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PhD scientist in evolutionary ecology & ornithology, SciComm @forbes Formerly @guardian @EvoInstitute @BirdNoteRadio @ScienceBlogs. Twitter legacy :verified:
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legacy media truly is screwing over all of us, and this is why i refuse to subscribe to or support ANY OF THEM
does this feel like a war?
3 weeks until the government shutdown that Trump is pressuring House Rethuglicans for
WHY WHY WHY are voters electing people to run the government who clearly don't want it to work?
#politics #VoteBlue https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-mike-johnson-save-act-shutdown-rcna169568
is a strong, competent, knowledgable women leader ... wrong? bad?
A Different Way of Being a Man
Two masculinities are on display in the #VP candidates: #JDVance’s, rooted in reactionary domination & #TimWalz’s, embracing #kindness & warmth. If the latter is used to challenge the status quo, it could effectively push back on MAGA-style manhood
#politics https://jacobin.com/2024/09/walz-vance-masculinity-gen-z/
Too bad George W Bush doesn't have the courage of his mother -- but W is a white man and a war criminal so it's understandable
The #Trump Campaign’s Rhetoric About Women Sounds a Lot Like Andrew Tate’s
As the Trump campaign overtly appeals to the #manosphere, the view of #women espoused by alleged rapist & trafficker #AndrewTate matches perfectly with that of Trump & allies
#JDVance https://www.wired.com/story/trump-vance-campaign-rhetoric-women-andrew-tate/
Hours before this campaign was unmasked, the DOJ indicted #TenetMedia alleging that it was paid $10M by #Russian state media to push pro-Russian narratives. The company worked with some of the biggest US right-wing influencers such as #TimPool
#politics https://www.wired.com/story/right-wing-influencer-network-tenet-media-allegedly-spread-russian-disinformation/
While the plan has secondary goals like boosting support for the US to stop sending aid to #Ukraine & making President Biden less popular, the main goal of Project Good Old USA is crystal clear:
"To secure victory for Donald Trump.”
#politics #RussianInterference https://www.wired.com/story/project-good-old-usa-russia-2024-election/
Scientists Say ‘Lost Birds List’ Will Help Protect Rare Species, study out of Macaulay Library & Cornell Lab of Ornithology, published by Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
#ornithology #birds #CitizenScience #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/06/scientists-say-lost-birds-list-will-help-protect-species/
It’s time to geek out the vote!
Join us at GeeksForHarris on 9/24 at 8 PM ET. Register for free at http://geeks.forharris.org ✨
#HarrisWalz2024 #KamalaHarris #GeeksForHarris #VoteBlue #election2024 #politics
The DOJ has charged a Russian-born US citizen & former adviser to #DonOLDTrump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network & laundering the proceeds
#politics #Russiagate #RussialsATerroristState #DonTheCon https://apnews.com/article/trump-simes-russia-election-fbi-f0b0fe681c821f735c4e951736f041c8
THIS is a mental health issue, don't you think?
Top Journo Erupts at Media for Ignoring #DonTheCon’s Mental State: Coverage of #DonOLDTrump’s mental fitness for office is not just fair game. It’s necessary
“We have a damaged, delusional, old man who again might get reelected to the presidency of the United States,” Mike Barnicle, a longtime columnist for The @BostonGlobe and other newspapers
#TrumpisaDementedWeirdo #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #politics https://newrepublic.com/article/185622/finally-top-journo-erupts-media-ignoring-trumps-mental-state
Extinct Guam Kingfisher Readying For Release On Remote Pacific Island, an effort by USFWSPacific & The Nature Conservancy
#extinct #birds🪶 #ornithology🦉 #conservation #translocation #Guam #PalmyraAtoll #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/05/extinct-guam-kingfisher-readying-for-release-on-remote-pacific-island/
What Makes Some Cat Foods Irresistible To Our Finicky Felines? study out of Northeast Agricultural University & Shanghai Institute of Technology, published by Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry
#cats #CatsofCoSo #pets #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/08/26/what-makes-some-cat-foods-irresistible-to-our-finicky-felines/
New Species Of Lovebird Discovered In The Cradle Of Humankind, published by the journal, Geobios
#parrots #ornithology #fossils #paleontology #ecology #lovebirds #SouthAfrica #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/08/23/new-species-of-lovebird-discovered-in-the-cradle-of-humankind/
Athletic Success Of Racehorses Improves With Greater Gut Microbiome Diversity, study out of University Of Surrey published by Scientific Reports
#horses #athletics #sports #HorseRacing #microbiome #microbiology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/08/22/success-of-racehorses-improves-with-greater-gut-microbiome-diversity/
the last of the #book #bonanza sent by my good friend katie, her most excellent assistant, david, & the very good peeps #MITpress
The Human Disease: How We Create Pandemics, from Our Bodies to Our Beliefs by Sabrina Sholts
#pandemics #microbiology #virus https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048859/the-human-disease/
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ
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PhD scientist in evolutionary ecology & ornithology, SciComm @forbes Formerly @guardian @EvoInstitute @BirdNoteRadio @ScienceBlogs. Twitter legacy :verified:
Joined Apr 2022