3 generations of EnriCos @ #IWC2025, letting the world know about our forest smammals + a best speed talk award! @elfledermaus.bsky.social @pmittelman.bsky.social

Beautiful work by @anthonyhurd.bsky.social … excited to hang it above my fireplace. ☺️

Under Fascism, the state makes sweeping changes (sold as an attack on waste, fraud, and abuse) in the name of efficiency…and “the trains will run on time!” Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.

Apparently the Institue of Museum and Library Services is being shut down today… because who needs museums and libraries to learn from, especially when there’s no need for scientists anymore. 🙄 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institu...

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world. 
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

#ESJ72 2024 Ecological Research Paper Award🏆(25th) Congrats👏🐭 Scott M. Appleby @elfledermaus.bsky.social et al Linking small mammal capture probability with understory structural complexity using a mobile laser scanning-derived metric: A case study doi.org/10.1111/1440... #OpenAccess #ERPaperAward

Had a nice time at the #standupforscience event in Sacramento yesterday! We need more direct action but things have to start somewhere. As a bonus, my sign ended up in the local paper. 📰

Six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others #IWD #InternationalWomensDay https://go.nature.com/43w9Voe

Thanks to @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social for the award! This was a truly collaborative work with Ieva Bebre and Hannes Riebl as part of @enricounigoe.bsky.social, and I’m happy to have it recognized. 🥳🐭🌲🌳

This morning, the National Science Foundation fired 168 probationary employees, effective immediately. The number represents roughly 10% of its workforce. Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi

On the CFPB: “These people are nerds for the public good, damn it. Contrast their behavior with that of a billionaire who does a bunch of ketamine and then turns a horde of 19 year-olds loose on the internal databases. It is not hard to see which side here takes the public interest more seriously.”

Finally an update from #NSF new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

I gave an interview to the BBC at midnight while the #LAfires were raging outside and I couldn't sleep. Turned into one of the most thorough and well-researched articles on wildlife and wildfire I've had the pleasure of contributing to.

Scratching a mosquito bite can offer a moment of bliss, and now scientists have learnt why: scratching activates an immune response that helps to protect the skin against harmful infections, at least in mice. https://go.nature.com/4aJpL0r

We invest in our working groups knowing that two years of funding is hardly enough to fully explore an idea. One group, funded in 2012, continued working over a decade, publishing a dozen papers and two awesome datasets along the way. Read about them here: lternet.edu/stories/corr...

Finally decided to do some farmers market shopping… a bit of retail therapy with everything going on this week. 🧑‍🌾

WHITE PEOPLE - here’s a 2-question quiz to help you decide if you are “pro-DEI” or “anti-DEI”. 1. Do you believe brilliant minds can come from anywhere? 2. Do you believe resources and opportunities are unequally distributed? If you answered “yes” to both - congrats, you’re “pro-DEI”!

Hi Bluesky! It's EnriCo. This week we celebrated Klara Mrak's successful defense @mrakklara.bsky.social Congratulations on your insightful work on tree functional traits driving nitrogen & water cycling in pure & mixed forests 🌲🌳