sharkeye.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

The President's Budget request as released yesterday will gut scientific research. Why should you care? 1) Science is fundamentally a jobs program. Many 100,000s are employed to do science and work for you, the US taxpayer.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

A novel method for fine‐scale retrospective isotope analysis in mammals using eye lenses - Miura - 2025 - Ecosphere #stableisotopes esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Integrating isoscapes and amino acid δ15N analyses to reveal migration patterns and habitat use of molids in the western Pacific Ocean #stableisotopes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Would it have killed them to mention the fact that this was due to climate change? @powcanada.bsky.social

submitted 10 days ago • 33 comments

Currently doing some eye lens work at the Swedish Museum of Natural History! Anyone want to take a guess at the taxon? 🌍🦑

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

My friend got a good pic of me with a big smile! #PhDone

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

I passed my PhD defense 🦈

submitted 23 days ago • 12 comments

I am defending my PhD tomorrow for anyone who wants to join! 🦈

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 31 days ago • 5 comments

New study links altered fire & water patterns in Florida Everglades to endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow population changes 🔥🌏 Species survival & reproduction could be affected, with implications for habitat management & wetland restoration 📊🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Great opportunity for early career scientists. "...early career scientist with a successful record of connecting civic engagement & science. In addition to the financial award, fellows will work w/ASM Advocacy staff to develop a deeper understanding of civic engagement & public policy." Due May 11.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Student #algae projects — this one a Pokémon-inspired set of #seaweed cards. 🤩🤩

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

I’m still waiting to hear back about my NSF PRF currently in review… but at this point would it even be worth accepting if x months in its terminated?

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

I’m so close y’all… 🦈 #PhD

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Preparing for this PhD defense is putting me through some crazy retail therapy… I just bought 70+ pieces of artwork from the 60s/70s (original and prints) for $100 🤯 #gradschool #phd

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Just gave my first practice defense talk, now time to sleep

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

California pilots a solar-over-canal system to combat drought. Project Nexus will cover canals with solar panels, generating clean energy while preventing water evaporation. The project showing potential for 13 GW of annual energy, while saving 50,000 acres of land. buff.ly/ZBokAil #ShareGoodNewsToo

submitted 55 days ago • 28 comments

Haven't had a screw up this bad in a while! Almost psychedelic 🫠

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Ontogenetic and sex variation in the foraging ecology of the salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) in the California current ecosystem 🦑🌎🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

I just created a Sci-Commers Starter Pack! Science Communication is CRITICAL right now, and there is more than one way to do it! Get some inspiration (+ fun!) from a variety of different sci-commers from various backgrounds (although there may be a bit of a marine bias here 💙). go.bsky.app/NMCFMcj

submitted 68 days ago • 29 comments

Got a travel grant to go sample specimens at the Swedish Museum of Natural History! Stoked to start a new collab on new species 👀🇸🇪

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

When your Uber shows up in a supercar 🦈

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Spent hours weaving a very long taura (must have been 10m) out of tī kouka to help fish get over man made barrier today. it was lovely 😍

submitted 73 days ago • 4 comments

Bluesky proving that social media users do like clicking links, actually, if you let them

submitted 73 days ago • 13 comments

✨ New paper alert! ✨ We found that the #kelp #microbiome is disrupted in a warming ocean! 🌊🌡️ #Temperature had a larger effect than #nitrogen. Thanks to lead author Nichos Molnar, Robin Fales @intertidaleco.bsky.social & Cathy Pfister! enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 74 days ago • 3 comments

The email I just got that started to make my heart race 😅🤦‍♂️ “We sincerely thank you for your interest in the position of Assistant Professor. We are pleased to inform you that we have begun reviewing applications.”

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

Me wasting my time applying to professor positions because there are no postdocs available in my field with the funding uncertainties 🤦‍♂️

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

I didn't know there was an Asian mullet (Rhinomugil corsula) that convergently has the "four eyes" (so they can see above and below the water surface) as the model Anableps (Anablepidae). These two are far apart on the Fish Tree of Life #convergentevolution Thieme et al. 2025 Scientific Reports

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

My academic sister Pascale @pergelichen.bsky.social just joined BlueSky! 👋 😊 She’s been added to the Permafrost Pack. Give her a follow as I’m sure she will post some great stuff (she won’t admit it but takes great field photos 😉) go.bsky.app/UhFqWzJ

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

It takes a village! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑💪🦈 Our Animal Care team recently completed annual exams on all seven leopard sharks in our Kelp Forest exhibit. From aquarists to veterinarians and volunteers, it takes a small community of shark afishionados to get this important job done!

submitted 81 days ago • 6 comments

Glad to see someone finally bringing attention to USGS!

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

This is the worst time ever to defend a PhD… my job prospects are looooow 🤦‍♂️

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

March 10, 1861: Canadian poet Pauline Johnson was born at the Six Nations Reserve. Born to a Mohawk father and British mother, her poetry blended the two culture. Her work often focused on the First Nations and the lives of women. My Deep Dive 👇

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments