just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war
04.03.2026 06:43 โ ๐ 1549 ๐ 390 ๐ฌ 31 ๐ 18@kzutaustin.bsky.social
Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics / herpetophile / Neotropics / Professor @UTAustin in @texasscience.bsky.social and Department of Integrative Biology / Women & Diversity In Science / Proud to be #Woke
just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war
04.03.2026 06:43 โ ๐ 1549 ๐ 390 ๐ฌ 31 ๐ 18This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower
Itโs the first time a frogโor any amphibianโhas been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.
Learn more on #WorldWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4riUU1G
There's still time to apply to the PREP program at the University of Oregon! Deadline is March 2nd, see below for details.
26.02.2026 22:01 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow
It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker
This was never about woman's sports
An amazing new species of Cordyceps-mimicking spider has just been described from the Ecuadorian Amazon - Taczanowskia waska
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Ceramic goblet shaped like a woman. Woman has pale blue hair, yellow eyes and and yellow dress. She has a speech bubble which reads: fuck these fascist fucks.
Added a new piece to my shop in honor of the state of the union tonight.
www.erikarier.com/shop/fuck-th...
A small gray and white bird looks straight ahead at the camera with the most adorably intense appearance.
Hang in there lovely Bluesky people and donโt let the political shenanigans get you down this evening
(Tufted Titmouse)
#birds ๐ฟ
Olha aรญ gente! Free registration to virtual Evolution 2026.
24.02.2026 15:15 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Being recognized by your mentees is the best! Congrats.
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The Frog ๐ธ of the Week is the Anthonyโs Poison Dart Frog (Epipedobates anthonyi). The frogโs poison is called epibatidine and 1 frog has enough poison to kill a person. It was used to kill Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader.
๐ธ John P Clare
learn more at buff.ly/p2JdMu7
Hahahaha...๐
18.02.2026 20:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0RIP Augustus McCrae. It was a helluva party.
16.02.2026 19:18 โ ๐ 85 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1New paper led by my former student Cinnamon Mittan... find out what those cane toads have been doing once they got established down there in Florida... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
16.02.2026 15:25 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
This story is not surprising to a lot of us but also hugely important, especially for ๐ญ because this is who the space sciences are being handed to ๐งช
"Muskโs posts repeatedly echoed prominent white supremacist narratives and ideologies"
sometimes change is good.... ๐
08.02.2026 23:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Without naming you job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"OK, tell me what's going on with your mentor"
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05.02.2026 17:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0'Boys will be boys' is the most sexist and pathetic excuse ever... and yet here it is just to remind you how women are viewed by a certain faction of society. Do better.
05.02.2026 17:20 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Trivers and Epstein... vile ๐คฎ
01.02.2026 16:43 โ ๐ 38 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1What a lucky cat!
31.01.2026 05:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sesame Street Instagram: Big Bird snuggling a smaller bird. Offering comfort in Scary Times: After a violent event, children of different ages will have different needs. These age based strategies can help them feel safer and more secure.
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
27.01.2026 19:30 โ ๐ 12806 ๐ 4969 ๐ฌ 35 ๐ 86Let me translate for the out-of-towners: People made lanterns out of ice (frozen water), put candles in them, and arranged them into giant letters spelling "ICE OUT" on a frozen lake that is not too far from MSP airport.
27.01.2026 04:23 โ ๐ 60 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
32 others died at the hands of ICE in 2025. Do not forget them.
2025 was ICEโs deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
New paper! Fun collaboration with @raynacbell.bsky.social lab group. I don't think Kyle (first author) is on here, but he led us in this effort ๐
23.01.2026 16:34 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0That was so much fun! Thanks to you all for hosting us!!
17.01.2026 19:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Find that Bee! Our annual Spring Bee Competition is now OPEN! @alexwild.bsky.social
biodiversity.utexas.edu/news/feature...
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