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I do not want AI in Slack. I do not want AI in Google. I do not want AI on Facebook. I do not want AI in documents or spreadsheets. I do not want AI in Adobe Acrobat. I do not want AI in Zoom. I do not want AI on news sites. I do not want AI in the patient portal for my doctor's office. I do not wan

Thank you!

Defending my masters tomorrow morning! If will be streamed live on zoom and the Moss Landing Marine Labs YouTube page at 9AM PST. If you want the zoom link let me know!

What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.

What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.

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Stipes of the giant kelp Macrocystis that have a very twisted shape that looks like ramen noodles

Got to get subtidal this #phycologyfriday with a different member of the kelp #foundationspecies crew than I’m used to these days #giantkelp #macrocystis
I found these kelp of noodle stipes pretty fun

First ever chicken of the woods! Cooks up quite nicely

Juvenile bull kelp sporophytes hidden under a mat of diatoms

Non-sterile culturing techniques work! What otherwise looks like a dense mat of diatoms masks numerous bull kelp sporophytes! We were ready to scrap this culture and start anew but kelp at resilient! Time to change culturing conditions to promote kelp development

Postelsia from yesterday’s low tide. Swell had dropped enough that I could lay down in them!

What a wonderful evening celebrating Ross

Would love to be included here!

I’m jumping on the starter pack bandwagon! Check out these awesome people, institutions, & feeds if you’re interested in the awesome world of #algae. And if you’d like to be added, lmk. 🌊🦑🌾 go.bsky.app/RwMphxS

YouTube video by California Weather Watch California Weather: Atmospheric River Watch

California Atmospheric River Watch!

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Get in on the kelp kult!

Oh great! Thank you

I would love to be added!

Thrilled to share data from our newly developed ARKEV module designed for diver-independent #kelp #restoration at #WSN

I would love to be added!

YouTube video by Jubilee 1 Politician vs 25 Undecided Voters (Feat. Pete Buttigieg) | Surrounded

If Kamala Harris wins Michigan by a few votes, we have Pete Buttigieg to thank.

Here he makes the case for Harris in front of 25 undecided voters. That dude is effective.

I know many experts say carbon offsets do nothing for climate

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Stock assessment models overstate sustainability of the world’s fisheries Effective fisheries management requires accurate estimates of stock biomass and trends; yet, assumptions in stock assessment models generate high levels of uncertainty and error. For 230 fisheries wor...

New paper on the state of #fisheries not looking good.
Hint: we’ve been wayyy off…

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Wonderful low tide this morning spanning moonset to sunrise

I’d like to be added. I’m a graduate student studying the effects of density on kelp growth and reproduction. Additionally I work on restoring bull kelp populations in northern California leveraging aquaculture, SCUBA, and community science

So exciting!

✨Absolutely thrilled✨ to share that I’ll be joining Stanford as an Assistant Professor of Oceans, based at Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey, CA starting January 2025! Stay tuned for exciting opportunities to study kelp forests, algal physiology, microbes, climate change & more!

Got to present my thesis research at PSA yesterday as the first presenter of the Bold Award session! Excited to have shared my results at a new conference, especially one that is being held 10 minutes from where I grew up! #PSA #Kelp

Our bull kelp soral bank tank is shaping up nicely as we approach our first kelp restoration trip of the field season

Worst feeling

#phycologyfriday bringing about lots of growth. Bull kelp sporophyte pom-pom from cultures we have prepped for outplanting at our restoration site. 2024 is going to be a good year!

This timeline depicts the evolution of kelp forests and associated organisms along the Pacific Coast over the past 32 million years, along with water temperature variations. Black bars indicate members of modern, complex kelp ecosystems - sea otters, abalone, sea urchins, and, until recently, sea cows. The green bars indicate now-extinct members of early kelp beds, including demostylians and penguin-like plotopterids. Credit: Steffen Kiel and Cindy Looy

The discovery of 32-million-year-old #kelp holdfasts from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, means that this group of marine foundation species is twice as ancient as previously thought & highlights the vastly different communities that kelps have supported over time. phys.org/news/2024-01...