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Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D.

@inclusivescience.ca

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They/He🌈🏳️‍⚧️ • invasive species • human dimensions • science denialism• EDIA speaker/facilitator Open to work! https://inclusivescience.ca https://gage.500womenscientists.org/profile/30092 https://500queerscientists.com/gadfly-stratton/?ids=[6681]

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Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D. @inclusivescience.ca · 28d

Hot off the press! 🧑‍🔬🧪

"Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice"

authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnYH1MRgT...

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Image of title page for the article "Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice", available from the Journal of Great Lakes Research.

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Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D. @inclusivescience.ca · 10h

It looks like I may be moving back to Sault Ste Marie in December. I missed being on the Great Lakes, so it will be nice to be back!

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Annalise Ophelian @dr-ophelian.bsky.social · 1d

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

vimeo.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Miss Major has passed away. We've lost an icon for the ages. Rest in power.

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Miss Major with long wavy gray hair sits outdoors in a chair, wearing a brightly colored geometric-patterned dress. She looks thoughtful and serene, with her hands resting in her lap. Trees and plants surround her in the background, giving the scene a peaceful setting. The image appears as a social media post with text and engagement icons below.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 1d

Two paths diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one more traveled by;
Because the wood is still a full ecosystem and leaving the maintained path can damage it,
Also I don't want ticks or wet socks

A photo of an open section in an autumn forest, there is a rocky dirt path on the right and a half-formed path through tall grasses and possibly reeds to the left.

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Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D. @inclusivescience.ca · 1d

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...

Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D. @inclusivescience.ca · 1d

Is your org interested in applying principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, + accessibility but not sure how to get started? Do you need someone to facilitate a workshop with your community to discover their needs and priorities, or give educational talks?

inclusivescience.ca/equity-diver...

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

If your organization would like to invite Gadfly to give a talk, facilitate a workshop, or create training content on EDIA, please use the Contact Form to reach out! Gadfly has experience speaking …

inclusivescience.ca

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 3d

They're spinning this as a marketing fail but I think the real story is just that people are stupid as fucking rocks now fortune.com/2025/10/10/p...

Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

fortune.com

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Amelia Cervera 🍉 @ameliacervera.bsky.social · 3d

News & Views: Distorted representations of age and gender are reflected in AI models.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Distorted representations of age and gender are reflected in AI models

A big-data analysis shows that online content represents men as older than women in the same occupations and social roles, and that AI reproduces these warped presentations.

www.nature.com

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Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D. @inclusivescience.ca · 3d

Skeet your pride flags!!

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 5d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D. @inclusivescience.ca · 6d

a man in a hat is sitting in a crowd and says boo this man boo !

Alt: Scene from Half Baked: Man points forward and yells "Boo this man! Boo!", taking his hat off and throwing it.

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Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D. @inclusivescience.ca · 6d

Shame, @mark-carney.bsky.social. Shame. Shame. Shame.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 6d

Trump complained about “transgender for everybody” to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has a trans kid.

Carney said nothing.

www.advocate.com/news/trump-t...

Donald Trump mocks transgender people in Oval Office meeting with Canadian PM, whose child is nonbinary

Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.

www.advocate.com

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 6d

Great opportunity for lake communities in Michigan to get money for signs, outreach materials, outreach events, etc., to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.

MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 6d

💰 For our sixth season, our Clean Boats, Clean Waters program has funding to support aquatic invasive species outreach projects in Michigan - check out our mini-grants program! The applications are due January 30.

www.canr.msu.edu/clean_boats_...

People observe a boat cleaning station. Text reads "Invasive Species Grants Available for 2026! The Clean Boats, Clean Waters grant program is for organizations dedicated to protecting Michigan's water for aquatic invasive species. Grants can be used for boat launch signage, marketing and radio ads, brochures and merchandise, educational booths & events. Visit micbcw.com."

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 7d

New episode of the Teach Me About the Great Lakes podcast is out! I joined a couple other invasive species folks to talk about the new-ish aquatic invasive species in the #GreatLakes region we think people should know about www.teachmeaboutthegreatlakes.com/113

Teach Me About the Great Lakes | Spoiler Alert: This is Not Fine

What are the aquatic invasive species that Great Lakes experts wish you knew more about? Megan and Carolyn discuss with TMATGL all-stars El Lower, Katie O'Reilly, and Brian Roth.Links:Past episodes...

www.teachmeaboutthegreatlakes.com

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El Lower @helloellower.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks to @invasivesnet.bsky.social and all of our fantastic coauthors and collaborators for getting the peer-reviewed version of this report out the door — the Invasive Species Language Workshop was such a cool interdisciplinary meeting of the minds!

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El Lower @helloellower.bsky.social · 7d

✨New publication alert✨: “Recommendations from the Sea Grant-Led Invasive Species Language Workshop” — a report on the workshop I organized in DC last year!

#BiologicalInvasions #InvasiveSpecies 🧪

www.reabic.net/journals/mbi...

Message frames and metaphors are commonly used within science communication to discuss complex topics, including invasive species. While these communication tools are undoubtedly helpful, the ecological process of invasion juxtaposed with the use of militaristic and nativist language can have unintended consequences that are counterproductive to management efforts. Species naming conventions are likewise complex, with some species bearing names that may reinforce xenophobic concepts or contain racial slurs. Despite the known need, there have been limited national efforts to develop better and more inclusive guidelines for invasive species communication...

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 8d

Hello to @moderation.bsky.app
I would like to file a complant of blatant bigotry against your
@moderation.bsky.app for discrimation against disabled ppl.

You have declared that a fully clothed person with a prosthetic leg and eye to somehow be "Adult Content"

Disability isn't "Adult content"

Screen cpature of a post that has been declared "Adult Content" by moderation team.

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‪@autismsupsoc.bsky.social‬

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I could name a few but for disability reason and the Halloween season I am m going with In / Spectre

It’s got a very weird but cool metaplot with one of the coolest “action” scene culminations and it’s so openly & fearlessly blunt about disability … especially the reality of Kotoko‘s prosthetics.

Adult Content
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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 7d

As I get into the sexual selection and sexual dimorphism part of my evolution module, a reminder:

In Northern Cardinals, the males are bright red. The females are a brown/gray, with orange beaks.

So if you see two bright red birds snuggling together on wrapping paper or a card: they're gay.

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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 7d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D. @inclusivescience.ca · 7d

two men are sitting in a chair talking to each other while one of them holds a piece of paper .

Alt: Scene fron Seinfeld: Jerry is imitating his girlfriend saying "Jerry... I don't know sometimes" in a derpy voice while his friend George nods and says the line along with him.

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