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Will Gearty @willgearty.bsky.social · 10d

@syracuseu.bsky.social News just published a short piece about a new Shiny-based open-source webapp that I'm working on that is called paleopal!

It's still very much a work-in-progress, but you can check out a working prototype here: williamgearty.com/paleopal/.

news.syr.edu/2025/10/02/o...

Open Source, Open Science: New App Leads Data Reproducibility

Open-source app "Paleopal" facilitates replication and sharing of information among researchers using data science tools to create workflows.

news.syr.edu

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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · 14d

We've already got hundreds of students and mentors here, sharing how the sudden policy change has derailed plans. We're looking at formally "delivering" results to NSF leadership tomorrow, please do keep sharing and spreading the word: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

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Dr. Austin M. Garner @agarner.bsky.social · 14d

The NSF GRFP is one of ever fewer multi-year funding opportunities for graduate students pursuing basic research. Please sign and share this petition to urge NSF to adjust or reverse their recent policy changes to the GRFP!!

Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 14d

We've got hundreds of signatures in five hours... but if we can cross 1000 by morning when I send this to NSF that'd be great. The stories from past, current, and future applicants in the comments section are hearbreaking. Keep up the pressure, and please please sign!!!

Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 14d

NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!

Dr. Austin M. Garner @agarner.bsky.social · Sep 13

Love this!

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Sep 13

Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida!

www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...

Drag Queens Tag Sharks in Annual Florida Science Celebration

The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation

www.scientificamerican.com

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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!

Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · Sep 12

Third, read here to learn more about what we are facing: www.syracuse.com/opinion/2025...

Union: Austerity threatens SUNY ESF’s mission. NY can’t afford to lose it (Guest Opinion)

"If SUNY’s approach continues, ESF will have fewer programs, fewer students, fewer partnerships and generate fewer jobs in Syracuse and across the state," write UUP leaders.

www.syracuse.com

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · Sep 12

Second: send a letter to the governor of NY actionnetwork.org/letters/gov-...

Gov. Hochul: Please invest in the future of SUNY ESF!

Please send this e-letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to support an $10 million increase to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, which is needed to financially stabilize this vital ...

actionnetwork.org

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · Sep 12

First: share ALL posts that you see about this by ESF faculty, staff, and students. The more attention we can receive, the better. We really need media coverage! This can be hard sometime since we are such a small campus community.

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · Sep 12

www.syracuse.com/opinion/2025...

Our president thinks that asking faculty and staff to voluntarily quit is a better solution than advocating for restoration of our mission funding from SUNY and being a more effective fundraiser. Meanwhile her high-paying job is safe.

How can you help us?

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SUNY ESF president: Early retirements, sharing services needed to ensure college’s future (Guest Opinion)

"ESF must take the steps necessary now to ensure its long-term fiscal health," Joanie Mahoney writes.

www.syracuse.com

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Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Sep 4

New paper is officially out!
Ratfish have a second jaw on their foreheads - CT + histology show they’re real teeth, built from the same tissues and signals as oral teeth.

www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

This common fish has an uncommon feature: forehead teeth, used for mating

New findings call into question one of the core assumptions about teeth. Adult male spotted ratfish, a shark-like species native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, have rows of teeth on top of their heads,...

www.washington.edu

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 24

Of note: they tell you how much it costs for the government to run the free filing system, but they don’t tell you how much it would cost to have a private corporation do it. (Hint: it would cost taxpayers more to have a private corporation do it.)

Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · Aug 22

Treasury is required to produce a report to Congress related to Direct File, the free tax filing option that the current administration intends to kill. They've created a survey with a bunch of leading questions. The survey deserves some responses supportive of the program to counteract its framing:

IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue Service

IR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.

www.irs.gov

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Dr. Austin M. Garner @agarner.bsky.social · Aug 7

See this cool TT position focused on the Sensory Physiology of Sound at Aarhus University in Denmark! www.au.dk/om/stillinge... @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-spdac.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Invertebrate #marinelife #herps 🧪

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Bioacoustic Physiology - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet

Ledig stilling ved Institut for Biologi - Zoofysiologi, Aarhus Universitet

www.au.dk

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Dr. Austin M. Garner @agarner.bsky.social · Aug 6

Omg that’s crazy! I was just at a restaurant on the coast that had BYOC (bring-your-own-catch)! It was a cool option and reasonably priced!

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · Jun 25

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science

These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

www.scientificamerican.com

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Jun 25

The 500 additional GRFPs NSF awarded were not very evenly distributed across fields, it seems.
www.science.org/content/arti...

Plot showing skewed distribution toward comp science and applied physics

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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · Jun 20

@canjzoology.bsky.social is seeking #ECRs to join its editorial board as Associate Editors! Gain hands-on experience with #peerreview, contribute to journal development, and connect with leaders in the field.

Apply by Aug 15 ▶️ buff.ly/hpVApYd

#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪 #AcWri #PHDSky #ScholComms

Social card featuring bird for the Canadian Journal of Zoology Call for Applications: Early Career Researcher Associate Editor.

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Oliver Ghingold @emceebois.bsky.social · Jun 18

CLARIFICATION :

The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.

They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY

So spread this around

They can be texted. They can be called.

A screenshot of a website laid out in a two-by-two grid:

Top-left, a line-drawing image of a cartoon woman with braided hair looking at text messages on her smartphone with a smile.

Top-right, "Text us from anywhere, anytime. Standard text messaging rates may apply." "Text 'START' to 678-678" button, "What to expect +" link.

Bottom-left, "Reach out to hear a live voice on the line." "Call us at 1-866-488-7386" button. "What to expect +" link.

Bottom-right, side-by-side line-drawing images of two cartoon people. On the left, a cartoon woman is holding her phone to her ear and looking up at the night sky. On the right, a cartoon phone agent is sitting in front of a laptop with a headset on in front of a bright, sunny sky.

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Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · Jun 18

People keep saying this is a bad day for trans people. No, this is a bad day for all of us. We ALL receive gender-affirming care and it’s absurd that any of us should not receive it. The state making it illegal to get healthcare is bad news for all of us.

19thnews @19thnews.org · Jun 18

The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to keep Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban in place which may have watershed consequences for all transgender Americans.

Supreme Court rules to keep Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban in place

This 6-3 ruling may embolden more states to ban gender-affirming care as the Trump administration prioritizes restricting it.

19thnews.org

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · Jun 18

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

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Dr. Austin M. Garner @agarner.bsky.social · Jun 17

Taking a much needed R&R after 3 years of #NewPILife. Loving the ocean and breeze today

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jun 8

Donald Trump’s deployment of the military in Los Angeles over the objection of California leaders is an abuse of power and a dangerous escalation.

It’s what you would see in authoritarian states and it must stop.

Americans have the right to speak out and peacefully protest.

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Emily ✨🎃 @emilyoram.bsky.social · May 3

A sticker from ohmygollyembroidery on Etsy that says Trans Lives Are More Important Than Harry Potter.

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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · May 16

NSF just cancelled ALL grants to Harvard researchers. That’s right - physics, astronomy, bio, CAREER - ALL. Professors won’t get paid. Postdocs won’t get paid. PhD students won’t get paid. This is insane!

If they can do this to Harvard, they can do this to your school.

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · May 14

"Imagine the auto industry without 3D printing. NSF funded that. Artificial intelligence? NSF. MRI machines that help doctors diagnose you? NSF. Doppler radar technology that makes aviation safer by conquering wind shear? NSF. Duolingo‘s underlying programming? NSF. The internet itself? NSF."

Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · May 13

The National Science Foundation was established 75 years ago this week, but as Professor Scott L. Greer writes in this commentary, it’s “been a bit of a rough birthday party.”

michiganadvance.com/2025/05/13/a...

A troubled birthday for the National Science Foundation • Michigan Advance

Happy 75th birthday, National Science Foundation! On May 10, 1950, Congress established one of the world’s best value, highest impact, and, frankly, coolest science agencies. The NSF finances federal ...

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · May 9

NSF is one of the most efficient parts of our government! Any cutting is obviously designed to dismantle the organization. This is obvious but still bears emphasis that they aren’t doing this to save money but solely to destroy the most effective parts of our federal government.

Science Magazine @science.org · May 9

NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

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