Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 17/06/2025What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? A majority of the world’s insect species have no living expert who can identify them. 411176206
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsPaul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Time to post more lichens. 1. Ramalina dilacerata 2. Tuckermanopsis platyphylla 3. Vulpicida canadensis 4. Ramalina farinacea (I believe) All near Spring Lake Road, 100 Mile House, BC. 🌿 56613
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 14/06/2025I love that a politician can say something like “I believe mice naturally spawn out of grain” and the news will now just treat that as a legitimate line of thought 255105202383
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 14/06/2025I don't know if this needs to be said or not but "elected official assassinated in their home" is simply not a thing that happens in this country. 1825, 1889, 1893, 1973. Those are all the ones I can find, ever, before today. 522432554
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsUnfriendly Black²feet Óṫ’’k̇oaṗi•siak̇īī @pandabbadon.bsky.social · 13/06/2025When Archduke Ferdinand got assassinated, nobody was like “oh shit, it’s WWI now” when the Germans first invaded Poland nobody was like “fuck, WWI sequel already?!” Shit just felt like chaos and the clarity of hindsight let us put more solid dates around the start of things… 1/2 1316
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Back in the vert paleo archives today, and uncovered this little gem set to Battle Hymn of the Republic "Mine eyes have seen the splitting of the genus I adore, It's been slyly subdivided into families galore And with every publication comes another genus more! The names go rolling on!" 3359
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/06/20251. Trans troops are now being separated from their jobs, and we have learned what discharge code they are being given: "JDK," a code that was used to remove communists and gay people, and can be seen as a "black mark" on their service. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comTrans Troops Given A Black Mark Discharge Code Under Military Ban“This is the kind of code that they gave to homosexuals and communists in the '50s.” 582438971
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025After spending decades *accusing* Black women of having babies to get payments from the government, they want to encourage white women to have babies to get payments from the government. 20662229
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's site is down at the moment. Every time a gov site goes down now it's like 10 percent chance of planned maintenance, 80 percent chance they canceled the wrong contract or otherwise screwed something up, and 10 percent chance they killed it forever. 013228
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/04/2025"Hegseth’s disastrous run at the Pentagon is entirely predictable, the natural result of elevating a co-host of Fox & Friends’ weekend edition to sixth in the line of succession because the president liked his Fox News hits." sixth in the line of succession what the fuck 1959074
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/04/2025NSF says investigators can no longer propose to expand participation in STEM for women and underrepresented groups, and are terminating awards on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation. Make science all white and male again!nsf.govUpdates on NSF Priorities 1122991
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsDeke Arndt @deke-arndt.bsky.social · 19/04/2025This is the 30th anniversary of the OKC Bombing. Please let me share a perspective on it. It starts with an Oklahoma geography lesson. 1/n 424360
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsMegan Zahneis @mzahneis.bsky.social · 18/04/2025If you're an NSF grantee who receives notice of cancellation per today's announcement, please get in touch here or via Signal mzahneis.09. 16254
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 19/04/2025“The National Science Foundation (NSF) has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Not anymore. Today NSF announced such efforts “are no longer aligned with its priorities”science.orgNSF starts to kill grants that violate Trump’s war on diversity effortsAttracting women and minorities into science and studying misinformation are no longer priorities, agency says 511665
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsDr Ecology 🌲 @ecologyphd.bsky.social · 19/04/2025🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨 Want to pursue a PhD in a science-friendly country? Univ. of Aukland is seeking a grad student to advance coastal seabed restoration. Tuition fees, research costs, & a tax-free annual stipend of NZ$34,569. Contact & application details in 🧵 🌎🌾🧪🌿🌱🌊🎓 #GenerationRestoration 45329
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsRebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 22/03/2025Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that. 850288119020
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.forms.gleCancelled NIH grant information submission formPlease use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH... 10433492
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsonion person @junlper.beer · 21/03/2025we are living under fascism right now 2192408017243
sad bug w/ 1 million sads @herebespiders11.bsky.social · 21/03/2025B̸̵̘̘̪͉̻̟̹̦͕͍̫͓̌ͭ͗̀͆ͬͩ̂̌ͧͬ̀̆̈́̀͐͊͒͑͐ͣͩ̕͟ͅŲ̸̷̶̡̛͔̲̖̖̩͎͈̓͒ͪ̑̏͂ͦ̀͊ͩ̕_̷͎̞̯͗ͭ̍̎͢͢͡N̴̨̬̣̦̺̗̦̘̹̹̻̞̝̘̞̝ͩͭͦ̔̾́̇ͥ̄ͪ̃̄̿ͫ̏ͫ͒N̷͕̤̹͐̈̔͊̎̚͟͢_͔̮͎̋̍̈́̔Y̮ K̭̻̫̻̦̹̮̼͔̟̤̺͇̠ͧͫ̔̅ͧͧ̍̓́ͦ́̂͗̏ͧ̍̔͑͘͘͢͢Ņ̧̧̛̟͉͓̖͉̻̞͎̱̮̺̝͇̩͗̓̈́͂̌͊͑ͤͤͩ͂ͬ̄͆͐͊ͪͦ͑̿͝͠O̤̝̯̬̾ͧ̒̋̀ͦ̀ͤͦ̋W̨̐̇_̵̸̸̢̦͚͚̼̗̼̪͇̰͖̮̅̈ͣ̀ͨ̇͛̽ͣ́̏ͩ̒̂ͥ̋ͩͭͩ̀͝͠͡ͅͅS̵̵̵̴̴̵̢̛̛͍͓̳̣͉͙͉͉̱ͭ̔̎ͩ̃̅ͤ̿̅ͪ̍ͧ̈͋ͮ̚̕͜͡ͅ_̯ͣ͞ͅ W̶̷̢̢̛̝͈̫̻ͯ̅̓ͭ̏ͩ̚̕͢͟͞H̢̧͍̼̪̝̮̩͖̥ͨ́͐̃́̐͋̏ͭ̚͘Ą̨̳͖̭ͧ̀ͦͨ̐͋ͮ̐̃͟͟͠͠ͅT̵ͬͦ_̷̶̸̸̡͙̝̠̳͉̺͖̬̣̙͚̙̘͙̻͖̱͙̮̆̑ͣͮ̀ͮ̍ͦͣͭ̑͒̏̐̀ͫ̚͠ Y̷͎͍̲͓̘̠̠̬̜͔̗͓͖͗͌ͥͫ̄͋̍̃̆ͣͣ̀̄͛͗͒̀͗͊̆̉̌ͣ̚̕_Ơ̶̶̧̼̫̮̤͚̯̱̼͈͎̮͓̐ͬ͂̏͑͑̔̓̃̽ͩ̓͡͠U̷̡̨̢͙͍̬̥̹̘̦̮̲͉̲̼̲̲̇͆̒̉̀̓͐̍̆̀̒̾̏̎ͬ̇͒̆͘͢͢͞͡͠ D̟̘̤̖̖̻̮̣̪͎̆ͫ̈́̿͆͑̀̓̒ͭ̅ͤ̚̕͘͟͢͠͠I̛̲͋ͤͣ͒͘͡_̸̴̢̜͎̩̥̘̭̲̻͓̺̼͇̘̮̝̏̀̋͂̿͒̋̅̉́̅ͫͫͮͭ̌͜͜͝ͅḐ̷̛̪̠̲̰̳̲̩̺͍̣̩͚̻ͫ̒͐̆ͨ̅̀ͬ͒ͫͭͪͦ̃͂́̈́̚͠͠͞͡͞ 181
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsThe Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 19/03/2025It is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay today! A big day for Carl Linnaeus, who we happen to care about (just a little.) 100 years before Darwin's evolutionary theory was published, Linnaeus was classifying animals based on shared traits. He created #SystemaNaturae in 1735, and we still use it to this day! 23912
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Ridiculous, disgusting, and dangerous But it doesn't surprise me. Haircuts matter-- they're as anxiety-inducing to me as dentist visits are to family, because it's so hard to convince hair stylists that I should be allowed to have a gender nonconforming cut ("but it would be prettier if...") 68513
sad bug w/ 1 million sads @herebespiders11.bsky.social · 18/03/2025You're absolutely right, I will watch 010
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsMolly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 18/03/2025look at this guy Black-headed Gull, Kensington Gardens, London March 2025 🪶 112412
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsmolly @bugmom.bsky.social · 18/03/2025floor plan of my new house 923933
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsLaura Naslund @laura-naslund.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Failed my goal to make it through the work week without crying for the 8th timenytimes.comTrump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm (Gift Article)More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development. 022
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 18/03/2025NEW REPORT: Our latest analysis links nearly one-third of sea level rise today to emissions from 122 fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers—and shows these emissions have guaranteed additional sea level rise for years to come. 516496
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 18/03/2025If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist... 6360324
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsWIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.freedom.pressWired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should followAs the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy 16249137023359
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/03/20251. Incredible ruling! An Ohio appeals court has ruled that trans care is healthcare, strikes down youth trans care ban! It made the ruling using the Republican-passed "health care freedom amendment" meant to overturn Obamacare! Subscribe to support my journalism. You'll want to read this one.erininthemorning.comOhio Appeals Court Rules Trans Care Is Healthcare, Strikes Down Ban For Trans YouthThe ruling was in part based on a 2011 Amendment in the state guaranteeing healthcare freedom, originally meant to challenge Obamacare. 6568281749
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsRevivalCare 🇨🇦 @revivalcare.bsky.social · 18/03/2025"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release [next year's] data" — Staffan Lindberg, head of the Varieties of Democracy project, run out of Sweden's University of Gothenburg Source: t.co/4hMH5o9iGbt.cohttps://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democracy-report-1.7486317 13320
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsACLU @aclu.org · 18/03/2025BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. This is a critical victory for trans rights. 161340358785
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsRachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH 7072654910664
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 15/03/2025as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech bsky.app/profile/need... 3328115
sad bug w/ 1 million sads @herebespiders11.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This is your annual reminder that you should visit your older relatives and help them clean out their pantries. Botulism express over here 😬 060
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsRick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller. 25695043985
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsCullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 16/02/2025There you have it. The Economic Policy Uncertainty Index (www.policyuncertainty.com) just hit an all-time high, surpassing its previous high from May 2020 - the teeth of the #COVID pandemic. Consequences: worse investment climate, higher risk premia, (likely) higher interest rates... 661992831
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsSiobhan Schenk @siobhanschenk.bsky.social · 16/02/2025The gremlins 282
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsEmma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This shit doesn’t happen in France and I’ll tell you why: the rich went too far once and they cut all their heads off and now, when those in power fuck workers over, the French stop working. Don’t forget your real power Americans. They don’t let you have unions for a reason. 5845331163
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsSenator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This is why so many Jews are skeptical of the national GOP claim of support — it rings hollow & opportunistic. Vance visits a Nazi concentration camp, lays a wreath at a statue stating “Never Again,” calls it an “unspeakable evil,” & then promptly meets with & promotes a German Nazi-aligned party.nytimes.comVance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech (Gift Article)Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler. 491140350
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsKatie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity. 2424541286
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025There’s a real chance that we staring down a new pandemic in the form of bird flu. It could never happen or happen in the coming months. And we are in the process of decimating our core national public health and infectious disease service. 21945021102
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadssad bug w/ 1 million sads @herebespiders11.bsky.social · 14/02/2025In case you doubted how much of a dictatorship we're living under 031
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsArmando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 14/02/2025Today, the USDA lost experts in Psylloidea, Thysanoptera, Cerambycidae, Hymenoptera, Pseudococcidae, and Malacology. This is a devastating loss of expertise, occuring without warning. Their union's official statement on the issue can be found here: aginspectors.org/2-14-2025-a-... #entomology 🧪aginspectors.org2/14/2025: A message from the NAAE about the mass termination notices – National Association of Agriculture Employees | NAAE 6223116
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14/02/2025This was one of RFK Jr.’s first orders after being sworn in. Just an astonishing denial of science and will cause so much pain to the 45 million Americans facing mental health challenges. 1435120304208
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2) 181311454733880
Reposted by sad bug w/ 1 million sadsKatie Sandlin @kmsandlin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!! 665114424046