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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this!

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Big Hippo 🇮🇪 @bighippoart.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Fish trying to hide away from the heat 🐟

An underwater illustration showing a flock of fish floating in a river

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I've seen a few people in tech-ier spaces celebrating the X-Labs thing on LinkedIn, and I just want to be abundantly clear about something: it's been very obvious from the start that this is part of the malicious capture of NSF, and if you're still excited about it after this news, you can fuck off

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David Toews @davetoews.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Heading into conference abstract / presentation season, I 100% recommend Kathryn Langin's (@kangin.bsky.social) "Tell me a story! A plea for more compelling conference presentations". It's short, sweet, and not just for ornithologists. I can get behind every word! 🔒 academic.oup.com/condor/artic...

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

There is within me an unslaked hunger for preposterous adventure movies. I resist the bad ones, but when a "Congo" or an
"Anaconda" comes along, my heart leaps up and I cave in. "The Mummy" is a movie like that. There is hardly a thing I can say in its favor, except that I was cheered by nearly every minute of it. I cannot argue for the script, the direction, the acting or even the mummy, but I can say that I was not bored and sometimes I was unreasonably pleased. There is a little immaturity stuck away in the crannies of even the most judicious of us, and we should treasure it.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

New grad students often adopt a stance of hypercriticism as a shortcut to seeming savvy. When I was one, Nick Salvatore told us he didn't like "shit-on-the-book seminars" so we would instead spend our time talking about what *worked* in various texts to see what we could learn from other authors.

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Jae @heyjaeee.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

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Micah Escobedo @micahescobedo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We’ve got 8 months to prove that what actually matters isn’t ‘centrist v progressive’ but ‘effective fighter vs weak capitulator.’ Hell, the last year has proven it. Speak to your constituents’ concerns and champion the positions that they care about. Rinse and repeat. Win in November.

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☀️ @vamospeat.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

why does gecqua look like i just asked her if i could be a bitch for a second

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Matt vs. the relentlessness of entropy @mcs-phd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Hey guys, I think our president might be insane

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Here's 419 qualitative researchers from 32 countries rejecting the idea that LLM chatbots are capable of qualitative analysis journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

No paper from me or my lab will ever be submitted to an MDPI journal - including any of their superfluous "special issues". I will very rarely (if ever) cite MDPI papers. And I will never review for them. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/08/gues... The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.

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My experience as a reviewer for MDPI

Guest post by René Aquarius, PhD Department of Neurosurgery Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Ne...

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Jess Phoenix 🌋 @volcanojess.com · 18/12/2025

Gender affirming care saves lives.

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Maggie Langwig @maggielangwig.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

So happy this is finally out! We reconstructed the 1st large-scale spatiotemporal dataset of 600+ MAGs from San Francisco Bay and show they have functional redundancy in key N and S pathways. These functions may better recover from disturbance in this highly urban estuary 💧

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Metabolic capacity is maintained despite shifts in microbial diversity in estuary sediments

Abstract. Estuaries are highly productive ecosystems where microbial communities drive nutrient and carbon cycling, supporting complex food webs. With inte

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Many of us need to keep writing federal grants (both for political reasons and as a Hail Mary to keep people employed) despite the feeling it's a waste of time, so... if you got an NSF or NIH grant funded this year, would you mind bragging about it in the replies, so it feels like the odds are >0%?

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 28/11/2025

If I hear one more fucking "I asked ChatGPT and..." I am gonna scream Like every single topic of conversation at thanksgiving involved someone saying that

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a cartoon character is wearing a pink hat and making a funny face

ALT: a cartoon character is wearing a pink hat and making a funny face

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Jae @heyjaeee.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Thinking about Carole Shelley as the original Madame Morrible

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 18/11/2025

Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈 ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals. The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do. #SpaceForAll

Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESAC site in Spain.

Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESRIN site in Frascati, Italy.

Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESEC site in Belgium.

Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESOC site in Darmstadt, Germany.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Cornell agrees to "invest" $30 million in things like AI farming. Cornell also agrees to pay $30 million to the U.S. for no clear reason or purpose.

To that end, and in settlement and compromise of the Released Claims in this Agreement, Cornell shall invest the sum of Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000), payable in equal installments, over the three years following the Effective Date, in research programs that will directly benefit U.S. farmers through lower costs of* production and enhanced efficiency, including but not limited to programs that incorporate Al and robotics, such as Digital Agriculture and Future Farming Technologies. These additional resources demonstrate Cornell's and the United States' longstanding commitment to assist America's fariners.
14. In consideration for entering into this Agreement, Cornell shall pay the United States the sum of Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000), payable in equal installments over three ycars. The first payment will be made within thirty (30) days of the Effective date, and each subsequent payment shall be made on the anniversary of the Effective Date.

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

RELEASED 30 YEARS AGO Exhale (Shoop Shoop) by Whitney Houston (1995) 30 years ago? Sheesh... 🗣For every win... someone must fail..... but there comes a point when, when we exhale...

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your mom (jumpscare) @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 29/09/2025

New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word! laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

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Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Huh, so it *wasn't* about antisemitism. I'm shocked. Shocked! The goal all along has been destroying higher education. They have said so explicitly. And we've had media outlets carry water for lies about "protecting Jewish students."

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binary sunrise @clarascintilla.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Pelagic fauna

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Patrick @patrickwb95.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Best Simpsons headline? Only one choice in June

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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 03/06/2025

1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow

Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.

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Justin Erickson he/him @justinericksonart.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The Eight of Wands encourages you to trust the process. My version of the Eight of Wands features; • Cosmos for harmony and balance. • Oenothera for inconstancy • Aquamarine for the strength to go with the flow. #tarotdesign #tarotillustration #eightofwands #witchyvibes #tarot

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MrsFishVEVO @willkellogg.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

enough!!!!!!

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We need to bring back 1st wave coffee shops. Draw the menu on a blackboard, fill the place with mismatched thrift store furniture and fill a cup with the most burned-ass drip french roast for $2. Have a high school kid out front playing chess with a homeless guy. Bonus if a stray cat wanders around.

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Jay Jinsing Falk @jjinsing.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday. I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further. If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.

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Dr. Stephanie Henderson @drsahenderson.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Remember: NOAA is not its social media accounts. Do not let the takeover of NOAA communications take away your support of the real NOAA and the very real scientists behind it. The administration would want nothing more than for us to stop supporting our science agencies 🧪

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The NOAA account on here is now putting out propaganda. That one hurt.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

When the U.S. withdrew from WHO, prominent voices in public health reached for the wrong talking point - "Okay, you're right, WHO is flawed / inefficient, so, reform it." My undergrads now repeat this back to me, with no understanding of why they believe that. This can't happen to NIH/NSF. Instead:

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/04/2025

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/04/2025

dire wolves more like liar wolves am I right

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