Autumn

good question. i think my positive nature is way of BRAIN WIRING first, but also i have realized that art and expression thrives on gratitude AS WELL AS supports and grows gratitude in a feedback loop. once you start using it as fuel it will build, and i have been tapping into it for many years

Trump’s latest EO opens 250M acres of protected waters to industrial fishing. Feeling outraged? @taotaotasi.bsky.social suggests 5 actions you can take to defend our ocean www.southernfriedscience.com/5-things-you...

a cartoon of ariel from the little mermaid is making a sad face and says sigh . ALT: a cartoon of ariel from the little mermaid is making a sad face and says sigh .

During his first term, Donald Trump was the first president in history to un-protect a protected area, allowing fishing in Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Monument.

A fishermen spoke at the event and said "we don't even really fish there, but we're angry that we're not allowed to fish there!"

I have a PhD in copyright. I hate the current state of copyright law. We should burn it to the ground and start from scratch. This is not an uncommon view.

But the "start from scratch" matters - what we have is broken, but nothing would be worse.

Because of parasites like Jack and Elon.

The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis Abstract. Evolutionary stasis characterizes lineages that seldom speciate and show little phenotypic change over long stretches of geological time. Althoug

I am beyond honored to announce that our paper (academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...) revealing a molecular mechanism of evolutionary stasis has won the @sse-evolution.bsky.social President's Award

This work would have been impossible w/o my colleagues @tjnear.bsky.social lab and beyond!

A creature from the black lagoon is back drinking his coffee in his hoochie daddy shorts saying "Come say Hi!" with the list of events: April 11: All Shell Breaks Loose: A burlesque tribute to the sea April 15: Seed Packing Party: Help Sarah pack up native seeds for distribution across Philly April 18: Drink and Draw, hang out make friends, draw silly prompts April 26: Bioblitz at the woodlands, find some critters, enjoy nature! At the bottom is asys Check out the full event calendar at lu.ma/DGS

Here's the Philly events rundown for the rest of April!

This Friday: All Shell Breaks Loose! Ocean-themed burlesque (I'm vending!)
April 15: I need help packing up native seed packets! HELP!
April 18: Drink and Draw 😎
April 26: Bioblitz at the Woodlands

Get RSVP links & details in this thread 👀

Bronze statues of a duck and her ducklings. They each have a little white sign

Adorable. The Boston ducks have protest signs #handsoff

Imagine that the Earth went to Art School and studied abroad in France and then did A LOT of cocaine. Ok you got it. (Just kidding- the earth is profusely sweating holding an artist's palette and a paintbrush, with their tongue sticking out and their eye twitching, while wearing a maroon beret, floating in between an easel with a canvas on it and the huge flames. The earth is thinking, via a thought bubble "Make stickers and wheatpastes encouraging climate action" and the title of the poster says Climate Change Crafting Night, and beneath the floating earth it says "Tattooed Mom, Sunday APril 6th 5pm, 21+ with valid I.D.

Everything is profoundly stupid. Like. So stupid, oh my god.

So, here's my proposal. Come have a beer with me tomorrow at tattooed mom's and make some street art about it.

We'll be focusing on climate change action messaging!

I have SO many paint pens. Come paint with me.

RSVP: lu.ma/zgq45ht1

I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff

Trump EPA Unveils Aggressive Plans to Dismantle Climate Regulation EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin outlined an aggressive plan to dismantle the "holy grail" of climate regulation, the endangerment finding

The Environmental Protection Agency is now in the business of protecting Big Oil's profits instead of the environment

Trump’s environmental rule-shredding will put lives at risk, ex-EPA heads say Former agency leaders, including two Republicans, say rollbacks by Lee Zeldin could cause ‘severe harms’

Trump’s environmental rule-shredding will put lives at risk, ex-EPA heads say

Here’s a Paddlefish youngster, probably about a year old (caught & released during @garlab.bsky.social fieldwork).

Their bodies are primarily cartilage; coupled with their filter-feeding they’re basically freshwater Basking Sharks!

If Dems were unwilling to fight over cabinet nominees and unwilling to fight over the budget/shutdown, it’s safe to assume they’re not going to fight over anything.

Been having a blast putting together a guide for others at my lab looking to do some larval fish identification. It is very specific to the species we get. I’ve also done a 22 year data pull to give folks an idea of the historic species presence.

Science is under assault because Trumpists are illegally purging labs, deleting data, and censoring research. This is actual fascism. It’s not “cuts”.

Don’t normalize what they are doing.

Have you asked UC Davis Soil Web what it thinks your soil is?

Seattle, WA
#sciencenotsilence

So far today has involved enormous blueberry pancakes, a gathering of scientists (and their supporters) angry enough to leave the lab and get loud 💜, and the acquisition of a salmon head for $1.50 to try oxidation skeleton articulation on. And the day isn’t even over yet!

April 11th Climate Workshop Sign Ups Calling all climate organizers and experts! SLA is hosting an earth day event to help students find ways to be educated and involved in all things climate. If you have interest in hosting a 50 minute ...

🌎 Science Leadership Academy at Center City is looking for speakers and organizers for a climate workshop! They're hosting an Earth Day event to educate and inspire students to take action for the planet. Want to get involved? Reach out! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Do y’all have a Spotify playlist of music played before and after rallies? Might be a fun way to keep the fires burning by blasting it in the lab.

Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration

“Thinking about the event in the U.S. capital started about a month ago, when five scientists, nearly all of them graduate and Ph.D. students, bonded on Bluesky over their concerns about the impact of Trump’s executive orders on science.” 🧪

Initiative sets sights on rewilding three New Zealand islands Three New Zealand islands will join an international initiative to remove invasive species and restore native wildlife. With the addition of Maukahuka (Auckland) Island, Rakiura (Stewart) Island and C...

I LOVE #rewilding. My news to me good news for Mar 7 #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Stand Up, Fight Back!
#standupforscience #standupforscience2025 #standupforsciencephilly

Holy smokes I suck at hashtags.

Thank you for encouraging Philly to be the best science loving chaos gremlins they can be!

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Approaching 700 people RSVP’d for this which is more people than I have ever convinced to go to anything. Wild.

Ran slides past 2 other street artists and they gave it the stamp of approval. We call that peer review.

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.

It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

What’s my day been like?
(Laugh-cries in fishy phylogeny)
For real though…I love it.

When in doubt…yay science, f*ck doge seems like an overly simplistic but probably effective rallying cry. Or puns.

I’m swearing to cod from now on.