Day 1- Snow squall. Don’t fuck with me 2026. You’re already on notice. #HappyNewYear

Wow. Amazing powerful stuff from @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. This has been tough to process for me, and this essay articulates a lot of what I’ve been feeling. #EverTrue

We are failing our kids

The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns. The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is, in fact, a tortology

Thankfully, a person of interest is in custody.

The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year. This is not normal and we don't have to live this way. bradyunited.org @bradyunited.org

I’ve been staying off social media this month, but this one hurts too much to stay silent. Brown’s campus is a sacred place for me, especially the science quad. It maddens and saddens me that this happened at a safe place of learning. I hate that the students will now live with this trauma

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Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island. jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960

Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island. jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960

I have a PhD student looking to share a room at #CERF2025 next week. Anyone looking to lower costs with a roommate?

I have a PhD student looking to share a room at #CERF2025 next week. Anyone looking to lower costs with a roommate?

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed. THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

I've never seen and felt as much love for America as we're seeing across the country today.

Reposting my favorite sign for the no kings rally. Let’s go!

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/ "Weeks ago, the NSF asked the impossible—posting NSF [GRFP] application deadlines without providing a way to apply and without issuing an official solicitation or guidelines..."

An open letter in support of the GRFP, which still has not opened the submission portal or provided a solicitation. jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Trump executive order requires NIH, NSF, FEMA, and other agencies to appoint a political reviewer of grants. Also requires agencies to make it so that grants can be terminated at any time. 🧪👨‍🔬 Read the EO here: Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking – The White House share.google/sbXxp5hOj4ub...

My dad passed away last week. He endured years of chronic health challenges stemming from Crohn's disease and, later in life, battling blood cancer amongst other health challenges. He was the definition of quiet strength and persistence. He will be missed.

#AcademicChatter #GradSchool

bumping again: I am hiring a project coordinator /researcher for an interagency freshwater mussels project (USFS 🌲 lead). Position will be based out of USFS Northern Research Station in Wisconsin and starts Sep. 15, For more information/to apply, www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/438...

I appreciate, "A PhD is marathon, not a sprint," but it's not a race at all. To me, a PhD is a hike (with no trails) up a tall mountain in the distance. The end goal is clear, but the journey is long, dynamic, unique, entirely your own, and itself more important than any milestone.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Glad to be part of this wonderfully written article by @meghanbartels.bsky.social along with @saverygo.bsky.social and others on the devastating & unseen impacts of HPAI on wild birds and mammal populations. So many species are still being impacted by mortality and this virus is not going away.

I haven’t read the paper yet, but this looks interesting! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PopGen

I’ll miss my job and my ability to get insulin, but at least I won’t see people using pronouns on social media anymore.

IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB Scripts here: 5calls.org

Paramount has joined Disney in paying bribes to Donald Trump, the Washington Post killed its Harris endorsement, Fox News functions as Republican state media, and the X algorithm amplifies fascist content. Here's why the media has a liberal bias problem.

The GOP's greatest superpower is the sheer cartoon evil of their policies. "They are taking healthcare from the poor so they can give tax breaks to millionaires" makes you sound like a hysterical SJW but it is straightforwardly what they are doing.

#wildlife #photography #birds

Cuing up @alanismorissette.bsky.social…

Decided to invest in a new camera and lens for wildlife photography. Here are some highlights from the King Preserve, last weekend!

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Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health. But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."

Germany had a lock on pre-WWII science. Americans used to learn to speak German just to go there to be trained. Then, well, WWII happened and nobody wanted to listen to German scientists anymore, obviously. The U.S. took over and led science. Now it’s back to Germany, thanks to The Regime.

The GOP budget bill is 1,116 pages long but it boils down to this one simple fact: Republicans are facilitating a massive transfer of wealth to the richest Americans while making cuts that would rip away healthcare and food from millions of people. It's Robin Hood in reverse.

Fegley, S.R., 2001. Demography and dynamics of hard clam populations. In Developments in aquaculture and fisheries science (Vol. 31, pp. 383-422). Elsevier. #IcanHazPDF

As I get older, my sleep cycle becomes this absurdly delicate little flower that can be broken by the light breeze of a rabbit fart.

Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"