Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026lol. an organization that definitely cares about it's members and not increasing revenue. 032
Reposted by Chris LoweryElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56119903561
Reposted by Chris LoweryRan Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI. My new post: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...blekhman.substack.comWhy I am not reading your AI-generated emailI hope this email finds you well-aligned 1116059
Reposted by Chris LoweryCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 03/10/2026This is why folks should not waste time designing the perfect and optimized system of higher education and R&D investment. That’s unnecessary when an underinvested system is under attack. We should start by setting core guiding objectives and tripling the investment, and adjust as needed. 210134
Reposted by Chris LoweryMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this. 27788308
Reposted by Chris LoweryDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 8830851182
Reposted by Chris LoweryJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115942877
Reposted by Chris LowerySeth Finnegan @sethf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program is accepting applications until November 1. If you're a finishing Ph.D student or recent grad interested in coming to Berkeley to work on a project in paleobiology/paleoecology/geobiology please feel free to reach out! ppfp.ucop.edu/info/ppfp.ucop.edu University of California | President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 02334
Reposted by Chris LoweryCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"The Gang Tries for a Three-Inning Save" 625633
Reposted by Chris Loweryrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i agree with the key point here and will add to it that there IS a reward, it’s knowing you did one right thing instead of walking around plagued by the nameless shame that afflicts all men who are determined to live the most frictionless lives possible 302068313
Reposted by Chris LoweryMara Freilich @maratimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We're hiring a tenure-track faculty member in geochemistry & climate at Brown! apply.interfolio.com/193121apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 01912
Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hey this is pretty cool: www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-these...quantamagazine.orgWhy Do These Fossil Shells Flip Their Spirals Every Few Millennia? | Quanta MagazineThe mystery of the flipping foraminifera may conceal a rarely observed evolutionary process playing out across the planet. 020
Reposted by Chris LoweryJulie Meilland @juliemeilland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I absolutely adore Forams but let’s be honest - they don’t do that! (Video - don’t blink) 362
Reposted by Chris LoweryKylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think its important to understand the campus sexual assault crisis is way worse than you think. universities suspend just 1/12,400 students each year for sexual misconduct & expel 1/22,900. once you read title ix administrators in their own words, you get a sense why that is:jezebel.comNot Only Do Campus Sexual Assailants Go Unpunished, They Often Get Special TreatmentSince 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth. 1766275
Reposted by Chris LoweryCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 882123874
Reposted by Chris Loweryvoary.bsky.social @voary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Come work with us @uh-earth-atm-sci.bsky.social careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...careers.uh.eduAssistant Professor - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy - Houston, Texas, United StatesDepartment: Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Houston invites applications f... 088
Reposted by Chris LoweryRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When are people in the sports world going to stand up and say “we would prefer the openly evil 28% approval rating president not attend our game in-person because it is a massive inconvenience for our in-person fans, a strain on local law enforcement, and harms the television product” 942312382
Reposted by Chris LoweryU.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @us-sciod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We are impressed with the representation from the scientific ocean drilling community among the 2026 AGU Honors recipients! Honorees have led and participated in expeditions, completed Schlanger Fellowships, and advised the SciOD community on committees. Congratulations to all! 0107
Reposted by Chris LoweryLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 23/09/2026On Saturday @jpinckney.bsky.social saw a man in his Austin neighborhood being kidnapped by ICE. Every day since then he's passed by the car, still sitting there, a horrifying lonely symbol of what is being done. www.welcometohellworld.com/his-car-is-s...welcometohellworld.comHis car is still sitting thereAn ICE kidnapping in Austin 3357132
Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yeah it’s called being old but more importantly: pitchfork.com/story/chvrch...pitchfork.comChvrches Return With First Song in Three Years“Roses” tees up a new phase based on “the most coherent vision we’ve had,” the trio says 000
Reposted by Chris LoweryCandice Bernd @candicequestions.com · 21/09/2026NOW: Just arrived at the intersection of Research Blvd and Anderson Lane—near where ICE shot & wounded 29-yr-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez earlier today. Between 300-500 people still holding intersection here. ICE is reportedly not letting Garces Perez’s family access him at the hospital. 171592657
Reposted by Chris LoweryCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ICE shot a man in Austin today. I’m demanding transparency, accountability, and safety. Release the footage and records. Hold any officer who broke the law responsible. And get ICE out of our city. 923170
Reposted by Chris LoweryAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If they win or if they lose it will be impossible to say if it was because of ads like this, but at their heart, these tactics are simply immoral and the illusion of triangulating your way to victory is corrupting to the soul. 1353199
Reposted by Chris LoweryEugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As Borges wrote “Nothing is built on stone; All is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.” But what he never considered is, what if we just built on stone instead of sand?? 216115
Reposted by Chris LoweryDaramola @izdaramola.bsky.social · 19/09/2026we’re in an existential fight right now against an increasingly fascist Christianity using the cudgel of trans people as its soapbox, but dont forget that so much of this sports nonsense comes down to men’s unwavering belief that the most athletic women in the world can be taken down by some guy 313745
Reposted by Chris LoweryVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 16/09/2026Authors!🚨 While you scramble for scarce $ 🤔 “Springer Nature reports revenue growth of 6.2%..and adjusted operating profit growth of 7.7%. They reported even more stunning submission growth of 30% and published article growth of 13%.” Publishing in society journals helps YOU not them👇🏻. Pass it on.static.klipy.comMan Lying on a Pile of MoneyALT: Man Lying on a Pile of Money 410371
Reposted by Chris LoweryThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 17/09/2026YOU COULD HIRE SO MANY FUCKING TENURE TRACK FACULTY FOR THIS. SON OF A BITCH. 21846193
Reposted by Chris LoweryDr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 17/09/2026why do pro-AI researchers seemingly hate doing research so much 36815
Reposted by Chris LoweryDr Val Finlayson @justsomeisotope.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Unsettles" is an interesting word choice to see, as one of the full soft money researchers who will likely be out of work within the next year as a direct result of these changes. 1135
Reposted by Chris LoweryAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 12/09/2026HAHAHAHAHAHAHA The UT crowd is chanting "Ted you suck!" As Ted Cruz jinxes the Longhorns on College Gameday 965380
Reposted by Chris LoweryChristina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Tuesday, September 15, 2026 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m Eastern Register for the zoom link. I’ve heard they aren’t recording it and want to demonstrate interest via high attendance. 01012
Reposted by Chris LoweryBritt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Universities "have become too faculty-centric... we need good faculty, but they’re delivering a product to our customer. And you could argue our customer is either the student or the hiring companies that are hiring graduates. You could make an argument that they’re really the customer, ultimately" 137922
Reposted by Chris LoweryAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 10/09/2026”About 60 percent (59.4) of respondents would not recommend their state as a desirable place to work for colleagues or graduate students“ 01612
Reposted by Chris LoweryChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New guidelines on the use of LLMs from @publishing.aas.org for referees here : journals.aas.org/referee-llm-... Headlines: Referees are responsible for peer review, and must do their own job, but LLMs can be used where declared where their use is declared and explained. 🔭🧪journals.aas.orgGuidelines for Use of AI and LLMs in Manuscript Refereeing - AAS JournalsWe provide guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including large language models, in refereeing manuscripts submitted to the AAS journals. 4228
Reposted by Chris LoweryChris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026whew. and also: jesus defector.com/what-gets-le...defector.comWhat Gets Left Out Of Math's New Era? | DefectorThe science fiction author William Gibson’s pithy observation that “the future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed” has had different shades of meaning since it was first formulated.... 1102
Reposted by Chris LoweryJordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 09/09/2026Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit 7448741044
Reposted by Chris LoweryQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Dancing very very VERY close to saying “OpenAI stole our almost-complete proof of Navier-Stokes from internal access to our ChatGPT sessions because they were desperate to scoop Anthropic” which is absolutely 100% a believable thing OpenAI would do right now cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st... 381556449
Reposted by Chris LoweryTexas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Sparkling City by the Sea is the nation’s largest energy exporter. Costs could rise for all of us as it confronts an existential threat of its own making. Decades of overconfidence and complacence got it here. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…texasmonthly.com 083
Reposted by Chris LoweryDefector @defector.com · 05/09/2026It should not be up to natural history museums to monetize their collections in order to justify their existence. defector.com/how-the-u-s-...defector.comHow The U.S.'s Oldest Natural History Museum Might Meet Its End | DefectorIn 1858, William Parker Foulke, a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences—a group of naturalists committed to public education and outreach—was on vacation in the quiet Quaker community of… 15912
Reposted by Chris LoweryDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Yesterday I got to meet about 50 students starting school next week. They were a self selected group interested in history, but not necessarily History majors or minors. Michael’s essay resonates. 26110
Reposted by Chris LoweryEric Schares @eschares.bsky.social · 31/08/2026🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025). We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025. arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm 6179148
Reposted by Chris LowerySports fandom was a mistake @iracane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026RIP Wendell Berry 06822
Reposted by Chris LoweryLeah Reich @leahreich.com · 31/08/2026I’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form 349162043297
Reposted by Chris LoweryBat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is the standard union-busting trope, “Our workplace is a family and a union would disrupt that.” A few words are swapped tomake it about mentorship, but that’s it. And as a former unionized grad student who now supervises unionized grad workers, let me state the obvious: It’s nonsense. 18619136
Reposted by Chris Lowerylastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It's being treated as a policy victory that we have less of the world's smart young people coming to learn from us, participate in our society and economy. This is just so depressing to me, it feels like a complete victory for know-nothing ignorant bigotry over enlightened sensibilities. 241212262
Reposted by Chris LoweryJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It seems that there is another snowflake in the administration who is perfectly fine interfering with and damaging the most personal aspects of other people's lives, but can't deal with public comments on a website, even they are completely germane to the topic. 26021
Reposted by Chris LoweryRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE 343148173447
