Susan Smith

HE knows what he did!

XKCD meaning of auroras cartoon, showing "normal" at poles, "cool and exciting" in temperate zone, "someone should go check on our satellites" in subtropics, and "A bunch of open questions in Solar-Terrestrial physics are about to be answered" at the tropics

Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)

🚨Re-posting with UPDATE from today🚨

The recall of ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula has been expanded from 2 lots to ALL LOTS

Do not consume any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula

Spotted trunkfish would like a word (or maybe a kiss) 😘👜🐟 #spottedtrunkfish #trunkfish #boxfish #swimminghandbag #angrycute #kisskiss #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨

Please share widely

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I blame @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social

Thread. Read it. Put your drink down first.

So…if I don’t use a straw, that means…?

Gold digger, soul rolls, shrimp & grits

How America's fisheries rebounded from collapse and over-regulation An unlikely alliance saved U.S. fisheries from collapse - and made them more profitable.

How U.S. fisheries recovered from collapse

Will Banning Baited Shark Diving Off Florida Make Our Seas Safer? Bipartisan legislation would ban the practice of feeding sharks off Florida’s coast, which supporters say will keep people safer and reduce conflict with recreational anglers. But the scientific evide...

ICYMI, I wrote about the Florida Safer Seas Act, which would ban SCUBA divers from chumming for sharks in Federal waters off Florida.

www.scubadiving.com/will-banning... 🧪🌎🦑🦈

A Killer Whale Birth Has Been Captured On Camera In The Wild For The First Time “A truly unforgettable day."

An Orca Birth Has Been Captured On Camera In The Wild For The First Time | IFLScience

Poster reading: Understanding Medical Misinformation through a Scientific Lens. Sunday Nov. 9th 1:30-3pm PT Virtual! Featuring Dr. Joseph Pierre, MD; Dr. Jessie Seiler, PhD; Dr. Louise McNitt, MD, MPH; Dr Marvelle Maloney MD. RSVP! https://zurl.co/tZ8rW

🩺❓What is medical misinformation? And how the heck does it spread so fast? Hear and discuss with our panel of experts about the current landscape of medical misinformation, and what practical, personal steps you can take to stop it.

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Meet This Tiny, Glow-in-the-Dark Shark The recently-discovered American pocket shark (Mollisquama mississippiensis) secretes a luminescent substance to draw their prey close.

"Scientists from NOAA discovered a tiny shark in the Gulf of Mexico that was identified as a new species called Mollisquama mississippiensis, or the American pocket shark."
oceanconservancy.org/blog/2019/07...

What’s your tie-breaker?

I’m not sure how long that leftover has been in the fridge

All work and no play….

a man in a suit is talking to a group of people and says " there are dozens of us dozens " ALT: a man in a suit is talking to a group of people and says " there are dozens of us dozens "

In front of dozens of people!

Terrific introduction to a special issue jam-packed with good stuff on traditional and Indigenous knowledges in relation to ocean governance and coastal management, including on climate responses and ecocultural species. #climateheritage 🌊 🌐🌍 🦑 🐢 #Lawofthesea #marineprotectedareas

Along California’s coast, sea otters are quietly reshaping ecosystems - controlling crabs that once damaged eelgrass beds, allowing meadows to thrive. Offshore, in the kelp forests of Monterey Bay, otters feast on purple urchins, helping these underwater forests recover after years of decline.

Population genetic structure of commonly caught commercial shark species along the Indian coast

doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Marine predator movements create seascape connectivity in remote coral reef ecosystems - Movement Ecology Background Movement of marine predators can connect different habitats and create links that are key for maintaining metapopulation dynamics, genetic diversity, energy flow and trophic links within…

Marine predator movements create seascape connectivity in remote coral reef ecosystems

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This is one of those that makes me mad I didn't think of it.

What's today? An opportune time to talk about SLIME! Here is a brief introduction to the weird but wonderful and always fascinating class of slime molds known as myxogastria. Happy Halloween! 🎃
#Halloween #slimemold #sciencefacts #lifesciences #naturesky

Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity

Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity

Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity

Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.

It aids fascism.

a man is wearing a striped shirt and making a funny face ALT: a man is wearing a striped shirt and making a funny face

Obv

Big fan of the 1994 World Series, personally

www.feedingamerica.org

Frontiers | First insights into the fine-scale vertical movements of a Carolina hammerhead, Sphyrna gilberti, and a hybrid between Carolina and scalloped hammerhead Satellite telemetry has enabled the tracking of marine predators’ vertical and horizontal habitat use and migration patterns. These insights provide valuable...

Frontiers | First insights into the fine-scale vertical movements of a Carolina hammerhead, Sphyrna gilberti, and a hybrid between Carolina and scalloped hammerhead