Tanya Dapkey
@tanyadapkey.bsky.social
Nerd, Mother, Entomologist, Partly Cloudy Gonzo Patriot. Member of the bloggess tribe and 500 Women Scientists
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I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.
October 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.
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“I was fired for holding the line on scientific integrity. The stakes are not theoretical — we have already seen the largest [US] measles outbreak in more than 30 years, which claimed the lives of two children.”
go.nature.com/4213aJO
go.nature.com/4213aJO
Three ways ex-CDC chief says that Trump team is sidelining science
Nature - Susan Monarez testifies at tense Senate hearing that scientific integrity is being quashed at US health agency.
go.nature.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“I was fired for holding the line on scientific integrity. The stakes are not theoretical — we have already seen the largest [US] measles outbreak in more than 30 years, which claimed the lives of two children.”
go.nature.com/4213aJO
go.nature.com/4213aJO
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Queen
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Queen
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There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
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🗣️ #Philly #Science Jawns!
💻 We are looking for guest contributors to our Substack. We want to hear about your science, how it advances the public good, and how federal funding cuts and policy changes are affecting it!
💬 DM us if you’re interested.
open.substack.com/pub/philadel...
💻 We are looking for guest contributors to our Substack. We want to hear about your science, how it advances the public good, and how federal funding cuts and policy changes are affecting it!
💬 DM us if you’re interested.
open.substack.com/pub/philadel...
June 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🗣️ #Philly #Science Jawns!
💻 We are looking for guest contributors to our Substack. We want to hear about your science, how it advances the public good, and how federal funding cuts and policy changes are affecting it!
💬 DM us if you’re interested.
open.substack.com/pub/philadel...
💻 We are looking for guest contributors to our Substack. We want to hear about your science, how it advances the public good, and how federal funding cuts and policy changes are affecting it!
💬 DM us if you’re interested.
open.substack.com/pub/philadel...
🐌 🥺
Caddis, about 5mm, made its case using tiny snail shells. #Trichoptera
May 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🐌 🥺
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So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
May 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
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Hey frens! @agu.org has these great template letters you can send your representaives to ask them to support funding to NSF and NASA. Make sure to quickly personalize it with your name! agu.quorum.us/campaign/121...
Ask Your Legislators to Sign on to Letters in Support of NSF and NASA
Use this opportunity to stop federal science cuts
agu.quorum.us
May 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Hey frens! @agu.org has these great template letters you can send your representaives to ask them to support funding to NSF and NASA. Make sure to quickly personalize it with your name! agu.quorum.us/campaign/121...
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👏 Incredible leadership from @agu.org! We’re proud to call them a partner and applaud their efforts to keep #climatescience moving forward. ⬇️
Even when the political winds shift, science must keep moving forward.
That’s why @AGU and @ametsoc are stepping up with a first-of-its-kind special collection on climate change in the U.S.—across 29+ peer-reviewed journals. 🌍📚
Read all about it: buff.ly/6G05hQD
That’s why @AGU and @ametsoc are stepping up with a first-of-its-kind special collection on climate change in the U.S.—across 29+ peer-reviewed journals. 🌍📚
Read all about it: buff.ly/6G05hQD
May 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
👏 Incredible leadership from @agu.org! We’re proud to call them a partner and applaud their efforts to keep #climatescience moving forward. ⬇️
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Evolving national security-dominated landscape ignores history of devastating consequences of #landmines for people, animals, environment. Will anti-tank mines, triggered by weight of >100kg, distinguish vehicles from e.g. 1000-kg Eurasian #bison male? #MineFreeWorld @minesadvisorygroup.bsky.social
⚡️ Lithuania to mine border with Russia, Belarus in new $1.2 billion defense plan.
About 800 million euros ($905 million) will be allocated for the acquisition and installation of anti-tank mines to deter potential aggression.
About 800 million euros ($905 million) will be allocated for the acquisition and installation of anti-tank mines to deter potential aggression.
Lithuania to mine border with Russia, Belarus in new $1.2 billion defense plan
About 800 million euros ($905 million) will be allocated for the acquisition and installation of anti-tank mines to deter potential aggression.
kyivindependent.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Evolving national security-dominated landscape ignores history of devastating consequences of #landmines for people, animals, environment. Will anti-tank mines, triggered by weight of >100kg, distinguish vehicles from e.g. 1000-kg Eurasian #bison male? #MineFreeWorld @minesadvisorygroup.bsky.social
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Survival of the fittest is not a health care policy - at best it's based on junk science at worst it's rooted in eugenics. #Resist
www.theverge.com/health/66136...
www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Death is the policy
RFK Jr.‘s measles response is junk science and social Darwinism.
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May 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Survival of the fittest is not a health care policy - at best it's based on junk science at worst it's rooted in eugenics. #Resist
www.theverge.com/health/66136...
www.theverge.com/health/66136...
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taking a lead from Resistance Kitty "we’re in an authoritarian fever dream with bad spray tans and worse policies. But guess what? Resistance isn’t a one-day protest. Its a daily sabotage of the unjust." #Resist 500womenscientists.org/updates/2025...
We are not in Kansas anymore — 500 Women Scientists
Photo by Pacto Visual on Unsplash While Canada and the US rejected their far right governments during recent elections, the US continues its rapid slide into authoritarianism. Last week brought m...
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May 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
taking a lead from Resistance Kitty "we’re in an authoritarian fever dream with bad spray tans and worse policies. But guess what? Resistance isn’t a one-day protest. Its a daily sabotage of the unjust." #Resist 500womenscientists.org/updates/2025...
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Side note, I think it is important to consistently refer to these grant cancellations as illegal. They straightforwardly are, and are currently being challenged in courts by @aaup.bsky.social and @aclu.org. Many should likely be restored if the law works.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Side note, I think it is important to consistently refer to these grant cancellations as illegal. They straightforwardly are, and are currently being challenged in courts by @aaup.bsky.social and @aclu.org. Many should likely be restored if the law works.
bsky.app/profile/aaup...
bsky.app/profile/aaup...
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Track more illegally cancelled grants here, work from @noamross.net:
airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJ...
As well as:
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
As well as hundreds of millions in NIH grants to specifically targeted universities: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
All after Bhattacharya started.
airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJ...
As well as:
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
As well as hundreds of millions in NIH grants to specifically targeted universities: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
All after Bhattacharya started.
Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Track more illegally cancelled grants here, work from @noamross.net:
airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJ...
As well as:
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
As well as hundreds of millions in NIH grants to specifically targeted universities: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
All after Bhattacharya started.
airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJ...
As well as:
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
As well as hundreds of millions in NIH grants to specifically targeted universities: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
All after Bhattacharya started.
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FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
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 9:16 PM
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
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Have y'all heard of the Project 2025 Heat Map that outlines how 1/3 of the goals have already been achieved? Check out this site and follow: www.project2025.observer Call your representatives and ask them if they are aware of this site and how much of their plans have been implemented.
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
February 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Have y'all heard of the Project 2025 Heat Map that outlines how 1/3 of the goals have already been achieved? Check out this site and follow: www.project2025.observer Call your representatives and ask them if they are aware of this site and how much of their plans have been implemented.
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Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
April 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
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Today in class, as it is #EarthDay, we'll discuss the role of Philadelphia in the very first celebration (with an original news broadcast!). And I'll also mention Pope Francis - his TED Talk, and my AGU blog post on his encyclical on the environment and human ecology: geoedtrek.org/2018/08/19/l...
Walter Cronkite's Earth Day broadcast in 1970
YouTube video by Reuters
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April 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Today in class, as it is #EarthDay, we'll discuss the role of Philadelphia in the very first celebration (with an original news broadcast!). And I'll also mention Pope Francis - his TED Talk, and my AGU blog post on his encyclical on the environment and human ecology: geoedtrek.org/2018/08/19/l...
And respect a woman’s choice if all these things are in place and she still doesn’t want to have children.
Seriously though: if you want women to have more children you need to do a few things, and do them RELIABLY
- Pay parents for the time it takes to raise children
- Protect their jobs
- Pay for the kids' education
- Guarantee a safe, healthy world for the kids to grow up in and inherit
- Pay parents for the time it takes to raise children
- Protect their jobs
- Pay for the kids' education
- Guarantee a safe, healthy world for the kids to grow up in and inherit
April 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
And respect a woman’s choice if all these things are in place and she still doesn’t want to have children.
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Each year, there is a Presidential Proclamation for #EarthDay. I haven't seen it posted yet for this year, so in class we discussed the 2024 Earth Day Proclamation and when elected officials used to work together across the aisle for the environment.
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-roo...
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-roo...
A Proclamation on Earth Day, 2024 | The White House
More than 50 years ago today, some 20 million Americans came together across the country to demand that we prioritize our planet's
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov
April 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Each year, there is a Presidential Proclamation for #EarthDay. I haven't seen it posted yet for this year, so in class we discussed the 2024 Earth Day Proclamation and when elected officials used to work together across the aisle for the environment.
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-roo...
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-roo...
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Nursing research improves healthcare for us all! The recently leaked HHS budget proposal seeks to dismantle NINR.
Philly is home to one of the highest-ranked nursing schools in the world, which is also among the top NIH-funded nursing schools in the US.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Philly is home to one of the highest-ranked nursing schools in the world, which is also among the top NIH-funded nursing schools in the US.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Preserve the National Institute of Nursing Research's Independence
Folding NINR into a larger institute risks diminishing research targeting whole-person health
www.medpagetoday.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Nursing research improves healthcare for us all! The recently leaked HHS budget proposal seeks to dismantle NINR.
Philly is home to one of the highest-ranked nursing schools in the world, which is also among the top NIH-funded nursing schools in the US.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Philly is home to one of the highest-ranked nursing schools in the world, which is also among the top NIH-funded nursing schools in the US.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Boom! 🎤 drop. Fuck yes to all of this #OperationalSupport
“You want a plan to save democracy? You want a plan to stop fascism? Here it is, broken down into two parts”
Funders, here’s the blueprint for saving democracy
Two weeks ago, I met with a colleague who was invited to a convening of funders in Seattle. He reported...
nonprofitaf.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Boom! 🎤 drop. Fuck yes to all of this #OperationalSupport
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Here is my #oped in the @inquirer.com online today, publishing in the paper on Sunday.
"I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe."
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
"I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe."
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
We need to stand up for science while it’s under attack | Opinion
Everyone benefits from science. I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe.
www.inquirer.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Here is my #oped in the @inquirer.com online today, publishing in the paper on Sunday.
"I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe."
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
"I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe."
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...