@napaaqtuk.bsky.social
Inupiaq, scientist of host-microbe interactions, mom, runner, news junkie, not necessarily in that order. I speak for myself. She/her. Only reskeets posts with alt text. Unapologetically typo prone, doesn't use AI.
Same, especially in front of my students 😬
McSweeney hits the nail on the head again! 😂
Just one of many creative ideas proposed to recruit students to History classes: Feed instructor with lowest student evaluations to lions in Roman-style
spectacle that brings history to life! 🦁
Seriously. Most podcasts/articles are about how horrible menopause is. I also appreciate the Wiser Than Me podcast for interviewing post-menopausal women who, shockingly!, are still living full, rich, rewarding lives.
Really appreciated this optimistic episode of It's Been A Minute about menopause.
www.npr.org/2025/09/17/n...
I don't know the context so I'm going to guess this is a playground situation
Just imagining the new science that could be done with tax dollars used to produce this video
Each night of our aurora tours in Churchill is spent in a different location. This yurt just inside the treeline is one of my favourite places. We had a spectacular show there the other night. #aurora #northernlights
That would be diabolical, and sadly effective for me
There are a couple kestrels near my house and I love them so much, all that hunting fury in a gorgeous bird the size of a pop can. And that tail!
SIGNS OF SPRING feed! bsky.app/profile/did:...
Adorable standoff. Standoff of the adorables
Currently reading Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie. A Cherokee Nation archaeologist investigates the disappearance of her sister in Oklahoma. #booksky #indigisky
Basically, take the amount of money you think your favorite author gets, halve it, and then halve it again, and you have a number that's probably a lot closer to their actual earnings from writing.
"But I don't think they make that much!"
Halve that. Halve it again.
lol the OGs know. It all started with @ologies.bsky.social!
It certainly feels like spring in Connecticut!
"You should be writing."
For #InternationalWomensDay I’m sharing my ongoing series of women in science through history. I’m now at 79.
Here’s to the day a scientist’s sex is no longer remarkable in any field.
Since last year I have added these 12 #linocut prints.
🧪🐡👩🔬🧮🔭🎢🔬
Today we have a brand new student blog post on my class blog! This one is written by Justine C, who wrote a fascinating summary on Toxoplasma gondii. Want to know more about this fascinating pathogen and its relationship to your cat? Click below!
Always remember, he was hired to RUIN the NIH, not run it.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Burning fossil fuels for energy is a bad idea. Setting fossil fuels on fire for no economic benefit or marginal utility is total bullshit.
That is such a lovely tribute!
Really appreciated these two stories about women's hair. The story by Carissa Sherman hit home, as I've gone back and forth about my hair and being Indigenous
Another fun thing I learned yesterday is that global vegetable oil prices and crude oil prices are themselves much more correlated than they used to be due to 21st century biofuel policies
For this Caturday, my cat showing the dog who's boss
Baturday
Bat World Sanctuary
CHILDREN OF OWL HAS A COVER!!!! With art by Abigail Rajunov, who also illustrated 25 pages of comics in the book. It was an honor to work with her; I couldn’t be happier!! 🥹💕
The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted.
What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards.
Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.