Vincent Poupart @VincentAnticosti@scholar.social

"What is so shocking, inhuman, and irrational about this draft opinion is that the Court is basing its decision on an 18th century document ignorant of 21st century realities for women."

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/05/13/what-is-so-shocking-inhuman-and-irrational-about-this-draft-opinion-is-that-the-court-is-basing-its-decision-on-an-18th-century-document-ignorant-of-21st-century-realities-for-women/

"It's not luck, I work very hard" #ElonMusk

Another introduction. Hi all! I am a masters candidate in Palaeontology investigating inner ear anatomy and locomotor/positional behavior in primates (including humans). I have wide interests in everything from politics to neuroscience.

I'm looking for conference posters that are NOT in English or other Latin texts for my poster blog.

Anyone know an conference with poster sessions where the primary language is not English and similar?

The anti-vaxxers have yet another paper they rely on retracted.

https://retractionwatch.com/2022/05/12/conclusions-related-to-vaccine-safety-are-not-validated-covid-19-spike-protein-paper-retracted/

Every far right wacko group is a cult, led by the most absurd twit, for a reason. That's how you select for the most fervent followers.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/05/12/classic-example-of-the-logic-of-cults/

alien 1: in summary, the humans have nearly rendered the blue planet uninhabitable. The only plan they appear to have is to migrate to the red planet.

alien 2: can they breathe the atmosphere of the red planet?

alien 1: no.

alien 2: is there material there they can eat?

alien 1: no.

alien 2: can the plants and animals of their planet live there?

alien 1: no.

alien 2: is there liquid water there?

alien 1: no.

alien 2: lol wtf?

alien 1: lol idk

Looks pretty, but no, no way are you going to live there.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/05/09/the-martian-absurdity/

The origin of animals: an ancestral reconstruction of the unicellular-to-multicellular transition. By Núria Ros-Rocher et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsob.200359 #protists

"an updated hypothesis regarding the transition to animal #multicellularity, which was likely gradual and involved the use of gene regulatory mechanisms in the emergence of early developmental and morphogenetic plans"

Hello, scholar social! Here's my #introduction

I'm here from the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology dept at the University of Toronto and the Palaeobiology dept at the Royal Ontario Museum.

I'm a PhD Candidate studying growth and life history in extant and extinct cats, using both observational data (collected by others) and data from the growth record preserved in bone (collected by me)! See below for what a fossil Smilodon bone looks like under the microscope 👀

I think dolphins would enjoy a good joke.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/05/04/i-hope-this-is-satire/

#introductions

Hello! I'm a #PostDoc in evolutionary #protistology. I study #evolution, #biodiversity, and #symbiosis in #protists ( = eukaryotic #microbes = #SingleCelled critters more complex than bacteria - eg. #amoebae, #ciliates, #flagellates, #microalgae, etc.) mostly using #genomics and #bioinformatics.

I come from #Prague, CZ & currently live in #Orsay, FR.

I'm interseted in #diversity & #evolution of all life, #earth & #space #science, #languages, #religion, #progressive politics.

And yet when it comes to abortion, increasing obstacles are put in front of women to exercise this basic human right. The terrible and terrifying reality is that no law will stop women from accessing abortion - it will just make it dangerous, expensive, exploitative, and potentially life threatening. And the danger is never equally distributed, but always intersectional. Safe abortions will be a choice only for those who can afford it. 2/

What a dark day for reproductive rights in the US, I fear for other countries that have already been following the same far-right and populist wave as the US in the last couple of decades.

Part of my work has been on how organisations providing fertility treatment in the UK understand the female body that is not reproducing - & it's not pretty. We are still seen as passive vessels for potential future life, which takes precedence over our own body autonomy. 1/

Hi all (especially those #newHere), please remember to put content warnings on posts! Each server runs things a little differently, but the integrated CWs are one of my favorite things on here. It's so nice to be able to scroll without slipping into a spiral 😊 #feditips #fedtips #mastotips #boostsAppreciated