Meridia Jane
@meridia-jane.bsky.social
Violinist 🎻 and Writer ✍️ | Graduate Student @ Cornell NBB | Studying genomics 🧬 and sex determination
Trans rights are human rights! | Free Palestine
Trans rights are human rights! | Free Palestine
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Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.
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The number of satellites in Earth orbit is doubling every 18 months, which is hugely damaging to astronomy, near-Earth space and the upper atmosphere. We need a new approach to space environmentalism, writes @e-astronomer.bsky.social in his @science.org column. 🧪🔭☄️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The number of satellites in Earth orbit is doubling every 18 months, which is hugely damaging to astronomy, near-Earth space and the upper atmosphere. We need a new approach to space environmentalism, writes @e-astronomer.bsky.social in his @science.org column. 🧪🔭☄️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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⚡ Use the Internet Archive like a Hacker-Librarian! 🔮
A hands-on workshop to demystify the CLI and use it as a superpower for archiving, accessing, and uploading content to @archive.org.
Hosted by @zkavclub.bsky.social and @tommi.space
🗓️ Jul 3, 16:00 UTC (9 PDT, 18 CEST)
ℹ️ Info + registration
A hands-on workshop to demystify the CLI and use it as a superpower for archiving, accessing, and uploading content to @archive.org.
Hosted by @zkavclub.bsky.social and @tommi.space
🗓️ Jul 3, 16:00 UTC (9 PDT, 18 CEST)
ℹ️ Info + registration
July 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
⚡ Use the Internet Archive like a Hacker-Librarian! 🔮
A hands-on workshop to demystify the CLI and use it as a superpower for archiving, accessing, and uploading content to @archive.org.
Hosted by @zkavclub.bsky.social and @tommi.space
🗓️ Jul 3, 16:00 UTC (9 PDT, 18 CEST)
ℹ️ Info + registration
A hands-on workshop to demystify the CLI and use it as a superpower for archiving, accessing, and uploading content to @archive.org.
Hosted by @zkavclub.bsky.social and @tommi.space
🗓️ Jul 3, 16:00 UTC (9 PDT, 18 CEST)
ℹ️ Info + registration
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Delighted to post some cool science - a collaboration with my former grad students Cassandre and Jill, and collaborator extraordinaire @erynmcfarlane.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/jher...
doi.org/10.1093/jher...
A novel sex-associated genomic region in Catostomus fish species
Abstract. Genomic regions that influence sex are hypothesized to play a key role in evolutionary diversification, as sex determination mechanisms may promo
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Delighted to post some cool science - a collaboration with my former grad students Cassandre and Jill, and collaborator extraordinaire @erynmcfarlane.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/jher...
doi.org/10.1093/jher...
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hi, cis folks!
the GOP put the all-ages trans medicaid ban back in the budget, despite it being struck. they did it to force dems to challenge it on the floor.
if you've been paying attention, you know dems need to hear you want them to actually stand up to the GOP. contact info at reps.fyi 🧵
the GOP put the all-ages trans medicaid ban back in the budget, despite it being struck. they did it to force dems to challenge it on the floor.
if you've been paying attention, you know dems need to hear you want them to actually stand up to the GOP. contact info at reps.fyi 🧵
June 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
hi, cis folks!
the GOP put the all-ages trans medicaid ban back in the budget, despite it being struck. they did it to force dems to challenge it on the floor.
if you've been paying attention, you know dems need to hear you want them to actually stand up to the GOP. contact info at reps.fyi 🧵
the GOP put the all-ages trans medicaid ban back in the budget, despite it being struck. they did it to force dems to challenge it on the floor.
if you've been paying attention, you know dems need to hear you want them to actually stand up to the GOP. contact info at reps.fyi 🧵
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🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
June 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
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Congratulations to this year’s R. C. Lewontin Early Award recipients!
www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
May 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Congratulations to this year’s R. C. Lewontin Early Award recipients!
www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
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last year i started experiencing extreme fatigue, pain, and bleeding
i had to go to my uni's Women's Health Center (officially called something else, but staff repeatedly referred to it as such). my provider was very affirming, but i needed an ultrasound. the tech repeatedly misgendered me.
i had to go to my uni's Women's Health Center (officially called something else, but staff repeatedly referred to it as such). my provider was very affirming, but i needed an ultrasound. the tech repeatedly misgendered me.
its very common.
medical care is unsafe for trans people to access, and it kills us every day.
self reported data from 2022 reported that 24% of trans adults in the US avoided necessary medical care in the last year due to fear of discrimination
medical care is unsafe for trans people to access, and it kills us every day.
self reported data from 2022 reported that 24% of trans adults in the US avoided necessary medical care in the last year due to fear of discrimination
May 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
last year i started experiencing extreme fatigue, pain, and bleeding
i had to go to my uni's Women's Health Center (officially called something else, but staff repeatedly referred to it as such). my provider was very affirming, but i needed an ultrasound. the tech repeatedly misgendered me.
i had to go to my uni's Women's Health Center (officially called something else, but staff repeatedly referred to it as such). my provider was very affirming, but i needed an ultrasound. the tech repeatedly misgendered me.
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New study from the Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) revealing the unique challenges resulting from being First Gen (first generation of a family to access Higher Education) in science and showing how these persist at every stage of a career in academia:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Being a first generation university graduate, the impact on a career in science
Being in the first generation to access Higher Education (First Gen) is a barrier to academic success. First Gens face difficulties transitioning into, completing, and attaining competitive grades in ...
pubs.rsc.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
New study from the Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) revealing the unique challenges resulting from being First Gen (first generation of a family to access Higher Education) in science and showing how these persist at every stage of a career in academia:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Oh! one last thing, friends! If you would like to read this essay in non-thread form, I posted it here as well!
open.substack.com/pub/collecti...
open.substack.com/pub/collecti...
A Story of Trans Genocide, Now and Then, in a Single Photo
On the histories we forgot -- and who burned them
open.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Oh! one last thing, friends! If you would like to read this essay in non-thread form, I posted it here as well!
open.substack.com/pub/collecti...
open.substack.com/pub/collecti...
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This tiny spider has binoculars for eyes and a brain so efficient it puts supercomputers to shame.
What is the jumping spider Portia, and why is it so interesting to neuroscientists, roboticists, and practitioners of AI?
1/10 ⚛️🧪
What is the jumping spider Portia, and why is it so interesting to neuroscientists, roboticists, and practitioners of AI?
1/10 ⚛️🧪
May 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This tiny spider has binoculars for eyes and a brain so efficient it puts supercomputers to shame.
What is the jumping spider Portia, and why is it so interesting to neuroscientists, roboticists, and practitioners of AI?
1/10 ⚛️🧪
What is the jumping spider Portia, and why is it so interesting to neuroscientists, roboticists, and practitioners of AI?
1/10 ⚛️🧪
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I had a lovely time chatting with @teresaschubert.bsky.social of @natrevpsychol.nature.com about my experience transitioning from a career as an academic research scientist to an industry data scientist. Gift link below
🧪🧠👨🏾🔬 #science #psychsky #neuroskyence #SciFri
cc: @blackinneuro.bsky.social
🧪🧠👨🏾🔬 #science #psychsky #neuroskyence #SciFri
cc: @blackinneuro.bsky.social
From the lab to a career in data science
Nature Reviews Psychology - Nature Reviews Psychology is interviewing individuals with doctoral degrees in psychology who pursued non-academic careers. We spoke with Teon Brooks about his journey...
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May 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I had a lovely time chatting with @teresaschubert.bsky.social of @natrevpsychol.nature.com about my experience transitioning from a career as an academic research scientist to an industry data scientist. Gift link below
🧪🧠👨🏾🔬 #science #psychsky #neuroskyence #SciFri
cc: @blackinneuro.bsky.social
🧪🧠👨🏾🔬 #science #psychsky #neuroskyence #SciFri
cc: @blackinneuro.bsky.social
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1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
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It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Fact Check: Trump's HHS Review On Trans Care Filled With Lies, Pseudoscience
The review, which was made possible by an executive order calling transgender healthcare "mutilation," reached its predetermined conclusion on its May 1st publication date.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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1. The White House has just released a "fact sheet" where it announces that 8 fake "experts" are about to release a federal report opposing transgender care.
It also announces investigations on manufacturers has begun.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
It also announces investigations on manufacturers has begun.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
White House Teases Fake Anti-Trans "Report," Announces Investigations Have Begun
A new fact sheet released by the White House Monday morning confirms the imminent release of a "Cass review" type report. It also announces investigations have begun.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
1. The White House has just released a "fact sheet" where it announces that 8 fake "experts" are about to release a federal report opposing transgender care.
It also announces investigations on manufacturers has begun.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
It also announces investigations on manufacturers has begun.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
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With so many visible trans people around, you’ll have no problem giving us money and other forms of tangible support. Not just posting platitudes, right?
March 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
With so many visible trans people around, you’ll have no problem giving us money and other forms of tangible support. Not just posting platitudes, right?
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EUROPA CLIPPER IS PERFORMING ITS MARS GRAVITY ASSIST AND FLYBY TOMORROW!!!!
February 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
EUROPA CLIPPER IS PERFORMING ITS MARS GRAVITY ASSIST AND FLYBY TOMORROW!!!!
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New: All 50 states have now introduced right to repair legislation. A really amazing milestone for a grassroots movement. Wisconsin just became the last state to do it:
www.404media.co/all-50-state...
www.404media.co/all-50-state...
All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation
The legislation hasn't yet passed everywhere, but all 50 states introducing some form of right to repair legislation is a "tipping point” for the right to repair movement.
www.404media.co
February 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New: All 50 states have now introduced right to repair legislation. A really amazing milestone for a grassroots movement. Wisconsin just became the last state to do it:
www.404media.co/all-50-state...
www.404media.co/all-50-state...
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Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.
February 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.
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this has been published for over a week. somehow we are all just finding out about this. when an entire administration begins to target a marginalized community to erasure at a voluptuous degree, stories like this go under the radar.
SHAME on mainstream media for not making this story known.
SHAME on mainstream media for not making this story known.
“My death as a member of the third gender and transgender population does not mean you won.
It solely marks the end of our association.
You are not the land of the free.”
zerodoesntsleep.substack.com/p/vet-found-...
It solely marks the end of our association.
You are not the land of the free.”
zerodoesntsleep.substack.com/p/vet-found-...
Vet found hanging draped in trans flag
The suicide letter they won't publish
zerodoesntsleep.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
this has been published for over a week. somehow we are all just finding out about this. when an entire administration begins to target a marginalized community to erasure at a voluptuous degree, stories like this go under the radar.
SHAME on mainstream media for not making this story known.
SHAME on mainstream media for not making this story known.
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a year ago 16-year-old Oklahoman Nex Benedict died after a bathroom beating. in the time since, we've lost more trans kids, while losing federal trans rights.
how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
A Year Without Nex Benedict
"We are saying that the rhetoric is just as damaging as the bullet or the blow."
www.teenvogue.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
a year ago 16-year-old Oklahoman Nex Benedict died after a bathroom beating. in the time since, we've lost more trans kids, while losing federal trans rights.
how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
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February 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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this is the thing not to lose sight of.
yes, the biology of sex is complex and fascinating, with nearly endless diversity.
but also we don't use biology to decide who gets human rights. like, historically speaking that has not led to good places!
yes, the biology of sex is complex and fascinating, with nearly endless diversity.
but also we don't use biology to decide who gets human rights. like, historically speaking that has not led to good places!
Yes, but... Remember that they don't care about truth, or science, or biology. Science alone won't win political battles. Being right doesn't mean we get to control the narrative. I recommend that scientists say things like "You're wrong about the biology, but also trans rights are human rights."
January 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
this is the thing not to lose sight of.
yes, the biology of sex is complex and fascinating, with nearly endless diversity.
but also we don't use biology to decide who gets human rights. like, historically speaking that has not led to good places!
yes, the biology of sex is complex and fascinating, with nearly endless diversity.
but also we don't use biology to decide who gets human rights. like, historically speaking that has not led to good places!
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If anyone happens to need it this week for...reasons...this is the best graphic on the complexity of human sex determination I've ever seen. I use it in an undergrad course on gene regulatory mechanisms. Shoutout to @unamandita.bsky.social!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between
www.scientificamerican.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If anyone happens to need it this week for...reasons...this is the best graphic on the complexity of human sex determination I've ever seen. I use it in an undergrad course on gene regulatory mechanisms. Shoutout to @unamandita.bsky.social!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...