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Ecological anthropologist • Homelands • Penn State
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Doug Bird @dwbird.bsky.social · Dec 1
This is how homelands are built go.nature.com/4eXyApf
Seed dispersal by Martu peoples promotes the distribution of native plants in arid Australia
Many Indigenous peoples recognise that the abundance and fertility of some local ‘wild’ plants are dependent on their intervention. The loss of these types of ecological services due to the spread of ...
go.nature.com
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juemos.bsky.social
More evidence of how terrible the Trump administration is for US agriculture.
crampell.bsky.social Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Mar 11
The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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fhillemann.bsky.social
amazing body of work and showcase of the value of long-term studies. beautifully illustrated summary 🧵 👇

saw this come to life years ago and am in awe of friend Sara Keen’s inspirational blue sky thinking and how @nilomr.bsky.social carried it forward, to new heights and Open Science excellence
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March 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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newmexiconomad.com
The population declined to 152 by 1790, with 104 people left 15 years later, in 1805. By 1838 the 17 people remaining abandoned their ancestral home, walking 80-miles to Jemez Pueblo. Jemez is the only other Towa speaking pueblo (and the only one remaining).

#history #travel #Puebloan #Towa
March 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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amcell.bsky.social
Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems phys.org/news/2025-03...
Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems
Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move tons of nutri...
phys.org
March 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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ucs.org
Join us tonight!
standupforscience.bsky.social Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 26
Joining the DC or your local Stand Up for Science event, or just want to learn how scientists can safely engage in advocacy? ☀️

Join this Union of Concerned Scientists event tonight from 8:00–9:30 p.m. ET - secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-02-26...

*not a sponsored post, just sharing out of interest!
Protecting Scientists Engaging in Advocacy
The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a webinar to help scientists and experts understand their first amendment rights, enhance their digital privacy, and navigate the risks involved in eng...
secure.ucsusa.org
February 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
“US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks”

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
www.nature.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Reminder of this @appam.bsky.social webinar tomorrow on the assault of the federal government. Free and open to all.
www.appam.org/events/webin...
Thursday, February 27, 12:30-2:00 PM ET Speakers: Nicholas Bednar (University of Minnesota Law School), Donald Kettl (University of Maryland), Loren DeJonge Schulman (Telos Lab, formerly Office of Management and Budget) Moderator: Don Moynihan (University of Michigan) This webinar, the first of a series hosted by APPAM about changes in the federal government, focuses on how the Trump administration has sought to weaken federal employee protections, while downsizing programs and entire agencies. The webinar will explore the legality of actions taken thus far, and what might happen next, considering the effect on federal employees, and public service provision. Time will be reserved for audience questions. This webinar is free and open to all.
February 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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mehr.nz
we just posted the Expanded Natural History of Song Discography, a corpus of audio & metadata. 1007 songs in many languages, for behavioral experiments, cross-cultural research, etc

preprint: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/d2ftg_v1
corpus: zenodo.org/records/14927216

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The Expanded Natural History of Song Discography, aglobal corpus of vocal music [author list] AbstractA comprehensive cognitive science requires broad sampling of human behavior to justify general inferencesabout the mind. For example, the field of psycholinguistics relies on a rich history of comparative study, withmany available resources that systematically document many languages. Surprisingly, despite a longstandinginterest in questions of universality and diversity, the psychology of music has few such resources. Here,we report theExpanded Natural History of Song Discography, an open-access corpus of vocal music (n=1007 song excerpts), with accompanying metadata detailing each song’s region of origin, language (of 413languages represented here), and one of 10 behavioral contexts (e.g., work, storytelling, mourning, lullaby,dance). The corpus is designed to sample both broadly, with a large cross-section of societies and languages;and deeply, with many songs representing three well-studied language families (Atlantic-Congo, Austronesian,and Indo-European). This design facilitates direct comparison of musical and vocal features across cultures,principled approaches to sampling stimuli for experiments, and evaluation of models of the cultural evolutionof song. In this paper we describe the corpus and provide two proofs of concept, demonstrating its utility. Weshow that (1) the acoustical forms of songs are predictive of their behavioral contexts, including in previouslyunstudied contexts (e.g., children’s play songs); and (2) similarities in acoustic content of songs across culturesare predictable, in part, by the relatedness of those cultures. a figure from the paper with a world map, some phylogenetic trees, and a big heatmap
February 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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mariaperica.bsky.social
Check out the updated @standupforscience.bsky.social website! Lots of local events within day-trips distance being organized by so many if getting to DC isn't within reach:
standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
Local Event Information
State Capital and Major City Events Montgomery, AL State Capitol — 12 PM-4 PM More Information Coming Soon Juneau, AK State Capitol — 12 PM-4 PM More Information Coming Soon Phoenix, AZ State Capit…
standupforscience2025.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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bvkind.bsky.social
Stand Up for Science on March 7th, 2025 in Washington, DC and all 50 states www.standupforscience2025.org
standupforscience.bsky.social Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 21
📣 TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! 📣

On March 7th, we’re Standing Up for Science in DC & ALL 50 STATES to make our voices heard. We hope you’ll join us! ☀️

#sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #standupforscience2025
February 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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newmexiconomad.com
#SilverCity was founded in the 1870's by prospectors hoping to "strike it rich" in the surrounding mines. It is New Mexico’s oldest incorporated community. In total, there are six historic districts, with numerous properties listed on the national and state historic registers.

#NewMexico #travel
February 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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anthrofuentes.bsky.social
Biologists on biology: “The biology of sex and gender makes it very clear,” Lents says. “These are not hard categories with clear definitions.” Yep. www.sciencenews.org/article/biol...
Biological sex is not as simple as male or female
A recent Trump executive order defines sex based on gamete size. But the order oversimplifies genetics, hormones and reproductive biology.
www.sciencenews.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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jeremykoster.bsky.social
NSF is perpetually aiming to broaden its pool of evaluators across geographical regions and institutional types. If you must decline an invitation to join the review process, consider nominating like-minded colleagues or former students who can contribute similar expertise. (5)
February 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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jeremykoster.bsky.social
When you submit a proposal, include suggested reviewers. These are visible only to NSF staff and will be kept confidential. For a program officer who is learning quickly about a new scientific community, these suggestions are hugely valuable entry points into the realm of possibilities. (7)
February 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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jeremykoster.bsky.social
If your proposal is recommended for an award, the turnaround time for documentation might be rapid. Cuing up an IRB protocol in advance could be worthwhile. Relatedly, if any principal investigators have current awards, submit your annual reports on time because overdue reports are hurdles. (8)
February 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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anthrofuentes.bsky.social
For humans, this means that that a sperm is not “man” and an egg is not “woman.” But that is a whole other thread, or better yet a book… press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
February 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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mammalssuck.bsky.social
The #2025MMM Bracket is LIVE!!
We have a Player Portal for EVERYONE!
We have a Learner Portal w/ pages for College, High School, Middle School, & K-5 students!
We have an Educators Portal with those sweet sweet curricula materials!
libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
youtu.be/1QKQN1YC6zw?...
March Mammal Madness 2025 Epic Trailer
YouTube video by Katie Hinde
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February 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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kfullagar.bsky.social
Something recent by me on the humanities, profit, Martha Nussbaum, and RFK's chained puppy: "how it will go down with Americans reeling from an authoritarian onslaught on their most hallowed public institutions is hard to say" insidestory.org.au/why-the-huma...
Why the humanities are worth fighting for • Kate Fullagar
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum hasn’t quite nailed the problem, or the possible solutions
insidestory.org.au
February 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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clairaturvey.bsky.social
David Graeber’s Lasting Influence on Anthropology and Activism

www.sapiens.org/culture/davi...
David Graeber’s Lasting Influence on Anthropology and Activism
When activist and anthropologist Graeber died unexpectedly in 2020, scholars gathered to mourn and reflect on his legacy.
www.sapiens.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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drneuro.bsky.social
So.

It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.

I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
February 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
📣 TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! 📣

On March 7th, we’re Standing Up for Science in DC & ALL 50 STATES to make our voices heard. We hope you’ll join us! ☀️

#sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #standupforscience2025
February 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
How we're feeling today...

Join us to #standupforscience2025 on March 7th—and share any sign ideas you have below! 👇
white background, black and white mouth cutout that says "I shouldn't have to make a sign that defunding science is wrong... but here we are" and the standupforscience2025.org link.
February 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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livunipress.bsky.social
Part 1 of the special issue of Hunter Gatherer Research is here! 'The secret lives of forager children: The implications of intangible culture for an archaeology of childhood': bit.ly/HGR10-2 @sheinalew.bsky.social @vivek123.bsky.social
@dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social @graemewarren.bsky.social ‬
A camo background with 'Hunter Gatherer Research' in orange and white, with the special issue details of Volume 10 issue 2 titled: 'The secret lives of forager children: The implications of intangible culture for an archaeology of childhood Part 1'. The new volume journal cover is placed on the left with the LUP logo in white at the bottom right.
February 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM