P. Bryan Heidorn
biodivinfo.bsky.social
P. Bryan Heidorn
@biodivinfo.bsky.social
biodiversity informatics, sustainability, natural history museum informatics, information science, data science, computing for social good, woodworking, internet of wild things
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August 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
August 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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“If Trump and his supporters can defame others,” writes David Frum, “they can dull voters’ awareness of the astounding and horrible uniqueness of Trump’s corruption”: https://theatln.tc/8YM3Hqab
May 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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11 May 1918: Richard Feynman was born.

"It does not make any difference how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is – if it disagrees with experiments it is wrong. That’s all there’s to it."

In the movie, he masterfully explains the key to science.

🧪 ⚛️ #HistSci #Physics #science
May 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”

- Carl Sagan
May 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Republicans' "budget will skewer the poor and squeeze out crucial long-term investments in energy, scientific research, medical advances, and children," @annielowrey.bsky.social writes:
The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense
Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.
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May 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Oklahoma will teach high school students debunked 2020 election-fraud theories as fact www.snopes.com/fact-check/o...
Oklahoma will teach high school students debunked 2020 election-fraud theories as fact
The new academic standards promote U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies' groundless 2020 election conspiracy theories.
www.snopes.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Basic science takes a long time to get a return on investment. It is not something that corporations can do. In the drive to cut government for tax breaks for the rich, we are having our future sacrificed. eact.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01397-1
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science
Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.
www.nature.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.

2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
April 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Goodnight, friends.

Voltaire, writing long ago, said, "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."

Intimidation tactics aren't new. Stay safe. Have a plan.

I love you.
a speech bubble that says " stay safe " with pink hearts around it
Alt: a speech bubble that says " stay safe " with pink hearts around it
media.tenor.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre.
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March 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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I’m in tears watching this now. Surely people could have watched a little cartoon.
youtu.be/CvQhTbCY4xc?...
The Project 2025 Song!
YouTube video by Kravits
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March 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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"Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease, and for them to bag and barn up the treasures of the earth from others, that these may beg or starve in a fruitful land; or was it made to preserve all her children?" – Gerrard Winstanley (The New Law of Righteousness, 1649)
January 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Only 8 days left to apply for our fully-funded 4 years #PhD position in island biogeography for plants!
Work with Prof Rampal Etienne and me at @unigroningen.bsky.social & Macquarie University in #Sydney.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity!

Please share widely!
Global PhD in island biogeography for plants
This scholarship supports PhD candidates studying ecology and evolutionary biology of plants. Research in Groningen, The Netherlands, and in Sydney, Australia.
www.mq.edu.au
January 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Happy Evolution Day! Today's the 165 anniversary of the initial publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" - and this is a page from his notebooks.
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November 24, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
November 21, 2024 at 12:16 PM