Biology Prof at Cal State Northridge. Pro- species diversity, genetic diversity, and diversity in STEM #BLM #TransLives he/him🏳️🌈 But also into non-academic things (TV and Broadway)
as a committed centrist, it saddens me that both parties are falling captive to their extremes - the right to insurrectionist cultists who want to invade american cities, and the left to socialists who want better bus service
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab
Our lab website is updated with a new postdoc opening! This is a 2-year, in-person position looking at the relationships between climate change, pandemic risk, and policy choices over the 21st century. Please reach out (not on here)! www.carlsonlab.bio/join
Opportunities — The Carlson Labwww.carlsonlab.bio
#Evol2026 attendees! Stop by the @uchicagopress.bsky.social booth to take advantage of a terrific sale on books: 30% off online orders with free shipping in the US. Grab a print-out or scan the QR code to browse our extensive list of titles!
Sam Scheiner accepts his @sse-evolution.bsky.social Lifetime Achievement Award by pulling up a slide packed with names of colleagues from his 26 years at NSF, and reminding us to thank federal agency staff and scientists who are still working to support research while going "through hell" #Evol2026
And don’t forget that if you upload your presentation in pptx format, you can take advantage of live captioning during your talk
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Surely the $216 million that Tom Steyer spent on his failed campaign for governor of California “could have been better spent on something — anything — else to help Mr. Steyer’s fellow Americans,” Michelle Cottle writes.
Opinion | Tom Steyer Spent $558 Million. What a Waste.Imagine what Tom Steyer could have done with all the money he wasted on another campaign.nyti.ms
I just got into more than one fight with someone because I said, actually, CA voting is fine because more people can vote. Is it the median position that we need to determine voting procedures by "how long it takes to count"? You realize no matter HOW voting happens, they will say its fraud, right?
Laws cannot change biological reality But they can make the lives of trans people miserable We need biomedical professionals standing up and loudly denouncing this nonsense *now* before harm is done
Erin Reed1. There has been a major new federal rule proposed governing ALL federal grants. A federal grant recipient will be deemed ineligible if the recipient advances "gender ideology," or denies that "sex is binary." This includes hospitals, schools, nonprofits. Subscribe to support our journalism.
Amy Angert and I are recruiting 2 temporary field technicians to assist with demographic surveys across the range of scarlet monkeyflower in California and Oregon. Perfect for recent graduates who are considering applying for grad school. Apply here: jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/231.... Please share!
Temporary Plant Ecology Field Technician - CA/ORThe Sheth evolutionary ecology lab in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina; USA) and the Angert Lab in the Departments of Botany an...jobs.ncsu.edu
If anyone knows how *really awful* and guilty you are, it's your defense attorney.
Paxton's defense attorney endorses Talarico for SenateDan Cogdell, who represented Paxton for nearly a decade in two high-profile cases, said his former client “has lost sight of his core mission.”www.texastribune.org
Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "Solar is irrelevant in the winter" (this, dear reader, is false)
The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪
Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2027Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2027 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...forms.gle
The Ruby Fruit was more than a bar. It was a signal in the city of Los Angeles, a space specifically carved out for the "sapphically inclined,” welcoming all members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community: go.nhm.org/ruby-fruit
Two mountains here in LA killed by cars within two days of each other :( www.sfgate.com/la/article/m...
2 California mountain lions killed by traffic along notorious LA roadsBoth mountain lions were less than a year old.www.sfgate.com