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Associate Professor in Chemistry at CSU-Maritime Academy; poud member California Faculty Association; father; feminist; soccer fan; solidly OK human (he/him)
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Spotlight on THE INVISIBLE PARADE, #LeighBardugo, and me in this month’s @locusmag.bsky.social. (Cover art by me as well!)

Thank you to the great @mizfrancesca.bsky.social for creating beautiful magazine layouts every month. And to @ltrombi.bsky.social for making LOCUS better than it’s ever been.
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
31 seconds of zen from California (Bothe-Napa State Park). Sound up!
October 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Found some nice mushrooms on a hike in Calistoga (Bothe-Napa State Park) #fungifriends #fungi #mycology
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
San Francisco showing up! #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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My opinion on Tylenol causing autism is that they should release the Epstein files.
#StayFocused
September 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Autism does not need to be cured

Ableism does

The end
September 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Vaccines cause adults
Tylenol causes pain relief
Neurodiversity is good
September 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Whew. That was an earthquake #Oakland #eartuquake
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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It’s time for the white community to stop playing the victim & have an uncomfortable conversation about violence, parental responsibility & the families raising the thugs causing all the white-on-white violence in Republican-controlled cities.

Maybe it’s their culture

Did I do it right?
September 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
CA Leg is trying to rush through a bill, AB 715, which would establish surveillance of K-12 teaching in the name of antisemitism. Take 60 seconds today to call Pro Tem McGuire (916) 319-4002, and Assembly Speaker Rivas (916) 319-2029, and state that you OPPOSE AB 715.
September 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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#academicsky #medsky, please sign this. It is a plea to the UC system to "Do not sacrifice our strengths & our community, deeply nurtured & protected for over 100 years, to a deeply callous &unfair federal administration that will only ask for more". tinyurl.com/ucstandup

Stand up, fight back.
Home
Please forward this letter widely at https://tinyurl.com/ucstandup
tinyurl.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I feel attacked.
Nothing like being a Real Adult with a job, a mortgage, and a whole PhD and still singing the ABC song silently in your head to figure out whether O comes before or after M.
July 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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We are proud to present official Featured Local Author for the 2025 Locus Awards! We will be celebrating #KemiAshingGiwa and so many other amazing creators in Oakland June 18-21.
Buy tickets here: locusmag.com/2025-lo... (in bio) 📚💙
June 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco
June 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Locus is a magazine built for & by readers AND writers. Get insider news about which magazines are publishing what kind of story, as well as our reviewers' favorite books of the year. Immerse yourself in our community, we would love to have you. linktr.ee/locusmagazine
June 13, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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The SFFH community is vast—but it gets cozy at the Locus Awards Weekend.
Come hang out with readers, writers, and everyone in between.
🎟️ locusmag.com/2025-lo... (link in bio) 📚💙
June 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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the people who make this country unsafe aren’t immigrants. the people who make this country unsafe are cops.
June 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Keep up the fight.
June 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The Locus Awards are where legends are crowned—and you’re invited!
June 18–21 in Oakland: panels, readings, writing workshop, conversation & more.

🎟️ locusmag.com/2025-lo... (link in bio)
#SFFCommunity
June 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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We think this year's #LocusAwards will be really fun, and we want to see you all there! Here are some of the amazing creators and visionaries we will be welcoming to speak from all corners of the field. Come connect!
🎫 Buy your tickets in bio or here: locusmag.com/2025-lo...
June 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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The thing that bothers me most about the Trump and Musk row is atmospheric concentrations of CO2 just passed 430 parts per million for the first time in human history leading to more intense temperatures that threaten to trigger climatic feedback loops that could destroy civilisation itself.
June 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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To wrap up things at the fundraiser, we have the talented Aliette de Bodard's reading from The Red Scholar's Wake! We have a bunch of other readings there for you, too, and your last chance to get a reward for donating! Thank you!

Linked below & in bio

www.indiegogo.com/pr...
June 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱

Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".

#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
June 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Essential reporting on the xAI facility in Memphis: the idea to use thermal cameras was genius www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT...
We Went to the Town Elon Musk Is Poisoning
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM