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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 1d

#AABA2026 abstracts are due next week! Submit your abstract for presentation in Denver!

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

📣 The abstract portal for #AABA2026 in Denver is open! Please read the abstract guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract. Submissions are due by October 15, 2025. bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

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Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 14h

I love gibbon songs! #primates

Oakland Zoo @oaklandzoo.bsky.social · 15h

Here it is, the signature soundtrack of Oakland Zoo (sound UP 🎶)

Gibbons make these whooping sounds for many reasons -- to send an alert about predators, as mating calls, to announce their territory to neighbors, or to strengthen social bonding.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 15h

Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.

I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18h

www.newsweek.com/university-d...

University drops bid to fire professor for Charlie Kirk post

Phillip Michael Hook wrote online that he did not “give a flying f***” about Kirk, whom he described as a “hate spreading Nazi.”

www.newsweek.com

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 1d

Join us: Beyond the Binaries: The New Science of Sex and Gender gsws.sas.upenn.edu/events/2025/...

[Penn Anthro Colloquium] Beyond the Binaries: The New Science of Sex and Gender

Monday, October 13, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

Trump and Vance want badly to stop you from using the f-word

That's because if we accurately call out rising fascism from the streets of Chicago to the waters of the Caribbean, we will understand that we must fight back with the moral strength of war

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Why we can’t allow Trump to ban that other f-word | Will Bunch

The column the Trump regime wants to ban: America has to call out surging fascism in order to defeat it.

www.inquirer.com

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · 4d

Rubber duck debugging might be the norm, but my students have upgraded to "3D printed axolotl Debugging" in our #Rstats course cause ya gotta embrace whatever joy you can these days (thanks to @jennakissel.bsky.social for realization that w/ 3d printer we could go all in here)

Photo shows nine small axolotl figurines that were 3d printed in pastel colors.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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John Hawks @johnhawks.net · 4d

Great to be a guest on @scifri.bsky.social today on this really intriguing paper and the challenges it has posed to conventional ways of thinking about human origins.

Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 4d

Drama in the field of human origins! Some anthropologists are raising an eyebrow at a new study that claims our species could have emerged at least half a million years earlier than we thought.

Anthropologists Have A Bone To Pick With New Skull Finding

A reconstruction of an ancient skull suggests that humans could have evolved half a million years earlier than thought. Not so fast, some say.

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Ryan Anderson @anthropologia.bsky.social · 4d

Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas: "And as soon as the game is over and the lights are off, when I take my car and drive to my place, I’m an immigrant too." From this piece by Bruce Schoenfeld: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/m...

The L.A. Dodgers Risk Alienating Their Fans or Angering Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Calum Cunningham @calxcunningham.bsky.social · 5d

Out today in @science.org, we show wildfire disasters have surged in the last decade, as climate change intensifies fire weather and exacerbates other vulnerabilities.

📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

With @pyrogeog.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires

Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

www.science.org

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 5d

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 5d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

www.mediaite.com

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Doctor Memory @blank.org · 5d

Stipulating in advance that I probably agree with everyone’s critiques of Newson:

This is the way. Make it clear in advance that compliance has a price too.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 5d

No. Absolutely not. "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference"

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · 6d

Celebrating lab member Madeleine Pape's new article about gender/sex entanglement, structural sexism, and injury through the case of Australian rules football!

Check it out here 🏉 : doi.org/10.1002/ajhb...

Gender/Sex Entanglement, Structural Sexism, and Injury: The Case of Australian Rules Football

This article considers how to approach sporting injury from the perspective of gender/sex entanglement. Taking the case of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, I explore how the gender differen...

doi.org

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 6d

This is an excellent piece from @georgianndavis.bsky.social on the wave of anti-scientific censorship sweeping the country and what it means to teach honestly in the moment.

Contributor: I'm an intersex professor. Am I supposed to lie by teaching 'only male and female'?

A campaign against teachers who acknowledge realities of human biology forces a choice: Teach truth and risk your job, or lie and maybe keep it.

www.latimes.com

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 6d

I certainly hope McGill U decides to livestream this lecture next month with Kim TallBear, "THE INDIAN WHO REFUSES TO VANISH – RACE, GENOMICS, AND INDIGENOUS THRIVING": www.mcgill.ca/ssom/upcomin...

Poster for Kim TallBear lecture: "THE INDIAN WHO REFUSES TO VANISH – RACE, GENOMICS, AND INDIGENOUS THRIVING."

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 6d

YES!!!!

Jennifear de Ghoulsman Strikes Again @jenniferdeguzman.bsky.social · 6d

Whoa, Mabuhay Gardens, the Filipino restaurant/nightclub turned legendary punk venue in North Beach is re-opening! (As a music venue, not a Filipino restaurant.) www.kqed.org/news/1205811...

The Rebirth of Mabuhay Gardens, SF’s Legendary Punk Venue | KQED

The original club closed in 1987. Now, a group of local investors and North Beach neighbors are working to bring it back.

www.kqed.org

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 6d

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

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Assoc Prof Robyn Pickering @pickeringrobyn.bsky.social · 6d

Such sad news 💔

I mean she could not actually live forever but 💔💔💔

Hearing her speak and having a brief chat afterwards as a science undergraduate student is one of my treasured life experiences.

And had a huge influence on my thinking about making our academic research relevant.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall convinced a reluctant world that apes use tools, then became one of the great environmentalists. She never gave up hope for a better world, and was an inspiration to all who met her, including children worldwide.

Thank you Jane.

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 6d

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91. Gift link: nyti.ms/48FOuUn

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 6d

Trump administration issues a standing invitation to come set our Reichstag on fire

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7d

Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 6d

Oh no. Jane Goodall has passed. Jane changed so many lives across so many species. The best remembrance is to keep fighting for the rights of all species and to center care in all relations. Plus, do go and read her early work from Gombe, it's revolutionary.

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Alberto Corsín Jiménez @acorsin.bsky.social · 6d

Nos vemos mañana en Valencia

Alberto Corsín Jiménez @acorsin.bsky.social · 10d

El próximo jueves en la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, jornada sobre Desastres Naturales y Ciencias Sociales, con intervenciones sobre la COVID, la DANA, emergencias climáticas y otras crisis desastresyciencia.es

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