Dr Michelle LaRue

Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart

Abolish ice

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

We're back for round two. We're taking back our science. I am fighting for science and democracy. March 7th, 2025. Washington, DC. standupforscience.net/march7

We're back for round two. We're taking back our science. I am fighting for science and democracy. March 7th, 2025. Washington, DC. standupforscience.net/march7

We're back for round two. We're taking back our science. I am fighting for science and democracy. March 7th, 2025. Washington, DC. standupforscience.net/march7

RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🧪✊🔬
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC.

We're mobilizing the fight for science and democracy. In the face of assaults on our families, freedoms, and futures, we're taking back science!

Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (linked in bio)

A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign for a species whose population is estimated to be below 400.

If you need good news: highly endangered North Atlantic Right Whales are having lots of babies suddenly. 21 mother-calf pairs have been recorded so far, double last season! Endangered by fishing lines and ship strikes, less than 400 remain. But this is hopeful news

www.wired.com/story/a-nort...

Senators Klobuchar and Smith need to sign on to this immediately.

Emperor penguin photo with link to donate to immigration defense network

FIGHT. Show up in any way you can. Call senators. Call congresspeople. Send supplies, donate, protest, make signs, make food, do what you can when you can.

Our rights are worth fighting for.
#abolishice

#penguinsforsanity
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This is scientists’s version of tearing down parts of the White House.

Minneapolis.

one of the best things about this whole nightmare has been watching a whole bunch of folks who have clearly never been seriously political in their lives standing up and going, no, absolutely the fuck not, we’re not letting this happen

ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”

it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.

Fun fact about Minnesota: It is the largest state in which Trump lost the 2016 primary and all three general elections.

#nowwatching New Year’s Day is for the birds… specifically, emperor penguins! The babies are SO freaking fluffy and cute and the way they all toddle around is RIDICULOUS 🥹😭 #birdsky #mustlovebirbs #natgeo

Beautiful!

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The best!

This is a fair point

Very sad news showing that even world heritage status does not protect from a disease 😔

Yes I did not, in fact, boop the snoot but it was hard

Oh no!
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Literally

Yes that’s right!

Weddell seal pup looks into the camera as it lays on the snow

Weddell seal pups can be curious if you’re sitting next to them quietly. Here, we were collecting a scat sample and the little one leaned a bit closer to see what I was doing.

Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
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Can Animal Super-Agers Teach Us Their Secrets? Some animals seem to defy the rules of aging. Understanding how they do it could help us live longer, healthier lives.

Imagine never showing signs of aging and having zero risk of cancer. This is the reality for some animals, and now, scientists are exploring their secrets. 🐋 🦇

It’s an incredible place: beautiful and unforgiving

Yep that’s me! I’m an Associate Professor and I don’t have a YouTube channel. Keep encouraging your young scientist, it’s a fun job!

A scientist holds a small vial and looks at the Weddell seal pup near her feet

I love Weddell seals so much I will pick up their poop and put it in a small vial just so I can get a chance to be near them and watch them hanging out on the ice.
(AMLR permit to LaRue 2025)

Also the cute of this pup was TOO MUCH.
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A Weddell seal pup looks at the camera, with overlaid text that says “All 10 seal tags are now deployed!@

We have deployed satellite tracking devices on all our animals now (10 seals and 10 penguins), plus collected feathers, blood, whiskers, etc., for more information about the animals.
ACA Permit 2025-010

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We do!

Off the top of my head we have Waffles, Tim Tam, Jimmy, and Sam!

And it is only very temporary!