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Shawn Christensen
@pollenmicrobes.bsky.social
Microbes, solitary bees, pollen & hot takes. I love science and push for a research system that works for everyone. UC Davis PhD candidate, Vannette lab. He/him ✊🏼🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
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Happy Pride! My favorite part of smaller local pride events are the kids who get to see queer and trans adults just out here celebrating our lives and culture and bodies. So much shame could’ve been erased in my life if I could have known what my future could look like, that I could be loved. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Shawn stands with button down shirt open and scars out on a grassy field with a stage and people behind. Hes holding a hand fan with a trans flag on it, wearing sunglasses and a baseball hat, and smiling
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SFstacyfarina.bsky.social

Do you work in ecology/evolution? Did you do a study that is too small to publish as a full manuscript? Negative results? Part of a larger effort? Consider publishing in microPublication Biology: EEB! www.micropublication.org/journals/bio... Short papers, one figure. And we peer review! Please RT

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❌Rejection day ❌ Fellowship and NSF grant both declined today. These beers are only sold in my home state and I usually save them for the big wins but f*ck it. Its a win to try. Cheers to all the others who gave it a shot. 🍻 🧪

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SJtheferocity.bsky.social

I salute E. Jean Carroll and Stormy Daniels for being braver than all three branches of our government.

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Sstarshine.bsky.social

these guys came back with a guilty verdict knowing that they and their families will never be safe for the rest of their lives. unironically extreme bravery on the part of random citizens

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The timeline right now looks like an Ewok party after the Death Star exploded

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GBgbbranstetter.bsky.social

Excellent news--a proposal to ban medical transitions for trans youth, ban them from bathrooms and sports, and force teachers to out them will not be on the ballot in California after far-right activists failed to obtain the needed signatures and raised a paltry $200,000

Proposal to limit transgender youth rights fails to qualify for California's November ballot
Proposal to limit transgender youth rights fails to qualify for California's November ballot

Supporters of the measure said that schools were infringing on "parental rights" by supporting students' gender identity.

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RJrajoyce.bsky.social

Berkeley’s Chancellor talked to protesters here and never called police. Today the encampment is closing down after an agreement to examine investments was reached. It should always have been possible everywhere. www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...

UC Berkeley Gaza protesters take down camp after reaching tense détente with university
UC Berkeley Gaza protesters take down camp after reaching tense détente with university

Just over three weeks after it began, UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall encampment is over, after administrators pledged to look into some of the protesters’ concerns.

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Shawn Christensen
@pollenmicrobes.bsky.social
Microbes, solitary bees, pollen & hot takes. I love science and push for a research system that works for everyone. UC Davis PhD candidate, Vannette lab. He/him ✊🏼🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
285 followers190 following82 posts