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I am an ecologist working in forest ecosystems, mainly with bark beetles, fungi, and symbioses. Climate change. I am also an artist, metalhead, and childless cat lady.

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The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.

This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.

They must be released immediately.

30.01.2026 16:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 15188 ๐Ÿ” 3964 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 258 ๐Ÿ“Œ 89

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

30.01.2026 16:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 24759 ๐Ÿ” 7978 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 442 ๐Ÿ“Œ 304

The Noem statement playing up the forged threats is still up on the DHS website, along with additional false claims about the victim.

30.01.2026 14:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

27.01.2026 21:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 35881 ๐Ÿ” 12861 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 638 ๐Ÿ“Œ 341
Ms. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. She asked for a napkin and told them: "Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you. Please don't let them have the show."
Ms. Omar then turned the crowd. "Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," she said. "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us."
Someone in the crowd later thanked Ms.
Omar for staying and continuing after the assault, which had shaken not only her but the entire room.
"I learned at a young age you don't give in to threats," Ms. Omar said.

Ms. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. She asked for a napkin and told them: "Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you. Please don't let them have the show." Ms. Omar then turned the crowd. "Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," she said. "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us." Someone in the crowd later thanked Ms. Omar for staying and continuing after the assault, which had shaken not only her but the entire room. "I learned at a young age you don't give in to threats," Ms. Omar said.

Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

28.01.2026 02:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 26627 ๐Ÿ” 6019 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 412 ๐Ÿ“Œ 270

Neil Young Trashes Amazon, Gives His Complete Musical Catalog to Greenland for Free - Rolling Stone

27.01.2026 12:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 13397 ๐Ÿ” 2566 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 293 ๐Ÿ“Œ 185

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10.01.2026 05:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Takes Americaโ€™s โ€˜Imperial Presidencyโ€™ to a New Level

Trump Takes Americaโ€™s โ€˜Imperial Presidencyโ€™ to a New Level www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u... I

22.12.2025 17:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Takes Americaโ€™s โ€˜Imperial Presidencyโ€™ to a New Level

Trump Takes Americaโ€™s โ€˜Imperial Presidencyโ€™ to a New Level www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u... just what MAGA wanted

21.12.2025 20:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s Ukraine Peace Plan Gives Russia Nearly Everything It Wants Donald Trump's administration is trying to force Ukraine to accept a peace plan that would give Vladimir Putin and Russia nearly everything they want.

This is a shameful betrayal. Trump's so-called peace plan is a blatant surrender document that forces Ukraine to disarm and cede territory to Putin. It's an utter abdication of American leadership that rewards Russian aggression.

22.11.2025 15:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 41 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agreed

21.11.2025 22:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An image of two activists wearing long trains reading "end the fossil fuel era" and "phase out fossil fuels" with banners above them reading "stop Amazon oil" and "1.5oC under threat: time to act."

An image of two activists wearing long trains reading "end the fossil fuel era" and "phase out fossil fuels" with banners above them reading "stop Amazon oil" and "1.5oC under threat: time to act."

Nearly 30 countries refuse to sign a final #COP30 agreement that doesn't include "fossil fuel phase-out," as negotiations head into overtime.

Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

21.11.2025 18:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 264 ๐Ÿ” 88 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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A looming 'insect apocalypse' could endanger global food supplies. Can we stop it before it's too late? Insect populations are in steep decline, which could endanger the food supply. But there are things we can do to reverse the trend.

I wrote about the impact of declining insect pollinators on the global food supply. ๐Ÿงช๐ŸŒŽ

21.11.2025 16:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 37 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸงชLetโ€™s set the record straight. AGAIN

Andrew Wakefieldโ€™s paper was RETRACTED by The Lancet in Feb 2010.

21.11.2025 03:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 280 ๐Ÿ” 114 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Removing dead trees will not save us from fast-moving wildfires | PNAS Removing dead trees will not save us from fast-moving wildfires

We have a new one - Opinion in Proceedings of the National Academies of Science www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2510922122

19.11.2025 18:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.

15.11.2025 12:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 875 ๐Ÿ” 474 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23 ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

For #FossilFriday & in honor of @alinemghilardi.bsky.social & colleagues' fantastic discovery of a new Cretaceous pterosaur in Brazil in a dinosaur regurgitalite ("fossil vomit"), here's a diagram I made for my book 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014) showing the physics of a puking brachiosaur. ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฆ•๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿชจ

14.11.2025 13:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 914 ๐Ÿ” 383 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28 ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
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Toward a global repository of insect traits (GRIT) Biodiversity loss is accelerating, yet insect conservation is hindered by the absence of a centralised, comprehensive trait database. We propose the GRIT, a FAIR, open-access platform uniting datase...

#LIBresearch: A new study introduces the Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT) โ€” a worldwide initiative integrating insect trait data to make insects more understandable and comparable across ecosystems. โ†’ doi.org/10.1111/icad.70035

@cscherber.bsky.social

10.11.2025 15:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really interesting thread here ๐Ÿงช

08.11.2025 17:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 51 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

I've been avoiding reading articles on the death of James Watson, co-discoverer of #DNA's structure.

That is, until I saw that @statnews.com published one by Sharon Begley, a renowned science writer who passed in 2021.

Yes, you read that right.

www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

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08.11.2025 19:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 55 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

For those who don't know, the Nobel laureate had a long history of truly vile remarks. In fact, he seemed to revel in his status as an unapologetic bigot.

Rather than glaze him for his extensive contributions to science, Begley presents a complete picture of a controversial figure.

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08.11.2025 19:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Deep-sea mining starves life in the oceanโ€™s twilight zone Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the oceanโ€™s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting โ€œjunk foodโ€ effectโ€ฆ

Deep-sea mining starves life in the oceanโ€™s twilight zone www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... ๐Ÿฆ‘๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿงช

08.11.2025 20:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 92 ๐Ÿ” 55 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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How to fight climate change without the US: a guide to global action With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe.

With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to take action on climate change. Nature reports what can be done. ๐Ÿงช

09.11.2025 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 33 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
This is figure 1 from โ€œHuman biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined.โ€ It shows total biomass movement of land animals and birds.

This is figure 1 from โ€œHuman biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined.โ€ It shows total biomass movement of land animals and birds.

Human biomass movement may be up to 40 times greater than that of all land animals combined, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. A second Nature Communications paper finds that wild mammal biomass has more than halved since 1850. go.nature.com/4oID33i go.nature.com/3LhSD7n ๐Ÿงช

10.11.2025 02:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 40 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Judge halts Kootenai National Forest logging project over road impact on grizzlies A federal judge says the U.S. Forest Service intentionally didnโ€™t consider how unauthorized road use could compromise endangered species.

Source: KPAX News
search.app/2GoPa Awesome

05.11.2025 22:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿงช English statement from @supportourscience.bsky.social

05.11.2025 17:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸงชTracking the Damage
BY JULES BARBATI-DAJCHES
It feels like every day thereโ€™s some new headline about an abuse of power by the Trump administration targeting science, scientists, or science-based policies
www.ucs.org/sites/defaul...

05.11.2025 18:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canadaโ€™s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared

Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org ๐Ÿงช
www.science.org/content/arti...

05.11.2025 18:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 407 ๐Ÿ” 160 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

Hey โš’๏ธ๐Ÿงช folks, could you help me out and boost the post below to help us cast a wide net of scientists & topics? Thanks!

05.11.2025 18:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I tried Elon Musk's Wikipedia clone and boy is it racist SFGATE columnist Drew Magary tested out Grokipedia and has some notes.

I tried Elon Musk's Wikipedia clone and boy is it racist www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

03.11.2025 19:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0