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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That look you make when you avoid being eaten by a Barred Owl only to be captured by an unidentified bipedal mammal.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In the last couple of years, we've seen multiple critical collections (museums, herbaria) close. The IUCN--the global authority on the status of biodiversity--recently published on how important these kinds of facilities are in conservation. Every day, the dead are working to protect the living.

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From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums

The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...

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ashley (birthday month) 🕸️ @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Andy Beshear forever, man

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In my field there has been an uptick in ai article submissions (not at the huge individual level like this), it strains labor and timeline b/c editors have to manage the first level review before anything goes to peer review. Editors are def collectively working on best practices around this…

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It appears that chatGPT has decided to make a lot of academic CVs very, very hard to read. I don't need status bars and gamifications on your resumes!

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

IMO, the solution should not be to browbeat people into an old standard, but rather allow people to wear whatever they want. If someone can wear ducky pajamas in public, you can wear tailoring in any cut, color, and material. As options open up, dress can then be a source of pleasure.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

BIRD FRIENDS! I need someone who knows Malta and its birds. I am pulling my hair out looking for a reviewer (I think I've tried about a dozen). If that's you (not "someone I know" please), make yourself known! #ornithology

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is very nice.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/08/2026

The best of us. Much love to everyone who loved her - which means everyone. May each of us try to do a fraction of the good she chose to do for her neighbors everywhere.

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Hatok @hatok.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

it is really important to be loud about this stuff because it's typically kept very quiet to enable people to go "See? Nothing happened, it was just people being dramatic"

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

One bean to rule them all One bean to find them One bean to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

The One Bean Dietitians
Recommend for Brain, heart, and gut health.
The darker the bean, the deeper the benefits.

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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

65/84 and I can feel the autumn in the air, lfg

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

my main issue with ai is that i would personally see a larger ROI if those trillions of dollars were spent on healthcare or public transit or schools or road repairs or SNAP or free childcare or free school lunches or EV charging stations or public libraries or housing or clean energy or broadband

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

seeing "ChatGPT/Claude/Anthropic would make your life better if you tried it in good faith" takes yes, I could do some things *faster* I'm sure but I'm more interested in the *process* of learning to do it myself (building skills!), knowing the biases of information production, and the environment

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Do we have a "made without genAI" badge or digital sticker that science communicators and artists can use so people know that our work is for humans by humans?

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 31/07/2026

If this is what happens to a scientific field as a whole when LLMs dominate the workflows of researchers, I can only imagine that the outlook is even worse for any individual researcher who is soldiering on without using them. 😞

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

To put it in a way that may get at people's slowness to realize or reluctance to accept this: the past was not simpler than the present in any general sense, nor were people in the past less complex. They did not all think similarly. Assuming otherwise is not historical thinking, merely nostalgia.

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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago.

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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

borb alert

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 24/07/2026

Or an anti-AI watercolor brain www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...

3 watercolor paintings with brain images and anti-AI text

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/07/2026

Reminder: When fires ravaged southern California, Canada sent firefighting crews to help battle the blazes.

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“What is unfolding is what climate and forest scientists have been predicting for 30 years. That as the world gets hotter and drier, we are exposing forests to more and more risk, and the old strategies of fire suppression are simply being overwhelmed.”

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Canada’s Forests Will Burn and Burn

Once a wildfire starts, it can spread to an area too massive to control.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 16/07/2026

I see we are back to debating the humanity of people who live in red states and rural areas. My friends. This is not the path to justice. Doing a reverse fascism for our reasons is still a fascism. The people you are punishing are not the people making decisions. We take care of each other.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

HOWEVER. we *all* are influenced in our practice of science by our own identity and cultural frameworks. it's not just those of us on the multivariate side that do this- all participants in this conversation are, and some of us are more self-aware of that, usually because as minorities...

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 07/07/2026

I always want to know about supply chains, particularly magic. (I have a story about the woman who makes magic mirrors in her workshop!) Who grinds the truth powder? Who spends FOREVER milking the unicorn? Who breeds the immediately-available flesh-eating scarabs for the live burial ritual?

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 06/07/2026

this avocet is the same age as me 🥲

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Auriel Fournier @rallidaerule.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

You should look into Ridgways Rail :) could be a fun one

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Auriel Fournier @rallidaerule.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

So good! I study bitterns and you do them major justice :)

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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

American Bittern, 12x24" Acryclic on canvas I love bittern's derpy display faces! I finally saw my first one back in June after 2 years of looking. I was so happy with how this came out :D

a long vertical traditional painting of an american bittern, a heron-like bird with its neck stretched tall looking underneath its pointed beak. The stripes on its neck and body blend into the tall grass around it like camouflage

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

immigration politics are climate politics

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 03/07/2026

A key to staying sane in trying times is to realize that your ability to create change, even in the best of times, is very limited, but your ability to make yourself feel bad about politics, or anything really, is basically unlimited and making yourself feel bad doesn’t make change more likely

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This is the thing that so many Americans don’t seem to grasp: private companies are in it to make a profit, and nothing else. There are so many important, necessary discoveries that industry will never look into simply because they can’t make enough money on it.

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Handy Dani Dyke @sharpdresseddyke.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This also impacts support staff. I was a sysadmin for a couple universities, private and public. The pay was far below what I got by going to corporate IT but when it came to five 9s available and 24x7 on-call requirements it was "this is how it is in corporate."

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

@kateclancy.bsky.social is the person I go to for advice and insight on academic labor. Her thread will give you a little taste of why I trust her so much. Here’s the link to save & share. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

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Opinion | The Faculty Workload Myth

Politicians think faculty members don’t teach enough. Here’s what the data says.

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James Davenport @jradavenport.com · 03/07/2026

While our department has hired 2 state funded faculty in the last ~decade, we’ve grown substantially in research-funded positions, and SHRUNK in staff. This makes the day-to-day work of all faculty measurably harder.

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Immigrant Boo👻 @porcupunk.eurosky.social · 03/07/2026

Not just Americans, people all over the world..

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Read the whole article - but also bring it to your departments, your unions, your senate committees.

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Opinion | The Faculty Workload Myth

Politicians think faculty members don’t teach enough. Here’s what the data says.

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I don't actually think my campus is unique in this - I think this is the overall culture of overwork, undersupport, that you see in many unis where people are conned into thinking just because you like the work you do, or you are one of the "lucky" ones, you should sacrifice your health and family.

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

One of the more distressing things I've learned since I started organizing here is that in recent years there has been at least one faculty suicide, multiple deaths from cancer, & others mid-treatment for cancer or other serious illness who feel they need to KEEP WORKING instead of take leave.

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We shouldn't be proud of this. It shows we're chumps willing to squeeze more and more work out of our days and nights as the university gives us less and less.

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