Maia Bailey
@maiabailey.bsky.social
Evolutionary biology meets social justice
Great article on how viral ‘boy genius’ types actually detract from real conservation work
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 3w agoIt took social media by storm, but it didn’t work for all the reasons that ocean plastic pollution experts said it wouldn’t work all along. My latest for The Revelator tells this important story and asks what we can learn from it. Please enjoy. therevelator.org/why-ocean-cl...
"The Government Doesn't Want You To Read These Zines" – new benefit zine packets from South Bend Commons! All proceeds go to Prairieland Defendants. firestorm.coop/products/253... @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social
I kept putting off commenting on the OMB rule change because I had so much to say, it was hard to organize. This app made it thorough and easy: ombcomment.netify.app
Rhode Island folks, please consider supporting a great organization that cares for queer kids by attending a really fun event: secure.givelively.org/event/youth-...
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Some movies are classics for a reason. Carol Reed's 1949 thriller “The Third Man,” back in theaters in a new 35mm re-release, is one of them.
crookedmarquee.com
If I look tired IT’S BECAUSE I AM. Listening to women at the latest Turning Point USA conference talk about giving their husbands their right to vote took five years off my life at least 💀🪦🕊️
REI has strayed dramatically from its roots. For the last four years, the "co-op" has run an intense union-busting campaign using the same anti-union law firm that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Trump use to fight against workers' rights.
Terrible!! This couldn’t have happened to a kinder person or better scientist 😩 www.idsnews.com/article/2026...
Some IU biology labs shut down by USDA following year of federal scrutiny
USDA activity started Friday, and the timeline is unclear.
idsnews.com
I saw Life on Earth when I was 12. It was a transformative experience for me and a big part of why I became an evolutionary biologist.
Helen Pearson@helenpearson.bsky.social · 3mo agoSome of the most wonderful Attenborough pictures here: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
The attack on education in the US is not new, but the slow fuse that arguably started with Reagan is now setting off detonations across K-12 and higher education that are going to be incredibly difficult to walk back if we don’t treat this like the urgent crisis it is.
@reed.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @magaziner.house.gov please tell me you are doing something about the eminent war crimes by our mad king
Boosting this from earlier this week morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
morethanjustparks.substack.com
Last day for public comment!
Nursing Clio@nursingclio.bsky.social · 5mo ago87% of NPs are primary health care providers. “Yet an obscure committee now promises to strip them of access to educational funds, putting the healthcare system, the nursing workforce, and patients at risk,” writes Cory Ellen Gatrall in this week’s ER essay. nursingclio.org/2026/02/23/p...
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
A confidential agreement provides yet more evidence of the administration’s campaign to interfere with upcoming elections. bit.ly/46tX4nd
“Confidential” Agreements Show Trump Administration’s Plans for States’ Voter Data
At least 10 states have handed over their full voter files to the Justice Department.
brennancenter.org
Watch the video of Veronika using a deck brush to get itchy spots and stay for the message at the end
Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró)@biotay.bsky.social · 7mo agoCow Tools! We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years. We breed them and exploit them It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS Here I describe our study (paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social with @auersperga.bsky.social
Several shout outs from students for Sex Is a Spectrum as best text assigned for my Genes & Gender course this fall @anthrofuentes.bsky.social
Comment period ends Dec. 1: Stop Trump Admin’s H2A wage changes that could drastically reduce wages and jobs for US workers. Sign on today and say “NO” to slashing wages for farm workers. act.seiu.org/a/h2awagecom... #WeFeedYou
I love seeing a shred of accountability for Trump as much as anyone, but it's pretty striking that most people are prepared to believe a man who's a convicted serial rapist-sex trafficker and NOT ALL THESE WOMEN katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...
The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein
It’s not what you think it is.
katemanne.substack.com
This whole thread is very good, but here she also points out the main issues my coauthor and I identified in our article Reasons for Caution When Genotyping Students online.ucpress.edu/abt/article/...
Reasons for Caution When Genotyping Students
Genotyping real alleles in real people is an excellent way to connect abstract genetics concepts to human variation in the classroom; however, these activities can inadvertently promote misconceptions...
online.ucpress.edu
Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 9mo agoJust for an example in my field- we generally don't have students do Punnett squares for traits they have these days. First off, not all students will know that info for their birth parents, and secondly, it's not going to be infrequent that someone looks at the data and says...
LAST CHANCE: Proponents of the anti-voter SAVE Act are pressuring the Election Assistance Commission to require documents like a passport in order to register to vote. Tell the Commission: Don’t make it harder for Americans to cast a ballot bit.ly/4ngSyyl
Reed and Whitehouse keep acting like bipartisanship is still the right move. I will be contributing to anyone who primaries them.
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 10mo ago12 Democrats just joined Republicans to advance a District Judge nominee from Trump. Why do they keep doing this? Coons Durbin Hassan Kaine Kelly King Klobuchar Reed Schiff Shaheen Welch Whitehouse
Senators Reed and Whitehouse support NDAA that targets transgender rights and allows Trump unlimited domestic troop deployment "The NDAA vote provides insight into how far most congressional Democrats are willing to go in opposing Trump’s culture war fascism and use of troops on domestic soil..."
Senators Reed and Whitehouse support NDAA that targets transgender rights and allows Trump unlimited domestic troop deployment
"The NDAA vote provides insight into how far most congressional Democrats are willing to go in opposing Trump’s culture war fascism and use of troops on domestic soil..."
steveahlquist.substack.com
