Elizabeth Holdsworth
@eaholdsworth.bsky.social
Biocultural anthropologist: environmental influences on infant growth and development, human lactation and milk composition. Asst Prof at The Ohio State University.
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Ohio HB 42, a bill that would require schools to report immigration status to the federal government, has a hearing this afternoon.
Every child should feel safe, welcome, and protected at school, no exceptions. Take action today by urging lawmakers to oppose this bill. ➡️ bit.ly/StopHB42
Every child should feel safe, welcome, and protected at school, no exceptions. Take action today by urging lawmakers to oppose this bill. ➡️ bit.ly/StopHB42
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ohio HB 42, a bill that would require schools to report immigration status to the federal government, has a hearing this afternoon.
Every child should feel safe, welcome, and protected at school, no exceptions. Take action today by urging lawmakers to oppose this bill. ➡️ bit.ly/StopHB42
Every child should feel safe, welcome, and protected at school, no exceptions. Take action today by urging lawmakers to oppose this bill. ➡️ bit.ly/StopHB42
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Exclusive to the @thebaltimorebanner.com: Johns Hopkins has spent nearly double this year on federal lobbyists. The university has spent $1.3 million so far, with money going directly to an associate of Trump to lobby to the Executive Office of the President:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
Johns Hopkins University has spent nearly double on lobbyists since Trump took office
In the first nine months of this year, Johns Hopkins spent $1.3 million on lobbyists, compared to $750,000 during the same period last year, according to federal disclosure forms.
www.thebanner.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Exclusive to the @thebaltimorebanner.com: Johns Hopkins has spent nearly double this year on federal lobbyists. The university has spent $1.3 million so far, with money going directly to an associate of Trump to lobby to the Executive Office of the President:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
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WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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"Photo 51" was the X-ray diffraction pattern that revealed the internal structure of DNA, produced by PhD student Raymond Gosling working under Rosalind Franklin's direction at King's College in London in 1952.
Let's talk about how CORK & a PAPERCLIP played a central role in DNA's discovery.
Let's talk about how CORK & a PAPERCLIP played a central role in DNA's discovery.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"Photo 51" was the X-ray diffraction pattern that revealed the internal structure of DNA, produced by PhD student Raymond Gosling working under Rosalind Franklin's direction at King's College in London in 1952.
Let's talk about how CORK & a PAPERCLIP played a central role in DNA's discovery.
Let's talk about how CORK & a PAPERCLIP played a central role in DNA's discovery.
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The number of doctoral students I personally know for a fact (and another group I suspect) are using Chat for their dissertations is so disgusting.
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The number of doctoral students I personally know for a fact (and another group I suspect) are using Chat for their dissertations is so disgusting.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track
Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...
www.careers.luc.edu
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
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RT @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social :
“Please, please, please take 20 minute to watch this incredibly powerful film about the fatal recklessness of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio’s aid cuts.
Children are dying from these cuts. This is one of the many, many stories - a South Sudanese refugee child in Uganda.”
“Please, please, please take 20 minute to watch this incredibly powerful film about the fatal recklessness of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio’s aid cuts.
Children are dying from these cuts. This is one of the many, many stories - a South Sudanese refugee child in Uganda.”
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
RT @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social :
“Please, please, please take 20 minute to watch this incredibly powerful film about the fatal recklessness of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio’s aid cuts.
Children are dying from these cuts. This is one of the many, many stories - a South Sudanese refugee child in Uganda.”
“Please, please, please take 20 minute to watch this incredibly powerful film about the fatal recklessness of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio’s aid cuts.
Children are dying from these cuts. This is one of the many, many stories - a South Sudanese refugee child in Uganda.”
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Right on. And humanities also teach skills & dispositions which render those trained in them less susceptible to the kinds of propaganda by which powerful interests seek to control populations. They also teach you to write & speak intelligently, which Mamdani is very good at. Come study humanities!
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Right on. And humanities also teach skills & dispositions which render those trained in them less susceptible to the kinds of propaganda by which powerful interests seek to control populations. They also teach you to write & speak intelligently, which Mamdani is very good at. Come study humanities!
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So No Kings 2 protests were:
75x as big as initial Tea Party rally in Philly
About 200x in DC
200x in Boston
20x in Austin
7x in Houston
75x as big as initial Tea Party rally in Philly
About 200x in DC
200x in Boston
20x in Austin
7x in Houston
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
So No Kings 2 protests were:
75x as big as initial Tea Party rally in Philly
About 200x in DC
200x in Boston
20x in Austin
7x in Houston
75x as big as initial Tea Party rally in Philly
About 200x in DC
200x in Boston
20x in Austin
7x in Houston
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All politics is local.
Election Day is in a couple weeks.
That new official might be the difference between ICE coming to your community and terrorizing you and your neighbors
Election Day is in a couple weeks.
That new official might be the difference between ICE coming to your community and terrorizing you and your neighbors
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
All politics is local.
Election Day is in a couple weeks.
That new official might be the difference between ICE coming to your community and terrorizing you and your neighbors
Election Day is in a couple weeks.
That new official might be the difference between ICE coming to your community and terrorizing you and your neighbors
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"... the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion ..."
A treaty begun by Washington, signed by Adams and ratified by a Senate filled with many of the same people who drafted the Constitution.
A treaty begun by Washington, signed by Adams and ratified by a Senate filled with many of the same people who drafted the Constitution.
Thinking to Founders, Framers, so much against any established religion, representing numerous views & beliefs w/little unity. Thus, examples like Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli (1797): "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion"🗃️
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"... the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion ..."
A treaty begun by Washington, signed by Adams and ratified by a Senate filled with many of the same people who drafted the Constitution.
A treaty begun by Washington, signed by Adams and ratified by a Senate filled with many of the same people who drafted the Constitution.
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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When Ziblatt is talking about the lessons from Weimar for the present day, you listen. Chilling.
August 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When Ziblatt is talking about the lessons from Weimar for the present day, you listen. Chilling.
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Susan Monarez just got fired from the CDC, a few weeks after responding to an attack by a gunman with bravery and compassion for CDC workers. No one is saying why she was fired yet.
Follow-up:
The CDC boss has attempted to improve communication about this. There have been some comms hiccups but considering her boss is RFK Jr., I find her openness and honesty brave.
archive.is/2025.08.12-2...
The CDC boss has attempted to improve communication about this. There have been some comms hiccups but considering her boss is RFK Jr., I find her openness and honesty brave.
archive.is/2025.08.12-2...
archive.is
August 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Susan Monarez just got fired from the CDC, a few weeks after responding to an attack by a gunman with bravery and compassion for CDC workers. No one is saying why she was fired yet.
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Some excellent reporting from PBS & KNKX on how city governments in WA are using ChatGPT. It is getting urgent for people to understand how synthetic text extruding machines actually work, so we stop seeing things like this:
www.knkx.org/government/2...
www.knkx.org/government/2...
August 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Some excellent reporting from PBS & KNKX on how city governments in WA are using ChatGPT. It is getting urgent for people to understand how synthetic text extruding machines actually work, so we stop seeing things like this:
www.knkx.org/government/2...
www.knkx.org/government/2...
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Wow. When I first read about this I assumed this was an anonymous letter. But turns out they had the courage to sign their names to it knowing the consequences of a highly vindictive Trump. Lots of respect.
August 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Wow. When I first read about this I assumed this was an anonymous letter. But turns out they had the courage to sign their names to it knowing the consequences of a highly vindictive Trump. Lots of respect.
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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Philosophy Dept @ U of Toronto invites applications for 7 #philjobs incl
Asst Prof – Metaphysics & Epistemology, St. George Campus (deadline: Nov 3): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Asst Prof – Philosophy & Statistics, St. George Campus (deadline: Nov 4): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#philsci
Asst Prof – Metaphysics & Epistemology, St. George Campus (deadline: Nov 3): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Asst Prof – Philosophy & Statistics, St. George Campus (deadline: Nov 4): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#philsci
Assistant Professor - Metaphysics and Epistemology
Assistant Professor - Metaphysics and Epistemology
jobs.utoronto.ca
August 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Philosophy Dept @ U of Toronto invites applications for 7 #philjobs incl
Asst Prof – Metaphysics & Epistemology, St. George Campus (deadline: Nov 3): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Asst Prof – Philosophy & Statistics, St. George Campus (deadline: Nov 4): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#philsci
Asst Prof – Metaphysics & Epistemology, St. George Campus (deadline: Nov 3): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Asst Prof – Philosophy & Statistics, St. George Campus (deadline: Nov 4): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#philsci
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The government claims broad authority to search our devices at airports and other border crossings, and the Trump administration has even reportedly used that power to search for posts critical of the president.
This has an unacceptable chilling effect on anyone traveling to or from the U.S.
This has an unacceptable chilling effect on anyone traveling to or from the U.S.
Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High
Customs and Border Protection agents searched nearly 15,000 devices from April through June of this year, a nearly 17 percent spike over the previous three-month high in 2022. "The real issue is the c...
www.wired.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The government claims broad authority to search our devices at airports and other border crossings, and the Trump administration has even reportedly used that power to search for posts critical of the president.
This has an unacceptable chilling effect on anyone traveling to or from the U.S.
This has an unacceptable chilling effect on anyone traveling to or from the U.S.
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Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians.
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
IDF database suggests 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
Classified intelligence reveals Israel killed 8,900 militants by May, indicating an almost unparalleled proportion of civilian slaughter.
www.972mag.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians.
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
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OSF is reviewing its generalist preprint server partly because of “Volume and quality challenges: The generalist server has seen increasing numbers of suspicious or low-quality submissions…trends such as generative AI and paper mills have introduced new risks to research integrity”
Suspension of Submissions to Generalist Preprint Server for Review and Next Steps — Community Servers Hosted by OSF Preprints Remain Active
Effective August 25, 2025, COS will suspend submissions to its generalist preprint server hosted by OSF Preprints. The generalist server has operated alongside community-run preprint servers on OSF Pr...
www.cos.io
August 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
OSF is reviewing its generalist preprint server partly because of “Volume and quality challenges: The generalist server has seen increasing numbers of suspicious or low-quality submissions…trends such as generative AI and paper mills have introduced new risks to research integrity”
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On August 3, we issued a statement in response to OSU President Ted Carter's interview with "Face the Nation" in late July.
The full statement is here: www.ohiostateaaup.org/uploads/1/3/...
See our webpage for more
www.ohiostateaaup.org
The full statement is here: www.ohiostateaaup.org/uploads/1/3/...
See our webpage for more
www.ohiostateaaup.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
On August 3, we issued a statement in response to OSU President Ted Carter's interview with "Face the Nation" in late July.
The full statement is here: www.ohiostateaaup.org/uploads/1/3/...
See our webpage for more
www.ohiostateaaup.org
The full statement is here: www.ohiostateaaup.org/uploads/1/3/...
See our webpage for more
www.ohiostateaaup.org
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Looks a useful read (published 2023): "Shows how the so-called free speech crisis on US college campuses has been manufactured through misinformation, distortion & political ideology. Offers guidelines to distinguish between abuses of scientific evidence & sound scientific claims in public argument"
campusmisinformationbook.net
www.campusmisinformationbook.net
June 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Looks a useful read (published 2023): "Shows how the so-called free speech crisis on US college campuses has been manufactured through misinformation, distortion & political ideology. Offers guidelines to distinguish between abuses of scientific evidence & sound scientific claims in public argument"