Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her)
@waterbarnes.bsky.social
Chronicling science, pet, & art adventures. #biogeofeminist catalyzing change -- to make the scientific enterprise welcoming & just, while rediscovering the artist within #dailydraw 🏞️⚛️💦🌿🏳️🌈☮️💙⚒️✍️🎨🐾
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Pretty clear that Trump aims to destroy the basic research capacities of the United States.
Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...
Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” - Eos
Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...
eos.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Pretty clear that Trump aims to destroy the basic research capacities of the United States.
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Sorry I did not manage to fit everything I know and you know about the world into a single post/graphic/story. (evergreen skeet)
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Sorry I did not manage to fit everything I know and you know about the world into a single post/graphic/story. (evergreen skeet)
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Happy International Women In Science Day! I had an amazing time speaking with fellow female scientists and paleoartists on todays paleoart panel with @extinctfineart.bsky.social . Pictured here is me and one of the key Diplodocus skin specimens that led to our recent discovery on Dippy Colors 🦕🌈
February 12, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Happy International Women In Science Day! I had an amazing time speaking with fellow female scientists and paleoartists on todays paleoart panel with @extinctfineart.bsky.social . Pictured here is me and one of the key Diplodocus skin specimens that led to our recent discovery on Dippy Colors 🦕🌈
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My professor said ‘Black people are not interested in the environment’. I set out to prove him wrong
Environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor has helped her field to be more welcoming to researchers of colour. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor has helped her field to be more welcoming to researchers of colour. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
My professor said ‘Black people are not interested in the environment’. I set out to prove him wrong
Environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor has helped her field to be more welcoming to researchers of colour.
www.nature.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM
My professor said ‘Black people are not interested in the environment’. I set out to prove him wrong
Environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor has helped her field to be more welcoming to researchers of colour. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor has helped her field to be more welcoming to researchers of colour. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I have been pleasantly surprised to hear people openly talking about the end of institutional life as we know it (it’s been over. We’ve been living and working in zombie institutions for three decades now) and instead of collapsing at the thought they’re like okay let’s rebuild but better. More.
This is the type of thing I keep trying to talk to people about for higher ed. Not conference rooms where I "listen to diverse perspectives" but actually doing work to imagine what strengthening the US higher education system in furtherance of a democracy would look like.
Very excited about this new @knightcolumbia.org project, both because it gives us the chance to look beyond the current democratic crisis and because so many super people have already agreed to participate. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I have been pleasantly surprised to hear people openly talking about the end of institutional life as we know it (it’s been over. We’ve been living and working in zombie institutions for three decades now) and instead of collapsing at the thought they’re like okay let’s rebuild but better. More.
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An image we won't soon forget. Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to look at Epstein survivors pictured behind her on the Hill today.
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
An image we won't soon forget. Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to look at Epstein survivors pictured behind her on the Hill today.
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Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
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So they can sue for $10 billion now, right?
Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
So they can sue for $10 billion now, right?
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February 11, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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JUST IN: U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Border Patrol agent Charles Exum, who shot Chicago's Marimar Martinez, "was placed on administrative leave":
February 11, 2026 at 10:27 PM
JUST IN: U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Border Patrol agent Charles Exum, who shot Chicago's Marimar Martinez, "was placed on administrative leave":
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More about the NSF GRFP nonsense www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/n...
Students, faculty mystified as NSF turns back applications for prestigious fellowship program
Applicants to a prestigious National Science Foundation fellowship program say many submissions have been mysteriously “returned without review.”
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
More about the NSF GRFP nonsense www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/n...
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To celebrate this year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, here is gaidonnayite, named after Dr Gabrielle Donnay, nestled in with some natrolite.
She has two minerals named after her!! Two of the very few minerals discovered in Canada named after a woman. #WomenInSTEM #IDWGS ⚒️🧪
She has two minerals named after her!! Two of the very few minerals discovered in Canada named after a woman. #WomenInSTEM #IDWGS ⚒️🧪
February 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM
To celebrate this year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, here is gaidonnayite, named after Dr Gabrielle Donnay, nestled in with some natrolite.
She has two minerals named after her!! Two of the very few minerals discovered in Canada named after a woman. #WomenInSTEM #IDWGS ⚒️🧪
She has two minerals named after her!! Two of the very few minerals discovered in Canada named after a woman. #WomenInSTEM #IDWGS ⚒️🧪
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Because of my own bad decisions (fed a squirrel) I must now face dire consequences (being stalked by squirrel).
February 11, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Because of my own bad decisions (fed a squirrel) I must now face dire consequences (being stalked by squirrel).
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
Have reached the wearable blanket stage of cold .... Today it reached the thawing point, will tomorrow bring more balmy temps in the high 30s???
February 12, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Have reached the wearable blanket stage of cold .... Today it reached the thawing point, will tomorrow bring more balmy temps in the high 30s???
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BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
February 11, 2026 at 11:57 PM
BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
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Rockwell would have painted this.
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Rockwell would have painted this.
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My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
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#WARR
@carowinter.bsky.social + Ashley Helton on
water quality (C, N, salts, ..) in troubled waters during #floods #droughts
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
@devonkerins.bsky.social @margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social
@carowinter.bsky.social + Ashley Helton on
water quality (C, N, salts, ..) in troubled waters during #floods #droughts
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
@devonkerins.bsky.social @margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 PM
#WARR
@carowinter.bsky.social + Ashley Helton on
water quality (C, N, salts, ..) in troubled waters during #floods #droughts
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
@devonkerins.bsky.social @margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social
@carowinter.bsky.social + Ashley Helton on
water quality (C, N, salts, ..) in troubled waters during #floods #droughts
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
@devonkerins.bsky.social @margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social
I admittedly don't feel this way today but I know it's in me. Looking forward to having students in the field this summer #InternationalDayofWomeninScience💚
February 11, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I admittedly don't feel this way today but I know it's in me. Looking forward to having students in the field this summer #InternationalDayofWomeninScience💚
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Hey there Seattle fans! Your tears of joy this afternoon could be blotted up by tissues erupted out of 3D printed tissue box covers in the shape of your state’s volcanoes! In Seahawk InSAR no less! Only 10 available in my Etsy store and they’ll likely be gone before kickoff!
phaneritic.etsy.com
phaneritic.etsy.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Hey there Seattle fans! Your tears of joy this afternoon could be blotted up by tissues erupted out of 3D printed tissue box covers in the shape of your state’s volcanoes! In Seahawk InSAR no less! Only 10 available in my Etsy store and they’ll likely be gone before kickoff!
phaneritic.etsy.com
phaneritic.etsy.com
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Accidentally kicked and destroyed my child’s magnetile creation (a Christmas tree train).
“Don’t worry,” she reassured me, “I have the skills to rebuild.”
“Don’t worry,” she reassured me, “I have the skills to rebuild.”
February 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Accidentally kicked and destroyed my child’s magnetile creation (a Christmas tree train).
“Don’t worry,” she reassured me, “I have the skills to rebuild.”
“Don’t worry,” she reassured me, “I have the skills to rebuild.”
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Oh, I wish this had been published when I was designing our NSF-STEP program 15 years ago.
Inclusion of the Forgotten: Structuring a More Accessible Undergraduate Summer Research Experience www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Inclusion of the Forgotten: Structuring a More Accessible Undergraduate Summer Research Experience
Summer undergraduate research experiences typically target the student who already demonstrates social capital by being able to submit a competitive application, travel across the country for the e...
www.tandfonline.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Oh, I wish this had been published when I was designing our NSF-STEP program 15 years ago.
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊