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kalkat.bsky.social
Molecular biologist. Professor. Prone to snark.
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Awesome! Much more of this, please. I hope the people from the SC 5th district are paying attention and are being truthfully informed.

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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Worst. Episode. EVER.

submitted 4 days ago • 891 comments

The nations top research universities (R1) are under assault by the Trump administration. Pitts has paused all PhD admissions for next year. Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools. All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools. Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump

submitted 4 days ago • 58 comments

No lie. Get angry. Then get angrier. #bluesky #bluecrew #resist

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NOT a landslide! NOT a mandate!

submitted 3 days ago • 66 comments

Lovely

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important: Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?

submitted 7 days ago • 665 comments

Reposting bc it is very timely. #vaccination saves lives “HPV vaccination has been recommended for routine use in US women since June 2006.” #medsky #IDsky

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

🧵 BAD DOGE: WHAT CAN I DO? Here's a letter I am sending to all of my elected representatives. Please copy as much as you like, and send it to yours, today! This link will help you find how to contact them. My letter follows in the thread below... www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

I think we should start pronouncing DOGE as “dodgy.” It’s a perfectly reasonable pronunciation and is more accurately descriptive than other suggestions.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

As you steel yourself for today's news and navigating this crueler, more precarious world in general, perhaps you might find inspiration in the magpies of Antwerp who looked at anti-bird spikes and thought "I could build a nest with that" (research and pix by @aukeflorian.nl)

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

submitted 15 days ago • 934 comments

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

submitted 15 days ago • 28 comments

#BlackHistoryMonth #AcademicSky #BlackSky #intersectionality

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe you need a yawn

submitted 17 days ago • 9 comments

@swilua.bsky.social @surliertexan.bsky.social

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Donald Trump is going to take a victory lap over this new agreement with Mexico over the tariffs. Don't let him. He caused the chaos.

submitted 23 days ago • 141 comments

At this point, why not? (📷: Daniel SanFilippo, 2016, on Northern State Parkway)

submitted 27 days ago • 13 comments

Likely the last CNN article I’ll read.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

The clip from night time is sending me 😂

submitted 30 days ago • 53 comments

Remember what the Bishop said

submitted 34 days ago • 146 comments

"Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time" is out today, and is freely downloadable as an open access pdf, published by @uclpress.bsky.social ! uclpress.co.uk/book/palaeon... 🎺🦕🦕🦕⚒️🎥🦖🦖🦖📖📰🦣🦣🦣🎺

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And so, the end times begins.

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

"Editors at scientific journals are quitting in droves. According to Retraction Watch, a watchdog publication, there have been at least 20 mass resignations since 2023."

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.

submitted 40 days ago • 4157 comments

www.heart.org/en/news/2025...

submitted 39 days ago • 11 comments

Unite America! Rise Together! 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙 Hope is Geat HOPE + ACTION IS IMPERATIVE 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Ha! Brilliant work by @marlowinc (posted by John Cleese) Not everyone will get this….but I loved it!

submitted 50 days ago • 3 comments