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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The 2026 United States of Science Challenge starts NOW! Each bubble represents classrooms we’ve matched with scientists this year. This a competition to fill bubbles with $10 donations to support @skypeascientist.bsky.social The first region to fill all bubbles wins. 👇🏻 givebutter.com/USS2026

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

An Old Timey Podcast has a 5-part series on Robert Smalls. Highly recommend.

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Just got asked if it is true that squirrels can't burp. I think I need another book @danirabaiotti.bsky.social!

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

S. commune. Has *thousands* of mating types, researched by Cardy Raper, a scientist with a fascinating life story who has a Wikipedia page as part of the Herculean efforts by Jess Wade (is Jess here??)

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I have discovered that special form of parental exhaustion that accompanies potty training. 😪

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Last fall, the First Lego League project was focused on the ocean, so we had a massive number of requests for marine biologists come in to Skype a Scientist. I just got word that this year's theme is archaeology. Know any archaeologists? tell them we're gonna NEED 'em. forms.gle/HKYTUpEUWd91...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16/07/2025

It’s almost time for the One Million Rising kickoff call. Join the nationwide campaign to train one million Americans on the tools of strategic non-cooperation to lead a local resistance movement: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

WE DID IT!!! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who filled bubbles! @skypeascientist.bsky.social works because lots of people work together. Lots of people volunteer. Lots of people tell their teacher friends. And lots of people donate! ❤️ Thank you to everyone who makes our program possible ❤️

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Here's the end-of-workday update, on Day 1 of the United States of Science. A whopping 57% of the map has been covered in the first 24 hours which is *amazing*. Thank you to everyone who filled bubbles! The top 5 states are still open: CA, NY, PA, NJ, FL Fill a few bubbles! givebutter.com/USS2025

a map of the USA with 2000 bubbles. The west coast is blue, the middle of the country is purple, the southeast is green and the northeast is Pink. Slightly over half of the bubbles are filled.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I have caught up on bubble filling! It's time for our first major 🗺️Map Update!!🗺️ DANG! This is the best we've ever done on the first day, of the 7 years we've done this ritual. Thank you so much everyone! There is one, only ONE state, that has zero bubbles filled. Everybody make fun of Delaware.

a map of the USA with 2000 bubbles. The west coast is blue, the middle of the country is purple, the southeast is green and the northeast is Pink. Half of the bubbles are filled.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

It’s that time again! Time for @skypeascientist.bsky.social’s 7th annual United States of Science Challenge! Each bubble on this map represents classrooms we marched w/scientists this year. $10 donations fill bubbles! The first region to fill in all of their bubbles wins! givebutter.com/USS2025

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Alright I have a question for *all of you*, esp for those of you who are not into environment stuff. When you think about planting native plants in the area you control, what *prevents* you from taking that action? These could be emotional, financial, practical, anything. RTs appreciated here.

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Helena Klara Jambor @helenajambor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I gave in! After students asking for it, I now made a simple figure design checklist. To help all scientists w/o graphic skills create clear, accessible, and truthful charts! -> Out in @nature Cell Biology: rdcu.be/erwl4 #DataVisualization #PhD #SciComm Thx for review @bethcimini.bsky.social + 2

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A checklist for designing and improving the visualization of scientific data

Nature Cell Biology - Creating clear and engaging scientific figures is crucial to communicate complex data. In this Comment, I condense principles from design, visual perception and data...

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing! We are looking to hire several positions including: - Event and volunteer coordination - Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media) - Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉) 🧵

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I spent most of today sick in bed. Checked BlueSky to see... everything. So I went out to check on my roses for a moment of zen.

Photograph of a rose bush in bloom with pale orange/yellow blossoms.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/06/2025

ATTN: If you’re a member of the National Guard or you work for ICE and you’re asked to violate the law or your oath, contact Whistleblower Aid to safely, securely, and legally blow the whistle. You can support Whistleblower Aid HERE: whistlebloweraid.org/beans

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Daily Beans Fundraiser - Whistleblower Aid

Daily Beans Listeners Fundraiser for Whistleblower Aid The American rule of law has survived many challenges, but now faces one of the most serious threats in our history. Checks and balances within o...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Watching people interact on here, I see how we collectively have ended up in the nightmare we’re in. We have smart educated people refusing to empathize with people who have less education, time, money, & general resources, expecting them to perform at a high level to move forward/fix problems.

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Can someone with access tell me if the use of the word "kept" means that the shots are now *off* the schedule, the change was just delayed? Or whether they're still there?

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Spouse made some serious progress cleaning out and planting the garden this weekend. I was no help beyond toddler wrangling. Said toddler did manage to find a snapping turtle! And because we live in CT, the rats with hooves capital, there's a 10 foot fence around all of this.

Photo of a garden with freshly planted raised beds. A pile of nursery pots is in the background.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

HEY YOU. Print some micro-flyers and put that shit everywhere! Also, if you have ideas for a micro-flyer comment below and we will make it happen 😈

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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2025

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Two years ago, we planted a native columbine near our rock wall. Last year it didn't come back so we figured it didn't make it. This year it showed us that apparently it was just storing up energy for an extra big show ❤️

Photograph of a Columbine plants with dozens of red and yellow blooms

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

This sounds so cool! Makes my fungal biologist heart happy ❤️

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I had to walk by a flowering Bradford pear on my way out of the office 🤮

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Time to throw up a bat signal for a specific skillset for @skypeascientist.bsky.social We have a classroom that is looking for a scientist who can do a session with them in ASL. Do we know any scientists who would be willing to do a Q&A with a deaf classroom in ASL?

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

That y-axis is a log scale 😵‍💫

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Anyone else having trouble accessing sequences in NCBI? It will tell me the right gene name but it says "there was an error in processing your query" and I can't access the actual sequences.

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Someone I grew up with (same age as one of my siblings) passed away last week. They've been battling leukemia for several years. While grieving this amazing human being gone too soon, I am furious that the regime is eliminating any work that might help people in similar situations in the future.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 26/03/2025

Task for today: Would you be willing to share something good that happens today? It could be seeing lots of green (support public health), postcards received/sent, a conservation win at work/home, an example of civil servants excelling I will share at the end of the day some of the great examples!

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

ACTION ITEM I was chatting with a young scientist who expressed concern re the multiplicity of ongoing issues Over the course of our conversation, we arrived at the idea of a DASHBOARD where issues could be tracked If anyone is interested in helping with this (ideally with expertise) please DM me

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

We need more of these stories. If you're one of the trainees affected by these terminations (and you are in a place to), please tell us about your research ❤️

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I cannot overemphasize how important it is for you to contact your local papers and offer to give an interview about the protest you participated in. We got three articles and counting in local papers this week because of cold calls and unsolicited letters to the editor.

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Now that I've had a minute to blur faces, here's my panorama from this afternoon's gathering in Hartford! Thanks @luskinglab.bsky.social, @valeriejhorsley.bsky.social and our other organizers for such an energizing event. #ScienceNotSilence @standupforscience.bsky.social

Panoramic photo of several hundred people gathered in front of the Hartford, CT capitol building. Many people have signs indicating support for science and funding of science. Faces are blurred for privacy.

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Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 04/03/2025

If you're an REI member, you can vote to toss out the board that's endorsed Trump's candidate for Dept. of Interior and has worked to stop REI unions. Vote runs until May 2nd. Spread the word. vote.escvote.com/REI/

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Significantly increased police presence at today's #FiftyFiftyOne protest in Hartford #Connecticut compared to President's Day. In the time I was there, I guesstimate there were 200-300 people (fewer than President's Day). All peacefully assembled according to their first amendment rights.

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Are you a scientist or student heading to a @standupforscience.bsky.social ‬rally this Friday? We want to hear from you. Tell us about yourself and why you’re going, how far you’re traveling, why you’re fired up, and whether there will be car snacks. Call or text us at (646) 767-6532.

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Incredibly disappointed to find @ascbiology.bsky.social was *not* on this list.

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for some weekend baking. Friday night: feed sourdough starter. Saturday morning admire your yeasty friends.

Photo of a glass bowl with "fed" sourdough starter. The surface is uneven and there are lots of bubbles visible.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/02/2025

📣 Probationary federal employees receiving a termination notice - the Office of the Attorney General of DC would like to speak to you by Friday, February 28th. Message our tip line for more information.

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I'm not stress baking, you're stress baking.

Photograph of six homemade Kaiser rolls (twisted because I don't have a Kaiser roll stamp).

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Sam Dundon, PhD @serdundon.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Weekend project: sourdough loaf. Our daycare provider expressed interest in learning to bake with sourdough, so I brought them some starter and we've been baking in parallel and texting pictures back and forth.

Photo of a sliced round loaf of sourdough on a blue cutting board. It has a very open crumb with big bubbles.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Alright, folks. Here’s your chance to do #scicomm Are you an expert who can answer any of the following questions: Why have we made progress on some cancers, but not others? Tell us about The Powerhouse of the Cell ™️ Why does it seem like everyone is anxious and depressed right now? 1/

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/02/2025

🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨 Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process! Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #standupforscience2025

Photo of the United States with a color code for states that have rallies confirmed, in progress, needing a leader, or no leader.

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