eco evo phd candidate at uchicago studying the regulatory architecture of adaptations; she/her
Chicago, IL
Joined November 2020
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Sofia Sheikh retweeted
I have lost count of the number of times Hamas has offered to release all hostages in exchange for an end to Israel’s assault on Gaza. They have renewed that offer, and Israel is once again refusing.
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
we (uchicago e&e) are back it at! for anyone who is considering the idea of getting a phd in biology (or specifically ecology & evolution): join us for a casual discussion with current grad students on what a phd entails and whether or not it's a good fit for you 🧬🌱🪰
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
These babies won’t be included in Gaza’s official death toll, proving once again how 45,000 is a severe undercount. Yet they’re dead because Israel displaced them, destroyed Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure, and insists on punishing millions with no end in sight. Merry Christmas.
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
Ilhan Omar: "If you really wanted a ceasefire, you'd just stop sending the weapons. It is that simple"
Spot on.
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If I’m following, Israel’s logic is that nothing justifies Oct. 7 but Oct. 7 justifies everything.
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
One day after marking the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Blinken’s State Dept. approves $20 billion in new weapons to Israel, the world’s worst violator of international humanitarian law:
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
This morning, people in Gaza were left to gather the charred remains of those incinerated by Israel's bombs at Al-Tabi’in. Since bodies cannot be normally recovered, people have been collecting groups of 70 kilograms of dismembered and unrecognizable body parts. Each 70 kilograms is considered the weight of one person. How are we supposed to recover from this?
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
Are you interested in scientific research or graduate school in ecology and/or evolution? Join UChicago’s E&E PhD students in a virtual discussion about deciding to go to graduate school! This panel is open to anyone interested - please share widely! 🦋🦎🔬🪻
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
one fascist’s ear grazed by a bullet evoked more sympathy from the Democratic Party within two hours than the innumerable Palestinian deaths from decades of settler-colonial violence and months of genocidal warfare that they directly enabled
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
Thinking about how it would be reported if the ex-president of a non-Western country was ruled immune from prosecution by a panel of judges he himself appointed
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
this figure, reported by nyt in passing without comment, is horrifyingly high in absolute terms (highest since 67) while horrifyingly low when compared to killings (3:1, likely much lower).
it concretizes how decisively the balance has shifted from expulsion to extermination.
ALT "Over the past eight months, an estimated 100,000 people have left Gaza, Diab al-Louh, the Palestinian ambassador to Egypt, said in an interview."
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
I hope folks who were wary or skeptical of the summer 2020 demand to defund police now understand that police are simply the connective tissue for the state’s ability to actualize repression—not the magical municipal department that would save us all from “crime.”
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Sofia Sheikh retweeted
I feel like it would be more normal for colleges to have nothing to do with arms manufacturers.
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
Lindsey Graham (Sen.): "Level the place"
Max Miller (OH Rep): "We're going to turn that into a parking lot."
Brian Mast (FL Rep): No such thing as an "innocent Palestinian civilian."
Andy Ogles (TN Rep): re shredded children "I think we should kill 'em all."
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Sofia Sheikh retweeted
Duke admits 11% of the general applicants but 23% of legacy applicants—whose parents and grandparents parents were accepted during Jim Crow.
Duke didn’t even accept Black students until 1963. Now Black scholarships are banned but racist Jim Crow Legacy thrives.
This is America.
Duke University announced it is ending a full-ride scholarship program for Black students in the wake of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling
dukechronicle.com/article/20…
Sofia Sheikh retweeted
[PhD project out! Pls RT!] In this world of change, we asked how natural soil microbial communities respond to environmental change. The ecological/spatial complexity of soils makes understanding community's metabolic response to perturbations challenging. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
