Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11hPaleo colleagues, I've got a dino-interested undergrad looking to do summer internships in any field of paleo, but ideally with vertebrates (any period). My knowledge skews more Quaternary; what are some good programs to know, including some that might be a bit more off the beaten path? 2102
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillCatherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 15hI keep thinking about how so many different domains are working with vastly foreshortened concepts of the future. There is a radical sort of hope and belief in fellow people that goes along with building something you want to last for generations 0264
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 4830141052
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Also, we should be paying people in all of these fields more! 0497
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: 81143534
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Liemandt does not suggest Alpha School is an antidote to “mind virus,” but rather the introduction of a variant...The goal, as he frames it, is not to release young people from indoctrination, but to replace brainwashing by radical teachers you can’t trust with brainwashing by tech bros you can." 2278
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For a second-wave movement that built itself around consciousness-raising, Take Back the Night, and other *community based* work, this is disappointing. I get it, it's hard to see so much backsliding. But we need cross-generational solidarity right now, badly. 29513
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Create a tool: don’t profit. Tool creates problem: don’t profit. Create solution to problem: profit yet? 46311
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer. 131222253
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren calls for the removal of climate denier Matthew Wielicki as head of the US govt's climate research office. Wielicki has no training in climate science, and regularly uses AI to invent non-existent sources to support his claims. 217468
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Every point in this small thread. Every. One. 0205
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is a revelation to me. Are most history depts not already "service depts"? I assumed they were. In any given year I might teach 500 students, most of them in the intro surveys, and maybe 25 of those 500 are history majors. But it's important to note how admins set these classes up to fail. 956867
Reposted by Jacquelyn Gill@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 342491767
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reading this just before my deinonychus in Path of Titans did a “collect pine cones” quest was deeply satisfying. But seriously, such a cool study! 1171
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillDana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New ACLU and Amnesty International report on repression on American campuses www.aclu.org/publications...aclu.org"Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus" | American Civil Liberties Union"Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus," an ACLU and Amnesty International USA research report, documents the heavy-handed responses by certain univers... 011467
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s here! Happy book birthday, @amywestervelt.bsky.social! I can’t wait to rage-read this. 26714
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillProPublica @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 🧵 410113476033
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hey Philly! We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences! The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum Sept 25-27. It’s the museum’s last weekend (for now!) Sign up here to help docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 2120118
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026So far, @wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social’s new AI enabled Rex system has less functionality than ScholarOne. Reviewers still can’t suggest alternatives. AI-generated expertise keywords are wrong. Reviews are at a standstill because the system is so bad. But hey, we get this slop! 26818
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Artificial Intelligence and Creative Writing: A Policy of Sorts. I've posted versions before, but I update this each term following conversations with students. Here's my Fall '26 edition. In no way definitive! Learning as I go. 315834
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This remains my favorite Halloween costume of all time. 21065
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am delighted to be on several “unhinged about AI” lists because of my firm believe that human beings should not participate in our own deskilling and replacement for the further enrichment of tech billionaires. Yes, please block me. Cleanse my timeline of your creepy pick-me energy. 22750124
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is so important for so many movements (including the climate movement). If you read one thing this week, let it be this. Also, I just bought a bunch of books! Thanks, @chanda.blacksky.app!news.chanda.scienceThe Spectrum of Allies is Better than Pessimistic BinariesA theory and tool that can help you rethink the work head 37326
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/09/2026Short thread: 18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there. Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position. Kelton moved to Denmark. 5614240
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillJonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We need to work harder..."This work shows us that all of the solutions we need are already here. We just need to scale them, as quickly and strategically as we can." drawdown.org/insights/wer...drawdown.orgWe’re going to miss the 1.5 °C climate target. Now what?The United Nations Environment Program released a report earlier this month saying the world – which is already experiencing roughly 1.3˚C of warming – will miss the 1.5˚C climate change target set by... 13513
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026One of my PhD chapters was conducted at Konza Prairie. This is a hugely important facility. 1134
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026UMaine: "Strategic staff layoffs and faculty retrenchments will be necessary to reduce the university’s expenses on an ongoing basis." UMaine System: "We just signed a $1.4 million/year contract with OpenAI!" Cool. 78426
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026When even MDPI decides your article needs to be retracted…woof. 1349
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillJohn Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Facts worth repeating: It would be cheaper to pay the ~40,000 or so people employed by the coal industry $1M a year to do nothing than to pay for the health damages (not including climate change) caused by burning coal in the U.S. publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?h...publichealth.hsc.wvu.eduCounting up the costs of coalRegular readers know that WVU’s Dr. Michael Hendryx has done work on that issue (subscription required), reporting that: 520696
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillAdrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It’s deeply amusing to me when I’m told we have to “learn to live with AI” by university administrators tell me who banned student graduation speakers just last year because they couldn’t live with what those graduation speakers might say. 231349
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026UMaine is hiring a director of our new PFAS lab: fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... If you've got a PhD in analytical or environmental chemistry and 5+ years of PFAS research experience, check it out!fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comAssistant or Associate Extension Professor, PFAS and Environmental Contaminants Analytical Specialist, and PFAS Lab DirectorThe University of Maine Cooperative Extension is seeking an accomplished scientist and collaborative leader to establish and grow the University's PFAS analytical and Extension program. This is a uniq... 22731
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Lots of stories across Pennsylvania about NIH grant terminations at Pitt and Penn. This is why speaking out matters. Even Congress critters who generally support the administration get pressured into actually supporting their constituents. www.wesanews.org/health-scien...wesanews.orgMcCormick, Fetterman question termination of more than 100 health research grantsPennsylvania’s senators are demanding information about more than 150 health research grants canceled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this summer. 515160
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillDaniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes: 13597706
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Humans are reading your ChatGPT chats. Just like humans are behind your food delivery robots and various other applications of automated technology. Usually underpaid humans in other countries. 6486168
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I’m still trying to figure out what we win. Unemployment? Deskilling? Rampant water and noise pollution? Higher electrical costs? Climate breakdown? WHAT DO WE WIN?? 44513
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillSeamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Please consider helping. The device you’re seeing this on owes much to Maxwell. 46637
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026Here's the starter pack featuring most of the authors who have been featured in Buy a Book Friday! go.bsky.app/PaGkisY 01611
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I know there are a lot of people who want to make the world better but don’t know where to start so just…don’t. I also know every group I work with that is making the world better is kept afloat by exhausted people who desperately need help. If you’re in group A, please find an org to help group B 831290
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillRiley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"Tyrant Lizard Queen follows Snag through the pit stops typical in many coming-of-age stories: peer rivalries and first loves." A new review of Tyrant Lizard Queen is out in @sciencenews.bsky.social! Though if you want to remain unspoiled, might be wise just to just take my word it's good. 🦖sciencenews.org'Tyrant Lizard Queen' offers a nuanced look at T. rexPaleontologist Riley Black’s latest book explores how this misunderstood carnivore might have lived. 37023
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Schools are not a business and a student is not a customer and this is the framing that encapsulates everything wrong with higher education. The “solution” of running universities like businesses rather than a public good was always the problem. 11386112
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026OpenAI did not "lose control", the agents did not go "rogue" and there is no "swarm" that "escaped". all control and responsibility remains firmly in the hands of these "frontier" labs. most importantly this "rogue" narrative is an intentional and strategic marketing PR 10607242
Reposted by Jacquelyn GillJoe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Via the State Cartographer's office, here is a summary of what is changing from the National Society of Professional Surveyors: www.sco.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...sco.wisc.edu 1207
Reposted by Jacquelyn Gillashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 11/09/2026we don’t teach young people short-term history, so it was weird when i realized that gen z had no idea that so many gen x and millennials spent our high school years protesting george w bush and not just because of the wars, but because mosques were being targeted and sikh men were being attacked 543061787
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The enshittification of the National Science Foundation will go down as one of the greatest moral injuries I've experienced in my career. 825470
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I don't want to go to meetings today. I want to be a deinonychus. 37714
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026How am I only now finding out about Path of Titans??! @restingdinoface.bsky.social, do you know about this game?? 1110
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We made a new friend in field natural history lab today! 11328