Clara Fowler
@fowlerbird.bsky.social
Birder, Girl Scout, Librarian, and perpetual student
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Proof that the U.S. government social media accounts are in fact white nationalist propaganda accounts, funded by our tax dollars.
You’ve got to see this…
You’ve got to see this…
October 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Proof that the U.S. government social media accounts are in fact white nationalist propaganda accounts, funded by our tax dollars.
You’ve got to see this…
You’ve got to see this…
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Just a reminder that PubMed is affected by the government shutdown. For more information pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PubMed
PubMed® comprises more than 39 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central a...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just a reminder that PubMed is affected by the government shutdown. For more information pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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This shutdown was completely avoidable if President Trump and the Republicans who control the government had decided to address the healthcare emergency they created in their July omnibus bill rather than defund the government. www.aft.org/press-releas...
October 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This shutdown was completely avoidable if President Trump and the Republicans who control the government had decided to address the healthcare emergency they created in their July omnibus bill rather than defund the government. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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How should the library fit within your university’s structure? Steve Briggs argues it belongs at the heart of teaching and learning: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/integ... #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
Integrating the university library into teaching and learning: why and how
Where is the library positioned within your institutional structure? Steve Briggs makes the case for integrating it into the teaching and learning unit
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
How should the library fit within your university’s structure? Steve Briggs argues it belongs at the heart of teaching and learning: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/integ... #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
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WHO statement on autism-related issues
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
September 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
WHO statement on autism-related issues
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
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The integration of clinicaltrials.gov into Embase is becoming a problem with ILL. Folks think they are requesting an article, but no. Had to create a cancellation reason for it, directing them to our reference service point if they want us to see if anything has been published yet. #medlibs
September 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The integration of clinicaltrials.gov into Embase is becoming a problem with ILL. Folks think they are requesting an article, but no. Had to create a cancellation reason for it, directing them to our reference service point if they want us to see if anything has been published yet. #medlibs
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Residing in conservative states is impacting the mental health of US LGBTQIA+ students—national study suggests | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Residing in conservative states is impacting the mental health of US LGBTQIA+ students—national study suggests
LGBTQIA+ college students living in conservative US states have reported far worse mental health than their counterparts in more liberal areas in a national study.
www.eurekalert.org
August 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Residing in conservative states is impacting the mental health of US LGBTQIA+ students—national study suggests | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Over the weekend, the “sandwich thrower” posters went up all over DC. Instant icon of resistance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
August 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Over the weekend, the “sandwich thrower” posters went up all over DC. Instant icon of resistance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
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SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...
Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy
A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.
www.chronicle.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...
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Birders are calling for restoration and access.
Texas birders heartbroken as popular wildlife haven shuts down
Birders are calling for restoration and access.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Birders are calling for restoration and access.
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Potentially catastrophic behind-the-scenes news about the Network of the National Library of Medicine (www.nnlm.gov) shared with me today.
While some NNLM host institutions were able to float the offices while funding was paused or delayed in 2025... it is unlikely that happens again.
#medlibs 📚
While some NNLM host institutions were able to float the offices while funding was paused or delayed in 2025... it is unlikely that happens again.
#medlibs 📚
July 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Potentially catastrophic behind-the-scenes news about the Network of the National Library of Medicine (www.nnlm.gov) shared with me today.
While some NNLM host institutions were able to float the offices while funding was paused or delayed in 2025... it is unlikely that happens again.
#medlibs 📚
While some NNLM host institutions were able to float the offices while funding was paused or delayed in 2025... it is unlikely that happens again.
#medlibs 📚
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In light of today’s news about the National Cancer Institute announcing a 4% payline, it’s really important to communicate to people that the previous 10% payline was still effectively a lottery and the result of decades of underfunding the NIH. Paylines used to be 25%.
July 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm attending Swing Left's event, “End the School Board Takeover Slate: Meet the Candidates” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/texasdemocra...
End the School Board Takeover Slate: Meet the Candidates · Texas Democratic Party
If you are not from Houston, you may not know that the state has taken over our School Board. It's a long story but we are fighting it!
Despite the state takeover of HISD we will still be having HIS...
www.mobilize.us
July 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I'm attending Swing Left's event, “End the School Board Takeover Slate: Meet the Candidates” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/texasdemocra...
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Academic criticises suspected use of chatbots in peer review after he was given lengthy instructions on improving his statistical analysis – despite not including any statistics in his rejected paper www.timeshighereducation.com/news/elsevie... via @jgro-the.bsky.social
Elsevier journal under fire over ‘AI-generated’ review comments
Researcher who waited nearly two years for rejection claims ‘nonsensical’ criticisms of his paper must have been chatbot-generated
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Academic criticises suspected use of chatbots in peer review after he was given lengthy instructions on improving his statistical analysis – despite not including any statistics in his rejected paper www.timeshighereducation.com/news/elsevie... via @jgro-the.bsky.social
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Discussion re: #PathOS findings #OSMonitoring2025:
Q: What kinds of "impacts" are relevant? Something that helps develop a better tool to sell vs. something that saves lives in clinical work...which is more important? Ismael Rafols asking: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmemb...
Q: What kinds of "impacts" are relevant? Something that helps develop a better tool to sell vs. something that saves lives in clinical work...which is more important? Ismael Rafols asking: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmemb...
Ismael Rafols Garcia
Ismael Rafols is a senior researcher at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV, Univ. Politec. València) and UNESCO Chair on Diversity and Inclusion in Global Science at CWTS. He studies S&T evaluation, foresight and rese...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
July 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Discussion re: #PathOS findings #OSMonitoring2025:
Q: What kinds of "impacts" are relevant? Something that helps develop a better tool to sell vs. something that saves lives in clinical work...which is more important? Ismael Rafols asking: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmemb...
Q: What kinds of "impacts" are relevant? Something that helps develop a better tool to sell vs. something that saves lives in clinical work...which is more important? Ismael Rafols asking: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmemb...
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Tony R-H, " #OpenScience is a hybrid coalition. Many are coming to this movement with different requirements/priorities. Diff constituencies want different things. Repro/RI issues = transparency focus. FAIR =enabling participation. "Open" is a "boundary object" in this context.
#OSMonitoring2025
#OSMonitoring2025
July 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Tony R-H, " #OpenScience is a hybrid coalition. Many are coming to this movement with different requirements/priorities. Diff constituencies want different things. Repro/RI issues = transparency focus. FAIR =enabling participation. "Open" is a "boundary object" in this context.
#OSMonitoring2025
#OSMonitoring2025
In 2023, the Texas Water Development Board commissioned a study on Flood Early Warning Systems (FEWS). It identified 16 existing detection systems in Texas including the excellent system in Harris County (see page 56). www.twdb.texas.gov/publications... #texasfloods
www.twdb.texas.gov
July 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
In 2023, the Texas Water Development Board commissioned a study on Flood Early Warning Systems (FEWS). It identified 16 existing detection systems in Texas including the excellent system in Harris County (see page 56). www.twdb.texas.gov/publications... #texasfloods
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The additional $80,000 that Noem received from the dark money group in 2023 represented a significant boost to her roughly $130,000 salary as South Dakota governor.
By @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
@amierjeski.bsky.social
By @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
@amierjeski.bsky.social
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
July 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The additional $80,000 that Noem received from the dark money group in 2023 represented a significant boost to her roughly $130,000 salary as South Dakota governor.
By @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
@amierjeski.bsky.social
By @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
@amierjeski.bsky.social
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3. For decades, private individuals and groups have brought most of the lawsuits for enforcing the Voting Rights Act's Section 2.
But GOP state officials began pushing a novel argument against a "private right of action" after SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch put out a single-paragraph opinion in 2021:
But GOP state officials began pushing a novel argument against a "private right of action" after SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch put out a single-paragraph opinion in 2021:
How a Supreme Court justice's paragraph put the Voting Rights Act in more danger
Justice Neil Gorsuch tacked on a handful of sentences to a 2021 Supreme Court ruling, planting the seeds of a legal fight that could further weaken Voting Rights Act protections for people of color.
www.npr.org
July 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
3. For decades, private individuals and groups have brought most of the lawsuits for enforcing the Voting Rights Act's Section 2.
But GOP state officials began pushing a novel argument against a "private right of action" after SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch put out a single-paragraph opinion in 2021:
But GOP state officials began pushing a novel argument against a "private right of action" after SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch put out a single-paragraph opinion in 2021:
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The UV index tells you when the ☀️ is most dangerous. When it indicates 3 & above, you need sun protection.
Download the SunSmart Global UV app to protect yourself from overexposure to #UVradiation & lower your risk of skin cancer!
Download the SunSmart Global UV app to protect yourself from overexposure to #UVradiation & lower your risk of skin cancer!
July 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The UV index tells you when the ☀️ is most dangerous. When it indicates 3 & above, you need sun protection.
Download the SunSmart Global UV app to protect yourself from overexposure to #UVradiation & lower your risk of skin cancer!
Download the SunSmart Global UV app to protect yourself from overexposure to #UVradiation & lower your risk of skin cancer!
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Great writeup from @skepchick.org, as always. Thanks for citing me! (and ngl, I'm fanboying a little bit here)
Are you getting top secret insider info from an anonymous agent hidden inside the Trump administration who is posting on BlueSky? No. No you are not. skepchick.org/2025/06/the-...
The “Alt National Park” Resistance Account is So Obviously Fake
Transcript: When I was a little kid, I was a spy. I was super into it, mostly thanks to a book called The KnowHow Book of SpyCraft, which gave detailed instructions on how to be a sneaky little guy…
skepchick.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Great writeup from @skepchick.org, as always. Thanks for citing me! (and ngl, I'm fanboying a little bit here)
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A federal appeals court on Friday blocked a Louisiana law requiring public school districts to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms, calling it unconstitutional.
Appeals court blocks Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms
Critics vowed to sue after Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed the bill into law in June 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked a Louisiana law requiring public school districts to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms, calling it unconstitutional.
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Alex Lawson, executive director of the Social Security Works advocacy group, said the data removals “hide how much they’ve destroyed the system’s customer service.”
“If they think this lack of transparency will fool the American people, they’re in for a surprise,” Lawson said.
Social Security stops reporting call wait times and other metrics
The changes are the latest sign of the agency’s struggle with website crashes, overloaded servers and long lines at field offices amid Trump cutbacks.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Alex Lawson, executive director of the Social Security Works advocacy group, said the data removals “hide how much they’ve destroyed the system’s customer service.”
“If they think this lack of transparency will fool the American people, they’re in for a surprise,” Lawson said.
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles