Sara Gonzalez
@srgonzalez.bsky.social
I make things with lasers, 3D printers, and yarn. Love reading, data viz, and the color blue.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
Every grad student should explore using Overleaf with LaTeX for their thesis/dissertation. It was a lifesaver for me.
#AcademicSky
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Join Lee Spence from @digital-science.com to learn how to master the essential features for producing beautifully formatted documents!
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September 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Every grad student should explore using Overleaf with LaTeX for their thesis/dissertation. It was a lifesaver for me.
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Free webinar tomorrow for new researchers offering guidance on how to secure grant funding.
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#AcademicSky
Securing funding isn’t just about writing a proposal, it’s about strategy, connection, and innovation.
Join us for this session w Julie Kellner to learn how to:
🔹 Identify the right opportunities
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🔹 Design projects that stand out
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Join us for this session w Julie Kellner to learn how to:
🔹 Identify the right opportunities
🔹 Build relationships with funders
🔹 Design projects that stand out
🔹 Leverage your research network
September 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Free webinar tomorrow for new researchers offering guidance on how to secure grant funding.
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Plus:
🎁 Raffle entry for a free Papers Pro or Overleaf AI Assist subscription
💸 15% off Papers w code 2025BTS15
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Come join me in this free webinar series designed to introduce new researchers to important concepts and resources!
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"We at Murder House were thrilled to welcome back hordes of previously banished ghouls and blacklisted incubi. Their perspectives added a refreshing edge to our community."
After Two Extraordinary Years, I’m Stepping Down as Chief Experience Officer of Murder House
“After two incredible years, I’ve decided to step down as CEO of 𝕏.” — Linda Yaccarino, in a X post announcing her resignation from the social medi...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"We at Murder House were thrilled to welcome back hordes of previously banished ghouls and blacklisted incubi. Their perspectives added a refreshing edge to our community."
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why did this make me laugh
July 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
why did this make me laugh
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Fellow academics, if your work is on academia dot edu, the website now automatically creates "AI podcasts" and "AI reviews" of your papers. This is OPT-OUT, not opt-in.
They don't ask you for permission, but YOU can turn off this feature through the settings!
They don't ask you for permission, but YOU can turn off this feature through the settings!
Yeah, I've gotten this, as have a couple friends of mine. If you don't want academia dot edu doing this nonsense, you can go to account settings, and then "AI settings" and turn off the AI-enhanced outputs.
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fellow academics, if your work is on academia dot edu, the website now automatically creates "AI podcasts" and "AI reviews" of your papers. This is OPT-OUT, not opt-in.
They don't ask you for permission, but YOU can turn off this feature through the settings!
They don't ask you for permission, but YOU can turn off this feature through the settings!
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I feel this a lot these days when I see people angry that other folks are not focused on the same atrocity they are, with the same intensity they are. I regret to say there's more than one genuine atrocity in the world at the moment; it doesn't minimize the others if one chooses another to focus on.
June 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I feel this a lot these days when I see people angry that other folks are not focused on the same atrocity they are, with the same intensity they are. I regret to say there's more than one genuine atrocity in the world at the moment; it doesn't minimize the others if one chooses another to focus on.
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Via Sam Stein on twitter
Via Sam Stein on twitter
June 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Via Sam Stein on twitter
Via Sam Stein on twitter
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research.
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research.
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I went into my library's database of Chicago area newspapers to confirm this isn't fake, and it's not.
@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
May 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I went into my library's database of Chicago area newspapers to confirm this isn't fake, and it's not.
@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
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"Lis Rodriguez, who spent a solid thirty minutes on a PTA Zoom listening to a woman wearing a BUT FIRST COFFEE sweatshirt ask long-winded questions about school carnival volunteers that had already been answered multiple times by multiple people."
Unsung Heroes of Motherhood
Julie Owens, who bravely tugged on a tankini in mid-January in order to chaperone her twins to an indoor water park. After nearly swallowing a wet ...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Lis Rodriguez, who spent a solid thirty minutes on a PTA Zoom listening to a woman wearing a BUT FIRST COFFEE sweatshirt ask long-winded questions about school carnival volunteers that had already been answered multiple times by multiple people."
“There is value in continued presence, in bearing witness, in working for reform from within. But there comes a point when presence itself becomes an endorsement, when working within the system becomes indistinguishable from working for it. “
Alondra Nelson captures why I left UF 2 yrs ago.
Alondra Nelson captures why I left UF 2 yrs ago.
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
“There is value in continued presence, in bearing witness, in working for reform from within. But there comes a point when presence itself becomes an endorsement, when working within the system becomes indistinguishable from working for it. “
Alondra Nelson captures why I left UF 2 yrs ago.
Alondra Nelson captures why I left UF 2 yrs ago.
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The National Science Foundation has been ordered to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice”.
No new grants can be awarded. No current grants can be funded.
If they don’t reverse course, this “is going to destroy people's labs” according to Dr. Colin Carlson.
Link below.
No new grants can be awarded. No current grants can be funded.
If they don’t reverse course, this “is going to destroy people's labs” according to Dr. Colin Carlson.
Link below.
May 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The National Science Foundation has been ordered to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice”.
No new grants can be awarded. No current grants can be funded.
If they don’t reverse course, this “is going to destroy people's labs” according to Dr. Colin Carlson.
Link below.
No new grants can be awarded. No current grants can be funded.
If they don’t reverse course, this “is going to destroy people's labs” according to Dr. Colin Carlson.
Link below.
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Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
April 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
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Pretty simple rule of thumb when wondering why the Trump administration does anything is to ask two questions:
1) is it racist?
Or
2) are they stupid?
Tends to cover most Trump administration stuff.
1) is it racist?
Or
2) are they stupid?
Tends to cover most Trump administration stuff.
April 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Pretty simple rule of thumb when wondering why the Trump administration does anything is to ask two questions:
1) is it racist?
Or
2) are they stupid?
Tends to cover most Trump administration stuff.
1) is it racist?
Or
2) are they stupid?
Tends to cover most Trump administration stuff.
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"The following tips will help you feel like you belong in the Ivory Tower, even when that little voice in your head says, 'I’m not good enough,' or 'Nobody likes me,' or 'I’m actually half a dozen raccoons nestled inside an abandoned upscale Swedish jacket.'"
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Academia When You’re Six Raccoons Living in a Fjällräven Parka
Imposter syndrome is real. In a competitive field like academia, everybody feels like a fraud sometimes, whether it’s a scathing peer review, a nas...
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March 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"The following tips will help you feel like you belong in the Ivory Tower, even when that little voice in your head says, 'I’m not good enough,' or 'Nobody likes me,' or 'I’m actually half a dozen raccoons nestled inside an abandoned upscale Swedish jacket.'"
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👀
"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9