Reposted by B.D. VossSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Hey when they say the new covid variant gives you “razor blade throat” they’re not messing around and you should take precautions to avoid it. 1624665
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 14/06/2025i will absolutely marry someone on the spot if they get me either a trans prider or an aro one lol 020
Reposted by B.D. Vossa grassland chase 🌾🌾🌾🌾 @chasesolidago.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I can’t overstate the value of my boss’s boss being an out gay married man We are not alone and we are part of our wider scientific communities 0121
Reposted by B.D. VossDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 29/03/2025All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing. Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases. No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period. 18373842030
Reposted by B.D. VossThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/02/2025Federal workers began receiving emails Saturday asking them to describe what they did last week — as Elon Musk warned on social media that, if employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation.wapo.stFeds must answer email on what they did last week — or lose jobs, Musk saysMusk says on X that feds must explain what they did last week — or resign 251385157
Reposted by B.D. VossJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025If a reader dislikes your politics, then no amount of subtlety will prevent them from accusing your story of not being subtle enough. Not even if the politics of the story are about your right to live. Don’t go quieter to appease the callow. 9419105
Reposted by B.D. VossAsh @ashrowan.design · 14/02/2025Resources from @dredf.bsky.social on the Section 504 lawsuit: • dredf.org/protect-504/ • FAQs docs.google.com/document/d/1... • all 50 Attorneys General contact info docs.google.com/document/d/e... • Disability community briefing webinar + transcript dredf.org/disability-c... 1188
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 15/02/2025:deep breaths: Balancing my immediate concerns for safety, as well as the collective horror and fear and knowledge that not everyone will get through this okay, is hard. All I can do is help who I can, where I can, when I can, while keeping myself afloat. I think if we all do that, it'll be enough. 030
Reposted by B.D. VossMandy Abel-Zurstadt @mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025If you're a creator with a disability who is studying, or working or interested in #geoscience, consider submitting to the #DisabilityInGeoscience #Zine! Learn more @ t.co/NLmeRsZGtL. Feel free to reach out in my DMs as well! 🙂 043
Reposted by B.D. VossDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/01/2025What is one simple act of resistance that will absolutely infuriate any authoritarian determined to make the world ignore pandemics and climate change? Wearing a mask. 331880511
Reposted by B.D. VossAbra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 20/01/2025To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten. 242229844
Reposted by B.D. VossBrendan Lan @brendanlan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025here's an article written by one of my closest friends on the importance of the Museum of the Earth in her life and in the lives of Cornell students at large check it out! -> cornellsun.com/2025/01/20/g... & if you would like to, please sign the petition! -> www.change.org/p/save-the-m...cornellsun.comGUEST ROOM | A Plea for the Museum of the EarthThe Museum of the Earth, however, is in imminent danger of closing its doors. After more than 90 years of contributions to paleontological research and over two decades of service to the Ithaca and Co... 01612
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Might become more active on here since many of my friends are making the leap from Meta to Bluesky. 000
Reposted by B.D. VossDr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Around this time last year @boyswillbebugs.bsky.social, @allomygale.bsky.social, @spissatella.bsky.social, @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social and I published an open letter on supporting transgender persons in STEMM. We have decided to open to additional signatures 🧪⚒️🦑 medium.com/@transrights...medium.comAn open letter to the scientific community in the US and UK on the crisis impacting transgender…Downloadable file 811366
Reposted by B.D. VossJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 09/12/2024if you're interested in more analysis of last week's #SCOTUS #Skrmetti hearing, I highly recommend this @strictscrutiny.bsky.social episode which includes an interview with @chasestrangio.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...podcasts.apple.comLeave Trans Kids Alone You Absolute Freaks (with Chase Strangio)Podcast Episode · Strict Scrutiny · 12/09/2024 · 1h 10m 16010
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Reboosting, as US vs Skrmetti hits the news waves again after the court rejected hearing a challenge to a Wisconsin policy regarding transgender youth. If you have not signed this yet, consider doing so. We will gladly take Canadian signatures as well! 020
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 17/08/2024Sorry I haven't really been online, a combo of "being too busy with IRL stuff to be online" and "still figuring out how open I want to be" is happening. 000
Reposted by B.D. VossGeorge @hannahtempler.com · 26/07/2024when spiders put their little pedipalps together this is all i can see 231245321
Reposted by B.D. Vossex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 29/05/2024If you have an indoor-outdoor cat, it's probably time to make it an indoor-only cat. This latest strain of H5N1 appears to be super deadly for cats, and it's spreading to populations not directly associated with dairy farms. www.reddit.com/r/H5N1_Avian...reddit.comReddit - Dive into anythingA place where we can monitor the avian flu outbreak, and discuss how to prepare 8416278
Reposted by B.D. VossAnonsee Storyweaver 🕸️ @anons.ee · 20/05/2024“The US department of defense” oh gods what now “has determined ABA therapy has very weak supporting evidence, 76% of 16,000 participating autistic children had no improvements, 9% were made actively worse, and the 15% that improved may have been due to maturing not the therapy” I.. yay autism win? 47619
Reposted by B.D. VossJo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 29/04/2024Contrast these 2 types of crinoid for #InverteFest 🦑 1) Most living crinoids are stalkless filter feeders and attach to other inverts using cirri (This pic has a bonus shrimp, Thor amboinensis 🦐) 2) Fossils, and some deep sea species, have a stalk and can crawl along the seafloor 0249
Reposted by B.D. VossAvianWI @avianwi13.bsky.social · 23/04/2024In honor of Earth Day, an under appreciated but absolutely crucial part of the ecosystem, the Turkey Vulture. A magnificent bird! #birds 🌿 1647477
Reposted by B.D. VossProf Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 23/04/2024It is wild that students are being arrested, seemingly at the request of the administration. It is *also* wild that Faculty are also being arrested, also seemingly at the request of the administration. I hope the NYU Senate is going to hold an emergency meeting, and ask big questions. 01410
Reposted by B.D. VossEthan Teng @citizenskies.com · 08/04/2024GIF of the 34.25% partial #eclipse from my yard in northern California! While it doesn't compare with totality, you can see 2 huge sun spots moving over the course of the eclipse, which is pretty cool IMO ☀️🌕🔭🧪 2406
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 31/03/2024Hello #science fans (and particularly anyone in positions of academic power), on this #TDOV2024 you can do your part to support your colleagues by signing and passing around this open letter about the ongoing attacks on trans people in the US and the UK: medium.com/@transrights... 100
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 28/03/2024Passed my thesis defense, now just gotta do all the paperwork to get that MS. 010
Reposted by B.D. VossDr. Lucia Perez-Diaz @drlperezdiaz.bsky.social · 19/03/2024Less than one week left to back our Kickstarter!! It's now (or never) > www.kickstarter.com/projects/iri... 062
Reposted by B.D. VossJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 22/03/2024No words, only rage. Wyoming gender-affirming care ban SF99 has been signed into law. Kansas is following closely behind. If KS SB233 passes, that would bring the percentage of the United States banning medical care for transgender youth up to 50%. 28892434
Reposted by B.D. VossDr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 14/03/2024Very happy to have been a part of this with such awesome people. 🧪 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social @simonesun.bsky.social @weinberz.witchlab.org @ijayas.bsky.social @queermsfrizzle.bsky.social @microbialmaeve.bsky.social @nuqueerengineer.bsky.social @maggied.bsky.socialcell.comRigorous science demands support of transgender scientistsTo build a just, equitable, and diverse academy, scientists and institutions must address systemic barriers that sex and gender minorities face. This Commentary summarizes (1) critical context informi... 02312
Reposted by B.D. VossDr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 14/03/2024bsky.app/profile/foss... I didn't want to attach this directly to the Cell piece, but if you are a person in STEM who wants to show support for trans scientists I am still periodically monitoring/adding new signatories to our open letter from December. 042
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 16/03/2024www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Rigorous science demands support of transgender scientists, written by transgender scientists and allies. Please take a read if you have the time and energy! 010
Reposted by B.D. VossSabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 13/03/2024I wrote about the paper in which they yassified a kākāpō 💅 defector.com/honey-they-y...defector.comHoney, They Yassified A Kākāpō! | DefectorIt's been a big week in photo editing discourse, and not even animals are safe from gossip. 4318
Reposted by B.D. VossAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13/03/2024The death of Nex Benedict, a trans youth who reported being bullied for his queer identity, has been ruled a suicide. Whatever the cause it's equally a tragedy, but I'd like more infor clarifying how the determination was made, in light of the strange ways officials behaved in the wake of this.nbcnews.comDeath of transgender student Nex Benedict ruled suicide by medical examinerThe teen’s death has rallied LGBTQ advocates across the country who say an onslaught of legislation targeting the community has made trans students less safe at school. 54547127
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 13/03/2024If anyone is interested in attending my thesis defense, feel free to poke me in DMs. 010
Reposted by B.D. VossMU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 05/03/2024Not all those who wander are lost When your mind is wandering, your brain’s “default mode” network is active. Its discovery 20 years ago inspired a raft of research into networks of brain regions This Is What Your Brain Does When You’re Not Doing Anything 🏺🧪 www.quantamagazine.org/what-your-br... 0154
Reposted by B.D. VossDavid Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/03/2024Dinosaur-age 'nightmarish' sea lizard fossil found. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...bbc.co.ukDinosaur-age 'nightmarish' sea lizard fossil foundScientists believe the species hunted the oceans 66 million years ago with "teeth like knives". 1258
Reposted by B.D. VossJo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 29/02/2024Hell yes everyone read the paper! The type of eyes that chitons have depends on the openings in the shell 🧪🦑 0258
Reposted by B.D. Voss CuttleDreams @cuttledreams.bsky.social · 23/02/2024🪱 #InsertAnInvert2024 Relationships: Housing Week 8: Mud-Nest Harvester (Quindina limbata) These guys build round walled-off nests out of mud to protect eggs. Males keep the nest defended from predators, and will even adopt unattended nests of eggs they may find! What gentlemen. 15318
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 17/02/2024sorry i haven't been posting much, been trying to keep it together 020
Reposted by B.D. VossLisa Buckley @lisavipes.bsky.social · 16/01/2024Oh, and you want elitism in paleontology? Look to the commercial fossil trade. You CANNOT offer a piece of our collective natural history for sale at exorbitant prices so that ONLY the super wealthy people/companies/organizations can afford them and claim your being inclusive. Eff all of that! 1143
B.D. Voss @allomygale.bsky.social · 17/01/2024Doing my best to not fall directly into despair, but the scree slope is cutting up my thrifted convertible pants and leaving pretty deep gouges in my calves and thighs. 000
Reposted by B.D. VossAnonsee Storyweaver 🕸️ @anons.ee · 17/01/2024“(X) don’t deserve restorative justice-“ Everyone deserves the *opportunity* for restorative justice and taking that first right step. So long as they are willing to do that and keep doing it the rest they damn life, to be set right if they start veering. Abolition ain’t just for “the deserving”. 619458
Reposted by B.D. VossClaire Lamman @clairelamman.bsky.social · 25/12/2023My gingerbread this year... The VLA!! 642521597