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Phoebe Lostroh

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Microbiologist, feminist, dog and cat lover, LGBTQIA+ communities, Grinnell College and UWC grad; she/her 🏳️‍🌈🥖🌹tinyurl.com/Virosphere


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Gerry Doyle's avatar Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social
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hey you, yes you. enjoy some good news

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Bill Corbett 's avatar Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social
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This is the way. Won’t pass the GOP House but still 100% worth doing. Spreads idea, puts these shitstains on defense.

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Dani cRabaiotti 🦀's avatar Dani cRabaiotti 🦀 @danirabaiotti.bsky.social
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Chat GPT has so, so, so, so many misconceptions about animals. Think of any animal myth in the book and I guarantee you chat GPT will regurgitate it if prompted to give you facts about that animal.

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Jen Cross's avatar Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social
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Thread on the enshittification of Google search and how it’s poisoning science knowledge.

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Dan Lavoie's avatar Dan Lavoie @djlavoie.bsky.social
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Dems are having key parties?

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jamie quinn 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar jamie quinn 🏳️‍⚧️ @threnody.bsky.social
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in every letter or call i write or make about palestine, KOSA, trans rights, or the supreme court, i ask democrats to make an affirmative case for themselves (phrase lifted from @gothamgirlblue.com) instead of just saying, “lesser evil!” then shrinking that gap as much as possible.

good thread! 🧵

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈's avatar David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
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My latest for American Scientist is all about FathomVerse, a MBARI community science initiative where you can help scientists to identify deep sea weirdos. Get good at the game and you might get to be the first human being ever to see a new species!
@amsci.bsky.social @mbarinews.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌎

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Critical Russ Theory's avatar Critical Russ Theory @russellgaleti.bsky.social
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The Civil War never truly ended. The South lost the military struggle, then a bipartisan coalition of white elites found shared interest and advantage in giving up on Reconstruction and integration, and they've continued to campaign on behalf of white supremacy in the political domain ever since.

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Sarah Posner 's avatar Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social
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Feucht “has created a small coalition of Republican strategists, staffers and lawmakers, meeting with them in a Capitol Hill townhouse known as ‘Camp Elah,’ named for the valley where David slew Goliath.”

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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)'s avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off) @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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Seriously. Change the filibuster (again) and then expand the court. Just fucking do it.

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Brandy Schillace 's avatar Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com
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I just saw a children’s book called Jesus and my Gender about why girls must stay girls and boys must stay boys because God said and now I need to wash my eyeballs —this from the crowd accusing us of indoctrination, eh?

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Mike Murphy's avatar Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social
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If you don't like food prices now, wait until Trump starts deporting farm workers

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Spencer Ackerman's avatar Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social
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Trump is promising retribution. The Supreme Court is teeing it up for him. Biden has to act like he has six months to abolish as much of the War on Terror as possible. Abolition is central to retaining what passes for democracy in the US, and time is running out. New from me at Zeteo.

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Krystara⁷'s avatar Krystara⁷ @krystara.bsky.social
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Here's why we say to block instead of sharing bad actors here. The important part is that they can't even mention you so no dog piling easily. And also a block removes them from the thread. It keeps upsetting things from spreading.

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Joseph Fink's avatar Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social
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for reference, during that period, 6 unelected politicians mostly appointed by presidents who did not win the popular vote declared that the president is legally allowed to murder political opponents

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Adam Smith's avatar Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social
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"Of the 38 people involved in the writing and editing of Project 2025, 31 of them were nominated to positions in Trump’s administration or transition team – meaning 81% of the document’s creators held formal roles in Trump’s presidency." www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

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Phoebe Lostroh's avatar Phoebe Lostroh @profphoebe.bsky.social
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these are stunning. thank you for posting them.

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Pwnallthethings's avatar Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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As an aside, is there anything you can monger that isn't fear, iron, or fish?

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Laurie Winkless's avatar Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social
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I unexpectedly find myself with FOUR spare copies of Sticky. So, it's giveaway time! TWO available here and TWO on Mastodon. Open to all 🌍 To go in the draw for one, reply to this post with this emoji: 🦎followed by your favourite sticky or slippery thing! Winners chosen 48hrs from now. GO! ( fyi 👩‍🔬🧪)

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Phoebe Lostroh's avatar Phoebe Lostroh @profphoebe.bsky.social
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it's not just our bodies that get stigmatized as bad. it's our whole selves!

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️'s avatar Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
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I don't have time for a thread, but #NativesInSTEM students: something I wish I had done in undergrad is to minor in Indigenous Studies. You may think it has nothing to do with your science degree, but being Indigenous will forever be intertwined with your identity as a scientist. Learn why.

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Ian Miles Schlong 's avatar Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com
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NYT: Sure Godzilla is headed for New York, but why would we cover it? Everybody already knows Godzilla is a monster.

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Terry McGlynn's avatar Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social
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A new program from NSF is targeting graduate fellowship money to people who received Honorable Mention on a GRFP within the past three years, who are currently enrolled in grad school in EPSCoR states.

here is the solicitation: new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

and a map of EPSCoR eligible states:

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Anna Allen's avatar Anna Allen @akallen10.bsky.social
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IOS has a job announcement searching for the next Division Director of IOS!

The Division Director provides vision & leadership to the Division. This is a rotational opportunity.

More information & details can be found here:
www.usajobs.gov/job/797566700

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Jonathan's avatar Jonathan @jginsburg.bsky.social
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"Donal Trump, Actual Admitted Sexual Harasser and Convicted Felon" Because, lest we forget, HE ACTUALLY ADMITTED TO SEXUALLY HARASSING CHILDREN MULTIPLE TIMES ON CAMERA

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Tony Corsentino's avatar Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net
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Google “Massachusetts crisis pregnancy” and this link pops up. It’s part of a statewide campaign, including public signage (highway billboards!), urging people to avoid crisis pregnancy/anti-abortion centers. The Commonwealth is not fucking around with this.

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Slippy's avatar Slippy @damnslippy.bsky.social
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Courtesy of a local mailing list, I really think “for sale, chicken bicycle basket, only used a few times” could compete with the baby shoes thing. Look at this. I’m considering buying a bike and a chicken just so I can buy this basket.

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L O L G O P's avatar L O L G O P @lolgop.bsky.social
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Please ignore the “How to Make Me a Raging Book-banning Dictator God King” plan written by some of my favorite advisors. That was in my “Don’t Brag About It Until November 6th” file.

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The Onion's avatar The Onion @theonion.com
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"Besides MBS’s polycule with our three deputy managing editors and his torrid three-way love affair with columnists Gail Collins and Bret Stephens, several of our copy editors are in situationships with him."

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Leah Torres, MD's avatar Leah Torres, MD @leahntorres.bsky.social
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One thing I tell folks when considering the contentious topic of abortion—

It’s not actually contentious when recognized for what it is: autonomy.

Go ahead and try it. Pick an article about abortion & replace “abortion” with “autonomy.”

Yes, Alabama has a total autonomy ban, for example.
#Facts

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Mr. Am I Being Detained 's avatar Mr. Am I Being Detained @gonebabygone.bsky.social
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Rushing into the hall at the WTO meeting to file my report about Biden being Canadian and Mexican

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Mr. Am I Being Detained 's avatar Mr. Am I Being Detained @gonebabygone.bsky.social
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We were looking up who’s involved in the environmental aspects of Project 2025 and it turns out it’s perennial environmental villain and coal criminal William Perry Pendley, easily the most Deadwood-coded Trump administration official

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Phoebe Lostroh's avatar Phoebe Lostroh @profphoebe.bsky.social
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When I lived in New England, many towns there were also named for towns in the UK.

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Nicholas Grossman's avatar Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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MAGA are not The People. They're a numerical minority. They claim to speak for The People, and get there by defining themselves as The People and the majority of Americans as somehow not. Don't prioritize trying to persuade them. They're committed. Try to persuade everyone else to help defeat them.

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Phoebe Lostroh's avatar Phoebe Lostroh @profphoebe.bsky.social
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confession. I do not know what Threads is.

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Full Mental Jackass's avatar Full Mental Jackass @uncle6.org
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They roasting on Threads! On THREADS!!

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Phoebe Lostroh's avatar Phoebe Lostroh @profphoebe.bsky.social
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Good morning, fren - you are a real cutie :). Thank you for your greetings.

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