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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

My amazing wife, author @jeshonard.bsky.social, got two of her new anthology pieces in the mail today! You want poetry with killer whales on the cover? You want queer-affirming nerdiness about lesbians in space? Check ‘em out and order!

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

www.lifeisasacredtext.com#/portal/signup

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 23/04/2025

🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL🚨 You’ve seen the bad news. Now it’s time for us to flood the zone. Over 400 NSF grants — gone. Trump’s cronies are cutting science funding and betting we won’t notice. But we’re not powerless. We’ve got 24 hours to make noise. Here’s how 🧵(1/3) ➡️

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Support our Education & Outreach initiatives that bring students into the field. High school students participated in SF-ROCKS (Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science in the San Francisco Bay Area) at Pt. Reyes National Seashore Pledge today! #CalBigGive give.berkeley.edu/fund/FW4101000

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I’m a disabled scientist & education researcher. NSF EDU matters because I’d like to fairly compensate other disabled researchers and students to work with me. While we build more supportive, human-centered STEM spaces & classrooms for & with disabled people. This matters. #DisabledInSTEM #DEI

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Marin Pilloud @mpilloud.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

@dentalanth.bsky.social workshop next week at the @bioanth.org conference! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/daa-worksh...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti... Please share widely

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Scientists' Stories - How to Contribute

How to contribute a Story

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Hey: If you made it through the week, and you tried to do some things to help other people — large or small — where you could, and you need to hear it, I’m here to tell you thank you. Get some rest. Figure out today, then figure out tomorrow.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Super excited to see this #SciComm project out through @nagtgeo.bsky.social’s Teach the Earth! Developed by @hlusko.bsky.social with input from me and a great team, this project became a big part of my dissertation. Hope others will enjoy this project in their #STEM and #STEMEd classes!

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

"SICB condemns any measure that curbs the ability of SICB to broaden access and support inclusion within its meetings and activities, or the ability of SICB members to recruit strong, diverse teams within their laboratories and their institutions." 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 🧪 mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...

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SICB Stands in Defense of Scientific Research Funding, Scientific Integrity, and Broadening Participation in Science

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders

The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Supporting each other through difficult and challenging times theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i... Free, gentle, practical and bonding suggestions for anyone impacted by university changes, cuts, closures, threats and dangers #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #PhDSky #gradschool #PhDChat #PhDHelp

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Supporting each other through difficult and challenging times - The Research Companion

Science, healthcare and education are threatened worldwide. Here are some starter ideas for ways to work together to share and save vital information. And to care for one another.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

They are trying to overwhelm us with all these EOs. Do what you need to do to stay out of freeze mode the best that you can. Connect with people. Connect with yourself. We're gonna fight.

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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Are you a researcher with a federal grant who would normally be expecting funds from that grant over the next several weeks that now may not be coming? I'd love to talk to you about what that means for your lab/research/colleagues. Reach out via DM or signal.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

My sense is that most of us in science now have at least some institutional guidance on how to cope with latest round of proclamations. I hope you're able to refocus today despite the uncertainty, good luck. AND we need to brace against future rounds of disruption. Here's what my group is using:

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

It took a while to find me here in Kalamazoo, but my PhD lollipop finally arrived from the Grad Division at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! Especially in these strange days, I will celebrate these small moments of joy, accomplishment, and gratitude!

A queer femme person sits on a chair and smiles happily, holding their dissertation bound in black hardcover, along with a See’s candies lollipop that says “finally done”, spelled with a Ph and D. The card they also hold says You’re Finally Done! With the same spelling. The person is wearing a black shirt and khaki pants, they are white with short curly brown hair and dark glasses. Behind them sits a collection of books in a bookshelf and an old fashioned radio record player in deep mahogany.

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A very important podcast and episode on non-violent resistance and of course, women leading the way towards justice and peace in Palestine and Israel.

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Jenna C. Hill @chillocean.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Faculty and staff at Sonoma State University were just notified of the closing of the Geology Department - they are organizing an email letter writing campaign for Monday 1/27 to rally support - see below🧪⚒️ It’s awful to see the closing of another Geology department and big loss for the community.

Here’s how you can help:

On Monday, January 27th, we’re launching a campaign to rally support for the Geology Department. To maximize impact, we are asking you to email or call a list of influential community members (provided below).

We’ve included a template letter at the bottom of this email that you can use as is, or you can personalize it with your own thoughts and experiences—whatever works best for you. The most important thing is that you send something.

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dr alicja pawluczuk / HYSTERA ART @alicjapawluczuk.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

🧠 writing a wee chapter on neuroqueering digital youth work & have just come across Ryan Boren and Helen Edgar @autisticrealms.bsky.social's Open Framework For #Neuroqueer Learning Spaces: medium.com/@helenrealms...

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An open framework for neuroqueer learning spaces

Neuroqueering is open to everyone but requires a lot of unlearning, relearning, creating and recreating. Deep learning is rhizomatic.

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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Incorporating Sex-Diverse and Gender-Inclusive Perspectives in Higher Education Biology Courses. Really glad to finally see this in print. And proud to have played a small role in writing it. #sex #gender #STEMeducation @sicbjournals.bsky.social #SICB2025 academic.oup.com/icb/article-...

First page of the journal article from the December 2024 issue of Integrative and Comparative Biology, which arrived in my mailbox yesterday.

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Detailed article about PRI and the Museum of the Earth's current struggles. If the museum closes it may be the largest collection dispersed/lost in the US (with 7 million specimens it is one of the 10 largest in the US). ⚒️🧪🦑 Please share widely and help if you can! ithacavoice.org/2025/01/muse...

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Museum of the Earth faces extinction under “imminent” threat of foreclosure - The Ithaca Voice

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure after a group of donors […]

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Submit a talk at GeoConnects 2025 in a session on Disabled/Neurodivergent Perception, Community, and Identity in Geoscience! Help us make this session happen - sign up by Jan. 31st: forms.gle/tRYSyTNMb2Yf... #DisabledinSTEM #ActuallyAutistic @nagtgeo.bsky.social @accessiblegeo.bsky.social

Text reads Disabled and Neurodivergent Identity in Geoscience, Join us for an important topical session, GSA Connects 2025, San Antonio, Texas, October 19 to 22

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Check out this cool Glyptotherium migration paper by @kmagoulick.bsky.social and team!

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GeoSPACE Field Course @geospace-field.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

GeoSPACE 2025 applications will be accepted through the end of this month! Get those applications in and join us for an accessible inclusive field camp online or in person this summer! sites.google.com/ufl.edu/geos...

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GeoSPACE Geoscience Field Program

Welcome to the homepage of the Geospace Project at the University of Florida! GeoSPACE is a hybrid field course that provides experiential learning in planetary geology, volcanology basic field geolog...

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪 My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...

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Color blind friendly palettes for data visualizations with categories

A discussion of color blind friendly palettes for labeling unique catergories in data visualization.

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Bruno Lima (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @blimamicro.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Are you on an academic search committee, or know someone on one? Please take a look at this comprehensive set of suggestions to make the application process more inclusive for queer and trans folks! So glad I could contribute my two cents to this work! ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

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Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process

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Greg Wilson Mantilla @gpwilson11.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

If you don't know about the @burkemuseum.bsky.social DIG Field School, it's a great time to learn about this PD program for K-12 educators and classrooms www.burkemuseum.org/education/ed... Sign up for a Microfossil Workshop by Jan 3! and the DIG Field School applications open soon! #paleo #K12STEM

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DIG Field School

The DIG Field School connects K-12 STEM teachers with scientific research and researchers through ongoing professional development and teaching curricula.

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National Association of Geoscience Teachers @nagtgeo.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The Journal of Geoscience Education seeks manuscripts for the Informal Learning Special Issue: Beyond the Classroom. Submit your Expression of Interest form by Dec 31, 2024 at nagt.org/nagt/jge/jge... Thank you to those who have already submitted. We are looking forward to an enlightening issue!

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National Association of Geoscience Teachers @nagtgeo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

🦋The National Association of Geoscience Teachers is on Blue Sky! We are excited for all that this new platform can bring.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Reskeet this until it breaks. Then reskeet it again. We need to flood Congress with phone calls TODAY to make sure they don't slip the dangerous and misguided Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) into a must-pass year end bill. This bill would make kids LESS safe and threatens LGBTQ ppl & human rights.

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Stop KOSA Sneak Attack

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

My buddy Obsidian (Sid) is in love with the fireplace this winter. She’s *almost* forgiven us for moving from California. 💜 #Cats

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Fabulous program - undergrads in STEM, apply!

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Still acclimating to the Midwest, but I find myself already very comfortable with “ope…!”

A vanity license plate which reads “Ope, sorry! Just gonna sneak right past ya” with a small picture of Michigan in the center

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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

There's two weeks left to apply for the 2024 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program! Today we're bringing advice from one of our wise mentors that is feeling extra poignant these days!

Alt text: Pictured is artwork from Keely Ji, with their signature in the bottom left corner. The text on top reads advice from a DisabledInSTEM Mentor and the background is a light blue color, with blue clouds in the bottom left corner and green leaves. The text reads: Don’t give up. There are people fighting and the fight must be had. In the bottom right corner, there is the twitter bird symbol with text that states @DisabledSTEM

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hi! I feel so much safer over here! 🤣 Recent UC Berkeley paleo grad and current postdoc at Western Michigan. Lover of STEM equity research and interested in why paleontology matters. Former high school teacher, friend to cats, super queer, spicy #disabledinSTEM New fun things are afoot. *waves!*

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A black cat with bat wings, looking displeased

Decorations on a work desk including a family photo and fossil art

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 25/07/2023

Tomorrow’s the last day to submit an abstract for #GSA2023! We’d love to have you join us at T69: Disabled and Neurodivergent Perception, Community, and Identity in Geoscience. Questions? DM me!

A blue and teal background which reads in white text, Disabled and Neurodivergent identity in Geoscience - Join us for an important topical session - GSA Connects 2023 Pittsburgh PA

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Taormina (Tara) Lepore, Ph.D. @taorminalepore.bsky.social · 03/06/2023

Hello world! Me and my love @jessihonard.bsky.social at Castro Theatre for the SF Pride kickoff!

Two white queer people smiling at the camera, wearing a fedora hat and a baseball cap, sitting in a performance theatre

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