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Bradley Allf

@bradleyallf.bsky.social

ecology postdoc at Colorado State, freelance science writer, TEDx speaker. advocate of citizen/participatory science, poetry. mechanic for the curiosity machine. 🐍 www.bradleyallf.com

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Community-collected data can reveal the impacts of industry on everything from air quality to fisheries. But in Louisiana, a law sets strict limits on what kind of data can be used to enforce regulations. Journalist Elise Plunk reports on how environmental groups are responding: buff.ly/uQUxUQu

25.01.2026 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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no monarchs but monarchs. no rat kings but rat king.
#nokings

19.10.2025 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

19.10.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7165    πŸ” 2056    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 118
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We have already raised $40!

17.10.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Help Public Science Study of Urban Birds Support the Public Science Study of Urban Birds!

Science funding is drying up so we’re out here, cap in hand, asking for your support so we can buy hats for our bird monitoring volunteers! Donate link: give.colostate.edu/schools/Colo...
@justscience.bsky.social

17.10.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Writing awards | Swarm

Science communicators of the Mountain West! Please consider submitting your work to @sciwrirockies.com's first ever #scicomm contest. No entry fee but must be a SWARM member to submit ($30/year, $15/year for students). Deadline November 1!
www.sciwrirockies.com/writing-awards

17.10.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New update just dropped on thoughtcrime-checker.com/index.html! You can now automatically check your grant for banned words and replace them with a phrase 100% approved by the #Trump regime!

22.09.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Time for South Park, Colbert and the rest to start their own breakaway media company.

25.07.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump’s War on Competence How the Right became polarized against knowing things

"Politics is so much easier when you can say whatever you want, in the same way even an expert soccer player will not score many goals against an unskilled opponent who insists the sport being played is rugby."

Tone reminds me of @kenwhite.bsky.social
suithaver.medium.com/the-rights-b...

21.07.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice - npj Aging npj Aging - Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice

Imagine tripping in a small, smelly mouse cage in the bowels of some academic hall. I bet those telomeres would be even longer if the mice were in an outdoor pen with live grass and dirt! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

15.07.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great observation to add to whoeatswhom.org!

30.06.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.

I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.

If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.

26.04.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 702    πŸ” 218    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 9
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Opinion | We Found a Work Around to Trump Defunding Science When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it.

They canceled the National Nature Assessment. We kept going. The science didn’t stop. Neither did our hope, or our resolve. The work is still happeningβ€”independent, evolving, and grounded in purpose. Because weareunitedbynature.org

πŸ”— www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...

22.04.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 9

Trump says it’s not in his power to get him back. Bukele says it’s not in his power to send him back. Senator Van Hollen should just bring him home himself!

18.04.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 407    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cancer itself getting in on the disinformation game. God help us!

17.04.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you want an easy way to check if your research evades the Trump censors, consider using ThoughtCrime Checker!
thoughtcrime-checker.com

31.03.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Of potential interest: thoughtcrime-checker.com

31.03.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Of potential interest! thoughtcrime-checker.com

31.03.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Of potential interest! thoughtcrime-checker.com

31.03.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Of potential interest! thoughtcrime-checker.com

31.03.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sure the party that hates when cabinet secretaries mishandle classified information will be just furious about this

25.03.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

well, your lab did a great job out there

21.03.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Top five thrift of my life lol

16.03.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@standupforscience.bsky.social

16.03.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stand Up for Science: In Defense of Curiosity "President Trump and his administration lack the humility required to take an interest in understanding the world around them."

Excited to see my #StandUpForScience speech in @westword.com today.
www.westword.com/news/colorad...

16.03.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

This will be a really neat and timely event. Registration free for SWARM members, $10 for non-members. Join us!

16.03.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Equal parts glad and deeply troubled that this is finding utility! πŸ˜…

13.03.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A scientist loses funding for her research on vaccines during pregnancy due to a new NIH policy that bans all studies broadly related to "vaccine uptake."

11.03.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7
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Stop throwing wrenches in our curiosity machine!

Honored to speak at #StandUpForScience Denver today. Thanks to event organizers @ssenese.bsky.social et al., and the amazing crowd (500 people? 1,000?) for coming out on a cold day to stand up together for our fundamental right to wonder.

08.03.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0