students sending long ai written emails which amount to nothing more than a one sentence request is exhausting.

This engineering education conference feels suspiciously like a World Cup watch part and I love it. #asee

who is planning to go to ISME and who wants to see the hobbit houses with me?!?!?!

What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? All of these questions and more to be discussed at the Emergency Science Meeting that BEGINS IN 1 HOUR, hosted by Stand Up for Science! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/oCIDw

You may have noticed I disappeared from social media after my launch of @beyondxandy.bsky.social I was violently attacked by a transphobe who recognized me and have been in the hospital and resting If you'd like to help me with my medical bills, please consider donating here: gofund.me/9328f91f2

Donate to Help trans activist Jey McCreight recover from hate crime, organized by Jey McCreight

I am a transgender activist and science communicator who was v… Jey McCreight needs your support for Help trans activist Jey McCreight recover from hate crime

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We did it!* One of my teams designed and 3D printed a drinking water treatment plant! It's almost safe enough to drink? The mixing vessels leaked so we used beakers... so it wasn't worth disinfecting to drink. But coagulation, flocculation, and filtration were fantastic! *mostly. Leaky mess.

Two of my students interviewed a bunch of LGBTQ+ STEM dorks and put together "The Queer STEM Survival Guide" as a small zine! I hope to print a bunch for the local bookstores. Hope y'all enjoy! static1.squarespace.com/static/64567...

Hampshire College just announced our closure. I've only been here <2 years but absolutely love being here. I don't know if I am staying until the final closing in Dec 26 or this June 26. If you need a random wastewater/enviro engineer/bioinformatics person I am unexpectedly back on the job market!

Project Hail Mary was a lot of fun but please be prepared for a scene where he puts two tubes UNBALANCED in a centrifuge. I was horrified.

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

Ava and I visiting “Woes Hollow” aka the tallest waterfall in the world. RIP innie Irving who died almost a year ago today. (It’s Awosting Falls in Minnewaska State Park If you don’t get the Severance references)

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

We couldn‘t make it to the Times Sq protest today. What are the next NYC places to express opposition to the US coup in Venezuela? Feel free to also post anything happening in the Twin Cities (where most of my networks are) or anything especially good anywhere that can be a model. Horrific times.

A good, informative, and sobering interview. A tiny handful of powerful owners of things run so much, and that certainly includes the New York Times.

Trans News Network@transnews.network · 7mo ago

In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.

Extending application deadline to early January so still time to get your applications in! #DisabledInSTEM

DisabledInSTEM@disabledinstem.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years! Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn... Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR... Applications due December 5th!

How do you approach teaching courses to students outside your major? My students are often interested in plants, environmental science, medicine, chemistry etc. I am trying to piece together "why my class is still fun and important" within their multitudes of studies. I would love to hear from you!

I put “lab work” on my to do list 3 times this past week and kept scratching it off thinking it meant chemical analysis, dna extraction, helping a student project… instead of going to the lab to get my blood drawn.

omgosh the amount of students getting sick the last week of the semester.

Ava had a very good week running around campus @weratedogs.com

Big news: I’m writing a book!! I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals. Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!

lowkey disappointed that my holiday break read is only about mushrooms and not The Secret Life of FUNGI as advertised.

I can't wait to be able to run RT-qPCR in my lab!!! Eagerly awaiting my Pocket qPCR to arrive. I can finally use my 50k units of reverse transcriptase I got from Gene and Cell Technologies a few years ago. gaudi.ch/PocketPCR/in...

Before and after grocery shopping. I did NOT buy any potatoes. They were stolen.

Facilitation-competition tradeoffs structure microbial niches and nitrogen cycling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs

First preprint as a professor and it’s… not wastewater but bees?!?!?? Lovely collab with my colleague Dr. Jennifer VanWyk. the middle authors are all the undergrads who took my bioinformatics course last spring and analyzed novel data www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hot and Bothered, Bees’ Gut Microbiome Shifts Under Thermal Stress and Pathogen Infection.

Understanding bumble bee gut health is imperative as these vital pollinators are subjected to pathogenic infections and thermal stress from climate change. The gut microbiome serves as an indicator fo...

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Seeing Hamilton in Hartford with my niece and nephew! We got the extra interactive version where the British set fire to the stage and force everyone to evacuate (we are all fine and the show quickly resumed)

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.

Zara Weinberg was a brilliant, loving, and beautiful woman. She inspired everyone who she interacted with, and always strived to make the world a better place for everyone. Tho the world is a little less bright today without her, her memory will always be a blessing. She was truly one of the best.

The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/