Jay 钻升 Falk

@jjinsing@ecoevo.social
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he/any | Postdoc with the Behavioral Ecophysics Lab at University of Washington | Evolution, variation between and within sexes, especially coloration ⚪️⚫️🟢. Polymorphism! Hummingbirds! 💖
websitehttps://jayjinsing.github.io/
Jay 钻升 FalkFeb 3, 2023
myrmepropagandistFeb 3, 2023

These girls love their sugar water. Watch how their little gasters expand in this timelapse. I think the feeder will be empty by morning!

(with narration)

#ants #antstodon #antsofmastodon #antkeeping #camponotus #camponotusdiscolor #video #antvideo

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OfQXYZkYeq4

Camponotus discolor gorge on sunburst ant nectar timelapse.

YouTube
Jay 钻升 FalkFeb 1, 2023
Anne Fausto SterlingFeb 1, 2023
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#binarysex #multimodalsex #sexinevolution
These articles by biologists are very much at odds with regard to whether sex in animals other than humans is binary. It would be fascinating for a journal ( BioEssays? Science Magazine?) to get them to talk to one another.
Jay 钻升 FalkJan 30, 2023
Dr Jess McLaughlin (they/them)Jan 30, 2023

Very excited that I have a new preprint out today on how zoologists need to rethink how we conceptualize "sex"- not as a single fixed variable, but as a set of overlapping, not necessarily linked, and often multimodal phenotypes.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.26.525769v1

Jay 钻升 FalkJan 19, 2023
Show threadDaren Card, Ph.D.Jan 19, 2023

I will repost some of my statements to help (apologies 4 crossposting).

"Some context from when I was a fellow (2018-2022). No kids. I was quoted over $13k PER SEMESTER for health insurance for spouse/I from Harvard. Luckily I could be added to my spouse's plan and did that for <$3k PER YEAR. Current rates: https://hushp.harvard.edu/rates-plan-dates#Affiliate "

In response to user reporting that health insurance at their host institution costs >$10k for family. The extra burden on fellows with kids is an important theme

Rates | Harvard University Student Health Program

Jay 钻升 FalkJan 19, 2023
Show threadDaren Card, Ph.D.Jan 19, 2023
I know there are a lot of well meaning #scientists here who care about this and I hope this context will help everyone have an informed discussion, which is increasingly important given the burden on many fellows. I encourage other #NSF #PRFB #fellows to share their thoughts or stories if they feel comfortable doing so. /end
Jay 钻升 FalkJan 19, 2023
Daren Card, Ph.D.Jan 19, 2023
I boosted #PRFB fellow/sponsor letter to #NSF but discussion on here is almost non-existent, so wanted to highlight it more myself. There is more happening on Twitter about it, including former and present #postdoc #fellows sharing their experiences. Unfortunately, mass exodus from Twitter of #scientists also means the discussion on Twitter is less vibrant than it was 6+ months ago. Hope this post helps spur direct discussion, which is probably as important as the letter! https://forms.gle/9HQRSdh6SYWVESki9
Petition to increase stipend of current NSF PRFB Fellows

Please read the following letter the current cohort of NSF PRFB fellows have composed to NSF: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SHvHgUmzQl7U8XL_tbZFv-NjEHeqDFK3TSlx6uHt9xY/edit?usp=sharing Please fill out the information below if you wish to sign the letter.

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Jay 钻升 FalkJan 18, 2023

👋❗️ ATTN #PRFB fellows AND sponsors!

We've written a letter to send to NSF petitioning for a cost-of-living adjustment that matches the next cycle of fellows.

Please share widely! READ and SIGN if you are a fellow or sponsor by Friday, Jan 20!

https://forms.gle/9HQRSdh6SYWVESki9

Petition to increase stipend of current NSF PRFB Fellows

Please read the following letter the current cohort of NSF PRFB fellows have composed to NSF: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SHvHgUmzQl7U8XL_tbZFv-NjEHeqDFK3TSlx6uHt9xY/edit?usp=sharing Please fill out the information below if you wish to sign the letter.

Google Docs
Jay 钻升 FalkJan 11, 2023
If you missed talks at #SICB2023 just head over to @eringiglio. She live tweets every talk she goes to and it’s honestly The Best Thing
Jay 钻升 FalkJan 11, 2023
Show threadErin GiglioJan 4, 2023
"So often when people say 'man or woman' they mean 'white man or white woman.'" YES YES YES YES THIS--this ties into what I was saying about gender up thread, actually; we insert a sort of "default gender" that is very specific when we describe the boundaries of our gender categories, but when you inflect those categories by culture, subculture, race and class you quickly see that humans do not have only two genders. We have far more; we just mentally collapse most of them under two umbrellas.
Jay 钻升 FalkJan 11, 2023
Show threadErin GiglioJan 4, 2023

Anyway, Bodies in Doubt is recommended as a good book on the history of intersex panic.

The legacy of sex and gender determinism and forcible adhesion to a binary in racist, fascist, and colonialist discourses is also very real--and still very active, particularly for female athletes. The current moral panic about health care for trans children has explicit loopholes carved into it for nonconsensual surgeries for intersex children. It's fine if you're forcing bodies into binaries, apparently.