Jenn Macalady
@jmacalad.bsky.social
Scientist, caver, astrobiologist, microbe hunter, parent, parlo italiano 🇮🇹, she/hers #geomicrobiology @BanfieldLab #soil @ucdavis #geology and #soccer @CarletonCollege
Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
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theconversation.com/evolving-int...
Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability, a new study pushes back.
theconversation.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
theconversation.com/evolving-int...
theconversation.com/evolving-int...
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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
February 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
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Billionaires are a perversion. No one should have more than a billion in wealth.
Whoever owns the most must have the greatest tax burden; Ownership is an obligation!
But the rich get richer; THEY are parasites who feed themselves at the expense of others!
#DontObeyInAdvance, #safedemocracy, #resist!
Whoever owns the most must have the greatest tax burden; Ownership is an obligation!
But the rich get richer; THEY are parasites who feed themselves at the expense of others!
#DontObeyInAdvance, #safedemocracy, #resist!
Elon Musk, who makes over $8 Million a day from US tax payer funded Federal contracts, calls impoverished folks “the parasite class”
That’s it. That’s the post.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
That’s it. That’s the post.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Musk shares meme deriding those who benefit from federal programs as 'parasite class'
Musk posted a meme yesterday evening describing Americans who benefit from federal programs as "the parasite class." "Watching Trump slash federal programs
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Billionaires are a perversion. No one should have more than a billion in wealth.
Whoever owns the most must have the greatest tax burden; Ownership is an obligation!
But the rich get richer; THEY are parasites who feed themselves at the expense of others!
#DontObeyInAdvance, #safedemocracy, #resist!
Whoever owns the most must have the greatest tax burden; Ownership is an obligation!
But the rich get richer; THEY are parasites who feed themselves at the expense of others!
#DontObeyInAdvance, #safedemocracy, #resist!
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This work was a collaboration between @jmacalad.bsky.social, @adamfrank4.bsky.social, and @astrowright.bsky.social, and started as a series of conversations at the @pseticenter.bsky.social.
February 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This work was a collaboration between @jmacalad.bsky.social, @adamfrank4.bsky.social, and @astrowright.bsky.social, and started as a series of conversations at the @pseticenter.bsky.social.
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Together with @mkeyoung.bsky.social, I had a first go at establishing and analysing a Bluesky network of researchers. Have a look at the top-100 list of most influential researchers, and the mesmerising 3d-visualisation here: lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
Scientists on Bluesky - What is this?
lassehjorthmadsen.github.io
February 21, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Together with @mkeyoung.bsky.social, I had a first go at establishing and analysing a Bluesky network of researchers. Have a look at the top-100 list of most influential researchers, and the mesmerising 3d-visualisation here: lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
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We have generated a new graph and list for Bluesky Social which shows where the scientists are congregating, and what research communities are being shaped!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/a-global-net...
Check out @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social 's Github here: lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
mikeyoungacademy.dk/a-global-net...
Check out @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social 's Github here: lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
A global network of scientists on Bluesky Social - Mike Young Academy
We have worked out a network of scientists and researchers on the new social media platform Bluesky Social! And a new global list of 100 science ‘influencers’ on the new microblogging alternative for ...
mikeyoungacademy.dk
February 21, 2024 at 10:15 AM
We have generated a new graph and list for Bluesky Social which shows where the scientists are congregating, and what research communities are being shaped!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/a-global-net...
Check out @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social 's Github here: lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
mikeyoungacademy.dk/a-global-net...
Check out @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social 's Github here: lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
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Calling all biogeochemists! I am co-chairing this theme at Goldschmidt next year. We are looking for more sessions particularly on metabolisms of new phylogenetic lineages, evolution of microbial traits through time, or habitability and bio signatures in other planetary systems. Reach out! 🧪⚒️🦠
October 12, 2023 at 5:31 PM
Calling all biogeochemists! I am co-chairing this theme at Goldschmidt next year. We are looking for more sessions particularly on metabolisms of new phylogenetic lineages, evolution of microbial traits through time, or habitability and bio signatures in other planetary systems. Reach out! 🧪⚒️🦠
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Announcing the new Native American and Indigenous Biological Anthropologists group!
Join COD-NIBA - all the information you need is on our website and in this announcement: bioanth.org/news/3831/
Join COD-NIBA - all the information you need is on our website and in this announcement: bioanth.org/news/3831/
January 22, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Announcing the new Native American and Indigenous Biological Anthropologists group!
Join COD-NIBA - all the information you need is on our website and in this announcement: bioanth.org/news/3831/
Join COD-NIBA - all the information you need is on our website and in this announcement: bioanth.org/news/3831/
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Registration is OPEN for the 12th annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop at the SNRI! April 19-21, 2024
FREE For presenting students and postdocs!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kabir Peay, Stanford University mykophile.stanford.edu
Registration page: snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios...
Registration is OPEN for the 12th annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop at the SNRI! April 19-21, 2024
FREE For presenting students and postdocs!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kabir Peay, Stanford University mykophile.stanford.edu
Registration page: snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios...
January 31, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Please Repost!
Registration is OPEN for the 12th annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop at the SNRI! April 19-21, 2024
FREE For presenting students and postdocs!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kabir Peay, Stanford University mykophile.stanford.edu
Registration page: snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios...
Registration is OPEN for the 12th annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop at the SNRI! April 19-21, 2024
FREE For presenting students and postdocs!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kabir Peay, Stanford University mykophile.stanford.edu
Registration page: snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios...
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Hi, I'm adding geoscientists to the Science🧪 feed! Reply here with links to your work (ORCID, Google Scholar, lab or department website, etc) and I will add you to the user list! Gneiss to meet you 🪨
January 10, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Hi, I'm adding geoscientists to the Science🧪 feed! Reply here with links to your work (ORCID, Google Scholar, lab or department website, etc) and I will add you to the user list! Gneiss to meet you 🪨
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Women leave academia at higher rates than men ***at every career stage***, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a @ScienceAdvances analysis finds. 🧪 🧑🔬 scim.ag/5pH
January 6, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Women leave academia at higher rates than men ***at every career stage***, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a @ScienceAdvances analysis finds. 🧪 🧑🔬 scim.ag/5pH
The Wilson #Scholarship in #Karst Science provides $2500 to M.S. students studying karst, including geochemistry, geology, geophysics, or hydrology. Apply by Feb. 15! karstwaters.org/awards-and-s.... 🧪🧑🔬💦⚒️🪨
January 6, 2024 at 8:47 PM
The Wilson #Scholarship in #Karst Science provides $2500 to M.S. students studying karst, including geochemistry, geology, geophysics, or hydrology. Apply by Feb. 15! karstwaters.org/awards-and-s.... 🧪🧑🔬💦⚒️🪨
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Please share our Genome Sciences REU at UW! www.gs.washington.edu/academics/su...
January 5, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Please share our Genome Sciences REU at UW! www.gs.washington.edu/academics/su...
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Our Department at University of Lausanne is recruiting a tenure-track Assist. Prof. on microbial interactions linked to the nccr-microbiomes.ch Don't miss this opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic department in a city with hard-to-beat quality of life. Apply tinyurl.com/4k2mevax by Jan 31! 🧪
December 8, 2023 at 8:01 PM
Our Department at University of Lausanne is recruiting a tenure-track Assist. Prof. on microbial interactions linked to the nccr-microbiomes.ch Don't miss this opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic department in a city with hard-to-beat quality of life. Apply tinyurl.com/4k2mevax by Jan 31! 🧪
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Wonderful BlueSky:
We are looking for graduate students and postdocs who could benefit from intense exposure to all-things-microbial at the 2024 Microbial Diversity Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA.
Consider applying / reposting.
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
We are looking for graduate students and postdocs who could benefit from intense exposure to all-things-microbial at the 2024 Microbial Diversity Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA.
Consider applying / reposting.
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
December 28, 2023 at 12:22 AM
Wonderful BlueSky:
We are looking for graduate students and postdocs who could benefit from intense exposure to all-things-microbial at the 2024 Microbial Diversity Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA.
Consider applying / reposting.
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
We are looking for graduate students and postdocs who could benefit from intense exposure to all-things-microbial at the 2024 Microbial Diversity Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA.
Consider applying / reposting.
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
#COP28 is happening now in UAE, one of the world's biggest oil-producing nations. The President of UAE's organizing team also heads the state-run oil company and has vowed that UAE will keep selling oil "as long as the market demands it." www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/c...
Files Suggest Climate Summit’s Leader Is Using Event to Promote Fossil Fuels
A leaked document has talking points for the president of the United Nations climate conference, who is an oil executive in the United Arab Emirates, to advance oil and gas deals.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2023 at 12:12 AM
#COP28 is happening now in UAE, one of the world's biggest oil-producing nations. The President of UAE's organizing team also heads the state-run oil company and has vowed that UAE will keep selling oil "as long as the market demands it." www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/c...
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/c... We desperately need alternatives to cement and steel building materials to bring global temperature down #FutureBuilding 🧪🌍⚒️👩🔬
November 30, 2023 at 4:44 PM
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/c... We desperately need alternatives to cement and steel building materials to bring global temperature down #FutureBuilding 🧪🌍⚒️👩🔬
Well @jillianmpetersen.bsky.social it's not blueschist, because that would be melange, not meringue...hmmm ⚒️😅
Hehe, keep guessing folks! It's the most delicious rock of all, the Italian meringue 😉
November 17, 2023 at 2:21 PM
Well @jillianmpetersen.bsky.social it's not blueschist, because that would be melange, not meringue...hmmm ⚒️😅
⚒️🧪🪐🦇👩🔬🌍 #WrongDirection
"American Indian or Alaska Native students...received fewer science and engineering degrees in 2021 than they did in 2012." #WrongDirection www.nsf.gov/nsb/news/new...
National Science Board
NSB governs NSF, develops Science and Engineering Indicators, and advises the President and Congress on S&E policy, research and education issues.
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November 17, 2023 at 2:16 PM
⚒️🧪🪐🦇👩🔬🌍 #WrongDirection