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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · Aug 30

Chicago: Buckle up for the invasion. Save this graphic. We’re at your service. 🫡

4 panel graphic of NLG Chicago services for activists.

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD CHICAGO
LEGAL SUPPORT
HOTLINE
872-4NLG-Chi
(872-465-4244)

NLG LEGAL OBSERVERS
To request Legal Observers at your action, email:
chicago.lo.program@gmail.com.
Include the following in the email:
- Organizing Group
- Date/Time/Location of the Action
- Type of Action
- An on-the-ground contact person for the action

GETTING HELP FOR SOMEONE ARRESTED AT
A PROTEST
If someone was arrested at the action and is currently being held in police custody, call the NLG Chicago Mass Defense Hotline at:
872-4NLG-CHI
(872-465-4244)
NG Chicago is working in coordination with the Cook County Public Defender's Office to ensure that
protesters in police custody are able to speak with an attorney.

IF YOU'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
If you or anyone you know receives any notice from law enforcement, asking you to speak with them, tell them you would like to speak with an attorney, and call the NLG Hotline at:
872-4NLG-CHI
(872-465-4244)

Anna Burns @amburns.bsky.social · Aug 18

Excited to share our new manuscript about how ammonia oxidizing microbes respond to drought in rewetted fens, combining high-and low-throughput methods for both RNA and DNA. Looking forward to continuing this work in WETSCAPES2.0!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria respond dynamically to drought in rewetted fen peatlands

The impact of drought on ammonia oxidizing microbes (AOM) in peatlands remains unclear, despite their role in facilitating a rate-limiting step in nit…

www.sciencedirect.com

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SoilMicroBio @soilmicrobio.bsky.social · Jul 28

If you do #qPCR on soils you might be interested in this paper led by @aoifeduff.bsky.social @femsmicro.org which shows the effect of mastermix, sample type, platform and gene target on the inhibition, precision and accuracy of quantification academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...

Counting soil microbial communities: the impact of qPCR platform and mastermix on accuracy and precision

qPCR is used to measure soil microorganisms but can be affected by inhibitors, change in mastermix, and platform. This study measured precision and accurac

academic.oup.com

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Tsi'ya•Ꮵꮿ @ironriverotter.bsky.social · Jul 13

I see 40-50 kids everyday with lunches in their hands

cause our library provided them for free all summer.
We had out snack bags to everyone of all ages, all year.

People in this county are less hungry because of the public library

Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · Jul 13

Because everyone deserves a shot 🎯

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · Jul 10

"For decades, policy makers and profiteers have swapped human care for high-stakes testing, scripted curriculum, and surveillance. AI isn’t the disease — it’s a symptom of a colonizer’s model of schooling that is extractive and dehumanizing, rather than liberating."

Regulating AI Isn’t Enough. Let’s Dismantle the Logic That Put It in Schools.

AI in schools isn’t progress — it’s a sign of how far we’ve strayed from the purpose of education.

truthout.org

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Katharina Hoff @katharinahoff.bsky.social · Jul 7

@miamynta.bsky.social also has an exciting open PhD position withon #TRR420 #CONCENTRATE. Check it out: www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

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Katharina Hoff @katharinahoff.bsky.social · Jul 3

Are you interested in doing your PhD in applied bioinformatics in Greifswald? Then apply now for this exciting open position!
#CONCENTRATE #TRR420 #AI #DeepLearning #Bioinformatics www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

Research Assistant - Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science 25/Sa17

Stellenausschreibung Bioinformatik

www.uni-greifswald.de

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Ecology of Soil Microorganisms @esmmicrobes.bsky.social · Jun 17

Another day of exciting and enlightning talks and memorable encounters! #esm2025

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Anna Burns @amburns.bsky.social · Jun 19

I am honored to receive the ISME award for my poster presentation at ESM 2025, where I shared work on annotating ammonia oxidizing archaea genomes and mapping them against transcripts from fen peatlands. Feeling excited and inspired to return to research after a great conference!

Ecology of Soil Microorganisms @esmmicrobes.bsky.social · Jun 19

#esm2025 is proud to publish @isme-microbes.bsky.social award winners: Anna Burns, Nompumemelo Dammie and Agnieszka Rzepczynska. Congrats for the memberships!

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Ecology of Soil Microorganisms @esmmicrobes.bsky.social · Jun 17

What an inspiring group of researchers! And they are all here in Helsinki for the soil microorganisms! 🤩
#esm2025 #soils

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spoOoOokyfox @slooowfox.bsky.social · Apr 17

if you automatically consider people who disappear a lost cause, you are giving in to the fascists without a fight

we do not submit preemptively

we're bringing them all back

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · Mar 24

"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."

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Send Cuomo to Florida @notandrewcuomo.bsky.social · Mar 14

I think about this from Victor Serge a lot.

Early on, I learnt from the Russian intelligentsia that the only meaning of life lies in conscious participation in the making of history. The more I think of that, the more deeply true it seems to be. The more I think of that, the more deeply true it seems to be. It follows that one must range oneself actively against everything that diminishes man, and involve oneself in all struggles which tend to liberate and enlarge him. This categorical imperative is in no way lessened by the fact that such an involvement is inevitably soiled by error : it is a worse error merely to live for oneself, caught within traditions which are soiled by inhumanity.

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Rotanen ♾️ @rotanen.bsky.social · Feb 21

I've set up a #TeslaTakedown event for Chicago:

901 N Rush Street, Chicago IL [Tesla Showroom]
Saturday, Feb 22, starting at 12 PM

actionnetwork.org/events/elon-...

Elon Musk Is a Nazi - TeslaTakedown Chicago Gold Coast

We are taking action at Tesla. ⚡ Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines. ⚡ Hurting Tesla is stopping Musk. ⚡ Stopping Musk will help save lives and our democracy. The stakes could...

actionnetwork.org

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Feb 20

3 jobs are available in the project WETSCAPES2.0 in Rostock, Germany. Check it out if your looking for a peaty, hands on job! Applications due March 3rd jobs.uni-rostock.de/jobposting/d...

Measurement Technology Engineer (m/f/d)

jobs.uni-rostock.de

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sarah thankam mathews @smathewss.bsky.social · Feb 19

this Adrienne Rich poem from the @yalereview.bsky.social archives sucker punched me this am

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Anna Burns @amburns.bsky.social · Feb 16

Komm mit, heute um 14 Uhr! Gegen Faschismus und Rechtsextremismus in den Deutschen Bundestagswahl, in den USA und Weltweit.

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Cecilia Noecker @cecilianoecker.bsky.social · Feb 2

ASM website screenshots from the wayback machine in December '24 (web.archive.org/web/20241211...) vs today. Pretty disappointing!! 🧪

Screenshot from an archived web page, reads: "
Guiding Principles

Our guiding principles provide unwavering guidance for equity and inclusion efforts and serve to communicate core values:

Diversity Is an Asset—A diverse ASM enhances the microbial sciences, increases innovation, strengthens the community and sustains the profession.
Diverse Leadership—ASM empowers individuals with diverse perspectives in decision-making processes.
Transparency—ASM ensures equitable access and accountability through transparent procedures and communication.
Community Building—ASM attracts, supports and develops the community, ensuring that all are empowered and engaged in the work of the organization.
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Screenshot from current ASM IDEAA web page, reads: "Under Review

The page you have tried to access is currently under review as we evaluate the new Executive Orders."

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Greifswald Mire Centre @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social · Nov 29

The first ever Collaborative Research Center/Transregio funded by #DFG on #peatlands! Looking forward to many years of collaboration with University of Rostock, @leibnizigb.bsky.social, @gfz.bsky.social, MPI-BGC, LMU & @humboldtuni.bsky.social. And very grateful for funding! kurzlinks.de/c2a3

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Gerald Jurasinski @terhorab.bsky.social · Nov 26

Es ist tatsächlich so weit: WETSCAPES2.0 kommt! Ein Sonderforschungsbereich zu Mooren der Universitäten Greifswald und Rostock mit weiteren starken Partnern. Ich freue mich sehr auf die gemeinsame Arbeit in diesem super Konsortium. www.regierung-mv.de/Aktuell/?id=... @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social

Aktuelle Pressemitteilungen - Regierungsportal M-V

Hier sind die aktuellen Pressemitteilungen der Landesregierung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern zu finden, also der Staatskanzlei mit der Ministerpräsidentin sowie der Fachressorts.

www.regierung-mv.de

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