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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 12d

The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 12d

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Amanda Harvey (she/her) @harveyyamanda.bsky.social · Aug 12

Like birds? Hate ecotoxins? If you answered yes, you may be interested in my #AOS2025 poster! Come find me during Wednesday’s poster session at poster #184.

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Amanda Harvey (she/her) @harveyyamanda.bsky.social · Aug 11

The only way to start off a bird conference with a bang is to go support the bird team! Go Cardinalis cardinalis #AOS2025

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Christine R. Lattin, PhD @clattin.bsky.social · Jul 7

"This campaign wasn't written by biologists...I have to come up on the fly with a reason why it makes sense to somebody who knows about genetics." @lsumns.bsky.social PhD student @harveyyamanda.bsky.social interviews Quinn McCallum about his RPG & miniatures hobbies: thelattinlab.com/beyond-the-b...

Quinn working on painting a miniature. (Photo credit: Amanda Harvey).

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Amanda Harvey (she/her) @harveyyamanda.bsky.social · May 27

I was awarded the Louisiana Ornithological Society's Steve W. Cardiff and Donna L. Dittmann Scholarship! I am honored to have received this funding, and I am excited to use it to continue my research on coastal birds and the Mississippi Delta. Thank you LOS!

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Quinn McCallum @ornithomancer.bsky.social · May 6

Less than two weeks left to order one of the shirts I designed for this year's LSUMNS Big Day, featuring the most magnificent bird, Fregata magnificens!
lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · May 1

Job opportunity! Excited to share that we have an opening for a research technician position to help with our research on phenological shifts & species interactions in amphibian communities. (please help spread the word!)
More details here:
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Research Technician II

Dr. Volker Rudolf’s research groups in the Department of BioSciences are looking to hire a Research Technician II in the field of biology/ecology. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working outdo...

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Danny Caballero 🇲🇽💚🤍 @danny.hellmo.space · May 2

Donald Trump spent $23M on golf (up to mid march).

Over 56 days, he spent $410k of our tax dollars each day at his own clubs.

That is one 3-year NSF grant per day.

Waste and abuse, my ass.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 30

Genomic data support interspecific divergence but reveal limited population structure and cryptic hybridization in Rallus elegans (King Rail) and R. crepitans (Clapper Rail) | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶

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Amanda Harvey (she/her) @harveyyamanda.bsky.social · Apr 29

So excited for this one!! My favorite bird 😍

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Birds of a Feather Talk Together Podcast @birdsofafeatherpod.bsky.social · Apr 29

This is a fun one!!! We talk about the amazing American Dipper this week, it's an episode that you won't want to miss!! Here is a link to hear the whole episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...

#americandipper #dipper #bird #amazing #birds #podcast #nature

Podcast cover page with an American Dipper bird.

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Ashley Dayer @spokenbird.bsky.social · Apr 26

This week 3 of my NSF grants were terminated illegally. apnews.com/article/nsf-...

Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more

Hundreds of university researchers in the U.S. have had their National Science Foundation funding abruptly canceled to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive to end support of research on dive...

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Lauren Harter @lbharter.bsky.social · Apr 25

Success! We tagged one LeConte’s Thrasher today. It will be so interesting to see where he goes over the next few weeks, months, and hopefully years.

🪶#ornithology @greatbasinbirds.bsky.social

All handling and marking is being conducted with all appropriate state and federal permits.

A woman (me) smiling as she holds a pale grah songbird with a long, curved bill.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Apr 21

The Trump administration is sabotaging your scientific data
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Trump administration is sabotaging your scientific data | Jonathan Gilmour

Burying our heads in the sand won’t stop the climate crisis or pandemics. We’re taking action to preserve government tools

www.theguardian.com

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Quinn McCallum @ornithomancer.bsky.social · Apr 21

This year we once again have T-shirts designed by yours truly! T-shirts feature the Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), an iconic bird of the Gulf Coast. These are available through our partners at Red Stick Sports lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/

A graphical illustration of a Magnificent Frigatebird in black on a red background. Text on the image reads "Ornithology - Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science"

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Quinn McCallum @ornithomancer.bsky.social · Apr 21

Today four @lsumns.bsky.social Ornithology graduate students are treking across Louisiana trying to see as many bird species as possible for our annual Big Day Birdathon Fundraiser! Donate to support our research here: bbis32491p.sky.blackbaud.com/big-day-fund...
#ornithology #birding

Twelve smiling graduate students standing on the steps in front of the LSU Museum of Natural Sciences. Back (L to R): Jerry Su, Gustavo Martins, Samantha Rutledge, Quinn McCallum, Ryan Klutts, David Vander Pluym. Front (L to R): Eamon Corbett, Juliana Damasceno, Diego Cueva, Luca Micheli, Amanda Harvey, Sara Velásquez

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Maddy Jalbert @maddyjalbert.bsky.social · Apr 19

I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.

Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · Apr 19

Friday Night Massacre of accurate information.

A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Updates on NSF Priorities

www.nsf.gov

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Apr 19

Let this sink in: the Trump Administration has characterized fighting misinformation/disinformation as "not a priority" for our taxpayer-funded research agency.

Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · Apr 18

Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale

Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · Apr 18

NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”

They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.

And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.

www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · Apr 8

Dire Wolf (Aenocyon dirus) thread.

No, those wolves in the news yesterday are NOT dire wolves. To be clear those are Gray Wolves with just a few genes modified based on Dire Wolf DNA through CRISPR

#paleoart #direwolf #aenocyon

Reconstruction of a Dire Wolf standing in alter pose (bottom) and two sketches of the head of Aenocyon growling (top left) and almost from the front (top right)

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Amanda Harvey (she/her) @harveyyamanda.bsky.social · Apr 7

A pup cup for the dog who got called “one of the best good boys” by the vet this morning!!

Amanda Harvey (she/her) @harveyyamanda.bsky.social · Mar 31

So proud of you, Sam! Congrats, you deserve it 🎉🪶🥳

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Amanda Harvey (she/her) @harveyyamanda.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you! ❤️

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Meesh @cookiedoves.bsky.social · Mar 24

lord of the wings

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Amanda Harvey (she/her) @harveyyamanda.bsky.social · Mar 21

I am so jealous right now!!! Glad to see you are enjoying some much deserved time off!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Mar 11

The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Mar 11

"The vaccination has stuff we don't trust," said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died from measles at the end of last month. Tom Bartlett visited with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy:

The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles

Her father tells her story.

www.theatlantic.com

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