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Sharing this article about @edyong209.bsky.social in the NY Times "Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World" Ed Yong in my opinion is the best science journalist of our times - and there are many great ones www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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My mom always asks me if I've met anyone. I told her I don't have any interest and am not looking because there is pee in the dating pool.

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If you’re overwhelmed and maybe a lil paralyzed by the news, maybe take a little time this weekend to figure out how to take care of yourself moving forward? 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/feel...

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He nails it.

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One of my biggest peeves is complaints that “nobody’s doing X.” First, you’re probably wrong. Lots of people are doing whatever X is—getting out on the streets, protesting, boycotting, changing consumer habits. Second, if you were right, you could literally do it. Be the first. Be a catalyst.

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Ancient DNA from people who lived in Europe between 1700 and 45,000 years ago suggests that 63 per cent of them had dark skin and 8 per cent had pale skin, with the rest somewhere in between. Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihood 🏺🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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The US prison system is intentionally cruel and evil, but this is especially cruel and evil, even by their standards:

submitted 19 hours ago • 9 comments

Did you hear about the Italian chef? He pasta away. Get it? I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

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For #caturday please admire at this beautiful drawing of Dr Evil by @waterbarnes.bsky.social 😻

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The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government. Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk

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Who's gonna tell them that technically - BIOLOGICALLY- we all start as women?!?

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#100daysofcreativity #dailydraw day 52: a pansy

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Ruthie's got those Friday afternoon, how-many-hours-at-the-computer-mom, feeling #piglet #RBG #fridayfeeling

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www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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"in doubt" is putting it mildly.

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It’s explicitly spelled out in Project 2025. They told us their plan…

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stop being shocked about what is going on -- it really shows that you did not do the reading. It's all spelled out in Project 2025 & there's even a tracker!

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(Shocked face) “What? Laying off IRS workers will make it harder to go after rich tax felons?” “Quick, someone tell our leaders! Clearly, it’s a mistake…” (Lighting dawning in eyes) And, scene

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Public lands are one of the few remaining great equalizers of America’s increasingly ultra-wealthy-centric economy. This would be the death knell for hunting and fishing access, for hiking, cycling, and other forms of rec. It would be a great betrayal of our obligation as stewards of that land

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It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science. Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics". Silence now is political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about". We need to sound the alarm. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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MORE great sea turtle research just published! 🐢 Working with SPOT Marine Life, our researchers investigated how phenological shifts can mitigate the impacts of climate change on sea turtle offspring. Full paper - doi.org/10.3354/esr0... 🦑🧪🌍🦤🌊 #AcademicSky #PhDSky @brendangodley.bsky.social

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profile picture pupdate: strong consensus for: dog, but more professional. Introducing my new profile pic:

submitted 909 days ago • 16 comments

Do you have a project in ecology and evolution that exemplifies open science? If so nominate the project for a SORTEE Commendation Award: More details about the SORTEE Commendation Award:

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I sit on a committee for the Excellence in ScComm awards. This afternoon, I wrote to my fellow members that unless & until @nationalacademies.org “actively combat political censorship instead of capitulating to illegal, racist demands, I will not participate in any further service on their behalf.“

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I can not tell you how angry I am about so many folks in Congress just rolling over. HE IS STEALING POWER FROM CONGRESS. IT IS A COUP. Day 31.

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How utterly humiliating for the great and mighty U.S. to have allowed racism and fear to lead it to this.

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#100daysofcreativity #dailydraw day 51: saddle bag 🎨

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They have the votes to impeach and convict him So they are not helpless They are complicit

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I naively thought we were all agreed that apartheid was bad but here's Elon Musk running a shadow government agency in an elaborate trolling exercise. Totally unconstitutional and illegal, and MAYBE the judicial system will see that. By @mjsdc.bsky.social on @slate.bsky.social

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Thank you, Jason Poe

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“We’re fucked.” New @nature.com, @maxkozlov.bsky.social reports on how the Trump admin is exploiting a ‘loophole’ to maintain its freeze on NIH funding despite legal challenges. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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So birds-of-paradise literally glow. Kinda. Man, birds are endlessly amazing. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/c...

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Thank you @science.org for bringing us a much needed moment of awwwwwwwww with your choice of cover story #timelinecleanse

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Bad boss, forgetful boss, overly personal boss? We answer all your boss questions (and any other work problems) in @slate.bsky.social new GOOD JOB advice column slate.com/advice/2025/...

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Dare to do the scary things Fight for what you know is right Do not let the chaos of hatred lull you into submission. #anglerfishenergy

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NASA's Jim Free, a key official who has defended the agency's moon program, is leaving NASA on Saturday, and the CFO, CIO and top procurement official at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center had their retirements announced internally yesterday. www.reuters.com/world/us/key...

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“We know in our bones and from our modern history the danger of an unchecked government scapegoating ‘outsiders’ to gain power, preying on a population experiencing hard economic times to gain support for a violent and destructive agenda. We will not stand by while history repeats itself.”

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Guest column: Why science funding matters to Indiana www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/15/g...

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HHS is now wholesale making up “biological truth” to fit the current administration’s extreme agenda. It’s the very opposite of evidence-based science.

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This opposition tells you a lot about how often airlines destroy wheelchairs.

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Smitten Kitchen is a trove. I routinely make something very similar with cannellini beans, pasta or another grain, canned roasted tomatoes, garlic, thyme or bouquet garni, vegetable stock, and strips of kale or other green. For me, the herbs + stock + greens really complete the dish.

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The sans-Ukraine meeting is not the first time large powers have colluded to negotiate new borders without the people who live there. With family in parts of Europe, east and west, apart as a long-tail consequence of the Munich agreement, this cuts close theconversation.com/ukraine-isnt...

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If the @royalsociety.org cannot act, who can?

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SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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NEW: I took a look at the power of regenerative braking in electric cars - and how it reduces particulate pollution from these vehicles! www.thereengineer.pro/p/how-evs-ef...

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"I believe the IPO has asked for permission to use AI to summarise the responses." Read the room, guys 🙄 www.thebookseller.com/news/governm...

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