Great career advice from @jodikantor.bsky.social, on how to find your thing:
"When we hone our crafts, we build up protection against being regarded as disposable or interchangeable. Any employer can eliminate any job at any time. But your craft is truly yours and cannot be taken away."
The stockroom manager had to check to see if running the new autoclaves off-line would void the warranty. Our college’s IT did NOT want another two devices networked for some reason 🤔
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A greenish-brown slug with black spots and curious optical and chemosensory tentacles makes its way across the hiking trail
A banana slug from Eugene Oregon for your enjoyment tonight
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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...
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a large sturgeon in the Fraser river held by a smiling Madison on the nose and Chris on the tail. you can see the sturgeons face clearly highlighting the size of the nose and eyes
happy #sturgeonsaturday (on sunday)! 🧪👩🏻🔬🌐🦑🌎
did you know that sturgeon rely heavily on scent & feel to find food rather than eyesight?
in the photo you can see the barbels (like whiskers) & the 2 nostrils - which are basically the same size as the eye!
these strong sniffers are quite impressive 👃
Far side of the moon released by NASA
Far side of the moon released by NASA today. 🧪🔭
Isn’t it weird how “AI literacy” being pushed on students isn’t about learning how it works, the cost of how it works, learning to spot disinformation, media and tech literacy. But instead is just “employers will like it if you get it to write your emails :)”
"My patient is refusing a drug studied in 170,000 people because of side effects that a 124,000-person analysis just confirmed do not exist — while injecting a compound studied in 14 humans, from unregulated sources, based on the recommendation of someone who profits from selling it."
I worry that gambling addiction is impacting student success. At a community college, we are seeing signs of it during classes.
The colleagues I know through the National Association of Biology Teachers that worked on the exam revisions, and the annual development and analysis are some of the deepest systemic thinkers in biology teaching that I know. Using AI to replace them will be um . . .
Yeah, so I’m not holding my breath on ever getting an NSF grant at my community college again.
I am going to sit with this in terms of the current attack on higher ed and my experience as a community college biology instructor who has often felt marginalized at national meetings.
Have you ever heard of breast ironing?
This week, while taking part in a 4-day free cancer screening initiative in Cameroon's South West region, I was reminded of the horrors it causes and why we need to talk about it.
🧵 A thread.
The "no kings" logo of a crown with a big red X across it.
No kings.
Does anyone want to admit they have friends or relatives that eat at the Spaghetti Factory who could confirm this story?
THREAD: Why did @npr.org make a voter registration guide at npr.org/vote?
I wrote about it in today's Up First newsletter — and I'll explain it here too...
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This reflection by Gilberto Lopez, in *Science*, is a very good read on a Wednesday morning. www.science.org/content/arti...
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This is one of those “Tell people you grew up on Oregon without saying Oregon” kinda posts, right?
As my colleague said, typos indicate no AI was used
Now imagine the feeling of teaching at a community college that has a career tech side (happy for this) and is hyper focused on career readiness.
Admin is more than happy to use AI in their jobs.
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
Check with your higher ed faculty pals. And high school teachers. We are not ok.