Katie Matthews, PhD

AI is the lead paint for Gen Alpha

NEW FISH WHO DIS

I, too, am in Colorado right now. I don't know why this matters. But I also delivered a GO BIRDS to a liftie this weekend.

“Fish” can be both singular (one individual) and plural (multiple individuals of the same species.) “Fishes” is multiple species.

🐠 Fish

🐠🐠🐠 Fish

🐠🐡🐟 Fishes

Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

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um.

aww man :(

my grad school office was in Hayden Hall around the corner and our summer softball team was "Museum Rocks" - a combo of museum, archaeology, and earth science grad students/staff

dude are you *just* now watching this

dear gods I hope so

my personal professional experience is that I spend more quality time with my DC-area colleagues when we are all at a meeting somewhere else than I do when we are all in the same city 🤷‍♀️

SO THIS MEANS WE WILL HANG OUT IN EDINBURGH RIGHT

Hello #fisheries and #marineconservation and #marinepolicy friends! Call for proposals closes March 6th. Email your science buddies and get a collab together. Come join us in Edinburgh to talk oceans and drink whiskies. #IMCC8

Trump Administration Announces First Step in Rolling Back Rule Protecting Whales The Trump administration today took the first official step in rolling back a 2008 regulation vital to protecting critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from deadly vessel strikes. Filed in...

Press release: President Convicted Felon officials today took the 1st official step in rolling back a 2008 regulation vital to protecting endangered right whales from deadly vessel strikes. (Right whales give birth to their young off the #Florida coast.) defenders.org/newsroom/tru...

The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do OR: the long overdue forest fire

"Of all the crazy parts of our crazy system, the craziest part is where taxpayers pay for the research, then pay private companies to publish it, and then pay again so scientists can read it." Adam Mastroianni always a good read. #scientificpublishing

www.experimental-history.com/p/the-one-sc...

Shaggy next to Liz Phair 🙃

a man in a suit and tie is eating popcorn from a container that says inside Alt: Keenan Thompson (SNL) as DC politics host talking head interestedly eating popcorn and nodding

👀

woof

as someone ultimately responsible for science content for a whole org that does hire external experts and consultants as needed, I am really struggling to figure out how to best prevent shit like this from leaking through

This is not just any random report. This is a review of how the major federal fisheries on the U.S. west coast are assessed, basically how U.S. fisheries management should be altered so that it works better.

hooboy can't wait to see what a $7.25 lecture looks like

woah that's a choice (someone's choice) allowing that channel to run free

😍

*of

sigh.

oh wow that is some stunning geology

Signs promoting various development aid projects in Ghana

Signs promoting various development aid projects in Ghana

Signs promoting various development aid projects in Ghana

Sign saying this lab was refurbished by USAID

Some examples of USAID and UK aid project signage I saw over a few days (a lot more that I didn’t snap photos if). To Norway’s credit, they also appear to be funding a lot, especially now. #developmentaid #ghana

#OceanGrants 💶🌊 by @earthjournalism.bsky.social

UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced

I'm just back from Ghana, meeting with fisheries policy people & fishing communities. I saw many USAID-funded efforts that had contributed to poverty alleviation & sustainability. & a few places where UK aid appeared to have stepped in last year. But now?! :(

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

memes from the Iraqi Information Minister

our current administration is more like the Iraqi Information Ministry

Remember that guy

yessss we all knew what scud missiles were and their ranges

Fun fact: there are so-called "decorator" or "collector" urchins that purposefully cover themselves with bits and bobs of shell, seaweed and other stuff.

And then someone made little hats for them...
www.newsweek.com/sea-urchin-h...

🌊 Satellite data reveal that Antarctica’s shrinking sea ice isn’t just a climate statistic: it’s reshaping the entire Southern Ocean food web.

theconversation.com/satellite-im...