Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
@rburdine1.bsky.social
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Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
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"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show. blockclubchi.co/3ZAnDTZ
January 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show. blockclubchi.co/3ZAnDTZ
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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One of my favorite people from the other place. Making the world better for some amazing cats with amazing moves.
IT'S TONIGHT! Here's an exclusive excerpt of our bit in @realbaddiel.bsky.social Cat Man, which is TONIGHT at 8 on Channel 4. Yes, I know it's the same time as the #Traitors final, but it'll be on catch up! And so will the Traitors if you choose to watch us instead, I know I will be!
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
One of my favorite people from the other place. Making the world better for some amazing cats with amazing moves.
One of my favorite people from the other place. Making the world better for some amazing cats with amazing moves.
IT'S TONIGHT! Here's an exclusive excerpt of our bit in @realbaddiel.bsky.social Cat Man, which is TONIGHT at 8 on Channel 4. Yes, I know it's the same time as the #Traitors final, but it'll be on catch up! And so will the Traitors if you choose to watch us instead, I know I will be!
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
One of my favorite people from the other place. Making the world better for some amazing cats with amazing moves.
I'm tired of how many times this administration is rendering me speechless.
The director of the FBI: "I don't read."
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I'm tired of how many times this administration is rendering me speechless.
I added "Shenanigator" to my Bluesky profile...
Steve, the great _shenanigator_...
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Full survey results show American public have high levels of confidence in scientists while revealing some partisan differences (including on how to fund science), but statements asserting lost trust should be read instead as intentional efforts to degrade trust.
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Full survey results show American public have high levels of confidence in scientists while revealing some partisan differences (including on how to fund science), but statements asserting lost trust should be read instead as intentional efforts to degrade trust.
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
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Among the cartoonists I know, Scott Adams was always a cautionary tale. Obsessed with his own perceived intelligence, he panicked when his popularity began to ebb, and leaned into hate to regain that rush of relevancy. I'd thank him for serving as a lesson if he hadn't done so much actual damage.
Scott Adams converting to christianity before he died as a "risk/reward calculation" is so perfectly Scott Adams and SO perfectly missing the point of christianity
January 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Among the cartoonists I know, Scott Adams was always a cautionary tale. Obsessed with his own perceived intelligence, he panicked when his popularity began to ebb, and leaned into hate to regain that rush of relevancy. I'd thank him for serving as a lesson if he hadn't done so much actual damage.
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GLP-1 agonists (eg Ozempic) are showing promise to reduce alcohol drinking and perhaps opioid use. This is, of course, a potential therapeutic success which arises from the random walking of science, not an “efficient” directed research program.
January 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
GLP-1 agonists (eg Ozempic) are showing promise to reduce alcohol drinking and perhaps opioid use. This is, of course, a potential therapeutic success which arises from the random walking of science, not an “efficient” directed research program.
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Please, please read this. And pass it on. We cannot become dull to these injustices. You have to allow yourself to flinch at the inhumanity.
thehumanityarchive.substack.com/p/i-dont-care
thehumanityarchive.substack.com/p/i-dont-care
I Don't Care
A doctor asks to check her pulse.
thehumanityarchive.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Please, please read this. And pass it on. We cannot become dull to these injustices. You have to allow yourself to flinch at the inhumanity.
thehumanityarchive.substack.com/p/i-dont-care
thehumanityarchive.substack.com/p/i-dont-care
Please, please read this. And pass it on. We cannot become dull to these injustices. You have to allow yourself to flinch at the inhumanity.
thehumanityarchive.substack.com/p/i-dont-care
thehumanityarchive.substack.com/p/i-dont-care
I Don't Care
A doctor asks to check her pulse.
thehumanityarchive.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Please, please read this. And pass it on. We cannot become dull to these injustices. You have to allow yourself to flinch at the inhumanity.
thehumanityarchive.substack.com/p/i-dont-care
thehumanityarchive.substack.com/p/i-dont-care
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
🧵
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
🧵
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Good morning to everyone who doesn’t want to annex Canada, Columbia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico, or Panama, and just wants universal healthcare.
January 5, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Good morning to everyone who doesn’t want to annex Canada, Columbia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico, or Panama, and just wants universal healthcare.
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This needs a repost.
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This needs a repost.
This needs a repost.
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This needs a repost.
😂😭
My seasonal depression and my regular depression fighting for dominance
a robot and a monster are standing next to each other in front of a computer screen .
Alt: a robot and a monster are standing next to each other in front of a computer screen fighting
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
😂😭
My mother spent her career as a librarian so this cracks me up. She wouldn't do this, but I sure would.
December 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My mother spent her career as a librarian so this cracks me up. She wouldn't do this, but I sure would.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
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Dunno who needs to hear this, but before your start writing your reviewer comments, eat a cookie. Only you can prevent rude reviews.
December 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Dunno who needs to hear this, but before your start writing your reviewer comments, eat a cookie. Only you can prevent rude reviews.
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When you haven't done your homework, but still want to get points for participation...
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
When you haven't done your homework, but still want to get points for participation...