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Tessa Solomon-Lane
@tksolomonlane.bsky.social
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(She/her) Professor. Scientist. Educator. Public engager. Interested in social behavior, behavioral developmental, and regulation by brain and hormones. PUI lab. Views own. 🐠🧠🧪🌈
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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killgrove.bsky.social
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.

Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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sjurdur.bsky.social
As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
nameshiv.bsky.social Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Sep 4
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.

On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day

So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social
🎁 For this holiday season, consider gifting COLOR TASTE TEXTURE! It’s a great primer for people of all ages with little to no experience cooking. If you have some neurodivergent friends and family, or parents of littles, they might love this! It’s not just a cookbook, it’s a new approach to food. 🎁
mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · Aug 1
I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.
Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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adamrothman.bsky.social
Seen in Washington DC, capital of the land of the free
Yard sign that says "ICE kidnapping happened here"
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Happy LGBTQ+ in STEM Day! I’m celebrating with the dapper Invisible Enby, who is a queer fashion metaphor for the way dark matter shapes visible matter in the cosmos. Want to learn more? Preorder my new book, where they appear! 🧪
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
A dapper invisible figure in a suit with a monocle The Invisible Enby by S. Zainab Williams as seen in The Edge of Space-Time (2026) by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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brainnotonyet.bsky.social
The federal government is in overdrive trying to arrest people for speech online.

Anarchists snd other left varieties are getting hit all over the site the last couple days with these it appears. This is like the fourth account I have seen posting something like this since last week.
theanarchistturtle.bsky.social Alex 🏴Ⓐ🔆 (The Anarchist Turtle) @theanarchistturtle.bsky.social · 11d
Getting subpoenaed by the US government over bluesky posts
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
Obit from @thesicktimes.org by Alice’s friend @mileswgriffis.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.

I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.

#GiftLink

wapo.st/49WOdx1
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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jackjenkins.me
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
“Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska”
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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elea.fyi
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
We have a ways to go to our goal but the next one is 5000 letters. Help us get there if you live in NYC and want increased and stable funding for our public libraries. Also, please ask other NYers to send a letter to the Council member too: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
Stop the scroll ✋‼️ Got 5 minutes? Get involved with Stand Up for Science! We're fighting to protect our science and our public health — whether by meeting urgent needs in the moment, or gearing up for electoral battles down the line. JOIN US!

Links are in our bio: www.standupforscience.net/ta...
Poster graphic with heading: "Got Five Minutes? (A pointing emoji towards) Action menu!" A list reads: 1: Keep America fed! Host or donate to a food drive with a SUFS chapter in your area! 2. Join Science Fight Club! Take Back Congress = Stop Trump = Save Science. Fuel the Fight in 2026! At the bottom of the page are a group of people at a protest holding pro-science signs. A URL at the bottom reads:www.standupforscience.net/take-action
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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theweeowl.bsky.social
A patch of oxeye daisies. One of my larger pieces, Oil pastel on A4 black paper (210 x 297mm or 8.3 x 11.7")
Available to collectors and gift hunters on Folksy...
folksy.com/find/item/85...

#OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #SupportSmallBusiness #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
An A4 size original oil pastel painting of a patch of oxeye daisies with distant misty trees in the background and a grey sky. The artwork is on black pastel paper. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Fine art oil pastel on toned pastel paper Size A4 (210 x 297mm / 8.3 x 11.7")
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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theweeowl.bsky.social
🔴This artwork is now sold, thank you so much!
If you are interested in seeing or purchasing my art, I'd love you to visit my Folksy shop.
folksy.com/find/shop/th...

#Poppies #PoppyField #Landscape #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
A small landscape artwork of a field of red poppies with trees in the distance and a yellow green sky. The drawing is on dark red pastel paper. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
tksolomonlane.bsky.social
I wear my DC statehood T all the time!! I love it and love to rep my hometown while living so far away.
DC flag on a black background (a T-shirt). It says “statehood.”
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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theweeowl.bsky.social
Folksy have added this little artwork to their 'Favourite Finds on Folksy', I hope this helps it sell! Thank you so much Folksy!
folksy.com/find/item/85...

#Owl #BarnOwl #Birds #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #SupportSmallBusiness #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
A small colour drawing of a barn owl at sunset, flying through trees, the drawing depicts the owl, grassland and trees with a red sunset sky. The drawing is on white pastel paper. Barn Owls have some extraordinary adaptations to help them hunt at night, such as silent flight, sensitive hearing and the ability to spot movement in very low light. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm). The drawing will be in a clear envelope so you can view it before framing.
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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sfdirewolf.bsky.social
I’m gutted by this decision. So many excellent editors and writers impacted. My column, Disability Visibility is no more as well. Many thanks to Allegra for giving me this amazing opportunity www.teenvogue.com/contributor/...
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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juliasaltz.bsky.social
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
What we know so far, 9:30pm

—Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani up
—Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy.
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—PA: Dem justices up big
—Maine anti-mail vote measure down
—Krasner wins
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
Again Mackenzie Scott ftw www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/11/03/s...
Spelman College receives $38 million ‘unrestricted’ gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
The university says Scott’s gift lets it address expanding financial aid and scholarship support and investing in a state-of-the-art technology infrastructure “to enhance the academic experience.”
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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tnorris.bsky.social
I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM