Bens in the sky
@benyjr.bsky.social
studying fish and how they exist
avid movie and pop culture lover
probably baking something
he/him
avid movie and pop culture lover
probably baking something
he/him
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Cornell agrees to "invest" $30 million in things like AI farming.
Cornell also agrees to pay $30 million to the U.S. for no clear reason or purpose.
Cornell also agrees to pay $30 million to the U.S. for no clear reason or purpose.
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Cornell agrees to "invest" $30 million in things like AI farming.
Cornell also agrees to pay $30 million to the U.S. for no clear reason or purpose.
Cornell also agrees to pay $30 million to the U.S. for no clear reason or purpose.
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shameful, pathetic, not going to work statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
shameful, pathetic, not going to work statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
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RELEASED 30 YEARS AGO
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) by Whitney Houston (1995)
30 years ago? Sheesh...
🗣For every win... someone must fail..... but there comes a point when, when we exhale...
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) by Whitney Houston (1995)
30 years ago? Sheesh...
🗣For every win... someone must fail..... but there comes a point when, when we exhale...
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
RELEASED 30 YEARS AGO
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) by Whitney Houston (1995)
30 years ago? Sheesh...
🗣For every win... someone must fail..... but there comes a point when, when we exhale...
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) by Whitney Houston (1995)
30 years ago? Sheesh...
🗣For every win... someone must fail..... but there comes a point when, when we exhale...
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
September 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one
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Huh, so it *wasn't* about antisemitism. I'm shocked. Shocked!
The goal all along has been destroying higher education. They have said so explicitly. And we've had media outlets carry water for lies about "protecting Jewish students."
The goal all along has been destroying higher education. They have said so explicitly. And we've had media outlets carry water for lies about "protecting Jewish students."
Linda McMahon on Columbia settlement: "This is a monumental victory for conservatives who wanted to do things on these elite campuses for a long time because we had such far left-leaning professors."
July 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Huh, so it *wasn't* about antisemitism. I'm shocked. Shocked!
The goal all along has been destroying higher education. They have said so explicitly. And we've had media outlets carry water for lies about "protecting Jewish students."
The goal all along has been destroying higher education. They have said so explicitly. And we've had media outlets carry water for lies about "protecting Jewish students."
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Best Simpsons headline?
Only one choice in June
Only one choice in June
June 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Best Simpsons headline?
Only one choice in June
Only one choice in June
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Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget
BREAKING: The Pentagon said the deployment of National Guard members and Marines to protests over immigration raids in LA will cost $134 million.
Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to Los Angles and Pentagon chaos
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been quickly met with sharp questions and criticism by lawmakers who pressed him about his early moves to fire key military leaders and and purge diversity programs.
bit.ly
June 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget
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not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow
Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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The Eight of Wands encourages you to trust the process.
My version of the Eight of Wands features;
• Cosmos for harmony and balance.
• Oenothera for inconstancy
• Aquamarine for the strength to go with the flow.
#tarotdesign #tarotillustration #eightofwands #witchyvibes #tarot
My version of the Eight of Wands features;
• Cosmos for harmony and balance.
• Oenothera for inconstancy
• Aquamarine for the strength to go with the flow.
#tarotdesign #tarotillustration #eightofwands #witchyvibes #tarot
May 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Eight of Wands encourages you to trust the process.
My version of the Eight of Wands features;
• Cosmos for harmony and balance.
• Oenothera for inconstancy
• Aquamarine for the strength to go with the flow.
#tarotdesign #tarotillustration #eightofwands #witchyvibes #tarot
My version of the Eight of Wands features;
• Cosmos for harmony and balance.
• Oenothera for inconstancy
• Aquamarine for the strength to go with the flow.
#tarotdesign #tarotillustration #eightofwands #witchyvibes #tarot
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We need to bring back 1st wave coffee shops. Draw the menu on a blackboard, fill the place with mismatched thrift store furniture and fill a cup with the most burned-ass drip french roast for $2. Have a high school kid out front playing chess with a homeless guy. Bonus if a stray cat wanders around.
May 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We need to bring back 1st wave coffee shops. Draw the menu on a blackboard, fill the place with mismatched thrift store furniture and fill a cup with the most burned-ass drip french roast for $2. Have a high school kid out front playing chess with a homeless guy. Bonus if a stray cat wanders around.
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My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
April 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
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Remember: NOAA is not its social media accounts. Do not let the takeover of NOAA communications take away your support of the real NOAA and the very real scientists behind it. The administration would want nothing more than for us to stop supporting our science agencies 🧪
April 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Remember: NOAA is not its social media accounts. Do not let the takeover of NOAA communications take away your support of the real NOAA and the very real scientists behind it. The administration would want nothing more than for us to stop supporting our science agencies 🧪
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The NOAA account on here is now putting out propaganda. That one hurt.
April 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The NOAA account on here is now putting out propaganda. That one hurt.
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When the U.S. withdrew from WHO, prominent voices in public health reached for the wrong talking point - "Okay, you're right, WHO is flawed / inefficient, so, reform it." My undergrads now repeat this back to me, with no understanding of why they believe that. This can't happen to NIH/NSF. Instead:
This has never been about efficiency.
The NIH is a remarkably efficient organization.
No, this has all been about destroying our investment in science and academia.
The NIH is a remarkably efficient organization.
No, this has all been about destroying our investment in science and academia.
“Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.”
That is 3 times the entire NIH budget
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
That is 3 times the entire NIH budget
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When the U.S. withdrew from WHO, prominent voices in public health reached for the wrong talking point - "Okay, you're right, WHO is flawed / inefficient, so, reform it." My undergrads now repeat this back to me, with no understanding of why they believe that. This can't happen to NIH/NSF. Instead:
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Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.
BREAKING: The FDA has officially announced they will be banning artificial dyes in the food supply by the end of 2026
This includes Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3
This includes Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3
April 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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