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UCLA's Most Decorated Ecologist Just Got Fired : Here's the sequence In January of 2025, at the ICTP ICTS winter school at NCBS, Priyanga Amarasekare offered to take me and a few other students out for my birthday. She didn't have to do that.

Insightful summary of an extraordinary person being extraordinarily fired: "you don't silence a woman of color who raised concerns about racism by silencing her...The fingerprints are distributed perfectly across the system." www.linkedin.com/pulse/uclas-...

There's a Tartan?!?

Ocean scientists in this physics exhibit are like physicists in a tide pool. Wonderfully excited and easily amazed. #OSM26

Close up shot of sign in Glasgow Science Centre. It reads "We are all scientists."

So true, #OSM26. So true.

The location for the #OSM26 reception is great.

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

✨ Navigating early career transitions doesn’t have to be a solo journey.

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Resources for LGBTQIA+ ecologists - British Ecological Society A collection of websites and literature for LGBTQIA+ ecologists and allies.

Ecologist here, we know plenty about the diversity of life, and as the @britishecologicalsociety.org we actively support the inclusion of trans people alongside all the many ways of simply being human. Dawkins does not represent or speak for us.

Finally. These are my grandmother's people.

The United Nations Ocean Decade: A catalyst for international collaboration enhancing ocean monitoring and data In recognition of the ocean’s essential role in supporting life, the economy, and human well-being, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 2017 declared 2021 to 2030 the Decade of Ocean Science f...

The United Nations Ocean Decade: A catalyst for international collaboration enhancing ocean monitoring and data | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌊 🦑

Review of the draft United by Nature assessment The United by Nature Assessment is designed to be “a holistic assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlife, and the benefits they provide.

The National Academies is inviting nominations for experts to review the draft United by Nature assessment. Ecology, climate, conservation, social science, sci-comm + more. If someone comes to mind—maybe you—please nominate & please the word!

www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...

When I was in high school, I was lucky enough to see Dr. Jane Goodall speak. She spoke of her research, yes, but also of environmental resilience and, crucially, #hope.

Her message was simple: Nothing good happens without hope and nothing can happen without community.

Postdoc Fellowships • MBARI Each year, MBARI invites applications for several in-person postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of biological, chemical, and physical oceanography, marine geology, and ocean engineering. MBARI also...

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 @mbarinews.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship now accepting applications. Deadline Dec 2 www.mbari.org/about/career....

I mean .... Can one read giant black boxes?

But ya, I've never seen that either. But even the part they show you is .... Off

This is wild. I've never seen a reference section this shoddy in a report. There are multiple repeated citations, and the format for gov documents is wrong/inconsistent.

I expected #ESA2025 to have lots of great science. I didn't expect it to fill my cup. But our #ESA community is committed to #science, #diversity, and #resistance. Got me feeling determined. 💜

There is still time to submit to #OSM26! We're looking for cool applications of cross-scale research! #ecology #ocean #data #analysis

agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/me...

I am really excited to be a part of this team. We took our time writing this, putting a lot of thought into how our journeys as #NativesInSTEM were affected by different aspects of Universities and looking for commonalities across the world. I hope folks in academia appreciate this work.

Unmasking the Sea Star Killer After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?

We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos.
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

Our session for #OSM26 was accepted!

Finding the Needle in the Sea Stack: How New Methods and Techniques are Solving Marine Ecology’s Problem of Pattern and Scale

We'd love to get novel/innovative submissions! Not sure your abstract fits? Feel free to reach out! agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr...

The truth is that higher education in the United States should be free and accessible, and people like Andreessen are the reason it isn't.

The truth is that people like Andreessen are advocating for segregation and discrimination for ideological reasons, not because it's fair for any students.

@mistadark.bsky.social thoughts?

"There is no #Pride worth marching for if it forgets the people who were here first—and are still being buried first too."

MOAR fascism!

This time they want to determine what counts as science, when they can't even query a database.

Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF:

Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.

We know scale matters
But when, and why, and for whom?
Pattern from process

PANGAEA is working to rescue data from the US!
Many datasets - e.g. from NOAA - are being decommissioned in May. PANGAEA has opened its archive to safeguard these valuable resources.

"If you become aware of any endangered datasets, please don't hesitate to contact us. We ❤️ data!" www.pangaea.de

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