"Audit references: cite regional scholars in your papers and request the same in manuscripts you review. ...Reserve unpaid activities for under-resourced organizations, otherwise require compensation..."
"Prioritize south–south working groups, coalitions led/ governed by regional partners with local authors/ budgets. Only involve external partners after taking these steps. Advocate for double-blind peer review, grant applications etc. to reduce institutional and geographical bias."
"I suggest declining ‘consultation’ roles and accepting only those to co-design and co-lead a project. Support your stance by outlining clear criteria for collaborations, papers and proposals on your website."
"It is time to speak up — clearly, structurally and unapologetically. Time to build sideways, not upwards. Time to lift others without replicating the same extractive ladder."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@seagoat72.bsky.social Here is my promised reading list on trans history. open.substack.com/pub/sterling...
Thats why I put the warning. Save your strength!
I will work on it. Probably because of length I will post it on Substack and put a link here.
You are welcome. Allyship is critical especially right now.
who seemed to me to be a bit unclear in her own mind about transgender topics,
Also, for my trans friends and colleagues, if I have said something or use an infelicitous turn of phrase that you feel I could have stated better, please let me know. I too am a work in progress.
So if you are done for the day with listening to hideous statements about people who are not straight, white, able-bodied, cis, male, etc. then skip this. I did my best to call her out each time, and also correct the moderator
So I did this debate on To the Contrary, an NPR debate show about the new International Olympic Committee rule banning trans women from competing in women's sports. I want to give a trigger warning: my opponent says offensive and hideous things about transwomen.
www.pbs.org/video/olympi...
(3) Hire, retain, promote: Universities have turned to cluster hiring, in which several people are recruited at the same time to improve racial or gender diversity. this approach can prevent the isolation felt by a single newly hired individual.
(4) Recognize Indigenous Knowledge and 4 more
(2) Fund Indigenous scientists: Expand the conventional metrics of research excellence. The scientific community must acknowledge the value of research that is led by Indigenous communities, as well as research that centres Indigenous Knowledge systems.
(1) Recognize science’s colonial legacy:To begin to dismantle these legacies, all scientists must understand how their disciplines have enabled colonialism. Universities must ensure that students learn the history of their field as part of the curriculum.
"Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
One could do a complete analysis of all the substanced in the venom and track how they changed over time, and then try to figure out whether toxicity changed...Anyway, I think starting with behavioral observations to figure out why humans don't get bitten very often would be the first thing to do.
It might be a challenge to mark, recognize in the field, recapture etc a highly venemous snake! I don't know how one might do field marking of a snake; someone must have tried it, but I don't know the work. The other challenge is to track changes in the toxicity or composition of the venom.
The best example I know is the study of the Galapagos Finches is the long running study by Peter and Rosemary Grant galapagosconservation.org.uk/evolution-pe...
This took their entire career and involved banding and recognizing and following each bird that they studied.
snakes? If there is evidence of mutulism and they inhabit the same space, then I want to know what happens when there is a snake-human encounter. Does the snake retreat? Does the human retreat? Doing the sort of longitudinal evolution-in-action study that you suggest is difficult.
This is interesting and I have questions. First, what is know about behavioral avoidance? Do the cobras primarily live in spots that humans don't frequent? What is known about mutual benefit, if any? Do the snakes eat food made available by human activity and do humans gain any benefit from the
what's the idea? You are right about my being retired, but my brain still works!
heads up y’all. This is FREE. www.queensu.ca/psychology/v...
goals build/create/sustain meaningful opportunities for engagement with research about/with/on gender/sex/uality that is situated within feminist and/or queer lenses with --critiques of normative systems-work towards community building
I'm getting back to writing some substack essays.
Toxic Masculinity
open.substack.com/pub/sterling...
TDoV 🧵: trans visibility is a double-edged sword due to the Unmarked/Marked mindset: trans ppl face undue attention & scrutiny b/c we're marked. but we also face invisibility b/c ppl typically presume that every person they meet belongs to the unmarked majority (aka, cis)... youtu.be/xiU-G0mTYVY
Here’s a new book worth checking out. I havent read it yey, but I am following Florence Ashley whose work I find really interesting. I can get it through my university library, and for those who can’t afford the e-book I suggest you try your “go-to” library.
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
Lot’s of good science of diversity in this piece which challenges academics and independent scholars to speak out and to resist the pushback
sciencepolitics.org/2026/03/25/h...
Go for it, Canadians/Canadiens!
