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Assoc Prof Robyn Pickering

@pickeringrobyn.bsky.social

Assoc. Professor University of Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 Co-director Human Evolution Research Institute | geology, isotopes, U-Pb dating carbonates, human evolution, southern African palaeoclimates | equitable fieldwork | decolonisation |she/her

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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19h ago

Proposing analog to,”racism can explain every weird thing in America” is, “women are busy working for money is the secret reason everything we miss about a society is now dying.”

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · yesterday

This article offers half a dozen reasons why people have stopped having friends and family over, but it ignores the fact that the women who planned parties and kept homes tidy enough for unplanned guests are now working for pay full-time (usually more than 9-5). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 6d ago

Universities have the research capacity, the educational mission and the moral obligation to lead on menopause education. It is time for men in academia to step up, drive the conversation and share the burden, writes Mark Butterick: https://ow.ly/W4Jm50ZUwmV #Menopauseawareness

Start with men: universities must do more on menopause education

Universities have the research capacity, the educational mission and the moral obligation to lead on menopause education. It is time for men in academia to step up, drive the conversation and share the burden, writes Mark Butterick

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maura quint@mauraquint.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

Natalia (娜塔莉)@wrycritic.bsky.social · 2w ago

Please. If you see evidence of workplace harassment. Badmouthing of own junior staff, unreasonable expectations, removal or omission from authorship, hostile language, evidence of overworking or distress. Don't walk by. Academic safety nets can't rely on whisper networks set by marginalised people.

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Neil Lewis, Jr.@neillewisjr.bsky.social · 2w ago

"For many Black scholars, academia is a burning house. If we cannot extinguish that fire, Black scholars will always bear a greater risk of being burned–& therefore have to insulate themselves against the risk more than others." @cydneydupree.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/blac...

Black academics face extra scrutiny. Our research shows its consequences

Scholars of colour told us they engage in strategies to make it harder for them to be dismissed as biased or lacking rigour, says Cydney Hurston Dupree

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Melaine Le Roy@subfossilguy.bsky.social · 3w ago

Gran Paradiso Aug. 1980 | Sept. 2026 Incredible repeat photography of the Gran Paradiso glaciers 46 years apart, showing the magnitude of man-made glacial collapse in the Alps - which will never be white again! 🧊🔥 📷 Antonio and Riccardo Bussano 🙏

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Prof Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · 3w ago

After the Trump administration cut funding for the next U.S. National Climate Assessment and dismissed its authors, the science didn’t stop. AMS and AGU launched the U.S. Climate Collection. Now its first paper is published. Science first. Evidence matters. 👏 headlines.ametsoc.org/2026/09/22/f...

First Paper Published in the U.S. Climate Collection

The U.S. Climate Collection has published its first paper, with 175 authors outlining research priorities for future U.S.-focused climate assessments.

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Assoc Prof Robyn Pickering@pickeringrobyn.bsky.social · last mo.

Big graduation day!! Super super proud of my first UCT PhD graduate 😊💫🙌🏽 Dr Khosa worked hard for this moment 💪🏽 Congratulations 🥳

Human Evolution Research Institute at University of Cape Town@heriuct.bsky.social · last mo.

🎓 Congratulations to our HERI #AdvancingWomxn Fellow, Dr Rivoningo Khosa, on graduating with her PhD! This achievement reflects years of dedication, perseverance, and academic excellence. We are proud to celebrate this milestone with Rivoningo and wish her all the best for the journey ahead. 🎉

Andy Farke@andyfarke.bsky.social · last mo.

This is partly tied in with a long-term lack of recognition for collectors, field hands, preparators, database managers, collections managers, volunteers, etc. That's getting somewhat better, but still there is much to do. <7/n>

Andra Meneganzin@andrameneganzin.bsky.social · last mo.

I inadvertently deleted the thread w/ the link to the published version of this paper in Bio&Phil (🤦‍♀️): here it is! 🏺🦣🧪💀 It’s not OA, but the publisher’s full text is available on ResearchGate. Or, more simply... drop me a line! 📩 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #evosky #philbio #philsky

Buried, or maybe not: adherence to evidential standards in paleoanthropology - Biology & Philosophy

This paper examines how evidential standards are constructed, interpreted, and enforced in paleoanthropology and funerary archaeology, focusing on claims of deliberate burial practices in Homo naledi....

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Andra Meneganzin@andrameneganzin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

👉Very happy to share a new preprint w/ Matteo Bedetti, forthcoming in Biology & Philosophy. We examine how evidential standards are negotiated in funerary #archaeology debates, using the Homo #naledi burial controversy as a case study in epistemological practice.🧪🏺 #evosky #philbio #philsky