Matthew Brousil

Matthew Brousil

@mbrousil.bsky.social

Lead Data Scientist for Radical Open Science Syndicate at Colorado State University. Interested in ecology. Views own. he/him

199 Followers 681 Following 9 Posts Joined Oct 2023
2 weeks ago

is life just a series of days where you're tired in the afternoon and wide awake at night, running behind on weekly deadlines, and seeing pants get slim and big and then slim again over the years until you die?

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1 month ago

This is just unconscionable man

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4 months ago
Picture of shark sculpture by MICA student Mayali Geyling. Picture of shark sculpture by MICA student Mayali Geyling.

Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?

Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?

Now available for free!

Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!

Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!

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4 months ago
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We're very much arachnid-fans at iNaturalist. Consider this your sign to stop scrolling and go look for some! 👀🕷️🦂

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5 months ago

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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5 months ago

How is this not a crime?

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5 months ago
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It's marine reptile Monday!
Okay, that's not a thing, but here's an old acrylic painting from 1999. It depicts a #Liopleurodon breaching with an unfortunate #Metriorhynchus in its jaws. It was commissioned for a TV series that was never made.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Pliosaurs #JurassicWorld

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7 months ago
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissio...

RIP Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1967-2025) cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

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7 months ago
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The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations estimates that DOGE "generated at least $21.7 billion in waste across the federal government, despite its ostensible goal of eliminating government waste," noting this amount could've covered the rescissions package twice—with $2.9 billion to spare

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7 months ago

@heroforgeminis.bsky.social

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7 months ago

Don't forget to celebrate on @inaturalist.bsky.social!

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7 months ago

I've had this headline rattling around in my brain since January and I finally wrote it. Been hearing too many people in the startup world buying into the neoractionary nonsense that maybe a little light fascism is good for silicon valley. It's not. It's very, very bad.

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8 months ago
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Millions more Americans could turn to food banks soon. Food banks are simply not ready. Republicans are slashing more than $1 trillion from federal safety net programs, which leaves already struggling food banks to fill in the gap.

"The cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program alone would eliminate 6 billion to 9 billion meals annually."

Jesus wept.

www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

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8 months ago

I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope.

She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive.

But the FDA recently denied its approval.

Now, her health hangs in the balance.

Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵

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10 months ago
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Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk

www.science.org/content/arti...

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10 months ago
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Kennedy Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree. People in the community called the remarks dehumanizing and warned they could perpetuate harmful stigma.

RFK Jr. said autism "destroys" children and families. Autistic people beg to differ.

I'm so grateful to the people who talked to me and my colleagues — and to the literally 200+ more people who offered to share their stories.

I hope you'll read to the end for a mic drop of a final quote.

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10 months ago
Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

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11 months ago

Some personal news: I’ve paused the car factory I started building yesterday.

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11 months ago

I hope other university alliances start pooling resources and engaging in the kinds of collective action Rutgers is proposing here for the Big Ten.

senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...

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11 months ago
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Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

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11 months ago
Washington Post story: For years, a National Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a large photograph of its most famous "conductor," Harriet Tubman. "The Underground Railroad - the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War — refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage," the page began.
Tubman's photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation" in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.
The introductory sentence is gone, too. It has been replaced by a line that makes no mention of slavery and that describes the Underground Railroad as "one of the most significant expressions of the American civil rights movement." The effort "bridged the divides of race," the page now says.
The executive order that President Donald Trump issued late last month directing the Smithsonian Institution to eliminate "divisive narratives" stirred fears that the president aimed to whitewash the stories the nation tells about itself.
But a Washington Post review of websites operated by the National Park Service - among the key agencies charged with the preservation of American history - found that edits on dozens of pages since Trump's inauguration have already softened descriptions of some of the most shameful moments of the nation's past.
Some were edited to remove references to slavery. On other pages, statements on the historic struggle of Black Americans for their rights were cut or softened, as were references to present-day echoes of racial division. The Post compared webpages as of late March to earlier versions preserved online by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
Changes in images, descriptions and even individual words have subtly reshaped the meaning of notable moments and key figures

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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11 months ago
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Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.

NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...

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11 months ago

Disagreeing with the state is now a crime.

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11 months ago
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Third: This directs agency heads to allow access to all unclassified data, including "unfettered access to comprehensive data from all State programs that receive Federal funding," including data "maintained in third-party databases." Seems to centralize access to LOTS of data. 5/x

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11 months ago
Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope Some of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.

“Dartmouth College on Monday announced it had hired the Republican National Committee’s former chief counsel — an outspoken critic of birthright citizenship — as the college’s top lawyer and leader of its immigration office.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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11 months ago

sry I didn’t text u back, I was in international waters

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1 year ago

Disappearing people from the jurisdiction of a court is authoritarian and corrupt to the core.

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1 year ago

Incredibly sad to report that ABC News is indeed eliminating 538.

I count myself incredibly lucky to have worked with such incredibly smart, kind people for 7 years. Thank you all for coming along for the ride.

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1 year ago

This is unconstitutional. A violation of the First Amendment. A violation of federalism and the separation of powers. It’s unconstitutionally vague. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful.

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1 year ago
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Harsh findings on Trump’s aid freeze kept secret by USAID watchdog Two reports showing dire impacts on Africa and Gaza have not been released in fear of Trump’s wrath, official says.

Harsh findings on Trump’s aid freeze kept secret by USAID watchdog: Two reports showing dire impacts on Africa and Gaza have not been released for 2 weeks in fear of Trump’s wrath, official says

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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