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Oh how I love the internets... Lindsey Graham Joe Biden

Until today, you could be fired for being gay 🏳️‍🌈 in more than half of the states in America. Not anymore! The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender workers... nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/… #EqualityForAll

To paraphrase a friend yesterday: Real Privilege is NOT having to check in with the Supreme Court every few months just to see what rights you have. #LGBTQRights #SCOTUS #Gorsuch

1/ Covid (UC San Francisco) Chronicles, Day 104 Let’s talk California. Until recently, our state managed to do so well that our experience has been dubbed The California Miracle. But let’s say it clearly: The Miracle is over. The sooner we acknowledge that, the better off we’ll be.

Some mosquitoes are able to avoid running into walls, even in complete darkness. Now, researchers have figured out how these pesky insects do this, and they’ve used that information to build a sensor that may one day help keep helicopters safe: fcld.ly/oo0iogh

A virologist, an epidemiologist and a scientist walk into a bar, of course they didn’t.

harpers.org/harper_finding… via Harper's Magazine

My new article "The Return of the Bricoleur? Emplotment, Intentionality, and Tradition in Paleolithic Art," co-authored with the amazing Meg Conkey in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory is now available online. doi.org/10.1007/s10816… #Anthropology #Collaboration

New Incident: #RobinsonFire near near Gold Mountain Rd and Stoney Oaks Blvd, northeast of Bangor in Butte County is 10 acres. CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department

It’s finally out!

Yes, it's "bizarre," but what we're seeing is Tony Fauci, in his charming, understated way, going on offense. While he remains steadfastly apolitical in his scientific analyses, Fauci has survived 6 presidential administrations. Never doubt that he knows how this game is played.

In response to the disproportionate effect the current economic downturn has had on independent scholars & those w/o tenured positions, ACLS will redirect the focus of the ACLS Fellowship Program to support early career, non-tenured scholars exclusively: bit.ly/2CSyfqp

How to Save Your University From Bankruptcy During the COVID-19 Pandemic - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency mcsweeneys.net/articles/how-t…

John believed that in all of us, there exists the capacity for great courage and a longing to do what’s right. We are so lucky to have had him show us the way. I offered some thoughts today on his life and how, like him, we can give it all we have. obama.medium.com/my-eulogy-for-…

Teachers: check out this National Science Teaching Association #NSTAchat tonight at 9PM ET! Our own Briana Pobiner, OIMB+CMLC's Trish Mace @tmmace4, and Smithsonian NMNH's Jennifer Collins wrote the chapter titled "Science and religion in informal science education venues" in this book.

Helping people in danger is not a crime.

Edward Snowden blew the whistle on illegal government activity kept secret for years, sparking a global debate about the proper limits of government surveillance. We've said it before and we'll say it again: Snowden is a patriot and should be pardoned. aclu.org/blog/edward-sn…

Donald Trump is unfit to lead our nation. But don’t just take my word for it...

"Today we hear the voice of creation admonishing us to return to our rightful place in the natural created order – to remember that we are part of this interconnected web of life, not its masters." - Pope Francis vatican.va/content/france…