Re-upping this: www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-t...

Oh Finally. 👋

This: "One formative influence was Watson’s making his one and only important scientific discovery when he was only 25. ...[H]e discovered nothing afterward, even as colleagues were cracking the genetic code or deciphering how DNA is translated into the molecules that make cells (and life) work."

Oh this thread, this mini story, is SO GOOD.

A gentle underwater zephyr wafts thru this Bernardpora coral in the Coral Morphologic coral museum #coralmorphologic #miami #coralcity

Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws to restore federal funding and end investigations into the school.

Awesome! 🤩 the caves in Yucatan with their rich ecosystems and archaeological significance must be protected from disastrous developments like the infamous #trenmaya! @pucicu.de @olakwiecien3.bsky.social

I keep waiting for a credible report to come out on how the environmental costs of generative AI have been overstated but every article is like "lol no it's much worse than you imagine."

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

The #FindThatLizard Scholarship is accepting applications until 12/10. We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢 I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch took thousands of dollars in illegal campaign donations, including money from businesses, anonymous donors, and apparent straw donors, state regulators found.

Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.

I got back from Egypt this week and of course I can't go anywhere without keeping an eye out for #MarineShagreen so here are a couple of the gorgeous pieces I saw at the Abdeen Palace Museum in Cairo!

Welcome to the 2025 #Nudivember art challenge! Like last year, here is a list of some lesser known, yet always fabulous, nudibranch species. Participate as much or as little as you want in any art form you like. Make sure to use #Nudivember and use alt text!

I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.

Reindert Nijland at #EEA2025 Offshore wind farms have a variety of ecosystem impacts. More hard habitat= more invertebrates at the base of the food chain. Seafloor cables transport electricity to shore- this can affect electrosensitive sharks and rays. 🧪🦑🌎🦈🐠

Male spotted ratfish have a little rod featuring seven to eight rows of sharp, retractable teeth sticking out of their heads. Like actual, real teeth. Turns out that these toothy rods are used to grab onto a female ghost shark’s pectoral fin during sex so they don’t decouple. 2/2

Charlie Matthews at #EEA2025: by interviewing the scuba community, confirmed that all Mediterranean species of angel sharks are found in and around Malta. These animals are highly endangered and need to be protected.

Sharks absolutely get cancer, and people claiming otherwise are pseudoscientific grifters preying on the desperate. Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.

@nickdulvy.bsky.social at #EEA2025 Many of the places where the most destructive fishing happens are places where we have the least biodiversity data. US/European fisheries are sustainable, but import a lot. “Outsourcing and offshoring unsustainability”

I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.

Fox News did this during the Wisconsin Capitol protests in 2011. They showed violent protestors with palm trees in the background, claiming it was Wisconsin. In February. When our government and media collaborate to lie to people, fighting disinformation has to be a central effort of anti-fascism.

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 @mbarinews.bsky.social is now accepting applications for our 30th summer internship program www.mbari.org/about/career...

In case you missed it, Alex Morozov and Arthur Caplan wrote an excellent exposé of the Medical Child Abuse and associated scamming perpetrated by David and Mark Geier against autistic children. It's beyond abhorrent that RFK Jr. would hire David Geier as an HHS advisor.

The orange roughy can live 150+ years but doesn’t reproduce until it’s at least 20 years old. These deep-sea fish form dense schools on seamounts to spawn, making them easy targets for bottom trawling. Their story shows why precaution and protection are essential in the deep ocean. #DeepSeaWonders

When I posted this many folks said this likely isn't an injury, it's just something they do to stay warm, and OMG today over 100 sanderlings flew in right next to me and almost all of them were hopping on one foot. See thread for more 😭🪶

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

#FishADay Scomber scombrus Atlantic Mackerel. Temperate epipelagic North Atlantic. Spends summer near coasts, follows warm water at depth and farther from the coast in the winter. Highly commercial, reported in dense shoals 9 km long, 4 km wide, and 40 m!! youtu.be/5LhVBlZc1v0

@oceannetworks.ca has started their next divestream www.oceannetworks.ca/expeditions/...

🦀 @schmidtocean.bsky.social 834 #uruguaysub200 #MarineLife

Over the past 5 years some rare Pacific Footballfish have washed ashore in California. How rare? 41 individuals ever recorded, rare. So @realfishdoc.bsky.social, @frable.bsky.social, Michelle Horeczko, and I wrote a short note summarizing this species. Check it out here: doi.org/10.51492/cfw... 🐟🦑

Happy International Whale Shark Day from the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group! Whale Sharks are the world’s largest fish, yet they feed on some of the smallest creatures in the sea, filtering plankton as they glide through tropical waters.

but it's CLEAR that this nonsense would have more reach than my art bsky.app/profile/guil...

@echinoblog.bsky.social Do urchins snack on corals? This coral has certainly seen better days, but the urchin looks nice and healthy. @schmidtocean.bsky.social 831 #uruguaysub200 #MarineLife

This is very exciting! We FINALLY know what Spicomellus looked like! And it is way weirder than anyone thought! Not only did it have spines fused to its ribs, but blade-like projections all along its side and METRE-LONG spikes coming out the sides of its neck 🤯🧪🦕 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

I am recruiting graduate students to begin August 2026. Apply by Nov 15th!

A photo of the lovely people who chalked the original colors back into the Pulse Memorial crosswalk in Orlando, Florida.

The state of Florida came in overnight and painted over the Pulse Memorial site crosswalk in Orlando. This crosswalk abided by the state’s laws and was originally installed by them. To be clear, the state surreptitiously painted over this memorial at night against the city’s wishes. Cowards.

As a former longhorn this is so incredibly disappointing.

bullies

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson 📚

The administration wouldn’t tell @propublica.org — or anyone — who has been cut from federal health agencies. That’s fine. We’ve been analyzing their directories since Jan. Turns out, we’ve lost thousands of scientists, regulators and other crucial roles. projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...

Sheryl Cole, one of the Texas Democrats who broke quorum:

Restaurant reservations in DC plunged after Trump announced his takeover. It’s no surprise that rolling out troops into the streets dampens consumer appetite.

"But nearly three years later, it’s becoming clearer and clearer — the Massachusetts millionaires tax has been a total success, and an incredible benefit for our state’s businesses. " #mapoli commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...

Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A larvacean from a #blackwater dive in Anilao (Oikoplura sp. according to more knowledgeable folks than me). Apparently they're often surrounded by a mucus 'house' which they use for feeding, but this one isn't. #MarineLife 🌿

This *Osedax* comic by @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social is just amazing! 🤩 #MarineLife #Invertebrate #SciArt 🦑🌊🐡