1/ Five cases of New World screwworm have now been confirmed in the U.S., Texas has declared an emergency, and Canada immediately restricted livestock imports. Most people had never heard of screwworm until last week (or maybe just now). That's because we eradicated it from the U.S. in 1966.🧵
The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪
Something random about childhoods before video games came with audio dialogue: we never knew how to pronounce things. Two kids, different states? Might pronounce “Celes,” “Riven,” “Raiden,” or “Hylia” totally differently. And will probably pronounce it their way even after they find out it’s wrong.