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Megan Velasco Schwartz MS, PhD

@megansc.bsky.social

mother of marine worms (nemerteans) and Eddy. Biology professor at UW and invertebrate zoologist in Seattle.

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Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Ecology The Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia invites applications for four tenure-track positions in Ecosystem Ecology at the Assistant Professor level. These are academic year, 9-month app...

FOUR TT positions in ecosystem ecology at Odum School of Ecology, 2 aquatic 2 terrestrial, over next 2 years! visit www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/439... for more info.

21.07.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Once again, this is a massive public jobs program for fascists.

This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.

03.07.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6576    πŸ” 1753    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 45

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

03.07.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 102067    πŸ” 22327    πŸ’¬ 3668    πŸ“Œ 959

Disgusting Nazis

02.07.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to

02.07.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 41722    πŸ” 11261    πŸ’¬ 883    πŸ“Œ 555

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

11.06.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 49455    πŸ” 15051    πŸ’¬ 593    πŸ“Œ 385
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πŸ”Š Listen Now: Leaders from coastal cities discuss rising sea levels at a U.N. conference in Nice Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR One | 3:57

Leaders from coastal cities discuss rising sea levels at a U.N. conference in Nice one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5425...

NOAA and NASA are banned from attending by trump. What a bunch of BS.

07.06.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You can argue the merits of deporting Marceloβ€”a young man brought here at age 5β€”if you want to. But this is someone we should be proud to call American. He’s solid on every level. And if you’re really a Christian, you should be lifting him up, not casting him out.

Listen w/an open mindβ€”and heart.

06.06.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8377    πŸ” 2831    πŸ’¬ 347    πŸ“Œ 172

That was great. Time has gone too fast!

06.06.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good!!!

05.06.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Elon Musk, the genius visionary who could not predict that the guy who has betrayed every person he has ever met would betray him

05.06.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9525    πŸ” 1614    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 49

☹️ sorry to miss you!!!

05.06.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so glad to know that you are there! See you next weekend!

05.06.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The latest wave of COVID revisionism is a transparent attack on the idea of expertise itself. It is not 'hubris' for public health professionals to issue guidance during public health emergencies!

02.06.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1456    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 25
United States Congress elections, 2026 Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

Start every day with this reality:

EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable

ballotpedia.org/United_State...

25.05.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 14618    πŸ” 5660    πŸ’¬ 623    πŸ“Œ 393

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

23.05.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 48613    πŸ” 11479    πŸ’¬ 1498    πŸ“Œ 470

They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare.

23.05.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7749    πŸ” 2848    πŸ’¬ 166    πŸ“Œ 76
Solar (66%), batteries (18%) and wind (10%) account for 94% of the new grid capacity added in 2024. When you add more renewable capacity, the generation they produce increases because on the grid the cheapest source gets queued earlier and that is the renewables. And storage is important because it firms up the renewables.

Solar (66%), batteries (18%) and wind (10%) account for 94% of the new grid capacity added in 2024. When you add more renewable capacity, the generation they produce increases because on the grid the cheapest source gets queued earlier and that is the renewables. And storage is important because it firms up the renewables.

The key statistic is 94%. That's the amount of solar, batteries & wind capacity installed on the grid in 2024. This has been the picture for several years in a row. The grid is building out new renewable capacity MUCH faster than fossil fuel. πŸ§ͺπŸ”ŒπŸ’‘β˜€οΈπŸ’¨πŸ”‹ seia.org/blog/we-need...

15.05.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 226    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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In case you needed another reason to eat ice cream.

14.05.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 21187    πŸ” 4245    πŸ’¬ 912    πŸ“Œ 392

F this nazi

15.05.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s really striking how irregular the bands of mostly men conducting federal immigration enforcement are. They seem to have no particular uniform, they wear a variety of different agency initials on their tactical vests, or none at all, they’re inconsistent about displaying a badge…

11.05.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8661    πŸ” 2312    πŸ’¬ 612    πŸ“Œ 209
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No matter what this Administration tells the American people, the law is very clear: Members of Congress have a legal right to enter any DHS detention facility to conduct oversight without prior notice - something I’ve done twice this year without issue.

10.05.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7762    πŸ” 2851    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 86

Thank goodness

10.05.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.

04.05.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 35311    πŸ” 4902    πŸ’¬ 1269    πŸ“Œ 431

Former heroin addict turned HGH guy with worms in his brain who plays around with roadkill and only drinks raw milk: Everyone else is stupid and, frankly, their teeth work too good.

30.04.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 23518    πŸ” 4270    πŸ’¬ 1790    πŸ“Œ 256

Opinion | I was addicted to heroin for 20 years. Here's why I am eliminating federal funding for Narcan so that an extra 10,000 people can die each year from opiate overdoses.

by RFK Jr.

30.04.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5126    πŸ” 1066    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 35
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Our meeting with RΓΌmeysa Γ–ztΓΌrk was a true testament to her character.

She remains kind-hearted and courageous, despite the cruelty she is enduring at the facility.

I asked her pointedly if she had a message for the people of Somerville, she said thank you for being her community.

28.04.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 976    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 20

The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.

23.04.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 21815    πŸ” 6312    πŸ’¬ 1257    πŸ“Œ 295
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National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards (Gift Article) The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.

@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx

22.04.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 988    πŸ” 583    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 44

Absolutely despicable

22.04.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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