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My kids & their friends say “that looks/sounds like AI” to mean shitty & fake/stupid. Really incredible to be inundated by “transformative AI“ discourse when the reality is so plainly the opposite.

PFAS levels in #GreatLakes fish are dropping, study finds The declining levels were driven by an industry phase-out of legacy PFAS chemicals www.wpr.org/news/pfas-le...

Minnesota DNR proposes harvest limits for native rough fish. DNR invites feedback on draft regulations for long-ignored species. @gregseitz.com @stcroix360.com www.stcroix360.com/2026/02/minn...

Had a v random dream where my friend caught (and for some reason kept) a 9 ft gar and I was trying to convince him he needed to give it to @solomonrdavid.bsky.social 🤷‍♂️😅

He it’s moi - had a great visit.

Longnose Gars and other native fish friends at the Mall of America Sealife Aquarium in Minnesota 🐠

Tonight at 8:30 PM our constituent Ricky was pepper sprayed by ICE on 18th & Polk. 2 agents parked their car, got out and approached observers, started pepper spraying Ricky on public property, and then drove away and left. Nothing is changing on the ground in Minnesota. ICE must be abolished.

The fact that mainstream media stopped covering ICE kidnappings in LA isn't because ICE stopped kidnapping (they didn't) Or ICE slowed down (they have actually increased their tempo) Or that resistance to ICE slowed down (it never stopped, it grew) It's the "political showdown" that stopped.

Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left. It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too

ICE is still in Minnesota. ICE is still breaking down glass windows and doors. ICE is still separating families. ICE is still targeting our neighbors who need to go to work because they cannot afford food, rent, and basic living expenses. 1/

Suddenly realizing that in 10-20 years, the MN Historical Society will have an exhibit about *all this* and there will be a whole wall showing different types of whistles

Last night, we saw historic turnout across Minnesota for caucuses. Here are just a few of the stories we heard.

Grad students & recent alums: Only 2 days left to apply for the MN Sea Grant Science & Policy Fellowship! 🌊 🔹 $55k stipend + $2.5k for prof dev 🔹 Work with MN DNR, MDH & more 🔹 Real-world water policy impact Deadline: Feb 5 at 11:59 PM CT. ⏳ Apply on eSeaGrant: z.umn.edu/mnsg_science...

It gives me comfort that my weird science obsessions protect me from the algo. Like, sorry honey, you're gonna have to sort a whole bunch posts about hagfish slime before you figure out what brand of sweatpants I prefer.

RIP social media algorithms trying to find patterns in my posts about gars, muppets, and the federal occupation of our city.

#ProjectAnimalia 787: Seven-spot archerfish (Toxotes chatareus) I'll never get over the amazing hunting strategy of this #fish. Shooting water up to 2m to knock insects off vegetation. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #sundayfishsketch #oceanart

I teach a science media literacy module in all my courses. It includes knowing the difference between a press release and a reported news story. Here's a really interesting new research paper about public understsanding of that difference! #SciComm 🧪 jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

How understanding Alligator Gars can help Mississippi River floodplain restoration! @nfwfnews.bsky.social New conservation story: gardenandgun.com/feature/in-p...

Here's a throwback model: a Spotted Gar that I completed back in 2021. Each tooth in its mouth was individually 3D printed and glued in place! That alone took around two hours to complete.

There are about 532,938 acres of #GreatLakes coastal wetlands - some 833 square miles - that provide habitat for nearly 80 species of fish species at some point during their life cycle. Yellow perch, pike, and bass all often start out their lives in these nurseries! #WorldWetlandsDay

Call me when they name you

And blow, blow from the Okeechobee All the way up to Micanopy Blow across the home of the Seminole The alligators and the gar

If you write primarily about nature and environmental issues, it can be hard to see the value of your work during times like these. I wrote about this a bit in my introduction to @biographic.bsky.social's weekly newsletter.

GARden & Gun! Of course!

who the hell called them "podcast hosts with whom I've developed an unhealthy parasocial relationship" and not . . . earbuds.

lol’d at “boopable nightmare fish”

How understanding Alligator Gars can help Mississippi River floodplain restoration! @nfwfnews.bsky.social New conservation story: gardenandgun.com/feature/in-p...

I woke up feeling ready to scrap again. I got some really good advice in grad school for dealing with setbacks and it still works: give yourself the rest of the day to mourn and really feel your feelings—be a caricature, wallow, use all your coping mechanisms. Go to bed, dust off, and move on.

Gar, turtles, and aquatic vegetation, oh my! The air temp may have been 24, but #rainbowriver and the #floridasprings water was 72 degrees and magnificent.

hashtag grateful gar 🥰

Here’s the @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social GAR question based on our team’s living fossil study (led by @chasedbrownstein.bsky.social @dmacguig.bsky.social)!

there’s no way we get through a Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny and Green Day without a total crashout from the president

Should have answered "What GAR mutations?" for extra points but I'll allow it.

Thinking about one of my favorites, the Bowfin, this weekend, so here's their life cycle for #SundayFishSketch

multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

I just learned the history, and current significance, of red knitted hats to resistance movements: www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n... Makes these gar stickers I received (years ago) from @drandrewthaler.bsky.social even more relevant today, especially here in Minnesota!

Went tidepooling today. Saw the best octopus.

Happy Saturday Alligator #gar - Atractosteus spatula (Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-10-26) 🐟🐠 #photography #animal #nature #fish #zoo #cincyzoopic

I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.

NEW GAR PUN JUST DROPPED.

Empathetic Bowfin it has been A Time and I’m tired.

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

happy #sturgeonsaturday yall 🧪👩🏻‍🔬 🌎 Did ya know that during winter sturgeon do a thing i call cuddle puddle? they find a deep hole to overwinter in & hang out cuddle puddling until spring! we are working to identify & protect these areas now support the sturgies, get a sticker: tinyurl.com/2fjnxy7w

ICE is camped out at a free clinic/food shelf on the Northside if you'd like to see how de-escalation and targeted enforcement is going.

Empathetic Bowfin asks “How are you doing?”

I'm doing ok and thanks for asking!

This. Is. Jeop-GAR-dy!