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Brian Lovett @lovettbr.bsky.social · 14d

So what’s next for me?

I am standing up for science full time at @standupforscience.bsky.social. I am so pleased to support their vision and urgency in this moment.

As I tend to, I wear a few hats, but I am happy to still be using data to tell the best stories possible. 💻 📈 🗞️ ✊

Brian Lovett @lovettbr.bsky.social · 14d

Today is bittersweet for me, as I have now officially retired from the USDA-ARS.

It is still difficult for me that the doors to the Lovett Lab have closed.

I am so grateful for the community and science we were able to stir up as a research scientist at the USDA.

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Brian Lovett @lovettbr.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you! 🥺

Brian Lovett @lovettbr.bsky.social · 1d

This hits hard.

Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 2d

I don‘t know who needs to hear this but your support and solidarity should be with those below you in the hierarchy not above, and only with your peers if they also adhere to this principle. Historically, middle management is who keeps bad people in power.

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Fungi First @fungifirst.bsky.social · 1d

The moment right before two polypores kissed! #Mushrooms

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Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 2d

Cladonia #lichen (I think it's C. caespiticia, or Stubby-stalked Cladonia)

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Brian Lovett @lovettbr.bsky.social · 2d

Striking! Ganoderma on the top, party on the bottom.

Brian Lovett @lovettbr.bsky.social · 2d

Eyyyy! Yes??

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI, here is the press release for my study with @drjuliawester.bsky.social - we surveyed over 800 scientists who use social media. They overwhelmingly agree that Twitter is no longer useful or pleasant, and that for all professional online scientist goals, Bluesky is superior.
🧪 #SciComm 🌍

“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant

My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…

www.southernfriedscience.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4d

We @standupforscience.bsky.social are a PROUD Co-sponsor of the ANTI-FASCIST #NOKINGSDAY Protests.

We the People are Standing Up for Science.

#standupforscience

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

One week from right now, millions of Americans will gather in every state for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history. Join your local No Kings Day event to make it clear that We The People won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Brian Lovett @lovettbr.bsky.social · 4d

This taunting was ahead of a planned decimation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12d

Trump just posted an AI-generated video depicting Russ Vought as the grim reaper, set to Don't Fear the Reaper

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4d

My quote of the day

Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.

William Foege

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4d

Russ Vought wasn't lying when he said he wanted to inflict "trauma" on our public servants.

This is what he is doing...with RFK Jr.'s permission at HHS. Last night, they destroyed our nation's ability to track and report emerging diseases/potential pandemics, among other things.

This cannot stand.

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 7d

FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ✊🌏
⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC!
RSVP to JOIN THE FIGHT IRL: zurl.co/LayiM ‼️

📲 Join us Virtually!: zurl.co/Um47l

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Brian Lovett @lovettbr.bsky.social · 4d

Get Out The Vought!!

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 4d

“Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices, according to a person familiar with them. The service was spared during an earlier round of layoffs in February.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 4d

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #RFKJr. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 6d

THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 6d

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 6d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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Caitlin Hackett Art @caitlinhackett.bsky.social · 8d

The infected pollinator

Painted in watercolor and acrylics

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Rupinder Kaur, PhD @kaurr.bsky.social · 12d

#Wolbachia has puzzled scientists with its power to rewire insect reproduction. What if I tell you that we found one of the keys Wolbachia use to rewire its host AND a small molecule inhibitor uses this key to mimic what this microbe has mastered for millions of years.

www.cell.com/cell-reports...