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Today I wrote about compositionality--a foundation of human language. Is it also in the calls of apes? Gift link: nyti.ms/4iO0zct

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Why yes, I am going to shamelessly post a photo of me with the man of the moment. 🥴 Please read as much of Sen. Booker‘s speech as you can. We are at a crossroads, and you must take a side. I, too, am disillusioned with Democrats, but Booker’s speech is giving me life. All is not lost.

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omg, yes. I very much agree. Boards of Trustees are good for nothing (and bad for lots of things)

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Something, something, bootstraps, something, something, taking big risks, something, something, college drop out, something, something, working out of their garage, something, something... Billionaire mythology is ALL BULLSHIT.

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The CUNY and SUNY faculty should create an alliance also. The elite institutions around us (NYU, Columbia, Yale, Princeton) are far too invested in their status as elites to stand up to the authoritarian state, but for those of us that educate actual working people - SOLIDARITY IS OUR STRENGTH.

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TBH sometimes it's hilarious to me that they think they can erase LGBTQ+ people. Girl don't you know what we've ALREADY SURVIVED?

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Perhaps the most disheartening part of our current moment is the amount of “obeying in advance” we are seeing.

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Top F.D.A. Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ Gift link: nyti.ms/3DTuvVr

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“the review of Nimitz Library’s holdings has identified 900 books that may run afoul of the defense secretary’s verbal order…they include “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.,” “Einstein on Race and Racism,” and a biography on Jackie Robinson.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...

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I love a good plot twist.

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Omg Democrats just called these guys INCOMPETANT and UNQUALIFIED!!! Wow lmao. And yall say they are not up to the challenge of resisting fascism. Look at that EPIC BURN these guys are so embarrassed fr !!

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I won't forget spending time w/ Kanzi years ago (while observing/ filming gestures in bonobos). We played, conversed--he was far better with lexigrams than I, and he understood my English. His acute mind taught us all so much. Rest in peace. www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-... #anthropology #Kanzi

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Hey everyone! I'm doing a book giveaway! Everyone who reposts this post will be entered into a lottery and the winner will receive a free signed copy of The Sexual Evolution! #freebook #bookgiveaway #lottery #signedbook #sex #gender #sexuality #lgbtq #queer @harpercollins.bsky.social

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CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL WHO SUPPORT HIGHER ED: Please join us in signing this public commitment to the value and values of higher ed as a crucial part of healthy democracies, and calling on our leaders to actively defend us against attack! bit.ly/DemocracyAnd...

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Join @marynmck.bsky.social and me tonight for a talk about AIR-BORNE. Watch us on YouTube at 7pm ET here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn9d...

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The remarkable bonobo that humans named Kanzi has died, age 44. During his life he helped researchers learn much more about the capabilities of his species, and by extension about our shared common ancestors. www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...

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In commemoration of the passing of dear brilliant Kanzi, a post I wrote ten years ago: thehumanevolutionblog.com/2015/07/28/k...

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Good morning peeps! Repost this to enter the lottery for a free signed book! (Shipping is free too!)

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I already got my copy - I’ve been reading in my spare time. A very good book to understand, challenge and expand our understanding of the sexes in nature. Highly recommende! #BookSky #Books, #amreading

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I’m heartbroken to hear that Kanzi has passed away. I will forever be grateful for the time I spent with this smart, rambunctious, sweet bonobo. There will never be another Kanzi. Sending love to all who loved him. ❤️🧪 📷: ACCI

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Hey everyone! I'm doing a book giveaway! Everyone who reposts this post will be entered into a lottery and the winner will receive a free signed copy of The Sexual Evolution! #freebook #bookgiveaway #lottery #signedbook #sex #gender #sexuality #lgbtq #queer @harpercollins.bsky.social

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It's impossible to overstate just how much peace "To each her own" can bring you. Try it and you'll see.

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Sources tell me that the Human Errors audiobook is now on sale for 60% off! #audiobooks #humanerrors www.audible.com/pd/Human-Err...

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The conference at the end of the world! It was wonderful to see everyone especially given the historic times.

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Thanks to Marc Bekoff for the kind words and to @psychologytoday.com for the opportunity to explain why I wrote The Sexual Evolution! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim... #sex #gender #lgbtq #queer

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It is time.. Although I will hate to lose her as my rep in congress, I strongly support @aoc.bsky.social for US Senate. #Schumerretire #AOC4SENATE

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Damn. The truth stay being the truth. PS. Schumer is my senator and I've met him twice. If I meet him again, I will say to his face: @aoc.bsky.social for Senate! (And ANYONE ELSE for minority leader)

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Another wonderful #aaba in the books. Had a great time discussing genetic diversity in hominin miRNA genes with @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social and Sam Vee, two brilliant young primatologists that will soon be leaders in the @bioanth.org !

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Doing my best to channel Oda Mae Brown: America – You in danger, girl. @carlzimmer.com has written a meticulously researched, comprehensive, and urgently needed tome on aerobiology and COVID-19. Great (but terrifying) read. Read my review in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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What's good, Seattle?! I will be giving a presentation at @townhallseattle.bsky.social in one month! I hope to see you there!

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"Science is never finished... It doesn't mean that the data is wrong, it means that the framework that we've been fitting the data into needs revision." @nathanlents.bsky.social I can't wait to grab this book. The Pain Gap w/Anushay Hossain podcasts.captivate.fm/media/0b1639...

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Well said!

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In 1984, forty of the most significant fossils of human relatives from thirteen different countries all came together in New York. I took a close look at the extraordinary history of the Ancestors exhibition, and the political trials that came close to derailing it. johnhawks.net/weblog/gathe...

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Yes!! Makes me happy when people really get what saying!

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Thanks to @science.org for this kind review. "The final three chapters of Air-Borne constitute the most comprehensive scientific history of COVID-19 that I have read." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Coyne et al are misunderstanding/misrepresenting what @sse-evolution.bsky.social, @asn-amnat.bsky.social, @systbiol.bsky.social, @anthrofuentes.bsky.social, + increasing # of biologists say about #sex. Biological sex & sex differences are real, but poorly captured by a simple binary. 🧵1/x

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Trumpism is hastening the US's global decline. The loss of soft power from USAID, the loss of allies' trust, the looming tariff and trade war WITH ALLIES... and now Germany, Europe's largest economy, 3rd largest in the world, looking to cut ties from USA. www.cnn.com/2025/02/23/e...

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Congrats, Carl, on another great book! I wish I had read it in reverse order because the first half was so entertaining but the second half was maddening and especially so given how much worse our pandemic preparedness now is/will soon be.

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this thread!!!

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The federal government is defining sex by the size of reproductive cells people make. “The biology of sex and gender makes it very clear,” says @nathanlents.bsky.social author of The Sexual Evolution. “These are not hard categories with clear definitions.” www.sciencenews.org/article/biol...

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