Nicole Gottdenker
@gottdenk.bsky.social
Disease ecologist and wildlife pathologist studying impacts of anthropogenic environmental change on infectious diseases. Music, nature, and art lover. She_her_hers. Anti- fascist.
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Sound familiar? Trump and Mussolini are two peas in a pod. "Only twelve out of some 1200 university professors refused to swear [their allegiance to Mussolini] in 1931." Who will bow down to fascism a century later? blognostrumuva.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/t...
The Italian university professors’ oath of allegiance to fascism (1931)
«I swear fidelity to the King, to his Royal successors and to the Fascist regime, and I swear to respect the [National Fascist Party’s] Statute and the other laws of the State, and to fulfil …
blognostrumuva.wordpress.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sound familiar? Trump and Mussolini are two peas in a pod. "Only twelve out of some 1200 university professors refused to swear [their allegiance to Mussolini] in 1931." Who will bow down to fascism a century later? blognostrumuva.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/t...
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Students hanging with turtles outside the Odum School of Ecology Building
September 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Students hanging with turtles outside the Odum School of Ecology Building
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If you missed Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas at British Science Festival in Liverpool yesterday talking about her work to connect animals through tech, check this out! 🦜💻 #BSF25
My TEDx talk has been featured on TEDx YouTube as an Editor's Pick! youtu.be/Rgfi6DGDPBk?...
What if your dog could FaceTime you? | Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas | TEDxManchester
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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September 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
If you missed Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas at British Science Festival in Liverpool yesterday talking about her work to connect animals through tech, check this out! 🦜💻 #BSF25
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Yesterday I wrote about how Turning Point put many of us on the Professor Watchlist
What I didn't write about was the years of harassment from the right, including rape, deportation & death fantasies that played out in my messages, comments in the stories about me & voice mails. That’s his legacy.
What I didn't write about was the years of harassment from the right, including rape, deportation & death fantasies that played out in my messages, comments in the stories about me & voice mails. That’s his legacy.
The harassment campaign of mostly Black & Brown women & queer junior professors was effective. Some of were fired, others were silenced, all were harassed. The right learned they could attack & that universities would not fight back. It was a blueprint for attacks on higher ed more broadly 3/
![a screenshot of the professor watchlist that says,
"Subini Annamma
Stanford University
Tags:
Racial Ideology
Feminism
Dr. Subini Ancy Annamma is an Associate Professor of Education at Stanford University. Following the controversial killing of an unarmed black woman by police officers in Seattle, Annamma tweeted that, “The systemic violence that killed Charleena Lyles is the very foundation of the country.” She then went even further by saying, “There is no time to return to make America great again, unless you are deeply invested in white supremacy & killing of black & brown people…to secure your own white property through racism, ableism, [and] cis-heteropatriarchy.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kds45jbet7t424osjnv5zlhm/bafkreibkekyrxoa2so2j7xeq5hdufbsjvmw33n2kfp7w4ktlytpyry4ob4@jpeg)
September 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Yesterday I wrote about how Turning Point put many of us on the Professor Watchlist
What I didn't write about was the years of harassment from the right, including rape, deportation & death fantasies that played out in my messages, comments in the stories about me & voice mails. That’s his legacy.
What I didn't write about was the years of harassment from the right, including rape, deportation & death fantasies that played out in my messages, comments in the stories about me & voice mails. That’s his legacy.
Do better, People magazine 🤣
that's a weevil not a kissing bug 😉
that's a weevil not a kissing bug 😉
September 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Do better, People magazine 🤣
that's a weevil not a kissing bug 😉
that's a weevil not a kissing bug 😉
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Excited to announce a search for an Associate or Full Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling at Penn State's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. Details at link and below.
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psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Full or Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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August 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Excited to announce a search for an Associate or Full Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling at Penn State's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. Details at link and below.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
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The rich can build a prison in 24 hours, but just not homeless shelters.
July 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The rich can build a prison in 24 hours, but just not homeless shelters.
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🧬Happy Transposon Day!
🎉Each year on the 16th of June we commemorate the birthdate of the founder of transposable element research, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992).
#TransposonDay2025 #MobileDNAjournal
🎉Each year on the 16th of June we commemorate the birthdate of the founder of transposable element research, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992).
#TransposonDay2025 #MobileDNAjournal
June 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🧬Happy Transposon Day!
🎉Each year on the 16th of June we commemorate the birthdate of the founder of transposable element research, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992).
#TransposonDay2025 #MobileDNAjournal
🎉Each year on the 16th of June we commemorate the birthdate of the founder of transposable element research, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992).
#TransposonDay2025 #MobileDNAjournal
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It’s just all so dark, so perverse, so sick.
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It’s just all so dark, so perverse, so sick.
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The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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Update via #SCIMaP now broken down by house districts
Our interdisciplinary team has expanded efforts to communicate the economic impacts of White House proposed cuts to health research.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
Our interdisciplinary team has expanded efforts to communicate the economic impacts of White House proposed cuts to health research.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
April 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Update via #SCIMaP now broken down by house districts
Our interdisciplinary team has expanded efforts to communicate the economic impacts of White House proposed cuts to health research.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
Our interdisciplinary team has expanded efforts to communicate the economic impacts of White House proposed cuts to health research.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
March 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
Visited the Legacy Museum and Sculpture Garden in Montgomery, Alabama today. A critically important place and a must-see.
March 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Visited the Legacy Museum and Sculpture Garden in Montgomery, Alabama today. A critically important place and a must-see.
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The Great Barrington Declaration, but for chickens.
RFK Jr. is truly the stupidest motherfucker.
RFK Jr. is truly the stupidest motherfucker.
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread (Gift Article)
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Great Barrington Declaration, but for chickens.
RFK Jr. is truly the stupidest motherfucker.
RFK Jr. is truly the stupidest motherfucker.
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Since I’ve now completely abandoned the other site and am still relatively new here, I’ll flag a few pieces I published this year.
For @aaup.bsky.social on Du Bois, higher ed labor, and the idea of the university as a member cooperative. 1/
www.aaup.org/article/towa...
For @aaup.bsky.social on Du Bois, higher ed labor, and the idea of the university as a member cooperative. 1/
www.aaup.org/article/towa...
Toward the Cooperative University: W. E. B. Du Bois’s Membership in the AAUP
In 1937, at the tender age of sixty-nine, W. E. B. Du Bois paid a $4 membership fee and joined the American Association of University Professors. Du Bois was several years into his second stint as a p...
www.aaup.org
December 29, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Since I’ve now completely abandoned the other site and am still relatively new here, I’ll flag a few pieces I published this year.
For @aaup.bsky.social on Du Bois, higher ed labor, and the idea of the university as a member cooperative. 1/
www.aaup.org/article/towa...
For @aaup.bsky.social on Du Bois, higher ed labor, and the idea of the university as a member cooperative. 1/
www.aaup.org/article/towa...
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Trump’s Nationalist Conservative White Christian Agenda by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research (authored By Deborah Veneziale, Senior Fellow): mronline.org/2025/02/28/t... (in Chinese: www.guancha.cn/DeborahVenez...).
Trump’s Nationalist Conservative White Christian Agenda | MR Online
The Trump-orchestrated blitzkrieg exposition of a Nationalist Conservative White Christian Agenda raises a series of questions, including: What are the internal contradictions within the US ruling cla...
mronline.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Trump’s Nationalist Conservative White Christian Agenda by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research (authored By Deborah Veneziale, Senior Fellow): mronline.org/2025/02/28/t... (in Chinese: www.guancha.cn/DeborahVenez...).
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Recuerden que el viernes se hace boycott económico. No compren nada. Ni echen gasolina. No usen tarjeta de crédito. Háganse sentir.
February 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Recuerden que el viernes se hace boycott económico. No compren nada. Ni echen gasolina. No usen tarjeta de crédito. Háganse sentir.
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Congress is about to cut #Medicaid by $880 billion. CALL THESE REPS. They are vulnerable--close margins in their elections and with lots of people in Medicaid in their districts. You may call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. List below. Call now and all day tomorrow. 1/
February 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Congress is about to cut #Medicaid by $880 billion. CALL THESE REPS. They are vulnerable--close margins in their elections and with lots of people in Medicaid in their districts. You may call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. List below. Call now and all day tomorrow. 1/
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Register for the Cell Press webinar #LandHealth: Preventing #Zoonoses #Spillover on March 5: hubs.li/Q036zpC80
Keynote: Kris Murray
Panelists: @clfaust.bsky.social @gottdenk.bsky.social Eric Lambin & Paula Prist
Moderators: Catherine Tait & @ryanperry404.bsky.social
Keynote: Kris Murray
Panelists: @clfaust.bsky.social @gottdenk.bsky.social Eric Lambin & Paula Prist
Moderators: Catherine Tait & @ryanperry404.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Register for the Cell Press webinar #LandHealth: Preventing #Zoonoses #Spillover on March 5: hubs.li/Q036zpC80
Keynote: Kris Murray
Panelists: @clfaust.bsky.social @gottdenk.bsky.social Eric Lambin & Paula Prist
Moderators: Catherine Tait & @ryanperry404.bsky.social
Keynote: Kris Murray
Panelists: @clfaust.bsky.social @gottdenk.bsky.social Eric Lambin & Paula Prist
Moderators: Catherine Tait & @ryanperry404.bsky.social
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They have killed the Epidemic Intelligence Service AKA “the disease detectives.” These are the experts on the frontlines protecting us from new and old infectious disease threats. Gone. In tbe stroke of a pen.
February 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
They have killed the Epidemic Intelligence Service AKA “the disease detectives.” These are the experts on the frontlines protecting us from new and old infectious disease threats. Gone. In tbe stroke of a pen.
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Epidemic intelligence service officers are the cream of the cream. They're top doctors, veterinarians & other health professionals. They sign up for a two-year training program to serve the country. Not only is terminating them bad for the country, it's also a disgraceful violation of a commitment.
February 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Epidemic intelligence service officers are the cream of the cream. They're top doctors, veterinarians & other health professionals. They sign up for a two-year training program to serve the country. Not only is terminating them bad for the country, it's also a disgraceful violation of a commitment.
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Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
University announces new scholarships for Palestinian students
These scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza
www.sussex.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...