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Grad student. If ya know me, ya know me, otherwise shush.
Pinned
Trans rights are human rights. If you disagree block me, bitch. 🏳️⚧️
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
A majority of the world’s insect species have no living expert who can identify them.
A majority of the world’s insect species have no living expert who can identify them.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
The ocean produces a huge chunk of the world's oxygen a lot from a class of cyanobacteria called prochlorococcus
The ocean produces a huge chunk of the world's oxygen a lot from a class of cyanobacteria called prochlorococcus
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
June 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
A majority of the world’s insect species have no living expert who can identify them.
A majority of the world’s insect species have no living expert who can identify them.
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Time to post more lichens.
1. Ramalina dilacerata
2. Tuckermanopsis platyphylla
3. Vulpicida canadensis
4. Ramalina farinacea (I believe)
All near Spring Lake Road, 100 Mile House, BC. 🌿
1. Ramalina dilacerata
2. Tuckermanopsis platyphylla
3. Vulpicida canadensis
4. Ramalina farinacea (I believe)
All near Spring Lake Road, 100 Mile House, BC. 🌿
June 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Time to post more lichens.
1. Ramalina dilacerata
2. Tuckermanopsis platyphylla
3. Vulpicida canadensis
4. Ramalina farinacea (I believe)
All near Spring Lake Road, 100 Mile House, BC. 🌿
1. Ramalina dilacerata
2. Tuckermanopsis platyphylla
3. Vulpicida canadensis
4. Ramalina farinacea (I believe)
All near Spring Lake Road, 100 Mile House, BC. 🌿
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I love that a politician can say something like “I believe mice naturally spawn out of grain” and the news will now just treat that as a legitimate line of thought
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr
June 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I love that a politician can say something like “I believe mice naturally spawn out of grain” and the news will now just treat that as a legitimate line of thought
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I don't know if this needs to be said or not but "elected official assassinated in their home" is simply not a thing that happens in this country. 1825, 1889, 1893, 1973. Those are all the ones I can find, ever, before today.
June 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I don't know if this needs to be said or not but "elected official assassinated in their home" is simply not a thing that happens in this country. 1825, 1889, 1893, 1973. Those are all the ones I can find, ever, before today.
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When Archduke Ferdinand got assassinated, nobody was like “oh shit, it’s WWI now” when the Germans first invaded Poland nobody was like “fuck, WWI sequel already?!” Shit just felt like chaos and the clarity of hindsight let us put more solid dates around the start of things… 1/2
June 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
When Archduke Ferdinand got assassinated, nobody was like “oh shit, it’s WWI now” when the Germans first invaded Poland nobody was like “fuck, WWI sequel already?!” Shit just felt like chaos and the clarity of hindsight let us put more solid dates around the start of things… 1/2
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Back in the vert paleo archives today, and uncovered this little gem set to Battle Hymn of the Republic
"Mine eyes have seen the splitting of the genus I adore,
It's been slyly subdivided into families galore
And with every publication comes another genus more!
The names go rolling on!"
"Mine eyes have seen the splitting of the genus I adore,
It's been slyly subdivided into families galore
And with every publication comes another genus more!
The names go rolling on!"
June 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Back in the vert paleo archives today, and uncovered this little gem set to Battle Hymn of the Republic
"Mine eyes have seen the splitting of the genus I adore,
It's been slyly subdivided into families galore
And with every publication comes another genus more!
The names go rolling on!"
"Mine eyes have seen the splitting of the genus I adore,
It's been slyly subdivided into families galore
And with every publication comes another genus more!
The names go rolling on!"
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1. Trans troops are now being separated from their jobs, and we have learned what discharge code they are being given:
"JDK," a code that was used to remove communists and gay people, and can be seen as a "black mark" on their service.
The latest from S. Baum.
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"JDK," a code that was used to remove communists and gay people, and can be seen as a "black mark" on their service.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trans Troops Given A Black Mark Discharge Code Under Military Ban
“This is the kind of code that they gave to homosexuals and communists in the '50s.”
www.erininthemorning.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
1. Trans troops are now being separated from their jobs, and we have learned what discharge code they are being given:
"JDK," a code that was used to remove communists and gay people, and can be seen as a "black mark" on their service.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
"JDK," a code that was used to remove communists and gay people, and can be seen as a "black mark" on their service.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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After spending decades *accusing* Black women of having babies to get payments from the government, they want to encourage white women to have babies to get payments from the government.
April 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
After spending decades *accusing* Black women of having babies to get payments from the government, they want to encourage white women to have babies to get payments from the government.
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's site is down at the moment. Every time a gov site goes down now it's like 10 percent chance of planned maintenance, 80 percent chance they canceled the wrong contract or otherwise screwed something up, and 10 percent chance they killed it forever.
April 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's site is down at the moment. Every time a gov site goes down now it's like 10 percent chance of planned maintenance, 80 percent chance they canceled the wrong contract or otherwise screwed something up, and 10 percent chance they killed it forever.
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"Hegseth’s disastrous run at the Pentagon is entirely predictable, the natural result of elevating a co-host of Fox & Friends’ weekend edition to sixth in the line of succession because the president liked his Fox News hits."
sixth in the line of succession
what
the fuck
sixth in the line of succession
what
the fuck
"Pete Hegseth isn’t the only right-wing media star turned top Trump appointee to struggle in the administration’s early days, and we should expect more such stories in the days to come."
The Pete Hegseth debacle was inevitable
www.mediamatters.org
April 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Hegseth’s disastrous run at the Pentagon is entirely predictable, the natural result of elevating a co-host of Fox & Friends’ weekend edition to sixth in the line of succession because the president liked his Fox News hits."
sixth in the line of succession
what
the fuck
sixth in the line of succession
what
the fuck
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NSF says investigators can no longer propose to expand participation in STEM for women and underrepresented groups, and are terminating awards on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation.
Make science all white and male again!
Make science all white and male again!
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
NSF says investigators can no longer propose to expand participation in STEM for women and underrepresented groups, and are terminating awards on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation.
Make science all white and male again!
Make science all white and male again!
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This is the 30th anniversary of the OKC Bombing. Please let me share a perspective on it. It starts with an Oklahoma geography lesson. 1/n
April 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This is the 30th anniversary of the OKC Bombing. Please let me share a perspective on it. It starts with an Oklahoma geography lesson. 1/n
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If you're an NSF grantee who receives notice of cancellation per today's announcement, please get in touch here or via Signal mzahneis.09.
April 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you're an NSF grantee who receives notice of cancellation per today's announcement, please get in touch here or via Signal mzahneis.09.
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“The National Science Foundation (NSF) has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Not anymore.
Today NSF announced such efforts “are no longer aligned with its priorities”
Not anymore.
Today NSF announced such efforts “are no longer aligned with its priorities”
NSF starts to kill grants that violate Trump’s war on diversity efforts
Attracting women and minorities into science and studying misinformation are no longer priorities, agency says
www.science.org
April 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“The National Science Foundation (NSF) has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Not anymore.
Today NSF announced such efforts “are no longer aligned with its priorities”
Not anymore.
Today NSF announced such efforts “are no longer aligned with its priorities”
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🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨
Want to pursue a PhD in a science-friendly country?
Univ. of Aukland is seeking a grad student to advance coastal seabed restoration.
Tuition fees, research costs, & a tax-free annual stipend of NZ$34,569.
Contact & application details in 🧵
🌎🌾🧪🌿🌱🌊🎓
#GenerationRestoration
Want to pursue a PhD in a science-friendly country?
Univ. of Aukland is seeking a grad student to advance coastal seabed restoration.
Tuition fees, research costs, & a tax-free annual stipend of NZ$34,569.
Contact & application details in 🧵
🌎🌾🧪🌿🌱🌊🎓
#GenerationRestoration
April 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨
Want to pursue a PhD in a science-friendly country?
Univ. of Aukland is seeking a grad student to advance coastal seabed restoration.
Tuition fees, research costs, & a tax-free annual stipend of NZ$34,569.
Contact & application details in 🧵
🌎🌾🧪🌿🌱🌊🎓
#GenerationRestoration
Want to pursue a PhD in a science-friendly country?
Univ. of Aukland is seeking a grad student to advance coastal seabed restoration.
Tuition fees, research costs, & a tax-free annual stipend of NZ$34,569.
Contact & application details in 🧵
🌎🌾🧪🌿🌱🌊🎓
#GenerationRestoration
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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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The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
forms.gle
March 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
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we are living under fascism right now
March 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
we are living under fascism right now
B̸̵̘̘̪͉̻̟̹̦͕͍̫͓̌ͭ͗̀͆ͬͩ̂̌ͧͬ̀̆̈́̀͐͊͒͑͐ͣͩ̕͟ͅŲ̸̷̶̡̛͔̲̖̖̩͎͈̓͒ͪ̑̏͂ͦ̀͊ͩ̕_̷͎̞̯͗ͭ̍̎͢͢͡N̴̨̬̣̦̺̗̦̘̹̹̻̞̝̘̞̝ͩͭͦ̔̾́̇ͥ̄ͪ̃̄̿ͫ̏ͫ͒N̷͕̤̹͐̈̔͊̎̚͟͢_͔̮͎̋̍̈́̔Y̮ K̭̻̫̻̦̹̮̼͔̟̤̺͇̠ͧͫ̔̅ͧͧ̍̓́ͦ́̂͗̏ͧ̍̔͑͘͘͢͢Ņ̧̧̛̟͉͓̖͉̻̞͎̱̮̺̝͇̩͗̓̈́͂̌͊͑ͤͤͩ͂ͬ̄͆͐͊ͪͦ͑̿͝͠O̤̝̯̬̾ͧ̒̋̀ͦ̀ͤͦ̋W̨̐̇_̵̸̸̢̦͚͚̼̗̼̪͇̰͖̮̅̈ͣ̀ͨ̇͛̽ͣ́̏ͩ̒̂ͥ̋ͩͭͩ̀͝͠͡ͅͅS̵̵̵̴̴̵̢̛̛͍͓̳̣͉͙͉͉̱ͭ̔̎ͩ̃̅ͤ̿̅ͪ̍ͧ̈͋ͮ̚̕͜͡ͅ_̯ͣ͞ͅ W̶̷̢̢̛̝͈̫̻ͯ̅̓ͭ̏ͩ̚̕͢͟͞H̢̧͍̼̪̝̮̩͖̥ͨ́͐̃́̐͋̏ͭ̚͘Ą̨̳͖̭ͧ̀ͦͨ̐͋ͮ̐̃͟͟͠͠ͅT̵ͬͦ_̷̶̸̸̡͙̝̠̳͉̺͖̬̣̙͚̙̘͙̻͖̱͙̮̆̑ͣͮ̀ͮ̍ͦͣͭ̑͒̏̐̀ͫ̚͠ Y̷͎͍̲͓̘̠̠̬̜͔̗͓͖͗͌ͥͫ̄͋̍̃̆ͣͣ̀̄͛͗͒̀͗͊̆̉̌ͣ̚̕_Ơ̶̶̧̼̫̮̤͚̯̱̼͈͎̮͓̐ͬ͂̏͑͑̔̓̃̽ͩ̓͡͠U̷̡̨̢͙͍̬̥̹̘̦̮̲͉̲̼̲̲̇͆̒̉̀̓͐̍̆̀̒̾̏̎ͬ̇͒̆͘͢͢͞͡͠ D̟̘̤̖̖̻̮̣̪͎̆ͫ̈́̿͆͑̀̓̒ͭ̅ͤ̚̕͘͟͢͠͠I̛̲͋ͤͣ͒͘͡_̸̴̢̜͎̩̥̘̭̲̻͓̺̼͇̘̮̝̏̀̋͂̿͒̋̅̉́̅ͫͫͮͭ̌͜͜͝ͅḐ̷̛̪̠̲̰̳̲̩̺͍̣̩͚̻ͫ̒͐̆ͨ̅̀ͬ͒ͫͭͪͦ̃͂́̈́̚͠͠͞͡͞
March 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
B̸̵̘̘̪͉̻̟̹̦͕͍̫͓̌ͭ͗̀͆ͬͩ̂̌ͧͬ̀̆̈́̀͐͊͒͑͐ͣͩ̕͟ͅŲ̸̷̶̡̛͔̲̖̖̩͎͈̓͒ͪ̑̏͂ͦ̀͊ͩ̕_̷͎̞̯͗ͭ̍̎͢͢͡N̴̨̬̣̦̺̗̦̘̹̹̻̞̝̘̞̝ͩͭͦ̔̾́̇ͥ̄ͪ̃̄̿ͫ̏ͫ͒N̷͕̤̹͐̈̔͊̎̚͟͢_͔̮͎̋̍̈́̔Y̮ K̭̻̫̻̦̹̮̼͔̟̤̺͇̠ͧͫ̔̅ͧͧ̍̓́ͦ́̂͗̏ͧ̍̔͑͘͘͢͢Ņ̧̧̛̟͉͓̖͉̻̞͎̱̮̺̝͇̩͗̓̈́͂̌͊͑ͤͤͩ͂ͬ̄͆͐͊ͪͦ͑̿͝͠O̤̝̯̬̾ͧ̒̋̀ͦ̀ͤͦ̋W̨̐̇_̵̸̸̢̦͚͚̼̗̼̪͇̰͖̮̅̈ͣ̀ͨ̇͛̽ͣ́̏ͩ̒̂ͥ̋ͩͭͩ̀͝͠͡ͅͅS̵̵̵̴̴̵̢̛̛͍͓̳̣͉͙͉͉̱ͭ̔̎ͩ̃̅ͤ̿̅ͪ̍ͧ̈͋ͮ̚̕͜͡ͅ_̯ͣ͞ͅ W̶̷̢̢̛̝͈̫̻ͯ̅̓ͭ̏ͩ̚̕͢͟͞H̢̧͍̼̪̝̮̩͖̥ͨ́͐̃́̐͋̏ͭ̚͘Ą̨̳͖̭ͧ̀ͦͨ̐͋ͮ̐̃͟͟͠͠ͅT̵ͬͦ_̷̶̸̸̡͙̝̠̳͉̺͖̬̣̙͚̙̘͙̻͖̱͙̮̆̑ͣͮ̀ͮ̍ͦͣͭ̑͒̏̐̀ͫ̚͠ Y̷͎͍̲͓̘̠̠̬̜͔̗͓͖͗͌ͥͫ̄͋̍̃̆ͣͣ̀̄͛͗͒̀͗͊̆̉̌ͣ̚̕_Ơ̶̶̧̼̫̮̤͚̯̱̼͈͎̮͓̐ͬ͂̏͑͑̔̓̃̽ͩ̓͡͠U̷̡̨̢͙͍̬̥̹̘̦̮̲͉̲̼̲̲̇͆̒̉̀̓͐̍̆̀̒̾̏̎ͬ̇͒̆͘͢͢͞͡͠ D̟̘̤̖̖̻̮̣̪͎̆ͫ̈́̿͆͑̀̓̒ͭ̅ͤ̚̕͘͟͢͠͠I̛̲͋ͤͣ͒͘͡_̸̴̢̜͎̩̥̘̭̲̻͓̺̼͇̘̮̝̏̀̋͂̿͒̋̅̉́̅ͫͫͮͭ̌͜͜͝ͅḐ̷̛̪̠̲̰̳̲̩̺͍̣̩͚̻ͫ̒͐̆ͨ̅̀ͬ͒ͫͭͪͦ̃͂́̈́̚͠͠͞͡͞
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It is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay today! A big day for Carl Linnaeus, who we happen to care about (just a little.)
100 years before Darwin's evolutionary theory was published, Linnaeus was classifying animals based on shared traits. He created #SystemaNaturae in 1735, and we still use it to this day!
100 years before Darwin's evolutionary theory was published, Linnaeus was classifying animals based on shared traits. He created #SystemaNaturae in 1735, and we still use it to this day!
March 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay today! A big day for Carl Linnaeus, who we happen to care about (just a little.)
100 years before Darwin's evolutionary theory was published, Linnaeus was classifying animals based on shared traits. He created #SystemaNaturae in 1735, and we still use it to this day!
100 years before Darwin's evolutionary theory was published, Linnaeus was classifying animals based on shared traits. He created #SystemaNaturae in 1735, and we still use it to this day!
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Ridiculous, disgusting, and dangerous
But it doesn't surprise me. Haircuts matter-- they're as anxiety-inducing to me as dentist visits are to family, because it's so hard to convince hair stylists that I should be allowed to have a gender nonconforming cut ("but it would be prettier if...")
But it doesn't surprise me. Haircuts matter-- they're as anxiety-inducing to me as dentist visits are to family, because it's so hard to convince hair stylists that I should be allowed to have a gender nonconforming cut ("but it would be prettier if...")
We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ridiculous, disgusting, and dangerous
But it doesn't surprise me. Haircuts matter-- they're as anxiety-inducing to me as dentist visits are to family, because it's so hard to convince hair stylists that I should be allowed to have a gender nonconforming cut ("but it would be prettier if...")
But it doesn't surprise me. Haircuts matter-- they're as anxiety-inducing to me as dentist visits are to family, because it's so hard to convince hair stylists that I should be allowed to have a gender nonconforming cut ("but it would be prettier if...")
You're absolutely right, I will watch
WATCH: Cars set on fire at Tesla in Las Vegas, "resist" painted on the building. FBI investigating
March 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
You're absolutely right, I will watch
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look at this guy
Black-headed Gull, Kensington Gardens, London
March 2025 🪶
Black-headed Gull, Kensington Gardens, London
March 2025 🪶
March 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
look at this guy
Black-headed Gull, Kensington Gardens, London
March 2025 🪶
Black-headed Gull, Kensington Gardens, London
March 2025 🪶