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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 15h

Thankfully, I hear @mark-bray.bsky.social has been allowed to leave. Still, this is very, very dangerous and everyone should be paying attention.

Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 17h

Why is this not getting more attention in my academic feeds. A professor got doxed and death-threats, tried to leave the US, and is not being allowed to. Connect the dots.

Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 1d

At my institution, a professor is being blocked from leaving the US after death threats for teaching on anti-fascism.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 17h

Why is this not getting more attention in my academic feeds. A professor got doxed and death-threats, tried to leave the US, and is not being allowed to. Connect the dots.

Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 1d

At my institution, a professor is being blocked from leaving the US after death threats for teaching on anti-fascism.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 18h

🚨𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀!
www.ehbea2026.com is now live for our 2026 European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association (EHBEA) conference in Leiden (NL🇳🇱) Check for 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, first 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 & the [𝗔𝗜]𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸!
🗓️ 14–17 Apr 2026 | CBEN pre-conf 14 Apr
📍Pesthuis
#EHBEA2026

Overview | EHBEA2026

www.ehbea2026.com

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 1d

🚨AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations for their New Investigator Award.

If you are doing, or know someone, some really cool research as an early-career researcher please don’t hesitate to apply!

DEADLINE: December 19th, 2025

Here is the form👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

EHBEA-2026-New-Investigator-Award-nomination-form.docx

2026 NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD Self-nomination Form Please submit this application form by e-mail to the EHBEA Secretary [email protected]. Next Deadline: 5pm (GMT), 19th DECEMBER 2026 ...

docs.google.com

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 1d

At my institution, a professor is being blocked from leaving the US after death threats for teaching on anti-fascism.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 7d

It is a bleak time and yet Jane Goodall has me tearing up from her wisdom, now beyond the grave. Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...

How Jane Goodall’s Death Initiated Netflix’s Newest Show

www.nytimes.com

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 9d

📢 Come join us! Penn State Anthropology is hiring *two tenure-track assistant professors*, one in human reproductive ecology and one in archaeology. Here are just a few reasons why working at Penn State is awesome:

A photo of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts building at sunrise

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 11d

Join our fantastic department at #Rutgers University. We are hiring an assistant professor in socio-cultural #anthropology who focuses on language and power. Ad here:

jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...

Assistant Professor in Sociocultural Anthropology, Tenure-Track

The Department of Anthropology seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in sociocultural anthropology, with a particular emphasis on the dynamic intersections of Language, Culture, and Power. ...

jobs.rutgers.edu

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pumpkin spice itati|agnostic to the optics @itativcs.bsky.social · 14d

🧪The NSF has made changes to the GRFP solicitation and eligibility TODAY that may change your eligibility! PLEASE read through the solicitation if you were planning to apply and speak to your mentors about the merits of applying: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 14d

In reporting this piece on the new trial for a Huntington's treatment, I was struck by one thing in particular:

The joy.

One of my sources wept for joy. He has spent his entire career studying this disease, he said it was the happiest day. www.sciencenews.org/article/hunt...

Huntington's progression slowed by experimental gene therapy

An experimental gene therapy slowed Huntington’s by up to 75 percent in a small clinical trial. While not a cure, it may give patients longer lives.

www.sciencenews.org

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 15d

For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )

Infographic titled "AI Isn't a Ticket To an A," explaining how chatbots work, what the data show about the prevalence of these technologies and how they're used, what we know about the quality of their output, and what we know about the impact that frequent use of these technologies has on their users and on content creators, low-wage workers, and the environment.

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 15d

Beautiful article on #autism by Prof. Richard Grinker in the @nytimes.com Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

www.nytimes.com

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 16d

Loving in the age of AI where I count fingers on photos to guess if they are AI generated.

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Society for Applied Anthropology @appliedanthro.bsky.social · 21d

Call for Applications: The #Comitas Institute Award for Public Knowledge & Engagement

Honoring Lambros Comitas, this award celebrates ethnographic research that builds public knowledge & addresses human problems.

Details: appliedanthro.org/awards-prize...

#SfAA #socialscience #appliedanthropology

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 21d

An #NIH reviewer offers #grant-writing tips. #getfunded

www.the-scientist.com/an-nih-revie...

An NIH Reviewer Offers Grant-Writing Tips

Although securing grants in a competitive environment is challenging, researchers can ensure they put their best foot forward by following a few simple tips.

www.the-scientist.com

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 21d

Lee Cronk just made me aware of this Wiki that tracks places to study #evolutionary #behavioral #science. Check it out (and update as necessary). via #HBES

evosocialscience.wikidot.com/places-to-st...

Places to Study - Evolutionary Social Science wiki

evosocialscience.wikidot.com

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 22d

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Posting until I don’t have to anymore.

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 22d

Intensive writing classes were formative for me. Real feedback, too. So ya, maybe more written work if you can devote time and energy to doing it right. But not full elimination of AI cause that’s just not realistic?

Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 22d

AAC&U has list of high impact practices for teaching that was pre-AI but evidence-based and certainly resonates w my experience at Cornell and NYU.

www.aacu.org/trending-top...

High-Impact Practices | AAC&U

The teaching and learning practices listed and described below are designated as “high-impact practices,” based on evidence of significant educational…

www.aacu.org

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 22d

Following. Hard space. AI can be useful (if environmentally destructive) and I feel like the best is for students to realize themselves how it limits or aids learning.

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 23d

Madlibs for the left, except the last stanza. That one never changes.

www.uusc.org/wp-content/u...

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 24d

Ferris did not see me up with realistic expectations for adult sick days.

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 24d

Anthropologist here and I wholeheartedly support this!

TUMBLR GRL🫧💴🩰🧪 @kumeslaboratory.bsky.social · 25d

humans r so interesting wlhi & anthropology should be a core class in high school

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 24d

I need to do the same. We are discussing chapters in lab group this week and I had to scan myself!

Tom Grunshaw 🏏🔶🧪 @tomgrunshaw.bsky.social · 24d

Discovered on #ChemSky on Wednesday
Discussed with manager on Thursday
Purchased Friday
In the Library on Tuesday

Going to be a very useful resource, thanks @jenheemstra.bsky.social!

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 24d

A friend asked a question. I sought an answer from science and found some really awful stuff in a journal that claims to be credible.

Personality and Individuals Differences, Published in 2013: Rushton's r-K life history theory of race differences in penis length and circumference examined in 113 populations

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