Reposted by Avery RussellDB @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 55mLithops otzeniana is flowering for the first time. It was sown in July 2024. #Lithops 2347
Reposted by Avery RussellWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 5hThe mortality reviews that ICE published late last week show that medical neglect is widespread in Trump's concentration camps — something immigrants, advocates and attorneys have said for years, and which ICE routinely denies. New from me in @prospect.org.prospect.orgDisturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American ProspectThe federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect. 6445198
Reposted by Avery RussellRobert Tropek @robtrop.bsky.social · 4hNew study published in @natecoevo.nature.com ! We assembled the largest global dataset of plant–pollinator networks to ask a simple question: do interactions become more specialised towards the tropics? doi.org/10.1038/s415... Study led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️ 1/8 11918
Reposted by Avery RussellDr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.ca · 1hIt’s med school reference letter season 🍎 Observation: #HigherEd students struggle to find referees because classes are too large to build meaningful relationships with their instructors Hypothesis: Over-enrolling students without hiring faculty reduces access to mentorship and opportunity 152
Reposted by Avery RussellAmerican Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 1hNIH is considering changes to how grant review results are reported, including eliminating numerical overall impact scores. Comments are due Oct. 13. Learn more and make your voice heard: www.ascb.org/science-policy/nih-pro… 008
Reposted by Avery RussellYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 22h617 days into his 2nd term, Trump's Department of Transportation has *still* not approved a single new transit project for full funding. The problems I highlighted in March—how this lack of funding only makes projects cost more & delays completion—have only worsened www.urban.org/urban-wire/r... 622996
Reposted by Avery RussellThe Onion @theonion.com · 23hCornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows... 167105171987
Reposted by Avery RussellAnil Dash @anildash.com · 29/09/2026Okay, just so we have a record: The Facebook Fake-Out, a record of Meta's tactic of transgressing, getting caught, waiting for things to blow over, and then breaking the rules again. I documented the pattern so we have a link to share for the next time they do it. www.anildash.com/2026/09/29/f...anildash.comThe Facebook Fake-out - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 518872
Reposted by Avery RussellRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/ 15596441
Reposted by Avery RussellEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Definitely click through on this story for the quotes from the Third Way spokesperson, who AGREED Democratic candidates should NOT adopt Republican language on trans issues. I was floored - even tried to get Billie to put it in the headline. This is not just analysis, these quotes are news. 201273412
Reposted by Avery RussellHisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The experiment has been run. In Quebec low cost daycare resulting in tens of thousands of additional women joining the workforce. The increase in taxes to both provincial and federal governments were more than the cost of the subsidy.ippr.orgLessons from Quebec's universal low-fee childcare programme | IPPRThe Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society. 423663
Reposted by Avery RussellWill Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New paper out with @kaylastoy.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/evlett/advan... 812054
Reposted by Avery RussellImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026fucking reallythehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 672147708
Reposted by Avery RussellRobert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I wrote a bit about the two university museums slated for closure. There is *still* time to do something about each! 🧪🦖coastalpaleo.blogspot.comA tale of two university museums: there is still time to save the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Sternberg MuseumSeptember 2026 has been a pretty dispiriting month for American paleontologists. In early September, Drexel University gave a surprise annou... 29669
Reposted by Avery RussellBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026KBJ keeps tryna tell us about the deeply perverse way the Court is exercising its equitable powers on the shadow docket the GOP justices wielding equitable jurisdiction are (surprise surprise) actively hostile to the concept of equity, & produce injustice instead ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ketan...ballsandstrikes.orgKetanji Brown Jackson Is Getting Tired of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket AbusesThe conservative supermajority keeps refusing to take the real-world harms of its work seriously. 316744
Reposted by Avery RussellBrooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I will be attending #SICB2027 this year! I am also actively looking for a postdoc position and would love to connect with PIs looking for postdocs! I have interest/expertise in behavior, mate choice/sexual selection, host-parasite interactions, and disability/neurodivergent advocacy in biology. 12013
Reposted by Avery RussellAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Claude appears to be engaging in academic dishonesty, which could be fireable for a human researcher. But one of AI’s major functions is ethics displacement, a shield that allows cheaters and other bad players to escape accountability. 717674
Reposted by Avery RussellTerry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I became a biologist because of a museum exhibit. Real artifacts tell stories that are more powerful than anything we can get from scrolling. They are part of our engine for training the next generation of scientists. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/the-awesomen...scienceforeveryone.scienceThe awesomeness of museumsGenuine artifacts tell the richest stories that fill our souls. And they fuel the scientific enterprise. 921878
Reposted by Avery RussellCarl 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. 892112861
Reposted by Avery Russellanil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Confirming the White House’s planned EO to exert more political control on NIH seems to be “dead” www.statnews.com/2026/09/23/n...statnews.comWhite House plan to increase control of NIH grants appears 'dead'A planned EO that would have greatly enhanced White House influence over grants at the NIH is “looking dead,” a source said. 713360
Reposted by Avery RussellGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...newrepublic.comStephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New LeaksSordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down. 13127761316
Reposted by Avery RussellColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases - NatureEmerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ... 8553276
Reposted by Avery Russellarr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership. 6246781032
Reposted by Avery RussellProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 410113436028
Reposted by Avery RussellSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen. 1461378
Reposted by Avery RussellBrian O'Meara @omearabrian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Public access to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia is being shut down after this Sunday (unless stopped). Yet, 1) Their website has zero indication of this anywhere 2) Promises a botany exhibit through Feb 14, 2027 3) Allows people to join as members for "an entire year" of access 23318
Reposted by Avery RussellSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 74254869528
Reposted by Avery RussellEvolution Students @ssegrad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026How can we teach evolution more effectively and help students engage with concepts they find challenging? Join us for "Teaching Evolution: Evidence-Based Pedagogy for Graduate Students & Postdoc Instructors", a virtual workshop featuring practical, research-backed approaches to teaching evolution. 12012
Reposted by Avery RussellHannah A. Brazeau 🇨🇦 @habrazeau.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Journals requiring humans to pass a captcha proving they are human in order to read articles, then immediately bombarding them with their “AI tools” to summarize said articles feels very “the call is coming from inside the house” 0173
Reposted by Avery RussellRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A lot of the justification for slashing Bears Ear is that local Utah residents don’t want it. Trump reduced Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante national monuments by 90%. But a new poll says 66% of Utah voters want the monuments restored. 14113
Reposted by Avery RussellBernard Kim @bernardkim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Princeton EEB is running a very broad faculty search at the Assistant Professor level. Please consider applying to join us! This is a wonderful, collaborative, cohesive department with diverse interests and amazing colleagues. apply.interfolio.com/193474apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 0100101
Reposted by Avery RussellPablo Nepomnaschy @pablonep.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not new, and not discovered...still great news. I offer a, perhaps, more accurate, less colonizing, title: "Western scientists describe a felid known to local communities as Tilcayo. It is the first description of its kind in over a century" 8827399
Reposted by Avery RussellCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Don’t bring a union rep” is one of those sentences that always means your employer is going you treat you with respect and dignity 17978208
Reposted by Avery RussellJenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Dept of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) program to shrink the federal work force, by paying people not to work, increased administrative leave costs by 435%, costing taxpayers $9.5 billion “This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse" - Senator Patty @murray.senate.govnytimes.comFederal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. 210566
Reposted by Avery RussellJason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1 4253422316
Reposted by Avery RussellKrista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is apartheid. 6393223
Reposted by Avery RussellStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/09/2026Trump's attack on higher ed is why we have created America's Compact for Higher Education, our unified response to his authoritarian overreach into higher ed. Visit the link to read the compact and use our tool to send the compact to your school's leadership: tr.ee/NyrCgh #University #Trumptr.eeDemand your school's leadership publicly endorse America's Compact for Higher Education — STAND UP FOR SCIENCEEmail your school's president urgently asking them to publicly endorse America's Compact for Higher Education 08233
Reposted by Avery RussellMichael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 17/09/2026Honestly, it was scary to think about being named. As I sat with the opportunity more, I thought that there aren’t a ton of moments to act and set up a better future for science. We’ve all been through a lot. Even though I’m at a vulnerable stage of my career, I also have relative privilege… 11476114
Reposted by Avery RussellDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future. 201444722
Reposted by Avery RussellChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026Had some fun in my backyard last night with my new Seestar S50 Pro 🔭 1122630
Reposted by Avery RussellKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/09/2026I still think there is not a good awareness out there of just how much the AI industry plans to run off fossil fuels. This is a *conservative* estimate that excludes many planned projects. These are weak plans and they can be stopped. au.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-data... 4190101
Reposted by Avery RussellErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/09/2026Some Dems are running away from trans people. Abdul El-Sayed, Dem Senate Candidate in Michigan, is running towards them. When asked, he fully and unequivocally support trans youth care as a matter between parents, patients, and doctors. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.com"The Decision Ought To Be Between A Patient And Their Doctor," Says Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed On Trans CareEven conservatives “agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between a person and their provider,” El-Sayed said. 453846766
Reposted by Avery RussellProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 13/09/2026On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, DHS posted a contract notice most people will never see. ERO ONE would give ICE the military intelligence apparatus that ran the war on terror, aimed at people in the U.S. I did this job for 20 years. Here's why it could be the next chapter of the deportation engine.projectsaltbox.comOP-ED: The $100 Million Hole in ICE's Deportation MachineA procurement notice describes the one capability ICE doesn't have yet: a standing near-real-time intelligence enterprise to turn its surveillance into target lists. 5160119
Reposted by Avery RussellAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth 11077423611
Reposted by Avery RussellArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 14/09/2026Attention #sciart people! The ASM agar art contest is open. Deadline is October 21 🧪🧫asm.orgASM Agar Art Contest | Contest DetailsHave you ever seen art created in a petri dish using living, growing microorganisms? That's agar art! ASM's annual Agar Art Contest is a chance for you to use science to show off your creative skills. 210347
Reposted by Avery RussellRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year 10732631549
Reposted by Avery RussellMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14/09/2026it’s so in our faces: these camps are not places people are meant to survive 42115858
Reposted by Avery RussellImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess. CHESS. It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia. 9153151745