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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 1h

Need something fun to look forward to? Get involved in the publishing process at one of your favorite society journals! Apply to be an editor at Animal Behavior by Oct 31!

Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 14d

Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors!

Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk ([email protected]) by Oct 31!

ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "

ALT: ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "

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Nat Clarke @natclarke.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels!

Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology?

I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics.

🔗: clarkelab.com/join/

Please repost!

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 1d

Apply to become the next MSU EEB Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow!

These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:

eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

eeb.msu.edu

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 5d

Yo #teamfish, major dream job alert!

Justine A Smith @justineasmith.bsky.social · 5d

Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351

Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

A bunch of weirdos are trying to commit a hostile takeover of the entire education system. If you were a former student at UT-Austin, join us in saying come and take it!

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

Hey, sharing an update here on the open letter opposing the Trump compact targeting our school and others. We’ve finalized the letter language, and we’re using this form to collect signatures.

forms.gle/EUJPfhTaEceS...

Former Longhorns “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” Open Letter

On September 28th, The Washington Post reported that the Trump Administration is planning to offer what they have named a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” to nine universities in ...

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 4d

UMass Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in microbial ecology, starting September 1, 2026. Apply by December 1, 2025. Details: http://www.umb.edu/academics/csm/biology #job

Biology - UMass Boston

www.umb.edu

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Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social · 5d

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

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Andi Kautt @akautt.bsky.social · 5d

Reposting this open postdoc position with more detailed specifications. Couldn't find the right fit in the first round—not due to lack of strong candidates, but because we're looking for someone whose expertise matches a specific project. More details in the job ad. Apply!

tinyurl.com/2uskxyrp

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Biology

Position Summary A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Andreas Kautt in the Department of Biology on the Danforth Campus at WashU in St. Louis. The Kautt Lab studies the mechan...

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Kat Kerlin @katkerlin.bsky.social · 5d

Hey! @ucdavisnews.bsky.social is on Bsky. Go follow us for research and other news from UC Davis!

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 5d

There is no bond quite like the bond of two people who know what day it is today.

on october 3rd he asked me what day it was it is october 3rd

Alt: A clip from Mean Girls, "on october 3rd he asked me what day it was "it is october 3rd"

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 5d

Yo #teamfish, major dream job alert!

Justine A Smith @justineasmith.bsky.social · 5d

Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351

Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 5d

I’m no Newsom fanboy, but figuring out how to change the incentives of institutions considering capitulation is one of the big tasks of our moment.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.

“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

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AAUP @aaup.org · 6d

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

www.aaup.org

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 6d

We're all fish at heart and apparently at jaw too

Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · Nov 24

Your reminder that many of the muscles, nerves and bones you use to hear and talk with correspond to gill structures in fish. 🧪 #evolution #paleontology

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly.

Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 6d

"As a federal worker, I am here to tell you that every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown—shuttering programs that Americans rely on, damaging our economy, firing federal workers—all of this is already happening."

youtu.be/jw93RKKreqY?...

Jenna Norton, PhD - (NIH, Bethesda Declaration organizer, mom) *speaking in her personal capacity

YouTube video by Civil Servants Coalition

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 25d

Our department @lsu.bsky.social LSU Biological Sciences is hiring an Assistant Professor in Neurobiology.

Our department is amazing - come join us...

lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0202...

Assistant Professor-Neurobiology

All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 7d

I could use some never-ending pasta and science to look forward to right about now...

ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 8d

#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com

@behavecol.bsky.social

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 8d

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!

Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!

apply.interfolio.com/174371

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apply.interfolio.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8d

IT’S OFFICIAL: We now have more protests planned for October 18 than there were back in June.

It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map.

We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

(next to a map of the 2,100 peaceful protests planned for October 18) NO THRONES.
NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 9d

I just called Chuck Schumer’s office and, for the first time EVER, a person answered, who then politely entered my complaints into their call log.

This tells me two things:

1) They’re not getting enough calls over there, and 2) If you want to yell at Schumer, today’s the day.

(212) 486-4430

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 9d

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 9d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

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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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Save NSF @savensf.bsky.social · 9d

📣 Have you been affected by NSF award terminations or implementation of NSF's new priorities? Save NSF wants to hear your story!

Please reach out to [email protected] to share your story today.

#SaveNSF #ShareYourStory

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · Aug 11

Applications are now being accepted for the MSU EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship. We’d be happy to sponsor your application so please get in touch!

eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

eeb.msu.edu

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 11d

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days.

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media

Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · 11d

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
usfca.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USF_Fu...

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco

Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco Job Summary: The Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a fu...

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