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Jesse Lasky
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Evolution and ecology of plants. He/him.

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Adam Golub @adamgolub.bsky.social · 18h
Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 22h
I voted “no” on hiring a former colleague at my prior institution who we hired against my recommendation.

My chair wanted to know why I voted no.

I replied that the candidate thought they were smarter than everyone else and that would come back and hurt us.
mcnees.bsky.social Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 22h
What I’m seeing in some of the Epstein revelations about well known scientists who maintained contact after his conviction, is folks who always thought they were the smartest person in any room, sure they could shrewdly navigate a route that gets them what they want without getting dirty themselves.

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Emma Scales @emmascales.bsky.social · 1d
As always, the most courageous in the room are young people so thank you to student journalists at Columbia for being the only outlet to cover Greene’s self-made fall from grace. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/02...
Brian Greene, Frontiers of Science professor, invited Jeffrey Epstein to science conferences and planned to attend dinners at Epstein’s home
<i>Updated Feb. 4 at 3:52 p.m.</i>
www.columbiaspectator.com

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Emma Scales @emmascales.bsky.social · 1d
It is beyond insulting for @aaas.org to plan to host Brian Greene, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, for a plenary talk at #AAAS2026, then cancel it the day before, only for the replacement to insist Greene was a “good scientist” and that he wished we could all hear from him.

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Aaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · 2d
My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity

www.axios.com/local/boulde...
CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access
Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.
www.axios.com

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John Lovell @jotlovell.bsky.social · 3d
I'm super excited to share that this article was published today in Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

All made possible by the fantastic group of donors, volunteers and scientists at The American Chestnut Foundation (tacf.org), HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, and our collaborators.

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Leonie Moyle @speciationlab.bsky.social · 4d
In celebration of #DarwinDay, here are his decidedly mixed first impressions after landing on the Galápagos (17 Sept 1835; from 'the Voyage' Chap X):

"Nothing could be less inviting..."
"Nothing could be less inviting than the first appearance. A broken field of black basaltic lava, thrown into the most rugged waves, and crossed by great fissures, is everywhere covered by stunted, sun-burnt brushwood, which shows little signs of life. The dry and parched surface, being heated by the noon-day sun, gave to the air a close and sultry feeling, like that from a stove: we fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly. Although I diligently tried to collect as many plants as possible, I succeeded in getting very few; and such wretched-looking little weeds would have better become an arctic than an equatorial Flora."

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The Rooster @rooster.info · 4d
Jeffrey Epstein’s emails show that then-Ohio State University Board of Trustees chairman Leslie Wexner was served in a Jane Doe lawsuit against the deceased sex trafficker in 2009.

Donald Trump was also served in the lawsuit.

Epstein later settled.

Full story:

www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state...
Ohio State should have known about Wexner's Epstein problems by Sept. 18, 2009
Epstein files show that then-Ohio State Board of Trustees chairman Leslie Wexner was served in a Jane Doe lawsuit against the since-deceased sex trafficker in 2009.
www.rooster.info

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Jesse Lasky @laskyjr.bsky.social · 4d
Indeed

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 4d
Job opportunities...

Newly launched Quantitative Biology Initiative in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park seeks applications for three collaborative postdoctoral fellowships. Best consideration date 3/14.

Full Details:
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

Reposted by Felicity Callard, Jesse R. Lasky

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 4d
A "professor of civics education" at OSU's much ballyhooed intellectual diversity center (funded by McCarthyites, of course) punches documentarian who deigns to ask Gordon Gee a single question.

The ironist who coded this simulation has no sense of subtlety.
Ohio State Chase Center professor placed on administrative leave after assaulting cameraman
The Ohio political blog, The Rooster, published video showing Chase Center Assistant Professor Luke Perez hitting a cameraman and then throwing him to the ground.
www.wosu.org

Reposted by Elena Litchman, Jesse R. Lasky, Samuele Ramellini

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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 4d
Exciting announcement! My new department is launching a postdoc fellowship in quantitative biology. Fellows will be co-advised by two Bio faculty, one that is quant focused (not me) and one that is not (me???). I would love to co-sponsor a postdoc and build a collaboration so please reach out!
Post-Doctoral Associate
Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park seeks applications for three quantitative biology postdoctoral fellow po...
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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keholsinger.bsky.social @keholsinger.bsky.social · 5d
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
www.insidehighered.com

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 6d
Ebo Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history.

His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90
Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
www.theguardian.com

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Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 6d
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

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Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social · 7d
Threads director Mick Jackson has expressed worry over the upcoming remake’s focus on finding “hope even in the most challenging of times.”

“That one phrase worried me,” he tells Empire. “Hope is not part of nuclear war.”

Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 8d
Happy #SuperbOwl🦉 Sunday! This is one of my favorite examples from ancient Egypt, the letter "M". Share your favorite Superb Owls.
A beautifully carved owl from ancient Egypt. It is the hieroglyph for the letter "M". It is unpainted limestone.

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 8d
Jeff Bezos' statement, his first since last week's layoffs: "The Post has an essential journalistic mission and an extraordinary opportunity. Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus."

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Maribeth Latvis @maribethlatvis.bsky.social · 9d
Genome for Agalinis fasciculata, coming up! 🧬
@pedropezzi.bsky.social

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Mason Heberling @jmheberling.bsky.social · 9d
Exciting new undergraduate research opportunities here at Carnegie Museum in Botany! Applications due March 1. drive.google.com/file/d/1jNNy...
four people happy in the forest with trillium flowers everywhere

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Louise Auerhahn 🏳️‍🌈 @lauerhahn.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10d
Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto
Outside in the evening. An office building with video and the words "Palantir Powers Fascism" projected at top. Below, a crowd of people with signs and candles memorializing people who have died at the hands of ICE.

Reposted by Hilde Van den Bulck, Jesse R. Lasky

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10d
As President Trump’s immigration crackdown continues in Minnesota, many immigrants who are detained in the Twin Cities are ending up in a desolate detention camp in the desert of West Texas, only to be released later in El Paso with no money and no obvious way to get home. trib.al/jyi6Rca
Federal agents in camouflage and vests surround a vehicle. A headline reads: "Trump's Migrant Detention Pipeline Extends From Minnesota to El Paso" Photo by David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 11d
A link to SAUSA Julie Le's admission that ICE & DOJ haven't released individuals who were ordered released because no one in the entire system has responded to her repeated entreaties to get the individuals released.

Kafka told from the prosecutor's prospective.

drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
Transcript of 2.3 Hearing, Segundo A.P.G. v. Bondi, No. 26-CV-603.pdf
drive.google.com

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Joris Bertrand @jorisbertrand.bsky.social · 12d
With @bourgeoisyann.bsky.social and @anaisgibert.bsky.social we are recruiting a post-doc to integrate multi-omic data to investigate the links between genotype, phenotype and fitness in Ophrys orchids evolutionary divergence. Feel free to contact us or share!

www.jorisbertrand.com/wp-content/u...
www.jorisbertrand.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

Reposted by Elena Litchman, Jesse R. Lasky

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 13d
Awesome opportunity for a 2 year mentored fellowship that transitions to a TT line at Stony Brook in ecological and/or evolutionary responses to global change through the SUNY Prodigy+ program: apply.interfolio.com/178040
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bioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 13d
The genetic architecture of local adaptation is historically contingent https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.01.703099v1

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Risen Necro Turkey @dog-envier.bsky.social · 13d
The Yale Daily News now has a story on revelations about Epstein and Christakis. Christakis has blocked an account just for posting this story lol. yaledailynews.com/articles/nic...
yaledailynews.com

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Dana Shaw @shawlab.bsky.social · 13d
My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠

Full job description is linked below.

Come join us on the Palouse!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13d
Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats