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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD

@ruzimyrmex.bsky.social
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IRB Application Analyst @ UIowa| Former postdoc at @NCState and @naturalsciences | PhD from UIUC | Reposts do not necessarily = endorsements | She/her l 🐜 🌱 🐝 and science of scicomm website: selinaaruzi.weebly.com Etsy: whisperwoodyarns.etsy.com

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Adrian Smith @dradriansmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
We think there is a lot of room for natural history museums to produce interesting, unique, and informative content made for online audiences. A lot of those stories could be from the unique collections and research happening at these institutions. (research project led by @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social !)
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Adrian Smith @dradriansmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
in short, there is an opportunity gap for natural history museums in the US to use YouTube better! In particular, research and collections functions of natural history museums are often not featured in what they communicate via YouTube. We show this via surveying 400+ videos from 28 US museums.
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Our preprint is now up! We found that natural science museums are not often posting about their research and collections on YouTube by categorizing posts made by 28 museums in two time frames.
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Adrian Smith @dradriansmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
We put out some social science research via preprint: "Natural history museums are missing an opportunity to present research and collections on YouTube" doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Natural history museums are missing an opportunity to present research and collections on YouTube
There have been repeated calls in the US for scientists to communicate the importance of biological collections to both a general public audience and to policy makers. Natural history museums that hou...
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Marshall Shepherd is a remarkable scientist, past AMS president, and science communicator. This piece explains why we all need basic science in easy to understand terms. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨🔋 www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Scientific Research Makes Life Better Even If You Don’t Understand It
Basic science research can seem complex, frivolous, and meaningless, but it makes our daily lives better even we don't understand it all.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
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48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
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Jeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
To probationary federal employees who have been terminated: Democracy Forward has filed a first-of-its-kind class-wide complaint with the Office of Special Counsel. If civil servants want to join in the complaint, you can email info@civilservicestrong.org
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Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants
Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Well just received this email regarding a paper under review:
Screenshot of an email that reads: "Dear Authors, 

As you may know, the new presidential administration in the United States has issued Executive Orders, including one that impacts foreign aid.  

As part of these Executive Orders, USAID-funded projects have received stop work orders. Given the circumstance, we must stop all work on Global Health: Science and Practice. As such, I regret that we will have to postpone processing submitted papers. We know that a lot of work has gone into preparing your paper. Please feel free to take your manuscript elsewhere.  

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this challenging time.   

Sincerely,

Natalie Culbertson
Managing Editor
Global Health: Science and Practice Journal"
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 31/01/2025
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
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Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Yes, this is the lab that hosts “drag and tag,” shark tagging research with drag queens that raises money for Florida LGBTQ youth. We could sure use your support, and you get an amazing adventure out of it! www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...
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Drag Queens Tag Sharks in Annual Florida Science Celebration
The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/01/2025
LAWLESS NSF: Every NSF employee who is following the director on this funding freeze and fishing expedition is in violation of US code. per the post below, this language has been reauthorized twice, most recently by Biden in 2022 as the CHIPS Act. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/... 🧪
PUBLIC LAW 117-167-AUG. 9, 2022
Subtitle E-Fundamental Research
SEC. 10341. BROADER IMPACTS.
(a) ASSESSMENT.-Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall enter into an agreement with a qualified independent organization to assess how the Broader Impacts review criterion is applied across the Foundation and make recommendations for improving the effectiveness for meeting the goals established in section 526 of the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p-14).
(b) ActIvitiEs.-The Director shall make awards on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to support of resources for reple menting the Broader impasts review criterion, including-
(1) training and workshops for program officers, merit review panelists, award office administrators, faculty, and students to improve understanding of the goals and the full range of potential broader impacts available to researchers to satisfy this criterion;
(2) repositories and clearinghouses for sharing best practices and facilitating collaboration; and
(3) tools for evaluating and documenting societal impacts of research.
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42 USC 19051.
Deadline.
Contracts.
Recommenda-tions.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I wonder if any lawyers are willing to take this on? Because I think a lot of us scientists would be willing to challenge these attacks directly with the right representation.
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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We have to protect the most vulnerable. Because people are people and so we care about them. (I was going to say that also fascism starts with the most vulnerable and then comes for the rest of us, but really the first point is enough.)
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 31/01/2025
This is not business as usual. It’s not just a change in funding priorities going forward; it is the reneging on funding agreements and is profoundly disruptive for even those grants that will be found to be compliant. Meanwhile, trainees who often live paycheck to paycheck are going unpaid.
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EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.” University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 29/01/2025
Make them tell you, specifically, what you're not allowed to do. Don't make changes you guess that they want. Don't offer them a menu of things that you infer they might be telling you not to do. Do the work you proposed, and received funding to do, unless instructed otherwise in specific detail.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/01/2025
The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
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National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The PRFB funded my first postdoc position. Very sad to see it get archived.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
NIH and other federal health agencies have been instructed to cease external communications indefinitely. This means that grant programs—the money that funds life-saving university and hospital research—are currently in limbo. This includes VA research on veterans’ health.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/01/2025
Communications shutdown. Travel ban. Canceled study sections. Now a hiring freeze? Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage. Left: yesterday. Right: today.
Jan 21 2025: 27 job openings listed at NIH.Jan 22 2025: There are no postings at this time.
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Why not :) This is a pleasing meme. I will talk about nice things and I’d love to hear about yours. 1 like=1 thing I love
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
We've opened registration for our annual BugShot insect photography workshop! This summer we'll be in Portal, Arizona for the start of the monsoon. And for the first time, slo-motion video guy @dradriansmith.bsky.social is on board as an instructor. www.bugshot.net/bugshot-port...
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BugShot Portal Arizona — BugShot
4 days in Portal, Arizona photographing cool bugs with Adrian Smith, Alex Wild, and John Abbott!
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Hi all, I’m looking for a new role! I have 12+ yrs of experience in in multi and interdisciplinary research. I’m mainly interested in research, data analysis/visualization, science communication/transparency, or a mix of these. Happy to discuss how my experience & education can contribute!
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
And thank you to my collaborators @dradriansmith.bsky.social and Nicole Lee!
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Yesterday, my collaborators and I published another social science experiment about science videos (and my first one in a science communication journal)! 🧪 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/3
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Communicating biodiversity research on YouTube: An experimental comparison of scientists and third-party presenters - Selina A. Ruzi, Adrian A. Smith, Nicole M. Lee, 2025
Online videos are a popular medium for science communication. These videos can be presented from many perspectives, including scientists sharing their own work ...
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Adrian Smith @dradriansmith.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
New Ant Lab video out today about jumping parasitoid wasp cocoons! youtu.be/7FNXl1xes18
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Parasitic Wasp Cocoons that JUMP!
YouTube video by Ant Lab
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 08/07/2024
A new program from NSF is targeting graduate fellowship money to people who received Honorable Mention on a GRFP within the past three years, who are currently enrolled in grad school in EPSCoR states. here is the solicitation: new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... and a map of EPSCoR eligible states:
Alabama Alaska Arkansas Deleware Guam Hawaii Iowa Idaho Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Mexico North Dakota Nevada Oklahoma Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota US Virgin Islands Vermont West Virginia Wyoming
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 11/03/2024
Parental leave in the US sucks and I’m fortunate enough to have protected leave time. What I don’t appreciate is having to spend that leave time repeatedly following up to ensure it is finally approved (I.e., no longer provisional), … 1/3
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
A fun story about finding an unexpected ant species .. in the trees! 🐜🐜🧪 entomologytoday.org/2024/01/03/r...
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Hiding Above Our Heads: Rare Ant Species Found in North Carolina Treetops
A researcher studying arboreal insects found a surprise high up in the canopy of a North Carolina forest: the elusive ant Aphaenogaster mariae.
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
Come work with us! We are hiring a TT Assistant Professor in Insect Biodiversity and Conservation in Cornell Entomology! Applications are due Jan 26th. Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26806
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
My second paper from my postdoc work was just published in Global Change Biology. We used historical museum collections, online repositories, and researcher collections to see how bee diversity changed from 1900 to 2018 in Wake County, North Carolina. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪
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Bee species richness through time in an urbanizing landscape of the southeastern United States
Global Change Biology is an environmental change journal tackling issues such as sustainability, climate change and environmental protection.
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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Hello, Bluesky! World's largest org. serving entomologists and people in related disciplines here. Follow along for news and updates from the world of entomology, links to new blog posts and resources from ESA, and info about ESA events, programs, and engagement opportunities. Learn more: entsoc.org
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Entomological Society of America
The Entomological Society of America was founded in 1889 and today has more than 6,000 members, including educators, extension personnel, consultants, students, researchers, and scientists from agricu...
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cmtribull.bsky.social @cmtribull.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Friends! @entsocamerica.bsky.social has created a NEW pilot section - FIT (Formal and Informal Teaching) for those of us who do a lot of K-12/College teaching, Outreach, SciComm, and spread a love of insects and assorted arthropods. entsoc.org/membership/s...
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
Etsy Is having a sale today though Oct 11. $10 off orders of $40+ using code YES10 This stacks on top of an existing sale I’m running (no code needed - open until Oct 30). whisperwoodyarns.etsy.com
Text over a photo of hand dyed yarn. Text describes a sale that Etsy has going on today through October 11th. $10 off orders $40 or more. Use code YES10. Code stacks on top of a sale I’m already offering.
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
@danirabaiotti.bsky.social can I get added to the what’s science feed? Thanks!
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Gabby Palomo, PhD @gabspalomo.bsky.social · 08/09/2023
I’m drawing again! I have a lot of free cliparts freely available on my website (gabspalomo.github.io) which are related to doing field work in ecology. If you have any requests please let me know. I have a few ideas that I’m finishing up.
Digital Drawing made in Procreate of a butterfly net.
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Hana Ayoob @hanaayoob.co.uk · 21/09/2023
TIL Bluesky has an option to require alt text on your posts - switch it on folks!
Screenshot of Bluesky settings with alt text option toggled on
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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
If you're funded by NSF, or in the middle of writing a proposal (or review!) for NSF, here's our agency's lapse plan. Basically you can still do those things but will have no help or communication from us (sorry, we hate it too!) www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/sh...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Science on Bluesky is growing rapidly! Science friends, introduce yourselves below and I’ll share! Who are you? What do you work on? Where are you based? I’ll go first. I’m David, and I study sharks and their conservation. I’m based in the Washington, DC area. 🧪🦑🌎🦈🐡
Me in front of shark jawsMe with some shark mascotsMe with a large shark in the Everglades
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Selina A. Ruzi, PhD @ruzimyrmex.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Hi! I’m slowly migrating to Bluesky but want to introduce myself. I’m a remote postdoc at NC State. Currently I experimentally assess scientists as communicators in online video media. I’ve also studied seed dispersal by ants & how bee spp richness has changed over time using museum specimens.
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
Today, you can order four free COVID tests. Go here: www.covid.gov/tests Pass it on.
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