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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 18h

Holy shitballs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 2d

The thing is, to be able to determine whether AI-generated code is “legit”, you need to know both statistics and coding yourself. If we no longer teach students to learn, think, and struggle—without the help of AI—the next generation will have no clue what is and isn’t legit.

Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.

How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?

scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...

Statistics in the era of AI

How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?

scienceforeveryone.science

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 3d

Tracking authoritarian slide. www.trumpactiontracker.info?

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 8d

Here’s what’s proposed. They are serious about destruction: thebulletin.org/2025/09/whol...; www.politico.com/live-updates...

‘Wholesale destruction’: Government shutdown or not, critical science programs are at risk

The Trump administration has proposed devastating cuts to federal Earth and climate science programs, and a government shutdown could give them an opportunity to begin implementing those cuts.

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 9d

“I’m terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country. These people have deluded themselves for so long, they really don’t think I’m human. I base this on their conduct … . And this means that they have become, in themselves, moral monsters.” James Baldwin

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Politico @politico.com · 9d

Vought: Mass firings will begin "in a day or two."

Vought: Mass layoffs will begin ‘in a day or two’

The Trump administration has threatened to inflict maximum pain on Democrats during the shutdown.

www.politico.com

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 9d

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DMV Federal Employee Offer

To Our Federal Employees,We invite you to join us on Sunday, October 5, at Audi Field for our Fan Appreciation Match at 1pm. There's no better way to celebrate the people who have built the DMV than t...

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 9d

Resource page: ourpublicservice.org/shutdown/

Everything you need to know about a government shutdown

A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.

ourpublicservice.org

Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 10d

To all my friends in the federal workspace being furloughed, or working without pay, I’m here for you. I’m sorry we’re doing this again.

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 10d

Come work with us - The School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin is looking for a tenure track assistant professor in plant biodiversity and conservation 🧪🌏🌾 my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Drop me a message if you want to chat about what it's like to work here or live in Ireland.

an old building with climbing plants around the door with purple flowers. The sign above the door says school of botany 1907

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 10d

As US govt shutdown looms, workers across many agencies received identical emails blaming Democrats.

The message mandated by White House OMB had "one clear stipulation: Absolutely no modifications to the language."

Great scoop from @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-...

Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown

Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."

www.thehandbasket.co

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 10d

Gross. Glad my service is long over.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 11d

“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.” TR

Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 16d

Louder, for the back of the room: coincidence is not correlation, and correlation is not causation.

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/tylenol-an...;

www.science.org/content/arti...

Tylenol and autism: What parents deserve to know

Nuance and empowerment instead of underestimation.

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 16d

Yup!

Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 16d

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Tableau

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 16d

Continued robust funding of NSF and the federal science agencies is critical to US prosperity, equality, and national security. osf.io/e8rnc

OSF

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 16d

Their very narrow view of it

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 16d

We know that American eels leave East Coast rivers to spawn—but no one has ever figured out exactly where.
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WHOI oceanographer Irina Rypina is using ocean models to test how tiny eel larvae travel thousands of miles from the Sargasso Sea to U.S. rivers.

👉 Read the full story: go.whoi.edu/eel

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 16d

Hoo boy

Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 17d

New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...

For about a year now, Thiel has been publicly laying out his understanding of biblical prophecies and the potential for the rapid advance of technology to bring about an apocalyptic future.

In a lecture Monday, he encouraged an audience to continue working toward scientific progress, whether in AI or other forms of technology. Fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said, according to people who attended.

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Lissa Harris🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 18d

yes good

now let the science reporters cover climate policy

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 18d

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President Trump Is Shutting Out the US Public from Government Decisions

Under President Trump’s leadership, federal science agencies are routinely and inappropriately bypassing notice and comment when updating or removing regulations. This violates one of the most basic, ...

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 19d

“Give me the man and I will give you the case against him.” (variously attr. to Stalinist jurist Andrey Vyshinsky, or the secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria)

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 20d

Researchers found that Indigenous territories can effectively reduce the risk of vector-borne or zoonotic diseases if they’re located in municipalities with at least 40% forest cover.

Protecting Indigenous Amazon lands may also protect public health, study says

Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have…

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