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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 30/08/2026

I really wish the CDC hadn't laid off all but one of its rabies staff because I bet there are going to be some clinician questions

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Worse than I could have imagined with near total loss of our Campanian dinosaur beds. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @agu.org @natgeosci.nature.com @paleosoc.bsky.social No one asked my opinion as Utah's State Paleontologist! @paleontologizing.bsky.social

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 14/07/2026

BREAKING: We just sued the Trump administration to protect wildlife. Last week, they stripped away #EndangeredSpecies protections for places where these species live by repealing their regulator definition of "harm" under the #ESA. This move was illegal. So we're taking them to court.

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Apparently someone at the geological survey or a guest there was the anonymous complaining person. Transgender employee at KU reported for using the bathroom lawrencekstimes.com/2026/07/13/t...

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Transgender employee at KU reported for using the bathroom

A transgender woman who works at KU was notified Friday that she had been reported for using the women’s restroom.

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Weird Al Swearengen @peterlynn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The Las Vegas skyline from Blade Runner 2049 vs the Toronto skyline from right now.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Update on NSF grant funding: As of April 27, NSF has spent money on 737 new grants for FY26. Avg. for '21–25 at this point is 3303, so NSF is at about 22%. grant-witness.us/funding_curv...

Cumulative number of awards. FY26 is 22% of average, a large outlier.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

People keep comparing this to a lot of 1. dead creators who can't harm anyone anymore 2. leaving out the fact that she is a billionaire who is currently harming trans people, directly, by funding orgs & initiatives. Separating art from artist is not more important than actual lives.

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Andy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

NHMLA has a student collections study award (deadline April 1) - nhm.org/student-coll.... NHM has great paleontology collections, AND it's near many other museums (Alf, San Bernardino Co. Museum, Western Center, Cooper Center, San Diego NHM), so a SoCal paleo trip can cover a lot of institutions!

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Student Collections Study Award

The NHM Collections Study Awards provide funding for undergraduate and graduate students to visit and study the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the La Brea Tar Pits & ...

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

In a world of Jeffs, be like MacKenzie.

A tweet from My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) says:
“Billionaire MacKenzie Scott has gifted another $38 million to Atlanta’s Spelman College, bringing her total donations to 8 HBCUs to $387 million in the past 30 days.
She has been donating billions of her wealth every year since her divorce from ex-husband Jeff Bezos in 2019.”
The image shows MacKenzie Scott smiling at an event, and in the corner, a smaller inset photo shows two joyful Spelman College graduates in caps and gowns.

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Margaret Lewis, PhD, FLS @magratnj.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I saw James Watson speak at #riceuniversity and Baylor Med School when I was an undergrad at Rice in 1986. He came to an upper level class in biology that all of us bio majors were allowed to attend. His lectures were entertaining and wild. 🧪🧵1/5 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...

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James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 15/10/2025

new @teenvogue.com: students at the 9 colleges invited to Trump's "college compact" have been pushing their universities to reject it. + a bit of a scoop: @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social tells us that they're launching a national coalition to support students pushing their schools to fight the Trump admin

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College Students and Faculty Resist Trump’s “Free Speech” Funding Scheme

Nine universities across the country were given a test of loyalty from the Trump administration. Now, students are demanding their schools not sign the president’s 10 point compact agreement.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 03/10/2025

We had an amazing time last night with @michaelemann.bsky.social and @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social as they discussed their new book #ScienceUnderSiege! One poignant quote: “Anti-science is a lethal force.” Standing up for science saves lives! ✊

A gathering of people in the early evening alongside Dr. Michael E Mann and Dr. Peter J Hotez, they are dressed casually and standing on a sidewalk terrace hung with string lights. Behind, a green awning says "Rosemary Bistro Cafe."

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Ms . Penny Oaken @skywitchy.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I used to think that this was only true because no one knew how to actually debate and how to actually moderate a debate. Lots of people make that mistake. It does harm because it communicates to them and the world that their bullshit hatred might have merit.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Every time you want to give the democrats a pass on trans issues, ask yourself if you would be ok if they threw black, Latino, lgbtq or women under the bus the same way. The answer always has to be no. Period.

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P. David Polly @pdpolly.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

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Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Do you want to go to grad school in #paleontology 🦖, #geology ⚒️, or #biology🧪? Join the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Graduate School Application Prep Group! We’ll walk you through the application process in weekly workshops. Sign up with this form! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Do you want to be a paleontologist? Join the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's Application Preparation Group! This series of free Zoom workshops will: Tell you how the field of paleontology works, guide you through the graduate school application process, connect you with other applicants, and give you feedback on your application. Anyone is welcome!

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

AI in the DOE report? This ref (p29) is fake: Lee, S., Byrne, M. P., Loikith, P. C., & O’Dell, C. W. (2024). Zonal contrasts of the tropical Pacific climate predicted by a global constraint. Climate Dynamics, 62(1–2), 229–246. doi:10.1007/s00382-023-06741-7 www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

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RealClimate: The Endangerment of the Endangerment Finding?

RealClimate: The EPA, along with the "Climate Working Group" (CWG) of usual suspects (plus Judith Curry and Ross McKitrick) at DOE, have just put out a document for public comment their attempt to res...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/07/2025

The FTC is seeking public comment about gender affirming care in order to go after providers and restrict access. Share your stories instead of how this care has helped you and how it is life saving. We need to counteract their false narratives. Please share! www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2...

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Margaret Lewis, PhD, FLS @magratnj.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I wish there had been articles like this when I started my PhD. If this is you, you're not alone! There are way more tools out there today. Don't be afraid to use them. www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...

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Survival tools for a neurodivergent brain in academia

Working in academia is hard, and being neurodivergent makes it harder. Here are a few tools that may help, from a Ph.D. student with ADHD.

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Margaret Lewis, PhD, FLS @magratnj.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Definitely. Great to see someone holding the line.

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Greg Todd @1gregtodd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

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Margaret Lewis, PhD, FLS @magratnj.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

She said: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship, especially when it targets vulnerable communities…when transgender people are being legislated against, silenced, and endangered…silence is not an option.” Free read: Amy Sherald Cancels Show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/a...

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Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

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Margaret Lewis, PhD, FLS @magratnj.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

As I was scrolling I saw this and thought “What? An early female paleontologist or geologist that I never heard of?” Nope, but her story is still amazing.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.

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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Greetings, fellow friends of prehistoric vertebrates! Which dinosaur without “Tyrannosaurus” in its name is the best? Extra internet points if you name something still alive today!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/06/2025

1. On Tuesday, Congresswoman Sarah McBride gave a interview with Ezra Klein at the New York Times. It has been used to seed the ground for a rightward shift in the Democratic Party on trans rights. Some allies have failed to grasp the problems with her approach. Here's what McBride gets wrong.

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What Sarah McBride Gets Wrong

Congresswoman Sarah McBride recently interviewed with Ezra Klein at the New York Times, where she advocated for a more cowardly form of politics when it comes to transgender people.

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Margaret Lewis, PhD, FLS @magratnj.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

The Supreme Court’s Blindness to Transgender Reality www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...

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Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Blindness to Transgender Reality

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Same here.

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Anti-ICE march in New York City concludes at Washington Square Park, where demonstrators are now dancing to music. Crowd thinned a lot from beginning, but still number several hundred. An outdoor jazz event kicks off as “ICE outta New York” chants wind down & people disperse.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

“They describe spending hours grading papers that took their students seconds to generate: “I've been thinking more and more about how much time I am almost certainly spending grading and writing feedback for papers that were not even written by the student… That sure feels like bullshit.”

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McNutcase @mcnutcase.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Don't even pirate it.

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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Check out this brand new fellowship from the Simon’s Foundation in Ecology and Evolution. Incoming grad students this year are eligible to apply. No citizenship restrictions. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

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Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Impressive. Only one horseman to go & he’s got the set.

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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

"I question if their buyers know that what they’re selling is lumps of plaster and plastic they're calling a dinosaur” EXCELLENT reporting on the shady world of fossil auctions (and FREE to read!) cowboystatedaily.com/2024/12/14/w...

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Wyoming Dinosaurs Sold For $15 Million In Europe, But How Legitimate Are They?

Collectors might want to beware when bidding on dinosaurs at auction houses. A recent trio of Wyoming dinosaurs sold for more than $15 million at an…

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Margaret Lewis, PhD, FLS @magratnj.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I encourage everyone to read the full report. There are some improvements, but parents/family are still not stepping up and doing the one fundamental thing they should do: love, accept, & support their LGBTQ family (and especially their trans family members). Be better.

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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

If you care about science and innovation in the US, please contact your congresspeople about the budget for FY2026 #SaveScience #SaveNSF

Summary Table showing the proposed changes to the budget for NSF in FY2026 with cuts ranging from 25.9% - 80% across directorates.

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Margaret Lewis, PhD, FLS @magratnj.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

See this helpful review of cuts in NSF’s budget request for next year….see the end of the thread for ideas of what to do.

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