Mary Canady

Today’s #iwantitforfree “I didn’t bother to see you when you were in town but can you do this favor for me?”

Today’s #iwantitforfree was someone trying twice to get me to meet with them for free advice for their co. For some reason it reminded me of the person who met with me thinking I’d write a grant for them, for free. People!

For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough (commentary) Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species assessed as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. These animals are not only older than ...

ICYMI: I have a new commentary out in MongaBay about important new shark conservation research and what it means for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The CITES COP starts today.

@wcs.org 🌎🧪🦑🐠

news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...

Today’s #iwantitforfree met with me at 730 am after I told them many times that I don’t work for free… to ask me to work for free. 😫

Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams

This has become an #iwantitforfree anti-Stan channel. CEO keeps sending me posts and the implication is that I should share for free…. I’ve told him several times that we charge for that 🤷🏻‍♀️

Today’s #iwantitforfree is an honorable mention. This sales dude emails me saying “what’s the cheapest way I can attend your event” blah blah blah and his company does huge contracts. People think you’ll give them a break for being a potential sponsor but the ppl who ask these Q’s never do.

Today's #IWantItForFree is from the archives, and I'm naming names. UCSD's microMBA program used to have a "coffee chat" that was PART OF THE CURRICULUM and they relied on biotech professionals to mentor for free. I did for many years and when I asked to be paid my hourly rate, they said no.

Cat Follows Man Through Apartment Like Racist Walgreens Employee

Cat Follows Man Through Apartment Like Racist Walgreens Employee https://theonion.com/cat-follows-man-through-apartment-like-racist-walgreens-employee/

Today I’m remembering an #Iwantitforfree from the archives (eg my 🧠): folks who complain about the free newsletter I send. Someone complained about the ads, someone complained about the content and said they’d “take their business elsewhere” … um, ok it’s free…

Today’s #iwantitforfree is the person who has posted their new company on our LinkedIn group 5 times thinking that one day I’ll just approve it. Instead of contacting me to ask, they know full well I run it.

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 74 out of the last 86 days.

They have worked 12 days in 3 months.

Epstein Shutdown.

The embodiment of unadultrated hate

And… I know I’ve made the right decision in telling someone I won’t do something for free, because often they won’t even reply to me when I tell them I can’t do it for free!

Today’s “I want it for free” is a long email talking about an NSF funded project where they want me to connect them with my network (for free because… it’s NSF funded!). I look up the email domain and it’s a financial services co…

Time for me to write my “what I don’t do for free” post!

#Lifescience professionals, can you be a #mentor at @biotechnetworks.bsky.social Oct 21 event? It's easy, answer questions about your #CareerPath & be supportive to #jobseekers & those looking to transition. Also hear an inspiring 🦈 talk by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social !

biotechnetworks.org/bnoct21

Photo of a blonde female pathological liar wearing a dark suit to match her dark soul, with the words: “Someone should tell Pam Bondi that while Nixon didn't go to prison, his Attorney General did.”

Good morning, Pam Bondi ☕️💅🏽

The only answer is universal basic income folks

In memoriam...

How Are Your Unconscious Biases Limiting Your Success? I was on a call with a potential client recently, I had met some of the meeting attendees and their supervisor, whom I hadn't met, joined the call. The folks I had met were convinced about Biotech Net...

Read the latest on my Empower Every Scientist newsletter: How are Unconscious Biases Limiting Your Success? www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-yo...

How Are Your Unconscious Biases Limiting Your Success? I was on a call with a potential client recently, I had met some of the meeting attendees and their supervisor, whom I hadn't met, joined the call. The folks I had met were convinced about Biotech Net...

Read the latest on my Empower Every Scientist newsletter: How are Unconscious Biases Limiting Your Success? www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-yo...

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

THIS IS THE WAY.

Everyone gets their knickers in a twist when I say we can’t sci-comm our way out of this mess…but maybe you’ll listen to the more eloquent and measured @edyong209.bsky.social!

This isn’t happening because people don’t appreciate the brilliance of the double helix structure.

You cannot keep your head down and expect to sneak through the next three years unaffected.

We MUST come together and say “NO!”

Suppression of freedoms *always* starts at universities and in the press.

You’ve got like 5 seconds to wake up.

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

No, San Diego!

Twinsies?

Thank goodness the dogs were good this week because nothing else is

Minorities are afraid the right wing will kill them. The right wing are afraid you'll laugh at them.