Meredith Swett Walker
@meredithswalker.bsky.social
I am an unrepentant proselytizer for science & nature and inept watercolorist. Got a Ph.D. in bird behavior & hormones then morphed into a mom, science communicator and non-profit aide-de-camp. She/Her
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I've updated the job link, this one is more stable! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy
Recruiting parakeet research technicians
Recruiting parakeet research technicians! The Hobson Lab at the University of Cincinnati is recruiting 2 research technicians on our Monk Parakeet sociality and cognition project at our rese…
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January 28, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I've updated the job link, this one is more stable! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy
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I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
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Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
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Tell us about your most memorable kiss. What made it special? How did it feel? Record a voice memo on your phone or computer, and send it over to [email protected]. Be sure to include your name and where you’re from.
January 28, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Tell us about your most memorable kiss. What made it special? How did it feel? Record a voice memo on your phone or computer, and send it over to [email protected]. Be sure to include your name and where you’re from.
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Hey if you don't know I'm a temporary host for the Scientific American podcast Science Quickly. We are doing an upcoming episode on kissing and we want your kissing stories! (next skeet tells you how to submit)
January 28, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Hey if you don't know I'm a temporary host for the Scientific American podcast Science Quickly. We are doing an upcoming episode on kissing and we want your kissing stories! (next skeet tells you how to submit)
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Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
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Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
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Yes and nobody who voted for him likes skyrocketing healthcare costs or inflation or Greenland or tarrifs or Venezuela or billionaire grifting either - but a terrible lot of them gave all of this national and international self harm a pass til they started shooting white people dead in the street.
Trump's approval is cratering as America doesn't want what it's seeing and did not vote for what it's seeing (I know, I know, but this is not what many thought they were voting for).
And it's ICE, DHS, Noem, Miller and the violence and chaos they have unleashed that is driving it all down.
And it's ICE, DHS, Noem, Miller and the violence and chaos they have unleashed that is driving it all down.
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Yes and nobody who voted for him likes skyrocketing healthcare costs or inflation or Greenland or tarrifs or Venezuela or billionaire grifting either - but a terrible lot of them gave all of this national and international self harm a pass til they started shooting white people dead in the street.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Bovino was not just following orders but he’s no rogue - like everyone in this murderous lawless admin he must be held totally responsible for his words and deeds & that should not get any higher ups off the hook but have the opposite effect. He served as he was let go: at the president’s pleasure.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Bovino was not just following orders but he’s no rogue - like everyone in this murderous lawless admin he must be held totally responsible for his words and deeds & that should not get any higher ups off the hook but have the opposite effect. He served as he was let go: at the president’s pleasure.
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
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Live updates: Free to access
* More than 200 in Maine arrested by ICE so far, DHS says
* Asylum-seeker taken by ICE had no criminal history in Maine, attorney says
* Wife of detained man says he was moved despite habeas petition and judge’s order
* More than 200 in Maine arrested by ICE so far, DHS says
* Asylum-seeker taken by ICE had no criminal history in Maine, attorney says
* Wife of detained man says he was moved despite habeas petition and judge’s order
Live updates: More than 200 in Maine arrested by ICE so far, DHS says
The uptick in federal immigration activity in Maine continues to unfold after a 2nd U.S. citizen was fatally shot in Minnesota.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Live updates: Free to access
* More than 200 in Maine arrested by ICE so far, DHS says
* Asylum-seeker taken by ICE had no criminal history in Maine, attorney says
* Wife of detained man says he was moved despite habeas petition and judge’s order
* More than 200 in Maine arrested by ICE so far, DHS says
* Asylum-seeker taken by ICE had no criminal history in Maine, attorney says
* Wife of detained man says he was moved despite habeas petition and judge’s order
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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
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Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, was abducted in Minneapolis. He died in ICE’s El Paso detention camp 8 days later on Jan 14.
ICE calls it suicide.
They didn’t send his body to the El Paso County ME who just classified another “suicide” at that camp a homicide. They sent him to an army medical center.
ICE calls it suicide.
They didn’t send his body to the El Paso County ME who just classified another “suicide” at that camp a homicide. They sent him to an army medical center.
Family questions federal investigation of Nicaraguan migrant’s death at Camp East Montana
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The lawyer representing the family of the third detainee to die at Camp East Montana said the family is skeptical that he may have committed suicide. As we previ…
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January 26, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, was abducted in Minneapolis. He died in ICE’s El Paso detention camp 8 days later on Jan 14.
ICE calls it suicide.
They didn’t send his body to the El Paso County ME who just classified another “suicide” at that camp a homicide. They sent him to an army medical center.
ICE calls it suicide.
They didn’t send his body to the El Paso County ME who just classified another “suicide” at that camp a homicide. They sent him to an army medical center.
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Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
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If you can't (or refuse to) fathom that people will stand up for themselves based on their principles and humanity--& not because they're getting paid--you're telling on yourself.
If you knowingly spread this lie, you're scared & desperate. Because We the People are pushing back.
In mass numbers.
If you knowingly spread this lie, you're scared & desperate. Because We the People are pushing back.
In mass numbers.
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 PM
If you can't (or refuse to) fathom that people will stand up for themselves based on their principles and humanity--& not because they're getting paid--you're telling on yourself.
If you knowingly spread this lie, you're scared & desperate. Because We the People are pushing back.
In mass numbers.
If you knowingly spread this lie, you're scared & desperate. Because We the People are pushing back.
In mass numbers.
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Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
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It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
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Christi Noem should testify under oath in Congress and explain why she lied about the facts around the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Christi Noem should testify under oath in Congress and explain why she lied about the facts around the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.