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Jim Coffman

@mandotar.bsky.social

Doctor of philosophy, professor of biology, musician, songwriter, father, author, curious to know why things are the way they are, and how they came to be.

64 Followers  |  54 Following  |  28 Posts  |  Joined: 17.11.2024  |  1.7347

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Reflections on Meeting Francis Fukuyama in a Museum Bathroom Or, The Many (Un)Happy Returns of History in Metamodernity
05.01.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gradual Disempowerment Gradual Disempowerment

Scary 😳

23.07.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Emergence from Emergency Our global existential crisis affords an opportunity for civilizational metamorphosis
15.05.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bubbles within Bubbles: Global Insanity, 2025 On how, by virtue of mental walls built and reinforced by society and civilization, most of us are alienated from nature and ourselves….
24.04.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LIVE 350,000+ Sign Petition to IMPEACH and REMOVE Trump IMMEDIATELY | Lights On with Jessica Denson YouTube video by Jessica Denson

www.youtube.com/live/GQ2FgD7...

LIVE: 350,000+ Sign Petition to IMPEACH and REMOVE *47 IMMEDIATELY!

#TheResistance
#Resistance
#Resist
#14thAmendmentNOW

Lights On with Jessica Denson πŸ’™πŸ—½πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²πŸͺ§βœŠ

@jessicadenson07.bsky.social

18.04.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 12
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Don’t wait out four hard years: speak truth to power The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by.

#standwithscience #standupforscience2025

19.03.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Disturbingly Plausible Explanation for the Fermi Paradox The universe is so immense that it is almost certainly rife with life that has spawned other civilizations. But where is everybody?

I hope that this hypothesis proves incorrect.

15.03.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Science Can Adapt to a New Normal Opinion | In the wake of attacks on the research enterprise, scientists need to focus on protecting its fragile infrastructure.

For my scientist colleagues, an important perspective:

12.03.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Science: What it Is, and How it Works It’s been over six decades since U.S. President John F. Kennedy launched a massive public investment in science and technology with his…

#standupforscience2025
#standwithscience

08.03.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a dog with blue eyes is laying in an orange doghouse ALT: a dog with blue eyes is laying in an orange doghouse

From one of my new friends (whose last day at NIH is today)

Overheard at NIH yesterdayβ€”

Woman 1: How are you?

Woman 2: Don’t you know?β€”We don’t ask that anymore.

28.02.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

The Musk-Trump regime is committing grand larceny on an unprecedented scale. They are literally robbing the American people of their money, livelihoods, health, safety, security, and future.

28.02.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.

I’m thinking we should spread this news about the firings at NOAA as far and wide as possible. Like cancer research, weather forecasting seems likely to be broadly popular across the political spectrum. apnews.com/article/nati...

28.02.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 324    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 27
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Reality Counts Markets Do Not Lie
28.02.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

26.02.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 40571    πŸ” 6948    πŸ’¬ 615    πŸ“Œ 369
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Science is the Best Defense We Have Against Self-Deception (Continuing from The Price We Pay for Human Consciousness is an Exceptional Proclivity for Self-Deception)

#standwithscience

24.02.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing. Makes you wonder….

21.02.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, misunderstood, that’s a citation.

20.02.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, written in 1976!

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Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer
YouTube video by Association of American Universities Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer

Still wondering how Indirect Funding (F&A) works, and why it's so important for research institutions? Check out this great video from the Association of American Universities:

#standwithscience #standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social

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18.02.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Basic research is a foundation of the scientific world. But what is it, exactly?

#standwithscience #standupforscience2025

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19.02.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Let me know what you think. To me, β€œsustainable development” is an impossibility, like β€œperpetual motion”.

19.02.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rise and Fall of the United States of America An excerpt from Chapter X: The Final Days (2024–2025)
17.02.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Welcome to James Madison's nightmare
11.02.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Nature of Change On the what, why, where, when, and how of perpetual change.
05.02.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem

04.02.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 44121    πŸ” 6799    πŸ’¬ 570    πŸ“Œ 206

Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...

04.02.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 22515    πŸ” 4406    πŸ’¬ 780    πŸ“Œ 323

The Titanic is going down, and everyone is busy rearranging the deck furniture.

03.02.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can always count on the Dems to bring a banana to a gun fight.

01.02.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 18819    πŸ” 1405    πŸ’¬ 734    πŸ“Œ 124

Sent this letter to our senators, and a similar one to our representative. Sorry about the FB link, but the letter is too long for this platform.

www.facebook.com/share/p/18UG...?

02.02.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

imagine that Joe Biden let George Soros take control of the treasury. Republicans would have burned DC to the fucking ground

01.02.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6467    πŸ” 1209    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 52

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