Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️

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

A black and white cat lays in a dog bed meant for a yellow and white 70 pound dog, who lays on the floor next to the dog bed on a patterned rug

For this Caturday, my cat showing the dog who's boss

Baturday
Bat World Sanctuary

A book cover with the title “Children of Owl” and a girl looking up at a mountain with an owl boy prominent in the background.

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!! 🥹💕

Graph of award probability of R35 and R01 from NIH factbook as a function of review rank percentile. As is apparent, 2025 is a significant departure, with lower award probabilities at all scores <40 and significant departures from norm, where even being in the top 10% is no longer a nearly certain indicator of success. Data source: https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/report/302

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.

photo of a female rufous hummingbird in flight, she is facing the camera. you can see most of her, shot is through the diamond shaped hole of a white lattice fence.

First Rufous of 2026!!!

Last year was also a female on March 5! I had to be stealthier this year! 😂

#birds #becurious

So glad someone liked the last post so I could read to the end! I love that the woman was dancing so freely, agree with the rage that we can't have that all the time and why 💜

Ugh, I'm here too early. Commenting so someone reminds me to look at this again. Also, I hope this doesn't go where I think it's going

Well this is freaking cool!

That's why we are rallying NATIONWIDE TODAY to Save Science, Protect Health, and Defend Democracy! Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to find your local rally!!!
If you're in D.C., come join us on the National Mall today! More info here: fight2win.standupforscience.net/DC-March/

#March7
#science

Happy birthday! I loved my 40s, I hope they are an excellent decade for you as well!

a penguin with a bandana on his head says " don 't worry i 'm a doctor " in white letters ALT: a penguin with a bandana on his head says " don 't worry i 'm a doctor " in white letters

For the next 24h, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Answers are for information only, NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc March 2026 edition.

Criminal A Podcast About Crime

Adding TW for death by police: I'd never heard of EXCITED DELIRIUM before this episode and now I'm so fricking mad that it ever existed. If your loved one died from this, you need to get that death reassessed.
thisiscriminal.com

Year 2, Week 10 Feb 28-Mar6, 2026 - time (for) change

Each Friday night, I write a briefing on what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪

Mar 6 (Year 2, Week 10)
- NIH revoking certification of early career workers union
- FDA 'chaos' & Prasad out (again)
- even more delay & interference in NIH funding
& so much more

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A bright winding ribbon of green light shoots diagonally up from the bottom, left to the top right of the night sky. The bottom of the image is framed with the silhouettes of spruce trees.

Of the three seasons during which I guide tours in Churchill, #aurora season is by far of the most stressful, because we have no control over what people are coming up to see. Tonight’s show was a big relief and a huge excitement for my guests. Now I can sleep. 😊

I can't stop reading these, the qt/ replies are like putting culture in a blender and hitting "puree", it's so refreshing

“The Blade”, by Kingfishr 🎶🎸

Publisher demands $500 from impersonated author to retract paper Last year, we wrote about a Walsh Medical Media journal that refused to withdraw an author’s paper unless he paid a fee — even though he didn’t write or submit the article. For one reader, some det…

Lol. This is academic publishing taken to its logical end.

How your email finds me

A yellow dog with a white stripe on it's head lies with his head on a dark blue blanket on a white covered couch, toy tucked under it's chin. A hand rests on it's head, mid skritch

How your email finds me.

conflict diamonds on the soles of her shoes

We have IFA images in a new version of our paper & I stared at the figure for 10 minutes straight to make sure nothing was accidentally duplicated.

I did panic for a minute & then realized the "duplicated" panel I saw was a merge 🤦🏼‍♀️

Just hoping it doesn't end up in a @elisabethbik.bsky.social post!

🦠🔬

Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.

But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.

It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:

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Holiday wealth, but beaded? Looking forward to watching the progress!

Pittsburgh 'Stand Up for Science' rally to bring attention to impacts of immigration crackdowns The National “Stand Up for Science” day of action returns to Pittsburgh tomorrow for the second year in a row to protest government actions and policies affecting scientific institutions, research and...

Rallies tomorrow around the country!

@standupforscience.bsky.social

Find one near you.

www.standupforscience.net

www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

Appreciated this time with Cara Furman and co-authors @redped.bsky.social, @mishuana.bsky.social, Jessica Fremland, and Kali Simmons about our paper on Gardening with Indigenous Feminisms. I feel so lucky to be a part of this project.

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Yeah, doesn't apply. I don't read from notes and speak pretty clearly/authoritatively when teaching