Kevin Childs

Statue of liberty in red overlaying black/navy text. Text reads: Stand Up for Science National Day of Action. Take back our science, health, and democracy! March 7th, 2026. Lansing, MI. Michigan State Capitol, East Lawn. 1:00pm-3:00pm. Visit website to register, volunteer, and donate! standupforscience.net/march7

Science is part of a healthy democracy. Join us at the Capitol in Lansing to Stand Up for Science! March 7 from 1-3pm. @standupforscience.bsky.social

Time to repost some #AcademicMemes

The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"

Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.

Yikes.

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

AI reviewers are here — we are not ready Artificial intelligence promises rapid and polite feedback on papers — but we must first review the reviewer.

🧪 openRxiv is testing AI peer review to expedite feedback. However, reliance on LLMs risks a regression to the mean, where unique expert insights are replaced by algorithmic averages that prioritize syntax over significance.
#AcademicSky

IYKYK

Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

betty and veronica at tanagra

The irony of asking the "hivemind" in this one requires you to watch the show to be appreciated 😂

Batman slapping Robin meme: because Robin is trying to talk about sharks when it’s obviously Gar Week.

Sorry not sorry 😅

via Gar Week fan👍

Until you get the human on a rail bike

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath

Agreed. Its garbage.

Michigan State University is hiring a new Director of our herbarium!

This is an open rank, tenure-stream faculty position, with research focus in plant or fungal systematics, ecology, and/or evolution

Please consider applying and help spread the word!

plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The Department of Plant Biology (PLB) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks applications for a director of...

📢🍄Mycology job alert🍄📢

The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.

careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...

Michigan State University is looking for a Director of the MSU Herbarium. This is an open rank search. This 12-month position includes research, teaching, mentoring as well as administration of the Herbarium. #botany #plants #academicjobs
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

This is not a coding error.

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

Hey #Botany2025 folks -- Asia Hightower @puffballove.bsky.social will be talking about leaf shape G x E x Development in Capsella bursa-pastoris. Tuesday Jul 29 at 9:15 in Mesquite B!!

IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE: "HOT CROSS BUNS" ON A RECORDER IS MAGICAL CARMEN SANDIEGO IS FINDABLE IF YOU READ A BOOK, YOU SHOULD GET A PERSONAL PAN PIZZA IT'S OK TO DIE OF DYSENTERY THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR SHOULD COME TO YOUR WORK THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL

Welcome to the neighborhood.

No, we will NOT be delivering the expensive and sensitive piece of equipment to Central Receiving where it will then be manhandled a second time.

We will let the bonded and insured professionals move it and then Inventory Control can walk the little barcode stick over to it.

Look, good for this researcher, but private equity is not going to replace the volume and scope of US federal agency funding.

Efficient near telomere-to-telomere assembly of Nanopore Simplex reads Telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly is the ultimate goal for de novo genome assembly. Existing algorithms capable of near T2T assembly all require Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) ultra-long reads w...

Preprint on hifiasm Nanopore-only assembly. Led by Haoyu Cheng: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A green graphic with a headshot of Lauren Stanley and a photo of colorful flowers. The text reads" PLB Seminar Series, Outstanding Postdoc Award, Lauren Stanley, "Endless forms most beautiful: genetic insights into phenotypic diversity in monkeyflowers."

Congratulations to @davidlowry.bsky.social lab postdoc @lestanley.bsky.social, this year’s MSU Danny Schnell Plant Biology Outstanding Postdoctoral Award recipient! 🎉 Lauren has made exceptional contributions to MSU through research, mentorship, and outreach, and PRI is very proud of her!

Elle is a comedic genius.

Screenshot with text that reads: When Trees Testify: Reckoning with Black History Through the Science and Wisdom of Plants

Coming soon... January 2026

How voters on the Griffin List (or anyone concerned about their future votes) can update their voter file - Triangle Blog Blog A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

How NC voters on the Griffin List (or anyone worried about their future vote) can update their voter file Please share with everyone in NC you know triangleblogblog.com/2025/04/05/h...