@keholsinger.bsky.social
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My department at CSU Northridge is hiring a vertebrate functional morphologist! We've got a great EEB group, and we're looking for someone to carry forward a tradition of enriching organismal courses and community-engaged research. App review starts March 15
csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us...
csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us...
Assistant Professor Vertebrate Functional Morphologist #26-24
The Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is seeking
a tenure-track faculty member in Vertebrate Functional Morphology.
csucareers.calstate.edu
February 18, 2026 at 11:54 PM
My department at CSU Northridge is hiring a vertebrate functional morphologist! We've got a great EEB group, and we're looking for someone to carry forward a tradition of enriching organismal courses and community-engaged research. App review starts March 15
csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us...
csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us...
Using AI for a review? I remain dubious, but it’s probably a less ridiculous idea than you think.
Rubrics, Not Vibes: Consistency as a Feature in Peer Review with AI
Responsibly using AI for a structured first pass manuscript / grant proposal review can reduce reviewer variance while keeping human judgment central. Bonus: a prompt I use for my own draft proposals.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Using AI for a review? I remain dubious, but it’s probably a less ridiculous idea than you think.
Good news? At least the FDA is now going to review it. They should never have declined. - F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/h...
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Good news? At least the FDA is now going to review it. They should never have declined. - F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/h...
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Also, please forgive me for ALWAYS ranting about this but:
You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ.
Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read.
Read to improve your writing.
You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ.
Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read.
Read to improve your writing.
February 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Also, please forgive me for ALWAYS ranting about this but:
You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ.
Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read.
Read to improve your writing.
You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ.
Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read.
Read to improve your writing.
BioOne has reached its Subscribe to Open target. 71 titles from 54 professional societies are open access in 2026.
Proud to share that BioOne has reached its 2026 Subscribe to Open Sustainability Threshold, making the 2026 volumes of 71 titles from 54 societies and independent presses available Open Access… | Lauren Kane
Proud to share that BioOne has reached its 2026 Subscribe to Open Sustainability Threshold, making the 2026 volumes of 71 titles from 54 societies and independent presses available Open Access. 🎉🎉🎉...
www.linkedin.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:38 PM
BioOne has reached its Subscribe to Open target. 71 titles from 54 professional societies are open access in 2026.
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Florida's attorney general, who spends his time targeting companies for stuff like “radical LGBTQ+ activism,” is getting paid $100K a year as a Univ of Fla adjunct to teach a 2 hour/week law class.
His salary is 8X higher than what the median adjunct earns.
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www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
His salary is 8X higher than what the median adjunct earns.
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www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
‘Professor Uthmeier’: Inside Florida attorney general’s $100k teaching job at UF
The university was eager to hire the newly minted attorney general, but didn’t announce his teaching job until the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times began asking questions.
www.miamiherald.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Florida's attorney general, who spends his time targeting companies for stuff like “radical LGBTQ+ activism,” is getting paid $100K a year as a Univ of Fla adjunct to teach a 2 hour/week law class.
His salary is 8X higher than what the median adjunct earns.
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www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
His salary is 8X higher than what the median adjunct earns.
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www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Advice on how to include AI in PhD training. Tl;Dr Build domain expertise first so that you can judge the output of AI. Then learn how to apply AI. - Expertise Before Augmentation
Expertise Before Augmentation
A developmental framework for sequencing AI use in PhD training
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Advice on how to include AI in PhD training. Tl;Dr Build domain expertise first so that you can judge the output of AI. Then learn how to apply AI. - Expertise Before Augmentation
There are rare circumstances when “utilize” is preferable to “use”, but the default should always be “use”. (And don’t use “utilize” at all unless you know the difference)
If there is one soap box I'd like to endorse with all my writing soul, IT'S THIS ONE.
Don't utilize "utilize". Use "use".
February 17, 2026 at 1:18 PM
There are rare circumstances when “utilize” is preferable to “use”, but the default should always be “use”. (And don’t use “utilize” at all unless you know the difference)
February 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
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Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
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February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
“Universities in Afghanistan are no longer functioning as ‘real academic spaces’, according to scholars inside the country who describe ideological control, administrative purges and escalating personal risk for researchers who remain.”
Universities in Afghanistan ‘no longer functioning’
Scholars still inside the country describe administrative purges, censorship, exclusion and fear as merit-based systems collapse under Taliban ideological controls
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
“Universities in Afghanistan are no longer functioning as ‘real academic spaces’, according to scholars inside the country who describe ideological control, administrative purges and escalating personal risk for researchers who remain.”
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
If you are having trouble keeping track of the Trump administration’s actions, here’s a website (based in the UK) that you might find useful. -
Trump Action Tracker | Keeping a tally of Trump's actions
Free and independent tracker documenting Trump-related actions using verified news sources. Statements & plans mapped to authoritarianism domains.
www.trumpactiontracker.info
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
If you are having trouble keeping track of the Trump administration’s actions, here’s a website (based in the UK) that you might find useful. -
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FDA's decision not to accept Moderna's flu vaccine filing has sent shock waves through pharma. "When there’s uncertainty about the path to approval & the reliability of the process, that really has pretty serious consequences,” one player told @jasonmast.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2026/02/12/f...
FDA’s rejection of Moderna threatens to stifle broader vaccine industry
Experts say the FDA "moved the goalposts" on Moderna, creating "a destructive precedent that will undermine the future of vaccine development" in the U.S.
www.statnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
FDA's decision not to accept Moderna's flu vaccine filing has sent shock waves through pharma. "When there’s uncertainty about the path to approval & the reliability of the process, that really has pretty serious consequences,” one player told @jasonmast.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2026/02/12/f...
Now that the legal situation is clear, it is time for the US to rebuild DEI
Now that the legal situation is clear, it is time for the US to rebuild DEI
The only question is how to do so in ways that are legally sound, institutionally durable and worthy of renewed trust, says James S. Bridgeforth
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Now that the legal situation is clear, it is time for the US to rebuild DEI
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
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It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.
apnews.com/article/mode...
apnews.com/article/mode...
Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 AM
It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.
apnews.com/article/mode...
apnews.com/article/mode...
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No YOU'RE crying!!
I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
February 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
No YOU'RE crying!!
The trail was a little narrow in spots this morning. Actually, only one spot. This one.
February 10, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The trail was a little narrow in spots this morning. Actually, only one spot. This one.
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Excited for this. Teaching popgen is one of my favourite parts of my job and I've wondered about doing an online version of the class for sometime. Teaming up with @jrossibarra.bsky.social to do this is wonderful.
Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
Davis Summer Population Genomics Program
Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...
docs.google.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Excited for this. Teaching popgen is one of my favourite parts of my job and I've wondered about doing an online version of the class for sometime. Teaming up with @jrossibarra.bsky.social to do this is wonderful.
RealClimate: The Climate Science reference they don’t want Judges to read
RealClimate: The Climate Science reference they don’t want Judges to read
RealClimate: For the first time, the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) commissioned a chapter on climate science for the manual they put out (with the NASEM) for judges, the Reference on Scientific…
www.realclimate.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 PM
RealClimate: The Climate Science reference they don’t want Judges to read
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Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
Davis Summer Population Genomics Program
Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...
docs.google.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
The taxonomic description should be the highlight of the paper. Yes, you need to provide evidence that the species is distinct, but describing the new thing you found is (almost) the whole point.
I just read a paper describing a new species (a fossil, but still a new species), but the actual taxonomic description is relegated to the Supplementary material! 😱😟
Why is the taxonomy being treated like a bibliographic footnote? 😡#Botany #taxonomy
Why is the taxonomy being treated like a bibliographic footnote? 😡#Botany #taxonomy
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The taxonomic description should be the highlight of the paper. Yes, you need to provide evidence that the species is distinct, but describing the new thing you found is (almost) the whole point.
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I just read a paper describing a new species (a fossil, but still a new species), but the actual taxonomic description is relegated to the Supplementary material! 😱😟
Why is the taxonomy being treated like a bibliographic footnote? 😡#Botany #taxonomy
Why is the taxonomy being treated like a bibliographic footnote? 😡#Botany #taxonomy
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I just read a paper describing a new species (a fossil, but still a new species), but the actual taxonomic description is relegated to the Supplementary material! 😱😟
Why is the taxonomy being treated like a bibliographic footnote? 😡#Botany #taxonomy
Why is the taxonomy being treated like a bibliographic footnote? 😡#Botany #taxonomy