Bruce A. Snyder

National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.

💔 for my children: “The Trump administration has dismissed the hundreds of scientists and experts who had been compiling the federal government’s flagship report on how global warming is affecting the country.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...

I hate to say this, and it gives me the chills just to think it, but CECOT is on (and not a short way down) the road to Auschwitz.

Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.

We are risking plunging the United States into a dark age of entomology next week. USDA programs are facing massive lay-offs next week and the public should be aware of the impact. If you care about food systems, forests, invasive species, this thread is for you. Read Below: 🧪 #entomology #science

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Holy shit. This is *the* gold-standard measurement of atmospheric CO2 -- the one in all the charts.

Today’s doom scroll safety stop 🛑

A thread on hippo testicles

Adding this to my #comparativeanatomy teaching notes

even carnosus isn't 300mm, I wonder what that is 😬

They've been published from Oklahoma and we published them in Georgia last year

Hupeiensis I can see, but carnosus from a picture? How'd they get that shot? Also someone better get some specimens and publish that!

It's amazing how fast plants respond following prescribed fire. This stand was just burned two weeks ago as part of training for students in my Fire Ecology and Management class, and the wiregrass is already green.

Just a reminder for many of you but can be useful for others.

There's a website for US trans people trying to find a new home somewhere in the world : transworldexpress.org/wiki/Main_Page

A picture of a flyer for Myriapod Meet-up 2025. There is an image of a millipede, and details about the date and time of the online meeting. The date of the meeting is on March 25, 2025 at 8:00AM - 5:00PM, New York, US (UTC -4). The Marek lab at Virginia Tech is hosting the 2025 Myriapod Meet-up. The Meet-up will be a chance to talk about Myriapoda, and catch up with colleagues. Those interested in presenting their myriapod-related studies, are invited to give a 5-minute lightning style talk (3 mins. talk + 2 mins. questions). These talks will provide a venue to share your exciting myriapod (or Onychophora) related research in a low-pressure relaxed setting. There will be open discussion sessions from 10-10:30AM, 12-12:30PM, and 3-3:30PM, to ask further questions and for general discussion. You are certainly welcome to not give a talk, and to observe and/or discuss. If you would like to participate in this Meet-up, please register at the blue link to the left. Be sure to provide your email address, so that we can send you a Zoom link for the meeting.

Myriapod Meet Up 2025 — 25 March, 8AM - 5PM (EDT). This online event will include short talks, and a chance to share and discuss research about myriapods (and other multipedes, e.g. Onychophora). Anyone may participate in this free event (no need to give a talk).

My Open Letter to Elon Musk From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.

I am the great-grandson of a man who led his family out of the shtetl to a strange land in search of a better life. I am the grandson of the three-year-old boy on that journey. My English name is Marc, but my Hebrew name is Elhanan (אֶלְחָנָן)—after the warrior in David’s army who slew a powerful giant.

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

Leaked emails show the nation’s leading wildlife agency has halted critical funding for conservation Exclusive: The US Fish and Wildlife Service has frozen millions of dollars, imperiling animals abroad.

Friday SCOOP: @vox.com has learned that USFWS has frozen its vast portfolio of international conservation grants.

This is far beyond the scope of USAID-funded work and will inevitably harm wildlife internationally and in the US.

@benjij.bsky.social has the story: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).

a group of blue sharks swimming in the ocean ALT: a group of blue sharks swimming in the ocean

Timeline cleanse!

Most sharks swim constantly so they can breathe, but some can rest on the bottom and pump water over their gills.

And some of the ones that rest on the bottom like to do that together.

A collage of images of coloured-in giant springtail drawings , with many brightly-coloured designs.

🚨Colouring contest update🚨

The #TeamGiantSpringtail colouring competition has had some impressive submissions so far!

To help local libraries get involved, I'm extending the deadline to 14th Feb - so there's still time to submit a romantic valentines springtail - details below!

#Invertebrate 🧪