Erin Koch
@ekochky.bsky.social
Anthropologist, feminist science and technology studies, plants, microbes, soil & health. Pets are family.
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Colonizers doing colonizer things on stolen land.
Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless.
Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.
Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.
Editorial: That meeting was sickening. Putin loved it
Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless.
Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.
On our screens, a blood-soaked dictator and war criminal received a roy...
kyivindependent.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Colonizers doing colonizer things on stolen land.
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The needs of our people should always come first.
August 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The needs of our people should always come first.
This is so necropolitocs.
Today, many more NIH grants were terminated including many focused on HIV prevention -such as the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) research program focused on adolescents & young adults living with or placed at risk for HIV.
This is necropolitics.
This is necropolitics.
March 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is so necropolitocs.
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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What better demonstrates that ‘biological sex’ is but a social construct than the u.s. president needing to declare it to be binary by political fiat in order to uphold its legitimacy.
January 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
What better demonstrates that ‘biological sex’ is but a social construct than the u.s. president needing to declare it to be binary by political fiat in order to uphold its legitimacy.
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🎄 Philipp Zerbe and his team are working to uncover the optimal combination of scent molecules to deter pests and provide the traditional fragrance consumers expect.
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#PlantBiology #PlantScience #Holidays
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#PlantBiology #PlantScience #Holidays
Christmas Trees’ Distinctive Aroma Helps Ward off Pathogens and Pests
Each year, nearly 30 million Americans purchase a real tree for the holidays. Growing the perfect Christmas tree takes about seven years, during which farmers need to keep insects, fungal pathogens an...
www.ucdavis.edu
December 23, 2024 at 9:33 PM
🎄 Philipp Zerbe and his team are working to uncover the optimal combination of scent molecules to deter pests and provide the traditional fragrance consumers expect.
▶️ www.ucdavis.edu/news/christm...
#PlantBiology #PlantScience #Holidays
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#PlantBiology #PlantScience #Holidays
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This seems…inefficient?
Trump Taps Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to Lead ‘Dept. of Government Efficiency’
The two wealthy entrepreneurs will lead what the president-elect called the Department of Government Efficiency, which he said would seek “drastic change.” But the announcement left a lot unanswered.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2024 at 12:34 PM
This seems…inefficient?
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Bees are coming out of winter hibernation all across the Northern hemisphere. Which ones are visiting YOUR backyard?
March 5, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Bees are coming out of winter hibernation all across the Northern hemisphere. Which ones are visiting YOUR backyard?