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We did. Now we are wondering why you would repost this today?

Well that is odd. They are totally passing it off as real, wtf?

May want to check the date that thread was published.

Thinking about all of my US colleagues today that work for USGS, USFWS, US Parks Service, NOAA and the EPA. From front line environmental practitioners to scientists and policy makers, these folks ensure that waters are swimmable, fish are edible, that natural areas are accessible, etc, etc, etc.

Basically, their effort to portray Autism as preventable and curable is part of a larger project to eliminate anyone they see as costing society more than they contribute. And, short of that, to push those costs fully onto families and off of the state.

The Keeling Curve The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

423.72 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 21-Sep-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

People, be more careful of your use of conjunctions! For example, "Stealing is bad, but the people who worked at the store were mean," suggests exception to the prior clause, while "Stealing is bad, and the store smelled like wet feet" adds information while retaining the meaning of both clauses.

We need more people reading The Monkey Wrench Gang.

Florida announces plan to reduce the number of children living to adulthood.

Gee whiz, an ad hominem attack, sure sign that you're winning. Keep it up bud!

Watch any other video of a large adult sea lion on land and then let me know if you still think this is real. My skepticism is rooted in biology.

True. And always happy to assist.

Sorry, but this is absolutely 100% not real.

Well then that was fucking stupid of them.

This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen

Found 6 of my scientific papers here.

Trump Tarriff Tracker: the fancy French jelly is now too expensive. We have been forced to switch from a Bonne Maman family to a Smuckers family.

one thing that's making me feel particularly insane lately is how there is no longer any limit to the amount of wrong you can be

Biology and Ecology of Sharks and Their Relatives (Online & Field) — Center for Wildlife Studies

Friends, I am excited to announce that I am running a version of my graduate-level shark biology and ecology course through Center for Wildlife Studies! There are two versions you can take, both of which can offer graduate course credit or continuing professional education credit!

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Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface.

See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3

Annie Dillard wrote, "I am really here, alive on the intricate earth under trees."

She sure can write a fucking sentence. AD knows where to put the commas. Could've put one after earth, but what a mistake that would've been. Could've used a word inferior to intricate. Instead, perfect sentence.

What Ocean Ramsey does is not shark science or conservation: some brief thoughts on “the Shark Whisperer” documentary Netflix has a new (sarcastic air quotes) “documentary” out about Ocean Ramsey, who longtime readers and followers know is a serial wildlife harasser who also coordinates massive online …

Enough of you asked me about this that I wrote some brief thoughts on Ocean Ramsey's particular brand of pseudoscientific nonsense. I believe this addresses almost all of the frequently asked questions I receive, but as always I am happy to answer serious questions asked in good faith.

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Just received a grant proposal result months overdue. Not awarded, but the main takeaway for me was out of 76 proposals, only 7 will be funded!

Overfishing Social Fish Social learning is common among vertebrates, including fish. Learning from others reduces the risk and costs of adaptation. In some longer-lived species, social learning can lead to the formation of ...

Fascinating paper on something I never thought of: When we remove big old animals from wild populations (like fish) we might be losing important cultural transmission in species that learn from elders - Essentially culling transmission of collective knowledge onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A chocolate cake with red and white decorations and lit candles shaped as the number 75. Bold text reads: ‘The NSF Turns 75 Today. What has it done over the past 7 decades?’ The background is a celebratory red with a spray-paint texture.

HAPPY 75th, NSF!

We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.

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NONE in Life science?! NONE?!

Volunteer Track The $10 Billion Blow To American Science Grassroots efforts support court case against the NIH

Nearly 4,000 federal science grants terminated.

A group of volunteers built Grant Watch to track it—now their data is showing up in court.

I talked to Noam Ross about how it started and what it means.

www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

#ScienceIsEssential #GrantWatch #NIH #NSF #ACLU #DataJournalism

Neglecting to consider mortalities can create bias in telemetry studies. The R package 'mort' identifies potential mortalities &/or expelled tags in passive telemetry arrays, filling an important gap in workflows when analysing passive telemetry data🐾👇
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Lucky me, YouTube suggested one of those "classical composer listens to Radiohead for the first time" last night and now I've got OK Computer on as loud as my ear buds will allow, waiting in Key West for an airplane