Read the full research @lindseyswierk.bsky.social @alliemartin.bsky.social at journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

I have a PhD and can’t afford to pay for my own healthcare. Since graduating/no longer working as a TA, I have lost my health insurance. Because I made/make/will make so little, I qualify for Medicaid. I’m hoping to be employed again soon but who knows with the current state of federal funding?

Three weeks after my successful PhD defense and I’m having to seriously consider leaving my dream of being academia and science. You not getting that grant as a tenured prof does not mean you understand what I’m going through.

If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts." Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them. This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD

ICYMI, my analysis of how the Trump administration will contribute to the extinction of beloved endangered marine and coastal animals.

Cancer research is going to disappear in the US because apparently no one in US leadership ever took a biology class. “DOGE found $8 million grant to make mice transgender. This is real.” - Donald Trump, talking about transgenic mice to the world www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

Doing an active shooter training module for my yearly university training, feeling like a red blooded American 🇺🇸🦅

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

Data itself neither lies nor tells the truth. Here is some data: !#)(JE@()#@(*)🤬😱🎇 Actually, everything you see right now on your computer is "data". Is it lying? Is it telling the truth? Neither. Data instead is raw stuff. It provides *meaning* when it is PROCESSED by something. 2/

I’m defending my dissertation in less than two months and have few prospects for postdocs or other jobs because of the current funding situation. I’m not sure people outside of our field have any idea what a disaster this is.

“The very fact that I am having to publish this anonymously in a country that has the right to free speech written into our Constitution is an indictment of what is happening” www.bmj.com/content/388/...

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!

Penn State has halted submission and *acceptance* of NIH grants pending the resolution of the overhead rate cut. This lost time will never be recovered. The economic cost to Pennsylvania is enormous and the cost to humanity immeasurable.

The almost explicit position of these groups is that anything more than a token number of black and Hispanic students in an elite institution is de facto evidence of anti-white racial discrimination.

I sure hope my postdoc dreams aren't thwarted by this federal funding freeze and review 🙃 My heart goes out to those that are going to be even more severely affected by this--people that rely on healthcare research & supply, educational programs, disaster relief, etc. Call your reps.

When I was a young man there were whispered rumors among the elders that they could remember their own elders talking about a time when getting grants had been a means for doing science, rather than vice versa.

Disappointing new study showing - once again - that women are leaving research careers at far higher levels than men If you're interested to read about strategies to reverse these types of curves, check out our recent #Cell perspective- link below ⤵️ #WomeninSTEM 👩‍🔬👩🏾‍🔬🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

If you're in an evacuation zone in SoCal, please check in with any disabled/aging neighbors you have to see if they need help evacuating.

I’ll be using this instead of soulless AI generated images in my presentations (but that’s just me)

I’m on the hunt for post docs during #SICB2025! I’d love the opportunity to bring my own expertise to and learn new skills from a lab doing research on #behavior (with a sprinkle of physiology perhaps!). Let me know if you or someone you know is looking to fill a position!

@alliemartin.bsky.social Gives an excellent talk on the balance male and female Anolis lizards have to maintain between staying warm, escaping predators, and capturing mating opportunities! #SICB2025

Come through for my talk tomorrow to hear all about differential gene expression in two sea turtle species with quite different prevalence and severity of an infectious tumor disease 🐢🧬

So excited to be at #SICB2025! Come by International Salon 7 Sunday at 9:45 am if you’re interested in seeing my talk entitled “Diving in semi-aquatic Anolis lizards results in heat loss with sex-specific cooling tolerance”

Friends don't let friends make bad graphs repo has been updated! Friends don't let friends use boxplot for binomial (bimodal) data. Is your box plot hiding something from you? #DataVisualization github.com/cxli233/Frie...

Brown University transferred a portion of its land to a trust controlled by the Pokanoket Indian Tribe. The land was the home of the historical tribal leader Metacom or King Philip and is also the site of his violent death in 1676. apnews.com/article/trib...

Dreams do come true! The reinstatement of the #iucnssc Anoline Lizard Specialist Group is a reality: iucn.org/our-union/co... @annainthefield.bsky.social @jhancsalazar.bsky.social @protectspecies.bsky.social #WeLoveAnoles

CNN convened a panel of transgender youth to get their thoughts on the Supreme Court and the 2024 election. 10-year-old Violet: "My self is not an opinion. It is a fact."

It's finally done! This starter pack now has 150 herpetologists and herpetology enthusiast. go.bsky.app/J9rMFXE #herpetology #frogs #reptiles 🐸 🦎🐊🐍🐢

An excellent thread on content scraping accounts & why they're lousy. They post uncredited photos of cats or birds or landscapes & rack up followers for nefarious purposes. You can block them all with this great list! (Hit subscribe at the top & choose Mute or Block) bsky.app/profile/cont...

My favourite Bluesky 🦋 feature is the "Hide reply for everyone" It's like when you're having a nice chat in the pub and an obnoxious drunk butts in. With this, you can make them instantly disappear 💨 (click on the three dots on a reply to see this option)

What does sexual size dimorphism (SSD) mean in terms of combat performance differences between the sexes? We explored this question looking at bite force in Anolis lizards in this new @jevbio.bsky.social paper: academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...

No. What happens in Doñana DOES NOT STAY in Doñana. After more than two years of work, we’ve published an article demonstrating that the poor condition of Doñana negatively affects waterbirds across the ENTIRE continent! Thread below! 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"Authoritative tips for manuscript preparation" #Matter Edward Sargent shares ten tips on writing successful research articles. Open Access www.cell.com/matter/fullt...

Poor girl should be in retirement but knows her species is counting on her 😩

Just a few backyard #birbs. They're so expressive. #Birds #Birding

Just to give everyone a reminder: you should never have to get a loan for a graduate program in ecology, evolution, & organismal biology. #🧪

In an effort to attract followers We share this article and #IndigenousSTEAM #IndigenousSTEM #NativeAmerican #AmericanIndian #LatinAmerica #Hawaii #Polynesia #Pasifika #Maori #Australia #Indigenous #FirstNations #IPLCs www.illumina.com/company/news...

Hello bluesky! I'm a #behavioralecologist and PhD candidate in @lindseyswierk.bsky.social 's lab, currently studying #antipredator #behavior and #thermal #physiology in #Anolis aquaticus, a species of diving lizard!