Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D.
@inclusivescience.ca
They/He🌈🏳️⚧️
Environmental Social Scientist | Equity, diversity + inclusion facilitator
https://inclusivescience.ca
https://gage.500womenscientists.org/profile/30092
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Environmental Social Scientist | Equity, diversity + inclusion facilitator
https://inclusivescience.ca
https://gage.500womenscientists.org/profile/30092
https://500queerscientists.com/gadfly-stratton/?ids=[6681]
buymeacoffee.com/gadfly
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Please also check out some of my recent publications on:
Applying DEIA principles to the aquatic sciences doi.org/10.1016/j.jg...
Using inclusive language in invasive species work
doi.org/10.3391/mbi....
And my DEIA workshop report from UMISC 2024 inclusivescience.ca/applying-pri...
Applying DEIA principles to the aquatic sciences doi.org/10.1016/j.jg...
Using inclusive language in invasive species work
doi.org/10.3391/mbi....
And my DEIA workshop report from UMISC 2024 inclusivescience.ca/applying-pri...
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In 2022 I started tracking changes in how news outlets were describing trans people, and set up a bot to record every article pushed to the Google News index based on a handful of search phrases, including “biological sex” in both the US and UK. The amount in 2023 alone was absolutely staggering.
January 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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that’s gonna vary wildly based on the person and the situation
if you want to show support, wear a trans flag and/or pronoun pins
if you’re the same gender, be a bathroom buddy
and if they get misgendered or deadnamed by others, don’t let it slide
if you’re concerned, ask them what they need
if you want to show support, wear a trans flag and/or pronoun pins
if you’re the same gender, be a bathroom buddy
and if they get misgendered or deadnamed by others, don’t let it slide
if you’re concerned, ask them what they need
January 14, 2026 at 10:42 PM
that’s gonna vary wildly based on the person and the situation
if you want to show support, wear a trans flag and/or pronoun pins
if you’re the same gender, be a bathroom buddy
and if they get misgendered or deadnamed by others, don’t let it slide
if you’re concerned, ask them what they need
if you want to show support, wear a trans flag and/or pronoun pins
if you’re the same gender, be a bathroom buddy
and if they get misgendered or deadnamed by others, don’t let it slide
if you’re concerned, ask them what they need
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So much fun! Thanks for being an awesome guest to launch the new season. Can't wait for folks to hear it! #CoffeeGeogPod
I had a great time chatting with @geogramblings.com for #GeogQOverABrew! Folks should be able to listen to the episode next month! 🧑🔬🫣
📣It's time! Get your #GeogQOverABrew in before Tuesday to ask the wonderful @inclusivescience.ca about the interconnections between science, society, and policy, particularly regarding aquatic invasive species.
🙋Reply to this post with your Q and it may be read out during the chat! #CoffeeGeogPod
🙋Reply to this post with your Q and it may be read out during the chat! #CoffeeGeogPod
January 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
So much fun! Thanks for being an awesome guest to launch the new season. Can't wait for folks to hear it! #CoffeeGeogPod
I had a great time chatting with @geogramblings.com for #GeogQOverABrew! Folks should be able to listen to the episode next month! 🧑🔬🫣
📣It's time! Get your #GeogQOverABrew in before Tuesday to ask the wonderful @inclusivescience.ca about the interconnections between science, society, and policy, particularly regarding aquatic invasive species.
🙋Reply to this post with your Q and it may be read out during the chat! #CoffeeGeogPod
🙋Reply to this post with your Q and it may be read out during the chat! #CoffeeGeogPod
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I had a great time chatting with @geogramblings.com for #GeogQOverABrew! Folks should be able to listen to the episode next month! 🧑🔬🫣
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I’m talking to Gadfly in just a few hours for #CoffeeGeogPod. Last chance for a #GeogQOverABrew!
📣It's time! Get your #GeogQOverABrew in before Tuesday to ask the wonderful @inclusivescience.ca about the interconnections between science, society, and policy, particularly regarding aquatic invasive species.
🙋Reply to this post with your Q and it may be read out during the chat! #CoffeeGeogPod
🙋Reply to this post with your Q and it may be read out during the chat! #CoffeeGeogPod
January 13, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I’m talking to Gadfly in just a few hours for #CoffeeGeogPod. Last chance for a #GeogQOverABrew!
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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📣It's time! Get your #GeogQOverABrew in before Tuesday to ask the wonderful @inclusivescience.ca about the interconnections between science, society, and policy, particularly regarding aquatic invasive species.
🙋Reply to this post with your Q and it may be read out during the chat! #CoffeeGeogPod
🙋Reply to this post with your Q and it may be read out during the chat! #CoffeeGeogPod
January 10, 2026 at 11:47 AM
📣It's time! Get your #GeogQOverABrew in before Tuesday to ask the wonderful @inclusivescience.ca about the interconnections between science, society, and policy, particularly regarding aquatic invasive species.
🙋Reply to this post with your Q and it may be read out during the chat! #CoffeeGeogPod
🙋Reply to this post with your Q and it may be read out during the chat! #CoffeeGeogPod
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🚨 New #OA review in Biological Reviews: The impacts of biological invasions 🚨
With researchers across the globe, we synthesize nearly a century of evidence across taxa and ecosystems to clarify what #invasion #impacts are, how they arise, and why they are hard to assess.
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
With researchers across the globe, we synthesize nearly a century of evidence across taxa and ecosystems to clarify what #invasion #impacts are, how they arise, and why they are hard to assess.
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
January 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I got my G1! 😱
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I got my G1! 😱
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Something I've yet to see many on here talk about "Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, said innocent civilians have been killed in today’s strikes."
www.nbcnews.com/world/latin-...
www.nbcnews.com/world/latin-...
Live updates: Trump confirms U.S. strikes on Venezuela, says Maduro was 'captured'
Follow live updates as a series of explosions are heard around Venezuela's capital after a military buildup in the Caribbean, tanker seizures, and Trump pressing President Nicolás Maduro to step down.
www.nbcnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Something I've yet to see many on here talk about "Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, said innocent civilians have been killed in today’s strikes."
www.nbcnews.com/world/latin-...
www.nbcnews.com/world/latin-...
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If you're American, cisgender, and think of yourself an ally to trans people, please consider reading this piece by @evanurquhart.bsky.social. Nothing in there is new, exactly, but if you want to understand the sheer scale of the attack against trans people in the US over the last year, read it
The Year We Lost Everything — Assigned
An authoritarian government, a captured press and cowardice at the head of most major institutions led to a year of losses for trans people’s safety and equality in the US.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:06 AM
If you're American, cisgender, and think of yourself an ally to trans people, please consider reading this piece by @evanurquhart.bsky.social. Nothing in there is new, exactly, but if you want to understand the sheer scale of the attack against trans people in the US over the last year, read it
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I do not want AI in my house.
I do not want AI to generate a blouse.
I do not want it in my games
I do not want it to win fame.
I do not want it, to be fair,
Because I do not want it anywhere
I do not want AI to generate a blouse.
I do not want it in my games
I do not want it to win fame.
I do not want it, to be fair,
Because I do not want it anywhere
I don't want gen AI in my browser.
I don't want gen AI in my PC.
I don't want gen AI in my art.
I don't want gen AI in my games.
I don't want gen AI in my music.
I don't want gen AI in my movies.
I don't want gen AI in my books.
I don't want gen AI in my cart.
I don't want gen AI in my LIFE.
I don't want gen AI in my PC.
I don't want gen AI in my art.
I don't want gen AI in my games.
I don't want gen AI in my music.
I don't want gen AI in my movies.
I don't want gen AI in my books.
I don't want gen AI in my cart.
I don't want gen AI in my LIFE.
I don't want gen AI in my browser.
I don't want gen AI in my PC.
I don't want gen AI in my art.
I don't want gen AI in my games.
I don't want gen AI in my music.
I don't want gen AI in my movies.
I don't want gen AI in my books.
I don't want gen AI in my cart.
I don't want gen AI in my LIFE.
I don't want gen AI in my PC.
I don't want gen AI in my art.
I don't want gen AI in my games.
I don't want gen AI in my music.
I don't want gen AI in my movies.
I don't want gen AI in my books.
I don't want gen AI in my cart.
I don't want gen AI in my LIFE.
December 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I do not want AI in my house.
I do not want AI to generate a blouse.
I do not want it in my games
I do not want it to win fame.
I do not want it, to be fair,
Because I do not want it anywhere
I do not want AI to generate a blouse.
I do not want it in my games
I do not want it to win fame.
I do not want it, to be fair,
Because I do not want it anywhere
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I think this is a really important point. When folks say "no AI" they often don’t mean "I can conceive of no possible use for AI"—they mean "the use cases I’ve been shown do not begin to justify the harms"—that’s not something you respond to by offering another narrow use case
So when I say there is *zero* utility for LLMs, I don't mean there are zero use cases. I mean there are zero use cases that even begin to make up for the damage that's being done.
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I think this is a really important point. When folks say "no AI" they often don’t mean "I can conceive of no possible use for AI"—they mean "the use cases I’ve been shown do not begin to justify the harms"—that’s not something you respond to by offering another narrow use case
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“All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is life’s only irreducible essence”—Gould
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Hey, fellow evolutionary biologists:
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
And that’s a follow.
Actually I do have a question if you have a sec.
Without exception the most transphobic group of scientists I’ve run into online are evolutionary biologists. Every single one of them has expressed the same opinion: transness cannot be anything other than social contagion. Why?
Actually I do have a question if you have a sec.
Without exception the most transphobic group of scientists I’ve run into online are evolutionary biologists. Every single one of them has expressed the same opinion: transness cannot be anything other than social contagion. Why?
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is life’s only irreducible essence”—Gould
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
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Last day to submit an abstract, folks!
Are you a #GreatLakes #InvasiveSpecies researcher or communicator planning to attend #IAGLR26 in Winnipeg? Submit an abstract to our Session 19 by December 19! bit.ly/4nTTfxz
@iaglr.bsky.social #AIS
@iaglr.bsky.social #AIS
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Last day to submit an abstract, folks!
I am back in Sault Ste Marie! 😶🌫️
December 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I am back in Sault Ste Marie! 😶🌫️
One day left!
If you were considering submitting an abstract for SCAS/IAGLR for our EDI session but didn't because you were only allowed to give one talk, you are now allowed to submit a second talk for sessions 7-11! (We're #10 🤓)
And you still have 2 days left to submit an abstract!
iaglr.org/iaglr-scas26...
And you still have 2 days left to submit an abstract!
iaglr.org/iaglr-scas26...
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
One day left!
If you were considering submitting an abstract for SCAS/IAGLR for our EDI session but didn't because you were only allowed to give one talk, you are now allowed to submit a second talk for sessions 7-11! (We're #10 🤓)
And you still have 2 days left to submit an abstract!
iaglr.org/iaglr-scas26...
And you still have 2 days left to submit an abstract!
iaglr.org/iaglr-scas26...
December 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If you were considering submitting an abstract for SCAS/IAGLR for our EDI session but didn't because you were only allowed to give one talk, you are now allowed to submit a second talk for sessions 7-11! (We're #10 🤓)
And you still have 2 days left to submit an abstract!
iaglr.org/iaglr-scas26...
And you still have 2 days left to submit an abstract!
iaglr.org/iaglr-scas26...
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Alberta Lawmakers have invoked the nonwithstanding clause to stop trans youth from accessing care.
In doing so, they blocked a provision that grants trans youth the "right to life," which was used to overturn their ban.
The latest from S. Baum.
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In doing so, they blocked a provision that grants trans youth the "right to life," which was used to overturn their ban.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Alberta Lawmakers Pass Law to Restrict Trans Youths’ “Right to Life”—For Now
Using an emergency measure that won’t expire until 2030, the Alberta legislature gutted avenues of legal opposition to its anti-trans laws.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Alberta Lawmakers have invoked the nonwithstanding clause to stop trans youth from accessing care.
In doing so, they blocked a provision that grants trans youth the "right to life," which was used to overturn their ban.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
In doing so, they blocked a provision that grants trans youth the "right to life," which was used to overturn their ban.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Merry & bright 🌟 🎄 🕯️
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Merry & bright 🌟 🎄 🕯️
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A premium example of what the United States does in the light Canada does in the dark
CTV News reporting that Canadian company Roshel is producing armoured vehicles for ICE
CTV News reporting that Canadian company Roshel is producing armoured vehicles for ICE
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A premium example of what the United States does in the light Canada does in the dark
CTV News reporting that Canadian company Roshel is producing armoured vehicles for ICE
CTV News reporting that Canadian company Roshel is producing armoured vehicles for ICE
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Reflecting on what we’ve done and what more we can do to advance #equity in 🇨🇦#AquaticSciences in a new blog post blog.cdnsciencepub.com/equity-for-ea
Thanks to @jaimegrimm.bsky.social @roberthechler.bsky.social @bradhowell.bsky.social @kirkwoodlab.bsky.social and non-bsky authors for this collab 💙💧
Thanks to @jaimegrimm.bsky.social @roberthechler.bsky.social @bradhowell.bsky.social @kirkwoodlab.bsky.social and non-bsky authors for this collab 💙💧
Equity for early-career researchers in fisheries and aquatic science | Canadian Science Publishing
blog.cdnsciencepub.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Reflecting on what we’ve done and what more we can do to advance #equity in 🇨🇦#AquaticSciences in a new blog post blog.cdnsciencepub.com/equity-for-ea
Thanks to @jaimegrimm.bsky.social @roberthechler.bsky.social @bradhowell.bsky.social @kirkwoodlab.bsky.social and non-bsky authors for this collab 💙💧
Thanks to @jaimegrimm.bsky.social @roberthechler.bsky.social @bradhowell.bsky.social @kirkwoodlab.bsky.social and non-bsky authors for this collab 💙💧
My dogs do not believe in alone time. That's the loneliest time, after all. Nobody should be alone in the bathroom. No. They will simply flop down in the shower until you finish whatever you're doing. Take your time. Muffin will maintain eye contact the entire time so your eyes don't get lonely. o_o
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My dogs do not believe in alone time. That's the loneliest time, after all. Nobody should be alone in the bathroom. No. They will simply flop down in the shower until you finish whatever you're doing. Take your time. Muffin will maintain eye contact the entire time so your eyes don't get lonely. o_o
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If you are reading that article that thinks too many students get accommodations & feeling like maybe it has a point, you should instead read @dorfmandoron.bsky.social's "Fear of the Disability Con" (www.jstor.org/stable/45284...).
Fear of the Disability Con: Perceptions of Fraud and Special Rights Discourse on JSTOR
Doron Dorfman, Fear of the Disability Con: Perceptions of Fraud and Special Rights Discourse, Law & Society Review, Vol. 53, No. 4 (DECEMBER 2019), pp. 1051-1091
www.jstor.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If you are reading that article that thinks too many students get accommodations & feeling like maybe it has a point, you should instead read @dorfmandoron.bsky.social's "Fear of the Disability Con" (www.jstor.org/stable/45284...).