Andrea Stout

More US scientists must speak out - Nature Human Behaviour The Trump administration has launched an extraordinary and dangerous attack on US science. Climate and water scientist Peter Gleick calls on scientists who are able and willing to do so to speak out p...

Speak up for science.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A monarch butterfly sips from the fuzzy pink flowers of a tall Joe Pye Weed plant

Finally! It took the grand opening of the Joe Pye Weed flowers to bring in the monarchs 🦋! Milkweed has been blooming all over the yard but they never show up until these guys are open. A happy sight indeed 🌱

I haven't said anything about this, b/c it's taken me some time to sort my feelings. But...I served on the UVA law faculty with Jim Ryan and Liz Magill. I knew from early on that both would be great academic leaders. What has happened to them is a window into the bleak future of US universities. 1/

A tiny pale green spider sits on a spherical cluster of tiny flowers on a buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) shrub.

I caught this cool little green crab spider patiently waiting on one of my buttonbush flowers. Buttonbushes are in full bloom now and have become some of my favorite plants in the garden: so cool and so attractive to a variety of pollinators! 🌱

An orange sunset is reflected off the surface of a calm lake.

There’s just something special about a sunset over a lake… too bad vacation is nearing its end.

Philadelphia PA!!

ICE RAID ALERT 6/8/25

#FUCKICE

A screenshot from Fox News' The Ingraham Angle Laura Ingraham is on the left third of the screen talking, the other 2/3 are taken up by video of Americans shouting down ICE agents during one of their jack booted raids The chyron reads "Meet the anti-ICE idiots"

i know no one cares about hypocrisy or shamelessness or anything anymore but these people really used to tell us they were scared of an armed govt being turned against americans, they made an entire career out of it

Enjoy a few moments of zen, courtesy of second harmonic generation + ordinary potato starch in water: gold is forward-scattered, blue is backwards-scattered.

I wrote about the 23-year-old crypto bro with effectively no relevant work experience, who @alondra.bsky.social revealed is sitting in meetings, not paying attention, and then giving the thumbs up/thumbs down on whether they can get their NSF grants...

I’m excited to announce that my paper describing non-canonical mitotic mechanisms in the early mouse embryo is out in @science.org ! (link at end of 🧵)

Harvard correctly understands that it’s in a fight for its life and there is no appeasement that will save it. I wish a lot more institutions understood this.

If you use a tool that you don’t understand, eventually the only output the tool will produce is a replica of your non understanding.

#Philly area researchers, scientists, academics, educators, students, clinicians and all who benefit from science (everyone!), we're inviting our Philadelphia-area elected officials to discuss w/ you, their constituents, their plans specific to science in the current political climate. RSVP below.

Again, forgot the 🌱

Bradbury’s Monarda, a low-growing bee balm

Lyreleaf sage, a low-growing plant with spiky pink flowers.

Monarda bradburnia and Salvia lyrata: two underrated spring bloomers that enhance the garden all summer and into the fall. Plant as many of these as you can!

Delicate blue flowers on low leafy stems

Large black and yellow bee on delicate blue flowers.

Jacob’s ladder is blooming now and it’s so funny to see these heavy carpenter bees landing on the delicate flower stalks. This is a really nice plant for shady spots: it spreads naturally and deer/rabbits leave it alone. 🌱

I always forget to add the 🌱

Wild bleeding heart: pink heart-shaped flowers

Virginia bluebells: blue bell-shaped flowers

Rue anemone: small white flowers

Finally some flowers in the garden! It’s been such a cold, depressing few weeks; it’s nice to finally see some color.

1/n We have an exciting new initiative at UPenn to provide custom advanced microscopy solutions: Advanced Core for Microscope Engineering (ACME): www.med.upenn.edu/cdbacme/ We are looking for a specialist to help run this new facility, job description is attached please help share widely!

Your yearly reminder to acknowledge the core facilities you use and their staff scientists in your papers. These scientists are a crucial part of the scientific ecosystem and to continue to exist they need tangible credit for their work. Plus their associated expertise adds credibility to your work.

Crowd at hands off rally

Great crowd and speakers at Media, Delco PA #handsoff rally

Best lake ever 💙💙

Nice turnout! Thank you for taking the time to meet with your constituents.

I needed this today: thank you!

Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections.

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.

This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

One of my favorite feelings is the joy of learning about an astonishing creature I previously had no idea existed. Most recent ex: the shingle urchin, which I initially mistook for a 3D printed aquarium ornament. Look at that iridescent mosaic of flattened spines!

🎥TikTok user discover.aquatics

That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history!

Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.

Read this right now

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...