Hello from Mumbai

When @notredame.bsky.social anthropologist LF Murillo reached out to me to collaborate on SEEK Commons I had no idea how much our team was about to learn from him and his collaborators like @bluerasberry.bsky.social, nor how much fun we would have doing it!

Anadromous fish species of the eastern U.S. Page spread for a new book project. #sciart 🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #fish

Little Traverse Bay Band archivist Eric Hemenway and his collaborators on the Inclusive History Project @uofmichigan.bsky.social visited our classroom @umseas.bsky.social today. They inspired us to explore a wide range of records, artifacts and narratives from many voices about our school’s past

Fascinating to think with: more volatile climates, a more flexible (or chaotic and upended) work week, and ever smarter AI will all shape both our embodied, highly personal and our aggregated knowledges of beyond human worlds

Got to talk about cars and colonialism yesterday rethinking the history of Charles Bedaux, his relationship to Citroen, expeditionary exploits, marketized efficiency, and his suicide, confronting resistance by organized labor and clear villainy of his nazi cronies. Then walked ypsi car carcasses!

Gorgeous effort ashland.campuslabs.com/engage/event...

Great morning with collaborators at The Water Tower www.theh2otower.org

This module by the marvelous Sam Harman @umseas got some great engagement and feedback from sports fans and athletes alike, so we are updating/revising it, which gala makes so delightful and easy to do! #openedcommoning

Bravo MSU’s Jennifer Lee Johnson-Chappell on collab with Mary Zack and Justice for Otsego, with the help of @michiganegle Office of the Environmental Justice Public Advocate. watch/read the story: wwmt.com/news/local/j... If you live in the Allegan County area, contribute toxicactionlab.org

Right on Raul; that was a magical week in Frankfurt and I love that the book is open @mitpress.bsky.social esforum.de/publications...

Immense thanks to my accomplice, coauthor and overall amazing friend @rebeccollab.bsky.social for all her help steering the ship to completion of the chapter and to @jennabednar.bsky.social my dear and beloved friend for making me part of this amazing project with ESF.

The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology stepping up to the plate 🧪

The US #AcademyOfSciences has identified an array of resources to support researchers and scholars in preventing and responding to targeted attacks 🧪🕊️ @nationalacademies.org

I have some sad news. Michael Burawoy, a brilliant sociologist and beloved mentor to many, died yesterday while crossing the street in a hit and run accident in Oakland.

"A judge has rejected the federal gov.’s claim that it can’t be held responsible for failed oversight during the Flint water crisis...[The case] claims EPA did not follow its mandates and directives in responding to the water crisis, failing to intervene for months..." www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...

Just two weeks ago, FAIROS (Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science) held its PI meeting! On the first day of the three-day meeting, LF Murillo introduced SEEKCommons, along with Gala, which are working to integrate to enable more FAIR knowledge practices!

I wish this was satire.

Hoping the ice will hold. Helluva metaphor from Michigan for those of us trying to walk forward together.

The ice fishing is ON

Photo from happy “Galadays” past: the www.learngala.com team. two of these people have founded independent companies; one recently completed a PhD and got a postdoc award; two are professional developers making the world a better place for independent businesses and teams; one protects our “galaxy”

Old resort, new year. Thanks Puerto VallARTa

Happy Valley Holiday

Christmas Present.

Solstice shots; wishing for warmth and light and peace in this world

www.bbc.com/news/article... this is terrible on so many levels

new frameworks, old friends, new friends. Another amazing African Studies Association conference in the books!

Celebrating my better half’s induction into the National Academy of Sciences

One argument here that often goes unmentioned: it is never enough for the bad-faith actors. It doesn't matter how much a university (or anyone else) gives in, the Elise Stefaniks, the doxxers, the extremists will always demand more and never be sated.

Meanwhile, at Stanford? Small peaceful encampment that violates both time (during Admit Weekend) and manner (overnight) regulations. The response? Names have been taken down, and the university will deal with it internally. Protestors "may face" sanctions. No cops, no violence. Fingers crossed.