His work happened, was immensely valuable, and he is daily missed.

Backyard Magnolia Warbler! #officewindowbirding #birdsky

I appreciate this commentary on AI slop, but I think it's missing something. I saw THIS EXACT image slopped around, and I asked someone who shared it if she knew it was fake. She didn't, but recognized it IMMEDIATELY when it was pointed out. And didn't care. theconversation.com/what-is-ai-s...

This is my hometown PBS / NPR affiliate. TL;DR: The PSU Board of Trustees voted to **end public media** in central PA on (supposedly) fiscal grounds, the very same day they voted to approve an INCREASE of PSU Pres. Bendapudi's annual compensation by... $1 million. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

shortened this (grim, awful) headline for you

A nice reminder that even the most fundamental 'rules' of biology are basically just strong suggestions

As long as I live, I’ll never understand how “it should be easier for multi-billion dollar corporations to poison the water my family drinks and the air we breathe” became a politically popular position with half of my country.

Beautiful documentary covering research from all over the US on bee declines and conservation. Our work on the combined effects of pesticides and extreme weather on bumble bees is featured at ~45:45. Incredibly cool filmmaking by @neillosin.bsky.social and team! 🐝🥵📹🧪

Check out the latest episode of Human Footprint (The Honey Trap) for some insight into my recent research and the things happening in @jamescrall.bsky.social's lab!🐝 Honored to be a part of this, it was so fun! Many thanks to the crew at Day's Edge @neillosin.bsky.social www.pbs.org/video/the-ho...

Our latest #HumanFootprintPBS digital episode just launched on YouTube. Check out "Why This Factory Makes 40 Million Mosquitoes Per Week" feat. @vectorgen.bsky.social and @worldmosquitoprogram.org ... Amazing science! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI3H... #scicomm

I’m optimistic that Neil Shubin, who has been in the trenches against creationism, understands that science can’t shy away when other people politicize it. After the McNutt years, it’ll take a sec for NAS to get back into shape to stand firm for science against these attacks.

Just saw a video go by that I would have been very interested in if it had been an article instead of a 33 minute video. Write an article!!

Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science! The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic

Everything you need to know about public media funding.

Last night, Episode 2 of our Emmy-nominated @pbs.org science series HUMAN FOOTPRINT ("The Enemy of My Enemy") premiered in the U.S. This episode is a deep dive into #biocontrol, from ducks to drones to toads to microbes. If you missed it, check it out here: www.pbs.org/video/the-en... #scicomm

far be it from me to tell scientists how to do their jobs but i feel like there might be value in surveying the <365 hot dogs per year demographic

Hanging with two of the cool stars of tonight’s episode of @pbs.org Human Footprint with colleague @vectorgen.bsky.social on left and co-Director @neillosin.bsky.social on right. Airing at 9pm EST tonight. #Wolbachia just made the big TV screen.

We cannot scicomm our way out of this, part …I-don’t-know-I’m-tired-of-counting

NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

At a time when public media's funding is at risk, this study finds that Americans across the political spectrum continue to trust @pbs.org for many reasons – chief among them being that PBS is funded by viewers like you. Hear from the authors of the study in this article from @niemanlab.org

Like it or not folks, this is what peak #scicomm looks like.

WE DID IT, FOLKS A song for the entomologists of the USDA m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI...

Incredibly important. An unprecedented attack on science in the U.S.

The reductions in funding touch virtually every area of science and seem certain to harm American competitiveness. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

If you care about nature, it's worth submitting a public comment in opposition to this proposed rule: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... 1/n

"AI is coming, its inevitable" no its not you sniveling weirdo. how are those 3D TVs going. how are NFT markets looking these days. Seen anything cool in the metaverse lately? anyone who says we need to resign to using it, that itll be here whether we like it or not, is a feckless dipshit.

The U.N. projects global population will rise by almost a billion by 2037. If low U.S. birthrates are a worry -- and I would argue the opposite -- the obvious answer is to allow in more immigrants. This, of course, is exactly what those who claim to be the most worried oppose.

My adult daughter Rachel works everyday, pays taxes, loves going to movies with her friends, and listens to awful (IMO) music. Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity

For the right person, this is a unicorn dream job #SciComm 🧪

If they can try to stop the media from telling the truth about biology they will absolutely stop schools, universities, and medical providers, too.

As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance. In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites." But this is unequivocal fact.

An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said.

Cornell too! www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...

Yes! More of this.

Dude always looks like he's trying to see how long he can hold his breath.

Spot-on take on the alleged "dire wolves" by @restingdinoface.bsky.social slate.com/technology/2...

“What difference does it make if a biotech company promotes misunderstanding about the practical and implications of their technology,” you ask, having apparently not noticed how the Trump administration is using that misunderstanding to weaken actual endangered species conservation policy.

Important and insightful thread.

Jesus Christ.

Columbia is a test run to see what they can get away with, using federal grants as a tool for political retribution. It’s happening, and there’s a good chance that any other university is next.

Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w... I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.

Really smart piece here by @cbo.bsky.social undark.org/2025/03/06/o...

Recently read this and loved it. Beautifully written and fascinating story of our living planet.

What I Ordered vs What I Got

Everyone's talking about how he wants Canada to be our 51st state but hear me out: what about we make the US their 11th province?

Proud to be one of nearly 250 people (former/current employees & contractors) to sign this open letter to National Geographic, asking them to push back against unprecedented attacks on science and to bring attention to the scientists affected & the essential work that is being lost.

Vivid illustration of why ALL Supreme Court justices should be women, c/f RBG's famous "when there are nine" quote (when she was asked when there will be enough women on the SC). Do better, dudes!

Imagine DOGE opens your mail and finds your household electric bill. To eliminate this cost, they burn your house down without warning. Then they total up the bills that, as a homeless person, you will never again pay. On its website, DOGE boasts about the money it has saved you.