Megan Killian
@megankillian.bsky.social
I was a #firstgen college student in engineering, now tenured professor at UMich. Skeets are my own. I lead a team studying musculoskeletal physiology, development, and healing. We study how the skeleton grows and how connective tissues guide this process.
For many anglers, the practice of fly fishing is about much more than catching fish. For some in addiction recovery it can be therapeutic. n.pr/4fqVR3X
'Adams Parachute' couldn't save his son, but a grieving father hopes it will help others suffering with addiction
For many anglers, the practice of fly fishing is about much more than catching fish. For some in addiction recovery it can be therapeutic.
n.pr
This will set back American math and science advancement for decades. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative
A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency struggles with a squeezed budget and a backlog of grant applications.
nature.com
Once again, Hegseth and Trump are resegregating the military along racial and sexual lines. It’s disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
nytimes.com
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
What a great article not only on faculty workloads, but how little our salaries actually factor in to most university budgets. A few highlights. First, our salaries are falling:
Hi, expert in rapid microbial growth in giant plates here. This is not a fiasco, algae only does this when it's extremely content
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2mo agoPictures of the renovations of the Reflecting Pool taken May 2, May 28, June 7, June 12, June 16 and June 18, 2026, which was painted blue at the directive of U.S. President Trump, ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence, in Washington, D.C.-Reuters
The most adorable entertainment in juat three easy frames
Stephen Colbert made a return visit to Monroe Community Media, where he guest-hosted the show "Only in Monroe" in 2015."https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/monroe-county/stephen-colbert-returns-to-monroe-public-access-tv-station-11-years-later-with-jeff-daniels
I was really hoping that photo op with whitmer in Chelsea was AI generated
I've never taken campaign money from health insurance companies so I don't answer to them. Pass Medicare for All.
A federal program that pays airlines to operate in small and rural communities could have its budget cut in half, leaving parts of the country with no flight options. n.pr/4uCPm3R
Drive 5 hours or fly 20 minutes? Remote towns suffer from lack of year-round flights
A federal program that pays airlines to operate in small and rural communities could have its budget cut in half, leaving parts of the country with no flight options.
n.pr
What if, instead of using our taxes dollars for war no one asked for, we spend it here to rebuild the infrastructure folks rely on? We need a major water infrastructure overhaul. And we need it now.
Auburn Hills water main break could leave taps dry for 2 weeks: 'This is not a drill'
Multiple Oakland County communities face severe water restrictions after 42-inch main breaks in Auburn Hills.
planetdetroit.org
Congratulations to Dr Steph Steltzer who is had the honor to hood at the @umich.edu Rackham ceremony!
Check out this "In preprints" from @dev-journal.bsky.social by Meng Zhu on re-examining the role of oxygen in mammalian embryogenesis, featuring our lab's recent pre-print ! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
In preprints: re-examining the role of oxygen in mammalian embryogenesis
Developmental biology has traditionally focused on embryo-intrinsic mechanisms, from gene regulatory networks to coordinated cell behaviours. By comparison, the contribution of environmental factors t...
journals.biologists.com
"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago." If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 4mo agoAfter almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Also would be very cool if we can have 2 b1g teams in the championship
😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Maemichi et al. indicate that the heel fat pad’s morphology and mechanical properties differ across sports disciplines, likely reflecting adaptations to sport-specific loading patterns. 👀 buff.ly/M2yb8KW
Just a reminder that 1yr ago today many dedicated NIH employees received RIF notices and started the process where many others were told they must leave their positions/ICs after years of service. The pain felt across the scientific community in the last year is also felt by those serving it.
Delighted to share the latest issue of the Journal of Anatomy, a really rewarding project to work on with fellow Guest Editors @floragroening.bsky.social and @fabqu.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697580...
An inappropriate relationship at Ohio State? *shakes head* No, it's THE inappropriate relationship
Matt Brown@mattbrown.bsky.social · 5mo agoman WHAT www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.
Lots of good quotes here, and I think if anything good comes out of this awfulness it will perhaps be academics rethinking our reflexive obeisance to prestige and wealth. "...the notion of the meritocracy is completely revealed to be gendered bullshit.” - @dannagal.bsky.social
Annette Yoshiko Reed@annetteyreed.bsky.social · 6mo ago“…the Epstein files highlight issues that women in academe have mostly discussed in whisper networks: Who is unsafe to be alone with? Which advisers are to be avoided? Whose connections may come with a price?” www.chronicle.com/article/unma...
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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, by Umberto Boccioni, 1913, (cast 1931 or 1934), 📸 by Wang Zhao
