Jon Puritz

Sorry for you loss. It’s not easy losing a parent. I just lost my father in July.

a man wearing a hat that says `` wayne 's world '' is sitting at a table . Alt: Wayne from “Wayne’s World” trying to look not guilty

Department Chair: Certain faculty will be contacted before next week about proposed “corrections” to their workload plan.

me:

Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats

Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats

Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat, standing next to cat grass

Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat, stretching on a tree

Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat, laying on a blanket.

Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat, posing on a picnic table

We had to say goodbye our little bundle of joy on Friday. Lucy was the kindest and gentlest soul that ever walked this earth. She was our baby, our work buddy, our playmate, our reluctant travel companion, and both our bedtime and wake up alarm. She was super shy, but quickly won over everyone.

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

"106,636 years of federal work experience were lost across the 10,109 employees with PhDs who departed STEM or health roles between January 1– November 30, 2025"

Among the hardest hit agencies were NSF, US Forest Service, EPA, and Department of Energy

www.science.org/content/arti...

Yup. Or bring a third of USAID.

crack 🦀 ice

“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.

Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat, laying on a blanket.

She was the best of us.

The world is a little colder and darker without her. She was 18.5 years old and will be forever missed.

Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat, standing next to cat grass

Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat, stretching on a tree

Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat, laying on a blanket.

Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat, posing on a picnic table

We had to say goodbye our little bundle of joy on Friday. Lucy was the kindest and gentlest soul that ever walked this earth. She was our baby, our work buddy, our playmate, our reluctant travel companion, and both our bedtime and wake up alarm. She was super shy, but quickly won over everyone.

Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court decided that corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

Day 1- Snow squall.

Don’t fuck with me 2026. You’re already on notice.

#HappyNewYear

I’m a scholar of gun violence. Not even I can process what happened at Brown. - The Boston Globe My typical response to school shootings is to call for policy changes. But I’m afraid the task ahead is bigger than that.

Wow. Amazing powerful stuff from @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. This has been tough to process for me, and this essay articulates a lot of what I’ve been feeling. #EverTrue

We are failing our kids

#EverTrue

Sacred was exactly the word I used too.

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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,

in fact,

a tortology

Thankfully, a person of interest is in custody.

The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.

This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.

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Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University Serving the Brown University community since 1891

Inspired to see the student journalists keeping the community updated during such an intense and proximate crisis.

Headline from the Onion, “No way to prevent this, says the only nation where this regularly happens”

Live Updates: 2 Killed and Eight Others Shot at Brown University

I’ve been staying off social media this month, but this one hurts too much to stay silent.

Brown’s campus is a sacred place for me, especially the science quad. It maddens and saddens me that this happened at a safe place of learning. I hate that the students will now live with this trauma

First deadline is Dec 12!

Apply and come be my colleague!

Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island. The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) at the University of Rhode Island (URI) invites applications for an academic year (9 month), tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Marine Ecology. URI, the top public university in New England, is a land and sea grant research university located in Kingston, Rhode Island, a beautiful seaside community that is well connected by car, bus, and rail about 40 min from Providence, an hour from Boston and 3 hours from New York City.

Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.

jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960

Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island. The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) at the University of Rhode Island (URI) invites applications for an academic year (9 month), tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Marine Ecology. URI, the top public university in New England, is a land and sea grant research university located in Kingston, Rhode Island, a beautiful seaside community that is well connected by car, bus, and rail about 40 min from Providence, an hour from Boston and 3 hours from New York City.

Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.

jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960

I have a PhD student looking to share a room at #CERF2025 next week. Anyone looking to lower costs with a roommate?

I have a PhD student looking to share a room at #CERF2025 next week. Anyone looking to lower costs with a roommate?

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago