Being pro-trans makes you gain votes, not lose them.

Last week, my mother took me and my kids to see the school where, 60 years ago, she was among the first wave of Black students to integrate a previously all-White school. We wanted to remind my kids that Black history is not just famous people in textbooks, it is often the people right next to you.

The US NSF has put out a "dear colleagues" letter that is essentially a yard sale list for @ncar-ucar.bsky.social It asks questions such as, who'd like to take over some of NCAR's programs? Is anyone interested in commercial use of the Mesa Lab? If you have thoughts, send them to [email protected]

This is very cool - @drkatemarvel.bsky.social et al. 'Joint probabilistic estimates of temperature and precipitation from tree ring-based reconstructions of the last millennium' ascmo.copernicus.org/articles/12/...

New #causalinference paper just dropped! As an ecologist, I was trained to ask: "What do the data tell me?" This paper: there are only specific instances when this question is appropriate—when you lack domain knowledge, which we often have! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The only way you can think AI does lit reviews better is if you’re not interested in making an intellectual argument or building theory … which uh, is pretty key to the advancement of knowledge

Research biologist position at Clemson for work on forest wildlife/habitat recovery post-Hurricane Helene in western NC. Full time, multi-year position. Will be working with David Jachowski & myself, includes field work, analysis, writing. **Apply by March 9** Job posting bit.ly/cuhhftpos 🧪🌎

Okay, folks- I know we all have plenty to do, but if you're at all concerned about the White House & historic preservation, please consider submitting public comment on Trump's ballroom project; info in this thread. First, a direct link for submitting written statements: www.ncpc.gov/participate/...

Snow attention now on the occuring New England storm. I got some experience with old New England historical data. The 1717 storms really stand out as likely the worst ever. I got a diary with zodiac symbols which I've never been able to fully interpret. www.reddit.com/r/newengland...

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote this week on whether to overturn a 20-year ban on mining next to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Simply incredible work. Among other findings- about half of all migration stopover hot spots are in urban areas! 🤯

Worst of the worst? No, this retired UK citizen who was in the US as a tourist had committed no crime, had no criminal record, not even a parking ticket. ICE and Trump are just our of control. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Old-growth Forest Research Assistants We are seeking old-growth forest research technicians to study and document old-growth forests in Spring & Summer 2026 Virgina. See the attached images for the job description and how to apply.

Wisdom the Laysan albatross is back! She's at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Originally banded in 1956, she's at least 75 years old, has flown >3 million miles (lifetime Premier 1K® on United), laid 50 to 60 eggs, and fledged ~30 chicks. 🪶

NSF Update Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit. Now by Directorate... 1/11

I’d appreciate if folks could share this seasonal forestry (non-fire) position, based at any BLM office in California, with current/former students (or anyone else who may be interested!): www.usajobs.gov/job/857451400

Happy Tsagaan Sar!

“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does. Rest in power, Jesse Jackson 🙏🏽

Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

An abbreviated microcore study of 6 contrasting tree species in the middle of a regional ecotone indicated that spring temps seem to control radial growth onset & southern tree species grew more than northern tree species kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Tales of the Adirondacks past and present: Parks: Government works https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/adirondacks-almanack/tales-of-the-adirondacks-past-and-present-parks-government-works/

Wow.

I‘ve mentioned that thanks to the Epstein tranche I learned that one of my PhD advisors, Lee Smolin, continued to have contact with Epstein after 2007, which is not the impression I had It’s weird to say the least for my professional past to become a public story that demands feminist analysis

Taken last October. I remember it was blistering hot. Last summer was miserable. #birds #bluejay #photography #birdsofbluesky

There are non US citizens influencing our elections, they’re called corporations. The establishment wants us to not focus on this.

This is why electrification means more energy security: In 2024, ~81% of EU electricity came from locally sourced fuels (57% excluding nuclear). Just 19% relied on imported fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are mostly imported. Source @ember-energy.org

Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

Orange take down #1

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

We now have a CDC grant tracker and are collecting information on CDC terminations. If your CDC grant was terminated, we need your help to gather data and documents! Please report! grant-witness.us/submit-cdc.h...

Our new paper presents a framework for analysing the processes that generate novel ecosystems, discussing different conceptual and practical approaches across ecological disciplines. You can read it, open access, in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Throwback to Pam Bondi’s campaign ad for Florida AG: “I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.” The ad aged. The internet remembers.

Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

Patagonian wildfires show how denying climate change & pushing environmental destruction make the reality of climate change much worse. Threatening the destruction of trees that have been alive when the bronze age collapsed. @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

A massive shout-out to all women and girls in science, you make science and the world better! www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

An abbreviated microcore study of 6 contrasting tree species in the middle of a regional ecotone indicated that spring temps seem to control radial growth onset & southern tree species grew more than northern tree species kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me. Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

A federal judge ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming.

My friend from HS makes ice cream/recipes for a living and posted for Black History Month about how pecans were first domesticated by an enslaved man and the technique for mass pollination of vanilla was developed by an enslaved man and someone was this mad about it!!!

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

Despite it all, our little town of Maynard, MA (Sunday, as you might have heard, it will be Mayenard), is growing our tree canopy. And, our diverse, climate forward downtown tree plantings are officially an arboretum arbnet.org/morton-regis...

wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."

🧪🔭⚛️ PhD studentships at Newcastle in physics and astronomy. This is a really nice department and the students I met there seemed happy! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3

Register for the Smithsonian's National Botanical Symposium, “American Botany: 250 years of Discovery” 29 May '26. I'll be speaking on American oaks, w/ several greats: @barbarathiers.bsky.social, Caroline Strömberg, Wes Knapp, & Rose Bear Don't Walk. Join us! naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot