Leslie Williams 💀 💀

I haven't yet read every essay in this incisive response to the Vanderbilt/WashU "Report" but wow is it invigorating to see the defense of anthropology (and the absolute mauling of the Reports fundamental flaws) www.anthropology-news.org/articles/let...

We vaccinate not just to protect ourselves, but to protect those who cannot be vaccinated.

reminder

Excellent juxtaposition on the timeline.

Reminder that there is actual scientific research debunking the claim that trans women have any advantages in sports. But it’s not like SCOTUS cares; they just want to be hateful. 🧪

If it's just an accident, just luck of the draw, then when we are drawing from a pool that has gender parity (as the candidates for Artemis II seems to be) there should be all-women missions as often as there are all-men missions. www.space.com/space-explor...

Most schools hand you a list of majors and say "pick one." At Beloit, if the right path doesn't exist yet, you can build it yourself. Combining the subjects, passions, and questions that actually drive you.

Naw no thanks

Attention anthropology and anatomy colleagues! My student, Emma, and I are conducting a survey on the ethics of human skeletal remains in higher education. We would greatly appreciate your participation—thank you! #anthropology #anatomy #ethics bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

With finals approaching, consider this your official reminder to touch grass between study sessions. 🌿📚

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!

Dad got to watch them splashdown after all!

There are the parachutes! Incredible. Science is incredible. People are incredible. "This is a perfect descent," the NASA person just said.

Now that's a beautiful sight

Not gonna lie, watching the drogues detach was terrifying for a second

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A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

I didn't know anything about the Artemis II astronauts a week ago and now I would fight my way into Hell for any of them.

That's us. All of us. Every single one. Except for those four, every person dead or alive on a vibrant blue marble that we're slowly killing while we rapidly kill each other. What the fuck are we doing?

It is NEVER too late to make a data dictionary. Sometimes it’s the only way to start working with an existing data set.

@brashtech.bsky.social !!!!

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

Olympics Dog was chasing the motorized camera they have to capture the competitors at the finish line, then decided to chase some competitors instead

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Statement from the Minnesota Timberwolves team chaplain with alt text (ht @gregolear.bsky.social)

and by the way, i’m not just saying this as rhetoric. that is actually what the numbers are, and i’m qualified to say that, as someone in the field

Happy New Revolutions Day. We did not die!

This entire weekend

RIP Rob Reiner

Predicting that some universities will soon pledge to provide AI-free instruction, and that this will be an advantage in recruiting and training top students

“Critical pedagogy is out… What’s sold as innovation is really surrender. As the university trades its teaching mission for “AI-tech integration,”… it risks becoming mechanically soulless. Genuine intellectual struggle has become too expensive of a value proposition.”

Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.

It’s World AMR Awareness Week, and this year I had the honor to re-imagine and doodle the antibiotics in the antibiotic personality quiz 😇🖍️ Thank u @brxad.bsky.social for this amazing and fun opportunity! C’mon, take the quiz, it’s a #WAAW tradition 😉💊 #IDSky quiz.tryinteract.com#/59e68e3a8ec...

Your daily reminder: don’t cross the picket line.

We didn't get to wish anyone a Happy Halloween this year, but there's no time to fall off a ladder like the present when you are taking down your Halloween decorations.

When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)

A post that is deleted, rewritten, and posted again is called a "palimpsest." A post that is written in very tiny font and rolled up and placed inside a charm and worn about the neck is called a "phylactery."

We're in here somewhere...

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education. We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

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Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

It's almost skeletons with glow sticks in their rib cages season.

Remember - the safest way for your baby to sleep is with nothing else in the crib. Bare is always best.

In which I beg archaeologists to sign up for the fall semester of Skype a Scientist, because we're getting buried in requests for your area of expertise. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

⏳ The countdown is on! Registration for Beloiter Days 2025 closes Sunday at midnight. Think: campus buzzing with reunions, laughter over shared meals, and memories made where it all began. You don’t want to be the one scrolling from home while everyone else is here celebrating! 👉 buff.ly/F44fFgk