Chessie Craig
@chesseea.bsky.social
marine biologist interested in elasmobranch and tidepool animal ecophysiology. M.S. Biology, shark physiology. Knitter. Scientific Diver. Cat mom. 🌊 currently: planning a wedding & hoping to apply for PhD’s
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If you put two NYT stories together you do get “man allegedly completely strung out on drugs uses the US government to kill 300,000 people”
May 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If you put two NYT stories together you do get “man allegedly completely strung out on drugs uses the US government to kill 300,000 people”
Hi hello here’s my next ocean themed knit of 2025, calling it the abalone sweater. I dyed yarn with the inside of abalone shells in mind, and then knit the sweater up (free handing the pattern!). Obsessed with it but was also very sweaty taking these photos lol
May 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hi hello here’s my next ocean themed knit of 2025, calling it the abalone sweater. I dyed yarn with the inside of abalone shells in mind, and then knit the sweater up (free handing the pattern!). Obsessed with it but was also very sweaty taking these photos lol
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I signed this, and I’d encourage my scientist colleagues to sign it as well
🧪🦑🌎
🧪🦑🌎
May 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I signed this, and I’d encourage my scientist colleagues to sign it as well
🧪🦑🌎
🧪🦑🌎
Look at this resilient CA round ray cosplaying as a mobula! The bite seemed to be completely healed over and the ray seemed to be doing well despite missing lots of its face!
May 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Look at this resilient CA round ray cosplaying as a mobula! The bite seemed to be completely healed over and the ray seemed to be doing well despite missing lots of its face!
We live in hell.
NSF GRFPs terminated for those in graduate school and already attending Harvard, too.
All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
May 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We live in hell.
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The act of writing can serve many purposes. It can be used to inform. It can be used to resist. It can be used to heal. Jasmin Graham & I wrote an essay about our terminated NSF grant, and hopefully, it accomplishes some of those goals.
www.advancejournal.org/post/3147-gr...
www.advancejournal.org/post/3147-gr...
Grief | Published by ADVANCE Journal
This blog post is part of ADVANCE Journal's blog series on the impacts of NSF Grants and their terminations.
www.advancejournal.org
May 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The act of writing can serve many purposes. It can be used to inform. It can be used to resist. It can be used to heal. Jasmin Graham & I wrote an essay about our terminated NSF grant, and hopefully, it accomplishes some of those goals.
www.advancejournal.org/post/3147-gr...
www.advancejournal.org/post/3147-gr...
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If your NSF grant has been terminated recently, please report it here ⤵️
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We're tracking these terminations to organize, advocate, and possibly litigate.
And please spread the word!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We're tracking these terminations to organize, advocate, and possibly litigate.
And please spread the word!
April 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If your NSF grant has been terminated recently, please report it here ⤵️
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We're tracking these terminations to organize, advocate, and possibly litigate.
And please spread the word!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We're tracking these terminations to organize, advocate, and possibly litigate.
And please spread the word!
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The largest science crowdfunding platform, experiment.com, claims to have disbursed about $12 million to about 1,300 projects over the last decade.
$12 million is less than a quarter of 1 percent of the annual NSF budget. It's simply ridiculous to suggest that this can fill the gap.
$12 million is less than a quarter of 1 percent of the annual NSF budget. It's simply ridiculous to suggest that this can fill the gap.
In the wake of the ongoing disasters with funding streams, I'm seeing lots of folks suggest that scientists turn to social media crowdfunding to fund their research.
For about a decade I held the record for the social media crowdfunded project that got the most funding. I received about $9,000.
For about a decade I held the record for the social media crowdfunded project that got the most funding. I received about $9,000.
April 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The largest science crowdfunding platform, experiment.com, claims to have disbursed about $12 million to about 1,300 projects over the last decade.
$12 million is less than a quarter of 1 percent of the annual NSF budget. It's simply ridiculous to suggest that this can fill the gap.
$12 million is less than a quarter of 1 percent of the annual NSF budget. It's simply ridiculous to suggest that this can fill the gap.
looking for a social scientist who works on the integration of science and art to potentially collaborate with! reply to this or shoot me a dm!
April 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
looking for a social scientist who works on the integration of science and art to potentially collaborate with! reply to this or shoot me a dm!
largest torpedo ray I have ever seen today on the boat! female, caught close to shore by otter trawl, Long Beach CA
April 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
largest torpedo ray I have ever seen today on the boat! female, caught close to shore by otter trawl, Long Beach CA
I’ve been working on a special knitting project this past month, the california ray diversity sweater. It’s going to feature a butterfly ray, bat ray, and round ray, and I am about 1/4 of the way through knitting up the pectoral fins
April 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’ve been working on a special knitting project this past month, the california ray diversity sweater. It’s going to feature a butterfly ray, bat ray, and round ray, and I am about 1/4 of the way through knitting up the pectoral fins
lots of baby Cabezon out in San Pedro right now!!
April 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
lots of baby Cabezon out in San Pedro right now!!
highlight of fish surveying in San Diego bay the past two weekends, a giant pacific seahorse! My first wild seahorse! A non pregnant male.
April 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
highlight of fish surveying in San Diego bay the past two weekends, a giant pacific seahorse! My first wild seahorse! A non pregnant male.
because if the grant funding crisis, I have lost my full time position. Please share opportunities if you know of them. I am hoping to use this time to make a big push to apply for PhD programs.
March 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
because if the grant funding crisis, I have lost my full time position. Please share opportunities if you know of them. I am hoping to use this time to make a big push to apply for PhD programs.
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I just created a Sci-Commers Starter Pack! Science Communication is CRITICAL right now, and there is more than one way to do it! Get some inspiration (+ fun!) from a variety of different sci-commers from various backgrounds (although there may be a bit of a marine bias here 💙). go.bsky.app/NMCFMcj
Sci-Commers
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
March 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I just created a Sci-Commers Starter Pack! Science Communication is CRITICAL right now, and there is more than one way to do it! Get some inspiration (+ fun!) from a variety of different sci-commers from various backgrounds (although there may be a bit of a marine bias here 💙). go.bsky.app/NMCFMcj
recently finished this marine bio inspired knit 🧶 🌊
March 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
recently finished this marine bio inspired knit 🧶 🌊
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Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.
March 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.
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Happy Valentines Day, from the VRG to you ...
but feel free to fill in your own names on our custom templates!
(artwork, text, and original absurdity by @chesseea.bsky.social)
but feel free to fill in your own names on our custom templates!
(artwork, text, and original absurdity by @chesseea.bsky.social)
February 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Happy Valentines Day, from the VRG to you ...
but feel free to fill in your own names on our custom templates!
(artwork, text, and original absurdity by @chesseea.bsky.social)
but feel free to fill in your own names on our custom templates!
(artwork, text, and original absurdity by @chesseea.bsky.social)
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🐙Angelique- the author of this project and a PhD student studying octopus brains. Being a black women in science is challenging at times, and can lead to moments of feeling like I don’t quite belong in this system, but it can also be incredibly warm and rewarding thanks to my close community.
February 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
🐙Angelique- the author of this project and a PhD student studying octopus brains. Being a black women in science is challenging at times, and can lead to moments of feeling like I don’t quite belong in this system, but it can also be incredibly warm and rewarding thanks to my close community.
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I have work to do but I'm distracted by watching US scientific progress & leadership being irreversibly undermined because a few unelected malcontents are penalizing researchers for following legal requirements set out by congressional orders to augment basic research with benefits to society.
February 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have work to do but I'm distracted by watching US scientific progress & leadership being irreversibly undermined because a few unelected malcontents are penalizing researchers for following legal requirements set out by congressional orders to augment basic research with benefits to society.
made some silly lil valentines so you can say it with sea creatures 🌊💘
February 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
made some silly lil valentines so you can say it with sea creatures 🌊💘
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Here’s a thread of words that result in the National Science Foundation rejecting grants under the Trump administration’s bigoted and anti-intellectual executive order.
Among other things, about every shark paper I’ve ever written has included the word “female” referring to *FEMALE SHARKS*
Among other things, about every shark paper I’ve ever written has included the word “female” referring to *FEMALE SHARKS*
February 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Here’s a thread of words that result in the National Science Foundation rejecting grants under the Trump administration’s bigoted and anti-intellectual executive order.
Among other things, about every shark paper I’ve ever written has included the word “female” referring to *FEMALE SHARKS*
Among other things, about every shark paper I’ve ever written has included the word “female” referring to *FEMALE SHARKS*
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Just got a story approved to run on Monday on the crisis happening at the NSF.
If you are an NSF-funded scientist and have been personally impacted by the funding pause this week, I'd love to hear from you.
Reach me securely on Signal: 3162958947
If you are an NSF-funded scientist and have been personally impacted by the funding pause this week, I'd love to hear from you.
Reach me securely on Signal: 3162958947
I'm begging a major news org to cover the fact NSF is defying the courts to enact Trump's unconstitutional executive order
January 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just got a story approved to run on Monday on the crisis happening at the NSF.
If you are an NSF-funded scientist and have been personally impacted by the funding pause this week, I'd love to hear from you.
Reach me securely on Signal: 3162958947
If you are an NSF-funded scientist and have been personally impacted by the funding pause this week, I'd love to hear from you.
Reach me securely on Signal: 3162958947
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each time I feel myself starting to panic about this godforsaken country, I try to take action. The action itself brings calm, proving to my body that hope is a verb, etc.
calling my reps takes minutes, for instance, & the 5 calls app makes it especially easy:
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
calling my reps takes minutes, for instance, & the 5 calls app makes it especially easy:
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
January 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
each time I feel myself starting to panic about this godforsaken country, I try to take action. The action itself brings calm, proving to my body that hope is a verb, etc.
calling my reps takes minutes, for instance, & the 5 calls app makes it especially easy:
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
calling my reps takes minutes, for instance, & the 5 calls app makes it especially easy:
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...