Reposted by Natasha MhatreHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 3hWhen my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists. 121344354
Reposted by Natasha MhatreMcTeagle74 @mcteagle74.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In April Amazon workers in an OR facility were asked to ignore and continue working around a fellow coworker who collapsed dead, where the body remained for at least an hour. #capitalism www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news... atlantablackstar.com/2026/04/23/a... www.btimesonline.com/articles/177... 12717
Reposted by Natasha MhatreDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 253180584763
Reposted by Natasha Mhatre🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I found a cricket leech after work today! :0 Cricket leeches are the larval form of solitary wasps in the family Rhopalosomatidae, which is the ancestral branch of all paper and potter wasps. 710917
Reposted by Natasha MhatreTravis McEnery @travismcenery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't know who lives in this house but they've made a pretty great Halloween spider. As Halloween spider decorations go, it's pretty good! It seems to be missing pedipalps, but I'll overlook that for its sheer size and the details it got right. 36211
Reposted by Natasha MhatreJim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're in turbulent times in health research with unprecedented advances coupled with funding challenges. CIHR is at the cross-roads of this and is looking for a special advisor to the President (2 days a week, secondment). Be part of the solution. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54823.htmlcihr-irsc.gc.caSpecial Advisor to the President - CIHRCanada has exceptional health research talent and a strong record of scientific discovery. The challenge—and the opportunity—is to ensure more discoveries lead to better health, stronger health systems, new therapies and technologies, and a globally competitive life sciences sector. 11913
Reposted by Natasha MhatreAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/10/2026If you ruin the ~ bright futures ~ of Ivy League rapists, who will you rely on when you need a wet signature for state-sanctioned murder? 3923140
Reposted by Natasha MhatreEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026PSA: My doctor emailed me last week to say she's already seeing flu cases in her practice and to go ahead and get the shot. In the past she's advised to wait until later in October because efficacy wanes over time but this year she says go ahead and get it ASAP. 56919
Reposted by Natasha MhatreSteve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨Postdoc job alert: Come work with my paleontology & evolution group in Edinburgh! Researcher in Cognitive Evolution Over Deep Time. You'll study how brains & neurons have evolved over time, and predict neuron count in extinct species! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTC355/p...jobs.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time at The University of EdinburghApply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now. 26075
Reposted by Natasha MhatreAndy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I am pretty disappointed by the lack of public acknowledgment from the American Alliance of Museums about the situations at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel (which was AAM-accredited!) & the Sternberg. There are lots of museum crises right now, but these are particularly serious. 13111
Reposted by Natasha MhatreAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh really? When were their trials? 17513
Reposted by Natasha MhatreJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This is nicely put. The machine that subordinates all life to its own algorithm of self-expansion is already operating: It’s called capital. www.newyorker.com/science/anna... 11334971172
Reposted by Natasha MhatreJournal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026. @biologists.bsky.social is offering 20 funded places for ECRs from the Global South to attend the Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments Workshop in Argentina, 1-5 August 2027 Application deadline: 6 Nov 2026 Don't miss out! 🔁 www.biologists.com/workshops/au... 01919
Reposted by Natasha MhatreAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"The Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association says that AI is already driving *up* healthcare costs, as hospitals use the technology to find instances where they can bill more for the same level of care." - Joe Weisenthal www.bcbs.com/about-us/ass... x.com/TheStalwart/... 33512
Reposted by Natasha MhatreJoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026joemygod.comInsurer's Study Finds AI Is Driving Up Hospital Bills - Joe.My.God.Blue Cross And Blue Shield writes: New analysis from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) finds that hospital systems are increasingly billing patient hospital stays as more medically comple... 11511
Reposted by Natasha MhatreDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895441936
Reposted by Natasha MhatreNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For every story like the Cornell gang rape, there are thousands more that couldn’t make it into the light. I wrote about a few dozen of them at one university in On the Wrong Side. The university’s treatment of survivors is eerily similar to what Jane Doe at Cornell experienced.bookshop.orgOn the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."--Jezebel"The book's grim conclusions are tempered with a hop... 2443147
Reposted by Natasha MhatreMiddle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Labour conference blocks motion to cancel Palantir contract over Israeli army links - www.middleeasteye.net/news/labour-c…middleeasteye.netLabour conference blocks motion to cancel Palantir contract over Israeli army linksPalantir has a £330m contract to process the UK's National Health Service data 1106
Reposted by Natasha MhatreRiver Ranch Dog @riverranchdog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We saw a record two-mile-long line of cars at our food bank in rural Oklahoma last week. 21542170
Reposted by Natasha MhatrePeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Why isn't there more money and advocacy for urban buses and light rail? Everyone points to cities with strong bike culture, but they're most successful where reliable, fast, efficient mass transit reduces the need to have a car first. 6017525
Reposted by Natasha MhatreCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 892122874
Reposted by Natasha MhatreMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Are you looking for a postdoc exploring the cell biology of development, defining how cells change shape and move? Do you want to develop a research program & teaching skills preparing you for a position at a college or small University? Our new NIH grant will support those goals 1/n Please share 5105104
Reposted by Natasha MhatrePortugues Lab @portugueslab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University is hiring! Come and do cutting edge research on the neural basis of natural behaviors at NBB (nbb.cornell.edu). No animal too small, no behavior too strange! Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32592 14835
Reposted by Natasha MhatreColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I am not going to spend another twenty posts discussing how this is an exploitive, neo-colonial policy frame shamelessly used by conservationists to exploit global health for their own objectives, because I've been writing about it my entire fucking career. www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/rou...carlsonlab.bioIs a river cleanup a vaccine? — The Carlson LabThis and other questions posed by the One Health approach, on the twentieth anniversary of its first adoption. 112624
Reposted by Natasha MhatreColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This narrative is part of a broader one that places the blame for pandemic risk on the Global South, and demands that they think less about how colonialism has entrenched poverty and denied them vaccines, and think more about how to responsibly manage their rainforests and wildlife populations. 215441
Reposted by Natasha MhatreAndrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We all saw this coming: erosion of EDI in research program and greater emphasis on applied research. The last big push for applied research was under Harper and widely acknowledged as a waste of money. universityaffairs.ca/news/remove-...universityaffairs.caRemove EDI from research funding decisions, parliamentary committee says - University AffairsThe Standing Committee on Science and Research says ‘discriminatory’ EDI policies are ‘weakening the quality of Canadian research’. 1134
Reposted by Natasha Mhatre💢Marx Was Right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 23/09/2026They’re coming for #SocialSecurity. 02115
Reposted by Natasha MhatreBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Boasting of an illegal war and the war crime of pillage. 691637379
Reposted by Natasha MhatreDr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨We're hiring a new Curator of Mammals!!🚨 🦍🐕🦝🐅🦓🦌🐃🐖🐏🐫🐘🦏🦛🐿️🦔🦇🦥🦦🦨🦘🦡🐋🦭🦒🧸 Come join the Vertebrate Unit at @nhmdk.bsky.social—a fantastic team in the heart of Denmark's beautiful capital! Amazing collections, incredible history. Please share widely! 🧪🏛️ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...candidate.hr-manager.netTenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor and Curator of MammalsTenure Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor, and Curator of Mammals at Natural History Museum Denmark The Natural History Museum Denmark wishes to ap 16378
Reposted by Natasha MhatreJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Texas is halting all data center environmental permits amid grid audit qz.com/texas-data-c...qz.comTexas halts data center environmental permits amid ERCOT auditGov. Greg Abbott directed the TCEQ to stop issuing permits to data centers until ERCOT and the Texas Water Development Board complete their audits 0198
Reposted by Natasha MhatreKevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A short survey from @brainfacts.org collecting information on how people use their site (a great resource for info about the brain, by the way!) www.brainfacts.org/about/websit...brainfacts.orgWebsite Survey 1136
Reposted by Natasha MhatreHisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The kids are alright #9546703 Heard teen call the British Imperial measurement system “Oppression Units.” ☠️ Maybe it’s already a thing and I missed it but, if not, sorry, but that’s the name now. 1114
Reposted by Natasha MhatreWeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨We're hiring!!🚨 @biomcgill.bsky.social is looking for a Quantitative Cell Biologist to join our diverse and interdisciplinary community. Please share this ad broadly, and reach out if you have any questions. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of BiologyPlease refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ... 02724
Reposted by Natasha MhatreAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I feel like this shouldn't be news, because of course class matters in academia. But there is a unique American resistance to taking class seriously if at all that Ive not seen in other parts of the world Ive lived. 15912
Reposted by Natasha MhatreNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ICE abducted a WBB player while she was traveling with her Kentucky State team in early August at Louisville airport. She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury. It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players. They have failed. 232070942
Reposted by Natasha MhatreEmma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This "significant labour legislation" could very likely end the right to strike for thousands of workers through expanding whose work is "essential," lengthening bargaining timelines or introducing US style laws. pressprogress.ca/mark-carneys...pressprogress.caMark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list' 8153107
Reposted by Natasha MhatreT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Carney is anti-labour and that was obvious from the start. 79842
Reposted by Natasha MhatreDavid Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A widespread power outage is currently affecting the Michigan State University campus. Many science buildings are reportedly without power, and freezers and fridges are warming up. #MSU 3109
Reposted by Natasha MhatreDr. Kathleen M. Munley @thefishiedoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2027! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂 12333
Reposted by Natasha MhatreAnil Dash @anildash.com · 17/09/2026I would like media to care more about the reality that tech tycoons want to kill people than what they’re imagining about AI wanting to kill people. We have multi-millionaires (with support from billionaires!) calling for ethnic cleansing, a thing that has happened in living memory. Not theoretical! 292660823
Reposted by Natasha MhatreIshmail Abdus-Saboor @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Wonderful interview of @drjkhokhar.bsky.social on a paper that changed his life. 074
Reposted by Natasha MhatreScience News @scinews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Lancet union declares first-ever strike over staff wages retractionwatch.com/2026/09/16/l... 021
Reposted by Natasha MhatreLeah @leah.myatproto.social · 17/09/2026nope, nope, no, no and absolutely not 48025
Reposted by Natasha MhatreJonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jmgilligan.org · 15/09/2026Also: In real dollars, NSERC funding is down about 25% in the last five years. 0169
Reposted by Natasha MhatreCorinna Gebehart @corinnagebehart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This article is so frustrating to read. First, this is not just “google’s brain” - there has been so much effort made by scientists around the world to get these connectomes to where they are today, and none of that is recognized here, instead it’s all turned into “big tech company 👍🏻”. And second - 14017
Reposted by Natasha MhatreKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much. 7684761567
Reposted by Natasha MhatreGreg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Liberal Party is saving Canada from the Americans by selling off our critical infrastructure to them. Does anyone see the flaw in that strategy? 27426