Katherine Drotos
@spiritofcavalia.bsky.social
Postdoc: Mandeville and Feng labs #fishgenomics | Ongoing #lichens work | Evolution, philosophy, pedagogy, fungi, genomics | Justice & climate | she/her
Boosting to reach the evening crowd ...
I've been speaking with Noreen daily. She just wants to take care of her children.
I've been speaking with Noreen daily. She just wants to take care of her children.
Sharing for Noreen in Gaza again today. Her youngest son (2 yr old Ghaith) is sick & getting worse, and needs medicine.
Medicine is incredibly expensive because of how little aid is getting in. If you (yes, you) can give even the cost of a cup of coffee, it would help! chuffed.org/project/emer...
Medicine is incredibly expensive because of how little aid is getting in. If you (yes, you) can give even the cost of a cup of coffee, it would help! chuffed.org/project/emer...
Emergency Relief for Mohammed, Yassin and Baby Ghaith
Hello friends. My name is Todd and I am a close family friend of Noreen, her husband Khalil and their three children currently in Khan Younis, Gaza, in Palestine. The humanitarian crisis has bore down...
chuffed.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Boosting to reach the evening crowd ...
I've been speaking with Noreen daily. She just wants to take care of her children.
I've been speaking with Noreen daily. She just wants to take care of her children.
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Please Repost! We are in an era of huge gains in technology, discovery and data "sequestration". We need to be honest about what's happening and the terrible outcomes that could happen if we continue the 533 years of colonial extraction. www.science.org/content/arti...
How scientists are confronting the lingering imprint of colonialism
Science series to spotlight efforts to reduce parachute science, empower Global South countries
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Please Repost! We are in an era of huge gains in technology, discovery and data "sequestration". We need to be honest about what's happening and the terrible outcomes that could happen if we continue the 533 years of colonial extraction. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Louay reached out, he hasn't had a donation in five days. I'm sure you all remember baby Malak, meaning Angel in English, we need to support her and her family now with the harsh Winters. No one should be facing this, especially alone.
tinyurl.com/2tncvcuy
tinyurl.com/2tncvcuy
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Louay reached out, he hasn't had a donation in five days. I'm sure you all remember baby Malak, meaning Angel in English, we need to support her and her family now with the harsh Winters. No one should be facing this, especially alone.
tinyurl.com/2tncvcuy
tinyurl.com/2tncvcuy
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
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#telekitneticart #indigenousart If you weren't aware already, this is the unfortunate hand I've been dealt this holiday season: having to job hunt in the winter while a potential recession is on the horizon.
ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
RBs on this post are really appreciated <3
ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
RBs on this post are really appreciated <3
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#telekitneticart #indigenousart If you weren't aware already, this is the unfortunate hand I've been dealt this holiday season: having to job hunt in the winter while a potential recession is on the horizon.
ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
RBs on this post are really appreciated <3
ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
RBs on this post are really appreciated <3
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I'm recruiting a new master's student for fall 2026 in my lab at Northern Michigan University @bionmu.bsky.social ! Students with interests in evolution of freshwater fish are encouraged to apply. Please see our lab website lizmandeville.github.io and the attached advertisement for more information.
Mandeville Lab
Fish are so delightfully weird. We study the evolutionary genetics and ecology of freshwater fishes, plus a few more things, at Northern Michigan University
lizmandeville.github.io
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm recruiting a new master's student for fall 2026 in my lab at Northern Michigan University @bionmu.bsky.social ! Students with interests in evolution of freshwater fish are encouraged to apply. Please see our lab website lizmandeville.github.io and the attached advertisement for more information.
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“My family needs food, clean water and supplies. As a result of the conditions in which we live, we often get ill and need medical care and this is also costly. […] We will also need to purchase a new tent as the one we are currently in is dilapidated from the cold winter weather.“
Sharing for Noreen in Gaza again today. Her youngest son (2 yr old Ghaith) is sick & getting worse, and needs medicine.
Medicine is incredibly expensive because of how little aid is getting in. If you (yes, you) can give even the cost of a cup of coffee, it would help! chuffed.org/project/emer...
Medicine is incredibly expensive because of how little aid is getting in. If you (yes, you) can give even the cost of a cup of coffee, it would help! chuffed.org/project/emer...
Emergency Relief for Mohammed, Yassin and Baby Ghaith
Hello friends. My name is Todd and I am a close family friend of Noreen, her husband Khalil and their three children currently in Khan Younis, Gaza, in Palestine. The humanitarian crisis has bore down...
chuffed.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“My family needs food, clean water and supplies. As a result of the conditions in which we live, we often get ill and need medical care and this is also costly. […] We will also need to purchase a new tent as the one we are currently in is dilapidated from the cold winter weather.“
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This is a stunning story. I've been tracking the "greenhushing" narrative for a while now: this is the idea that strict regulations on fake climate claims spooks companies into total silence; therefore we shouldn't regulate them.
@meyer.bsky.social asked for examples and the Carney gov't failed:
@meyer.bsky.social asked for examples and the Carney gov't failed:
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is a stunning story. I've been tracking the "greenhushing" narrative for a while now: this is the idea that strict regulations on fake climate claims spooks companies into total silence; therefore we shouldn't regulate them.
@meyer.bsky.social asked for examples and the Carney gov't failed:
@meyer.bsky.social asked for examples and the Carney gov't failed:
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"Despite the difficulties getting everyone to agree on how to tackle climate change, real-world solutions are being implemented at speed almost everywhere."
Love this #COP30 takeaway from
@georginarannard.bsky.social. Just because countries aren't acting at scale doesn't mean the rest of us can't!
Love this #COP30 takeaway from
@georginarannard.bsky.social. Just because countries aren't acting at scale doesn't mean the rest of us can't!
COP30 in Brazil fails to secure new pledges to cut fossil fuels - follow live
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Despite the difficulties getting everyone to agree on how to tackle climate change, real-world solutions are being implemented at speed almost everywhere."
Love this #COP30 takeaway from
@georginarannard.bsky.social. Just because countries aren't acting at scale doesn't mean the rest of us can't!
Love this #COP30 takeaway from
@georginarannard.bsky.social. Just because countries aren't acting at scale doesn't mean the rest of us can't!
My mom worked at a zoo in the '80s. One time a hang-glider blew way off course and crashed in the big cat area, all the staff going "oh my god he's dead" and racing to find him.
Suddenly on the radio "HE LANDED IN THE CHEETAHS, the lucky sonofa!!"
Suddenly on the radio "HE LANDED IN THE CHEETAHS, the lucky sonofa!!"
Cheetahs continue to be scary predators.
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My mom worked at a zoo in the '80s. One time a hang-glider blew way off course and crashed in the big cat area, all the staff going "oh my god he's dead" and racing to find him.
Suddenly on the radio "HE LANDED IN THE CHEETAHS, the lucky sonofa!!"
Suddenly on the radio "HE LANDED IN THE CHEETAHS, the lucky sonofa!!"
Sharing for Noreen in Gaza again today. Her youngest son (2 yr old Ghaith) is sick & getting worse, and needs medicine.
Medicine is incredibly expensive because of how little aid is getting in. If you (yes, you) can give even the cost of a cup of coffee, it would help! chuffed.org/project/emer...
Medicine is incredibly expensive because of how little aid is getting in. If you (yes, you) can give even the cost of a cup of coffee, it would help! chuffed.org/project/emer...
Emergency Relief for Mohammed, Yassin and Baby Ghaith
Hello friends. My name is Todd and I am a close family friend of Noreen, her husband Khalil and their three children currently in Khan Younis, Gaza, in Palestine. The humanitarian crisis has bore down...
chuffed.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sharing for Noreen in Gaza again today. Her youngest son (2 yr old Ghaith) is sick & getting worse, and needs medicine.
Medicine is incredibly expensive because of how little aid is getting in. If you (yes, you) can give even the cost of a cup of coffee, it would help! chuffed.org/project/emer...
Medicine is incredibly expensive because of how little aid is getting in. If you (yes, you) can give even the cost of a cup of coffee, it would help! chuffed.org/project/emer...
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It’s another way of racial segregation and apartheid
Because racism is monetized guess whose not rewarded
Because racism is monetized guess whose not rewarded
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It’s another way of racial segregation and apartheid
Because racism is monetized guess whose not rewarded
Because racism is monetized guess whose not rewarded
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I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
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Denmark routinely and painfully steals children from Inuit families in Greenland, utilizing ridiculous parenting tests such as asking "Who is Mother Teresa?" and observing the mother playing with a doll.
This article is heartbreaking.💔
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This article is heartbreaking.💔
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Denmark routinely and painfully steals children from Inuit families in Greenland, utilizing ridiculous parenting tests such as asking "Who is Mother Teresa?" and observing the mother playing with a doll.
This article is heartbreaking.💔
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This article is heartbreaking.💔
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🚨 27,000 KILLED IN SUDAN’S DARFUR IN 3 DAYS
Darfur governor Minni Arkou Minnawi says 27,000 people were killed in just three days after the RSF captured El-Fasher late last month — a massive jump from earlier estimates of about 2,500 deaths.
In March 2025, Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced...
Darfur governor Minni Arkou Minnawi says 27,000 people were killed in just three days after the RSF captured El-Fasher late last month — a massive jump from earlier estimates of about 2,500 deaths.
In March 2025, Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced...
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨 27,000 KILLED IN SUDAN’S DARFUR IN 3 DAYS
Darfur governor Minni Arkou Minnawi says 27,000 people were killed in just three days after the RSF captured El-Fasher late last month — a massive jump from earlier estimates of about 2,500 deaths.
In March 2025, Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced...
Darfur governor Minni Arkou Minnawi says 27,000 people were killed in just three days after the RSF captured El-Fasher late last month — a massive jump from earlier estimates of about 2,500 deaths.
In March 2025, Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced...
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Quality of life in Gaza has not improved since the "ceasefire". Most are still displaced and without food. Many are still dodging violence from Israeli attacks. Aid is still not being allowed in at anywhere near the levels required to help the population.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire
‘The world thinks Palestinians don’t need help any more,’ aid organiser says, despite desperate need as winter nears
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Quality of life in Gaza has not improved since the "ceasefire". Most are still displaced and without food. Many are still dodging violence from Israeli attacks. Aid is still not being allowed in at anywhere near the levels required to help the population.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Boosting for Noreen and her family again today.
She has 3 little ones, and both she and her husband have serious health concerns that they have been unable to resolve because of the ongoing violence and displacement.
Every little bit helps!
chuffed.org/project/emer...
She has 3 little ones, and both she and her husband have serious health concerns that they have been unable to resolve because of the ongoing violence and displacement.
Every little bit helps!
chuffed.org/project/emer...
Emergency Relief for Mohammed, Yassin and Baby Ghaith
Hello friends. My name is Todd and I am a close family friend of Noreen, her husband Khalil and their three children currently in Khan Younis, Gaza, in Palestine. The humanitarian crisis has bore down...
chuffed.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Boosting for Noreen and her family again today.
She has 3 little ones, and both she and her husband have serious health concerns that they have been unable to resolve because of the ongoing violence and displacement.
Every little bit helps!
chuffed.org/project/emer...
She has 3 little ones, and both she and her husband have serious health concerns that they have been unable to resolve because of the ongoing violence and displacement.
Every little bit helps!
chuffed.org/project/emer...
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
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Unfortunately, the groundwork was laid via the airborne transmission debacle, and the ass-covering pro-infection, anti-vax-aligned Hybrid Immunity™️ & immunity debt narratives.
A good read here from @mark-ungrin.bsky.social & another one in next post.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/18/t...
A good read here from @mark-ungrin.bsky.social & another one in next post.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/18/t...
Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health
The structural blind spots that undermine medical progress and how to fix them.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Unfortunately, the groundwork was laid via the airborne transmission debacle, and the ass-covering pro-infection, anti-vax-aligned Hybrid Immunity™️ & immunity debt narratives.
A good read here from @mark-ungrin.bsky.social & another one in next post.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/18/t...
A good read here from @mark-ungrin.bsky.social & another one in next post.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/18/t...
Posting this again for the midday crowd - can anyone spare a few dollars to help Noreen care for her kids? Even a little from a few people makes a huge difference! chuffed.org/project/emer...
Emergency Relief for Mohammed, Yassin and Baby Ghaith
Hello friends. My name is Todd and I am a close family friend of Noreen, her husband Khalil and their three children currently in Khan Younis, Gaza, in Palestine. The humanitarian crisis has bore down...
chuffed.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Posting this again for the midday crowd - can anyone spare a few dollars to help Noreen care for her kids? Even a little from a few people makes a huge difference! chuffed.org/project/emer...
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Amanda Sabatino, @jpjahner.bsky.social and I have a new paper on @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social. Amanda, in her undergraduate thesis work, found variation in Colias colour phenotypes is associated with different metrics of urbanization in Toronto. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Anthropogenic factors explain wing colour variation in Colias (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) butterflies across the Toronto urbanization gradient
Hybridization, or interbreeding between two previously diverged populations, is increasing due to human influences on the environment. Rates of hybridization might be increasing particularly quickly a...
www.biorxiv.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Amanda Sabatino, @jpjahner.bsky.social and I have a new paper on @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social. Amanda, in her undergraduate thesis work, found variation in Colias colour phenotypes is associated with different metrics of urbanization in Toronto. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...