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Stacy Farina
@stacyfarina.bsky.social
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Associate Prof of Biology at Howard University studying functional and evolutionary morphology #BlackLivesMatter (she/they) Fully funded MS Programs in EEB: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f34fVzPkKviz0732mU8YtkTnLVaNNUjK_SKCTSglD0o/
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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · Dec 3
Are you interested in MS programs in ecology or evolution and want to be paid for it? Check out these fully funded programs (stipend + tuition is provided). It's been a looong time since I updated the list, so as always, check with the program for the latest info. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 23h
More photos and videos of the damage in Kipnuk, from a cousin of a friend of mine. www.facebook.com/100003563247...
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First and foremost, I am grateful that my family and I are safe. This storm completely devastated Kipnuk. I can't begin to explain what just happened. I believe I felt every emotion in one night...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 1d
Agree 100% @stanfordaaup.bsky.social!

“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles. We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”

stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'
Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 21h
I had a very fun conversation with Professor Dave (@davetheprofessor.bsky.social) about Bobby "The Quack" Jr. and science communications and democracy and all kinds of other stuff!

Give it a listen and let us know what you think!!

@standupforscience.bsky.social

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Discussion With Colette Delawalla (Stand Up For Science and Impeach RFK!)
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · 21h
I'll be there, and I'm not afraid if they know my name. I work in DC, they can come get me any time for any number of my various anti-racism thought crimes.

[obviously, I do not begrudge anyone who is protective of their identity at protests - do what you need to do for your safety]
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 23h
Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.
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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 21h
What's lovely about a nerdy business is you get nerdy customers. Yesterday, one such patron introduced me to the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop.

Content warning: there's an antiquated word for Indigenous people of the Arctic.
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The Map
Ortelius, Nova Francia from “Typus Orbis Terrarum,” 1570,  [detail]   The Map by Elizabeth Bishop   Land lies in water; it is shadowed green. Shadows, or are they shallows, at its e…
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 22h
A regular donation fuels the fight, and grants you access to frontline updates.

We need full forces against the wave of anti-science that threatens to hold human progress — and our democracy — hostage. Are you in?

www.standupforscience.net/join-science...

#standupforscience
#sciencefightclub
Join the Science Fight Club to take back Congress and stop Trump — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1d
Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats
A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.
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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 23h
FYI I strongly encourage any Ohio State faculty instructors who face issues like these restrictions on conference attendance, use of research funds, etc, to let @osuaaup.bsky.social know by filling out our Campus Concern Form so we can support you: www.aaup-osu.org/campus-conce...
Campus Concern Form Campus is under threat by new federal and state laws, including SB1, funding cuts, and ICE abductions. OSU is a large institution, and AAUP-OSU can only organize faculty support and resistance when we are aware of what is happening, so we want to hear from you. Submit a Concern ^
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Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · 7d
🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly

We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!

RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · 22h
We could have had:

Platforms for collaboration that integrate across environments - shared calendars and documents between Google, Microsoft, etc.

Search engines with optional features (eg, restrict to reliable sources, exclude irrelevant topics)

Instead we get billionaires feeding us AI slop.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d
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.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d
Find a frog gathering near you this Saturday, October 18
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d
Colleagues in ocean science academia: 🧪🦑🌎

I am working on the section of my marine biology career advice book about applying to graduate school. I have lots to say here from both my own experience and years of teaching this stuff, but I’d welcome your input on any or all of this if you’re willing.
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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d
People don't need more evidence to conclude he's a white supremacist. Evidence isn't the issue here. The problem is convincing people that white supremacy is a threat rather than something they can elide and quietly benefit from without actually saying they like it.
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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1d
Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d
Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d
News I never thought I’d see. Amazing.
All 20 living hostages back in Israel, 2 years after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Scenes of joyful reunions played out in public and private.
www.jta.org
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d
You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.
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PZ Myers @pzmyers.bsky.social · 7d
This new version of the Monster Mash is kinda scary.

freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

www.youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3g...
They did the Monster Slash
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 2d
Reading Thiel, Yarvin, Peterson et al. makes you realise what passes for intellectual iconoclasm these days is all absolute bollocks. Why anyone gives any of these people the time of day let alone credibility is baffling.
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Maria Langholz @marialangholz.bsky.social · 6d
Chicago native Chance the Rapper in DC: “FUCK ICE.”
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d
“the manosphere generates its own untested and speculative evolutionary hypotheses, or “just-so stories”, about men, women, and society…

..we reflect on implications for evolutionary scholars and for the field as a whole, in terms of ethics and public image”

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Hundred and Two Just-So Stories: Exploring the Lay Evolutionary Hypotheses of the Manosphere | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
A Hundred and Two Just-So Stories: Exploring the Lay Evolutionary Hypotheses of the Manosphere
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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3d
They’re restoring monuments to the Confederacy while monuments to freedmen are vandalized.
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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 3d
‘Depressing’: Vandalized Dallas landmark Freedman’s Cemetery now under curfew www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2...
‘Depressing’: Vandalized Dallas landmark Freedman’s Cemetery now under curfew
In light of recent reports of vandalization at the cemetery, the city has enforced a curfew and enhanced security at the site.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d
Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.
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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · 4d
They are already declaring the No Kings protest to be "antifa,"which the Trump Admin now designates as terrorists (which is not a legal thing he can do, domestically). Oct 18 will be an enormous test of free speech. A large turnout is more important than ever. Don't be intimidated! nokings.org
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 5d
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
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