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Bat Conservation International 🦇 @batcon.org · 01/10/2026

Happy 𝘽𝙖𝙩 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝! 🦇 What do you most appreciate about bats?

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 17h

Bat Fact! 🦇 Big Brown Bats love beetles, including agricultural pests. One study estimated that a colony of 150 could eat about 600,000 cucumber beetles in a season. That’s a lot of free pest control! Whitaker 1995

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 15h

Found this cute little snek (lloks like a DeKay's brown snake) getting some late afternoon sun on the trail at Darby Creek. It did not appreciate my efforts to relocate to a less-likely-to-be-squished area. Sorry, snek. #herps #snakes

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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026

NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.

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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you need a little lift today, remember that 47 US states & 3 territories won $17 billion from Meta (& New Mexico separately won $375 million). The settlement requires several notable changes for kids. Great for class discussion! Summary: oag.dc.gov/release/atto...

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Attorney General Schwalb Announces That Meta Will Pay Up to $17.1 Billion for Exploiting Kids with Intentionally Addictive Social Media Platforms

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

The textures in this photo are amazing (bird, ground, water). Great pic!

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Ohio State reception is tonight (Friday) 7-9 PM in Juniper B. Hope to see folks there, especially our alums! ❤️❤️❤️ #nca25 #nca2025

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I'm at #NCA25 and will be at the #NCA2025 graduate fair in the Aurora Ballroom at the Ohio State booth (#55) from 2-3. If you're interested in pursuing an M.A. or Ph.D., stop by any time 1-4 to chat with faculty & students!

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 16/10/2025

people gotta treat this behavior the same as we treat shitting on the floor

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Congratulations! A division with so many amazing faculty and grad students!

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Sara Grady @saramgrady.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

It’s no surprise that also today a truly huge grassroots effort is delivering THOUSANDS of petitions for SB1 to be put to a public vote. From what I’m hearing, it’s been unpopular across parties and all over the state — but has been news to everyone not working in HE. Watch this space…

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Sara Grady @saramgrady.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Ohio legislators passed SB1 this spring (despite massive outcry). It goes into effect today. Here’s a tiny sliver of what’s happening #highered #DEI Specifics: compliance.osu.edu/focus-areas/...

List of SB1 requirements, per OSU. Ohio universities are prohibited from having protected class be considered in admissions, have scholarships based on them or have any training or staff dedicated to DEI.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing! We are looking to hire several positions including: - Event and volunteer coordination - Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media) - Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉) 🧵

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

To celebrate the end of #ica25, here are some massive cinnamon rolls. Of #python 🐍 #pythonista #herps #herping #pythons #invasive

Coiled Burmese pythons captured during a Florida eradication effort.

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alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

If you’re leaving #ica25 today get to the airport early!!! It is CRAZY busy, even the Clear line is like 30m

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Craig Shackleton @craigshackleton.com · 15/06/2025

It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

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Human-Machine Communication - ICA Division @ica-hmc.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Our Joint Reception with Communication Science and Biology, Game Studies, and Information Systems is happening tonight right after our HMC Business Meeting!! When: 6pm, Sunday, June 15th Where: Centennial B (Regency 3) Why: Fun and Networking! 😎🤖🥂

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

If you just finished your #ica25 obligations for the day and are wondering--yes, #NoKings protest is ongoing at the Denver statehouse.

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Andrea L. Guzman, PhD @teachguz.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Presenting on AI at #ica25 and want to publish your paper? Consider submitting to the special issue, "How does AI change communication?", in the Journal of Language & Social Psychology. Coeditors are Bingjie Liu, Renwen Zhang, and myself. Abstracts due Aug. 1 journals.sagepub.com/page/jls/cal...

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

If you're at #ICA25, would love to see you at our Ohio State reception tonight 7:30-9:30 in the Hyatt Regency, Level 3, Mineral D.

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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

In another of my semi-regular posts, for those who have recently gotten reviewer comments on qualitative studies (eg, #cscw2025) & want to know how to respond, check out this document that currently has 13 types of critiques of qual methods and ideas for responding. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Reviewer Critiques (Qualitative Methods) and How to Respond to Them

Reviewer Critiques (Qualitative Methods) and How to Respond to Them Author: Jessica Vitak (+ anyone who adds to the document) About This Document (and a disclaimer) Reviewing is a highly subjective pr...

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Thanks to the panelists, moderator @dkreiss.bsky.social, and @icahdq.bsky.social for sponsoring the #ICA25 U.S. Academy Under Attack panel. Timely messages on sticking to our mission and sticking together while navigating these waters.

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two sea otters are floating on their backs in a pool of water .

Alt: two sea otters are floating on their backs in a pool of water

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Headed to #ICA25! In the meantime, wondering if there are any #arachnologists or #scorpion experts out there who know the species of the critter below we found in Tuscany. Italian scorpion? #scorpions #invertebrates #arachnology #entomology 🦂

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Katy Pearce @katypearce.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Be smarter than me and take the free 'mall ride' from Union Station to the hotels. #ica25. That was a long walk in the heat, with a backpack.

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Fiona Mathews @fionamathews.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Listen up! It is baby bat season! Please, please, please keep your cat indoors overnight for next few weeks. Seeing multiple cat-damaged or killed bats, some with babies attached.😪 Bats can live >20 years and have just 1 baby/year, so now's a critical time. # bats #cats #conservation #wildlife 🦇

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Happy #FrogFriday! Found a party of adorable marsh frogs in Thuringia, Germany. #herping #frogs #frog 🐸

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

It’s actually hard for me to imagine a more perfect nuclear weapon for kinship ties then the constant assumption of interpersonal recording without permission or consent. Is the atomic bomb of social cohesion.

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Andrea L. Guzman, PhD @teachguz.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

🚨CFP Alert!🚨I'm one of the co-editors for the special issue "How Does Artificial Intelligence Change Communication?" for the Journal of Language & Social Psychology. Details in link. Please share. journals.sagepub.com/page/jls/cal... #academicsky #commsky

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

A good mantra to live by!

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

For any fans of bad horror films, this shot made it look like a Ghoulie: #turtles #herps #TurtleTuesday

Snapping turtle with a bloody mouth looking as if it has human-like teeth. It doesn't.

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Sorry to the turtle friend for the prodding to keep it from going back into the road. The only injury I could detect was some blood on its head, so I hope it's okay. I freeze framed a couple of shots from the video. Mid-snap: #turtles #herps #TurtleTuesday

Snapping turtle mid snap. Its mouth is partially open and its eye appears closed. It looks creepy.

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Sometimes friends wonder why I carry certain tools in my bag. Welp, this is one reason snake hooks are real handy. Snapping turtles aren't known for their hospitality. I'm sure it wasn't feeling any friendlier after being accosted by a pickup... #turtles #herps #TurtleTuesday

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

For #TurtleTuesday, here's a large friend I found in the middle of a blind curve in #Kentucky. Shell just under 2 ft long. I had to park and run back about a quarter mile, and unfortunately I saw him get clipped by a truck before I got there. But, he was still moving... #turtles #herps 🐢

A very large snapping turtle peeking out of its mossy shell.

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

One bright side to being forced to live in an AI slop tornado is now I see my artistic mistakes as incredibly endearing. The human machine of my body made that weird line. My worst day of drawing is completely untouchably better than anything AI will ever produce until the heat death of the universe

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/05/2025

I understand the overworked prof better than most, but as institutions, schools are going to have to play a longer game—widespread adoption of these tools by profs is going to devalue what they are selling. Destabilizing education is part of their overall fascist project.

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The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

If this isn't a cautionary warning for academics then I don't know what is. You are putting yourself one step closer to unemployment each time you use AI to write an email, synthesize literature, code any data, use the socratic method to organize ideas, or write syllabi, lectures & papers.

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Kim Mannix @kimmannix.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

My calendar tells me it's International Pygmy Hippo Day, so I needed to pay tribute with a collage of Moo Deng refusing to obey in advance, yelling in the face of her oppressors and causing good trouble

Five photos arranged collage style that show a baby pygmy hippo attempting to bite humans and 'yelling' with her mouth wide open

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Terrible news for #wildlife and nature lovers, especially #birds and #birders. Due to a lack of funding, the visitors' center is closing and many services will be ending at the vital Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. Any rich bird-loving benefactors out there?🐦 www.fws.gov/refuge/bueno...

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Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

The 117,464-acre refuge is home to a wide variety of plants and animals. Visitors will find semi-desert grasslands, cottonwoods, and willow-lined riverbanks.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language. The results tell us a lot! Extracts below... 🧵

The front cover of a scientific journal titled Ornithologist, dated 1 April 2025. The main headline reads: “BIRDS: DECODED - Groundbreaking New Science.” Below that, a subheading says: “What are the UK’s birds really saying? Pioneering new research provides the answers.”

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Paul Finnie @1canoe2paddles.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Have you seen any turtles yet this year? Let us know! Post the date you saw your first turtle this year, roughly where you saw it, and hashtag it #FirstTurtle . Tell us the type if you know it, and post a pic if you like. Don’t give the exact location of endangered turtles – they need their privacy!

A good sized snapping turtle walking on the sidewalk. This turtle had just crossed a busy road in Ottawa, Ontario. The shell is grayish and spiky at the back. The rest of the turtle is more greenish with a dragon-like spiky tail, crocodile-ish claws, and little eyes looking mostly forward, but maybe spying back at you out of the corner of one eye. (This picture was taken one morning in late August 2022.)

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Great shot! Sorry no pythons :(

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Enjoyed having ornate tree lizards as roommates during my fieldwork. They always found clever places to blend in! #lizards #herps #sonorandesert #swarizona

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Not too big--as I recall, a little over 4 in/10 cm. It is funny how they seem to have such dainty toes--to be fair, they don't regenerate. I assume desert critters are sufficiently hardy, but admittedly I don't handle lizards.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 11/03/2025

Deadline is Sunday!

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Haven't found any #Arizona toads yet for #ToadallyTuesday. I don't know if there's a #lizard post day, but here's a Greater Earless Lizard. #SouthernAZ #herps #lizards #herpetology

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