@anthrofuentes.bsky.social
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Hear, hear!
Marvel Star Simu Liu Sparks Debate After Calling Out How Far Hollywood Has Backslid With Asian Representation
www.comicsands.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hear, hear!
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I'm only halfway through listening but this podcast featuring @mjcrockett.bsky.social touches on just about everything I believe it's important to ponder re human cognition, cultural evolution, the digital degradation of social learning, it's all here. Wonderful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6onU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6onU...
Mind & Life Podcast: Molly Crockett – Changing the World is a Group Project
YouTube video by Mind & Life Institute
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'm only halfway through listening but this podcast featuring @mjcrockett.bsky.social touches on just about everything I believe it's important to ponder re human cognition, cultural evolution, the digital degradation of social learning, it's all here. Wonderful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6onU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6onU...
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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"An impressive, nuanced study."—Kirkus, starred review
In Barnett Newman: Here, Amy Newman presents a portrait of a maverick whose works are among the most enduring of the 20th century & whose influence continues to this day.
Out now (6 Jan UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
In Barnett Newman: Here, Amy Newman presents a portrait of a maverick whose works are among the most enduring of the 20th century & whose influence continues to this day.
Out now (6 Jan UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"An impressive, nuanced study."—Kirkus, starred review
In Barnett Newman: Here, Amy Newman presents a portrait of a maverick whose works are among the most enduring of the 20th century & whose influence continues to this day.
Out now (6 Jan UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
In Barnett Newman: Here, Amy Newman presents a portrait of a maverick whose works are among the most enduring of the 20th century & whose influence continues to this day.
Out now (6 Jan UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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RFK Jr. and his anti-vax ACIP are responsible for doing harm to generations of Americans living in the shadow of his anti-science leadership, and Hep. B is just the tip of the iceberg
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
ACIP votes to end universal HBV birth dose for newborns. The consequence? Prepare to see a reversal of our rates of chronic liver disease and liver cancer as more children are left unprotected.
The birth dose has an up to 90% efficacy rate of protecting newborns from Hep B, which is incurable.
The birth dose has an up to 90% efficacy rate of protecting newborns from Hep B, which is incurable.
ACIP votes to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today on what could be a major change to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates.
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax ACIP are responsible for doing harm to generations of Americans living in the shadow of his anti-science leadership, and Hep. B is just the tip of the iceberg
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
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@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.
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@anthrofuentes.bsky.social talks with the New York Academy of the Sciences' President and CEO Nicholas Dirks for the Shaping Science podcast. Check it out here!
From the Power of Belief to the Biological Limits of the Binary: Exploring What it Means to be Human
Agustín Fuentes, PhD, joins Nick Dirks in the seventh episode of Shaping Science to discuss his boundary-crossing work in anthropology; humanist questions around the power of belief; and the…
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December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
@anthrofuentes.bsky.social talks with the New York Academy of the Sciences' President and CEO Nicholas Dirks for the Shaping Science podcast. Check it out here!
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“[A] masterful study.” @georgiosvarouxakis.bsky.social’s The West is one of @foreignaffairs.com’s Best Books of 2025. See the full list here:
The Best of Books 2025
The very best of the hundreds of books on international politics, economics, and history that were featured in the magazine this year, selected by Foreign Affairs’ editors and book reviewers.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“[A] masterful study.” @georgiosvarouxakis.bsky.social’s The West is one of @foreignaffairs.com’s Best Books of 2025. See the full list here:
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A reminder from @kevinlala.bsky.social and colleagues that the way that we communicate our science can have positive or dangerous consequences. Race science is often pseudoscience. Learn how to promote more empirically grounded views here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A reminder from @kevinlala.bsky.social and colleagues that the way that we communicate our science can have positive or dangerous consequences. Race science is often pseudoscience. Learn how to promote more empirically grounded views here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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And this. My experience also supports that being *more* open about racist, sexist, and ableist histories of our fields is more engaging, not less, for students (and faculty) from minoritized backgrounds. Transparency can only enhance rigor.
December 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
And this. My experience also supports that being *more* open about racist, sexist, and ableist histories of our fields is more engaging, not less, for students (and faculty) from minoritized backgrounds. Transparency can only enhance rigor.
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Today sees the publication of the Theme Issue featuring the CES Transformation Fund grant scheme. Enjoy! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
@durhamdcerc.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
@durhamdcerc.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Today sees the publication of the Theme Issue featuring the CES Transformation Fund grant scheme. Enjoy! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
@durhamdcerc.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
@durhamdcerc.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
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"This Issue stems from the Cultural Evolution Society Transformation Fund, designed to bridge the social & natural sciences, promote equity, diversity & inclusion & support work with policy relevance. This diversification of the CE field strengthens its capacity to positively shape global futures"
Today sees the publication of the Theme Issue featuring the CES Transformation Fund grant scheme. Enjoy! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
@durhamdcerc.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
@durhamdcerc.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"This Issue stems from the Cultural Evolution Society Transformation Fund, designed to bridge the social & natural sciences, promote equity, diversity & inclusion & support work with policy relevance. This diversification of the CE field strengthens its capacity to positively shape global futures"
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Among Republicans - " The Holocaust of Jews and Nazi Germany was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe"
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Among Republicans - " The Holocaust of Jews and Nazi Germany was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe"
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
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"Once someone is fixated on the 'biology' of gender as the cause of—and solution to!—all life’s problems, they are already on the road toward white supremacy, and from there, toward fascism."
Another killer essay from @judedoyle.bsky.social
Another killer essay from @judedoyle.bsky.social
‘Biology’ is backlash | Xtra Magazine
Why do the arguments of men’s rights activists and TERFs sound so … similar?
xtramagazine.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Once someone is fixated on the 'biology' of gender as the cause of—and solution to!—all life’s problems, they are already on the road toward white supremacy, and from there, toward fascism."
Another killer essay from @judedoyle.bsky.social
Another killer essay from @judedoyle.bsky.social
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One of the best news of the year. mexiconewsdaily.com/news/44-biso...
"The new arrivals were welcomed [..] with a ceremony directed by the indigenous Ndé... The return reconnects the Ndé Nation with a brother that is part of our identity, our spirituality and our collective memory,”
"The new arrivals were welcomed [..] with a ceremony directed by the indigenous Ndé... The return reconnects the Ndé Nation with a brother that is part of our identity, our spirituality and our collective memory,”
44 bison released into Coahuila reserve as part of 25-year grasslands conservation initiative
Absent from the central Coahuila desert for 160 years, the American bison has returned to the region as part of a 25-year biodiversity conservation effort in northern Mexico.
mexiconewsdaily.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One of the best news of the year. mexiconewsdaily.com/news/44-biso...
"The new arrivals were welcomed [..] with a ceremony directed by the indigenous Ndé... The return reconnects the Ndé Nation with a brother that is part of our identity, our spirituality and our collective memory,”
"The new arrivals were welcomed [..] with a ceremony directed by the indigenous Ndé... The return reconnects the Ndé Nation with a brother that is part of our identity, our spirituality and our collective memory,”
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Holy cow! NPR used the R-word to describe Trump's statements about Somali-Americans & Somali immigrants. Used it correctly & appropriately. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This is the first time I've seen a mainstream media outlet call one of Trump's racist deeds racist.
This is the first time I've seen a mainstream media outlet call one of Trump's racist deeds racist.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who came to the U.S. from Somalia, about President Trump's racist tirade against Somali immigrants. n.pr/4oxkCha
Ilhan Omar says Trump attacks on Somali immigrants 'deflect attention' from scrutiny
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who came to the U.S. from Somalia, about President Trump's racist tirade against Somali immigrants.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Holy cow! NPR used the R-word to describe Trump's statements about Somali-Americans & Somali immigrants. Used it correctly & appropriately. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This is the first time I've seen a mainstream media outlet call one of Trump's racist deeds racist.
This is the first time I've seen a mainstream media outlet call one of Trump's racist deeds racist.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who came to the U.S. from Somalia, about President Trump's racist tirade against Somali immigrants. n.pr/4oxkCha
Ilhan Omar says Trump attacks on Somali immigrants 'deflect attention' from scrutiny
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who came to the U.S. from Somalia, about President Trump's racist tirade against Somali immigrants.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who came to the U.S. from Somalia, about President Trump's racist tirade against Somali immigrants. n.pr/4oxkCha
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We're thrilled to see two PUP titles in @nature.com's 2025's Best Books in Brief! Huge congratulations to @anthrofuentes.bsky.social, author of Sex is a Spectrum, as well as @gillian-murphy.bsky.social and @ciaragreene.bsky.social, authors of Memory Lane. See the full list here: buff.ly/G2wzPoQ
Nature
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December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We're thrilled to see two PUP titles in @nature.com's 2025's Best Books in Brief! Huge congratulations to @anthrofuentes.bsky.social, author of Sex is a Spectrum, as well as @gillian-murphy.bsky.social and @ciaragreene.bsky.social, authors of Memory Lane. See the full list here: buff.ly/G2wzPoQ
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SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
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By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
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You can access the article for free here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy - Nature
Rapidly growing satellite constellations pose a substantial threat to astronomical observations, with projections indicating that future space telescopes will have more than 96% of their exposures aff...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You can access the article for free here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
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Humankind has launch more satellites in the past four years (2021 - 2025) than in the previous seven decades.
75% of the currently active satellites belong to a single operator (SpaceX).
75% of the currently active satellites belong to a single operator (SpaceX).
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Humankind has launch more satellites in the past four years (2021 - 2025) than in the previous seven decades.
75% of the currently active satellites belong to a single operator (SpaceX).
75% of the currently active satellites belong to a single operator (SpaceX).