Briante Najev, PhD @briante-najev.bsky.social · 30/08/2026www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/... Private garden underwear was destroyed! Super cool!news.uzh.chBuried Underwear Shows Land Use Is Key to Soil Health 000
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026NSF just announced its GRFP solicitation due in October - deadline varies by field: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... Now for the bad news... * NSF estimates they will issue 1,500 awards, down from 2,500+ last year. * NSF removed STEM Education and Learning Research as a Major Field.nsf.govNSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 6139169
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Goooood morning! The 2026 Snail Facts Calendars are OUT! We've got 24 days of scratchable snail fact goodness, designed by Philly artist Kelly Nichols! Advent calendars are cute as hell, a delightful tradition, and keep @skypeascientist.bsky.social funded! Get one at SquidFacts.net Pls repost ❤️ 15372278
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDScience Magazine @science.org · 11/08/2026In 2024, researchers reported the most detailed 3D anatomy yet of trilobites, the multilegged arthropods that dominated Paleozoic seas. Learn more: scim.ag/4lsH3CP #ScienceMagArchives 0656
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDacabylon 👻👻 BOO 👻👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 19/07/2026imagine bathing someone who beats you in a world cup final 3462
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19/07/20263. “Andrew Tate is being charged with seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offences relating to indecent images of a child/extreme pornography 12923145
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10716503120329
Briante Najev, PhD @briante-najev.bsky.social · 20/06/2026I'm in Cleveland for the Evolution conference #Evol2026. My talk is about size trait scaling across biological levels between ploidy levels at Sun, June 21, 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM, Room 25C. Hopefully see you there or somewhere in Cleveland! 063
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Yay! Congrats to Janet Voight at the Field who has described a new species of deep-sea octopus from the Galapagos! Microeledone galapagensis! #molluscmonday www.fieldmuseum.org/about/press/... 623534859
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDArya Zandvakili @aryazandvakili.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Iowa Medicaid is dominated by private insurers (MCOs) that waste taxpayer dollars and delay care—hurting patients, clinicians, and hospitals. MCOs were added by executive action 10 years ago, they can be removed with a new governor in 2027. Join our campaign to build pressure to kick out the MCOs.pnhp.salsalabs.orgReclaim Medicaid from corporate health insurersReclaim Medicaid from corporate health insurers 122
Briante Najev, PhD @briante-najev.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Happy Nowruz from Pittsburgh! We can't see the sun here 😞 000
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Trying to make someone feel bad for mocking the cops who broke into his house with guns 419632
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/03/2026It’s Abughelection Day! Off to vote for @katmabu.bsky.social! 744004376
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDDan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 19/09/2025At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...chicagotribune.comAt Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vansFederal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs holding facility in Broadvi… 582520907
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDScience Magazine @science.org · 27/10/2025Talk about an in-flight meal. For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: scim.ag/3Jqldmn 29656191
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDGenome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Jalinsky et al. present a high-quality genome assembly for the New Zealand snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum, revealing a whole-genome duplication and evidence for rediploidization. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf192 #genome #evolution #WGD 255
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDJuliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success 3111201913199
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDDaniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 19/01/2026COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLStheguardian.comBack-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cowsBrown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees 212180735022
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDNOT HAPPY DRIVER @justinkcomer.rockhardcauc.us · 24/01/2026at the @theswinerepublic.bsky.social show 292
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/02/2026NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...propublica.orgTwo CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti ShootingThe two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym... 1037208128148
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis. 2212762821
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDRebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Gestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs 1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--" The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."yahoo.com'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifiesMarimar Martinez said she believes that she survived her encounter with Border Patrol agents so she could share her story. 418138665873
Reposted by Briante Najev, PhDStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Black man gets shot in the back while running from police. Ambulance comes for HIM, but a police officer is having an anxiety attack, so... they give her the ambulance. Black man dies. Hmm. 🤨 The family is understandably outraged. apnews.com/article/poli...apnews.comOfficer having anxiety attack took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, report saysA man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the fir... 1114574
Briante Najev, PhD @briante-najev.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Happy to announce I published a paper in the Royal Society Open Science! Check it out: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...royalsocietypublishing.orgPhosphorus availability affects multiple metrics of female reproductive investment in a freshwater snailAbstract. Reproduction, arguably the most important life-history trait with respect to evolutionary fitness, demands significant resources. The nutrients n 292