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Postdoctoral Researcher @UCSC studying Santa Cruz long toed salamanders! 🌿Herpetology. Environmental Justice. Immigrant. Plant Lover. Desi 🐒

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Excited to be at #JMIH2025 in St Paul MN! Great plenary on unisexual salamanders this morning 🦎

10.07.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.

World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

07.05.2025 19:13 πŸ‘ 4022 πŸ” 3300 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 247

it’s weird that we’re staring down the second unprecedented economic catastrophe in five years and instead of a novel coronavirus that will go on to kill millions of people this one is just β€œno one was willing to tell him no”

06.04.2025 23:54 πŸ‘ 18747 πŸ” 3922 πŸ’¬ 217 πŸ“Œ 107
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An Interview With A Fired NOAA Director | Defector In 2006, by the time scientist Sarah Cooley finished graduate school in marine science, oyster larvae in the Pacific Northwest had already begun dying mysteriously and dramaticallyβ€”unable to form shel...

Read this @sabs.bsky.social interview with my friend @co2ley.bsky.social, who was fired at NOAA as the Director of the Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) and later reinstated but placed on administrative leave. Disclaimer: Some of my work on marine COβ‚‚ removal (mCDR) is funded by OAP.

23.03.2025 05:16 πŸ‘ 1649 πŸ” 584 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 16
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Grad Admissions Impact Survey It is grad admissions season and many postbacs are feeling the chilling impacts of the Trump administration's recent executive orders freezing and slashing research funding. Dozens of graduate program...

If you are aware of grad program reduction due to cuts in science funding in the USA -- please help catalog it! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... πŸ§ͺ🌿🐸

17.03.2025 00:48 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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She advanced DEI at her university. Her son-in-law, Vice President JD Vance, wants to end it nationwide. Lakshmi Chilukuri helped create a pilot course on race, ethnicity and gender in biology and medicine.

Usha Vance's mother now has a unique national platform. I'll applaud her work to champion Diversity Excellence & Inclusion when she uses that platform. #DEI

Her son-in-law J.D. called professors "the enemy" for godsakes. How hard can it be to speak out against his fascist drivel?

16.03.2025 01:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Harvard alum here to say that what happens to Univ of Maine and other public universities like it is way more important than anything financial that is happening to Columbia right now because Columbia can withstand the financial storm. and our public unis serve people Columbia wouldn’t sniff at.

16.03.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 2145 πŸ” 482 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 23
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...

15.03.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 25329 πŸ” 11399 πŸ’¬ 730 πŸ“Œ 759

Don't take this as gospel. It's not official. It's a very knowledgable source's best understanding of the situation. This persons likely Yeses on cloture are. Schumer, Hassan, Peters, Durbin, Schatz, King, Shaheen, Fetterman, Cortez Masto and Gillibrand.

13.03.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 1511 πŸ” 594 πŸ’¬ 546 πŸ“Œ 671

These Senators are on the fence about voting NO on the CR:

Elissa Slotkin (MI)
Gary Peters (MI)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jon Ossoff (GA)
John Hickenlooper (CO)
Michael Bennett (CO)
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Peter Welch (VT)
Mark Warner (VA)
Time Kaine (VA)

Call (202) 224-3121

12.03.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 6006 πŸ” 3213 πŸ’¬ 955 πŸ“Œ 495
Students hold signs at protest reading "Fuck Fascism" and "Jews Hate ICE"

Students hold signs at protest reading "Fuck Fascism" and "Jews Hate ICE"

Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc

11.03.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 9060 πŸ” 2512 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 141
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This is what we all should remember.

27.01.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 26374 πŸ” 5352 πŸ’¬ 270 πŸ“Œ 210
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IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool Visualize and download global and local sea level projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report.

You want to know about this NASA Sea Level Projection Tool, which allows you to visualize and download the sea level projection data from the IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6).

10.03.2025 20:22 πŸ‘ 545 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 10
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The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S. Using the EPA’s data, we mapped the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level. Look up your home to see if you and your loved ones are living in a hot spot.

In 2021, we mapped the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level using EPA data ‡️

09.03.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 1708 πŸ” 699 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 41

It’s the last day to download Kindle books onto your computer before Amazon shuts off that feature. I have, of course, put it off until now, and now I am having to do it one at a time because there’s no bulk download option. We have, uh…844 Kindle books

25.02.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 269 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 14

It is not new for countries to sell citizenship or residency status through investment or outright purchase.

When the U.S. does it, however, it is entirely different.

26.02.2025 00:26 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Before it's taken offline, I want you to know about the NASA website where you can learn about the stratospheric ozone hole and check on how it's doing. It has cool movies like this one, showing the growth of the ozone hole during the Austral spring last year.

ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/SH.html

21.02.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 961 πŸ” 281 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 9

Women couldn’t have their own credit until 1974. Marital rape became illegal nationwide in 1994.

We are ONE generation into women having a CHANCE at life & it’s proved so intolerable America would rather end itself than allow such a thing to continue.

17.02.2025 14:53 πŸ‘ 2039 πŸ” 632 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 25
A screenshot of text from Project Moonshot. The text reads β€œAvoid anticipatory obedience- Research shows complying early helps authoritarians. Don’t submit info unless required, and don’t over-comply with vague orders.”

A screenshot of text from Project Moonshot. The text reads β€œAvoid anticipatory obedience- Research shows complying early helps authoritarians. Don’t submit info unless required, and don’t over-comply with vague orders.”

I’m not sure what the coming months, years will look like in academia, but we have already seen universities roll back any courses or programs that appear DEI related. We are all scared for our jobs, our research. This quote helped center me and remind me how important pushing back is

18.02.2025 00:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

11.02.2025 08:47 πŸ‘ 26259 πŸ” 5273 πŸ’¬ 891 πŸ“Œ 623
Starfish in low tide

Starfish in low tide

Two plump starfishes and clusters of sea anemones in low tide

Two plump starfishes and clusters of sea anemones in low tide

Sea urchins in crevasses during low tide

Sea urchins in crevasses during low tide

Fun tide pool finds while visiting @anjana7.bsky.social

11.02.2025 07:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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08.02.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 18105 πŸ” 4027 πŸ’¬ 235 πŸ“Œ 132

I have reported on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in various fields for several years. DEIA just means acknowledging how systems have discriminated against different groups of peopleβ€”in many cases for several decadesβ€”and strategic efforts to give those people jobs and opportunities.

07.02.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 352 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6
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Salamanders! (Part 1) Santa Cruz Naturalist Β· Episode

Check out this podcast I was featured on recently about my work with Santa Cruz long toed salamanders! open.spotify.com/episode/4OY8...

07.02.2025 03:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another great day to:
Buy books
Call your reps
Support small businesses
And fight the patriarchy!
Even small acts of resistance are resistance! ❀️

06.02.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 1120 πŸ” 183 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 4
Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes

Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

19.01.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 61938 πŸ” 8963 πŸ’¬ 2085 πŸ“Œ 1472

Are you funded by #NIH, #NSF or #CDC? Please post any letters or communications you’ve received from these agencies or HHS about restrictions on grant funding, publications etc. I want to catalog all of them for the record. #medsky #episky

03.02.2025 01:38 πŸ‘ 7126 πŸ” 1845 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 44

Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy.

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