Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond
@shomerdrummond.bsky.social
AAAS Honorary Fellow & STP Alumn; Sci pol & diplomacy, ed & com; EJ & SJ; wildlife endocrinology & physio.; marine mammal biol.; environmental tox & disruption; systems change; conservation standards. Posts solely reflect my own opinions. she/her/hers
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“He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.” attr. to Confucius
“He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.” attr. to Confucius
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.” attr. to Confucius
Live Senate hearing on cleanup & dispoal policy for PFOS/PFOAs (“forever chemicals”): www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...
Hearing to Examine the Future of PFAS Cleanup and Disposal Policy
On Wednesday, November 19, at 10:00 a.m., U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, will hold a hearing examining PFAS cleanup a...
www.epw.senate.gov
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Live Senate hearing on cleanup & dispoal policy for PFOS/PFOAs (“forever chemicals”): www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...
‘The naked truth is unbearable because it would force America to admit it never valued thinking. It valued passing. Credentials. Maintaining hierarchy. AI didn’t corrupt education. It exposed what education had become.’ open.substack.com/pub/thehuman...
The Well Where Truth Hides
A college student in Boston submitted his essay.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
‘The naked truth is unbearable because it would force America to admit it never valued thinking. It valued passing. Credentials. Maintaining hierarchy. AI didn’t corrupt education. It exposed what education had become.’ open.substack.com/pub/thehuman...
Learn more about PFAS emissions and exposure risks: www.aaas.org/events/pfas-...
PFAS in Air: Understanding Emissions, Exposure, and Emerging Research | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of thousands of synthetic chemicals that have been used in industrial processes and consumer goods for decades. PFAS have been detected in air, s...
www.aaas.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Learn more about PFAS emissions and exposure risks: www.aaas.org/events/pfas-...
Science as a public good. Hats off to Carlos who was at NSF in the AAAS STP Fellowship with me. blog.ucs.org/carlos-marti...
What Do Duolingo, The Magic School Bus, and James Bond Have in Common? The US National Science Foundation
Public investment in science yields public good.
blog.ucs.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Science as a public good. Hats off to Carlos who was at NSF in the AAAS STP Fellowship with me. blog.ucs.org/carlos-marti...
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This obit of Watson is *amazing*.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This obit of Watson is *amazing*.
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If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here
I appreciate this paricular #OneHealth focus. 19thnews.org/2025/10/doul...
The birth of the climate doula
In Florida, a new pilot program teaches doulas how to prepare pregnant people for hurricanes, flooding, and extreme heat — addressing a growing climate and maternal health crisis.
19thnews.org
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I appreciate this paricular #OneHealth focus. 19thnews.org/2025/10/doul...
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This is what the Congressional Republicans are enabling.
ICE detains mother dropping off child at elementary school—refuses to even look at her U.S. legal papers.
"What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder.
"The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back.
Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.
"What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder.
"The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back.
Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.
October 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is what the Congressional Republicans are enabling.
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
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Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
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Federal judge blocks Trump from carrying out thousands of layoffs during shutdown
w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/brea...
w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/brea...
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump from carrying out thousands of layoffs during shutdown
WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday, blocking the Trump administration from moving forward with the thousands of layoffs it initiated after the government shutd...
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Federal judge blocks Trump from carrying out thousands of layoffs during shutdown
w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/brea...
w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/brea...
Holy shitballs.
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
October 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Holy shitballs.
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The thing is, to be able to determine whether AI-generated code is “legit”, you need to know both statistics and coding yourself. If we no longer teach students to learn, think, and struggle—without the help of AI—the next generation will have no clue what is and isn’t legit.
Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
Statistics in the era of AI
How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?
scienceforeveryone.science
October 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The thing is, to be able to determine whether AI-generated code is “legit”, you need to know both statistics and coding yourself. If we no longer teach students to learn, think, and struggle—without the help of AI—the next generation will have no clue what is and isn’t legit.
Tracking authoritarian slide. www.trumpactiontracker.info?
www.trumpactiontracker.info
October 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Tracking authoritarian slide. www.trumpactiontracker.info?
Here’s what’s proposed. They are serious about destruction: thebulletin.org/2025/09/whol...; www.politico.com/live-updates...
‘Wholesale destruction’: Government shutdown or not, critical science programs are at risk
The Trump administration has proposed devastating cuts to federal Earth and climate science programs, and a government shutdown could give them an opportunity to begin implementing those cuts.
thebulletin.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Here’s what’s proposed. They are serious about destruction: thebulletin.org/2025/09/whol...; www.politico.com/live-updates...
“I’m terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country. These people have deluded themselves for so long, they really don’t think I’m human. I base this on their conduct … . And this means that they have become, in themselves, moral monsters.” James Baldwin
October 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“I’m terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country. These people have deluded themselves for so long, they really don’t think I’m human. I base this on their conduct … . And this means that they have become, in themselves, moral monsters.” James Baldwin
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Vought: Mass firings will begin "in a day or two."
Vought: Mass layoffs will begin ‘in a day or two’
The Trump administration has threatened to inflict maximum pain on Democrats during the shutdown.
www.politico.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Vought: Mass firings will begin "in a day or two."
To all my friends in the federal workspace being furloughed, or working without pay, I’m here for you. I’m sorry we’re doing this again.
October 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
To all my friends in the federal workspace being furloughed, or working without pay, I’m here for you. I’m sorry we’re doing this again.
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Come work with us - The School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin is looking for a tenure track assistant professor in plant biodiversity and conservation 🧪🌏🌾 my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
Drop me a message if you want to chat about what it's like to work here or live in Ireland.
Drop me a message if you want to chat about what it's like to work here or live in Ireland.
October 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Come work with us - The School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin is looking for a tenure track assistant professor in plant biodiversity and conservation 🧪🌏🌾 my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
Drop me a message if you want to chat about what it's like to work here or live in Ireland.
Drop me a message if you want to chat about what it's like to work here or live in Ireland.
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Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
September 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
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As US govt shutdown looms, workers across many agencies received identical emails blaming Democrats.
The message mandated by White House OMB had "one clear stipulation: Absolutely no modifications to the language."
Great scoop from @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-...
The message mandated by White House OMB had "one clear stipulation: Absolutely no modifications to the language."
Great scoop from @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-...
Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown
Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."
www.thehandbasket.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As US govt shutdown looms, workers across many agencies received identical emails blaming Democrats.
The message mandated by White House OMB had "one clear stipulation: Absolutely no modifications to the language."
Great scoop from @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-...
The message mandated by White House OMB had "one clear stipulation: Absolutely no modifications to the language."
Great scoop from @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-...