yellow and white buildings in foreground, looking up at mountains covered in trees, shrouded in clouds with bright dark blue sky above it.
beautiful fall day here in Juneau #Alaska.
19.10.2025 21:44 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1@drsrbayer.bsky.social
Professor-ing at UAS 2025-2026. She/her | Opinions = mine.
yellow and white buildings in foreground, looking up at mountains covered in trees, shrouded in clouds with bright dark blue sky above it.
beautiful fall day here in Juneau #Alaska.
19.10.2025 21:44 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1The federal workers who take care of our veterans, inspect our food, and help people through natural disasters know Trumpโs lawlessness is hurting everyday Americans and they are begging Congress to stop it.
19.09.2025 21:35 โ ๐ 886 ๐ 288 ๐ฌ 21 ๐ 23Trump appointees Brooke Rollins (USDA) and Doug Burgum (DOI) are trying to sell off our public lands for scraps. Don't let them.
USDA proposal (comments due Sep. 19): www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
DOI proposal (comments due Nov. 10): www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
#environment
wow thanks for all the love so far! social media for sci comm good isnโt dead! โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
08.09.2025 04:10 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0golden girls with green scrub ever greens and mountains covered in trees in the background with blue and white skies. A black and white dog are somewhat hidden in the closer trees.
From our walk today through the Juneau woods and muskeg. Love this time of year in southeast Alaska.
08.09.2025 02:32 โ ๐ 39 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0hi, i'm an academic. my primary skills involve condensing a grant proposal to 60% of its current size, and emailing
08.09.2025 01:48 โ ๐ 81 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 0Hi everyone! I am looking for any #scientists (including grad students, post docs) thatโd be willing to be interviewed about their research by my #SciComm students in October. Here is the form to fill out if interested! Our time zone is Alaska, FYI. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
08.09.2025 01:45 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2@clairewillett honestly the best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the "more emotional" gender for like, EONS, because they've successfully rebranded anger as Not An Emotion 6:00 PM โข Aug 12, 2020
once again I must tap my own sign
05.06.2025 21:13 โ ๐ 26529 ๐ 6024 ๐ฌ 230 ๐ 127โLife is better when we leap together.โ Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
23.05.2025 15:28 โ ๐ 14949 ๐ 3308 ๐ฌ 328 ๐ 458My lab researches what happens to the brain after a stroke, and we have discovered a new strategy to treat strokes that we are trying to bring to the clinic. With the recent turmoil at the NIH, we have already lost funding, and new funding is delayed. The existence of my lab, and even my job, is now acutely endangered." Anonymous, Boston, MA
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, yet Trump and RFK Jr.'s HHS is cutting stroke research at the NIH. These reckless cuts donโt just hurt patientsโthey threaten every family hoping for prevention and recovery. We need more research, not less.
14.05.2025 16:24 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The cover for Riley Blackโs book When the Earth Was Green, showing dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals, and insects among ancient plants
โEssentialโ
โBrilliantโ
โVividโ
โAnother triumph from Blackโ
When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolutionโs Greatest Romance, blooming on bookshelves February 25th. ๐ฑ
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
This is a really nice, simple distillation of the vital role NOAA and the NWS play and how private companies cannot replace what they do.
11.02.2025 20:10 โ ๐ 546 ๐ 292 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 20list of banned keywords
๐จBREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
04.02.2025 01:26 โ ๐ 27910 ๐ 15811 ๐ฌ 1280 ๐ 3683Several different fires are causing extreme damage in the Los Angeles area. Strong Santa Ana winds are one factor behind their rapid spread.
13.01.2025 17:35 โ ๐ 259 ๐ 41 ๐ฌ 20 ๐ 4Curvy patterns of green aurora light about a house roof.
Happy 2025! In Juneau, Alaska we had unusually clear nights and a strong auroral display new yearโs eve!
02.01.2025 18:49 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Person and their headlamp light visible along with blue, red, green, purple collars in the middle of the picture. Surrounded by black.
Sun is setting early this time of year so sometimes we go on walks in the dark with all dogs wearing their โlightsaberโ collars. Partner and his headlamp light visible along with blue, red, green, purple collars in the middle of the picture.
17.11.2024 06:02 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0An etherealy translucent sea slug that glows when threatened is the first nudibrach found in deep midwaters. This delightful weirdling uses a gaping hood to net in its prey. Awesome article as ever by @chelleraiser.bsky.social!
#NatureWriting ๐งช ๐ฆ ๐ #Invert
You deserve healthcare that sees you, not just the size of your body. Latest by me on what weight-neutral healthcare is, and how to self-advocate when you're stuck with the doctor you have.
(Note, 1st source is not tagged for their protection. Pls be kind) www.prevention.com/health/a6190...
Whoa! Welcome new followers. I have admittedly not posted here much, but maybe with all these new faces itโs time to start engaging again. Glad youโre here.
11.11.2024 03:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0idk I live in Alaska now
03.07.2024 21:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Itโs #DisabilityPrideMonth ! Consider learning about #disability in #STEM by reading #Uncharted or checking out resources liked disabledinstem.wordpress.com
For reviews on Uncharted - a book with 32 different authors sharing their experiences: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
โNo states that banned abortion offer paid paternal leave.โ
A sentence that says everything.
I have a book about why we hate rats and pigeons, but love cats and elephants. Why we think the only way to live in nature is at constant war with it. And how we could, maybe, not do that. www.harpercollins.com/products/pes...
WaPo loved it. NYT loved it. @scifri.bsky.social loved it.
Really enjoyed this interview by Ocean Science Radio about Uncharted because it features three of our authors who studied marine biology in the book!!! Thank you @akornblatt.bsky.social for taking the time to make this happen. oceanscienceradio.simplecast.com/episodes/unc...
29.12.2023 01:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This was a fun and awesome interview experience. #DisabledInSTEM #Uncharted
17.10.2023 20:11 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Itโs a drop in the bucket, but I have a few invite codes to give out. If you are an academic and have a URM colleague who would like an invite, send me an email. Similarly if you have a PhD student or postdoc that you can vouch for who would like to come here, ๏ฟผlet me know.
10.10.2023 18:51 โ ๐ 76 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 13 ๐ 2Reminder! You might be new here! Or just woke up, I don't know! But please switch the setting that REQUIRES alt text and then add it when you share your absolutely delightful images including pictures of pets in sweaters. It will make everyone's experience on here better. Thanks :)
10.10.2023 17:41 โ ๐ 37 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0First Story Collider episode on Uncharted is out! www.storycollider.org/stories/2023...
Check out the patreon special interview episode if you can!
Rebuilding a social media network is exciting and daunting at the same timeโฆ but also Iโm super excited to see who is here already on Blue Sky.
22.08.2023 05:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1