The best!

Just be patient and kind to the remaining NSF folks. I promise you, they are still fighting for American science.

Matt I am so sorry to hear this. This is a massive loss for basic science, losing so many talented scientists dedicated to supporting the next big discoveries. Thanks for everything you’ve done, wishing you the best my friend.

Yep

👋 Would love to be included. Not from the global south but here are a few outstanding speciation colleagues that are:

@guillermodelia.bsky.social
@dortizba.bsky.social
@emilyroycroft.bsky.social

We’ve done faculty searches where we skipped letters altogether and just did phone calls with the shortlist refs. Shifts work to search committee but much better signal to noise. However, some refs *really* disliked this, as if it was a breach in the way things should be. It was illuminating.