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Le Cagle
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Feminist. Rhetoric: science, environment, tech comm, disability. really worried about climate change. she/her. Praxis or GTFO.

Yes, it's Cagle. No, please don't call me Lauren.

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The mountains are underwater and fascism is on the rise, so I recommend going ahead and getting that divorce you've been thinking about.
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Many assume that “job insecurity incentivizes productivity [but] we know from studies that tenure does not measurably impact productivity, at least as far as publication and research is concerned.” - Tenure researcher Deepa Das Acevedo
Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges
Regional and community college professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions.
www.insidehighered.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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Winter Santos
Hardy Agriscientist
he/him
robust arms
always orders pizza with feta and tomatoes
eats every meal in the exact same order
February 6, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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isn’t it funny how we ‘recognise’ academic achievements and contributions to the field by giving people more work
February 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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This is from a column explaining the concepts of macros and templates that makes an interesting time capsule read about automation in personal computing
illustration, personal computing, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/pers...
February 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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I just think it’s neat that a city can have both asshole drivers AND asshole pedestrians.
February 6, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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Inside me there are two wolves

One is the roboticist longing for infrastructural changes to make my job easier

The other is the Boston pedestrian who thinks those roboticists should WORK HARDER it is my RIGHT to cross the street wherever is most convenient to me
After the article the other day about the UK uninterested in making jaywalking illegal to accommodate Waymos, I truly want to see the aggressive defiance of jaywalking laws in Boston win out here
If you don’t want to get murdered by a Waymo car that ignores Boston’s long and proud tradition of pedestrian first street culture, call your reps and senators and say no thanks to this bullshit www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/m...
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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I'm pointing this out because I get how hard it is to see people who have done horrible things not be held to account. But I worry if we think nobody ever is that just weakens our resolve to hold people accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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interesting that you’re so misinformed! no, it’s actually very normal and youthful and cool.
i feel like being into watches is such a dad thing i didn’t even know anyone younger than 60 cared about those anymore
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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I’m telling you. We’re the final boss for self driving cars.
After the article the other day about the UK uninterested in making jaywalking illegal to accommodate Waymos, I truly want to see the aggressive defiance of jaywalking laws in Boston win out here
If you don’t want to get murdered by a Waymo car that ignores Boston’s long and proud tradition of pedestrian first street culture, call your reps and senators and say no thanks to this bullshit www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/m...
February 6, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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We wrote a whole paper on this in 2017, on the women who often leave the field sciences as their only route to get away from harassment

anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
February 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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As obvious as the misogyny is, the mechanism here is interesting: being unsmiling isn't just a facet of who she is, it robs of her of the moral standing to criticize katemanne.substack.com/p/smile-pigg...
Smile Piggy
Trump’s misogyny toward a female reporter reveals a common and overlooked gender dynamic
katemanne.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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all of us consistently pointing out the deep and urgent need to end the cruel and violent practice of utility shutoffs have been proven right since 2020 and i'm feeling like i'm grieving in advance about the needless deaths we will see this hot, fashy summer.
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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"The PRFB is finally back and it's just AI" is the most depressing thing that I think has happened to federal funding so far
February 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Correct!!!!
Every fucking government research grant is going to be about shoving AI into places it shouldn't be.
Attended an EPA webinar about the environmental education grant program this morning and proposals must address *both* the educational and environmental priority areas of AI and...drum roll please...water quality
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Dawg are you fucking kidding me bsky.app/profile/horm...
February 5, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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Let's GOOOOOOO
Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
www.nsf.gov
February 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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This is a very good way to set yourself up to join our lab, if you're interested. Here are some thing we like:
🦇 wildlife disease dynamics
🌴 human-caused environmental change
🏔️ macroecology and mathematical laws in biology
🕸️ ecological networks, especially symbioses
🗺️ SDMs (god help me)
🔢 open data
February 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
www.nsf.gov
February 5, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Sure, a wide array of American elites were palling around with a pedophile and eugenicist but did you know that a Pedro Pascal fan account on bluesky is being slightly hyperbolic when posting about it
February 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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This happens with*everything* now. No matter how grave the crime or one-dimensional the injustice, after four days the hivemind of American punditry decides that the Real Story is how the people upset about it are the real villains.
February 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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“I do not think that 50 year old men should be having sex with 16 year old girls. But “
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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"We know enough" is a refrain that prevents people in positions of power from pretending that they don't know. We know enough.
February 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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god damn
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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I’m so grateful for all of you right now. Thank you so much for showing up for immigrant families in Minneapolis in need! Let’s keep it going and help support as many families as we can.

We keep us housed, and every bit helps! 💛
Working in coordination with standwithminnesota.com and with your help, we have now paid rent for four Minneapolis families affected by ICE. Let’s keep it going!

Can we make it happen for a fifth family? Their total need is $2300.

V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater

Thank you! 💖
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM