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Melanie Dusseau @melaniedusseau.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

From the petition: "Recent polling shows that CSU students share these concerns, with the majority of students expressing that they are worried about the negative impacts of generative AI on human creativity & the environment." LLMs are not ed tech tools. #EduSky actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

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Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.

In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

One week gotchaversary and new fren is adjusting nicely. 💕We named him Nico which means “Victory of the People” to remind us we will win when we pull together. 🐈‍⬛✊ Happy #Caturday!

A young black cat sits its haunches looking from an open sliding glass door to the outdoor courtyard full of green and flowering plants.

A young black cat recently released from the confines of the room he’s been acclimating in crouches behind a blue curtain ready for mischief.

A young black cat flopped in this side on a blue rug, basking in the sunlight, having recently chased down and captured a shrimp stuffed toy.

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

We adopted a new fren from the shelter today. 💕 Happy #caturday! 🐈‍⬛🐱

A 5 month old black kitty with earnest and slightly nervous yellow eyes

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Tonight’s dinner was liberally seasoned with today’s spice packet from the surprise advent calendar we received this week. 🗓️🌶️🧂🎄

Penzy’s advent calendar. Left side has a multicolor Christmas tree illustration with the words All the Hope. Right side has a painted heart a heart with the word Resist! the number 4 and the words All the People

Multicolor spice packet called Outrage of Love

Back of outrage spice packet which reads “The Republican attacks on our Democracy are Outrageous. When does a Political Party end and Fascism begin? When good people stop being outraged. Your love is strong: use it to keep outrage alive. Outrageously good on most everything: eggs, avocados, salads, vegetables, fish, chicken, hummus, fries, sandwiches, pasta, burgers.”

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Ed Tech is a Trojan horse for tech elite capture of public resources. Every time.

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Tomas @m0byduck.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Please enjoy this photo of our new kitten Bobby and our mostly confused dog Ralph

A small grey and white kitten standing up with his paws in the air in front of a beige fluffy medium sized dog with big pointy ears

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Family of five visiting outside my campus office. What a lovely way to prep for this morning’s genetics lecture 🥰

Three baby dear and two adult dear among the fallen leaves, trees, and other plants outside my office window. The golden hills of the Santa Lucia range is visible in the distance in the June gloom.

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

First sunflower bloom and other delights from the garden this morning before walking to campus #FlowerReport #MorningWalk

Large flower pot with fuchsia and yellow gerbera daisies, chives with lavender flowers and a plant I do t remember the name for with peach flowers with dark peach centers.

A 6 foot tall or taller sunflower with burgundy center and yellow petals

Milkweed with a chonky monarch caterpillar

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Still loving the Cattfirmations Calendar by Lim Heng Swee that @welnoan.bsky.social gave me in January. Good message for the crunch time of the last week of spring quarter www.ilovedoodle.com

Photo of June’s calendar. The caption is “I give myself permission to rest”. The art depicts mountain islands shaped like napping cats in dark orange, green, peach and browns in a slate blue lagoon. Two, white, lounging. cat-shaped clouds partially cover a golden sun in a beige sky. Each dates is a different color to celebrate Pride Month.

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 15/05/2025

Last week the Calstate Northridge Faculty Senate passed a resolution I led, objecting to the CSU's adoption of ChatGPT Edu as undermining our educational goals and misusing scarce funds, calling for the CSU to drop the $16.9 million subscription live-csu-northridge.pantheonsite.io/sites/defaul...

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Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Ah yes, Sunday, the day I beat myself up for not working & then beat myself up for not resting. *cries in Protestant work ethic* Anyway, if u get the vibe, I rly recommend Dr. Devon Price's "Laziness Does Not Exist." U can listen to the audio book on a walk or do a craft! Hey, maybe I'll do that...

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Laziness Does Not Exist Audiobook on Libro.fm

From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human way to live” (Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author) that examines the “laziness lie”—which ...

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Saturday morning recharge in my chaos garden admiring the flowers and watching the bees. #FlowerReport

An in-deck flower bed as seen from the vantage point of our deck chairs. Blue salvia and delphiniums, pink zinnias and foxgloves, and orange giant marigolds. In the background are raised beds with sunflowers yet to bloom, the rising sun poking through the leaves of a tree. Visible in the distance are the Santa Lucia mountains.

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I am “throw your back out pulling plates out of the incubator” years old.

View of my office from the floor where I’m flat on my back with my feet up on the chair. Various science Professor accoutrements are visible in surfaces. Some highlights include (from left to right): a small poster of Beaker and Dr. Bunsen from the muppets, a bottle of ibuprofen, a poster of cytoplasmic mRNA granules, the window with a nice tree, my desk plant, my union water bottle, a green, metal street sign on the wall that reads RNA DR, a framed poster with from the U of Utah Humanities department that reads “Science may tell you how to clone a T. rex, but humanities can tell you why this might be a bad idea.

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Isako Di Tomassi @isakoditomassi.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Yes, this is true. Those who can, need to speak. Scientists, move the needle on public perception of the value of scientific research! #McClintockLetters #SciComm Write an op-ed for June 16 publication about how your work serves the public with fed dollars. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

“I’ve always loved to bake — I would probably be a baker if I wasn’t a scientist. It’s actually very scientific. I had an undergrad professor that told me never trust a scientist who can’t cook. And I actually think that’s true!”

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UW-Madison geneticist’s cookbook offers recipe sampler from scientists across the world

A genetics professor at UW-Madison teamed up with students to publish a new cookbook, “Lab Culture: A Recipe For Innovation in Science.”

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The average American has 3 friends

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

This May gray is so deeply penetrating my soul that not even the silliest bops of Eurovision are cheering me up right now.

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

People don’t need to “learn to use AI”. They need to learn how to think and make connections themselves and thus will facilitate their efficient use of whatever technology comes along. Crafting the right prompt for AI doesn’t take AI training, it takes liberal arts training.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Caffeine wasn't cutting it this morning, but this Cake parody is perking me up. Vibraslap 2028!

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Putting a stamp on a letter fills me with more existential angst than it used to.

A usa forever (all lowercase) stamp with a blue hummingbird hovering front of a yellow sunflower on a blue background. The stamp is on a brown envelope. Fittingly, the content of the letter is about the importance of persevering in order to build a better world where those for whom perseverance is demanded far too often can actually thrive.

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Everything is terrible, but I made some pretty and delicious dishes to celebrate spring.

Puff pastry tart with asparagus arranged in a chevron pattern

Strawberry cream cheese pie and a loaf of multigrain sandwich bread

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christine liu / two photon art @christineliu.art · 17/04/2025

Always inspired by fellow trainees like @fleabrained.bsky.social creating opportunities for the next generation. Feeling powerless lately in the context of national news but focusing on the power that I DO have to continue opening doors for undergrads www.thetransmitter.org/community/as...

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As federal funders desert mentorship programs for marginalized students, trainee-led initiatives fill the gap

Grassroots organizations, led by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, are stepping up to provide neuroscience career training and guidance for students from marginalized backgrounds—and…

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Vincent is such a drama queen. Happy #Caturday!

Two cats napping on a sofa. The white cat is in back resting comfortably with eyes closed and it looks like he's smiling. The black cat in a half twist with his back end almost falling off the sofa. His front arms are up in the air over his upside down head, staring into the camera with his snagletooth fang slightly visible.

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christine liu / two photon art @christineliu.art · 04/04/2025

Thinking of ways to fill the gaps for aspiring scientists… Lmk if you wanna tap in

A PowerPoint slide titled “supporting UGs this summer”. The words “Fostering Undergraduate Career Knowledge & Training in Research Under Mentorship Program” are stacked on the left to highlight the first letter to form an acronym. Additional bullet points describe a “mentored laboratory experience” and “1x week professional development meetings”

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Partial discussion of why I may not be posting as much as normal and when I do it's likely going to be funny/light content. We really *need* that now. Not to downplay the awfulness, but to combat the psychological terrorism being enacted. Subscribe -> redpenblackpen.substack.com/p/gestures-a...

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Just saw someone biking up Grand Ave towards campus flying a fairly substantial upside-down US flag and I’m like same, dude, same.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 29/03/2025

We are excited to announce our official partnership with @indivisible.org for the National Day of Action on April 5th! Stand Up for Science says: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE! #standupforscience #handsoffourscience Find and register for an event near you: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This thread has convinced me I need to attend the annual Beaver Festival in April. www.slobeaverbrigade.com/beaver-festi...

Poster for the third annual San Luis Obispo County Beaver Festival Saturday April 12 10am-3pm in the Mission Plaza. Poster features rock album cover style art with a group of 3 beavers, 2 holding branches above the words Habitat Creators, Fire Protectors, Water Bringers. Other relevant info including agenda at the website https://www.slobeaverbrigade.com/beaver-festival-2025/

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Grateful for the floral products of the rainy season. Not quite a super bloom, but still pretty amazing. #FlowerReport

Gravel path through green coastal scrub brush and yellow flowers. Blue sky with wispy clouds and deeper blue ocean.

View of the Pacific Ocean with green coastal scrub and yellow flowers in the foreground.

Closeup of plants next to a coastal trail. California poppies with dark orange centers and yellow edges in a patch of scarlet pimpernel

Field of yellow poppies in coastal green scrub with the Santa Lucia Mountains in the distance

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 23/03/2025

Get out there and support your posties!

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Happy #Caturday from Chowder, who appears to be screaming what we’re all feeling, and Vincent, who is defiantly resting as resistance.

Photo of our two cats on the sofa. One, a resting, mostly white cat, mid-yawn looking like he’s screening bloody murder next to a black cat engaged in Olympic style relaxation on a heating pad.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 22/03/2025

In this corner of the internet, hope and optimism abounds so here is your weekly round up of good things you may or may not have heard about. A thread/

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Grading my creativity-based genetics assignment on the last day of finals is such a delight!

Reference to the “They’re the same picture” meme from The Office (American version). Upper panel has the CGU codon on the left and the CGG codon on the right (both codons code for the amino acid, arginine). The bottom drawing is of Pam from the office but her head is a ribosome translating an mRNA.

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

In #SnafuEdu I argue that mistakes, mess ups, & mishaps are “situation normal” for educators & for students alike, & offer advice on preparing a teaching go-bag to have at the ready when things go sideways. More info on my website: jessamynneuhaus.com/books

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Books by Jessamyn Neuhaus — Jessamyn Neuhaus

Scholarship of teaching and learning...with a side of snark

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Sandi Clement @sandiclement.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.

Miscellaneous antique store grouping with old hardbound books, some scientific instruments and a creepy old timer dolls head.

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Solastalgic @my-solastalgia.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Life-Death-Life ~ Be quiet and still, and you will bear witness to life’s renewal and reemergence, even deep in the season of #dying. #MarchintoLandscapes #fineartphotography #landscapephotography #birdscape #murmuration #photographersofbluesky #naturephotography #winterintospring #almostspring

Midrange landscape photo: A huge flock of gulls, mixture of dark birds and light birds, rises from a flat, barren field in winter. Birds are backlit by a hazy sun, which may give the photo a shimmery, optimistic feel.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

“To the crowd, Walz was encouraging, saying their anger is justified. ‘The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting,’ he said. ‘You’re not.’” www.yahoo.com/news/somethi...

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'Do something, dammit!': Tim Walz says Democrats need to answer Americans' 'primal scream'

Tim Walz held a town hall in Des Moines as he tours swing districts where vulnerable Republicans are not holding public town halls of their own.

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Daniel J. Vecellio @sciencedjv.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Think about that 60-some-year-old South Korean senator who was literally climbing over walls to vote for impeachment as martial law was imposed in the country and then looking at…. Chuck Schumer.

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Shannon Murray @shannonkmmurray.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

AI in higher ed has had one major effect on me: it has made me love real humans, in all their messiness, so much more. Here’s to the the glorious inefficiency of teaching and learning!

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Frank Fusco @fusco.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Higher ed in the US has been calcified by an administrative-industrial complex that has systematically dismantled its own societal mandate, and ironically, it’s now being punished for it

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The first rule of persuasion is this: whoever controls the topic of the debate controls the outcome of the debate never, ever cede the framing to someone else you do NOT need to accept the premise of a question the best storytellers can change the topic entirely and, by doing so, they win

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.

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a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on

ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 08/03/2025

Pro-tip for university administrators: when the government illegally cancels your grants, your first response shouldn't be "you kind of have a point."

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 05/03/2025

Today @smashfizzle.bsky.social shared that they want us SCARED AND ALONE, which means that to counter that strategy we must be BRAVE and IN COMMUNITY. Stop spending all of your energy keeping up with the madness, instead channel your rage into action. Do something. bsky.app/profile/itsa...

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