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So exciting!!!! #2025MMM

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Todays hero

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I’m thinking we should spread this news about the firings at NOAA as far and wide as possible. Like cancer research, weather forecasting seems likely to be broadly popular across the political spectrum. apnews.com/article/nati...

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So proud to be part of this inspiring team standing up for future generations of scientists! Throughout my career, I have benefitted from groups like @wocineeb.bsky.social , which have provided spaces where I can authentically show up as myself. These shape me into a better scientist & mentor. 🌻

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The core of all the rot is always human choices.

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Proud to be part of this massive collaboration (217 authors!) out today in Scientific Advances examining diel activity in mammals using camera data from all over the world! www.popsci.com/environment/...

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The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion... The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.

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#BlackHistoryMonth Plant Scientist Spotlight - Meet Seth Polydore!🌱 👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://buff.ly/41fCJQn #plantscience

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Hey everybody! I'm Jordan, class of 2025, Con. bio major, African studies minor. I'm from Searsmont, Maine and I have interests in big cat conservation, and I'm researching tree pests and parasites. 🪲

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Hello! I'm Evelyn, 2025, Biology & Art and Art History majors. I am from North Smithfield, RI. I am interested in the ecology and conservation of reptiles, birds, mammals, and amphibians. Currently I am studying the habitat preference of porcupines and fishers using occupancy modeling.

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Hello, I'm Cam (class of '27) from Westport, NY. I'm a Con. bio major and a German studies minor. I'm interested in endangered species conservation and I'm researching porcupine genetics and road ecology.

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Hey! I'm Jess, 2027, Con bio Major. I am from Ogdensburg, NY. I am mostly interested in bats and birds (but all the critters are cool). Currently, I am working on learning bioacoustics & training AI to recognize acoustic recordings of various species.

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Hey, I'm Peyton, 2026, Con. Bio. Major. Chemistry and Studio Art Minor. I am from Chestertown, NY. I am interested in herpetology as well as wetland conservation. Right now I am working on organizing the bio museum and processing specimens (study skins, bone cleaning, etc).

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Hey! I'm Josie, '27, and I'm a conservation biology/geology dual major with a minor in Spanish. I'm from Jamesville, NY, and I'm interested in paleontology and specimen preparation. I'm currently working with Peyton making study skins, organizing the museum and cataloging the specimens!

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Total geek out I just made an exaggerated 3D digital elevation model of Australia using the rayshader package in R

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#BlackHistoryMonth Plant Scientist Spotlight - Meet Nia Worth!🌱 👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://buff.ly/41fCJQn #plantscience

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There’s a google doc trying to keep track of funding/grad school admission/hiring freezes & status please share 🧪 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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I've created an expt #KidLitArt feed of images that include alt-text, with no GIFS or video, excludes posts with AI tags. bsky.app/profile/debb...

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“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

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It’s critically important to keep communicating about science, especially right now. But WHEW. Reading the never-ending stream of LinkedIn posts from competent, dedicated federal scientists now looking for work makes it hard to concentrate on earthquakes (more like no quakes) in Iowa.

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Yes, I'm avoiding the news. Look at my nephew's cat

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Leaving work at 5:20 and it’s not dark! Yes I know today was politically a disaster but I’m choosing the silver linings and this is it.

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I spent this morning like I do every Tuesday morning, volunteering for a local climate org. I’m lucky and privileged to have the capacity to do so, and if you can do this, I recommend it, if only because current flood-the-zone tactics can make us forget what good people and good work look like

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#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 34 Like all #insects bees have exoskeletons. Their skeleton is on the outside. Once they have hatched from their cocoons as adults they cannot grow any bigger. #bees #nature #pollinators 🌍🐝

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The Data Life Cycle is a useful narrative device to understand how data flow within a project. But understanding how it fits with complex model pipelines has been awkward. So we wrote a thing! It's called the Model Life Cycle, and it's now out in PLOS Comp Biol: 🧪 journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

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Bluesky has not yet had any Rhombophryne testudo. Let’s fix that. I think it will do all of us some good. 🐸🟤

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Like … is not one democratic lawmaker willing to go enter a building and demand illegal activity stop? Even if they get arrested? Especially if they get arrested?

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I spent most of today nailing OSB to studs with Habitat for Humanity, and learning how to use a nail gun was 1000% better than doomscrolling.

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wec.ifas.ufl.edu/cheri/ The UF Cervidae Health Research Initiative held its annual symposium yesterday. We are ecologists, veterinarians, geographers, virologists, and entomologists who use a One Health approach to study deer! 🌎🧪👩🏻‍🔬

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You're making a difference. You rock! Now let's do a little more. Be an example for someone who needs to see, rather than listen to words. #climatechange #conservation #science 🌎🧪

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Do you struggle to eat enough when stressed? If so take some advice from your friendly neighborhood physiology researcher who struggles with stress-induced disordered eating, and get some nutrients in your body to keep up your strength (and mood, sleep cycle, focus, etc.) Thread! (1/17)

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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t... Story by @ericboodman.bsky.social

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“The outbreak in Ontario is linked to a specific community. “This is in a population that does not support vaccination,” clarifying that the people are predominantly unvaccinated or under vaccinated.” Everything I know about measles I learned from researching blind children in the 19th century.

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Tiger recovery amid people and poverty | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Today is the 80th International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, remembering the murder of six million Jews, two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population, and millions of others by Nazis and collaborators. #HolocaustRemembranceDay

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Hi again folks: If you're an NSF panel reviewer whose panel was canceled today -- or if you have submitted a proposal/grant application and are worried about it -- would love to chat with you today. Feel free to DM or email!

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Welcome, and thank-you!

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I may use this as the meditation theme when I start lecture this morning. Thank you for this!

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James Gibson was born OTD in 1904. His concept of the “affordance” dissolved the dichotomy between the organism and their environment. Each organism experiences its own environment: as things it can do or use, or barriers to its action or use. 🌱🐋 🦫🦋🧪🌎#philsci #psychsky #histSTM

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Microplastics are everywhere—including inside us. And that's not awesome, given that new research in mice finds they can mess up blood flow in the brain. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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People are gonna nitpick this, but it's good advice. Don't let your in-house lawyers cow you into throwing away programs that work. There's always a way to do the right thing.

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Just uploaded my first blog post to my personal website! 👀 I wanted to share a little about my #FilipinoAmerican 🇵🇭🇺🇸 background before I upload anything #SciSky 🧪 or #Bioinformatics related on there 🙌🏽✨🥹

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It really is jaw-dropping, isn't it?!

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Academic institutions in the US need to seriously consider how they will support and protect their minority faculty during this time. The conditions we face are already hostile for most - targeted attacks and added barriers to advancement will push many to simply walk away.

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One of the most important things you can do today is your science. Knowing calculus/physics/genetics/chemistry etc. makes you rare and the world will need you to rebuild tomorrow. Practice your skills and pass them on. Keep the flame alive. 💚🌱🧪

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