Gina Baucom
@gbaucom.bsky.social
UMich professor who studies resistance and persistence (in plants)
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“This story does not have a happy ending, and I can assure you the villains do not get punished in the end. If that is your motivation, try again, start over.
But you also need to understand — and this is equally important — that we’ve already won. The reward is right now, this minute, this moment”
But you also need to understand — and this is equally important — that we’ve already won. The reward is right now, this minute, this moment”
February 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
“This story does not have a happy ending, and I can assure you the villains do not get punished in the end. If that is your motivation, try again, start over.
But you also need to understand — and this is equally important — that we’ve already won. The reward is right now, this minute, this moment”
But you also need to understand — and this is equally important — that we’ve already won. The reward is right now, this minute, this moment”
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"I did not think the destruction would be this stupid. THAT was a surprise." WORD 🫠
Princeton isn't ready for all the bon mots about to be dropped!
lectures.princeton.edu/lectures/202...
lectures.princeton.edu/lectures/202...
Tressie McMillan Cottom and Kate Manne
Join us as Tressie McMillan Cottom and Kate Manne engage in a wide-ranging conversation on feminism, gender, race, culture, education, and current events. Tressie McMillan Cottom is is a sociologist,...
lectures.princeton.edu
February 18, 2026 at 10:50 PM
"I did not think the destruction would be this stupid. THAT was a surprise." WORD 🫠
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some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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#SSE is extending the application deadline for the 2026 T. H. Huxley Award, named in honor of Darwin's very public supporter, which recognizes & promotes the development of high-quality evolution education resources. #aibsmember #membernews evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
February 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM
#SSE is extending the application deadline for the 2026 T. H. Huxley Award, named in honor of Darwin's very public supporter, which recognizes & promotes the development of high-quality evolution education resources. #aibsmember #membernews evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
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Hey @derekdenney.bsky.social & Annabelle Taylor wrote a nice essay about why we should care about plant reproduction + heat. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
The incredible vulnerability that reproduction poses for plant species in a warming world
ecoevorxiv.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Hey @derekdenney.bsky.social & Annabelle Taylor wrote a nice essay about why we should care about plant reproduction + heat. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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Proposals due March 2 for the Small Grants for Local and Regional Outreach! This program awards up to $1,000 USD for a variety of evolution education and outreach projects, workshops, and events. Apply now! shorturl.at/I8HqO
Society for the Study of Evolution
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February 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Proposals due March 2 for the Small Grants for Local and Regional Outreach! This program awards up to $1,000 USD for a variety of evolution education and outreach projects, workshops, and events. Apply now! shorturl.at/I8HqO
In 1883, poison oak and poison ivy looked quite different 😂
February 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM
In 1883, poison oak and poison ivy looked quite different 😂
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Aspergillus fumigatus - 29.9 crossovers per homologous chromosome pair! That makes about 1500 recombination map units per chromosome....
February 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Aspergillus fumigatus - 29.9 crossovers per homologous chromosome pair! That makes about 1500 recombination map units per chromosome....
Can’t imagine many are surprised
Anderson Cooper to leave CBS' '60 Minutes' program, source says reut.rs/4tEnVaf
Anderson Cooper to leave CBS' '60 Minutes' program, source says
Anderson Cooper will leave CBS News' "60 Minutes" program after nearly two decades, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, in the latest staffing shake-up to hit the storied news magazine amid broader newsroom changes.
reut.rs
February 16, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Can’t imagine many are surprised
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"Hold on, we actually allow a failsafe"
The failsafe: Having a birth certificate, ID, and being willing to sign an affidavit on penalty of perjury.
This is what gendered administrative burdens look like.
academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...
The failsafe: Having a birth certificate, ID, and being willing to sign an affidavit on penalty of perjury.
This is what gendered administrative burdens look like.
academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...
Chip Roy on Fox News tries to explain why the SAVE America Act won't actually prevent women from voting
February 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"Hold on, we actually allow a failsafe"
The failsafe: Having a birth certificate, ID, and being willing to sign an affidavit on penalty of perjury.
This is what gendered administrative burdens look like.
academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...
The failsafe: Having a birth certificate, ID, and being willing to sign an affidavit on penalty of perjury.
This is what gendered administrative burdens look like.
academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...
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Dunno about you guys
But I badly needed this 'Agenda of Joy' from Joyce Vance
It contains a list of things we can do to balance the stress of living in the Trump regime
Balance has never been more important
This really, really matters:
joycevance.substack.com/p/an-agenda-...
But I badly needed this 'Agenda of Joy' from Joyce Vance
It contains a list of things we can do to balance the stress of living in the Trump regime
Balance has never been more important
This really, really matters:
joycevance.substack.com/p/an-agenda-...
An Agenda of Joy
Last Saturday, I wrote to you about Stress and Chickens. It’s a stressful time.
joycevance.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Dunno about you guys
But I badly needed this 'Agenda of Joy' from Joyce Vance
It contains a list of things we can do to balance the stress of living in the Trump regime
Balance has never been more important
This really, really matters:
joycevance.substack.com/p/an-agenda-...
But I badly needed this 'Agenda of Joy' from Joyce Vance
It contains a list of things we can do to balance the stress of living in the Trump regime
Balance has never been more important
This really, really matters:
joycevance.substack.com/p/an-agenda-...
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What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
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I've been asked about how to deal with the fear of speaking out. So, I wrote about it!
Fear and Fascism.
SUFS Blog: www.standupforscience.net/blog/fear-an...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
@standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpforScience
Fear and Fascism.
SUFS Blog: www.standupforscience.net/blog/fear-an...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
@standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpforScience
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I've been asked about how to deal with the fear of speaking out. So, I wrote about it!
Fear and Fascism.
SUFS Blog: www.standupforscience.net/blog/fear-an...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
@standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpforScience
Fear and Fascism.
SUFS Blog: www.standupforscience.net/blog/fear-an...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
@standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpforScience
The strength
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...
‘They All Tried to Break Me’: Gisèle Pelicot Shares Her Story
‘They All Tried to Break Me’: Gisèle Pelicot Shares Her Story
‘They All Tried to Break Me’: Gisèle Pelicot Shares Her Story
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The strength
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This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
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Letter from Dem Senator Elissa Slotkin to Bondi & Pirro demanding they confirm by end of Friday that the "illegal orders" video investigation into her has ended 👇
Slotkin says she will "mount vindictive and selective prosecution defenses to any indictment"
punchbowl.news/2026-02-12-s...
Slotkin says she will "mount vindictive and selective prosecution defenses to any indictment"
punchbowl.news/2026-02-12-s...
2026.02.12 - Sen. Slotkin - P. Bharara Ltr to P. Bondi, J. Pirro(214917091.6) - Punchbowl News
punchbowl.news
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Letter from Dem Senator Elissa Slotkin to Bondi & Pirro demanding they confirm by end of Friday that the "illegal orders" video investigation into her has ended 👇
Slotkin says she will "mount vindictive and selective prosecution defenses to any indictment"
punchbowl.news/2026-02-12-s...
Slotkin says she will "mount vindictive and selective prosecution defenses to any indictment"
punchbowl.news/2026-02-12-s...
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Don't forget to apply this weekend if you'd like to receive communications training and meet with lawmakers to advocate for science!
Apply by Sunday for funds to attend the AIBS public policy training and meet with lawmakers! Curious what the event entails? Hear from last year’s participants here: www.evolutionsociety.org/society-awar...
Society for the Study of Evolution
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February 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Don't forget to apply this weekend if you'd like to receive communications training and meet with lawmakers to advocate for science!
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Project 2025 architect plan to make federal scientists live in terror and kill millions of innocent kids may have had some unintended consequences
February 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Project 2025 architect plan to make federal scientists live in terror and kill millions of innocent kids may have had some unintended consequences
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So when do the rich men in the Epstein. Files face consequences www.wsj.com/finance/gold...
Goldman Sachs’s Top Lawyer to Step Down Following Latest Epstein Documents
The bank had been steadfast in its support of general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler; recent documents showed she was a close ally of Epstein’s through his 2019 arrest.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:41 AM
So when do the rich men in the Epstein. Files face consequences www.wsj.com/finance/gold...
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I cannot get over the fact that Black COLLEGE EDUCATED women were hit hardest by the federal job losses.
One thing I learned while writing #TheDoubleTax is that the labor market undervalues Black women off rip. It is WILD.
One thing I learned while writing #TheDoubleTax is that the labor market undervalues Black women off rip. It is WILD.
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I cannot get over the fact that Black COLLEGE EDUCATED women were hit hardest by the federal job losses.
One thing I learned while writing #TheDoubleTax is that the labor market undervalues Black women off rip. It is WILD.
One thing I learned while writing #TheDoubleTax is that the labor market undervalues Black women off rip. It is WILD.