Reposted by The Cheese GoddessLoki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Munitions laden planes flyin through Irish airspace,Israeli landlords with illegal rentals,heel-dragging short fallin' Occupied Territories Bill,insurance companies covering munitions shipments,Irish peacekeepers being shot at,a live-streamed genocide...this is just so duplicitous and cunty. 2124
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessImmigrant Boo👻 @porcupunk.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026🤬nytimes.comTariffs Are Making Instruments So Expensive, School Music Programs Are at RiskWhen a single cello can cost $1,000 and a tuba $9,000, tariffs are straining meager band and orchestra budgets. 285
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessTibor Hartel @thartel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New paper: ancient wood-pastures provide feeding habitats for brown bears. Across 106 Romanian sites, fencing and bear feeding follow different patterns. Coexistence needs landscape-scale planning. ecologyandsociety.org/vol31/iss4/a...ecologyandsociety.orgEcology & Society: Brown bear feeding and fencing dynamics in ancient wood-pastures: implications for coexistence in cultural landscapesAncient wood-pastures in traditional cultural landscapes are long-established social-ecological systems. They can provide important feeding habitats for large carnivores such as the brown bear (<em>Ur... 0105
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants. 303168534987
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 23/09/2026Brand-new itty bitty #sciart watercolors for Art on the Avenue on October 3 in Alexandria www.artontheavenue.org 23613
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally. 2821151956
Reposted by The Cheese Goddesstomjwebb @tomjwebb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Nice post-doc position open in biodiversity change with a great group in Helsinki (h/t @besmacro.bsky.social) jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...jobs.helsinki.fiPostdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity SciencePostdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Science 1811
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessStuart McDaniel @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UF Biology is searching for an Assistant Professor in Plant Ecology, pass it along explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/search...explore.jobs.ufl.eduUniversity of Florida - Search Results 02553
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh hey. It’s October now. Did you get an advent calendar that educates you about snails while helping us educate people in Philly about our local biodiversity? Not yet?? Well what are you waiting for? It’s time for snail facts! SquidFacts.net 611942
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessDan Thomas @itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most disappointing video you’ll see today. 1012225647
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Some morning musings on AI. We need to stop talking about this as technology issue. It's an ethics & law enforcement issue. Thread: 722156
The Cheese Goddess @thecheesegoddess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Had to do a site visit in the Berkshires today. Rte 9 west has lovely fall leaf color. Not as spectacular as some years (was cloudy also), but pretty. Rte 8 to 112 to Noho was not quite as far along. Driving, so no photos. My favorite seem to be along swampy bits on Rte 8. 030
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 02/10/2026Butterbutt. An older comic. 232934705
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 30/09/2026Here’s the bigger ask I mentioned: I owe $6k in back rent. I’ve been selling my limited belongings to reduce the number but it is slow going and I can’t hope to cover it all, especially not in the short time I have. I have enough to cover October rent and little more. More details below. 17888848
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessMike DiGirolamo @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For the first time in 150 yrs, kiwi once again live in the hills surrounding Wellington. More than 250 were successfully translocated back to the region, thanks to the efforts of the iwi (nations of Aotearoa), community members, and the Capital Kiwi Project. They join the podcast this week:news.mongabay.comIwi and community-led effort return kiwi to Wellington for first time in over a centuryFor the first time in 150 years, kiwi once again live in the hills surrounding Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. More than 250 manu (“birds” in the Māori language) were successfully translocated back ... 112242
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessKarolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026UConn EEB is hiring a tropical horticulturalist for our greenhouses! It's an awesome collection of both research+teaching/public display, and you get to work with pretty amazing folks (I may be biased). Job listing: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49... Closes 10/14! 🌴🌿🌵🌺jobs.hr.uconn.eduUConn Careers | UConn Careers | University of Connecticut 32445
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessVirginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looking for life sciences 🧪 faculty/staff/trainers who want science communication to be more valued w/in academia We built an NSF-funded coaching program to help you w/ #SciComm in job & award apps, promotion materials, curriculum proposals, etc. We want to help you get more respect, credit, & pay 13325
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessKim Cobb @kimcobb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And I'm on the search committee, so send me your questions. But mostly, send the talented early career scientists in your network our way! Target deadline: Oct 26 01413
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026According to several people involved, the Trump administration initially floated an idea that would have virtually shut down mail voting: requiring all ballots to be delivered exclusively through certified mail.propublica.orgThe Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In VotingProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near... 7484235
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessDiego Ellis Soto @diegoellissoto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🐾🎶 What do the hidden lives of animals sound like? 🌎 Nature is always moving. Sometimes we simply need new ways to listen. 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r7Q... Eight wildlife species become a musical ensemble in my new audiovisual piece, The City Remembers — Counterpoint of Coexistence. 🦝🦉🦆🦃 1/youtube.comListening to the hidden lives of animals: When movement becomes musicYouTube video by Diego Ellis Soto 122
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 25/09/2026Blow it up, BlueSky. $9.25 pays for months of books for a kid.donate.imaginationlibrary.comHomeMake a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children. 0235231
Reposted by The Cheese Goddess🦇🎃💀 Riana-mator 💀🎃🦇 @riana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This documents what I always tell people who ask me if they should go to law school: The billable hours number is a lie. I needed to bill 8 hours a day, but I was typically in the office for 11. Part of that was my own inefficiency, but most of it was the non-billable other stuff I still had to do. 3183
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessColin Kinniburgh @colinreports.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Great reporting here by Benjy 1108
Reposted by The Cheese Goddess🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 123123385251
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessPortugues Lab @portugueslab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University is hiring! Come and do cutting edge research on the neural basis of natural behaviors at NBB (nbb.cornell.edu). No animal too small, no behavior too strange! Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32592 14835
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessTim Jesper Suhrhoff @climatejesper.bsky.social · 22/07/2026What if carbon removal could help clean PFAS-contaminated soils—and help pay for it? Our new paper explores a potential win-win-win: enhanced weathering can boost plant PFAS uptake, while pyrolysis destroys PFAS and stores carbon as biochar. paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 395
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessNicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 16/09/2026just restocked sea slug stickers! waterproof & weatherproof - stick em on whatever, they won't budge ❤️ available here: shop.fossiforager.art 19132
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m so tired of US politics, I propose we abolish existing states and make new ones based on the ancient Cicada brood territories. 1626749
The Cheese Goddess @thecheesegoddess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I was depressed enough about the cheese fridge that I had a couple of Fern's mozzarella sticks yesterday. It isn't the same. I will remeasure the smaller commercial fridge and check to see if it will fit through door with door or door frame off later today... 060
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessAnthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Classic example of invasional meltdown. The ants have a mutualism with introduced scale insects. Ant attacks have severely reduced native land crabs, thus altering the forest understory & lowering resistance to invasion by giant African land snails. #bioinvasions scienceofficial.org/nature/yello...scienceofficial.orgYellow Crazy Ants Defeat Red Crabs with Chemical Attack on Christmas IslandBBC footage shows yellow crazy ants using formic acid to overpower red crabs, highlighting an invasive species crisis that has devastated Christmas Island's ecosystem for decades. 2169
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessFood Tank @foodtank.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“In a lot of communities across the country, land values have skyrocketed…Sometimes even $40,000 an acre, in part because of real estate development…We’re seeing a lot of rural gentrification.” -Brooks Lamb, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator Tune in live: www.youtube.com/live/Xh3iO3R... #ClimateWeekNYC 011
The Cheese Goddess @thecheesegoddess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@donmoyn.bsky.social You have an impersonation account. It followed me today. bsky.app/profile/donm... FYIbsky.app 010
The Cheese Goddess @thecheesegoddess.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My cheese fridge has officially died died. Like it is not worth fixing died. This means, cheese needs to be stored in regular fridge now and this makes me sad. Can't afford another cheese fridge at the moment. Will also have to <gasp> limit my inventory for a little while. 2191
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessRepresentative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 21/09/2026For generations, Vermonters and Quebecers have shared families, communities, and deeply close connections. But even with that in mind, we’re still facing the fallout from stunts that Kristi Noem pulled, and we have small businesses that won’t survive this trade war. 67026
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessAidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Earlier today I was in a call discussing the massive volume of adverts on Meta for nudification apps which features actual CSAM, so it’s good to see Meta take action on the issue of… Feminist theatre…theguardian.comMeta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminismTheatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism 08053
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessSocky Noob @sockynoob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026BUGFEST 2026 AT THE CROSBY ARBORETUM IN PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI FINAL EVENT SCHEDULE. Register here. #Bugsky #InverteFest #Nature #Mississippi reg.extension.msstate.edu/reg/event_pa... 2107
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessARG UK @argroupsuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Please help Emily out with her PhD project on herp translocations supported by UKRI in partnership with the University of Reading and @froglife.bsky.social . Link is here: bit.ly/moving_herps_survey 044
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Tiny krill are turning up in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Scientists want to know why www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...npr.orgTiny krill are turning up in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Scientists want to know whyAntarctic krill serve as a crucial food source for penguins, seals, and whales. They recycle nutrients used by algae. Now researchers say they've found krill in a surprising place: hydrothermal vents. 7336
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessVittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026SCOOP: A group of staffers from the right-wing think tank, America First Policy Initiative, have been detailed to the Census Bureau, where they have access to sensitive data +contributed to a public report that bolsters conspiracy theories undermining trust in elections www.wired.com/story/a-trum...wired.comThe Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think TankThe US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu... 25548378
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/09/2026BREAKING: The U.S. is stripping $52 million in military aid to Europe and the Middle East to back Trump-allied governments in Latin America.bit.lyUS strips millions in military aid from Europe and Mideast to back Trump-aligned nations in AmericasThe Trump administration is stripping tens of millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance to countries in Europe and the Middle East to support conservative-leaning governments in Central and South America. 2712399
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessMrs. Y @mrsyiswhy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.404media.co/hackers-stol...404media.coHackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and PeopleWhile people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too. 022
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026LOOKIT OMGGGGGG 5654
The Cheese Goddess @thecheesegoddess.bsky.social · 16/09/2026That hot cup of tea after an early morning meeting when you wake up with a start at 3am and don't get back to sleep... Just resets things... 160
The Cheese Goddess @thecheesegoddess.bsky.social · 12/09/2026There is something about demolition projects that makes me just so happy. 070
Reposted by The Cheese GoddessBotany One @botany.one · 12/09/2026Director of Horticulture // Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh www.bgci.org/job/director... RBGE is seeking to appoint an inspiring and forward-thinking Director of Horticulture. Reporting to the Regius Keeper, role will shape the future of horticulture across our four gardens. #BotanyJobsbgci.orgDirector of Horticulture - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | Botanic Gardens Conservation InternationalFull-time - Permanent- closing date 16 October 2026 01016
