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Kathryn Kavanagh

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Scientist- Evolutionary biology, coral reef ecology, reproductive biology, biodiversity conservation. Professor. Art enthusiast. Mother of daughters.

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Heading to Portland, Oregon for #SICB2026 with a couple postersβ€”on fish muscle fibers and humpback whales! Stop by Tuesday and say hello!

03.01.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
They have to remove him… it’s unsustainable

They have to remove him… it’s unsustainable

That’s what I’m thinking

07.04.2025 21:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Incredible morning spotting 12 endangered North Atlantic Right Whales off Herring Cove Beach , Cape Cod, with my UMass Dartmouth biology students!

05.04.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD

What is this about? grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

03.04.2025 12:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Why has the public gutting of science not caused an immediate political backlash? The authors of the culling have correctly recognized that the public has no idea how science works and has no connection to scientists who aren’t on television" πŸ§ͺβš’οΈ

09.03.2025 12:43 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Was wondering if there are any billionaires who would like to quickly step up and fund an experiment of the science, education, and health system we really want. Plenty of top talent in the U.S. ready to go. As a model for scaling up when we’re out of this mess.

01.03.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Closer to the Edge | Substack

substack.com/@closertothe...

12.02.2025 15:07 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

22.02.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 48436 πŸ” 11266 πŸ’¬ 1502 πŸ“Œ 901
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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 β€˜harmful to US prosperity’

USAID, NOAA …

05.02.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 510 πŸ” 190 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 27

The first ever US national nature assessment has been terminated and its USGCRP and DOI webpages have been removed.

A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...

31.01.2025 04:36 πŸ‘ 999 πŸ” 492 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 32

Yep

23.01.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

This is beyond Biblical levels of evil. It is truly hard to imagine.

23.01.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You choose to make insulin more expensive. To make pregnancy more dangerous. To attack wind farms and scientific experts. You punish the sick, needy, disadvantaged, and even the empathetic and call them the enemy.

23.01.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But, with that power, you choose to celebrate violent white supremacist groups, to spread lies, to promote dirty energy sources in order to make even more money, to attack simply fair opportunity for all.

23.01.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

With that incredible money and influence, mega-billionaires could

Promote peace
Eliminate world hunger
Give free top-quality education to every child.
Save entire ecosystems.
Fund and accelerate ALL the efforts to slow climate change.
and just help solve problems

23.01.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine - just imagine - having literally HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of dollars AND the power to influence through a communication device in the hands of half the world’s population.

23.01.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 πŸš€πŸŒ Today, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is launching three online tools – the Climate Backtracker, the Inflation Reduction Act Tracker & the Silencing Science Tracker – to keep tabs on the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks & anti-science actions: https://buff.ly/4jsf5HJ
🧡‡️

20.01.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 349 πŸ” 176 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 14

Hello :) just an h and the continental US separates us.

21.01.2025 06:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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About 1000 years ago, Taino people spent quite a lot of effort carving symbols of life (as spirals) and coqui frogs into this amazing rock at la Piedra Escrita, next to a gorgeous swimming hole in the mountains of Puerto Rico.

21.01.2025 05:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With the incoming administration, there's going to be a lot of bullshit and misinformation about offshore wind floating around. Here is a well-documented summary of the best scientific information on the subject:

oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/u...

16.01.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 224 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3
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Cool tree roots and cool kid on a walk in New Hampshire.

12.01.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is fun.

12.01.2025 22:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0