Dr. Vanessa Campanacho
@vcampanacho.bsky.social
Bioanthropologist interested in osteology, paleopathology, history of anthropology, ethics, curation practices, and women in science. Feminist and setting my own path in science. She/her
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Exploring Digital Ethics and Public Opinion on the Display of Human Ancestors on YouTube
YouTube video by BioantTalks
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My webinar talk about digital ethics on the display of human ancestors on Youtube for the BeFRAIL webinar series is now live on my Youtube channel BioantTalks #ethics #bioanthropology #anthropology
youtu.be/Ne0YC1x6QwQ
youtu.be/Ne0YC1x6QwQ
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The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
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This move is based on pseudoscientific nonsense. Just ftr.
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This move is based on pseudoscientific nonsense. Just ftr.
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🌍WANT To Do Something to Save the World Today?
Sounds like I’m joking but I’m not. We have a Special Election here in Tennessee. We have a chance to send a smart, fighter for the people of Tennessee to Congress. @AftynBehn.bsky.social is that person.
Sounds like I’m joking but I’m not. We have a Special Election here in Tennessee. We have a chance to send a smart, fighter for the people of Tennessee to Congress. @AftynBehn.bsky.social is that person.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
🌍WANT To Do Something to Save the World Today?
Sounds like I’m joking but I’m not. We have a Special Election here in Tennessee. We have a chance to send a smart, fighter for the people of Tennessee to Congress. @AftynBehn.bsky.social is that person.
Sounds like I’m joking but I’m not. We have a Special Election here in Tennessee. We have a chance to send a smart, fighter for the people of Tennessee to Congress. @AftynBehn.bsky.social is that person.
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*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
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@durbin.senate.gov threw us all under the bus on his way to retirement. Then, send all his protégés with him. Congresswoman @robinkelly.house.gov wants to replace him, we should make sure she doesn't unless you want more cowards. #Chicago #aca #democrats
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
@durbin.senate.gov threw us all under the bus on his way to retirement. Then, send all his protégés with him. Congresswoman @robinkelly.house.gov wants to replace him, we should make sure she doesn't unless you want more cowards. #Chicago #aca #democrats
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Remember corporate democrats did this because of their rich donors. The rich want us to spend money during the festivities. We need to do the opposite. Buy from small businesses, resellers, thrift stores, swap gifts, or make it yourself, but don't buy from big corporations.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Remember corporate democrats did this because of their rich donors. The rich want us to spend money during the festivities. We need to do the opposite. Buy from small businesses, resellers, thrift stores, swap gifts, or make it yourself, but don't buy from big corporations.
Resign!!!
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Resign!!!
Remember corporate democrats did this because of their rich donors. The rich want us to spend money during the festivities. We need to do the opposite. Buy from small businesses, resellers, thrift stores, swap gifts, or make it yourself, but don't buy from big corporations.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Remember corporate democrats did this because of their rich donors. The rich want us to spend money during the festivities. We need to do the opposite. Buy from small businesses, resellers, thrift stores, swap gifts, or make it yourself, but don't buy from big corporations.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
I agree with this argument. Like many, I am angry with the corporate democrats, but don't leave the democratic party as then you can't vote in the primaries. To change the party to defend people's well being we need to be hyper-engaged with the primaries. youtu.be/ScYUAvFC2sY?...
If you're mad at Senate Dems, don't do this
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
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November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I agree with this argument. Like many, I am angry with the corporate democrats, but don't leave the democratic party as then you can't vote in the primaries. To change the party to defend people's well being we need to be hyper-engaged with the primaries. youtu.be/ScYUAvFC2sY?...
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Bring on the Progressives. Boot out the establishment.
I am so sick of them.
I am so sick of them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Bring on the Progressives. Boot out the establishment.
I am so sick of them.
I am so sick of them.
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They were chosen because they are not up for reelection so they can safely piss off voters.
The only answer is you have to hold the entire caucus accountable for the surrender. Every Dem who isn't calling for new leadership ought to be primaried. That, or accept continued failure.
The only answer is you have to hold the entire caucus accountable for the surrender. Every Dem who isn't calling for new leadership ought to be primaried. That, or accept continued failure.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
They were chosen because they are not up for reelection so they can safely piss off voters.
The only answer is you have to hold the entire caucus accountable for the surrender. Every Dem who isn't calling for new leadership ought to be primaried. That, or accept continued failure.
The only answer is you have to hold the entire caucus accountable for the surrender. Every Dem who isn't calling for new leadership ought to be primaried. That, or accept continued failure.
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
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It’s a frightening reminder we cannot rely on many elected officials to stick up for the non-elites, for the working class, they will not stand up for the poor. We need to primary them if they lack the ability, stomach, and drive to fight for the people they represent.
Eight centrist Democratic senators just voted to reopen the government in exchange for a promise of a Senate vote on ACA subsidies.
That’s not a deal—it’s surrender.
They’ve given up real leverage
for a handshake agreement that might never happen./🧵
That’s not a deal—it’s surrender.
They’ve given up real leverage
for a handshake agreement that might never happen./🧵
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It’s a frightening reminder we cannot rely on many elected officials to stick up for the non-elites, for the working class, they will not stand up for the poor. We need to primary them if they lack the ability, stomach, and drive to fight for the people they represent.
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This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.
We need to stop religious extremists/ radicals. They are going to cause so much suffering and deaths
“God is an anti-vaxxer and he needs us,” declared Del Bigtree, a close ally of Mr. Kennedy who served as his communications director…
”I’ve come to this anti-vax conference with a message that we need to be more boldly anti-vax,” said Mark Gorton, the president of the MAHA Institute”
”I’ve come to this anti-vax conference with a message that we need to be more boldly anti-vax,” said Mark Gorton, the president of the MAHA Institute”
Emboldened, Kennedy Allies Embrace a Label They Once Rejected: ‘Anti-Vax’
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We need to stop religious extremists/ radicals. They are going to cause so much suffering and deaths
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if your constituents constantly have to talk you out of screwing them over you're BAD AT YOUR JOB
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
if your constituents constantly have to talk you out of screwing them over you're BAD AT YOUR JOB
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Of course Gavin Newsom also speaks about the “crisis” of men in the US, as always adopting the framing of the far right. Not a peep about the progressive turn of young women? Let alone how they could power the Democratic Party?
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Of course Gavin Newsom also speaks about the “crisis” of men in the US, as always adopting the framing of the far right. Not a peep about the progressive turn of young women? Let alone how they could power the Democratic Party?
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ICYMI: Senator Ron Wyden sounds the alarm on Republicans plan to sneak a nationwide abortion ban into their funding bill. This is why it is so important for women to remain in the fight for our lives!
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
ICYMI: Senator Ron Wyden sounds the alarm on Republicans plan to sneak a nationwide abortion ban into their funding bill. This is why it is so important for women to remain in the fight for our lives!
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
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The authors ignore James Watson’s behaviours, before, during, and after the discovery of the double helix while trying to downplay his wrong doing. instead they make it clear, Watson had access to her crystallography without her permission. He also had access to her notes and data and thoughts…#1
Here’s the Nature paper: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The authors ignore James Watson’s behaviours, before, during, and after the discovery of the double helix while trying to downplay his wrong doing. instead they make it clear, Watson had access to her crystallography without her permission. He also had access to her notes and data and thoughts…#1
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Presumed lethal coalitionary aggression in bonobos—in this case females banded against a male who attempted infanticide.
It’s the second instance of presumed lethal aggression in bonobos (too my knowledge).
It’s the second instance of presumed lethal aggression in bonobos (too my knowledge).
1/2 Lethal violence in bonobos
On February 18, five females fatally beat a male at the LuiKotale Bonobo Project (Congo). The authors believe this may have been due to a minor attack on a baby two days earlier. The details are horrific.
(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
On February 18, five females fatally beat a male at the LuiKotale Bonobo Project (Congo). The authors believe this may have been due to a minor attack on a baby two days earlier. The details are horrific.
(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Presumed lethal coalitionary aggression in bonobos—in this case females banded against a male who attempted infanticide.
It’s the second instance of presumed lethal aggression in bonobos (too my knowledge).
It’s the second instance of presumed lethal aggression in bonobos (too my knowledge).
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Today is #IntersexDayOfRemembrance, a day highlighting the human rights issues faced by intersex people 💜💛
Art by @thefoxfisher 🎨
Art by @thefoxfisher 🎨
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today is #IntersexDayOfRemembrance, a day highlighting the human rights issues faced by intersex people 💜💛
Art by @thefoxfisher 🎨
Art by @thefoxfisher 🎨
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Oops…“Principal components (PC) axes
identified by a PCA are not necessarily the most informative biologically. Nevertheless, paleoanthropologists frequently interpret proximity in PC space as indicative of morphological and thus evolutionary affinity or relatedness”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
identified by a PCA are not necessarily the most informative biologically. Nevertheless, paleoanthropologists frequently interpret proximity in PC space as indicative of morphological and thus evolutionary affinity or relatedness”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Principal Components Analysis fails to recover phylogenetic structure in hominins
Objectives Paleoanthropologists often utilize geometric morphometrics and principal components analysis (PCA) to interpret shape variation within the hominin fossil record. It is common practice to in...
www.biorxiv.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Oops…“Principal components (PC) axes
identified by a PCA are not necessarily the most informative biologically. Nevertheless, paleoanthropologists frequently interpret proximity in PC space as indicative of morphological and thus evolutionary affinity or relatedness”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
identified by a PCA are not necessarily the most informative biologically. Nevertheless, paleoanthropologists frequently interpret proximity in PC space as indicative of morphological and thus evolutionary affinity or relatedness”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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It's really important to note that not only was Watson a racist and misogynist but his contribution to the double helix was listening to a Rosalind Franklin lecture and getting mad because Francis Crick wouldn't invite him to his sex parties.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It's really important to note that not only was Watson a racist and misogynist but his contribution to the double helix was listening to a Rosalind Franklin lecture and getting mad because Francis Crick wouldn't invite him to his sex parties.