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Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

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This is Sunday, I hope to see some of you there!

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Friends in the DC area: I will be giving a Profs and Pints talk about the science of sustainable seafood. It's based on my upcoming book on the topic. Please share with interested folks! Get tickets here: profsandpints.ticketleap.com/net/ 🧪🦑🌎🐟

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who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

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This will directly affect the future, & the present, of Pennsylvania & the country. Jonas Salk invented the Polio vaccine at Pitt. Pitt helped unlock DNA & pioneered organ transplants. Musk is offering a future where Americans are poorer, sicker, & less free. One word: NO www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

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Being a rascal is good and pure behavior, when you are rascal in opposition to evil. Don't forget that, kids.

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STAMPS TRAIN EGG NOW

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As Congress finalizes the 2026 federal budget, we face the possibility that the administration will propose to eliminate Sea Grant federal funding. Please add your name to our sign-on letter & share this request w/your networks who benefit from MN Sea Grant: z.umn.edu/mnseagrant_letter. Thank you!

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Science (and science policy, and conservation) friends, I need your help! We are collecting specific, clear examples of harms caused by the Trump administration's attacks on science, to be included in an open letter. Can be links to news stories/social media posts. 🧪🦑🌎 #SciComm #SciPol

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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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This article about scientists switching from Twitter to Bluesky quotes me (and @trevorabranch.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com ) 🧪 #SciComm www.dailyuw.com/science/scie...

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Shell replenishment works - it is not overnight, and there are prerequisite conditions - but it does work.

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"The White House has made clear speech in favor of DEIA are viewpoints the government wishes to punish & extinguish. & as the Supreme Court has made clear time & time again, the government cannot rely on the threat of invoking legal sanctions & other means of coercion to suppress disfavored speech"

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trying to be fewer obnoxious about correcting people's grammar

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www.vims.edu/newsandevent... 🌎🧪🦑🐠

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This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

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At events from Georgia and Wisconsin to Oklahoma and Oregon, House Republicans faced sometimes-hostile crowds furious about the sweeping budget cuts and mass firings of federal workers that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE are carrying out.

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Thank you to Senate Democrats for unifying in opposition to Republicans’ scheme to punish working families. Democrats played procedural hardball and spent hours on the floor debating overnight, filing close to 100 amendments and forcing votes on 23 of them.

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JUST IN: A judge has enjoined President Trump's effort to block federal funds from going toward grant recipients who engage in DEI practices. The judge says the orgs are likely to succeed on claims that this is viewpoint discrimination, among other issues storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Federal government scientists who have just lost your job, here’s a list of state-level and international government science jobs www.linkedin.com/posts/drkimb... 🧪🌎🦑

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In new video footage, cuttlefish show off their dazzling camouflage techniques, such as creating stripes that move over their bodies or mimicking non-threatening objects

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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A throwback!

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To our society members in the federal workforce: If you have lost access to the email address associated with your AFS account, you can contact [email protected] to set up new login information. All members are now able to provide a secondary email address.

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truly incredible

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New York Times article now up on Federal Register stuff. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s... 1/n

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WOW. Something's happening here 👇

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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

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🦑 #Marineresearch 🦈 #shark Researchers at the University of Plymouth used computer modeling to predict that #climatechange will reduce the available habitat of #Australia's whitefin #swellshark (Cephaloscyllium albipinnum) peerj.com/articles/187...

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I write about trump take egg.

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Thinking of doing a weekly recap of some select Newswire stories, which are super-short news we publish @mongabay.bsky.social. Some from this week. 1. The legendary Wisdom, known to be the oldest known living wild bird, is raising a new chick at 74! (story by me) news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

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Why are so few blue whale calves ever sighted? I delved into this mystery and I think I have an answer! Paper here: www.int-res.com/abstracts/es... Popular article: fish.uw.edu/2025/02/unra...

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This was one of my students’ favorite posts of the week

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@science.org just published this article about the Paleontological Research Institution and its importance in this time of financial crisis for the institution. Please share widely as donations in any amount can make a real difference in the short-medium term. ⚒️🧪🦑 www.science.org/content/arti...

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌎🐠

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌎🧪🦑🐠

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪🌎🦑

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New paper from CSP Alum Rafid Shidqi provides evidence of conservation goals - Designing and evaluating alternative livelihoods for shark conservation: a case study on thresher sharks in Alor Island, Indonesia loom.ly/OWWIcvo

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Last week, a video of a rare black seadevil anglerfish spotted near the ocean surface made headlines because anglerfish typically live in very deep waters. Dr. @sternarchella.bsky.social joins us to discuss the video and recent research on anglerfish evolution.

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If you are on #academicsky and aren’t following @trevorabranch.bsky.social @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com - you’re probably doing it wrong.

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PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH

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The First Evidence of Long‐Term Survival of the Deep‐Sea Blackmouth Catshark (Galeus melastomus) Following Release From Bottom Longline Fisheries

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Some of todays beach finds 🦑

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🚨 New plesiosaur paper 🚨 After 12 years of work, our paper about Seeleyosaurus was published today. Seeleyosaurus was the first complete plesiosaur found in Germany. The holotype at the NHM Berlin is almost complete, articulated and even has fossilised skin. 1/6 #FossilFriday #Science #Germany

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