Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)

I saw a total of THREE black bears and 8 moose today, which i guess is supposed to be a consolation for not finding the rustic bunting still?

I’ve told this story before: during prospective student weekend at Harvard, I sat through a group of white & Asian Am. prospies talking about how all the Black & Latino admits were affirmative action cases. I was not the only Black or Latino person in the room with them.

A rather rotund black bear approaching at an uncomfortable speed

Oop sorry bud, lemme get out of your way

DOE Consolidates Office of Science Advisory Committees Six long-standing committees advising the Department of Energy’s Office of Science have been rolled into one.

SCIENCE POLICY NEWS:

During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭

Why that matters 🧵

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

1) these areas of Alaska are pretty consistently blue, including in 2024. Harris won in the statehouse district including the worst-hit communities 50.8 to 39.

2) also, no one deserves to die in natural disasters, regardless of who they voted for

Mainly ethical- a complete enough skeleton for my dreams here doesn't have any business being in private hands, imo.

Also fossilized bones are heavy so there's a practical element

So didn't spot the bunting, the palm warbler, OR the black-and-white warbler all spotted today there, but eBird i guess wanted to make me feel included and required a rarity note for the slightly-late-season Wilson's warbler lollll

One wall of my living room is now a sheet of glass looking onto my personal naked mole rat colony.

I mean I've daydreamed about paying someone to clean my house just in general, I'm *terrible* at cleaning

Depends on how big of a ceiling i get

High-quality replica of a pterosaur skeleton to hang from the ceiling.

Also, a house with vaulted ceilings to hang my pterosaur from.

AGHHHHH someone refound it right after I left

Periodic reminder: if you get a generic that is less effective for you, of any medicine, filing a Form 3500 with the FDA's MedWatch if you're able contributes to getting non-bioequivalent generics pulled from the market: www.fda.gov/safety/medic...

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

Alas no luck

It's been a while since I chased a bird but a Rustic Bunting at Pt Woronzof? I'm in 👀

i also need this info 👀

thinking about how in Oryx and Crake one of the symptoms of cultural decay that leads to the protagonist aimlessly help wipe out most of humanity is a digital world where art is merely constantly remixed and nothing new is actually created

My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.

"Transsexuality is bourgeois" reflects the common belief that medicine, technology, and any improvements to quality of life are owed to capitalism. The reality is that capitalism holds these improvements hostage for the sake of wealth.

hey yall, @oregonthedm.bsky.social is a personal IRL friend of mine and he wouldn’t ask unless it was really was needed

Cingarkaq Agguu Paul First and foremost, I am grateful that my family and I are safe. This storm completely devastated Kipnuk. I can't begin to explain what just happened. I believe I felt every emotion in one night...

More photos and videos of the damage in Kipnuk, from a cousin of a friend of mine. www.facebook.com/100003563247...

Reminder that you can donate here: bsky.app/profile/napa...

Woman found dead, dozens rescued and over 1,000 displaced after storm devastates Western Alaska Winds over 100 mph and record tidal surges pounded the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Sunday as the remnants of Typhoon Halong inundated some Bering Sea coast communities.

AFN has a story today. This is the first that I heard someone died. So many villages devastated. It will take years to recover because it's so expensive to build in these rural villages.

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...

this feels like a final boss of "just let people enjoy things" discourse

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

FOR REVENGE lolllll i'm dying

weratedogs v 1/5 BORDER PATROC ICE AGENTS KILL DOG DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place. Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop 14/10 CBP Office of Professional Responsibility: 202-344-1808 JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov El Paso Border Patrol Sector: 915-834-8400 fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso): 915-541-1400 veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion