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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2d

Opinion | What Makes a Great Op-Ed? An ‘L.A. Times’ Editor Explains

Op-ed editor Philip Gray shares advice for academics on how to get published in a national paper and how submitting pieces is a numbers game. https://bit.ly/46W4zmE

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 9d

March 16:
"It is time to change course before the US loses its ‘measles eliminated’ status and becomes a country where children are routinely hospitalized and die each year of a preventable disease."

joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/eliminated...

Mid-Sep via CDC, highest # of cases in 25+ years.

Yearly measles cases, highest in 25+ years in the US. https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 9d

There is time to urge a change to the current #GRFP solicitation ( #NSF 25-547 ): reverse the eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance in the competition.

Feel free to sign and share this open petition:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

laurenkuehne.github.io

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14d

✓ No basis in fact.

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 15d

Unrelated to anything, just a cool recent paper

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 18d

Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 23d

Do you want to support students attending #AABA2026? Get your #AABA2026 t-shirt or hoodie! Proceeds will fund our various student programs
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AABA 2026 Denver, CO Meeting Swag | Bonfire

Buy AABA 2026 Denver, CO Meeting Swag merchandise that supports American Association Of Physical Anthropologists. Featuring Heather Carolina Blue Premium Unisex Tees, professionally printed in the USA...

www.bonfire.com

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 22d

Interested in becoming more involved in AABA? The deadline for nominations for President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary are due October 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

Call for Executive Committee Nominations (Deadline: October 15, 2025) - AABA

Executive Committee Positions: The Executive Committee manages the affairs of the association. The committee meets in person once a year, immediately before the Annual Meeting, and virtually […]

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 23d

📌 Students attending #AABA2026: we've made some changes to simplify the submission process for Student Presentation Awards. Your award application is now due October 15, 2025, the same day as abstracts are due.
📖 Read about it here: bioanth.org/about/studen...

Student Presentation Awards - AABA

The AABA has long recognized the important contributions made to our discipline by students. Their work reflects the promise and future of our field. Conferring […]

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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 18d

Ok so I have the Jane Goodall legos (which are awesome or “fire” as my daughter says!) but I totally need
#PlaymobilÖtzi!

Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 19d

#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation

Playmobil figure kitted out as prehistoric iceman Ötzi.

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Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · 18d

Apply! @bioanth.org #AABA2026

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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 19d

With a nice feature in ASU news! news.asu.edu/20250918-sci...

Scientists discover genetic adaptations can help those living in dry climates | ASU News

A team of international scientists has uncovered key genetic adaptations underlying survival in hot and dry environments, revealing how natural selection may have enabled some pastoralist populations ...

news.asu.edu

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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 19d

Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya

The Turkana pastoralists of Kenya inhabit arid, water-limited environments and rely largely on livestock for subsistence. Working with Turkana communities, we sequenced 367 whole genomes and identifie...

www.science.org

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LeAnn Crimes @audhdylan.bsky.social · 29d

Penn & Teller covered how vaccines don't cause autism 15 years ago on the show Bullshit! which aired on Showtime.

The illegitimacy of Andrew Wakefield and vaccine disinformation has been widely debunked and discredited over and over again with creative analogies and visuals, no less.

Penn and Teller on Vaccinations

YouTube video by UltraMiraculous

youtu.be

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Sep 4

The University of Texas at Austin seeks a postdoctoral researcher in Ancient DNA. Requirements include a PhD, DNA analysis experience, and strong computational skills. Apply to Ainash Childebayeva. More info: [email protected]. #postdoc

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La Brea Tar Pits & Museum @tarpits.org · Aug 25

💡 Did you know that the Tar Pits' iconic Lake Pit is a pit left over from asphalt mining operations in the late 1800s? Uncover more about the past and Ice Age L.A. at TARPITS.org!

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · Aug 23

Really excellent.

Since Wakefield's retracted study, 43 of some 70 studies found no vaccine-autism link

For 26 reporting a link:
2/3s authored by David & Mark Geier. Their work's been criticized for "deceptive research techniques & flawed data."
Of the 8 others: 4 retracted for data manipulation

Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism

Data can easily be manipulated to show causation that doesn’t exist.

www.nytimes.com

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DefiantMind @kamiejj.bsky.social · Aug 22

MPD cannot force you to show ID.
You do NOT have to answer their questions.
You SHOULD ask if you're free to leave, if the officer says NO ask if you're under arrest.
DO NOT give permission to search your person or your belongings.
The cops will lie to reach their goal
www.acludc.org/know-your-ri...

Know Your Rights: Stop-and-Frisk - ACLU of DC

To download this guide as a wallet card, click here. If police approach and question you Police can lawfully ask you questions if you’re in a public place. You don’t have to answer their questions. Yo...

www.acludc.org

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National Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social · Aug 22

Are you a faculty member or museum educator with a passion for tackling misconceptions and improving science education? We are now accepting applications for our 2026 Sound Science Fellows cohort! Full details and application - ncse.ngo/sound-scienc... #Fellowships #EduSky #Academia

Text: Sound Science Fellowship. A research and service initiative for academics who share our passion for improving science education. Application deadline: Friday, September 19. Imagery is for visual appeal: A false green hellebore, and a group of microscopic rotifers.

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Jessica @jlschiller.bsky.social · Aug 16

Hank Green does an excellent job of spelling out some of the challenges higher ed is experiencing. It's worth sharing, especially with those who are not as familiar with the workings of academia.

#RAdminSky #Research #Science #AcademicSky

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwh...

What Trump is Doing to Universities

YouTube video by vlogbrothers

www.youtube.com

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Peter Sudmant @psudmant.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Sudmant lab at UC Berkeley is seeking a postdoc to work on a fully funded NIH project to understand differences in DNA repair and somatic mutation across the primate tree of life. Please spread widely to those who may be interested aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05052

Postdoctoral Scholar – Genomics, Aging, Somatic Mutation, Structural Variation, Evolution , Cancer – Integrative Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · Aug 12

#Job alert: associate professor (universitetslektor) at the program in Human #Paleogenomics and #Population #Genomics. Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 1st. #vacancy @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social

www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...

Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik - Uppsala universitet

Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala universitet

www.uu.se

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Please repost and amplify !

We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!

Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...

Deadline for applications is Oct 1

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina

sc.edu

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Aug 11

As I wrote in @thehill.com, federal science funding isn’t just about labs, it’s about livelihoods. Cuts to NIH, NSF & NASA mean lost jobs today, stalled discovery tomorrow, and fewer opportunities for the next generation. When we invest in research, we are investing in workers and communities. ⬇️

Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · Aug 11

Trump’s cuts to science & innovation could stall innovation, eliminate jobs, and undermine U.S. global competitiveness. @alondra.bsky.social explains for @TheHill.com:

The administration is attacking America’s opportunity engine

The damage is already apparent. A future Congress may want to restore funding, but talent pipelines, lab capacity and institutional knowledge cannot simply be switched back on.

thehill.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 11

This man is destroying vaccination as a public health intervention in the US. Top to bottom. It has nothing to do with science. He is a fanatic, know-nothing ideologue.

Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · Aug 11

RFK Jr. is upset that a recent large Danish study in Annals of Internal Medicine, conducted over 20 yrs in 1 M kids, found no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines & 50 different health conditions.

His request for the retraction was rejected.
🧪 www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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