Turing patterns and by playing with certain parameters, try to reproduce my cat's pattern as a bonus problem. Here is my attempt (and Minki for reference). How did I do?

If a university bans Plato from the Philosophy classroom they should loose their accreditation.

This May Day, higher ed will join a massive wave of resistance to demand: ✅Make higher ed affordable ✅End the assault on science & research ✅Protect students' right to learn & faculty’s right to teach ✅Suspend ICE activity Show up on May 1 and RSVP here: www.labor4highered.org/may-day-events

My sign from yesterday. We need to fight back to keep academic freedom! #BTHOcensorship

Protest organized by...us! (You're welcome!) #BTHOcensorship

“We’re showing the Board of Regents that we’re not backing off.” @tamu-aaup.bsky.social www.texastribune.org/2026/04/20/t...

We filed suit against the Trump administration (again) today to block the implementation of an unlawful executive order that seeks to undermine inclusion & equal opportunity, threatens government contractors w/ criminal prosecution, & chills protected speech. These are not normal times.

While this semester has been hard, there have been a lot of fun things about teaching this math bio class to upperclass STEM students. I get to be really excited about a lot of cool topics that I am personally interested in and hopefully get others excited too. While it has been hard to find the

"The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Jay Bhattacharya) has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half." !!! 🎁

Calling all physics/astronomy science communicators! Applications are open for the 2026 #Scicomm Collider at @perimeterinstitute.ca! A great opportunity for folks doing all kinds of astro/phys engagement to meet, network, and share expertise on connecting the public with science! ⚛️🧪🔭🎢

It's International Asexuality Day today! Inspired by my experiences of coming out as asexual, I have written a zine which provides an introduction to asexuality for those newer to this invisible sexual orientation. Download it here (enter '0' to get it for free): ko-fi.com/s/446bca3822

📣 DSNP Early-Career Spotlight: Megan Engel from University of Calgary! Her research focuses on molecular motors' efficiency—and how to apply these principles to bio-nanotechnology. Check out the interview below! Want to suggest who to feature next? Email us at [email protected]

BU President reverses position on Pride flags removal without discussing broader censorship on campus. “The statement did not address the larger pattern of free speech suppression...the admin either does not see those issues as important or does not plan to address them." —Joseph Harris, BU AAUP

www.wbur.org/news/2026/04... I am glad they stopped this, but it's not over. "BU President Melissa Gilliam said the university needs “more time and opportunity” to consider the matter." What else is there to consider? @bostonu.bsky.social Please do the right thing and support your LGBTQ+ Community

This is important because the administration has been taking them down

Good morning from Boston University. Pride flags EVERYWHERE

I got a call this week about @bostonu.bsky.social Day of Giving which is April 8th. I at first said I was not donating specifically because I read recently about their new policy which forced removal of Pride flags from campus locations: www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Currently at the #APSSummit26 in Denver. If you are around and want to meet up at some point, let me know! I'm leaving some time Thursday!

Texas A&M University to end women's studies due to new policy on race and gender topics 😡👩‍🔬

"I believe that in the importance of speaking up, being truthful and try to fight for this most important thing called academic freedom, but also a deep quality education. So I think that’s more important to me." —Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President

Aggies for academic freedom! A broad coalition of faculty, students, staff, and community members are out here at Texas A&M to say NO to censorship and YES to making higher ed a common good! @tamu-aaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org @movetexas.bsky.social

Unionizing is our right! Education is our right! That is why we have to fight! Faculty, students, staff & the Texas A&M community are ready to fight against government censorship and for a better university. @tamu-aaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org @texasaaup.bsky.social @movetexas.bsky.social

Not for censorship and deportation! Money for jobs and education! We’re out here making our demands known: Texas A&M must protect all students and faculty, including noncitizens, and not censor them. @tamu-aaup.bsky.social @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org @cwa-tseu.bsky.social

“This is an academic institution explicitly using political ideology to censor and police faculty and students. If we believe the censorship will stop here, we are making a serious mistake.” —Chaitanya Lakimsetti, Texas A&M @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org @tamu-aaup.bsky.social

Legalize Plato! Top-down decisions to censor, cancel, or flag classes at Texas A&M do not protect students. It harms their growth. Brian Evans, @texasaaup.bsky.social president, believes in the students’ ability to stand up for themselves, and for the futures of their university and of Texas.

Students and faculty won't stop fighting until censorship ends at Texas A&M. "I'm terrified that this will devalue my degree and the degree of every single person here." —Justin Walther, Texas A&M student @tamu-aaup.bsky.social @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org

The Houston Chronicle is paying attention! www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Texas A&M claims it has “seamlessly completed” its Spring 2026 course review. That statement is false. Multiple courses addressing race, gender, and sexuality are still under review with faculty facing pressured to censor well into the semester. Texans deserve the truth, not spin.

“No one can reasonably say that a Philosophy professor shouldn’t get to teach Plato in a philosophy class.” —Martin Peterson, AAUP Texas A&M @tamu-aaup.bsky.social @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org @cwa-tseu.bsky.social @movetexas.bsky.social

Texas A&M ends its women's & gender studies program while hundreds of syllabi remain flagged and censored under top-down review policies. “I have never seen anything like this.” — Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President @texasaft.org @texasaaup.bsky.social @cwa-tseu.bsky.social

The university said it had also modified hundreds of courses and cancelled six in efforts to eliminate teaching related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. n.pr/4teQwmw

Hey all! I'm happy to announce that I have been elected to the position of member-at-large for @aps-dsnp.bsky.social starting in March! I am really excited to serve in this role! @apsphysics.bsky.social #physics #science

I am teaching Intro to Math Bio (ugrad math about junior level) next semester and I wanted to ask around: 1. If you have taught a similar class, which book have you used and what did you like/dislike about it? (I have the one used previously from another prof and I have a few of my own and

Just submitted my abstract for the #APSGlobalSummit #APSMarchMeeting. Abstracts are due tomorrow. Also in case you were unaware, the APS Forum of Diversity and Inclusion now has travel grants to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in the APS meetings. www.aps.org/funding-reco...

Does anyone want to see more DragonCon photos? I didnt post many on here because I honestly forget about bluesky