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'Censored education': Faculty groups sue Texas Tech over curriculum rules targeting race, gender topics

Faculty groups say the Texas Tech University System's new curriculum policies are unconstitutional and unlawfully restrict classroom instruction on race, gender identity and sexual orientation. But un...

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"Program managers would normally rush to inform potential and current grantees about such dramatic changes. But the memo tells program managers to keep their mouths shut. 'This information is highly confidential...Please do not communicate anything to PIs.'” www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say

Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year

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Juneteenth has been a state holiday in Texas since 1980, largely due to the work of Al Edwards, Houston native & TX state representative for District 146. He spent 19 years building support for a Federal Juneteenth holiday & although he died in 2020, his dream became reality in 2021.

EBONY Remembers the Late Texas Rep. Al Edwards—the Father of Juneteenth—on His Birthday

On what would have been his 85th birthday, EBONY celebrates Edwards' life efforts which led to how we know and celebrate Juneteenth today.

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Academic freedom assessment across the world. The US is on a steep decline, below >120 countries www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

The pool is green. It's hypereutrophic. It's from the runoff. From all the bullshit.

Has anyone built fine-mesh leaf litter bags recently for stream/river applications? Do you have specs or a description of how to build them or a good photo? #streamecology #ecology

I don't know (and I doubt), this will fully solve the #water crises along the Rio Grande, but it's important for 2 reasons: 1. It acknowledges that groundwater use cuts river flow. 2. It includes permanent retirement of some ag land, which is a necessary action. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/28/t...

U.S. Supreme Court settles water dispute over Rio Grande

The settlement calls for reducing groundwater pumping along the dwindling river and retiring water rights from irrigated farmland in southern New Mexico.

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Smoked some eggplant and made some baba ganush!! Worth it. Very worth it.

Q: what's your dog rolling in? A: nothing good.

Groovin with the Gadge!

A perfect day for hiking in New Mexico (Lincoln National Forest).

Whenever I see an strong uptick in paper reads on my Researchgate, sure as shit, I know I'm getting an invite to review a paper. (and happy to do so!)

Can't wait to see Wilco tonight!!

Once-Adventurous Salmon Can’t Believe She Ended Up Moving Back To Birthplace, Having A Bunch Of Kids https://theonion.com/once-adventurous-salmon-can-t-believe-she-ended-up-movi-1825827223/

Some days you find yourself beside the Pecos River. Bask in the morning light.

Does anyone have a good source for taxonomic name changes through time? I'm tracking aq. macroinvert changes over 40 years and I suspect a subset of Family or Genera have changed for some taxa. #streamecology

The year is 2395. Humans live in a post-scarcity world. Wars have ended. People life in harmony with each other and nature. Formatting tables in Word still sucks.

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US Forest Service logging and burning will cook bull trout to extinction in the Jarbidge River • Idaho Capital Sun

Bull trout were listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act in 1999 in Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and Montana after the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the...

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I'd rather be keelhauled through a sea of cat litter than format tables in Word.

I'd rather piss out a tabasco covered cactus than format tables in Word.

This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, our short film "Avanyu" highlights what the Wild and Scenic Rio Grande means to one Tesuque Pueblo family. The Rio Grande is more than an office, more than a provider, it is home. 🎥 Watch full film: www.americanrivers.org/rivers/films...

Avanyu – Protecting the Rio Grande

As we gear up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 2018, our film Avanyu highlights what New Mexico’s Wild and Scenic Rio Grande means to one Tesuque Pueblo family. D...

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Are you interested in an MS position in Stream Ecology? My lab (www.benjamintumolo.com) is recruiting a Master's student to join us at Northern Michigan University. 🐛🧪🕸️🍂🌊 Please get in contact if you are interested, and pass on this ad to anyone you know that might be! Apply by Dec 16

The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year. We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

Grant me strength, for I lack the courage or conviction to say no.

Does anyone use the BenthoTorch and do you have a field protocol you'd be willing to share? #streamecology #ecology

If we don't take risks in life, then what's the point of living?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Check out our ( @annorton.bsky.social ) new paper examining plastic particle size distributions across the land-water ecotone. #microplastic #environment #pollution #plasticpollution We detected gradients that followed the shift from land to water.

The plastic size spectra: Assessing the size structure of plastic particles across the land-water ecotone

Plastics of different types and sizes pollute most of Earth's environmental systems. Here, we used size spectra analysis (SSA) to evaluate and charact…

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Is she ded? No, not ded. Just living her best life. #olddogs #foreverhome