Hard to think we are celebrating independence tomorrow. Feels more like succumbing to tyrrany, bowing to a king, giving up on the dream.

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About NSF’s new(est) bulletin - 15% indirect cost rates will kill universities. Apparently that’s the point. I am sick.

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I was at ASU+GSV and can confirm that the Sec of Education referred to AI as A1. She’s not wrong…the kids need the sauce, lol. As they say in the South…”bless her heart”

So, I’ve been away. Anything interesting happening?

I hope my retirement can survive the Trump slump.

I refuse to wear one of those silly Russian hats…you know, the red ones.

This week has been tough watching my friends, colleagues, collaborators & past students lose funding and jobs. Given my current role, I have to be careful what I say publicly, but know that I’m helping in all the ways I can & I have your backs. DM me if you think I can help in anyway. Stay strong.

Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email ([email protected]) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

Embracing skunk works.

When I hear the POTUS say things like the accident wouldn’t have happened if not for DEI, I hear him saying that only old white dudes could have prevented it…which statistically is wrong. Like, he’s basically saying the silent part out loud.

I wouldn’t be a scientist if it weren’t for the NSF REU program, and quite a number of students who went through an NSF REU program I led are now scientists. Breaks my heart to see this program potentially die at the hands of the man baby president.

I guess I got out before I was effectively forced out. No way the man baby would have allowed my work on climate change to be funded. Sad to see so many of my friends’ labs on hold or shut down. Seems we are on a race to the bottom. Great again my ass.

But yeah, we were overreacting. Never thought this could happen here.

No, we won’t be referring to Denali, our husky, as McKinley. That’s dumb.

The new administration is killing education. I’ll be dead before we recover.

Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...

Where are all the field studies? This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer. A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Just in case you hadn’t thought otherwise, the new year is simply arbitrary. Keep doing what works for you, don’t feel the need to re-invent yourself, be kind to yourself and others. That’s all.

I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Fantastic opportunity!

Kellogg Biological Station is searching for a new Director! A great community, would be great to lead this ship!

OK, non science post. Plotting a Baja trip for late December…Phoenix to Tijuana to Ensenada to Valle de Guadalupe to Tecate to Phoenix. Anyone done this loop or similar. Recs/advice?

🔥 Global emergence of regional heatwave hotspots outpaces climate model simulations by @kornhuber.bsky.social et al. @pnas.org 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Climate models underestimating warming by 4x for the most extreme temperatures Biodiversity calls for more research on heatwaves now! 🧪🌍🦤🌐

Just created a starter pack for ecological forecasting community! 🦋🍃 Please let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/Qk9PfFw