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Hi, sorry to be a bother, but could fellow #SACNAS members point me to a resource or policy when an abstract review (for a presentation) may have been generated by AI? My friend is in esteemed graduate student in neuroscience but had their abstract flatly rejected, but the review makes no sense.

I re-made Glider some years back for MacOS/iOS. It broke at some point (perhaps an Apple change for Retina displays?) so I pulled it from the App Store. (Claude looked at the code—found some minor coordinate issues. Thanks!) Glider Classic for MacOS is back on. apps.apple.com/us/app/glide...

I submitted mine. Next drawing is on Monday, 4/13

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

I have an academic joke, but it's really a two-part comment.

In November of 2007 I stood on the North Portico of the White House and shook President George W Bush's hand.

We are honored to announce the 2025 ASLO Fellows & Sustaining Fellows! These outstanding members are recognized for their contributions to #aquaticscience and to our society through leadership and service. Read more: www.aslo.org/announcing-2... @harveyplankton

This pretty much sums it up.

We're hiring a full-time research software engineer for biodiversity & bioacoustics! Position offers a strong research component with independence + research pub opportunities and real-world impact. expected salary range $111K - $116K. dse.berkeley.edu/news/were-hi...

I'm hiring a postdoc to work with myself, Dr Jim Lyons and the entire NOAA Firebird team on the adaptive management part of our larger project focused on the impacts of prescribed fire on Gulf Coast wetlands Accepting applications until Feb 15th blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/19...

Academics: So. Much. Email. Also Academics: "Reply all"

Possibly unpopular opinion: No one should submit a paper to a journal during the last 2 weeks of the calendar year and expect anyone to address it before the new year.

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: American marten Crested caracara Gray wolf Rhea Black rhino

If you ask a US govt employee who is currently furloughed, "How's your 'vacation'?" You might get a deadpan response like this: "Never better. I just finished writing the third book of my new fantasy trilogy, I've mastered Mandarin, and tomorrow I'm running off with the circus." #HaveSomeEmpathy

Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social ‪‪@caseagrant.bsky.social‬

Spurious? 🤔 This is exactly what I would have predicted: the more you clean the more you dream about just getting away from it all.

📣 Join the #ASLO Student Resources and Activities Committee (SRAC) TOMORROW, August 14 from 7-8:30 PM ET for a panel discussion led by ASLO members with non-academic scientific careers in government, industry, and non-profit sectors. 👉 Register here: www.aslo.org/beyond-acade...

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis until August 15th. We have space for another 7-8 students @accessiblegeo.bsky.social @cerfscience.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social @agu.org @csucoast.bsky.social @aslo.org @cientificolatino.com @sacnas.bsky.social

Lately I've been hyping the benefits of eating dried grapes. It's all about raisin awareness.

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Somewhere right now in the upper Mississippi River basin...

I am looking for a PhD student to start Feb 2026 on an Australia-South African collab project looking at protected area & SES resilience. Fully funded + international applicants welcome. Pls send CV & half-page motivation if interested. Relevant background + degree essential. www.resilient-ways.com

Absolutely wonderful week at our writing retreat up in the Cascades Mountains with all but one person from my lab group! Everyone met or exceeded their goals and we had a great time socializing as well.

Hiring a data/lab manager in my research group! Mostly data “wrangling”, data viz, coding for analysis, lots of learning on the job, coordinating our global data projects with many collaborators, oversight of lab operations. 23 June deadline. Job # 78844 jobs.universityofcalifornia.edu

🐠🦈 🐙 Didn't get to the attend the UW Aquatic Sciences Open House this year? Or had so much fun you want to relive it? 🐚 🪸 🪼Check out our recap video of another successful day of outreach, bringing science to life for more than 1,000 people. 📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_wv...

The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area tracks wildlife diseases, monitors pollutants, supports hunting seasons, & protects the biodiversity that sustains us all. It could disappear in under 2 weeks. Join us as we rally to protect it! 🗓️May 22 @ 9am PT / 12pm ET 🔗Register: www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...

The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area, the foundation of the science that informs fish and wildlife management, disease response, and conservation policy across the U.S., is at risk. We're joining @nationalwildlife.bsky.social in a virtual rally on May 22 - register now: www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...

Today’s the day and final preparations are underway!

Please join the @nationalwildlife.bsky.social, @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social & others at the “Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science” in support of the USGS's Ecosystem Mission Area Thursday, May 22 12 – 1pm EDT www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...

🐟 Coursework, capstone, and connections: The multi-dimensional nature of the SAFS undergraduate degree at @uofwa.bsky.social. 🔬 Read all about Ryan Luvera's capstone research, which is focusing on improving salmon abundance estimation models using eDNA in Alaska. 👉 fish.uw.edu/2025/05/cour...

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This Saturday!

My biggest worry is that I won't be able to keep my promise to each of my students to see them through their academic journeys.

This week on What's New in R: ✅ A guide by James Bartlett on disseminating Quarto projects with GitHub Pages ✅ Matt Kmiecik’s personal journey into R programming ✅ {flexoKi}, a new package for working with colors, developed by @scheuerell.bsky.social Read the issue: buff.ly/NDw4auR #rstats

This was a great opportunity, especially for my PhD student Angela Dillon, to share knowledge about #water and the #environment with judges in WA state, a highly engaged and curious group. 🌎 🧪

🆕 & #OpenAccess in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: Rather than taking a one-way trip to the sea, many young salmonids are making far more complex migrations than previously thought 📄Juvenile salmonids traverse coastal meta-nurseries that connect rivers via the sea doi.org/10.1002/fee....

🔥🏔🌲 Interested in fire ecology & forests? Working in the Cascade Mountains? the Harvey Lab at UW-SEFS is hiring 6 full-time field assistants + 2 full-time field crew leads on projects exploring forest resilience to wildfire, reburns, & management. Application review begins May 2. Links below...

Congratulations to grad student, Amirah Casey, who is a part of @scheuerell.bsky.social's lab at SAFS, who was awarded part of the NSF GRFP for 2025! Way to go Amirah!

Neat #SciComm from Amirah Casey in my lab group.

📢Save the date! UW Aquatic Sciences Open House returns on Sat 17 May to bring science to life. 🐋Wondered where narwhals swim? 🐦What does a seabird feel like? 🪸How do corals react to warming oceans? ↪️See you 🔜 for a fun, free day for the family at the #SEASOpenHouse fish.uw.edu/aquatic-scie...

🐠🐋🌊🪸UW Aquatic Sciences Open House is back on Sat 17 May! 📢Save the date for a fun, free, educational day at the #SEASOpenHouse: 🦀 See the creatures that dwell in our waters 🔬Get your hands wet with science demos 🛥️Take the captain’s seat on a research boat ↪️ Visit fish.uw.edu/aquatic-scie...

All grants from the Training and Workforce Development Division of the NIGMS were terminated a few days ago nationwide. These funds go directly to supporting future scientists prepare for a career as Biomedical Researchers. Bridges to Bac MARC/URISE IMSD/GRISE PREP Bridges to Doc IRACDA. 1/x

Looking forward to my new job as a top White House economic adviser.

Resistance is indeed futile. Why would any AI system question @theneedling.com?

I'm a first-to-be-described northern subspecies of Mississippi Silverside since transplanted to the Pacific NW.