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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 51m

My college’s purchasing system suddenly decided that I do not have the authority to make purchases on my department’s account. Is this their way of letting me know my Department Chair authority has been revoked? Have I been deposed? Please, please tell me this means I’ve been deposed! 😝

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 12h

Dude, be the opposite of this. A (very large, tall) male friend once told me he knew it’s scary for women when he walks behind them, esp at night. So he pretends to call a friend to chat & says “yeah, I’m headed to X location, walking down Central now…” so women know he’s not following them.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions!

Screenshot of a scientific journal paywall

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Thomas MacGillavry @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When a female doesn’t show up, a camera will have to do (yes, he also mounted it)

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

So with no due respect, absolutely nobody needs to accept that status "for the greater good." We know where that leads. Shut this shit down. Human rights are for EVERYONE.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Are you an ornithology student or postdoc thinking about a career at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI)? Register for this webinar hosted by @amornith.bsky.social to hear from myself and several other PUI ornithologists. We'll give you all the dirt! americanornithology.org/calendar/fac...

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Today I proudly put a meal into the oven having FINALLY used the last of the garden tomatoes, squash, and basil, only to have my husband come home from the community garden with even more tomatoes, basil, and squash.

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hey female scientists - do you have a lab coat you love? I’m looking for lab coats designed for women’s bodies that won’t break the bank. We are struggling to find coats that fit correctly in the waist and around the arms with sleeves of the correct length.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 27/08/2026

The thing that bothers me is when I’m typing something on my phone and I type a word and then another word and the phone decides I really meant some two word phrase so I then have to go back and change both words even the one that was FINE AS IT WAS

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Text from a friend: “I am delighted to see that enrollment in Intro Russian has doubled from last year and am so sure that this has everything to do with Ilya Rozanov.” Thanks, Heated Rivalry, for saving this small college’s Russian program!

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

and the Imagination Library doesn't just help kids- it supports the people who make those books too!

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I’m pretty sure the reason is patriarchy. Why, in a household with two adults, would the husband ever need to access a household grocery store app account? Grocery shopping is the wife’s job. /sarcasm

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Why can’t two people with two different login emails/phone numbers share the same single account for things like a grocery store app? Wouldn’t it be very helpful for both adults in a household to easily add groceries to the cart?

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

year 1: there's still grant funding, but we may need to change how we talk about our work, or what we work on year 2: the government has disappeared one billion dollars of science funding. it is unclear why they did that or where that sits within concepts like "the rule of law"

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Rob Denton @rddenton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

[JOB!] I'm hiring for a really exciting postdoc position. A combination of breeding experiments, conservation genomics, and student mentorship. Room/board at the @amnh.org Southwestern Research Station each summer, 40 months of support, new science building at BSU. Share broadly! ad: bit.ly/4hKaUIL

A human hand holds a medium sized green frog with distinct gray spots and yellow eyes. This is a Chiricahua Leopard Frog, a threatened species native to the southwest US and Mexico.

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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I am recruiting another postbac for this research project, ideally for someone to start in Aug/Sept 2026 (soon!!). Please share with anyone who might be interested! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is the result of 15 years of work. None of it supported by a big grant. Each field season happened on a shoestring (especially the early years) because we knew (we KNEW) something was happening. And the shearwaters' story had to be told.

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Ten years ago today, my cousin Caroline was killed by a drunk driver. She was the kindest, most cheerful, loving person you’d ever meet. An elementary school music teacher whose students adored her. The biggest cheerleader for everyone in her life. Please don’t drive drunk.

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Credentials, Dan @dancredentials.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Me, nodding knowingly: The beaks.

Headline of paleontology news article: Crocodiles can't fly. Birds can. Scientists have finally figured out why

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’m a professional biologist who lived in Florida for half my life, and I was today years old when I learned that alligators can climb fences.

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I got home a week ago from a fantastic family vacation and immediately came down with Covid. The trains, airports, and planes were filled with unmasked people coughing. Consider masking if you’re healthy & traveling, and please wear a damn mask if you’re sick!!!

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Job Opening. Faculty Position in Plant Evolutionary Biology at University of California, Davis in the Department of Evolution and Ecology (EVE, my home department). More detail here. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The College of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Davis invites applications and nominations for a 9-month, tenure-track position in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the ASSISTANT PROFESSOR level. The Department of Evolution and Ecology is seeking a plant evolutionary biologist with interests in the evolution of plants at any taxonomic, geographic, organizational, or evolutionary scale. Candidates must have a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in the biological sciences, evolutionary biology, ecology, genetics, or a related field, and will be expected to complement and build upon existing faculty strengths in the Department of Evolution and Ecology and across UC Davis.

We welcome applicants working on any group of plants and using empirical, computational, experimental, and/or theoretical approaches. Possible areas of study are broad, and include macroevolutionary research on plant diversification, trait evolution in a phylogenetic context, major evolutionary innovations, comparative genomics, and evolutionary developmental biology, as well as research focusing at or below the species level including population biology, quantitative genetics, adaptive evolution, speciation, biogeography, and the evolution of life histories or species interactions.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12/08/2026

“Warranty coverage no longer includes sleeping on hotel pillows” sent me.

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I guess it was only a matter of time. Just saw my first AI-generated letter of recommendation from a professor. Unconscionable scumbaggery. Disgusting. You know who you are.

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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

To all academics going onto the job market this year: Oh wow do I have a lot of sympathy for you. This is shaping up to be a brutal cycle. To the extent possible, please try to keep in mind that outcomes are not a referendum on you as a person, and there are way more qualified people than slots.

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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net

ecoevojobs.net

ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I have been scheduled, without my consultation or agreement, while I was on vacation, for three different mandatory meetings/workshops simultaneously. Two of them came from the same office. Being department chair is fun!

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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Joy Brennan @joybrennan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I meant that we exist in a landscape of values and social practices that guide and constrain our behaviors. I think the pressure to use AI is very overwhelming for many students, so they respond by using it. This is understandable and me knowing this does not mean I don't trust them. 9/?

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

If you’re applying to academic jobs, don’t use AI to write your cover letter or teaching statement. The most obvious reason is that AI writing will invariably annoy at least one person on the search committee. The other reasons are less obvious, but more important.

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I want the world, but especially Americans to understand the absolute enormity of the sin against humanity that this administration has wrought through their cuts to NIH, NSF, CDC, FDA, and USAID.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

When this shit started, there was a scramble to appease it, to be seen taking it seriously. But there was never scientific evidence for it. Never any reason to treat it as anything more than a conspiracy theory. It’s shameful that so many publications didn’t see the clear disinformation campaign.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

If they can send even a single scientist to prison over something that plainly did not happen, they can imprison anyone for anything at any time for any reason. Those are the stakes. You don’t hear that from legacy publications like NYT.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Everyone coming on my feed and explaining to me that all is lost, I note what I have noted before, that there are no Negro Spirituals entitled, “Welp, I Guess It All Sucks and I Am Giving Up.”

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

For those who haven't heard of this yet, the fastest/easiest way to reduce indoor air pollution from wildfire smoke is to get a basic 20x20 box fan, and slap a single 20x20 air filter (make sure it's very high MERV) on the back. No tape or anything, it just sticks to the back of the fan.

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Joel McGlothlin @joelmcglothlin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Every time I teach Evolutionary Genetics, I assign the students to write a Digest in the style of the journal Evolution and encourage them to submit it if they are eligible. This past spring, an undergraduate student, Henry Ayers, decided to submit his, and it just got published. Way to go, Henry!

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Digest: Longitudinal striping in rodents

Abstract. Why do some rodents exhibit longitudinal dorsal stripes rather than the much more common monochromatic pelage coloration? Caro et al. (2026) inve

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itati santamaria de Collins @itativcs.latinsky.app · 16/07/2026

You know, I kind of thought the worst thing in my life would be hearing the crunch of kibble as my young horse ate dog food, because there was nothing else to eat at the ranch as the landscape shriveled under one of the worst droughts we had ever seen. Now I realize that was just the first of many

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American Birding Association @aba.org · 11/07/2026

The Trump administration announced yesterday its intent to allow businesses and individuals to destroy or degrade habitat in ways that harm species protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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American Birding Association @aba.org · 11/07/2026

The ABA supports the longstanding interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 1995 ruling, prohibiting significant modification or degradation of habitat for endangered species.

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My next door neighbor & I each cook dinner for the other once a week & deliver the meal to each other’s house. It means we each have to make a decent, healthy-ish, balanced meal once a week, and we each have one night when we know we’re getting a good meal with no work or planning. It’s amazing.

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Small but mitey! (Cerulean Warbler feather mites 😬)