Reposted by Chris FriesenMark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis. 151452529
Reposted by Chris FriesenMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not the worst outrage of this admin, not by a long shot, but diverting 1/5th of the NSF's research budget is awfulnytimes.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. 47544
Reposted by Chris FriesenNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In our new essay for the @financialtimes.com (you read that right), @astra.bsky.social and I link the extreme weather events we have all been living through to the rise of a new iteration of futureless fascism, wherein the rich and powerful plan for their bunkered survival behind fortressed borders. 391764682
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This! “Notably missing from all of these bunkered visions is any plan to actually address the drivers of our most urgent collective crises; if anything, there seems to be a determination to accelerate calamity on every front.”ft.comHome - Financial TimesNews, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics 060
Reposted by Chris FriesenJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it 595165427122
Reposted by Chris FriesenAustralasian Evolution Society - AES @ausevosoc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026🦎 PhD Opportunities available! 🔥 2 fully funded projects at @utas.edu.au within the BEER Group: 1️⃣ Eco+gen processes that shape family living: www.utas.edu.au/research/deg... 2️⃣ Mol mechanisms of social behaviour: www.utas.edu.au/research/deg... 📅 EOIs close 1st Sept -> 📩geoffrey.while@utas.edu.auutas.edu.auAvailable projects for research degrees | University of Tasmania - Family life in the wild: Linking genes, social behaviour, and population dynamicsThis PhD will investigate the genetic and ecological mechanisms underp... 053
Reposted by Chris FriesenMartin Whiting @lizardlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026New PhD opportunities in behavioural ecology at the University of Tasmania and Macquarie University working with Geoff While and Martin Whiting plus multiple international collaborators on lizard sociality and communication. Please spread the word! #phd 02742
Reposted by Chris FriesenBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation. 440107073484
Reposted by Chris FriesenACLU @aclu.org · 26/08/2026Trans youth deserve the freedom to be themselves. 9698138
Reposted by Chris FriesenGil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/05/2026It's official! I'm *permanently* banned from X for tweeting "TLDR: Fascism." (appeal denied) What an honor—and a sign that the Silicon Valley billionaires feel threatened by my book. (One of my final viral posts featured this cover.) Pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne... 31297162831
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026open.spotify.com/track/4u3oXu...open.spotify.comCloser To The HeartRush · A Farewell To Kings · Song · 1977 100
Reposted by Chris FriesenLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026A Senate candidate talking about the Powell memo???? Pinch me, am I dreaming???? 13068151938
Reposted by Chris FriesenCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/07/20261. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.nytimes.comTrump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science. 5120231141
Reposted by Chris FriesenDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.science.orgThe Assault On Science Funding Continues 9809253
Reposted by Chris FriesenMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/07/2026There's a reason Elon Musk rarely does interviews with real news outlets.gizmodo.comElon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview"Maybe some people do loathe me. And that's probably true. I don't care," said Musk. 30154531398
Reposted by Chris Friesen@PabloRecio93 @pablorecio93.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Paper alert! 🦎 Can lizards count? How does early-environment affect their quantity discrimination abilities? We investigated these questions. New paper w/ @danielwanoble.bsky.social @cpictus.bsky.social [link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s…] 1113
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgWorld’s largest fish breeding grounds found under the Antarctic iceAt 60 million nests, icefish colony stretches for 240 square kilometers 010
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgWorld’s largest fish breeding grounds found under the Antarctic iceAt 60 million nests, icefish colony stretches for 240 square kilometers 120
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgWorld’s largest fish breeding grounds found under the Antarctic iceAt 60 million nests, icefish colony stretches for 240 square kilometers 1124
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgWorld’s largest fish breeding grounds found under the Antarctic iceAt 60 million nests, icefish colony stretches for 240 square kilometers 152
Reposted by Chris FriesenJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I will not be listening to opinions on gender and biology from those who think women originated from a rib cage… 454156492894
Reposted by Chris FriesenWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 07/07/2026There is not a single large oil refinery left in Russia that has not been attacked by Ukraine, says Zelenskyy. 18865168
Reposted by Chris FriesenDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Tens of thousands celebrated Budapest Pride, the first since Viktor Orbán’s ousting.pbs.orgTens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted outSaturday's Pride march came a little more than a year after Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event, drawing criticism from human ... 34212804722
Reposted by Chris FriesenbioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Thermally driven sex reversal reveals divergent sex determination dynamics in wild viviparous reptile populations www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 031
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Not arguing — in fact probably >60% in agreement with where you are. The founding wasn’t a classic colony run from some outside empire, fair enough. But “trace ancestry to the region” does a lot of work, and it’s way weaker than “already from the Middle East when it was founded.” 010
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A Jewish person from anywhere can move to Israel and get citizenship; a Palestinian who fled in ‘48 can’t. Descent outranks presence. Hard to tell everyone to go learn something when “trace ancestry to the region” runs on the same logic you’re dodging. 181
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I hear you that knee jerk criticism of Israeli actions can be motivated by antisemitism, but that charge loses its bite when Israelis themselves make the claim: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. 0132
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Ha! Anyone who uses AI for anything even slightly complex knows you need patience and full frontal lobe activation if you don’t want to throw your computer against the wall. 000
Reposted by Chris FriesenDana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Essential reading for Australians👇👇👇👇👇 Foreign interference in Aus politics Thanks @auspoldaily.bsky.social for such clear articulation 22315
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Nice shot! Is that from Mirror Lake? Mine is of Eagle Cap from Glacier Lake. Beautiful country. 110
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Also many on the best folks on here are Oregonians. Photo on my wall: 110
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Thank you. The clickbait meme-takes are a bit annoying, but I get most folks here mean well and we’re basically on the same team. I just think fair and honest should be foundational to “our side.” 000
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Buttigieg: "this is where I think there's a real tragedy in what DOGE did, not just because they were very, in my view, very destructive, but because they missed a chance to make real change that could have made government run more efficiently." 110
Reposted by Chris FriesenAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Buttigieg: We sit in a in a country that's got the wrong number of people on the Supreme Court, possibly the wrong number of representatives in the House of Representatives. And by the way, when you consider the disenfranchisement of the people of DC, we have the wrong number of states in the US 413153413737
Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social · 03/06/2026If you could only recommend one book on this issue/topic what would it be? Thx 310
Reposted by Chris FriesenDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 30/05/2026"We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope" --Stephen Jay Gould (from The Mismeasure of Man) 094
Reposted by Chris FriesenKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction. 23980442823
Reposted by Chris FriesenANU Research School of Biology @biologyanu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Join us on campus & online on Friday, 28 Nov 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Dalton Leibold, PhD Candidate from RSB's Noble Group! Details: rb.gy/u22uv3 021
Reposted by Chris FriesenEnvironmental Futures @uowenvirofutures.bsky.social · 12/05/2026📣 New paper out on Australian lizards🦎 involving EF Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social, showing greater maternal investment buffering offspring early-life survival. 👉 Check out the paper in Proceedings of Royal Society B: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #ThisIsUOWdoi.orgLife-history strategy mediates the effects of multiple developmental stressors on Australian lizardsAbstract. Maternal stress and the developmental environment jointly affect offspring fitness and phenotype during early life. Mothers transmit stress to of 121
Reposted by Chris FriesenThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 11/05/2026Not all problems are caused by personal choices.tcnv.linkNudge theory was all about taking responsibility – but it allowed big business to look the other wayNot all problems are caused by personal choices. 199
Reposted by Chris FriesenDana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/05/2026👇This is such an anathema to Australians where voting is compulsory, voting systems are preferential and our elections are run by a nation wide independent electoral commission, we vote on paper with pencil, and human count the votes multiple times. It can be done ! 061
Reposted by Chris FriesenR. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026It's amazing how quickly White politicians in the South rushed to PROVE exactly why we needed the Voting Rights Act! 21492672597
Reposted by Chris FriesenDavid Barral @thoreaupeutic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026History of (bad) ideas at its peak, shedding light on and helping weave together every single apparently random quirk/kink/obsession of the alt-right. The timing of this is, as a back cover blurb declares, perfect. So much so it’s uncanny. 🙏 @quinnslobodian.com 0227