iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ah no one believes me but I was born with a computer already in our house, an Apple II I think. The first computer I remember using was a IIe.

A very old computer with a monitor sitting on top of two floppy drives (5 1/4) with a chunky brown keyboard.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Research is expensive - it takes more than equipment to do good science. It takes people! Graduate students and postdocs do the heavy lifting of most research - it's where the majority of my grant funding goes!

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Sharing in case you need a lil reminder. Hop on it!

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Stephen Chew @schewpsych.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Probably explains why we don't have Guide Cats for the visually impaired. www.sciencefocus.com/nature/cats-...

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Experts tested whether cats would help humans in trouble. The results were brutal | BBC Science Focus Magazine

So selfish but so cute

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Morning blue sky with clouds, for Bsky.

A picture of a blue sky, filled with clouds. Trees are in the foreground, and the sun is softly shining behind one tree.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Is it a cliché to share a picture of a blue sky on Bsky?! Too bad, because the sky yesterday was fantastic here in Fargo. An absolutely perfect blue, with tufts of clouds tucked in here and there.

A picture of the roof of a house, focused on a blue sky with wispy clouds.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

My youngest just graduated public high school, and in her 13 years in the system, I've watched this play out. I would add that our (like many) schools ramped up control and stripped student autonomy, all to appease our legislators and maintain the dwindling funding we have. It will backfire.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Scientists and friends of science! We need y'all to write a comment on proposed changes to how science is funded. New OMB rules - that's the office managing the budget - would allow political appointees to make the final determination of who gets funded... that's not how good science happens!

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I was up late watching election results come in - and by watching, I mean obsessively hitting refresh on the ND Secretary of State website... And my obsessive clicking worked! Josh Boschee is the next mayor of Fargo; I am beyond thrilled! Bonus: my oldest voted for the first time! #proud

Behind a "vote here" sign stands a young woman with her arms outstretched, celebrating having just voted in her first election.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

"It will, I believe, strengthen the academic culture of Harvard." If by strengthen you mean create an incredibly competitive, cut-throat learning environment, where students are hyper-focused on points rather than learning, then yeah, I think you've succeeded!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

New — I spoke to parents whose kids are former patients of NYU Langone's trans youth health care program about the Texas criminal subpoena for their private health records. "I was furious. I was in disbelief. I was scared for my child's well-being." Read my full report:

thehandbasket.co

Subpoena of NYU Langone trans youth health records pierces ‘bubble’ of safety for patients & families

The Handbasket spoke to some of those impacted.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Ending a great semester of intro bio, I signed off my last announcement: and remember, you can’t reproduce if you’re dead. -Dr. M (the M stands for Mutation) I think that fairly sums up what intro bio is about: sex and variation.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A student today said that if LeBron James can do it, so can they. I know I should be supportive but I couldn’t help the incredulous “really?!” that escaped me.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Two lockdowns in one day for my kids… one at college, one high school. I am absolute goo. We live in a very sick world.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

So many academics are on Substack and maybe, ya know, you should get off it... Stop letting your voice be curated by this:

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This was a fantastic discussion, so much so that I ordered the book.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10/03/2026

MAR10 = date today MARIO = dunna dunna dunna

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

These contracts b/t AI co and universities infuriate me. Our budgets are thin and declining, we can’t invest in the people who do the work: the teaching, learning, the support. Yet we can drop millions each year to companies that already have tax breaks and are raking in profits.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Hey you - yeah you! See below and then go write an abstract to join us in June. It's all online, and full of great ideas and inspiration.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This sucks! If you wanna chip in to help us tackle this again in November... follow: www.facebook.com/togetherfors...

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Yeah! Getting our (informal) science on!

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I don't have a large following, but if you're reading this... hop off Bsky, look up your local commissioners, mayor, etc and write to ask them to publicly denounce ICE, to take a stand saying ICE is not welcome in your town, and they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Repeat daily.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I’m headed to SICB next week for my first time ever, and I’m excited to give the Moore Lecture. If you’re there, join me to learn all about systems thinking in undergraduate biology!

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Hot on the heals of that amazing publication (srsly, go read it!), I am thrilled to teach a VIP course this spring! VIP = Vertically Integrated Project. We will integrate undergraduates into a project exploring study strategies across STEM. It's a CURE on steroids! #DBER #BER

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

But what if I really lay into the carbs and couch sitting?! Then could I be a sea slug?!

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This is legit tempting. She said as a tenured full professor.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Apparently data don’t matter? We know long term housing is effective! This federal change in funding will have dire impacts in all communities. From folks who are unhoused to women escaping abuse - all could find themselves without a place to go.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

This Thanksgiving, I braved a literal winter wonderland to get to our dinner. Enjoy this one good image I snagged at 70 mph on US 94.

A landscape of pine trees covered in snow, with a snowy foreground, and a bright blue partially cloudy sky.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Some days I really appreciate past Jenni who forgot she tucked a little treat into her backpack and left it for me to discover today.

A green backpack with a mini KitKat peaking out from the water bottle pouch.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I curled for the first time in about five years. Definitely rusty! But I managed to win the tie breaking skip’s rocks!

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Masquerading as my esteemed colleague and giving sheet to everyone here!

A picture of Jenni holding a name tent for Erin Conwell. Jenni is a proxy for Erin at the faculty senate meeting.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Worst name for a service ever: PaperCut. Absolutely no one wants a paper cut - an injury that hurt an inordinate amount for how small they are. After installing PaperCut, printing just got inordinately more difficult for no good reason. I guess it's an apt if crap name.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

My cat excels at escape rooms in a box.

Two individuals are reviewing papers and writing notes while a gray cat sits in the game box.

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David La Puma (he/him/his) @woodcreeper.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

“There is no place in American higher education for death threats against professors,” Todd Wolfson, the president of the American Association of University Professors and a Rutgers faculty member. If you are so moved, please sign.

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Disband the Rutgers Chapter of Turning Point USA

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

If you’re an alumni… sign. This is absolutely wild.

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Updates! We have misconceptions in SciFi, misconceptions in the media, green energy, taste (!), meal planning, measurement in science. Quite a wild range - I'm excited to see what they come up with!

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Well this is infuriating. Hope my bookstore has postcards…. And stamps!

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Jenni Momsen @jennimomsen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Spell check recommending I add a comma after Dr. as in: Dear Dr., Smith. Is this a new kind of comma I didn't learn about? Like we have the Oxford comma and now the AI comma?

A screen shot of a grammar check box stating: Hi, it's best to add a comma when you greet someone. It then suggests Dr. comma which is patently wrong.

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