Other things you can do to help stop the slaughter at rattlesnake roundups are listed here!
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What can YOU do? Write to the Sweetwater Jaycee's, who run the event, at 810 E Broadway St., Sweetwater, TX 79556 and ask them to convert the roundup to a no-kill festival. Let's help stop the slaughter and bring down the wall of shame. 6/6 nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery/20
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All this week, I will post more of these amazing kids' letters, with #RattlesnakeRebrand. Huge kudos to my honors class for organizing the campaign, for funding it, and especially all the teachers, parents, and kids who made this happen. 5/6
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Hundreds of letters came from high school students who eloquently explained why snakes are important and what people can do. 4/6
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Roundups are inhumane. Many other roundups have been converted to no-kill festivals, and that is exactly what kids are asking Sweetwater residents to do. Kids like this kindergartener got straight to the point. 3/6
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Right now, hunters are pumping gas into dens to extract hibernating rattlesnakes, poisoning the land in the process. On March 10-12, thousands of rattlesnakes will be beheaded and skinned alive (their brains function for hours afterward). rattlesnakeroundups.com 2/6
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This week, over 900 households in Sweetwater, Texas are getting handwritten letters from kids asking them to help stop the slaughter at their town's annual rattlesnake roundup. I was struck by this quote, which is 100% spot on. 1/6
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If universities insist on paying PhD students below the poverty line, they need to acknowledge the reality that students canβt make ends meet with the stipend alone.
Even without raising stipends, the university can support students from unprivileged backgroundsβ¦
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Building #mask wearing into my syllabiβtied right to the learning outcomes. (Wording not finalized!) #AcademicTwitter
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Folks coming back from #JMIH remember to test yourself for the next few days (especially if going to other conferences!) I'm doing the same!
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Several #JMIH2022 participants have recently reported testing positive for Covid-19.
Please test yourselves and monitor potential symptoms. PCR tests are more reliable than rapid tests. Consider reducing face-to-face interactions until you're certain you haven't contract covid.
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It was unexpectedly rewarding to give a talk on the biases we face in the sciences & the colonial history that still influences the field of herpetology & the zoo profession today. I was/am touched by the positive responses from you & others at #JMIH2022 . Thank you.
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If I could, I would tweet the whole talk. @sinlanpoo Hands-down my favourite talk at #JMIH2022 the DEI symposium is on 
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On using the term βlizard lassoβ instead of βnooseβ
βIf you can make this small change and not be resistant to it, you can then move on to the bigger changes needed for DE&Iβ
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Elections for 2023 student officers + subcommittee members happening during the ASIH Student Business Meeting! If youβre a current student looking to get involved in ASIH , this is a good place to start! Feel free to message me (current Chair) for details! #JMIH2022
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The ASIH Committee on Student Participation Business Meeting will be held @ #JMIH2022 on Saturday July 30th from 12-2pm (check program for specifics). All student members of ASIH (@IchsAndHerps) are encouraged to attend! Hope to see yβall there 
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Please retweet to spread the word, @lil_lepidosaur
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The ASIH Committee on Student Participation is hosting 2 events @ #JMIH2022! All students welcome to attend the Student Social (Fri. 9-11pm) & Student Workshop (Sun. 12-1:30pm). Check program for locations & specifics π Hope to see yβall there!
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The ASIH Committee on Student Participation Business Meeting will be held @ #JMIH2022 on Saturday July 30th from 12-2pm (check program for specifics). All student members of ASIH () are encouraged to attend! Hope to see yβall there π
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The student committees of & are hosting a Student Speed Networking Social at #JMIH2022! Thursday 5:30-7!
Prizes will be raffled off! Food and non-alcoholic drinks will be served.
RSVPs are more than full. Canβt make it anymore? Let us know! See ya there
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#JMIH2022 still need one herpetologist as a judge for student talks in Stoye ecology/ethology. Anyone want to help us out? Please email or D/M me. Talks are thurs afternoon and Friday morning.
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We have 500+ of them at registration, free, we'll even deliver them to your room. Covid line for #JMIH2022: 703-910-3442
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Masks are required at all indoor events.
Feeling icky? Free COVID tests are at the reg desk or call 703-910-3442 for delivery to your room.
Harassment? Report at 703-592-9946 or secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/e
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Looking forward to #JMIH22
The SWAG TEAM will be back in Spokane!
If you donβt know me, I am the Editor of the journal, and I have a bunch of swag to give away (as does the Production Editor). Donβt be nervous, just come up and ask for some free stickers et al.!
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We are excited to see many of you in Spokane next week, but we understand that some of you cannot make it to the conference this year. So, we have decided to livestream the ASIH Board of Governors' Meeting (BOFG) and Business and Awards Meeting (BAAM).
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. is excited to congratulate our 2022 Cashner Award winners! These grants fund travel to #JMIH2022 for 10 students from historically and currently excluded groups in science.
asih.org/awards/cashner
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To anyone headed to #JMIH22, I highly recommend taking the bus from the airport to the hotel. It's $2 cash, exact change. There's a stop right outside baggage claim and a direct route to the conference. Google Maps worked best for me to plan. Please RT.
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Every piece of swag pictured here will be given out at the ASIH Student Social to one of their trivia contest winners. One person will have way more swag than they need! Ask for details about the social, and please attend the event if you are a student!
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Looking forward to #JMIH22
The SWAG TEAM will be back in Spokane!
If you donβt know me, I am the Editor of the @IchsAndHerps journal, and I have a bunch of swag to give away (as does the Production Editor). Donβt be nervous, just come up and ask for some free stickers et al.!
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If anyone thinks that Roe v Wade being overturned wonβt effect you in the STEM world youβre wrong. Your diversity initiatives to bring in more female faculty wonβt mean shit when the state your in doesnβt respect people with uteruses.
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Not to be dramatic but I couldnβt care less about anything science related at the current moment. Rights were stripped away from myself and everyone woman in this country today. The Supreme Court justices have made it clear that this isnβt where theyβll stop.
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I hope faculty at universities in states with trigger bans who are sending students to conduct fieldwork are also prepared to support them in accessing all potentially necessary healthcare.
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Very pleased to announce the arrival today of our new Nikon XTH 225 ST microCT scanner at Utah State University. #NSFfunded
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I often have to remind myself - the skills you have *are* valuable. Theyβre not the βeasy things everyone can already do,β you worked hard to get here and so did other people. Youβre not less than because your specialties are different from someone elseβs.
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Please retweet.
I'm looking for some good, recent animal behavior papers to include in my upcoming Animal Behavior class this fall. Any sub discipline. Plug your own stuff. Comment below!
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"The point labels are pretty much 'pointless'" -
Thanks for all the submissions, we are now at 151 entries from 133 Universities. Click the link for info: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/BiologyP
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I have to register for 1 dissertation credit to defend my PhD this summer. Is it normal for your department to expect you to pay (out-of-pocket) for the tuition and fees? Asking #AcademicTwitter because I didn't know this was a thing.
#gradschool #AcademicChatter #phdchat
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The Board of Governors and Executive Committee voice our unanimous support for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging issues in 2022 and beyond. Link to text: asih.org/public-stateme
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Members, please add these meetings to your calendar at #JMIH22 in Spokane in July. We are planning to stream these meetings for those who cannot attend the JMIH in person.
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Whatβs in your easter basket this year? 
Iβm hoping to find copies of some of the great books that are going to be available in the #ASIH book raffle at #JMIH2022 ! Win these titles below and many more by joining us in July 
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Iβm hoping to find copies of some of the great books that are going to be available in the #ASIH book raffle at #JMIH2022 ! Win these titles below and many more by joining us in July
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Whatβs in your easter basket this year? π° Iβm hoping to find copies of some of the great books that are going to be available in the #ASIH book raffle at #JMIH2022 ! Win these titles below and many more by joining us in July πππ
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I already felt great about where ASIH was headed - but hearing of the young, vibrant and deserving class of the next Board of Governors really has me excited.
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I will be President-Elect in 2022 and President in 2023 for the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the scientific society that has been the most important network for my work since I joined in 1999. I genuinely love the @IchsAndHerps and can't wait to serve.
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