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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 20h

A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 20h

More from the scene

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

Well that was the most unhinged 27 pages I’ve read in quite some time

Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 1d

Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure.

Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities.

EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
ucop.edu/communicatio...

ucop.edu

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

Barbie crying [edited]: He thinks I'm megafauna? I don't suppress the growth of woody vegetation or stabilize the abundance of smaller animals.

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not familiar with it

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

I also loved that the story was driven by women, including indigenous women. In the first season all of the female characters were Madonnas or whores, which made sense given the story is being told by two unreliable narrators with some serious hangups about women

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

Yep! Season 4 with Jodie Foster was pretty good too, but the first season was by far the tightest

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t often get legit scared while reading scary fiction but Innsmouth got me

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

Also check out “The King in Yellow” stories by Robert W Chambers- they inspired Lovecraft, as well as the first (aka best) season of True Detective

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

“The Statement of Randolph Carter” is pretty damn great. “The Colour Out of Space” and “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” are probably the rest of my personal top three.

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so making pumpkin pancakes tomorrow

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

It’s one of my favorite Lovecraft stories. I find that I like the shortest ones the best- they have the most flavor in the smallest bite, like sour candy on the tongue.

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

I volunteer to read “The Statement of Randolph Carter”

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that so many news sources are paywalled might explain why so many people are uninformed or misinformed, idk just spitballing here

Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

OK FINE

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

YOU’RE BOTH RIGHT I’M GORGEOUS

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

Hey now

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

Idk I just feel pretty today. Like, stupendously pretty. Preposterously pretty.

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

Daaaaaaamn

Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 1d

@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump

“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”

www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...

Why Trump would be perfect for an honorary U-M doctoral degree

Awarding Trump an honorary doctoral degree would be an opportunity to recognize the long way the University has walked in less than two years. U-M juniors may still remember times when the campus code...

www.michigandaily.com

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 1d

Plant-based meatloaf, mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, roasted butternut squash, and roasted carrots with fresh mint 🖤❤️

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 2d

Me, talking about the current political climate: “I know I have a lot of privilege. I’m white, cis, straight-passing…”
My tech: “Eh, depends on your outfit that day.”
Me: “Ok, fair.”

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 3d

Each one of those 98/99% of failed applications represents dozens or hundreds of hours of work for the actual applicant; a vast stack of emails about budgeting, cost-centres, reviews, approvals, HR, Finance Office, Research Support...

Pissed. Up. A. Wall. For the sake of only picking "winners".

ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social · 4d

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:

- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 3d

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves! We're Scripps Oceanography and we'd love to connect with people who are interested in:

🔬 Marine Science
🌍 Earth Science
📈 Climate Change
⚠️ Hazards
💊 Biotechnology and Biomedicine
🌊 Oceanography
🪸 Coral Reef Ecology
🌧️ Atmospheric Science
➗ Geophysics
⚛️ Bioscience

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ceej @ceej.online · 4d

it can take a bit to get used to the sounds of an old house settling. squeaky floorboards, “footsteps” on the stairs. creaks and groans from other rooms. the feeling of someone sitting on the edge of your bed in the middle of the night. a breath on the nape of your neck. you know, the house settling

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 4d

PhD students conduct most of the actual work in generating knowledge on college campuses. Cutting the number of students cuts the amount of research by that amount.

A huge divestment from future growth.

jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 4d

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...

www.thecrimson.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

Coursework is most fundamentally about learning to think, creating new pathways in your brain. The actual content, which you're likely to forget if you don't use it, is often quite secondary to this.

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