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c milagros

@bibibivalve.bsky.social
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“phd candidate,” artist/museum scientist, and funny little guy. views n posts are harvested by me 🧑‍🌾 🇵🇷 🌸

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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 9h
omg the crustes … release us from this example
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🌻OK MR. SUNSHINE!🌻 @entobiologist.bsky.social · 9h
why do i have to collect the infinity stones to do geometric morphometric analyses
from some of the prominent textbooks that are available, e.g. the “Orange Book” by Bookstein (1991), the “Black Book” by Marcus et al. (1993), the “White Book” by Marcus et al. (1996), the “Blue Book” by Dryden and Mardia (1998, 2016), the “Green Book” by Zelditch et al. (2004), and more.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11h
I want people to believe in themselves too — like believe they can put in the hard work. Not believe they are entitled to the credit of having done something without putting in the effort of actually doing it.
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Dangerous Brown Woman (they/it) @angrybrownwoman.bsky.social · 11h
I wish people would take their own mental health seriously. Your brain is a muscle worth strengthening. Your executive functioning is worth the effort it takes to go through a creative process. Nobody can take that away from *you*. It will serve you in living a life of good quality.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 11h
You gone always be too much to the wrong people
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15h
Libraries For The People wants to hear from YOU about your local library. Send us a picture of your library and tell us why you love your library in 100 words!: forms.gle/8c1Uu1iQDop2...
A group of people pushing a stylized library building, with text reading “For the People: A Leftist Library Project” and “Tell us why you love your local public library!”.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20h
One very easy fix here: if you worked for DOGE, you are immediately barred from working on any federal contracts, www.acquisition.gov/far/subpart-....
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Subpart 9.4 - Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility | Acquisition.GOV
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Steve Wang @stevewang251.bsky.social · 18h
Friends at #GSA2026: Please check out my students' poster. They're presenting from 9:00 to 11:00 this morning in session 236 on "Comparing modern taxon age selectivity with Phanerozoic background and mass extinctions".
Ben Hellman, Bohou Zhang, and Katie Skibicki in front of their poster
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 19h
Occasionally I get obsessed with giving a particular lecture, which is what happened with this one on the co-invention of race and data. IDK how useful it is without my notes but all the images are linked with sources & there are lots of links to further reading. docs.google.com/presentation...
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DJS F26 W03A Data Origins
DATA ORIGINS JMW Turner, The Slave Ship: Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on (1840)
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 19h
My Ojibwe name is Gizhiiwewidamookwe, which means ‘Speaks in a Loud and Clear Voice Woman.’ I’m going to be Minnesota’s voice in the U.S. Senate — not Donald Trump’s.
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Sue Kopen Katcef @umnewsie.bsky.social · 17h
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/u...
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Supreme Court Will Review Dispute Over Records From Elon Musk’s DOGE (Gift Article)
A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests.
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Nature @nature.com · 17h
Meaningful work, flexibility and job security all matter more than salaries do, Nature’s job satisfaction survey shows go.nature.com/4rYWiIs
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What’s the secret sauce for happy scientists at work? These eight countries offer some clues
Meaningful work, flexibility and job security all matter more than salaries do, Nature’s job satisfaction survey shows.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your CV? Academic: the Recession Interviewer: and this one? Academic: COVID Interviewer: and this one? Academic: mass state funding cuts Interviewer: and this one? Academic: admin trying to replace my field with chatbots Interviewer: and this one?
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Dr. Rocío Paola Caballero-Gill (she/her/ella) @caballerogill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Looking forward to #GSAConnects2026! @geolatinas.bsky.social has meetups planned for Mon. & Tues. 🤩 check out flyer👇🏽for times & locations! Please share flyer & join us if you’ll be @ GSA 2026 #GeoLatinasAroundTheWorld @francypants.bsky.social , @juliamorphology.bsky.social @geosociety.bsky.social
Flyer with smiling faces inviting GSA attendees to the GeoLatinas meetups planned for Mon. and Tues. 🤩 check out flyer for times and locations!
Please share flyer and join us if you’ll be at GSA 2026
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Dr. Frances Rivera-Hernández (she/ella) 🇵🇷🚀 @francypants.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Calling all GeoLatinas and allies at GSA!! We will be hosting pods Monday and Tuesday from 11:30AM-12:30 PM. Stop by and say WEPA! 👋 @geolatinas.bsky.social
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oblivion.txt @oblivion-txt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thank you...
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Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Great opportunity at my alma mater teaching undergraduate geology at an excellent department: williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/job... ⚒️
williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com
Associate Teaching Professor of Geology
Job Requisition: JR102109 Associate Teaching Professor of Geology (Open) Job Posting Title: Associate Teaching Professor of Geology Department: CC00101 WM001 | CAS | Geology Dept Job Family: Faculty -...
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The submission deadline for the International Society for the History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) 2027 conference in Argentina has been extended to *October 29th, 2026* #HPS #STS #HPBio #EvoBio congressin.com/e/ishpssb202...
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ISHPSSB 2027 | CongressIn
ISHPSSB 2027
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Texas Tech’s censorship policy does not just affect the humanities. According to the AAUP lawsuit, medical students at the campus in El Paso are no longer permitted to learn about racial disparities in medical care or how to treat underserved populations.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
also I rly miss running field trips … physical ache. Like being outside and teaching + knowing people in an informal context … Yes.
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Much to ponder - also have suspicion why I’m so peaceful this year … but that’s for the diary.
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
while this is another one of my professional flop years, I forgot how much I love conferences lol. Like this is my flow state - collabs, mentoring, a dash of research intrigue …
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 10/10/2026
My liege, we are off hunting. Have you brought your falcon? Nay for I have brought my snail.
We are looking at a manuscript of a hare sat on a fearsome looking greyhound. The hare is wearing a gauntlet on which sits a snail who is absolutely up for the hunt.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today we built a tiny radio station in the forest. These are the networks I favor.
Attaching an antenna to a treeOur live broadcast of fire poetry
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Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not to take away from celebrating Carson, but she's a "former professor" here in large part because the university shut down her department and cancelled its classes. What pride does the institution claim now—years later—when austerity is forcing other scholars out? What does that 'pride' do?
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"There are nearly 26,000 students at Cornell but just 3 full-time investigators...~ 2,860 people are sexually assaulted each year. Even if only 10% of those victims reported, a single investigator would have a caseload of 95/year. For the same body of students, there is 1 full-time victim advocate."
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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My annual cleary act training was done last week. Sigh.
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 09/10/2026
Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland has proposed a bill calling on the Smithsonian to preserve and permanently exhibit artifacts related to the Trump administration’s escalating aggression against the institution’s museums and research centers.
hyperallergic.com
Congressman Calls on Smithsonian to Document Trump’s “Narcissistic Self-Worship”
Democrat Jamie Raskin’s proposed bill asks the institution to preserve items related to Trump’s “propagandistic assault on American history.”
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yall have no idea how hyped I am for FOSSIL INSECTS !!!!!! IRL!!!! From the moment I read about them in undergrad …
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Y'all denied her tenure
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I honestly think my committee might need to lock me in the airport to finish writing bc that is my modern monastery fr.
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
as a child of the internet, p much - social patterns over time
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
✨ PSA ✨ Senior women scientists, who have been on social media for many years, can sense bad faith / reply guys instantly. If you truly believe that you are not like that, but your replies/posts are treated as such, you may want to reflect on the pragmatics of your interactions.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is usually the answer to "why did you take offense to my comment?" type interactions on these microblogging sites.
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
but honestly … in a lot of ways my career can be summed up as how I had to sneak into an awards banquet instead of being invited / welcomed. and I have never quite shaken that! because yea, it is that deep.
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
and also I’m really sad for the brave and adventurous me in 2016 who tried so hard To fit and be a part of my discipline - I think the worst part of the PhD is how your spark is stripped away + you feel so small and infantalized. The psychological horror of it all.
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
& it’s weird because all my friends are thriving and achieving which I LOVE - but I kind of feel alone in navigating this (everything). +ache of tension between financial reality + wanting to dream.
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
also miss my science sister and bestie … she’s doing so fabulous & out there but damn, not the same at ALL.
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think the love I have for (conference) died in Anaheim - it sounds dramatic to YOU because you did not live it. and not even related to conference rly, just how dehumanizing it is to be in this body / be a dumping ground for men’s character development. tmi Thursday
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
UChicago, like any other college, gets vastly more women applicants than men. And yet, its undergrad student body is disproportionately male. chicagomaroon.com/53804/viewpo...
chicagomaroon.com
Creating a Manosphere at the University of Chicago
Why does the University of Chicago reject so many women?
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"This stands in stark contrast not only to national statistics...but also to UChicago’s peers...The gap between the rates of admissions is widening every single year: It is becoming easier and easier to be admitted to UChicago if you are male rather than female."
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Extend this call to academia.
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jourdain searles @judysquirrels.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had a panic attack writing this and setting it up because I have a million things on my plate, and it never stops. I really really need money to move and sign a new lease. www.gofundme.com/f/a-fresh-st...
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Donate to A Fresh Start: Help Jourdain Move, organized by Jourdain Searles
I desperately need money to move and sign a lease on a new apartment. My … Jourdain Searles needs your support for A Fresh Start: Help Jourdain Move
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yet another brilliant piece by @katemanne.bsky.social. "Education is, in the end, an individualistic and shallow response to a deep and structural problem. And it mistakenly identifies false beliefs rather than bad desires as the problem."
katemanne.substack.com
They Didn’t Want Consent
On the fallacy of educating men not to rape
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the last couple of years, we've seen multiple critical collections (museums, herbaria) close. The IUCN--the global authority on the status of biodiversity--recently published on how important these kinds of facilities are in conservation. Every day, the dead are working to protect the living.
iucn.org
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In general, trainings are a poor substitute for cultural change in an organization. They’re lecturing the people with the least power to abide by values that those with more power don’t hold for themselves.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Are you a postdoc or new faculty member who would benefit from an invited talk? My department is looking to bring someone for spring. Due to budgetary reasons, you must be either: 1. In driving distance to Orono, ME OR 2. Working on alpine or Arctic plants
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Early career folks and current (or future!) grad students: I'm teaching our Professionalism course in spring and mixing things up a bit based on feedback from students in our grad programs. Would this description make you want to take this class, especially as a first-year student?
"This course explores how to build a thoughtful, effective, and sustainable career in the biological sciences. Topics range from how science works—asking good questions, evaluating evidence, and cultivating curiosity and open-mindedness—to the practical skills of conducting, managing, communicating, and publishing research. Students will develop strategies for navigating scientific careers, including collaboration, writing and presenting, job searches, resilience, work-life balance, and handling rejection and uncertainty. The course also addresses research ethics, reproducibility, data stewardship, and other principles of responsible scientific practice, and fulfills the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) requirement."
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026
Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it.
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c milagros @bibibivalve.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That means dept gets 5-6 more weeks of swamp 🥰 # Blessed
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