Emma Yockman
@yockman.bsky.social
phd student studying coastal ecology, I also do some herbarium curation on the side
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Colleges' AI policies appear to be part of a broader effort to snatch away decision-making power over teaching, learning, and research from subject matter and pedagogy experts and give it to donors and administrators. defector.com/higher-eds-r...
Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into…
defector.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Colleges' AI policies appear to be part of a broader effort to snatch away decision-making power over teaching, learning, and research from subject matter and pedagogy experts and give it to donors and administrators. defector.com/higher-eds-r...
writing a massive essay to my university for their AI use survey. it is so easy to write when I'm angry but so difficult for my thesis...
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
writing a massive essay to my university for their AI use survey. it is so easy to write when I'm angry but so difficult for my thesis...
got to yap about marsh plants for like 4 hours today it was the best
October 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
got to yap about marsh plants for like 4 hours today it was the best
attended a workshop by the ucsc library special collection dept and got to touch this ~4000 year old cuneiform tablet??!!!
October 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
attended a workshop by the ucsc library special collection dept and got to touch this ~4000 year old cuneiform tablet??!!!
the more I learn about herbaria the more it seems like everything is data science… is everything data science?
October 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
the more I learn about herbaria the more it seems like everything is data science… is everything data science?
got to do some destructive sampling from a rare taxa today!
October 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
got to do some destructive sampling from a rare taxa today!
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As a final, final note: this change in policy is a disservice to all second-year graduate students and to the scientific community at large. Please reach out to grfp@nsf.gov to advocate for second year graduate students everywhere, and especially bridge program students!!
September 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
As a final, final note: this change in policy is a disservice to all second-year graduate students and to the scientific community at large. Please reach out to grfp@nsf.gov to advocate for second year graduate students everywhere, and especially bridge program students!!
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HOA got a county permit back in the 1980s to build a revetment on the condition that they keep access public, and recently homeowners started putting up barriers and went to court to privatize the walkway. Coastal commission fined HOA almost $5 million; court just ruled the barrier has to come down.
Big win for the California coastal commission and public access to the coast. www.ksbw.com/article/cour...
Appeals court rules in favor of public access to Rio Del Mar Beach walkway
A state appeals court has reversed a previous ruling, granting Santa Cruz County a public easement on a disputed walkway at Rio Del Mar Beach in Aptos.
www.ksbw.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
HOA got a county permit back in the 1980s to build a revetment on the condition that they keep access public, and recently homeowners started putting up barriers and went to court to privatize the walkway. Coastal commission fined HOA almost $5 million; court just ruled the barrier has to come down.
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All my best to this FEMA employee, and may they succeed in their mission:
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
All my best to this FEMA employee, and may they succeed in their mission:
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Henriette Kohlrausch (1781 – 1842) was a German botanist and naturalist known for collaboration transcribing Alexander von Humbolt's Kosmos lectures.
She was also the lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Hanover, Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
#WomenInSTEM
She was also the lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Hanover, Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
#WomenInSTEM
September 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Henriette Kohlrausch (1781 – 1842) was a German botanist and naturalist known for collaboration transcribing Alexander von Humbolt's Kosmos lectures.
She was also the lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Hanover, Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
#WomenInSTEM
She was also the lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Hanover, Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
#WomenInSTEM
this past weekend we hosted a volunteer session at the herbarium where we had ~35 attendees, and got 231 specimens mounted in just 3.5 hours! couldn’t be more thankful for a great community!!
September 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
this past weekend we hosted a volunteer session at the herbarium where we had ~35 attendees, and got 231 specimens mounted in just 3.5 hours! couldn’t be more thankful for a great community!!
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STEM people who think their work is apolitical are just people who like the current political context.
August 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
STEM people who think their work is apolitical are just people who like the current political context.
today’s monotonous task was sorting stems
September 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
today’s monotonous task was sorting stems
the lab is such a liminal space sometimes I just blink and 3 hours has gone by doing a monotonous task
September 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the lab is such a liminal space sometimes I just blink and 3 hours has gone by doing a monotonous task
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Natural sciences/ecology friends, it's great that you want to add some social science/interdisciplinary work to your research.
But please learn how to do it before you start!
Among other issues, if you don't first get human subjects research ethics (IRB) approval, the work is unpublishable.
But please learn how to do it before you start!
Among other issues, if you don't first get human subjects research ethics (IRB) approval, the work is unpublishable.
September 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Natural sciences/ecology friends, it's great that you want to add some social science/interdisciplinary work to your research.
But please learn how to do it before you start!
Among other issues, if you don't first get human subjects research ethics (IRB) approval, the work is unpublishable.
But please learn how to do it before you start!
Among other issues, if you don't first get human subjects research ethics (IRB) approval, the work is unpublishable.
what kills me about this is that LLM ppl will always say "oh yeah i know it messes up and you should double check it" but then also in the same breath tell you use should use it for your academic research and lit review. NO!!!!! why isn't it being error-riddled enough to stop this?
August 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
what kills me about this is that LLM ppl will always say "oh yeah i know it messes up and you should double check it" but then also in the same breath tell you use should use it for your academic research and lit review. NO!!!!! why isn't it being error-riddled enough to stop this?
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May 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You have FOUR (4) more days to order a Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirt, designed by the lovely and talented @franzanth.bsky.social.
In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!
Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!
Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
estuaries are at risk!!!! NOAA cuts result in complete elimination of funding for the NERRS system— this is the organization I do my research with. They’re SO SO IMPORTANT!!!!! please sign this letter of support and call your reps
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
estuaries are at risk!!!! NOAA cuts result in complete elimination of funding for the NERRS system— this is the organization I do my research with. They’re SO SO IMPORTANT!!!!! please sign this letter of support and call your reps
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
beauty can be everywhere! even in the tiniest sidewalk cracks. This is Spergularia rubra, a flower that persists even in the pavement :)
May 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
beauty can be everywhere! even in the tiniest sidewalk cracks. This is Spergularia rubra, a flower that persists even in the pavement :)
what even is an herbarium?
an herbarium is effectively a collection of plant corpses, ones that are dried and stored to last for years and years!
they can give us a snapshot into what plants existed in the past!
attached is a photo of a specimen from 1910!!!!
an herbarium is effectively a collection of plant corpses, ones that are dried and stored to last for years and years!
they can give us a snapshot into what plants existed in the past!
attached is a photo of a specimen from 1910!!!!
May 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
what even is an herbarium?
an herbarium is effectively a collection of plant corpses, ones that are dried and stored to last for years and years!
they can give us a snapshot into what plants existed in the past!
attached is a photo of a specimen from 1910!!!!
an herbarium is effectively a collection of plant corpses, ones that are dried and stored to last for years and years!
they can give us a snapshot into what plants existed in the past!
attached is a photo of a specimen from 1910!!!!
