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Sandi Clement
@sandiclement.bsky.social
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Feminist geneticist and educator
Banner photo from Cattfirmations Calendar by Lim Heng Swee
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sandiclement.bsky.social
Happy Friday! 🍻🧬
A pint glass with a drawing of Rosalind Franklin and a double helix full of La Chouffe strong blonde ale.
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Ed Tech is a Trojan horse for tech elite capture of public resources. Every time.
rachelernst.myatproto.social Rachel Ernst @rachelernst.myatproto.social · Jun 19
Twenty years in education and I have seen so many things that were going to "save teachers time" and then it got weaponized into "if you don't use this, you're ruining your students' future" and usually when that mindless zealousness comes around it's less than a year for that tech to collapse.
June 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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m0byduck.bsky.social
Please enjoy this photo of our new kitten Bobby and our mostly confused dog Ralph
A small grey and white kitten standing up with his paws in the air in front of a beige fluffy medium sized dog with big pointy ears
June 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
sandiclement.bsky.social
Family of five visiting outside my campus office. What a lovely way to prep for this morning’s genetics lecture 🥰
Three baby dear and two adult dear among the fallen leaves, trees, and other plants outside my office window. The golden hills of the Santa Lucia range is visible in the distance in the June gloom.
June 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
sandiclement.bsky.social
First sunflower bloom and other delights from the garden this morning before walking to campus #FlowerReport #MorningWalk
Large flower pot with fuchsia and yellow gerbera daisies, chives with lavender flowers and a plant I do t remember the name for with peach flowers with dark peach centers. A 6 foot tall or taller sunflower with burgundy center and yellow petals Milkweed with a chonky monarch caterpillar
June 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
sandiclement.bsky.social
Still loving the Cattfirmations Calendar by Lim Heng Swee that @welnoan.bsky.social gave me in January. Good message for the crunch time of the last week of spring quarter www.ilovedoodle.com
Photo of June’s calendar. The caption is “I give myself permission to rest”. The art depicts mountain islands shaped like napping cats in dark orange, green, peach and browns in a slate blue lagoon. Two, white, lounging. cat-shaped clouds partially cover a golden sun in a beige sky. Each dates is a different color to celebrate Pride Month.
June 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
sandiclement.bsky.social
Murderbot!
May 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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jbyoder.org
Last week the Calstate Northridge Faculty Senate passed a resolution I led, objecting to the CSU's adoption of ChatGPT Edu as undermining our educational goals and misusing scarce funds, calling for the CSU to drop the $16.9 million subscription

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May 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
Ah yes, Sunday, the day I beat myself up for not working & then beat myself up for not resting. *cries in Protestant work ethic*

Anyway, if u get the vibe, I rly recommend Dr. Devon Price's "Laziness Does Not Exist." U can listen to the audio book on a walk or do a craft! Hey, maybe I'll do that...
Laziness Does Not Exist Audiobook on Libro.fm
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human way to live” (Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author) that examines the “laziness lie”—which ...
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May 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
sandiclement.bsky.social
Saturday morning recharge in my chaos garden admiring the flowers and watching the bees. #FlowerReport
An in-deck flower bed as seen from the vantage point of our deck chairs. Blue salvia and delphiniums, pink zinnias and foxgloves, and orange giant marigolds. In the background are raised beds with sunflowers yet to bloom, the rising sun poking through the leaves of a tree. Visible in the distance are the Santa Lucia mountains.
May 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
sandiclement.bsky.social
I am “throw your back out pulling plates out of the incubator” years old.
View of my office from the floor where I’m flat on my back with my feet up on the chair. Various science Professor accoutrements are visible in surfaces. Some highlights include (from left to right): a small poster of Beaker and Dr. Bunsen from the muppets, a bottle of ibuprofen, a poster of cytoplasmic mRNA granules, the window with a nice tree, my desk plant, my union water bottle, a green, metal street sign on the wall that reads RNA DR, a framed poster with from the U of Utah Humanities department that reads “Science may tell you how to clone a T. rex, but humanities can tell you why this might be a bad idea.
May 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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isakoditomassi.bsky.social
Yes, this is true. Those who can, need to speak.

Scientists, move the needle on public perception of the value of scientific research! #McClintockLetters #SciComm

Write an op-ed for June 16 publication about how your work serves the public with fed dollars. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
May 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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ahnaskop.bsky.social
“I’ve always loved to bake — I would probably be a baker if I wasn’t a scientist. It’s actually very scientific.

I had an undergrad professor that told me never trust a scientist who can’t cook. And I actually think that’s true!”
UW-Madison geneticist’s cookbook offers recipe sampler from scientists across the world
A genetics professor at UW-Madison teamed up with students to publish a new cookbook, “Lab Culture: A Recipe For Innovation in Science.”
www.wpr.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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cbartman.bsky.social
The average American has 3 friends
May 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
sandiclement.bsky.social
This May gray is so deeply penetrating my soul that not even the silliest bops of Eurovision are cheering me up right now.
May 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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dannagal.bsky.social
People don’t need to “learn to use AI”. They need to learn how to think and make connections themselves and thus will facilitate their efficient use of whatever technology comes along. Crafting the right prompt for AI doesn’t take AI training, it takes liberal arts training.
April 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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infinitescream.bsky.social
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
April 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
sandiclement.bsky.social
Caffeine wasn't cutting it this morning, but this Cake parody is perking me up.

Vibraslap 2028!
April 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
sandiclement.bsky.social
Putting a stamp on a letter fills me with more existential angst than it used to.
A usa forever (all lowercase) stamp with a blue hummingbird hovering front of a yellow sunflower on a blue background. The stamp is on a brown envelope. Fittingly, the content of the letter is about the importance of persevering in order to build a better world where those for whom perseverance is demanded far too often can actually thrive.
April 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
sandiclement.bsky.social
Everything is terrible, but I made some pretty and delicious dishes to celebrate spring.
Puff pastry tart with asparagus arranged in a chevron pattern Strawberry cream cheese pie and a loaf of multigrain sandwich bread
April 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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christineliu.art
Always inspired by fellow trainees like @fleabrained.bsky.social creating opportunities for the next generation.

Feeling powerless lately in the context of national news but focusing on the power that I DO have to continue opening doors for undergrads

www.thetransmitter.org/community/as...
As federal funders desert mentorship programs for marginalized students, trainee-led initiatives fill the gap
Grassroots organizations, led by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, are stepping up to provide neuroscience career training and guidance for students from marginalized backgrounds—and…
www.thetransmitter.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
sandiclement.bsky.social
Vincent is such a drama queen.
Happy #Caturday!
Two cats napping on a sofa. The white cat is in back resting comfortably with eyes closed and it looks like he's smiling. The black cat in a half twist with his back end almost falling off the sofa. His front arms are up in the air over his upside down head, staring into the camera with his snagletooth fang slightly visible.
April 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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christineliu.art
Thinking of ways to fill the gaps for aspiring scientists…

Lmk if you wanna tap in
A PowerPoint slide titled “supporting UGs this summer”. The words “Fostering Undergraduate Career Knowledge & Training in Research Under Mentorship Program” are stacked on the left to highlight the first letter to form an acronym. Additional bullet points describe a “mentored laboratory experience” and “1x week professional development meetings”
April 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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redpenblackpen.bsky.social
Partial discussion of why I may not be posting as much as normal and when I do it's likely going to be funny/light content. We really *need* that now. Not to downplay the awfulness, but to combat the psychological terrorism being enacted. Subscribe -> redpenblackpen.substack.com/p/gestures-a...
April 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
sandiclement.bsky.social
Just saw someone biking up Grand Ave towards campus flying a fairly substantial upside-down US flag and I’m like same, dude, same.
April 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM