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Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade
June 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade
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Our report on employment is out in Paleobiology
(They did let us append that the paper was accepted before the election/changes to NSF and other granting agencies)
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
(They did let us append that the paper was accepted before the election/changes to NSF and other granting agencies)
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States
www.cambridge.org
May 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Our report on employment is out in Paleobiology
(They did let us append that the paper was accepted before the election/changes to NSF and other granting agencies)
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
(They did let us append that the paper was accepted before the election/changes to NSF and other granting agencies)
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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You count on the NPR Network. THANK YOU to our supporters who are showing we can count on you too.
If you haven’t given yet, it’s time to join the movement to defend public media.
Donate now: n.pr/3EYClNR
If you haven’t given yet, it’s time to join the movement to defend public media.
Donate now: n.pr/3EYClNR
May 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You count on the NPR Network. THANK YOU to our supporters who are showing we can count on you too.
If you haven’t given yet, it’s time to join the movement to defend public media.
Donate now: n.pr/3EYClNR
If you haven’t given yet, it’s time to join the movement to defend public media.
Donate now: n.pr/3EYClNR
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A week long holiday on the Ardnamurchan peninsula provided some incredible Pine Marten encounters from the comfort of our accommodation. Amongst Atlantic rainforest, these mustelids evoke strong feelings of wilder times gone by.
#PineMarten #BritishMammals #Nature #Wildlife #BritishWildlife
#PineMarten #BritishMammals #Nature #Wildlife #BritishWildlife
April 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A week long holiday on the Ardnamurchan peninsula provided some incredible Pine Marten encounters from the comfort of our accommodation. Amongst Atlantic rainforest, these mustelids evoke strong feelings of wilder times gone by.
#PineMarten #BritishMammals #Nature #Wildlife #BritishWildlife
#PineMarten #BritishMammals #Nature #Wildlife #BritishWildlife
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As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
The NPR, PBS Grift Has Ripped Us Off for Too Long
For years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for subsidizing National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which spread
www.whitehouse.gov
April 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
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Booker: Strom Thurmond’s record always kind of just really irked me. That the longest speech on our great Senate floor was from someone who was trying to stop people like me from being in the Senate. So to surpass that became more important to me.
April 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Booker: Strom Thurmond’s record always kind of just really irked me. That the longest speech on our great Senate floor was from someone who was trying to stop people like me from being in the Senate. So to surpass that became more important to me.
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Oh my God, I just had a full night’s sleep and Cory Booker is still going…
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Oh my God, I just had a full night’s sleep and Cory Booker is still going…
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
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This is what corruption looks like.
March 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is what corruption looks like.
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All she did was write an op-ed. That's it. One of my past mentees is a current international student at Tufts. This is absolutely terrifying.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
All she did was write an op-ed. That's it. One of my past mentees is a current international student at Tufts. This is absolutely terrifying.
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Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I am deeply concerned with the pressure on scientists in the US: naked censorship, staffing reductions, and promotion of pseudoscience by the government.
I have signed the #DefendResearch declaration posted on www.defendresearch.org, under the number 3615.
Stand up for science!
#AcademicSky
🧪📢
I have signed the #DefendResearch declaration posted on www.defendresearch.org, under the number 3615.
Stand up for science!
#AcademicSky
🧪📢
#DefendResearch
We call on members of the worldwide scholarly communication community – researchers, policy-makers, scholarly societies, libraries, higher education and research institutions, publishers, funders, and...
www.defendresearch.org
March 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I am deeply concerned with the pressure on scientists in the US: naked censorship, staffing reductions, and promotion of pseudoscience by the government.
I have signed the #DefendResearch declaration posted on www.defendresearch.org, under the number 3615.
Stand up for science!
#AcademicSky
🧪📢
I have signed the #DefendResearch declaration posted on www.defendresearch.org, under the number 3615.
Stand up for science!
#AcademicSky
🧪📢
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Probably the most clever sign I saw at #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025
March 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Probably the most clever sign I saw at #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025
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The @standupforscience.bsky.social DC rally is on.
What we are hearing from around the country:
"this is big!"
"biggest rally I have seen around here in years and years"
The public cares about medical research--and students, GenZ, and other people too are ready to stand up.
What we are hearing from around the country:
"this is big!"
"biggest rally I have seen around here in years and years"
The public cares about medical research--and students, GenZ, and other people too are ready to stand up.
March 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The @standupforscience.bsky.social DC rally is on.
What we are hearing from around the country:
"this is big!"
"biggest rally I have seen around here in years and years"
The public cares about medical research--and students, GenZ, and other people too are ready to stand up.
What we are hearing from around the country:
"this is big!"
"biggest rally I have seen around here in years and years"
The public cares about medical research--and students, GenZ, and other people too are ready to stand up.
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#FossilFriday Gomphotherium phippsi, from the Middle Miocene Valentine Fm of Nevada @denvermuseumns.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#FossilFriday Gomphotherium phippsi, from the Middle Miocene Valentine Fm of Nevada @denvermuseumns.bsky.social
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The Paleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social has issued a statement to the paleontology community referencing recent federal policy changes & reaffirming the importance of diversity for paleontological studies and for the health of the scientific community in general. 🧪
![Despite these dramatic policy changes, the PS remains committed to supporting our community and advancing the science of paleontology through research, education, and advocacy. We affirm that one of our strengths as a Society is our diverse membership, and that such diversity is integral to the advancement of our Society, and to the continued rigor and ingenuity of paleontological research. We will continue to foster an environment that encourages the free expression and exchange of scientific ideas. Please note that the PS offers an emergency fund [paleo.memberclicks.net] for members who are experiencing a financial emergency, if that is helpful.
The PS and our Governmental Affairs Committee (GAC) are working with peer societies and government organizations to advocate strongly on behalf of science, scientists, and scientific funding. If you are interested in helping with this work, please reach out to Dr. Tom Tobin (Chair of GAC, ttobin@ua.edu [paleo.memberclicks.net]). Also consider contacting your elected government officials, and/or attending the Stand Up for Science March [paleo.memberclicks.net] in Washington DC on March 7 with other PS members.
For our US members, you can find your elected officials and how to contact them here: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials [paleo.memberclicks.net]. Our Government Affairs Committee advises that phone calls and visits to local offices may be more effective than using online forms. If you make contact, emphasize the immediate and direct effects of specific science policy changes on your ability to conduct your job as an educator, scientist, researcher, and other positions.
Sincerely,
Rowan Lockwood and the PS Executive Committee](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/bafkreib6kr3z2shbbwol2z5i77ke43jktjbhapqdnqfqsmcmrayoeu343e@jpeg)
February 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Paleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social has issued a statement to the paleontology community referencing recent federal policy changes & reaffirming the importance of diversity for paleontological studies and for the health of the scientific community in general. 🧪
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Gray Fossil Site is crazy because nowhere else do you have red pandas, hornless rhinos, wolverines, alligators, tapirs, sabercats, mastodons, and now a cat-sized flying squirrel living in the same place.
February 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Gray Fossil Site is crazy because nowhere else do you have red pandas, hornless rhinos, wolverines, alligators, tapirs, sabercats, mastodons, and now a cat-sized flying squirrel living in the same place.
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February 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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A friend of mine from Badlands National Park just lost her position due to indiscriminant firing. Watch if you can! youtu.be/E1ykyUpvCDY?...
Ex-ranger on how Trump's mass government firings are affecting the National Park Service
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A friend of mine from Badlands National Park just lost her position due to indiscriminant firing. Watch if you can! youtu.be/E1ykyUpvCDY?...
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Heartening conservation news! Wolves are recolonizing their ancient Californian hunting grounds. History in motion.
Historic Move For Wolf Conservation: 12 Collared Gray Wolves Have Been Released In Northern California worldanimalnews.com/a-historic-m... #California #conservation #wolf #wolves
Historic Move For Wolf Conservation: 12 Collared Gray Wolves Have Been Released In Northern California worldanimalnews.com/a-historic-m... #California #conservation #wolf #wolves
Historic Move For Wolf Conservation: 12 Collared Gray Wolves Have Been Released In Northern California - World Animal News
In a historic milestone for wolf conservation, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced the successful capture, collaring, and release of 12 gray wolves in northern Californ...
worldanimalnews.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Heartening conservation news! Wolves are recolonizing their ancient Californian hunting grounds. History in motion.
Historic Move For Wolf Conservation: 12 Collared Gray Wolves Have Been Released In Northern California worldanimalnews.com/a-historic-m... #California #conservation #wolf #wolves
Historic Move For Wolf Conservation: 12 Collared Gray Wolves Have Been Released In Northern California worldanimalnews.com/a-historic-m... #California #conservation #wolf #wolves
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Me: Oooo. Leidy's holotype of PANTHERA ATROX!!!
P. atrox:...
Me, whispering in awe: (you're so awesome...)
At Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia. Happy #fossilfriday.
P. atrox:...
Me, whispering in awe: (you're so awesome...)
At Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia. Happy #fossilfriday.
February 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Me: Oooo. Leidy's holotype of PANTHERA ATROX!!!
P. atrox:...
Me, whispering in awe: (you're so awesome...)
At Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia. Happy #fossilfriday.
P. atrox:...
Me, whispering in awe: (you're so awesome...)
At Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia. Happy #fossilfriday.
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“You should have never started it.”
Such ignominious ignorance.
Such betrayal of our ally.
Such a cowardly surrender.
Such ignominious ignorance.
Such betrayal of our ally.
Such a cowardly surrender.
February 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“You should have never started it.”
Such ignominious ignorance.
Such betrayal of our ally.
Such a cowardly surrender.
Such ignominious ignorance.
Such betrayal of our ally.
Such a cowardly surrender.
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I think anyone who's been paying attention knows this. But it's worth stating clearly. The idea that any of Elon's wilding spree is being done in the name of efficiency is absurd on its face because the terminations are virtually all being done based on duration of service because that creates ...
February 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I think anyone who's been paying attention knows this. But it's worth stating clearly. The idea that any of Elon's wilding spree is being done in the name of efficiency is absurd on its face because the terminations are virtually all being done based on duration of service because that creates ...
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Bright passionate people who wanted to dedicate their lives to public service were fired in a mass email over the holiday weekend.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despite receiving an exceptional performance evaluation in the fall.
After landing his dream job as a park ranger, he’s ‘heartbroken’ to be let go in federal cuts | CNN
Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despit...
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Bright passionate people who wanted to dedicate their lives to public service were fired in a mass email over the holiday weekend.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.