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@Steph_Yin

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    May 21

    From the earliest days of digitally surveilling animals, there's been a philosophical schism—while some see a symbol of hope, others see a symbol of humanity's destructive, dominating urges. Got to explore this divide for x :

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    Jun 7

    here's what i've learned: - most food fads are rebranded diets - you're not allergic to MSG - health is your social/emotional wellbeing, too - fatphobia, ableism, classism and racism are everywhere in food writing - processed foods save lives - eat seasonally: have a creme egg

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    Jun 6

    Malcolm Jenkins responds to Eagles being uninvited to White House solely using signs (via )

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    Jun 4

    i love writing about the Voyager Golden Record, the well-intentioned, extremely batshit mixtape we made for the aliens. this piece covers confusion, linguistics, and the power (and limits) of extraterrestrial empathy

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    Jun 4

    If Asian Americans, much like in the Harvard affirmative action case, become the apparatus to maintain a system of racial caste created by white Americans for the deprivation of black students, that will be the American tragedy.

    A lot of “vote them out!” cries over proposed changes to the specialized high school exam from Asian American advocacy groups.
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    May 30

    nearly all jargon terms translate to the words "thing" or "doing" and amount to little more than gatekeeping when used in most papers

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    May 29

    Ever since C. Austin told NPR about eating raw skinks for science (he said they taste like "bad sushi"), I've wondered—do other biologists do this? Why & when & what's it like? If you're a biologist who has eaten a specimen for research reasons, hit me up! cara@atlasobscura.com

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    May 29

    Science is not objective. Technologies are coded with biases, scientific agendas drive the hunt for significant p-values, and science - like other knowledge systems - is directed by social structures. To pretend otherwise makes science another tool of oppression. I said it.

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  9. May 30

    love seeing where people are running with this

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    May 30

    THE WAY WE FRAME OUR RESEARCH, THE WAY WE WORD EVERY PART OF THE DATA COLLECTION HAS AN IMPACT ON THE RESULTS WE GET!!!!!!

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    May 30

    “Well that’s just bad science” is the equivalent of “not ALL men”. It protects the institution of science while neglecting to hold anyone accountable for poor assumptions / analysis.

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    May 30

    Science is not currently an unbiased or meritocratic institution, and those who say that it is have benefitted from existing systems of privilege that are also present within the structure of academia and scientific communities.

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    May 30

    If scientists studied the history of bioethics and how marginalized groups have been used as literal lab rats maybe they’d understand public distrust of science/medicine and realize there’s an actual basis for it

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    May 30

    Ahhh!!! Today we launch the Underground Science Festival !!! I'm going to tweet about EVERY SINGLE EVENT now because they're all incredible. tl;dr: check out the guide here:

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  15. May 30

    Also the full Critter Issue of your fave independent ecology mag is now up! Check it, plus the previous “Homeland” and “Lake” issues, at .

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  16. May 30

    “I can only ever listen to the Kaua'i 'o'o as an MP3. But I can also remix it, convert it into something else... that does not follow the same biological rules of DNA and evolution” Jakob Kudsk Steensen on ‘reanimating’ extinct species

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    May 30

    More than half the people in Cleveland don't have broadband internet access. An essential read on the digital divide, and why it matters for the future.

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  18. May 28

    “Janet Alexander, a spokeswoman for the animal control group, said, ‘Google understands the cats are not supposed to cross the line into the park.’ The cats seem to have a different understanding.”

    “Like so many stories these days about Big Tech, this is a tale about how attempts to do good often produce unexpected consequences, and how even smart people (especially, perhaps, smart people) can be reluctant to rethink their convictions.”
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    May 26

    Critter IssueComic: Pile of Frogs by Aidan Koch

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