Steven Phelps
Biology of intimacy: Evolutionary, neural & genomic studies of sexuality & social bonds (in weird rodents, mostly). I write a bit on biology & culture. First-gen. 🏳️🌈 Austin, TX. phelpslab.net
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@cliffscience.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Banerjee Lab at CSHL. Evolutionary neurobiology, social behavior, & bioacoustics. First love: biological rhythms in songbirds https://cliff.science/
@heliconiuscydno.bsky.social
@marcairhart-ut.bsky.social
Science communicator and podcaster at the University of Texas at Austin's College of Natural Sciences. Views are my own, not those of the university.
@konopkalab.bsky.social
Official Konopka Lab Account! We're a group of spirited scientists exploring the genetic landscape of the evolved human brain. @Dallas, TX, konopkalab.org
@allisondavis5.bsky.social
Biologist interested in fish beahvior & cognition, sexual selection, invasive species biology, and ecosystem interactions. PhD graduate from UT Austin | Fish nerd | Amateur pastry chef | new gardening addict
@sanjanajoshi.bsky.social
(she/her) MPIBR Naked mole-rat 🎶🗣️| Neuroethology 🧠| M.Sc. Biotechnology 👩🔬🦠🧪
@adamjkucharski.bsky.social
Epidemiologist/mathematician. Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Author of The Rules of Contagion and The Perfect Bet. Views own. New book Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty available now: proof.kucharski.io
@smrutipimplikar.bsky.social
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
@ryanlcooper.com
Managing editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor Newsletter: https://www.ryanlcooper.com/
@donmoyn.bsky.social
Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@davelevitan.bsky.social
Deputy editor, Splinter, covering various horrors. Previous: Grid, bylines all over before that. Author: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (2017, WW Norton). Davelevitan{at}gmail.com Signal: @davelevitan.26
@vermontgmg.bsky.social
Journalist & Historian. Director, @aspencyber. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Doomsdayscenario.co
@science.org
The world's leading outlet for cutting-edge research in all areas of science. https://www.science.org
@michaelemann.bsky.social
Scientist/Author/Speaker; Presidential Distinguished Prof/Director Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media/Vice Provost for Climate, U. Penn; National Academy of Sciences; Royal Society; Tyler Prize
@ddayen.bsky.social
Executive editor, The American Prospect. Author, Chain of Title and Monopolized. Tips at ddayen-at-prospect-dot-org or Signal at ddayen.90
@raskin.house.gov
Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading House Judiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.
@angierasmussen.bsky.social
Virologist. PI at VIDO, University of Saskatchewan. Co-EiC of Vaccine. 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦. Emerging viruses, pathogenesis, zoonosis, host responses, dogs, football, off-color language. Opinions my own.
@epopppp.bsky.social
Professor @ a large Midwestern univ. Wrote a book about economists + policy, one about academic science + policy. Temporarily on the "government is breaking" beat, but I'd rather be posting about public utility debates from 1906. I support 🏳️⚧️ rights.
@sbagen.bsky.social
Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
@paulwaldman.bsky.social
Columnist for MSNBC and The Daily Beast. Formerly: Washington Post, The Week, American Prospect. Host of The Cross Section podcast and author of The Cross Section newsletter: paulwaldman.substack.com
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of Indivisible. I'm here to win AND make friends.
@lisamjarvis.bsky.social
Chicago-based health & science columnist for Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bsky.social. Writing about public health, medicine, emerging technologies (Crispr!), biotech & pharma. opinions=mine, She/her. Signal: lisajarvis.77
@dereklowe.bsky.social
Medicinal chemist / chemical biologist, author of “In the Pipeline” at http://science.org/blogs/pipeline. derekb.lowe@gmail.com and on Signal at Dblowe.18 All opinions are mine; I don’t speak for my employer in any way.
@joho.bsky.social
I love vaccines, animals, and my wife, who set up this profile. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/we-want-them-infected/
@jamesheathers.bsky.social
please science correctly if you do i will buy you a small cake and we can be friends the book: forensicmetascience.com
@meredithwadman.bsky.social
Biomedical policy and climate-and-health reporter at Science. Author of The Vaccine Race. Book lover. History lover. Dog lover. Dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, proud Vancouver native. Signal me at: meredithwadman.13
@popstarlab.bsky.social
Biophysical Society, Past President | Scientist and Professor | Mentor and Learner | ExtraVagant Granny
@pbump.com
Washington Post: Columnist Newsletter: "How To Read This Chart" Book: "The Aftermath" Email: philip.bump@washpost.com Signal: pbump.11
@mjsdc.bsky.social
Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Dad to one toddler and several other animals.
@holdenthorp.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Science and Professor of Chemistry and Medicine at George Washington University. Opinions not those of AAAS. https://www.zotero.org/holdenthorp #ActuallyAutistic
@brianbeutler.bsky.social
Off Message, Politix.fm; Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@noupside.bsky.social
✍🏼Studies influence, propaganda, adversarial abuse @Georgetown. Writes @Lawfare, The Atlantic. 📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality — on influencers, online crowds, &bespoke realities (invisiblerulers.com) 🦹🏻♀️ Twitter Files supervillain
@alexwitze.bsky.social
Science journalist and correspondent for Nature (she/her). Reach me at alexwitze.01 (Signal) or witzescience (@gmail.com) or awitze (@protonmail.com).
@maxkozlov.bsky.social
science reporter covering biomedical research at Nature | proudly Ukrainian 🇺🇦 maxkozlov.com signal: mkozlov.01
@dangaristo.bsky.social
science journalist | good physics, bad physics, and sometimes ugly physics Signal: dgaristo.72 Email: digaristo@gmail.com
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social
Tracking autocratic legalism around the world from Princeton University.
@mashagessen.bsky.social
Columnist at The New York Times. Distinguished Professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of NY. Author at Riverhead Books
@espiers.bsky.social
NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, NYU prof, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill. https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers