Along with hiring graphic designers and illustrators (it's fire sale prices) there are many tools to help you provide your own illustrations for scientific graphics. I'll drop a few here in 🧵 #ScienceSky 🧪
You can find illustrators via the many many amazing posts of #SciArt feed.
#AUGivingDay is in full swing, and Eagles everywhere are showing up for CAS. Every gift helps support our students and strengthens the AU experience. Be part of the momentum. www.givecampus.com/s/mjutjy
Young worker march on Washington. Young workers in America face an affordability crisis, housing crisis, health care crisis, child care crisis, and a debt crisis. Enough is ENOUGH. March with us! Feb 07, 2026. Youngworkermarch.com
America’s unions are standing up and fighting for a better future for every young worker in this country.
Join the AFL-CIO, the labor movement and working people tomorrow for the Young Worker March on Washington.
YoungWorkerMarch.com
Let’s make it viral folks. Thank you @histoftech.bsky.social.
Have your monthly premiums increased under the Affordable Care Act? Has this been affecting your cost of living?
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/4qmoBOK
A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
Has The Onion taken over Politico?
I will be speaking tomorrow at the Metropolitan Washington Workshop on Immigration and Race. Because of the snow and cold, the event will now take place virtually this Friday, January 30th, at 12:00 pm (ET). All welcome.
Register here for this conversation on immigration and urban health
Dr. Ernesto Castañeda, Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies & The Immigration Lab at American University will be speaking at the Metropolitan Washington Workshop on Immigration and Race.
Friday, January 30th, at 12:00 pm (ET).
In case you lose heat or need a safe place to go, bookmark this resource to find your nearest warming center and share it with others as well: https://go.md.gov/LocalWarmingCenters
Big ships can’t turn at all when they‘re in pieces on the bottom of the ocean.
Recalled lighter.
#RECALL: Topkay Lighters Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire and Burn Hazards. Get refund. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
Interested in a grad degree in Arts Management?
Join Graduate Program Director Andrew Taylor and Laurel Semple from our Office of Graduate Enrollment for an info session:
MA Arts Management Info Session
📅 Jan 20, 10-11 a.m.
📅 Jan 23, 3-4 p.m.
More info + RSVP: www.american.edu/cas/admissio...
dangerous self feeding pillow
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Yiiektily Self-Feeding Pillows Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Aspiration and Suffocation. The self-feeding pillows hold a bottle at an unsafe angle while keeping it fixed in place so the infant cannot pull away. www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
Did the frog get away?
lol
Thinking about applying to SPA as an int'l student?
Meet Cris Dinu, one of many academic advisors at SPA, ready to guide you through adapting to U.S. culture, navigating academics, & exploring career opportunities.
Learn more about our under/graduate programs: www.american.edu/spa/degrees.cfm
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
CBS News’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday didn’t air a planned story on Trump administration deportations of immigrants to El Salvador, pulling it only hours before airtime at the direction of new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
https://to.pbs.org/3NdOJxd
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Why is Larry Summers still employed by Harvard? Of all the jobs Summers has—professor, Bloomberg columnist, OpenAI board member—teaching young students is the one he should never be allowed to do again.
Are you an Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) enrollee? Have your monthly premiums increased?
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
This position is open to archaeologists and bioarchaeologists! #archaeology #bioanthropology #bioarchaeology Must apply by Dec 1.
Thank you for holding your ground.
They’re grasping at straws
What constitutes hate speech and how does this affect political violence? Listen to the latest interview on @npr.org's 1A "If You Can Keep It" episode with @milleridriss.bsky.social:
the1a.org/segments/if-...
Come join us at the Public Anthropology Conference where we will present our findings from the Immigration DMV project!
Come join us at the Public Anthropology Conference where we will present our findings from the Immigration DMV project!
🍎 How is Food is Medicine transforming health—from the clinic to the community?
Join Health Studies tomorrow at 12 p.m. for an engaging panel featuring:
👩⚕️ Dr. Kofi Essel
👩⚕️ Dr. Kathleen Head
👩🔬 Dr. Alexandra Lewin-Zwerdling
Learn more and register: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
