Alanna Mnich | Marine Biologist

Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.

This publication I’m on came from a grant that has now been deemed too “woke”

See the full list of “woke” grants here www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

Excited to be a new host on the Fisheries Podcast! Looking forward to lots of exciting interviews!

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

You won't encounter a less-political and more publicly beneficial organization than NOAA. It's filled with scientists, technicians, and analysts who entered their fields because they love what they do. The competence-to-fat ratio is probably higher at NOAA than anywhere. Destroying it is abhorrent.

I learned this weekend that is it somehow public, Google-able information that I am a Harry Potter fan. I have no idea where or how this information was found, but it is both hilarious and very on brand for me

My foster kitty’s quarantine will be over at the end of February and he will be looking for his forever home! 3 legs, former feral, FIV+. Has made lots of progress. Contact me if interested! Based in Massachusetts

This has gotten so out of hand

I am furious this exists and even more so that it preys upon women WHO ARE LEGITIMATE SCIENTISTS AND DESERVE TO BE PAID FOR THEIR WORK AND RESEARCH

Link for more info, because my contract is up in August and I am looking at all the options

IT IS A $20,000+ PAY TO PLAY “JOB”

I just saw the most insane post that was advertised like a job, calling for experts in ocean sciences to join a research team

This posting was targeted towards women specifically

Asks for a resume, lists key areas of expertise, mentions specific research plans

I have complained about “pay to play” internships on my Instagram in the past, I have a lot of problems with them

Buckle up because this is the most wild pay to play I’ve seen yet

#askacademia #oceanscience #womeninstem

If you’re a student member of @aslo.org (or thinking about becoming one) check out this L&O Bulletin piece about making the most of your membership in 2025!

Calling all marine ecologists! If you study biodiversity, conservation or related topics, a second 'Marine Ecologists' starter pack is being organized here on Bluesky to connect researchers and practitioners. Reply here or to @drangelborja.bsky.social if interested—we need 6–7 people to get started!

Interested in getting it off the ground!

Looking forward to Bluesky launching Flashes (Instagram replacement) to completely disconnect from everyone in the front row of the inauguration 💙

New paper out!

#agu #globalbiogeochemicalcycles #isotopes #phytoplankton

Biden permanently bans offshore drilling in 625 million acres of ocean, making a Trump reversal difficult | CNN Business President Joe Biden on Monday announced an executive action that will permanently ban future offshore oil and gas development in parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in a way that could be especia...

Some excellent news to kick off 2025!

#oceanconservation
#marinebiology

Sushi chain pays $1.3 million for motorcycle-sized tuna at Tokyo auction The 608-pound bluefin tuna fetched the second-highest price ever paid at the annual new year auction at Tokyo’s main fish market.

A 608-pound bluefin tuna, which is about the size and weight of a motorcycle, has sold for $1.3 million at auction.

Hi Bluesky! I’m Alanna (@ocean.alanna on Instagram) and this is my first post! I’m a marine biologist and excited to share all of the interesting things I see in my career. Here is a photo of some larval Caribbean reef squid that I took for my undergraduate thesis 🐙