Gina Baucom
@gbaucom.bsky.social
UMich professor who studies resistance and persistence (in plants)
Democracy Forward and Skye Perryman are seriously doing the work. This is a big win.
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Major Victory for Public Education Comes As Trump-Vance Administration Abandons Appeal on “Dear Colleague Letter”
Government’s Withdrawal Brings Unlawful Re-writing of Civil Rights Law to Resolution Baltimore, Md. – Today marks a final defeat in the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to require school districts...
democracyforward.org
January 24, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Democracy Forward and Skye Perryman are seriously doing the work. This is a big win.
democracyforward.org/news/press-r...
democracyforward.org/news/press-r...
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Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
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Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :”Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off.”
January 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :”Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off.”
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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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
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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...
journals.plos.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
If you need some grounding today... Obama is, as always, fabulous and wonderful youtu.be/1CGYpWS4a6E?...
Michelle Obama: We Still Go High
YouTube video by Call Her Daddy
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January 21, 2026 at 2:47 PM
If you need some grounding today... Obama is, as always, fabulous and wonderful youtu.be/1CGYpWS4a6E?...
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Check out AJB's special issue "Paradigm shifts in flower color" a bunch of cool papers on flower coloration with a focus on non-pollinator drivers of color variation 🌸🌼🌺https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197/2026/113/1
Special Issue: Paradigm Shifts in Flower Color: American Journal of Botany: Vol 113, No 1
Click on the title to browse this issue
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Check out AJB's special issue "Paradigm shifts in flower color" a bunch of cool papers on flower coloration with a focus on non-pollinator drivers of color variation 🌸🌼🌺https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197/2026/113/1
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Nancy Lacore, who served in the Navy for 35 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve, announced a run for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress
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Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress
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Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress
Nancy Lacore served in the Navy for 35 years as a helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve.
abcnews.go.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Nancy Lacore, who served in the Navy for 35 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve, announced a run for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress
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Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress
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1. Adjust expectations of productivity.
2. Fighting for science now = more science we can all do later. So, fight!
3. Build community—every scientist is a friend now. We are in this together.
4. Do the science you can do, w/ the time & resources you have.
5. The wonders remain! Soak them in.
2. Fighting for science now = more science we can all do later. So, fight!
3. Build community—every scientist is a friend now. We are in this together.
4. Do the science you can do, w/ the time & resources you have.
5. The wonders remain! Soak them in.
Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
January 19, 2026 at 10:57 AM
1. Adjust expectations of productivity.
2. Fighting for science now = more science we can all do later. So, fight!
3. Build community—every scientist is a friend now. We are in this together.
4. Do the science you can do, w/ the time & resources you have.
5. The wonders remain! Soak them in.
2. Fighting for science now = more science we can all do later. So, fight!
3. Build community—every scientist is a friend now. We are in this together.
4. Do the science you can do, w/ the time & resources you have.
5. The wonders remain! Soak them in.
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Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
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Shout out to everyone currently experiencing everything
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Shout out to everyone currently experiencing everything
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that’s right
Spanberger ends relationship between ICE and Virginia State Police
“This is an absolutely huge first step because it sends a message that she cares about the trust that the community has with the government, not just law enforcement,” immigration advocate Luis Aguila...
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January 17, 2026 at 8:33 PM
that’s right
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Shoot this into my veins.
Oh, I should've just shared it separately so here you go! Allegedly one of the people asked to stand down is the Rector who appears to have helped lead a lot of the recent nonsense.
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as a Democratic Governor Takes Power
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Shoot this into my veins.
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When @omearabrian.bsky.social saw the manuscript, he described it as: ‘What if this figure could be an entire paper?’
I choose to interpret that as high praise.
Now accepted at AmNat: The geometry of macroevolution (with Dan Rabosky). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
I choose to interpret that as high praise.
Now accepted at AmNat: The geometry of macroevolution (with Dan Rabosky). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
January 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
When @omearabrian.bsky.social saw the manuscript, he described it as: ‘What if this figure could be an entire paper?’
I choose to interpret that as high praise.
Now accepted at AmNat: The geometry of macroevolution (with Dan Rabosky). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
I choose to interpret that as high praise.
Now accepted at AmNat: The geometry of macroevolution (with Dan Rabosky). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Explain to Congress how important it is to keep multiyear funding of NIH grants in the funding bill.
This protects against Russell Vought's trick, which is to make this year's NIH budget cover multiple years of research in advance.
Tell your Congresscritter. US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
This protects against Russell Vought's trick, which is to make this year's NIH budget cover multiple years of research in advance.
Tell your Congresscritter. US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
Don’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.
January 17, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Explain to Congress how important it is to keep multiyear funding of NIH grants in the funding bill.
This protects against Russell Vought's trick, which is to make this year's NIH budget cover multiple years of research in advance.
Tell your Congresscritter. US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
This protects against Russell Vought's trick, which is to make this year's NIH budget cover multiple years of research in advance.
Tell your Congresscritter. US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
Feeling very Not Today lately www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8_2...
Kim Gordon - "NOT TODAY" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Kim Gordon
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January 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Feeling very Not Today lately www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8_2...
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Kennedy has backed off cancelling $2 billion in substance abuse and mental health grants
@delauro.house.gov’s statement:
@delauro.house.gov’s statement:
DeLauro Statement on HHS Reinstating Billions in Addiction and Mental Health Grants After Abrupt Cancellation
Today, House Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro issued the following statement after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reinstated billions of dollars in Substanc...
democrats-appropriations.house.gov
January 15, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Kennedy has backed off cancelling $2 billion in substance abuse and mental health grants
@delauro.house.gov’s statement:
@delauro.house.gov’s statement:
Dark chocolate wedge, obvs
January 15, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Dark chocolate wedge, obvs
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With Trump going full authoritarian on Venezuela-Greenland, ICE, and the Fed, the response has to be serious. Four Republican senators (Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Collins?) could announce they’ll caucus for now with the Dems to give them control of the Senate to check Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
With Trump going full authoritarian on Venezuela-Greenland, ICE, and the Fed, the response has to be serious. Four Republican senators (Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Collins?) could announce they’ll caucus for now with the Dems to give them control of the Senate to check Trump.
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The death penalty without a trial by jury is the punishment for a lady saying “I’m not mad at you, dude.”
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 3:38 AM
The death penalty without a trial by jury is the punishment for a lady saying “I’m not mad at you, dude.”
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In my world, there's a certain reluctance to being merely, or in a knee-jerk way, a resist lib. That's understandable, even commendable. On the other hand, let's be clear: It's a hell of lot better, morally and intellectually and politically, to be a resist lib than a Vichy conservative.
January 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
In my world, there's a certain reluctance to being merely, or in a knee-jerk way, a resist lib. That's understandable, even commendable. On the other hand, let's be clear: It's a hell of lot better, morally and intellectually and politically, to be a resist lib than a Vichy conservative.
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A family member let me know about this church that is packing food boxes for families in the Twin Cities that can’t go to work because of the ICE invasion. Please join me in donating: www.dhhmn.com
Página Principal | Dios Habla Hoy (DHH Church)
Dios Habla Hoy es una iglesia cristiana en Minneapolis que ofrece orientación espiritual, enseñanzas bíblicas y eventos comunitarios en inglés y español.
www.dhhmn.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:07 PM
A family member let me know about this church that is packing food boxes for families in the Twin Cities that can’t go to work because of the ICE invasion. Please join me in donating: www.dhhmn.com
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Our new commentary on @blackrim.bsky.social et al's fascinating work in @newphyt.bsky.social, using simulation and analysis of empirical data to scale microevolutionary process to macroevolutionary patterns. Punchline: death rate and max age are driving.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 10, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Our new commentary on @blackrim.bsky.social et al's fascinating work in @newphyt.bsky.social, using simulation and analysis of empirical data to scale microevolutionary process to macroevolutionary patterns. Punchline: death rate and max age are driving.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...