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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2h

Things in Madagascar are escalating.

Elite Madagascar military unit says it has seized power from President Andry Rajoelina

MPs have voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina, who has reportedly fled the country following anti-government protests.

www.bbc.com

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 5h

OSU spent many thousands of $$ on booth registrations for SACNAS earlier this year. Now they said they would rather take the financial loss than let us recruit at this meeting of >6000 scientists.

Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 5h

Here is the email from the provost reversing the decision & saying we can attend if presenting research. However, we still cannot recruit or attend without research benefit. Also many students did have registration cancelled (or missed registration deadlines) when OSU was prohibiting attendance.

SACNAS NDiSTEM conference update
Hi All,

Please see the email below from the provost with new guidance related to the SACNAS conference.

Best regards,
Todd

From: Provost Ravi V. Bellamkonda <ADMIN-Provost@osu.edu>
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
To: Provost Ravi V. Bellamkonda <ADMIN-Provost@osu.edu>
Cc: Garcia, Anne <garcia.680@osu.edu>
Subject: SACNAS NDiSTEM conference update

Hi everyone,

Our office has been working with the Office of Legal Affairs regarding participation in the upcoming SACNAS NDiSTEM conference in light of the outreach the university received last week from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Based on our conversations, the Office of Academic Affairs is recommending the following as it relates to participation in this year’s SACNAS conference:

If an Ohio State faculty member or student is scheduled to present research or participate in sessions that advance their research at the SACNAS conference, then the faculty member or student can attend and use university funds to do so.

If an Ohio State faculty member or student is NOT scheduled to present research or participate in sessions that advance their research (e.g., the purpose of attending is solely for recruitment) at the SACNAS conference but wishes to participate in the conference, they may still attend but must use personal resources to do so.

For participation as a research presenter or in sessions that advance their research, we are requesting that a designee within each college or unit (e.g., the Associate Dean of Research) affirms that the participation is in fact to present or advance research as part of the approval process for university funding.

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 16h

This is the GoFundMe for the 13-year-old kidnapped by ICE from Everett.

Donate to Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Help Bring Him Back, organized by Josiele Silva

English: Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Please He… Josiele Silva needs your support for Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Help Bring Him Back

gofund.me

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 16h

This is the GoFundMe for the 13-year-old kidnapped by ICE from Everett.

Donate to Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Help Bring Him Back, organized by Josiele Silva

English: Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Please He… Josiele Silva needs your support for Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Help Bring Him Back

gofund.me

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, the Blue Sharks did it! Very excited for Cabo Verde and I really hope they play group games at Foxboro.

the crest of the Cape Verde football association, featuring a menacing blue shark with a red stripe superimposed over a crest with the flag and a row of golden stars

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 1d

I would love to know what museum Herman Melville was referring to in Manchester in the 1840s, because by the 1990s neither the SEE Science Center nor the Manchestsr Millyard Museum were home to any whale specimens.

Likewise, I have heard that in the museum of Manchester, in New Hampshire, they have what the proprietors call "the only perfect specimen of a Greenland or River Whale in the United States."

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 1d

The Faroe Islands making a world cup run! (but to qualify, they'll need to beat Croatia). And Cabo Verde qualifies if they bsat Eswatini today!

World Cup qualifiers 2026: Faroe Islands shock Czech Republic to keep dream alive

The Faroe Islands stun the Czech Republic to keep their narrow but remarkable World Cup qualification chances alive.

www.bbc.com

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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 1d

"Non-Binary Passport Designations: Passports issued with “X” or other non-binary markers will be rejected by CBP systems, requiring resubmission with valid documentation showing “M” or “F” designation."

Nonbinary people will not be able to travel internationally 🙃

Persephone @apatilonia.bsky.social · 2d

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

Anyone who has an X gender marker won't be allowed to use their passports to travel after Oct 25th

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 1d

what are we doing

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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BostonTimelapse @bostontimelapse.org · 1d

View of the harbor islands from Boston Light.

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"the data's in excel."

Darren Irwin (he / him) @darrenirwin.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Developed new species concept"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2d

"I loved Miss Piggy. We got on great... She’s a greedy girl. It was established in the script that we had, maybe sometime in the past, some kind of a fling together. And I improvised a line which never made it into the movie: “Once you’ve had pork, you never look back.” [Deep laugh.]"

Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 2d

I absolutely loved having this long conversation with Tim Curry, whose memoir comes out Tuesday. He told terrific stories about, among others, Meat Loaf, Ivana Trump, John Huston, Truman Capote, and Miss Piggy. What a life! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Tim Curry Does the Time Warp

The actor and singer discusses the origins of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy.

www.newyorker.com

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2d

They've also refurbished one of the old trolleys and for $5 you can have unlimited rides between the trolley museum and the main part of town.

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2d

This recipe for matzo balls (slightly different from the one in the book) is tucked into the Passover section. I love "I tried using margarine once, didn't like it. Try it you may like it."

A recipe for matzo balls, written in red pen on an index card

MATZO BALLS

2 TABLESPOONS CHICKEN FAT

2 EGGS

1/4 CUP MATZO MEAL SIFTED

1/2 TEAS. SALT

1/2 " CHOPPED PARSLEY (OPTIONAL)

CREAM FAT ADD EGGS WELL BEATEN ADD MATZO MEAL TO MAKE SOFT DOUGH ADD PARSLEY LET STAND FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN. FRIDGE. BRING WATKER TO A BOIL- TRY ONE IN BOILING WATER IF IT DOESNT HOLD TOGETHER ADD MORE MEAL(LOVER) OF COURSE YOU CAN DOUBLE THE RECIPE

The reverse side of the index card. "water and Racine-

ather of the sho Flea & Pentyle

"I TRIED USING MARGARINE ONCE DIDN'T LIKE IT. TRY IT YOU MIGHT LIKE IT"

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2d

I picked up a copy of Jewish Cookery (1973) at Boswell's Books yesterday. It has lots of ephemera, like a bill they were disputing in May 2001 with proportions for pickling different things written on the back and recipes cut out from the newspaper with notes like "Cooked for Beryl's 18th birthday."

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Derek Fox @partialobserver.bsky.social · 2d

This has been a big local story for us. Years of effort on the case (prosecutors withheld evidence), winning a retrial, which was then abandoned by the state. And ICE waiting to imprison him immediately on his release.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2d

They are so cool!

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2d

It's such a cool way to use the bridge!

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2d

And the Bridge of Flowers is back!

Some dahlias and zinnias alongside a railing on a bridge overlooking the river and fall foliage-covered hills

The path across the bridge of flowers at dusk. White gravel lines by flowers, with lamps turning on

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2d

Shelburne Falls continues to be one of my favorites.

A brick mill building, a small downtown, trees, and a hillside turning orange reflected in a very smooth river

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 3d

Someone has scratched on the green bathroom wall at my favorite place in Greenfield, MA (The People's Pint),

"kermet defrog"

And I never knew I could fall in love with bathroom graffiti.

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 3d

Is there any more information about this accident and this poor guy? I can't find any reporting after October 8. @universalhub.com

Pedestrian killed in BU shuttle bus crash identified as 40-year-old Saudi

The man fatally struck by a Boston University shuttle bus this week was a 40-year-old from Saudi Arabia, officials said.

www.wcvb.com

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 4d

The clear story in Immigration this week is the escalation of—and pushback against—the Trump administration’s militarized raids and warrantless stops in Democrat-run major cities. We’ve updated our timeline with a lot of events in this zone:

unbreaking.org/issues/immig...

Immigration — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

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