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Jesse Lasky

@laskyjr.bsky.social

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Evolution and ecology of plants. He/him.

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Aaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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

Jesse Lasky @laskyjr.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 3d

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...

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 3d

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

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keholsinger.bsky.social @keholsinger.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 4d

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

Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

Genome for Agalinis fasciculata, coming up! 🧬
@pedropezzi.bsky.social

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Mason Heberling @jmheberling.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 8d

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.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

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 · 9d

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 · 10d

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 · 11d

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.

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 11d

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 · 11d

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 · 12d

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 · 12d

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 · 12d

Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter weather.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 13d

4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...