We were afraid of peanut allergies…. So we accidentally jacked up peanut allergies. It’s straight up hygiene hypothesis proven right.

In my long career of catching anoles, it was not unusual to sometimes see lizards missing whole limbs. It was awesome to be part of this huge collaboration to study this phenomenon broadly!

First session of “Hacking College” by Ned Laff and @carlsonics.bsky.social book group yesterday with new academic advisors at SUNY Potsdam. So much excitement about implementing ideas into our model of student support.

Really wanted to send in a piece for your contest, @carlsonics.bsky.social but this month has been a whirlwind of real estate and moving. You will just have to take a vacation again next year! 😁

This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

Um…these numbers/proportions say quite a lot. www.science.org/content/arti...

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

She is so ridiculous.

As I remember the amazing and special @jillsobule.bsky.social , this one just went up several notches. It’s brilliant and fun - just like her. open.spotify.com/track/26Cm9S...

Hey everyone! Your friendly microbiologist here with a PSA. Measles can wipe out a lots of your B cells…the memory cells of your immune system. It’s called “immune amnesia” - so, you might survive the measles infection…but your immunity to every other infection could be lost/diminished for years.

Who is ready for #Caturday?! Reese is!!

For decades, the US raced to be the best in STEM. Now, while we are in a race to literally sustain human life on this planet, the US has benched its starters and canceled all training camps. It won’t just end our country - it may cause the extinction of our species. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Just read the phrase “rapidly evolving research landscape.” I would prefer “temporarily bass-ackwards.”

Is it #Caturday yet?

Such a good essay! “If the federal government holds an abiding distrust of universities, why would it leave the nation’s research infrastructure even more completely in their hands?” www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

For freaks sake, stop saying protestors are paid. It’s literally what the protests were about - I.e., paying to get what you want as opposed to democratic decisions.

Happy #Caturday

It will be live.

Everyone download this now. open.spotify.com/track/7kjg2N...

Rapa Nui is magical!!

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a NEW peptide antibiotic that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria INCLUDING those RESISTANT to existing antibiotics. This discovery marks the first potential new class of antibiotics in NEARLY 30 YEARS. 🧪🧵⬇️

Or play Question of the Day on @wfuv.bsky.social and do this every day! It’s on their app and you can stream the station from anywhere!

Who wore it better?

Everyone needs to see the new film “Counted Out: Math is Power” - it’s vital!!

As I look through this feed, it is absolutely clear that we are in a dystopian nightmare…and we aren’t doing anything…and the reason we aren’t doing anything…. is that we have this internet structure to simultaneously expose us and also protect us.

I am torturing my husband in the best way. 80’s Canadian rock is still A+ music but cringe music video today…but in a good nostalgic way.

Been watching 80’s music videos from the Canadian greats tonight… so many emotions. 😂

Congrats! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social President @joshbrumberg.bsky.social, The City College of New York Dean of Science @nycuratrix.bsky.social, and @huntercollege.bsky.social Professor Mandë Holford elected fellows of @aaas.org. bit.ly/3XD8EYV

What an unbelievable honor!! Thank you to everyone who supported me along this amazing journey! www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/ccny-sc...

The floof had a rough day. Lots of chaos as we try to get ready to move.

An incredible peek behind the curtain at official NIH grant termination documentation by @maxkozlov.bsky.social. This is such an absurdly haphazard, ill-conceived, extraordinarily vague, slipshod, slapdash effort. Talk about arbitrary and capricious.

“Vitamin A is not an effective way to prevent measles…two doses of the [MMR] vaccine are about 97 percent effective. …vitamin A can cause liver damage…doctors at West Texas hospitals have said they’ve seen patients with yellowed skin and high levels of liver enzymes…both signs of a damaged liver.”

How did Coati get their stripes? Not yet known ... but we know how another Carnivore loses them! 3 mutations in gene TAQPEP changes a cat from tabby striped to blotchy #RIP #2025MMM www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

From the super-talented @nycmikewp.bsky.social angryblackliberal.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...

The power of on-screen representation 😻🐈‍⬛

2022: "The Supreme Court would NEVER overturn Roe v. Wade!" 2025: "The administration would NEVER take away Social Security!"

the people who told you to calm down about Roe are the same people telling you to calm down about Social Security, in case you hadn't noticed

Begging for mercy from @lowes-official.bsky.social - we are trapped in a horrible situation involving a damaged product. We 👋🏼 just 👋🏼 need 👋🏼 to 👋🏼 cancel. Please. Let us do that.

One of my favorite photos that I’ve taken. Tanzania.

We need some new punk and rap for these times. That’s it. That’s my post.

The Department of Defense has erased multiple Black heroes and tagged the 404 page with “dei”.

First they came for Columbia…

Sold my car, sold my stock, deleted my X account. 👋🏼

@cunychancellor.bsky.social Félix V. Matos Rodríguez touts the Graduate Center’s R1 status as a top research university and the public benefit that it brings to New York

This makes so much more sense now. They don’t know the difference between transgenic and transgender. Or are betting their supporters don’t.

We're teaming up with the Yankees for a special "CUNY Day at Yankee Stadium" this spring. Students, faculty, staff and their families and friends can get discounted tickets for the game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, May 3. All tickets include a one-of-a-kind co-branded cap!

This is an attempt to criminalize free speech and suppress dissent. If we don’t take a strong stand against this, it’s the end of our democracy, and not just higher education. Universities are the trial balloon, but it doesn’t end here. Next, it will be employers, cities and towns, and individuals.

I stumbled onto this quick read and thought it merited a share. Glad that the Senate stood up today, but this is becoming so much of a thing when maybe, as the author said, 'Coexisting peacefully really isn’t as complicated as it’s made out to be.' queeryourthoughts.substack.com/p/a-trans-gi...

Day 23 of #BlackVinyl is this jazz gem from Boogaloo Joe Jones. It is “No Way!” from 1971, his fifth album.