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Chris Moore
@mutualismecology.bsky.social
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He/him. Ecologist studying the population & community ecology of mutualism. Faculty at Cal State Northridge. Also a human. Views m'own.

ORCID: 0000-0001-5783-9833
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hormiga.bsky.social
Some more context on my university’s proposal to discontinue offering a Philosophy degree.

scienceforeveryone.science/humanities-a... 🧪
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
Reminder that the CSU system is spending $17 million on ChatGPT.
hormiga.bsky.social Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 1d
Some more context on my university’s proposal to discontinue offering a Philosophy degree.

scienceforeveryone.science/humanities-a... 🧪
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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rebeccanagle.bsky.social
Did you know that less than 0.5% of philanthropic giving goes to Native Americans. Here are Native-led places you can donate this #GivingTuesday.🧵
December 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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botsocamerica.bsky.social
These generous travel awards are still available for applications! Please share with your networks, the deadline is coming up on December 5th!
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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prosanta.bsky.social
New post by me on #MITPressReader @mitpress.bsky.social

On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial
the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’).

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...
Depictions of evolution where a phylogeny often has humans on the far right or top can give an impression of evolution being progressive of leading to ‘increased complexity’ when it does not. Top figure shows such a phylogeny which can look the same as ‘the March of progress’ depiction most commonly used to depict evolution (showing monkey to man erroneous march of evolution) - instead swiveling some nodes on a phylogeny where humans are shown closer to the center (which doesn’t change relationships) can lead to better ‘tree thinking’
December 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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cellpress.bsky.social
"Rediscovery of the greater chestnut #weevil highlights the power of digital platforms in biodiversity research and conservation" spkl.io/63326Ad07u

@Michael A. Charles & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Charles et al. rediscover the presumed - extinct greater chestnut weevil (Curculio caryatrypes) in the eastern US via iNaturalist, and genomic data and field surveys confirm identity and active reproduction, revealing persistence despite American chestnut collapse and underscoring the power of digital platforms for biodiversity research and conservation
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
Even a decade ago I'd have far sooner predicted that the US would succumb to authoritarian rule than that it would become a state where vaccines were unavailable.

But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
www.politico.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
mutualismecology.bsky.social
Dear @profanity.accountant , how much do I swear on this platform?
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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aobp.bsky.social
♻️ Young apple tree development under agroforestry radiative conditions: a multi-scale morphological and architectural dataset by Francesco Reyes and co-authors.

Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp...

#PlantScience
The impact of shade on whole-plant carbon allocation in a dominant East African tree sapling
Tree-grass coexistence is a defining feature of savanna ecosystems, yet how young trees (saplings) persist within the grass layer remains unclear. Abovegro
doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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danielbolnick.bsky.social
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!

8) The ASN Diversity committee is seeking 2 new members to start Jan 2026, Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
ASN DC Membership Application 2025
The ASN Diversity Committee (DC) seeks to add 2 new members starting in January 2026. The DC works to promote diversity, equity, and inclusiveness to enhance the study of evolution, ecology, and behav...
docs.google.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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sheardcat.bsky.social
The ASN (American Society of Naturalists) is seeking Diversity Committee members! Are you an ASN member? Want to make the EEB community a better place? Like being in Zoom meetings with people who have cute dogs? Consider applying!

www.amnat.org/announcement...
Join the American Society of Naturalists Diversity Committee!
<p>The ASN Diversity Committee seeks to add 2 new members in January 2026. Applicants <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3q_KL8RfhMULohoDwlD_gg8Lbwk0MqvrAydjeirQA4sJlVw/viewform">shou...
www.amnat.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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ecoevolab.bsky.social
Please apply to join the Diversity Committee of the American Society of Naturalists!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
Flyer that says American Society of Naturalists Diversity Committee. The DC works to promote diversity, equity, and inclusiveness to enhance the study of evolution, ecology, and behavior and to foster the career of its developing scientists. We pursue initiatives that support marginalized groups, which include helping to create an inclusive, accessible environment at the Evolution conference, the stand-alone ASN meeting, and our field in general. Apply by November 1. Seeking two new members starting Jan 2026. 3 year term
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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raschwartz.bsky.social
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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jordantyranny.bsky.social
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
its im asuming a bookstore with those words in the front on a poster
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
This perfectly encapsulates the "performative neutrality" of which @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I accuse the New York Times--with respect to both climate and vaccines--in #ScienceUnderSiege. In fact, it goes beyond that, engaging in outright antiscience pandering:
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
CDC’s Autism Website ‘Update’ Came Directly From Kennedy, He Says
Ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis called the update a “national embarrassment.”
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
I think the most insidious explanation for this is quite plausible.
apnews.com/article/marj...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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americanbeetles.bsky.social
lest we think that tenebs are the only beetles who like to get weird with it, here's the brentid weevil Calodromus with his signature defensive move (stick he leggy out)
"Defensive behavior of a make Calodromus mellyi", photo by S. Bambi from Orback and Bartolozzi 2017
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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tomflood.bsky.social
Enough.
A billboard is a child biking in a painted bike line. Text says there will never be a bell loud enough to helmet, strong enough for clothing, bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure.
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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mikegrillo.bsky.social
If you have developed an evolution education resource please consider applying for the Huxley Award. I am on the selection committee and am happy to answer any questions.
sse-evolution.bsky.social Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 17d
The T. H. Huxley Award recognizes an outstanding evolution education resource and provides funding for the awardee to attend the Evolution or NABT conference to present their work! Apply by February 2nd: bit.ly/2kP2pPM
Background: a chalkboard scattered with school supplies. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution T. H. Huxley Award, applications due February 2.
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM
mutualismecology.bsky.social
A student recalled adaptive radiation as “radioactive speciation,” and I love it!
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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stewartprest.ca
The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.

This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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elisecutts.bsky.social
New from me for @science.org: A major planetary science conference will require submitted abstracts to comply with Trump's anti-DEI executive orders.

This conference, LPSC, is a big deal. It's been running since 1970 and is one of the biggest planetary science conferences out there. 🧪🔭
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM