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Kaitlin Stack Whitney

@kstackwhitney.bsky.social

STS / enviro studies prof, on unceded Seneca lands. mostly thinking with insects and about ableism in biology. own views, etc. she/they

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Dr Madeleine Pownall@maddipow.bsky.social · 3w ago

New paper! Values such as openness, transparency, collaboration, clarity about conflict of interests have been promoted by women for *decades*, and now we have reframed this around the branding of 'open science' that we start to take them seriously. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Women as the First Open Scientists: Five Stories of the Neglected Contributions of Women in (Social) Science Reform History - Madeleine Pownall, 2026

Recent years have seen growing emphasis on “Open Science,” a movement to enhance research transparency, robustness, and accountability. Prompted by concerns ove...

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Kaitlin Stack Whitney@kstackwhitney.bsky.social · 3w ago

Yes! Recently had the fun experience of looking for smoky quartz in the White Mountains (USFS permit/location info: www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemou... )

White person's hand holding three jagged rock fragments streaked with purplish grey smoky quartz embedded in them
Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 3w ago

It’s Rock Day: Rock Check! Do you have your rock? Do you need a rock? Can you find a rock? I found this lovely porphyritic basalt in my washing machine. I love how the different crystal sizes tell a story of an eruption rudely interrupting cozy subterranean cooling. Photos & stories welcome.

A very round dull rock, flecks of white and pale grey rectangular crystals in a darker grey matrix
Dr Manu Saunders FRES@manusaunders.bsky.social · last mo.

A 2019 paper that is often used as evidence of the flawed 'windscreen phenomenon' has been retracted. I cited this paper a few years ago in explainers about why this particular anecdote cannot be used as evidence of insect decline. See thread below 👇 retractionwatch.com/2026/06/23/a...

A prolific evolutionary biologist caught faking data decades ago notches a new retraction

A study claiming a tenfold decrease in bugs splattered on evolutionary biologist Anders Møller’s windshield over two decades has been retracted. shanecotee / iStock Anders Møller, an influential ev…

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Yale University Press London 📖@yalebooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This extract from @rossbrooks.co.uk's Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life reveals some of the tensions between the rich complexity of biological reality and the social norms that sought to contain it. yalebooks.co.uk/how-darwin-a... #history #pridemonth #naturalhistory #skystorians

How Darwin and Modern Biology Obscured the Queerness Of Evolution - Yale University Press London

This extract from Ross Brooks’ Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life challenges one of the most enduring assumptions in the history of science:

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Sam Bagenstos@sbagen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Warren Burger's response when a deaf lawyer asked for real-time transcription (at the lawyer's expense) when arguing before the Court (in a case about disability access!).

A memo from the Chambers of the Chief Justice on January 26, 1982, in the case of Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley: "MEMORANDUM TO THE CONFERENCE. "We have another 'first' under the attached material. "Question: Is this different from a lawyer who can't understand English or who is a deaf mute and who, therefore, needs an 'interpreter' to convey our questions? "The oral argument is for our benefit. It is not a right of a party. "Regards, WEB."
Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

More evidence of how fucking chock-full of eugenics silicon valley iss, has been, and will continue to be if steps aren't taken to name, acknowledge, and dismantle those connections. '“All my fundees have blue eyes.” [Jeffrey] Epstein and the tech world’s dark ideology'

"All my fundees have blue eyes." Epstein and the tech world's dark ideology - Coda Story

The Epstein files reveal beliefs about race, eugenics, and engineering humans that run to the heart of Silicon Valley.

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Kaitlin Stack Whitney@kstackwhitney.bsky.social · 3mo ago

so excited to attend Julia's film premiere today 🎉🥳 - with captions from @aat-transcribes.bsky.social 🙌 - check out the virtual premiere of "Where the Bomb Trains End" on May 4 m.youtube.com/@wherethebom...

Where the Bomb Trains End

Where the Bomb Trains End is a documentary made by Julia Resciniti as a part of the Aberg Family Fellowship. She was a fellow during the 2025-2026 academic year at the Rochester Institute of Technolog...

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Case Studies in the Environment@casestudenv.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A case for inclusive climate-disaster communication for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, from Abigail Block and @kstackwhitney.bsky.social doi.org/10.1525/cse....

Closing the Preparedness Divide: A Case for Inclusive Climate-Disaster Communication for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the United States

Climate-related disasters and extreme weather are becoming more common and severe. People with disabilities experience increased negative consequences from these disasters, largely due to social barri...

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Brian Merchant@bcmerchant.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Three years into the AI era, educators say they face a major crisis. Bosses and clients replacing tutoring jobs with AI. Replacing *athletic coaching* with AI. Many students now cannot grasp why they would *not* use AI for schoolwork. And worse. The 5th installment of AI Killed My Job—educators:

"If AI is writing the work and AI is reading the work, do we even need to be there at all?" Education workers reveal a growing crisis on campus and off

AI Killed My Job: Educators.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)@doctorvive.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨 A new frontier of coordinated disinformation. Fossil fuel industry front groups are using AI platforms to flood clean air regulators with fake public comments—submitted under real residents' names, without their consent. @robbonta.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

‘This was forged’: Residents deny sending emails pushing Bay Area air policy change

At least 10 people listed as sending letters in favor of an air quality policy change said they have no recollection of doing so and weren’t even aware of the proposal in the Bay Area.

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Louise Seamster@louiseseamster.bsky.social · last yr.

I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.