Maggie

Maggie

@mbernish.bsky.social

PhD candidate in biological oceanography | modeling phytoplankton physiology and ecology | URI GSO | she/her | views are my own

128 Followers 221 Following 22 Posts Joined Apr 2025
5 months ago
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🚨 NCA5 is now LIVE! 🚨

They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us

Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏

This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.

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ACLU of RI Statement on the Need to Protect Free Speech - ACLU of Rhode Island "The ACLU has a long history of defending free speech — not just when it’s easy or agreeable, but also when it’s difficult and divisive. Core political speech must be defended most fiercely when it is...

The ACLU has a long history of defending free speech — not just when it’s easy or agreeable, but also when it’s difficult and divisive.

Read the ACLU of RI's full statement on the need to protect free speech now ⬇️ www.riaclu.org/news/aclu-of...

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Had the opportunity to participate in the summer NES LTER cruise. I always learn so much from fellow scientists while at sea!!

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7 months ago

Adding something that I’ve already done to my to-do list so I can cross it off and feel good about myself

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TESTIMONY Re: Proposed AI Regulation to Prevent Deceptive Trade Practices This written testimony was submitted to the Attorney General on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) regarding the potential regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in

Last week, we submitted testimony to the Attorney General about potential regulation of AI algorithms in decision making.

The short answer? Algorithms making discriminatory decisions is a very real problem.

Read about how AI can affect fair access to heath care, housing, employment, & education ⬇️

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8 months ago
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Correction- that was taken on the way to the peak. This is the view from the top 🏔️

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8 months ago
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Sunset peak in Alta, Utah

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8 months ago

A new distraction has entered the villa (stardew valley)

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🌊 #URIGSO professor @drplankton.bsky.social joins a global team of experts to outline the many ways plankton (tiny, single-celled aquatic organisms) make life on Earth possible: from regulating climate and fueling ecosystems to advancing science, sustaining economies, and shaping culture. 🦑 🧪

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8 months ago
Graphical abstract illustrating four recommendations for ecological modeling with aquatic animals.

Be interdisciplinary and across levels: Includes icons for population biology (a bar chart of age structure) and behavioral ecology (a pie chart showing habitat use), plus a zoomed-in illustration of individual porpoises within a group.

Use mechanistic modeling instead of statistics as a conceptual framework: A curved line plot shows respiration increasing with temperature, with data points color-coded by temperature and a shaded area indicating stressful conditions.

Emphasize realism over precision: Shows a fish in a naturalistic habitat with plants and conspecifics, contrasted with a lone fish in a bare tank.

Include stressful conditions: Reiterated through both the curved plot and a separate graph with three treatments, where respiration increases across treatments and with temperature, with the highest temperature range shaded in red.

Excited to share our new paper on how empirical research can better support mechanistic models—through realistic, interdisciplinary data and by embracing complex, individual-level mechanisms. Born from a @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social symposium!
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

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9 months ago

LMAO

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9 months ago

Writing two chapters of my dissertation this summer… this will only be possible because I’ve deleted TikTok and the dreaded bird app from my phone

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9 months ago
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Scientists with ADHD speak up: when fire meets focus Nature - Researchers with ADHD discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed.

Researchers with ADHD discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed

https://go.nature.com/3FitQh4

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9 months ago

Is Columbia even going to have grad students next year… 😕

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9 months ago

A federal judge has ruled that 14 states can proceed with a lawsuit against Elon Musk that claims he and DOGE illegally accessed government data systems, canceled government contracts, and fired federal workers.

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10 months ago
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Missed this lil dude

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10 months ago

That’s my labmate!!

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10 months ago

@abigailkreuser.bsky.social

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10 months ago
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What am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists? Undermining the future of American science is not a path to accountability — it’s a path to decline.

www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...

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10 months ago
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Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.

I talked to NPR earlier this week - along with several other scientists - about how devastating the impacts of these NSF grant terminations have been (and it has only just begun...). #SaveNSF #StandUpForScience #NSF

www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...

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What’s Wrong with the Way We Work Americans are told to give their all—time, labor, and passion—to their jobs. But do their jobs give enough back?

In the U.S., we’re told to love our jobs, and to find meaning in them, as if work were a family, or a religion. On May Day, revisit Jill Lepore on how the unravelling of the labor movement ushered in a new era of work as life.

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Happy international workers’ day!

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10 months ago

No battle is won forever - that applies to human rights, labor rights and the environment. Happy International Workers' Day, everyone
🌎💪🏼💚💪🏼💚💪🏼🌎

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10 months ago

I’ve almost mastered the art of the London Fog… next step, lavender syrup. Maybe I should make my own…

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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10 months ago

Delete this 😭😭😭

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10 months ago

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10 months ago

Way too many acronyms in bioinformatics

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📸 Spring bloom in the Gulf of Maine. This image was taken by the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) sensor aboard the PACE satellite on April 8, 2024.

🌍 Happy Earth Day from #URIGSO!

“As Earth and ocean scientists, educators, innovators, and entrepreneurs, we have dedicated our lives to understanding and protecting our home planet—a planet that needs us now more than ever.” – #URIGSO Dean Paula Bontempi

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