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TheGingerGeologist 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☮️
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She/her Finds bones and squishy bits of dead vertebrates fascinating. Often found with laden backpack (yes, it IS full of rocks, or bones) staring at the ground
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
“You’d be prettier if you smiled” “Smile” “Why don’t you smile” “I’m not paying attention until you smile”
Common refrains said to one segment of society.
February 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Pretty cool
Week 4 of my stitch-the-news daily embroidery diary included:

Macron's blue sunglasses
Liam Ramos's fuzzy hat
Alex Pretti's hat and sunglasses
Yellow tear gas and a thermometer for protests despite frigid temperatures in Minneapolis
Bovino's coat
A Ring doorbell
A snow shovel
A wind turbine
January 30, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
So, my U sent guidelines today for dealing with ICE if confronted on Campus. I’m in NW Ohio. Thoroughly Midwest. Corn and beans country.
It can happen anywhere.
January 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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Want do look at the population genetics of wolves in northern Canada? Apply for this 3 yr postdoc position at UNBC! Details in link or screenshots.

gounbc-my.sharepoint.com/personal/jgo...
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Every time I read the “Who are You?” surveys from my students, I’m encouraged at the sheer amount of enthusiasm and life experience they have. When I read anything about “college students” in the media, I remind myself they are diverse even when portrayed homogeneous. Just like every social group
January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Going no news this weekend for my mental health, except for weather. It’s just too much at the moment
January 24, 2026 at 12:43 AM
My inbox is now below 1600 emails. Please clap 😅
January 21, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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I’m looking for my right-hand person to come help me run the @aial.ie

- Job Title: Lab Coordinator, AI Accountability Lab (0.8 FTE)
- Pay Scale: (€58,999 - €69,325 per annum pro-rata)
- Closing Date: 11-Feb-2026 12:00

Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Main Responsibilities👇🏾
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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The book "Palaeontology in Public" is one year old today! 🦣🦖🦕🎂🎉

We've apparently had 7,756 downloads (!!), so many thanks to @uclpress.bsky.social for publishing it and making it open access, and to all the contributors, and to everyone who has read it so far
"Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time" is out today, and is freely downloadable as an open access pdf, published by @uclpress.bsky.social !

uclpress.co.uk/book/palaeon...

🎺🦕🦕🦕⚒️🎥🦖🦖🦖📖📰🦣🦣🦣🎺
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
January 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Apparently, the answer is a lot.

“How Much Can One Man Make From Being President?”
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion (Gift Article)
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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EarthScope is hiring! We’re looking for a Staff Accountant II (remote, U.S.) to support a wide range of accounting activities, including maintaining, posting, and balancing financial statements, records, documents, and reports.

Learn more & apply ➡️ https://www.earthscope.org/careers/
January 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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After an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, social media users shared an image appearing to show Good's car aimed toward and about to hit the officer. But the image is fake. ❌
Here's how we know. 👇
www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
Image claiming to show Renee Nicole Good's car aimed at ICE officer isn't what it seems
Credible videos of the shooting showed the wheels of Good's car were turned away from the agent when she moved forward and he shot her.
www.snopes.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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“If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power.”

— Carl Sagan
January 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
I find AI to be useless.
January 9, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I swear, over half my academic prep before each semester is administrative hoop-jumping and redoing my syllabi to add new wording (legalese) they want included to cover the collective university 🫏🫏🫏

🙃😑😭
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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reposting for feeds: tenure-track assistant professor position in epidemiology at U Minnesota.

#academicsky #phdsky #episky #publichealth
Good morning epi methods community! Please consider applying for (and spreading the word about) this position here at Minnesota. It's a great place to be! (You can read the whole description and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/179313) #EpiSky
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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After reviewing nearly 200 applications from prospective grad students and postdocs over the past few months for a couple different 🧪⚒️ postings, here are some tips, at least as they apply to North American positions. I hope they help future applicants. Share with your networks. 🧵
January 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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For beginners, it can be difficult to know what to put in alt text, as well as when alt text is needed and when it isn't. This decision tree from W3C helps you determine what to do, based on specific situations.

www.w3.org/WAI/tutorial...
An alt Decision Tree
Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
www.w3.org
January 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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I can finally say Tyrant Lizard Queen comes out this year!

If you’ve ever read a dinosaur book and thought “This is cool but I wish this reptile were a disaster bi,” TLQ’s for you. 🦖
Tyrant Lizard Queen: The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore
The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore
bookshop.org
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:

💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!

🧵👇
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM