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Kate Kosinski, PhD

@pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social
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Biologist based in and around NYC. Public transit enjoyer. Opinions are my own. She/her

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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Posing with the newspaper is WILD
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Why is he incapable of leaving animals alone?
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Annie, I regret to inform you that you should really watch the MTV series The Hills to get the full details on Spencer Pratt.
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
We go to grad school
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I’m so sorry
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
They reassigned a priest in our parish for trying to speak up about issues going on when I was growing up. It all came out eventually but they tried like hell to cover it up. It happened all the time.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 04/04/2026
What will happen to the 82 USFS experimental forests around the country? Many sites have decades-long experiments that are tracking how forests are changed by timber harvesting practices and climate change. As I say here, “you can't just pick up an experimental forest site and move it to SLC.”
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U.S. Forest Service unveils extensive closures of research facilities
Cost-cutting move is expected to cause resignations and turmoil
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 01/04/2026
Researchers at the New York Botanical Garden identified more than 500 places in the city where water used to be, where it still floods and where flooding is likely to get worse due to climate change. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/01/f...
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A Fifth of NYC Built on Bygone Water Now at Risk: Study Maps City’s 'Blue Zones'
Researchers at the New York Botanical Garden identified more than 500 places in the city where water used to be, where it still floods and where flooding is likely to get worse due to climate change.
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Sinners better sweep the Oscars man
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Flav, you are an American treasure.
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
It was a media circus. I was 8 but have vivid memories of it being a huge story. Very wild.
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Mine is still in the stand out on our back deck 🌲
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I would be second in line for this game.
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Damn guess you shouldn’t have fired all those journalists
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The biggest herb in the world
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NYC’S FUCKING WEATHER @nycweather.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
big night for screenshotting the weather app temperature reading from the warmth and safety of ur own couch
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Come on dude
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Orwell wept.
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"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Matthew 5:9
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"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Matthew 5:9
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"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Matthew 5:9
For they shall be calleu sons of boù.
-期attbelu 5:9
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Instead of retreating into facile cynicism about the safety net and regulatory state, people on the left should be trying to occupy the bureaucracy at the state, local, and, after the MAGA putschists are finally expelled from power, federal level—not simply because we need good people in those jobs, but because enough good people in any given department can change its internal culture for the better. A lot depends, for example, on whether state and local transportation departments are staffed by car-brained traffic engineers or planners who are genuinely invested in walkability and developing viable mass transit networks. Just as much hinges on whether state health agencies are staffed by people with a genuine commitment to the cause of universal healthcare, even in the face of brutal federal Medicaid cuts.

There’s another reason for occupying the bureaucracy, too. For a movement that wants to transform the state, there is tremendous value in understanding how policy implementation and institutional change happens on a granular level. If you spend some time working inside the bureaucracy and you keep your eyes open, you can learn a lot about the points of leverage that leftist politicians and outside advocacy groups can press to their advantage. On the flipside, you can also learn a great deal about the tradeoffs associated with certain approaches and how well-intentioned but undercooked policy initiatives can produce unintended consequences. These are all important lessons for anyone trying to push any level of government in a more humane direction. But they’re especially important lessons for leftist officials who have ambitious agendas, a finite amount of time in which to implement them, and little room for error.
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 06/01/2026
ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims. Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Hell yeah
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
that's so crazy. i'm sure you put him in prison and banned him from ever holding office again right
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
lol
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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Grey Gardens
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Where is gas $1.99 a gallon?!?!?!
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This could have been an email
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
How does this differ from US policy re: GWoT and Guantanamo Bay?
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Please. Air travel is already dehumanizing enough.
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Damn lol
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
Polymarket tweets: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals."

Laura Loomer replies: "You know things are bad when you can't tell if this is real or a joke. 

Dear God. It's real. Isn't it?"
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
“Say the line, Bart” meme with the Aaron Rupar post about the democrats getting duped again
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Harm to SNAP recipients, federal workers, and others is real. In a normal democracy it’d make sense to prioritize reducing that harm in the short term. In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Happy birthday! The rumors are true, your 30s are an elite decade of life.
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Greg Chernack, CEO, Four Seasons Total Landscaping @gchernack.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Posting a photo of Ceausescu’s bathroom for no apparent reason.
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
People who say "you can't possibly read everything you cite" are saying a lot about themselves, IMO. It doesn't have to be a heavy lift. I spend about half an hour a day processing new-to-me papers by organizing them in my reference managers & adding topical tags so I can create bibliographies.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
"For too long, our leaders have forgotten New Yorkers with disabilities. We have been failed by those with their own agendas, those who care only about holding on to power to remain relevant and serve their own egos." - Quemuel Arroyo
Quemuel Arroyo, in a wheelchair holding a microphone, on stage with "Our Time Has Come" projected behind him.
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Legitimately one of my favorite people on the internet
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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The Mark Bray situation is so completely fucked right now and if you're a journalist you need to start saying how it's fucked because you're fucking next. They won't stop at academics.
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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
You could be meaner
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Do your job.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget. Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide. Report: osf.io/e8rnc a 🧵
Economic loss from the White House's NSF FY 2026 Proposed Budget
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
One of the only shows I watched as it aired and didn’t mind the week in between to decompress because it was stressful!!
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
My jaw dropped at the publication date
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Plumbing new depths of disgust right now
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Kate Kosinski, PhD @pansiesforthoughts.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
It’s literally not my business
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