Laura Bliss, Ph.D.

an elderly woman is standing next to a brick wall holding a hat . ALT: an elderly woman is standing next to a brick wall holding a hat .

Yesssss

Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump:

Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without

right wingers are like "you must never forget what The Left wants to do to you." and the thing they want to do to you is give you healthcare and make sure there isn't sewage in your drinking water

The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)

democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

Fact check: Could brush clearance have prevented the Palisades Fire? LAist dives into the science behind the claim that the brush clearance would have 'significantly mitigated' the destruction and losses.

@laist.com dives into the science behind the claim that the brush clearance would have 'significantly mitigated' the destruction and losses.

Reposting this as there are now 135 amazing scientists on this list, so make sure you follow some of the recent additions (and let me know if you’d like to be added yourself)!

#GISChat

#GISChat

I made a starter pack of folks who talk about ocean science and conservation!

I use this for my courses, which means there are specific criteria, so please don't ask me to add you.

But feel free to follow these fine folks!

go.bsky.app/HYBnbQn 🧪🦑🌎

Please welcome @unep.bsky.social to Bluesky! For more climate and research organizations, please check out this starter pack ⬇️

go.bsky.app/5kuYAhM

My “Follow ocean science and conservation experts on Bluesky and Instagram” assignment As an informal learning assignment, I have my students use social media to follow ocean science and conservation experts for the semester. Each week, they’re asked to check social media for a…

I have my students follow ocean science and conservation experts on social media for the semester. We start each class with "what did you learn about the ocean on social media this week" discussions.

Here's the assignment including my list of folks to follow, in case anyone wants to adapt it. 🧪🦑🌎

I couldn’t find a starter pack for POCs working in STEM, so I started one myself - my network here is still small and I didn’t want to assume how people identify, so please reply or DM me if you want to be added!

go.bsky.app/BJkKQVR

I am finding these starter packs useful for finding others with similar interests so here is another. Ping me if you work in the recreational fisheries science and management space and want to be added! #recreationalfisheries #angling #anglers #fisheriescience go.bsky.app/3UoUZkC

The bat signal but with left shark

I run a small ocean science, conservation, education, and policy consulting firm.

I am looking for colleagues in similar positions, including small non-profits.

If that's you, please PM me or email me WhySharksMatter @ gmail

Friends, those "shark tracker" apps are cool, but they only track tagged sharks whose tags are broadcasting. Not seeing a tagged shark near you does not mean there is no shark near you.

If you've been in the ocean, there's likely been a shark not that far away, and it likely knew you were there.

🧪

Hey new people and people I know from Twitter, welcome! What brings you here?

In case you're interested, here's a Starter Pack of journalists who work on climate, energy, and the environment.

Bluesky is also more useful if you follow some Feeds. I have some suggestions. 🧵

go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya

Welp. 10 years, nearly 50K tweets, on their way to the trash*, just like that site.
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*Yes, I archived first. No, I won't be importing them here. Y'all don't need to see what I ate for lunch in 2016.

Oceanographers record the largest predation event ever observed in the ocean In the largest predation event ever recorded, researchers observed capelin shoaling off the coast of Norway, where a swarm of cod overtook them, consuming over 10 million fish in a few hours. The team...

Wow! Capelin! news.mit.edu/2024/oceanog...

NOAA, Esri team up to make ocean data more accessible and actionable NOAA and Esri offsite link, a global leader in location intelligence, will create the prototype for a one-of-a-kind, fully interoperable open data platform to provide equitable, actionable and ready-t...

The next-generation GIS for the Ocean!!!
"NOAA, Esri team up to make ocean data more accessible and actionable"
www.noaa.gov/news-release...
🧪🌊🦑

See you all there! #ArcGIS

“Deepsea Dawn” here, ocean explorer, geologist, geographer, seafloor mapper, and recently involved in a lot of ocean conservation science+policy activities with the UN and the Biden US State Dept. More of my story told at mappingthedeep.com My dog and I are loving Bluesky!

Me with a shark

Me on my book tour with backup dancers

Dress for the job you want

There are now over 14,000,000 people here!

Science and conservation friends, reply and reintroduce/reintroduce yourselves-

I’m David. I study shark conservation, and post about that as well as marine biology and the environment in general. I’m in the Washington, DC area.

🌎🦑🧪🦈🐠 #SciComm

Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.