Ana Maria Barral
@bioprof.bsky.social
Biology prof, scientific teaching, CUREs, microbes 🧪 🇨🇺 Quaker, Conflict resolution, occasional Swiftie, sci comm, 🐈 person, hiking camping, 4x4. Live what you believe.
As always, superb analysis by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social My fav quote: "As for restoring integrity, the only way to do it is to live your values and model that for others. Integrity is the one thing that once you lose, you can’t get back. Integrity is a form of power that no oppressor can touch."
The answers to the new Q & A are up! I answer subscriber questions on Minnesota and ICE, Trump and Greenland, Canada and the Carney speech, and what really happened to Jeffrey Epstein. No paywall!
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A Nation on Thin Ice
Your questions answered on Greenland, ICE, Canada, Minnesota, Epstein, more.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:14 PM
As always, superb analysis by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social My fav quote: "As for restoring integrity, the only way to do it is to live your values and model that for others. Integrity is the one thing that once you lose, you can’t get back. Integrity is a form of power that no oppressor can touch."
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As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As clergy pray, arrests begin
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Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
Yup.
Cost of being female lead/corresponding author in biomedical sciences: "[T]he median amount of time spent under review is 7.4%–14.6% longer for female-authored articles than for male-authored articles" even in disciplines where women well-represented. #AcademicSky
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Biomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under review
Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This study analyzes millions of biomedical and life science articles, revealing that f...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Yup.
Just got started on Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social and omg if there ever was a book for these times! Thank you for that!
January 19, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Just got started on Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social and omg if there ever was a book for these times! Thank you for that!
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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If you are a faith leader, we need you to come to Minneapolis!
Amazing people are organizing this opportunity. You can find out more at MarchMinnesota.org
Amazing people are organizing this opportunity. You can find out more at MarchMinnesota.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
If you are a faith leader, we need you to come to Minneapolis!
Amazing people are organizing this opportunity. You can find out more at MarchMinnesota.org
Amazing people are organizing this opportunity. You can find out more at MarchMinnesota.org
"In mafia states, legal is a malleable notion. What matters is that they are wrong. What matters is how they can be stopped." Thank you for that.
New article! On life, death, and the rampage of ICE.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
A Shining Mausoleum on a Hill
Life, death, and the rampage of ICE.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"In mafia states, legal is a malleable notion. What matters is that they are wrong. What matters is how they can be stopped." Thank you for that.
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
Please consider donating, such a terrible loss.
I know many of you know Joe James (of Binning Singletons)
Joe and his family had a terrible tragedy occur on Christmas. If you can give, this is a good family to help out
gofund.me/5cbfe22fe
Joe and his family had a terrible tragedy occur on Christmas. If you can give, this is a good family to help out
gofund.me/5cbfe22fe
Donate to Honoring Sarah James Through Education, organized by Joe James
Honoring Sarah James & Supporting Her Children’s Future
On Christmas, our com… Joe James needs your support for Honoring Sarah James Through Education
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January 2, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Please consider donating, such a terrible loss.
Happy New Year! 🎉 As I stare at my long list of sabbatical plans, with "getting the old website fixed" among the first items, this article spoke to me and made me laugh: anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...
How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog
“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!) and I like working with ...
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January 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Happy New Year! 🎉 As I stare at my long list of sabbatical plans, with "getting the old website fixed" among the first items, this article spoke to me and made me laugh: anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...
Appreciate this essay. I discovered Octavia Butler’s work relatively recently and felt both illuminated and saddened reading her books. Glad to learn more about her.
Eighth essay: On Octavia Butler and hope in that which is unfinished: slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/parable-of...
Parable of the Trickster
On unfinished stories in a time of terror
slowcivilwar.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Appreciate this essay. I discovered Octavia Butler’s work relatively recently and felt both illuminated and saddened reading her books. Glad to learn more about her.
Así mismo 👇
TRIBUNA | 'Lo que hace que merezca la pena', por Emma Vallespinós social.elpais.com/5t2…
December 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Así mismo 👇
Decided to run away from the coastal rains so we headed to Joshua Tree. Discovered the Noah Purifoy outdoor museum and still in awe of the art and the artist.
December 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Decided to run away from the coastal rains so we headed to Joshua Tree. Discovered the Noah Purifoy outdoor museum and still in awe of the art and the artist.
Thank you for the reminder. Just donated to @pbs.org using the link
By the way, PBS SoCal lost all of its federal funding this year.
There's TONS of really amazing programming and you can get unlimited streaming on the PBS app on any Roku/Apple/etc device for literally $5/month. I've been binge-watching Frontline over the holiday.
pbssocal.org/give sign up here
There's TONS of really amazing programming and you can get unlimited streaming on the PBS app on any Roku/Apple/etc device for literally $5/month. I've been binge-watching Frontline over the holiday.
pbssocal.org/give sign up here
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Thank you for the reminder. Just donated to @pbs.org using the link
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Consumers don’t know if their medications came from factories that used dirty water, were infested by insects or birds, or were outright banned from shipping drugs to the U.S.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Consumers don’t know if their medications came from factories that used dirty water, were infested by insects or birds, or were outright banned from shipping drugs to the U.S.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
Heartbreaking and infuriating. Amazing reporting too!
THREAD: It was supposed to be a routine surgery. So when the doctor stepped out, Sandra Parker wasn’t sure she heard right.
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
December 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Heartbreaking and infuriating. Amazing reporting too!
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care... I need to think about how to make my written projects more inviting!
We Can’t Ban Generative AI but We Can Friction Fix It (opinion)
Faculty can do a lot to make it harder, and less enticing, for students to use generative AI, Catherine Savini writes.
www.insidehighered.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care... I need to think about how to make my written projects more inviting!
Love this @sarahkendzior.bsky.social "I try to write beautiful things. There is so much beauty being stolen from the world that I want to reset the balance." Thank you, you DO! 🙏😊
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Love this @sarahkendzior.bsky.social "I try to write beautiful things. There is so much beauty being stolen from the world that I want to reset the balance." Thank you, you DO! 🙏😊
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
This 💪👉 We must set aside our culture of self-service and band together with our neighbors and friends and families and create the kind of mutual aid that will weather whatever is to come and craft the framework that will deliver a better future beyond this abominable system.
The wealthy have stolen so much wealth and rigged the system so far that our economy is on the verge of collapse. They’re pushing fascism and dismantling democracy to get at what little remains.
We don’t have to live like this. We deserve better.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-game-t...
We don’t have to live like this. We deserve better.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-game-t...
The Game They Make Us Play: Capitalism as a Ticking Time-Bomb
We're standing at the end of a disastrous cycle that has played out time and time again.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This 💪👉 We must set aside our culture of self-service and band together with our neighbors and friends and families and create the kind of mutual aid that will weather whatever is to come and craft the framework that will deliver a better future beyond this abominable system.
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Please reinstate Sarah Kendzior immediately. There was no reason to suspend her account.
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@support.bsky.team
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November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Please reinstate Sarah Kendzior immediately. There was no reason to suspend her account.
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@support.bsky.team
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