Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️

conflict diamonds on the soles of her shoes

We have IFA images in a new version of our paper & I stared at the figure for 10 minutes straight to make sure nothing was accidentally duplicated.

I did panic for a minute & then realized the "duplicated" panel I saw was a merge 🤦🏼‍♀️

Just hoping it doesn't end up in a @elisabethbik.bsky.social post!

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Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.

But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.

It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:

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Holiday wealth, but beaded? Looking forward to watching the progress!

Pittsburgh 'Stand Up for Science' rally to bring attention to impacts of immigration crackdowns The National “Stand Up for Science” day of action returns to Pittsburgh tomorrow for the second year in a row to protest government actions and policies affecting scientific institutions, research and...

Rallies tomorrow around the country!

@standupforscience.bsky.social

Find one near you.

www.standupforscience.net

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Appreciated this time with Cara Furman and co-authors @redped.bsky.social, @mishuana.bsky.social, Jessica Fremland, and Kali Simmons about our paper on Gardening with Indigenous Feminisms. I feel so lucky to be a part of this project.

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Yeah, doesn't apply. I don't read from notes and speak pretty clearly/authoritatively when teaching

Timeline cleanse:
Baby tapir getting scritches for their itches.

If you want to scritch your very own tapir & you live outside of Central or South America or SE Asia, you'll need to visit a zoo.

But these little guys are (evolutionarily) from around here, in North America. Let's talk about it.

I have so many examples of students questioning whether I know enough about a topic to teach it. I asked in faculty meeting "who has been questioned whether they are qualified to teach a class?" The women raised their hands, the men didn't. It's definitely rooted in sexism and racism.

I asked in faculty meeting "who has had a student ask whether they are qualified to teach the subject of the class?" The women raised their hands, none of the white men did. It's definitely a sexism and racism thing. A male student laughed in class bc he thought I was using a word wrong! I wasn't.

‘You Are Never Alone’ | How One Tribe Is Fighting Youth Suicide With Culture and Crisis Response BELLINGHAM, Wash. — On a summer night in 2019 near where the Salish Sea hugs the lands of the Lummi Nation reservation, 17-year-old Merandalee Jones was given a choice by the police: go home with her...

The Lummi Nation’s youth suicide prevention combines crisis intervention with cultural reconnection — monthly Coastal Jams, canoe pulling, and youth council programs that give young people a voice and a sense of belonging. A model adopted by 5 tribes in Wash. nativenewsonline.net/health/you-a...

I had a hamburger pizza with French fries on it once. Only once, bc there were so many things I didn't like about it....but I think it could be done well!

I love these fat stinky parrots and their total lack of survival instinct

A Fateful Flourish, photo by me of a Sandhill Crane triumphantly throwing its wings and head back

My despair-fighting deed of the day: donated an exhibition piece to an awesome Ypsi therapist office / health community hub, because everyone deserves some wild wonder when they're going through it!

A Fateful Flourish 🪶

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I didn't even know about the "China Initiative". This is horrifying. The lives and careers that the Trump administrations have, and are, destroying... Sue Northwestern. Sue the US government for the "China Initiative". That is pure racism.

Warning: sensitive topic- suicide.

Sepsis from a tooth infection should be a never happen event in a government run prison system.

That these prisons are private almost ensures that the prisons are cutting back on services and resources. But even then, a situation such as this was entirely preventable.

This is absolutely criminal.

One worked for the railroad in Wisconsin, the other built dog sled and was a subsistence hunter and fisherman.

Family sues after researcher's death, alleging university's probe led to suicide The suicide of a Chinese American cancer researcher has raised painful questions over alleged discrimination against Asian scientists in the U.S.

Adding the Chinese Initiative to my list of exclusionary actions that Universities have taken against racialized people. This is just devastating. TW suicide

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The Fight for the Heart of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - bioGraphic One year after the Trump administration threw the EPA into chaos, former employees continue to push back—and to dream of an agency reborn.

Like other federal agencies that deal in science, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been through the Trump administration wringer. Amidst the chaos, some former employees are trying to protect scientific integrity from future political assault.

By @madelinevo.bsky.social

Sesame Street: Bert and Ernie's Fish Call YouTube video by Sesame Street

Yes!

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Moarrr microbiology/microbiome colouring resources! I've finally adapted the colouring book I designed nearly 10 years ago into handy outreach style colouring sheets...
#sciart #scicomm #microbiology 🧪

This video - without a neighbor’s generator going in the background- is 💯x better.

If anyone else is helping aging parents with the taxes, please know that this year you MUST pay electronically. This will require creating an account with the IRS that involves multiple back and forths between a computer, your phone, taking photos of yourself and your ID. The confusion is high.

World Central Kitchen head José Andrés confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.

World Central Kitchen head José Andrés confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.

Olympic Drosophilist, y’all!!! 🪰 I’m suddenly interested in skiing!

There have been MULTIPLE early leaks of scientific discoveries via DECORATED CAKE. Scientists are good at many things, but shutting up is definitely not one of them.

I tell people that if the government is covering up the existence of aliens, NASA is absolutely not involved, because astrobiologists can't keep a secret to save their lives

Stand Up for Science rally poster March 7th, 1:00 PM at Allegheny Landing in Pittsburgh.

Very excited to be speaking at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

I am speaking just prior to Dr. Rachel Levine

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Fshshshshshsh is what I say when I ask people what a fish with no i's is called