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New research from The BioM Lab finds #microplastics in the poop of Greenland seabirds doi.org/10.1139/as-2... 🗣️credit @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social @JustineAmmendo1

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Exclusive: The Army Corps of Engineers colonel responsible for releasing water from two California reservoirs at President Donald Trump’s direction in January knew that it was unlikely to reach the southern part of the state as Trump had promised, according to a memo obtained by The Post.

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In 20 years, the U.S. has lost 22% of its butterflies, a groundbreaking new study found. Look up population changes in your area here.

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Trans people need accurate passports that allow them to travel safely. Tell the State Department: Hands off our passports.

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New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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My god I needed this story today ... www.cp24.com/news/2025/03...

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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

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A Supreme Court Justice who rules that President Biden can’t forgive student loan debt without an act of Congress, and rules that President Trump and Not An Official Position Musk can cancel any Congressionally-enacted spending they personally dislike, that Justice clearly isn’t ruling based on law.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to fire more than 80,000 employees.

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Our current issue features a profile of wildlife photographer Patricia Homonylo's work with the FLAP program that works to save birds from collisions with buildings. Homonylo will be speaking about her work at the @romtoronto.bsky.social on March 23 as part of a panel, www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/eve...

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Welcome to the Idiocracy toronto.citynews.ca/2025/03/01/m...

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I'm putting together a slide illustrating how generative AI is being forced on people even though they don't want it, and this is sort of funny. Here's are Google's autocomplete suggestions for "google gemini how to", and Bing's autocomplete suggestions for for "microsoft copilot how to".

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This is why I post about the silence towards #trans people right now, and especially #TransInSTEM They are immediately terminating grants researching transgender issues, and without a chance of reapplying: "...no modification of the project could align the project with agency priorities." #STEM

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Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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VOTE!

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There is also a mountain of evidence suggesting Russia was behind the Ottawa occupation. Russian state media covered the Convoy first, and more than, any other English news outlet. This isn't hyperbole, it's verifiable. Here's a research paper on the subject: journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/ji...

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Exclusive: The Nature Conservancy was told by @noaa.gov it had to use “Gulf of America” or lose its federal funding, according to a leaked email and memo sent to all staff this morning cc @heatmap.news heatmap.news/climate/natu...

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Heartbreaking news… Tonight, many of our friends were let go, and tomorrow, even more will follow. Word is that all probationary employees at NPS will be let go. 😭

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.

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The rate at which things are happening can be overwhelming, and that’s sort of the point. This barrage of policy and changes is meant to destabilize us, and paralyze us from fighting back or making sense of what’s going on.

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www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... More damning details about this scandal. It has legs.

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🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗 fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...

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We finally got a ChatGPT generated review on a manuscript. So I wrote about how we handle these reviews is a sign of whether we have given up on peer review altogether.

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I am sorry to say that I was right and The Regime censored this report. The U.S. government is hiding information about bird flu from the American public. “The interference included dictating what to cover and withholding studies on the growing bird flu outbreak”. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...

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They are going to ignore court orders. If they ignore court orders, the social contract is dead and buried, the constitution is no longer in effect. It's a rubicon that cannot be uncrossed.

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This! Ever had a snake removed & assumed it was good for the snake? As in, a conservation tool? Prof Gavin Smith et al’s tracking research shows the snakes ⬇️ weight, become disoriented, move more, & sometimes die. An important service, but perhaps just use sparingly. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers. This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.

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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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Breaking news: The Trump administration cut billions in biomedical funding. Researchers say it imperils work on cancer and other illnesses.

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Opposition calls for RCMP investigation into firing of Alberta Health Services CEO who investigated improprieties in awarding of contracts, by @carrietait.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com

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'Helicopter research' and 'parachute research' are often conflated in the literature but they're meant to describe different types of inequity in research practice. Addressing one does not always remove the other. 1/5

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Sharing my faviorate video from our recent pre-print www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Sand dollar larvae dancing !!

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We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation. We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Credit @alli.gay @erininthemorning.com @evanurquhart.bsky.social @miralazine.bsky.social @lizsaila.bsky.social

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#BlackBioBlitz2025 @blackinnhms.bsky.social

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Would you like to avoid buying respirators made in the United States? We have options. Check out the StillCOVIDing.ca site for lists of respirators made in 🍁 Canada and the 🇪🇺 European Union. stillcoviding.ca/en/resources... #CovidIsntOver #LaPandemieNEstPasFinie

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🚨 COVID report poses a threat to Alberta's public health edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... 🙏 "Extensive research has shown that vaccines for COVID-19 are safe and effective, and they have saved millions of lives around the world." Ivermectin "...have shown them to be ineffective."

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Help. I can't stop listening to Sheena Easton's 1981 hit Morning Train (Nine to Five). I've listened to it 7 times. I can't stop. I love public transportation.

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1. Yesterday, Trump released a sweeping executive order designed to end transgender youth care. It uses unconstitutional means and dubious interpretations of old laws to threaten hospitals, parents, and providers. I go line by line to help you make sense of it. Subscribe to support my journalism.

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#Cichlids of the genus Haplochromis (and many of their relatives) have what are called ‚egg-spots‘ on their anal fin. Thought to mimic eggs and to lead the female towards the genital opening of the male for fertilization inside the female‘s mouth, the story is more complex. 🧵 #ichthyology #fish

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If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

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“ANTI IMMIGRATION PROTESTERS” ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME THEY ARE THROWING NAZI SALUTES I’m going to explode dude

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I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔

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happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day to those who celebrate

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Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH. I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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You've heard of "chicken of the sea", now get ready for the "ticks of the sea". Gnathiid isopods are blood-suckers that feed on fish blood. This post is about a species of gnathiid that has been found on nine different species of sharks 🦈 #Invertebrate 🧪 dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2022/03/thau...

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Yeah that's the way it is! SEA CUCUMBER POOP! flic.kr/p/qLQU55

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