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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 17h

Less than 70% of science Nobel prize winners awarded this century hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize.
“Mobility benefits everyone. Each newcomer brings fresh ideas, new techniques & different ways of looking at old problems”
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 14h

Rubio’s leadership in Myanmar.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 21h

Masterclass in decisions-based evidence making

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 17h

Are we “healthy again” yet?

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 23h

It looks like Trump's EPA is stonewalling the release of a major scientific report on the health effects of "forever chemicals" in our drinking water.

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 18h

... with the expectation that the collaboration will continue after the meeting concludes. Preference will be given to groups who plan to produce a synthetic review or special feature aimed for either SSE society journal (Evolution Letters or Evolution).

Great idea @sse-evolution.bsky.social

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 18h

... These groups are intended not just as symposia, but as launchpads for novel ideas, new syntheses, and continued collaboration. By bringing together diverse researchers around an emerging or synthetic theme, the working groups will catalyze interaction at the meeting,

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 18h

@sse-evolution.bsky.social just announced the following:

Call for Proposals: Research Synthesis Working Groups
The Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) invites proposals for sponsored Research Synthesis Working Groups at the 2026 Evolution meeting (up to two in-person and one virtual). ...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 1d

This:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Absolutely yes. And I'm proud that @asn-amnat.bsky.social has led the way on this with requiring code and data editors checking code for about five years now!

Stop treating code like an afterthought: record, share and value it

Scientists, research institutions, funders, libraries and publishers must all improve software practices.

www.nature.com

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 1d

My father worked on US aid projects in Myanmar and taught development economics to students at a university there. He passed away two years ago and I’m almost relieved that he’s not around to see this.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 1d

Fun times... explaining to university accounting why my travel reconciliation included BOTH a flight from Connecticut to Vancouver AND a ferry ride to get to Bamfield. Surely, they argued, a ferry ride must be a personal side-trip

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-short...

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed

The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 2d

Missed our last MEE live? Watch it now!

In our latest workshop, we were joined by author Ata Kalirad, who talked through their recent paper and illustrated how EcoGt can be used to simulate ecological competition on various topologies.

Watch the video and find the paper below📃

MEE live! A hands-on workshop on Ecological Graph Theory

In this workshop, Ata Kalirad illustrates how the EcoGt can be used to simulate ecological competition on various topologies — including complete graphs, random graphs, small-world graphs — as well…

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 2d

A mining road through a national park? Hell no,
www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

Trump Just Ordered a Mining Road to Be Built Through a National Park

Gates of the Arctic is home to one of the largest caribou migrations on Earth

www.outsideonline.com

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 2d

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 2d

OMFG….this is crazy!

He works at NIH & he was going for his green card hearing & he was kidnapped by ICE 😱

Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 3d

Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.

He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 3d

Apply to become the next MSU EEB Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow!

These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:

eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

eeb.msu.edu

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

How much smaller the federal workforce is now vs. a year ago
Ed Dept 42%
OPM 33%
HUD 31%
Treasury 29%
Defense (civilian jobs) 22%
Small Biz Admin 21%
Energy 20%
Interior 15%
HHS 14%
SSA 11%
EPA 10%
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Much Smaller Is the Federal Work Force? Shutdown Plans Offer a Clue.

The number of federal employees has been trimmed by thousands since President Trump took office, according to contingency plans drawn up by federal agencies.

www.nytimes.com

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 3d

Yes it is!

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 3d

Opinion | What Makes a Great Op-Ed? An ‘L.A. Times’ Editor Explains

Op-ed editor Philip Gray shares advice for academics on how to get published in a national paper and how submitting pieces is a numbers game. https://bit.ly/46W4zmE

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 3d

Hmmm... its almost like they forgot about how underpaid sailors started a small revolt in <checks notes> Russia a bit over 100 years ago.

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 9d

Population Biology Modeling & Theory (PBMT) is a peer-reviewed journal reporting advances in modeling and theory within population biology. Its scope spans demography, ecology, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, population genetics, and phylogenetics. PBMT will be online soon.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · Sep 9

Come and work with us! Review of candidates will begin ~1 October with rolling consideration thereafter. If you are unable to apply early, contact the search committee chair (me) to discuss timelines.

MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · Aug 28

Full or Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling Position Available at Penn State.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Full or Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Understand what they are doing: using the massive power of the state - including military power and the power to imprison - to carry out a campaign to eliminate their political opposition.

It's growing in seriousness by the hour.

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