Dr. Diana Li
@dianateuthis.bsky.social
✨ NYC Scientist, Educator, & #SciCommer
🧠 Public Engagement at Columbia
🦑 Ph.D. in squids from Stanford
🐦⬛ Always lookin for birbs
🦉 Let’s rock
😤 Opinions my own
(she/her/hers)
https://www.dianahli.com
🧠 Public Engagement at Columbia
🦑 Ph.D. in squids from Stanford
🐦⬛ Always lookin for birbs
🦉 Let’s rock
😤 Opinions my own
(she/her/hers)
https://www.dianahli.com
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I am so so sorry that Alice Wong has left. I didn’t know her well, but I knew her for a long time and had many convos - and her words, her advocacy, and her humor meant so much for so many. And in classic Alice fashion she generously left us all a note. Safe travels, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social. 一路走好
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I am so so sorry that Alice Wong has left. I didn’t know her well, but I knew her for a long time and had many convos - and her words, her advocacy, and her humor meant so much for so many. And in classic Alice fashion she generously left us all a note. Safe travels, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social. 一路走好
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For those not on Instagram:
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From her account on FB (text in alt tag).
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
For those not on Instagram:
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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...
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
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...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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Alice Wong, writer and disability activist, has died. She was an educator and a communicator and a warrior who lit the way. I’m grateful to have crossed paths with her. Rest in peace.
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Alice Wong, writer and disability activist, has died. She was an educator and a communicator and a warrior who lit the way. I’m grateful to have crossed paths with her. Rest in peace.
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Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
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#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
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The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost!
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost!
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
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You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
SKYPE A SCIENTIST
Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!
SkypeAScientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Now accepting proposals for the Small Grants for Local and Regional Outreach, which provide up to $1000 USD for a variety of evolution education & outreach projects, workshops, and events. Submit your proposal by March 2, 2026! shorturl.at/I8HqO
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Now accepting proposals for the Small Grants for Local and Regional Outreach, which provide up to $1000 USD for a variety of evolution education & outreach projects, workshops, and events. Submit your proposal by March 2, 2026! shorturl.at/I8HqO
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For postdocs not yet on the job market!
I have been blown away by the level of support (both practical and emotional support!) from the #LeadingEdge community. I feel so grateful to be a part of this group. Consider applying!!
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
Apply | leadingedgesymposium
Apply. The 2026 Leading Edge cohort application is now open! This cohort is named the Zara Weinberg Cohort, in honor of 2021 Leading Edge Fellow, Zara Weinberg. Applications are due February 2, 2026.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
For postdocs not yet on the job market!
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I have RETURNED to the city of Philadelphia, which means I am about to start shipping orders again.
Advent begins in 4 weeks! Do you have a calendar picked out yet??
Make this a December to remember with EELS!
Every day, learn something about eels. You won't regret it!
Eelfacts.net
Advent begins in 4 weeks! Do you have a calendar picked out yet??
Make this a December to remember with EELS!
Every day, learn something about eels. You won't regret it!
Eelfacts.net
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I have RETURNED to the city of Philadelphia, which means I am about to start shipping orders again.
Advent begins in 4 weeks! Do you have a calendar picked out yet??
Make this a December to remember with EELS!
Every day, learn something about eels. You won't regret it!
Eelfacts.net
Advent begins in 4 weeks! Do you have a calendar picked out yet??
Make this a December to remember with EELS!
Every day, learn something about eels. You won't regret it!
Eelfacts.net
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Lovely jelly, thankful to my wife who gave it a much better name than originally intended - story at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiburonia
Tiburonia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 18, 2023 at 8:28 PM
Lovely jelly, thankful to my wife who gave it a much better name than originally intended - story at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiburonia
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Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
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Hey friends down in VA -- if you care about science, Democracy, or the livability of our planet, please turn out tomorrow and vote for @abigailspanberger.com and the Democrats
Virginia, Election Day is TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 4. Here’s what you need to know before you vote. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hey friends down in VA -- if you care about science, Democracy, or the livability of our planet, please turn out tomorrow and vote for @abigailspanberger.com and the Democrats
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This applies to trying to help people who get SNAP, too. Donating money to a food bank is far more useful than donating food because food banks can buy in bulk and get what they know people actually need. (And recurring donations are a lot more useful than one-time ones, if you can swing it!)
Unless someone in the affected area has very specifically asked *you* for in-kind donations, remember that the most effective way to help disaster survivors is financial donations (with a preference for local organizations).
A THREAD on how disaster donations can be extremely harmful instead of helpful to communities experiencing a disaster.
I'll be using the movie Clueless to illustrate this issue but there is also decades of disaster research about this and plenty of first-hand accounts. #GreySky
I'll be using the movie Clueless to illustrate this issue but there is also decades of disaster research about this and plenty of first-hand accounts. #GreySky
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This applies to trying to help people who get SNAP, too. Donating money to a food bank is far more useful than donating food because food banks can buy in bulk and get what they know people actually need. (And recurring donations are a lot more useful than one-time ones, if you can swing it!)
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Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.
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CBS News has reportedly disbanded its race and culture unit, which was formed in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020
NBC News eliminated its editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT earlier this month
NBC News eliminated its editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT earlier this month
CBS News Cuts ‘Evening News,’ ‘Mornings’ Streaming Shows in Newsroom-Wide Layoffs
The newsroom downsizing comes as Paramount Skydance lays off 1,000 employees throughout the newly merged company
www.thewrap.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
CBS News has reportedly disbanded its race and culture unit, which was formed in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020
NBC News eliminated its editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT earlier this month
NBC News eliminated its editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT earlier this month
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Debatable in some cases.
October 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Debatable in some cases.