Reposted by MacKenzie JacobsEmi @kayamalie.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable 46792281312
MacKenzie Jacobs @mackenziej31.bsky.social · 13/08/2025WV Scientists, let's stick together and show each other support! First meeting is tonight-- shoot me a message if you're interested in joining! Tremendous thank you to @morgan-glass.bsky.social for organizing! 051
MacKenzie Jacobs @mackenziej31.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Summer research drawing to a close called for a combo of two of my favorite things: baking and polyploids! 🦎🧬 050
Reposted by MacKenzie JacobsHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can. 200103871438
Reposted by MacKenzie JacobsMary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Great SciComm teaching tool -"Bad news" "Your task is to get as many followers as you can while slowly building up fake credibility as a news site. Playing it builds cognitive resistance against common forms of manipulation that you may encounter online." 👍 www.getbadnews.com/engetbadnews.comBad News - Play the fake news game!Play the fake news game! How bad are you? Become a fake news tycoon and get as many followers as you can. 083
Reposted by MacKenzie JacobsKevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Since we recorded, more NSF grants have been cut, more NSF workers slated to be fired, NSF budget proposed to be cut nearly in half, & NSF & DoD indirect rates were announced to be cut to 15%. On the plus side some people stepped in to save a USAID research lab (aces.illinois.edu/news/1m-gift...)chronicle.comTrump Halts Grants, Caps Indirect Costs at the National Science FoundationNo reason was given for the freeze, which is said to last “until further notice.” 03411
Reposted by MacKenzie JacobsMary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I spent 14 years at a teaching-focused primarily-undergraduate institution (PUI) and found it be a stimulating, challenging, and rewarding environment. Check this out 👇 "How I found professional satisfaction by adjusting my definition of success" | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgHow I found professional satisfaction by adjusting my definition of successAs a professor at a teaching-focused university, this scientist has “discovered not just success, but significance” 03613