savithry
@savithry.bsky.social
conference live-poster moonlighting as linguist (she/her/ആ ബഹളി)
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I want to explain why this is so bad for people who aren't familiar with National Science Foundation funding. in addition to "senior" projects that go to professors, there are a variety of other opportunities for grad students to get funding. 1/
Linguistics DDRIG is also archived 🐦🐦
this could mean it will be replaced by some new program, but at this point in time we have to assume many DDRIG opportunities that are "out of alignment" with admin priorities are just being discontinued.
this could mean it will be replaced by some new program, but at this point in time we have to assume many DDRIG opportunities that are "out of alignment" with admin priorities are just being discontinued.
The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I want to explain why this is so bad for people who aren't familiar with National Science Foundation funding. in addition to "senior" projects that go to professors, there are a variety of other opportunities for grad students to get funding. 1/
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You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
Bad mentors hurt people
What to do about bad mentors?
scienceforeveryone.science
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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Howell Township puts pause on data centers after hundreds protest www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
Howell Township puts pause on data centers after hundreds protest
Howell Township trustees Thursday unanimously voted in favor of a six-month pause on data center applications.
www.detroitnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Howell Township puts pause on data centers after hundreds protest www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
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These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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See @cohodes.bsky.social recent work for empirical evidence… bsky.app/profile/coho...
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
See @cohodes.bsky.social recent work for empirical evidence… bsky.app/profile/coho...
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If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
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There is so much fun & interesting language-related research coming out recently.
A fascinating new study from the University of Exeter shows that herring gulls don’t just react to what we say — they react to how we say it.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mta7ba9f
🧵👇
#langsky #linguistics #language
A fascinating new study from the University of Exeter shows that herring gulls don’t just react to what we say — they react to how we say it.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mta7ba9f
🧵👇
#langsky #linguistics #language
Yes, shouting at seagulls actually works, scientists confirm
This is one of the few times shouting might actually help.
tinyurl.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
There is so much fun & interesting language-related research coming out recently.
A fascinating new study from the University of Exeter shows that herring gulls don’t just react to what we say — they react to how we say it.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mta7ba9f
🧵👇
#langsky #linguistics #language
A fascinating new study from the University of Exeter shows that herring gulls don’t just react to what we say — they react to how we say it.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mta7ba9f
🧵👇
#langsky #linguistics #language
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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I was always pro-choice, but being pregnant and having children myself radicalized me even more. Forcing someone to do all that if they don’t want to is inhumane.
This is gonna sound so obvious but after a close friend had a baby and I saw how hard it is to be pregnant (and it was a healthy pregnancy, everything went super well!), i feel like I'm even more pro-choice than before because damn being pregnant is NOT easy even at the best of times
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I was always pro-choice, but being pregnant and having children myself radicalized me even more. Forcing someone to do all that if they don’t want to is inhumane.
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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In 2023, Chomsky told WSJ about his relationship with Epstein: “First response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone’s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally.”
Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again
Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
In 2023, Chomsky told WSJ about his relationship with Epstein: “First response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone’s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally.”
Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again
Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again
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With sequencing of Hitler's DNA making headlines, time for a reminder: analysing a polygenic score from a dead historically-significant figure won't give new insights into that person's behaviour. In a brief paper last year, we used Beethoven's genome to directly illustrate the fallacies involved.🧪👇
Notes from Beethoven’s genome
Wesseldijk et al. compare the genomic information collected from Ludwig van Beethoven
with population-based datasets used to quantify musical achievement.
www.cell.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
With sequencing of Hitler's DNA making headlines, time for a reminder: analysing a polygenic score from a dead historically-significant figure won't give new insights into that person's behaviour. In a brief paper last year, we used Beethoven's genome to directly illustrate the fallacies involved.🧪👇
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3️⃣ We find white children exposed to academies fared worse as adults.
📉 Human capital index ↓ 0.04 SD
📉 Economic self-sufficiency ↓ 0.06 SD
This evidence suggests White families may have sacrificed educational quality to maintain racial segregation.
11/12
📉 Human capital index ↓ 0.04 SD
📉 Economic self-sufficiency ↓ 0.06 SD
This evidence suggests White families may have sacrificed educational quality to maintain racial segregation.
11/12
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
3️⃣ We find white children exposed to academies fared worse as adults.
📉 Human capital index ↓ 0.04 SD
📉 Economic self-sufficiency ↓ 0.06 SD
This evidence suggests White families may have sacrificed educational quality to maintain racial segregation.
11/12
📉 Human capital index ↓ 0.04 SD
📉 Economic self-sufficiency ↓ 0.06 SD
This evidence suggests White families may have sacrificed educational quality to maintain racial segregation.
11/12
“Americans often imagine that you lose your democracy when there are tanks in the streets[…] democracies are more likely to die in subtler and superficially legal ways […] as anti-democratic political forces take advantage of others’ weakness, careerism, and fear” michiganadvance.com/2025/11/12/t...
The University of Michigan is censoring a quilt? • Michigan Advance
If you explore the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor, go upstairs, and find the Opera Room, you might see a quilt. It is a work by Toby Millman, a University of Michigan faculty member and alum, and was com...
michiganadvance.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Americans often imagine that you lose your democracy when there are tanks in the streets[…] democracies are more likely to die in subtler and superficially legal ways […] as anti-democratic political forces take advantage of others’ weakness, careerism, and fear” michiganadvance.com/2025/11/12/t...
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There has to be more work that explores race, class and eugenics among the late 20th century and 21st century wealthy elites, imo.
Sure, rich elites think they’re ‘innately’ superior but I’m interested in the social, political, intellectual and financial work they’ve been doing to promote eugenics.
Sure, rich elites think they’re ‘innately’ superior but I’m interested in the social, political, intellectual and financial work they’ve been doing to promote eugenics.
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There has to be more work that explores race, class and eugenics among the late 20th century and 21st century wealthy elites, imo.
Sure, rich elites think they’re ‘innately’ superior but I’m interested in the social, political, intellectual and financial work they’ve been doing to promote eugenics.
Sure, rich elites think they’re ‘innately’ superior but I’m interested in the social, political, intellectual and financial work they’ve been doing to promote eugenics.
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Today is the day! Our reply to the two concurrent critiques (from the same set of authors) is now published in the journal Intelligence 🧵 1/
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is the day! Our reply to the two concurrent critiques (from the same set of authors) is now published in the journal Intelligence 🧵 1/
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This paper clearly exposes the hereditarian project for the pseudoscience it is 👇 Also highlights how overtly political are those who promote the claim there are evolved racial differences in cognitive and behavioural traits, despite strong protestations to the contrary
Today is the day! Our reply to the two concurrent critiques (from the same set of authors) is now published in the journal Intelligence 🧵 1/
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This paper clearly exposes the hereditarian project for the pseudoscience it is 👇 Also highlights how overtly political are those who promote the claim there are evolved racial differences in cognitive and behavioural traits, despite strong protestations to the contrary
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It's RRRREEAAADDDYYYY! The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual is now available for pre-order.
It's a modern parenting guide for hearing families with deaf or hard of hearing children. Makes a great gift for parents, family members and educators, and a useful weapon for throwing at an LEA or admin,
It's a modern parenting guide for hearing families with deaf or hard of hearing children. Makes a great gift for parents, family members and educators, and a useful weapon for throwing at an LEA or admin,
The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual
A direct and approachable guide for parents of deaf or hard of hearing children.About 90% of all deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) children are born to parents with…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It's RRRREEAAADDDYYYY! The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual is now available for pre-order.
It's a modern parenting guide for hearing families with deaf or hard of hearing children. Makes a great gift for parents, family members and educators, and a useful weapon for throwing at an LEA or admin,
It's a modern parenting guide for hearing families with deaf or hard of hearing children. Makes a great gift for parents, family members and educators, and a useful weapon for throwing at an LEA or admin,
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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I get to spend tomorrow on the phone for hours arguing with my old endocrinologist on Long Island and new insurance provider that I really do need to refill the cortef prescription I will literally die without. the one ive been on for a decade. #USHealthcare
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I get to spend tomorrow on the phone for hours arguing with my old endocrinologist on Long Island and new insurance provider that I really do need to refill the cortef prescription I will literally die without. the one ive been on for a decade. #USHealthcare
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Washington Spirit fans again with the “Free DC!” chant at the 51st minute.
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Washington Spirit fans again with the “Free DC!” chant at the 51st minute.
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO