Saw an amazing grant that fits one of my projects - started reading the fine print. *must be <10 years out from receiving one's doctorate* le sigh. someone is going to thrive with that $$

Things I never thought I'd say but now I live in AZ: I'm about to buy a countertop ice maker - the freezer aint enough

I have to allow myself to sit with the fact that the administration's destruction of scientific research in the US is absolutely devastating. I am actively grieving all that we're losing ~

I just want to show you my new office fridge. Isn't she pretty? it's the small things #academia

Why did I dream that me & 2 friends pulled off a bank heist, got a ton of money, & divvied it up between us. We got away with it - we thrived & then 1 yr. later, we tried again w/ far less planning & got caught. I turned myself in & lawyered up. I realized that I ruined my career & I was devastated

There is still time to submit your comment and tell the government that you don't want US research to be completely destroyed by politicians meddling in individual grants. You can submit your comments here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 4w ago

Comments due by Monday on the attempt to politicize science/aka kill American research as we know it. Do it at the link (counter the ton of Heritage-foudnatoin-prompted comments): www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

I'm deep in my Radiohead bag right now - and I'm worried about what that says about the state of the world (and relatedly - my mental health). Last time I remember this happening - I was analyzing data and writing my dissertation in grad school 😳 iykyk

Not going to lie - definitely depressing to hear my husband explaining grad admissions in Tr*mp's America to a very talented international prospective student. It's grim.

We're hiring an associate/full professor in paleoanthropology in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University - As Katie Hinde says - come join our science party in the desert!!

Sometimes I'm just working away and then I remember that they're making (made?) a film about my dad's life. Completely unreal - like a real film w/ famous actors and a famous director. What is life??

Saw a coyote on my run today - first sighting in a long time.

Had to walk across campus picking things up and dropping things off today and baaaayyyybeeee #asu

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Alt: A very tired man with no shirt on walking across the desert

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Imagine being a kid and learning both your parents were arrested by ICE. You’ll have to pay rent and survive on your own. I shadowed four siblings—US citizens near Mar-a-Lago—as they try to do that. I'll be thinking about their story for a long time 1/x www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE took Mom and Dad. Now the Perez kids are home alone.

Four American siblings left to fend for themselves—and they're not the only ones.

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Yesterday, my teen son told me that he hasn't heard me be excited about my work in forever - he said all I do is worry and vent about it now. And that friends is the reality of being an anthropologist during this administration

I love a fast Interlibrary loan and ASU's ILL is just 🤌🏾💋

I'm absolutely stunned to hear of Raúl Pacheco-Vega's passing 💔He was a very generous and open scholar. May his memory be a blessing to all who knew him well and all of us who learned with and from him.

harmodio@harmodio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Buen camino, profe Raúl Pacheco Vega. Fuiste y serás siempre el investigador más chido.

Happened to everyone on my dad's side (including me) - sad state of affairs over here. Now I know I can have exactly 6 deliciously plump shrimp before I get itchy

✨️🧡The Q-tip haired lady ✨️🧡@aczu4.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Imagine eating shrimp your whole life and one day your body says nah. 😭😮‍💨

went to my college reunion - had a ball and realized that I am completely unprepared for New England weather now. Rain? 55 degrees? in May?

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Alt: Man covered in snow and ice yelling into the wind

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I'm still pulling spines out of my hairline. It's been days 😩

Robin G Nelson@robingnelson.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

Called myself doing a little "home improvement" this weekend and bought some cacti for around our pool. I was attacked by a chenille prickly pear y'all - I've been pulling out small spines for 24 hours. I even got them stuck in my hairline. *mistakes were made*

Climate change compounding with Philly problems (old buildings, under-resourced city…ugh).

Carly Goodman@carlygoodman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

They are shifting 57 Philly schools to virtual learning tomorrow because it’s so fucking hot and we don’t have the resources to ensure there adequate AC in our school buildings

Every week or so I think about the fact that the cops/government shot a white man, Alex Pretti, in cold blood and nothing has happened to his murderers. The murderers still have their jobs and the unarmed white man is a cautionary tale for white people to not challenge the white supremacist state.

Called myself doing a little "home improvement" this weekend and bought some cacti for around our pool. I was attacked by a chenille prickly pear y'all - I've been pulling out small spines for 24 hours. I even got them stuck in my hairline. *mistakes were made*

I wonder why journalists insist on using 'remote' to describe places (in Africa) when they're writing about outbreaks of disease. Remoteness is relative, yes, but also: as a descriptor, it implies something about the place w/o actually telling you anything useful re: its residents, harms, risks, etc

That was the goal

TPM@talkingpointsmemo.com · 3mo ago

Black people saw the largest decline in financial stability for nearly every category compared to all other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new Federal Reserve survey.

I just need one morning without this fascistic bullshit apnews.com/article/redi...

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan, dimming party’s midterm hopes

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a Democratic congressional redistricting plan that had won voter approval.

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One of my former students - who graduated a decade ago - just had her first baby and sent pics on the group chat. And friends - I am over here crying like a baby. Bearing witness to people's lives is such a gift -

Re: Hantavirus - Surely at this moment we realize why it was terrible idea for the US to withdraw from the WHO? right? smh.

I keep thinking about the ease with which they cancelled elections over the last 24 hours

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana postpones May 16 House primaries after US Supreme Court rolls back Voting Rights Act.

Sometimes you have to go back to your old tried and true productivity methods - pomodoro, it is 😩

Didn't go running today b/c my legs needed a rest - now we see how long it takes me to feel awake & normal. The runner's conundrum: run? awake/alive/legs tired! rest? mentally tired/groggy/legs rested