Erin Rowland-Schaefer

The professor is in!

The Crash Course YouTube Channel

Twelve years (and 2.1 billion views) ago, when my brother and I decided that we could make videos that could maybe help people in their high school and college educations and then give them away for free, no one was there to tell us we were crazy, and I am very glad for that...🧵

I've never related to an image more in my life...

Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. I like to think that ‘foreswunk’ is to be exhausted before you even begin.

Pope Francis: “I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves, or who come from distant lands, bringing unfamiliar customs, ways of life and ideas! For all of us are children of God!"

In Pope Francis’s last public address, he preached care of the marginalized, the vulnerable, and migrants, saying: “I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves.” May we heed his wish.

This would be utterly disastrous not just for climate research, but this data is very interwoven into the fabric of our economy. As the story notes, farmers and fisheries depend on it. It is *crucial* to the insurance industry.

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THANK YOU EVERYONE for another INCREDIBLE MARCH MAMMAL MADNESS! #2025MMM

Please help defend the Arctic and protect Polar Bears!

www.defendthearctic.org

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Time has NOT run out, & each of us can make an impact protecting our communities & recovering our ecosystems- through our time, through our effort, through our choices, through our political engagement, through our thoughtful conversations with loved ones. #2025MMM

March Mammal Madness would not be possible without MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, & the Department of Education!!! Protect theses essential foundations of our society. These are the fulcrum moments of history on which our future TILTS. #2025MMM

Further- March Mammal Madness would not be possible without the incredible achievements of scientists the world over, so many funded by those engines of excellence- the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration #2025MMM

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Real Talk: you hear from me A LOT, but March Mammal Madness is made possible by the most incredible teaMMM of the very awesomest people you will ever have the honor of knowing and collaborating with! #2025MMM

Recent weeks, months, years have been full of challenges and heartbreak. For everyone. For all of you here tonight, we are so happy and thankful that you are joining us in this celebration of our natural world. #2025MMM

The funding for these long COVID research grants was given back bc disability activists urged us to contact our reps persistently, in high volume, and we did. Remember that these tactics work the next time someone tries to get you to passively react instead of taking an active part in organizing!

RAMPANT TAIL ENVY IN MY TIMELINE #2025MMM

I have spent three hours trying to solve a problem with census data and ArcGIS so I can extract data for a colleague’s dissertation research. I am somehow no closer to a solution now than I was when I started. I’m going home, we’ll try again tomorrow.

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WOW WHAT A NIGHT!
Polar Bear
Narwhal
Gelada
Sun Bear
Gingko & Rhizzo
Alligator Gar
Addax
& Puma ADVANCE
to Tomorrow Night's ELITE TRAIT
and the beginning of RANDOM HABITATS!
Who will triumph? WHO WILL FALL?
#2025MMM

Y’all wanted carnage… #2025MMM

The previous battle was rated G, for GARNAGE

#2025MMM

Such an epic battle! Though I sort of got attached to frilled shark and those terrifying teeth… #2025MMM #NoSleepOnlyShark

I can't believe I actually spent time making this mmmeme #2025MMM

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AND A BIG WARM WELCOME FROM THE #2025MMM COMMMUNITY for our special GUEST NARRATOR FOR THIS NEXT BATTLE... @solomonrdavid.bsky.social

The temptation to edit my battle to specify the time it took to urinate was sooooo strong #2025MMM

It is not an investment if it destroys the planet - Vandana Shiva text over a photo of an oil rig in the Arctic

#InspirationalIntermission #2025MMM

LibGuides: March Mammal Madness: How to Play The official location for March Mammal Madness tournament information and resources! If you're learning, you're winning!

Welcome to the joy of March Mammal Madness - a science communication and education project that showcases amazing organisms through battles based in science! Check out libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM... to learn more and join in on the fun!

NOW THEY'RE PEEING JUST FOR FUNSIES #2025MMM

Hey, there was shedding of skin! That sounds kinda like carnage to me... #2025MMM

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AARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
#victoriousInaction #galumphing #copiousUrination

#2025MMM

Ginkgo and Rhizzo OUTLAST Ringed Seal! #2025MMM

SCRITCH SCRITCH SCRITCH- Ringed Seal rolls against the impervious Ginkgo. Ringed seal urinates, releasing nitrogen and other nutrients into the soil, and then galumphs down the hillside searching for freshwater... BEYOND THE FIELD OF BATTLE! #2025MMM