Dr. Diana Li
@dianateuthis.bsky.social
✨ NYC Scientist, Educator, & #SciCommer 🧠 Public Engagement at Columbia 🦑 Ph.D. in squids from Stanford 🐦⬛ Always lookin for birbs 🦉 Let’s rock 😤 Opinions my own (she/her/hers) https://www.dianahli.com
Great piece on octopus ribosomes — and on the importance of following unexpected observations and looking in new places to find new things :) current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/octo...
I can't believe they are going to tease us like this, revealing them one day at a time. I NEED to know how many cephalopods are on the list, right now
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d agoRevealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year
REJOICE FOR BEST COMPETITION OF THE YEAR NOMINATE YOUR BUGS www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nominate your invertebrate of the year
We’re asking people from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our third Invertebrate of the Year competition
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Eons: Life and Death on Pangaea thread The Eons team trusted @lacerdajulio.bsky.social @kiabugboy.bsky.social and myself to help with the reconstructions for the series. I'm consolidating my posts to this thread so that they're easier to find. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt Watch link:
Eons
Take a journey through the history of life on Earth.
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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
“Design something to interest the participants you’re trying to reach, not the institution.“ -Dr. Raina Croff 🔥🔥🔥 #BINW26
Black In Neuro@blackinneuro.bsky.social · last wk.🚨You can join the #BINW26 keynote address with Dr. Croff on YouTube right now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0bC...
a commute where you're guaranteed not to have to listen to someone scroll TikTok without headphones? this beautiful dream recently became a reality for Q train riders nygroove.nyc/quiet-car-mt...
Could a 'quiet car' work on the subway? The Q train tried one last week
A mindfulness experiment brought contagious calm to a busy train car; riders left wanting more.
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Hey Philadelphia!! Do you want this mural on your building?? Here’s what we’re looking for: You must own the building. Must be in Philly The flatter the surface the better! The more people that will see it the better. We want to install in September Email me if that's you SkypeAScientist@gmail.com
I am beyond excited to share that our paper, "Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces" has been published! A 🧵incoming because this paper is so special to me and the co-authors. doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces
Abstract. Neurodiversity has received considerable attention recently from the general population and academic researchers, coinciding with an increase in
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Potato chip flavors on sale for the Hong Kong market. A thread 🧵 Steamed Garlic Shrimp
A journalist has asked me to find them an entomologist for a story they’re doing on mosquitoes. Any entomologists down?
One of the great photos of our time. Captured by Maximilien Lamy for AFP.
Gift Lift NY Times: Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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This feels like the octopus equivalent of a cat hiding in a pile of laundry. 🐙📷manelor (www.inaturalist.ca/observations...)
Remember when NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said there were no banned words and NIH Program Officers were making them up? Here’s the proof he lied: apnews.com/article/cali... I know, Jay Bhattacharya lying is not news. But it’s still really validating to have the admission.
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Hello friends. I'm starting a new job today reporting for @nature.com on all things climate and Earth science, energy, and beyond.🌍Please get in touch if you're a researcher/gov staffer/startup with results/projects that deserve attention--or are facing problems we should know about. Contact in bio.
Unfortunately this seems to me like another example of a real animal, slopped by AI 😡🦑 Check these source images from @mbarinews.bsky.social who actually observed it. No frontal "mouth" (just a fold between arms further down at most), no suckers visible when on the bottom, eyes less forward
Flapjack octopus • MBARI
The adorable flapjack octopus sits on the seafloor like a flat, fluffy pancake.
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In case you missed it, the account mrrobertbob posted an extremely viral but misleading pic of a "flapjack octopus" who then blocked everyone who correctly pointed out it was GenAI. Stop sharing posts with images without credit/provenance. Lots of fakes/grifter accounts out there.
Jo Wolfe, PhD@jopabinia.bsky.social · 2w agoUnfortunately this seems to me like another example of a real animal, slopped by AI 😡🦑 Check these source images from @mbarinews.bsky.social who actually observed it. No frontal "mouth" (just a fold between arms further down at most), no suckers visible when on the bottom, eyes less forward
Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
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The @nytimes.com obituary of Lam Wing-kee, the Hong Kong bookseller who was abducted by Chinese officials. When he returned to Hong Kong promising to retrieve customer names for the authorities, he instead set up a news conference to describe his kidnapping 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/w...
Lam Wing-Kee, Hong Kong Bookseller Who Defied Authorities, Dies at 70 (Gift Article)
One of five booksellers kidnapped by Chinese officials in 2015, Mr. Lam spoke out after his release and became an international cause célèbre.
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This could be the coolest year of the rest of your life. 🔥
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3w agoThe extreme weather we have now is not the new normal. It’s going to keep getting worse as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels.
NEW! Explore @thetransmitter.bsky.social's newest tool, Neuro Funding Finder. Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages. Find your next funding source and apply, all in one place! #neuroskyence thetransmitter.org/neuroscience...
Neuroscience Grants Funding Finder
Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages.
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To every New Yorker: this rule is not yet in effect. The earliest it could take effect is Sept. 18, 2026. New York City will use every tool at our disposal to fight this attack on immigrant families and the communities that make our city the greatest on earth.
I made this quick model and several other diagrams a few years ago to demonstrate why the sky turns orange from wildfire smoke. There’s a white LED flashlight on the back of the plastic shoebox that shines towards camera through water. What do you notice and wonder about what you’re seeing?