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Posts by Vika Tkacikova, M.S.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

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I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.

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Hi.

Books are incredibly important.

Please let them be.

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Endemic black faced sheathbill looking down on penguin masses on Heard Island

Endemic black faced sheathbill looking down on penguin masses on Heard Island

Sen. Peter Squelch (Black Faced Shealthbill party) addressing congress today. He is attempting to champion a resolution to sell penguin eggs in return for tariff renegotiation. So far, he’s received cold shoulders and some Senators who’ve even flipped the bird, in a typically polite Ice House.

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wow this front page of The Wall Street Journal's weekend edition

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Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

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A person in a mask holding a painting that says “hands off my transgenic mice”

A person in a mask holding a painting that says “hands off my transgenic mice”

At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent

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Protester holding a sign that says “the only muppet I trust about science” with a drawing of Beaker the muppet.

Protester holding a sign that says “the only muppet I trust about science” with a drawing of Beaker the muppet.

Protester holding a sign that says “Morons are governing America”

Protester holding a sign that says “Morons are governing America”

Protester holding a sign that says “America is great because of science. Got the plague? Me neither. Thanks, science. Powered by science, strengthened by diversity. Alternative energy = jobs. Alternative facts = lies. Q: why do republicans punish scientists? A: for telling the truth.”

Protester holding a sign that says “America is great because of science. Got the plague? Me neither. Thanks, science. Powered by science, strengthened by diversity. Alternative energy = jobs. Alternative facts = lies. Q: why do republicans punish scientists? A: for telling the truth.”

Hello from Pittsburgh! #StandUpForScience

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A picture of my hiding behind my sign at a rally, which reads; “This is the only orange muppet I trust to tell me about science” with a drawing of Beaker the muppet

A picture of my hiding behind my sign at a rally, which reads; “This is the only orange muppet I trust to tell me about science” with a drawing of Beaker the muppet

OMG twins!!

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Hello from PGH!! 🤓

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Protest sign that says “This is the only orange muppet I trust about science” with Beaker from the Muppets

Protest sign that says “This is the only orange muppet I trust about science” with Beaker from the Muppets

This one isn’t about sharks, but it certainly made me giggle at the march in Pittsburgh, PA

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Opt out tomorrow!

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House Republicans just voted to gut Medicaid, which covers 1 in 5 Americans overall, including 41% of births and 63% of nursing home care.

They also just voted to gut SNAP, on which 41 million food insecure Americans rely.

This won’t just harm people. This will kill people.

They own this.

1 year ago 6501 2668 214 283

Listen, we had 20 people in our DM‘s asking for Pittsburgh to be an official spot! If you wanted to be an official spot sign up to volunteer for the location.

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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Get in dorks, we're going protesting!

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL

Because science is for everyone!

Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org

#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! March 7th 12-4pm (local time). DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITOL!!

BECAUSE SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE!

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Wow I would have loved to see that!

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I thought the exact same thing. Was hoping to hear some good old Pittsburghese but I was disappointed

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Now more than ever.

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is it woke to want to end cancer?

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So excited to see so many bilingualism & SLA academics finally make it to BlueSky! Welcome 🙂

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What do you mean this isn’t a word??!It’s Pittsburghese!

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remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

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I’m Vika and my PhD work focuses on best practices for second language grammar instruction as well as individual differences in adult second language learning!

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Encouraging diversity among scientists is ethically right and also leads to better science.

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Downtown. Wood Street Commons. Caller is at the bus stop and says that someone in the apartment complex is throwing tuna fish from the windows at them.

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Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity

Bilingualism is associated with a bigger brain. Similar to other cognitively demanding skills, it leads to dynamic subcortical structural adaptations which can be nonlinear, in line with expansion-renormalisation models of experience-dependent neuroplasticity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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