Bad news from the oceans but even worse news that we have now crossed 7 of 9 planetary boundaries that define the "safe operating space" for our holocene-dependent human civilization. Call me a dreamer but wouldn't it be nice if our governments felt the need to actually address this? #ClimateSky

Happy Sunday! For this week’s #SundayFishSketch theme of harvest I decided to go with a fish that reminds me of the harvest season, the Pumpkinseed! 🎃 🐟

For harvest, the most harvested fish in Michigan is the Lake Whitefish. If you drive through the UP you’ll see lots of signage about places to purchase these guys either fresh or smoked. Unfortunately, they’re currently in decline #SundayFishSketch #SciArtSeptember

This isn't a mouse🐭. It's a 'MONITO DEL MONTE' ("little monkey of the mountain") & it's a marsupial that lives in Patagonia at the southern end of South America. It's also the key to a 50-million year old mystery: why are almost all marsupials in Australia & the Americas? (📷: José Luis Bartheld)

It’s always a little strange when cishet acquaintances ask me to explain transness to them. I try my best to educate and make connections, but it can be so draining. I could give you a deep dive on Godzilla. We could talk music, food, pets. But here I am, in front of you, having to explain I’m real.

I also found some cool mushrooms while exploring the fort yesterday!

The Fattening has begun www.livescience.com/planet-earth... #Climate #CO2

We've launched a new report at Erin In The Morning: The Lavender Ledger, your strategic LGBTQ+ reader, covering the stories that we passed on because someone else covered it better than us. Here is our first one!

Some friends 🐟

Living in Germany is crazy because you'll go to the park to have a nice little walk in the woods and then suddenly you're wandering around in a fort from 1700

Woke up to a rainbow over Landau this morning

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere you are likely aware of at least one species in the family I want to talk about for today's #FishOfTheWeek. The Percidae family is found in both North America and Europe and contains the well-known perch and walleye 1/7

Role models I can get behind

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches. This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists! Archaeologists! Please volunteer www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Me: walks into craft shop to get colored pencils Also me: walks out with two skeins of yarn and a vague idea

What’s a pirate’s favorite computer programming language? You’d think it’s R, but no, their first love will always be the C. Happy talk like a pirate day!

hot off the press doi.org/10.1111/geb.... led by @oldenfish.bsky.social and featuring an array of fishy isotope folk funded by the CESAB programme of the @frbiodiv.bsky.social

It's a beautiful sunny day and there's a violinist playing Vivaldi in the square. And I think it finally sank in that I'm actually in Europe. Just living in Germany like that's a totally normal thing for me to do. I love the direction my life has taken me

I've always said there is a fish to fit every category and aesthetic. And to prove that, I'm going to talk about the range of sizes fish come in for this #FishOfTheWeek. From the teeny tiniest to the mind-boggling biggest. Let's start small with the smallest fish species we know of 1/12

We went to the fall festival tonight and had a blast, but I'm devastated to learn that Germany doesn't have funnel cake! There were a lot of other good food and drinks though, so I guess I can forgive them

It only took me 6 days to find trouble in Germany

I have several jars of things preserved in ethanol. And I love them all

Went climbing with the working group today and had a great time releasing our inner chaotic tree-dwelling monkeys. 10/10 would recommend

I like to think that I know quite a bit about fish at this point, but I am forever reminded that when it comes to fish, you can never know everything. So for today's #FishOfTheWeek let's talk about a reproductive strategy that I spent an entire day studying when I did learn about it 1/7

I made it to Germany but it was a long day of traveling, so here's a picture from my window because that's all I have the energy for

I love summer, and I hate the change of seasons. But eels change in excellent ways, so let's talk about that, instead! That's right, friends...it's Big Eel Life Cycle Thread time! Before we start, let's remember that I'm a historian, not a scientist. But I'll do my best. 1/11 🗃️🧪

Putting this out there again as many people are still looking for positions and/or looking to recruit early career scientists! Please share widely and I would be happy to add you to any of these, just tell me which one.

Need to get your shit together? May I recommend packing everything you own into 3 bags? 10/10 works; 0 stars

an important reminder: if a trans person tells you they want to try out a new name/pronouns/etc in a space you're responsible for, be it a classroom, a lab group, or social group, that's a huge sign of trust and a pretty big deal.

As someone who has had to go to foodbanks to feed myself in the past, I would have been stunned to see fresh produce there. If you have an overactive garden, please consider donating to your local food bank!

Today's #FishOfTheWeek is a group of fishes found in North America that many of you likely don't even know exist. And that's a tragedy because they're awesome and gorgeous and ecologically important. And you should know them. I'm talking about darters, of course! 1/5

Only a sculpin would have the balls to be caught in a net, tossed in a bucket, and instead of stressing, decide to eat his fellow inmates. Dragon indeed

This one’s for my stoic icthyologists. Eventually, we all become Whalefall. #sciart 🦑🐋

6 days to go, and we just reached 40,000 responses! 🎉🫣 If your gender is a quantum superposition, please consider filling in our annual survey. It takes 5-6 minutes, and just asks for all your gender words like pronouns and whatnot. survey.gendercensus.com #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gender #survey

Genderfluid people switch their gender on a regular basis, and some of them are masters at it. Unfortunately, changing our physical gender is often much more complicated. But for some fish, switching sexes is much easier. For today's #FishOfTheWeek, let's talk about bidirectional hermaphrodites 1/3

huge shoutout to whoever at Rice who made this syllabus generator that calculates when all the dates of your classes are going to be additional shoutout to my supervisor who sent it to us with a list of the holidays and important dates pre-made saved me an hour wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...

Sometimes all you need is to go sit in a creek

I'm a day late for #FishOfTheWeek because I was driving all day, but I'm gonna make up for it with a really neat fish. These guys make their own sleeping bag, have funky teeth, are extremely colorful, and help to make the sandy beaches we flock to in summer. So let's talk about parrotfish! 1/4

Sex-reversal in birds (genetically male/female but appear female/male) is surprisingly common. Best detail: A genetically male bird called a laughing kookaburra had recently laid an egg. (1/2) By @phiejacobs.bsky.social on @science.org

Fish art on theme for #FishOfTheWeek! You can't tell me this isn't absolutely awesome

Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology! Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions. (Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.) lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

It's no secret that deep sea fish are terrifying. I mean, look at this guy. He's clearly straight out of someone's nightmare. But have you ever wondered why so many deep sea fish are red? Like, what's the deal with that? Turns out, I'm gonna make you learn some physics for #FishOfTheWeek 1/3

Me, every day

The saddest thing about moving to Germany in October is that I can't take Edgar Allen Dough with me, so I've decided to make as many things as possible before I go. Tonight it's chocolate sourdough biscotti while Edgar grows in preparation to make cinnamon rolls tomorrow

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't gonna save this for when I have to write my dissertation

One of my favorite little cartilaginous cuties!

Dory in Finding Nemo may have been a bit forgetful and ditzy, but her real-world counterpart is actually pretty neat. She's commly thought to be a regal tang, in the family Acanthuridae. So for #FishOfTheWeek, let's talk about surgeonfish 1/6

The 2025 gender census is out! If your gender doesn't fit nicely into one of the 2 standard boxes, take the survey to help out!

One of my coworkers got me a goodbye gift and she really nailed the vibe

This is the modern Lord of the Rings