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Agristok @agristok.bsky.social · Jun 16

4 years Fully Funded PhD in Fisheries at Oregon State University, United States

Oregon State University is recruiting a fully funded Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Sciences PhD student to develop cutting‑edge, landscape‑scale sampling methods for small mammals. Priority deadline 15 Aug 2025.

4 years Fully Funded PhD in Fisheries at Oregon State University, United States

Oregon State University is recruiting a fully funded Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Sciences PhD student to develop cutting‑edge, landscape‑scale sampling methods for small mammals. Priority deadline 15 Aug 2025.

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Gail Langellotto @langellotto.bsky.social · Mar 9

Honestly, Dems, I value the party platform of support for working families, protecting public lands, fighting for women's rights, and more. But I am TIRED of the lack of leadership, uncoordinated efforts, and demure push-backs. I want MORE Al Greens, not less.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

Trump Declines to Rule Out Recession as Economic Policies Take Hold

www.nytimes.com

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Gail Langellotto @langellotto.bsky.social · Mar 8

Fantastic work, Brittany!

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Gail Langellotto @langellotto.bsky.social · Mar 6

I wish the dems would have organized to stand and disrupt, one, by one, by one. Take turns, drag it out, and disrupt the lies!

Gail Langellotto @langellotto.bsky.social · Mar 5

Democrats need to get their act together, and ORGANIZE! Holding cute signs during the stream of lies of tonight's address fell far short.

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NPR @npr.org · Feb 27

Thousands of grant applications had been stalled when the Trump administration blocked the National Institutes of Health from posting notices to the Federal Register.

NIH partially lifts freeze on funding process for medical research

Thousands of grant applications had been stalled when the Trump administration blocked the National Institutes of Health from posting notices to the Federal Register.

www.npr.org

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · Feb 26

💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.

Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

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Angry Former Public Servant @drneuro.bsky.social · Feb 21

So.

It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.

I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Feb 20

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Feb 21

Basically, a geopolitical enemy state found a couple of corrupt businessmen in danger of going to prison, and freed both on the condition they wreck the United States.

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Gail Langellotto @langellotto.bsky.social · Feb 20

I appreciate that. Thanks for the reminder.

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Gail Langellotto @langellotto.bsky.social · Feb 19

Pushing back against the dangerous consolidation of power in the executive branch; fighting the patriarchy and dismantling of equity and inclusion efforts - while caring for a loved one with dementia who is also losing the use of their legs, and thus suffering major depression, is exhausting.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · Feb 16

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand.
#resist

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Richard Corsi @corsiaq.bsky.social · Feb 17

Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 16

"When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it." - John Lewis.

It's not enough to simply recognize something is wrong; we have a moral duty to act.

John Lewis Never Stopped Bending the Arc Toward Justice

In the last days of his life, the civil rights icon hailed Black Lives Matter protesters: “They’re going to help redeem the soul of America.”

www.thenation.com

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Hannah Burrack @burrackbugs.bsky.social · Feb 16

Another damaging firing of a young scientist. Dr. Darling, an MSU Entomology alum, was working to rear parasitoids to control emerald ash borer and other devastating pests of forests and farms. There is no private sector equivalent doing this work, and this loss means less control for these pests l.

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Hannah Burrack @burrackbugs.bsky.social · Feb 16

Well hello, all. Now seems like as good a time as any to move over here in earnest. And to kick off that move, let's start with a thread documenting the indiscriminate cuts to federal ag and other important areas. capitalpress.com/2025/02/14/u...

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pete52.bsky.social @pete52.bsky.social · Feb 10

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Gail Langellotto @langellotto.bsky.social · Feb 11

24 hour economic blackout, 2/28, all day.

Don't buy. If you must, cash only, and small/local businesses only. No $$ to corporations.

I'm in. How about you?

#hitemwhereithurts #votewithyour$$$ #resist

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Brittany Barker @brittanysbarker.bsky.social · Feb 9

‪🚨 Get in Nerds, we are going protesting.

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS.

More information to come from @cdelawalla.bsky.social. I will repost.‬ #sciencenotsilence #standupforscience #sciencematters #protectourscientists

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Gail Langellotto @langellotto.bsky.social · Feb 7

I love this good news!!! ❤️

NPR @npr.org · Feb 7

A judge ordered the naming rights of the extremist group the Proud Boys be given to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.

Historic Black church given 'Proud Boys' trademark calls for stand against hate

A judge ordered the naming rights of the extremist group the Proud Boys be given to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.

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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · Feb 6

Stopped by to pass this along. They were expecting 10% for the folk but it's looking like 1-2%. Normal attrition is around 6% at the transition w/quitting/retirement. So had they done NOTHING they likely would have done better. Also, it should cost about $1 billion to pay the 1-2% for those 7 mths.