Kind of surreal to live in the fictional world of 1984.

January 6 in History Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.” And here we are.

Anyone else in the United States not particularly motivated to do normal work today in these abnormal times? 😵‍💫

You know what doesn’t cause wars? Women and renewable energy.

Okay literal Bluesky. Here are the stats from 'Why Leaders Fight', analyzed 1875 to 2004 world leaders. 36% female vs 30% men initiated at least 1 act of aggression. But men responsible for 694 acts of aggression & 86 wars; women just 13 acts of aggression and only one war (Indira Gandhi).

Everyday is a reason for impeachment

I was under the impression the US has 3 branches of government. My mistake.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Some people think science is just for nerds, but science is the foundation of the modern world and science is what made America great. Even though many of us don’t work directly in space science, we were inspired to become scientists by NASA. Destroying it makes zero sense.

Happy (almost) New Year! 2026 is most definitely going to be a drastically different year for me 🎆

‘Bootleg 60 Minutes segments’ is what stage of fascism?

Closing NCAR because it produces "climate alarmism" is like closing the fire department because it produces "fire alarmism" billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...

New special issue in Molecular Ecology on Conservation Genomics #popGen #evolution 🧪🧬🖥️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1365294x...

You’ll want to bookmark this thread, for your taste buds, your wallet, your health, and the planet

I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.

This could be your dream job: working full time at the Friday Harbor Labs on marine invertebrate organismal biology. Nine month salary from an endowment, teaching and research faculty position. apply.interfolio.com/178804

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Published!📖 This study shows that choosing the most effective restoration strategy for tropical forests at scale depends equally if not more on economic and logistical than ecological constraints. Read more:https://buff.ly/MTipuln

Frantically texting my colleagues and friends at Brown to make sure they aren’t the victims of yet another school shooting. They and their lab members are safe. I yearn for the day enough people in America love thy neighbor more than guns and we stop this cycle. Not sure I’ll see it in my lifetime.

“Cities like Los Angeles…use only a small fraction of their states’ water. In California, agriculture accounts for 80% of water used by homes & businesses; in Arizona, it is 74% of all water use total. Across the entire Colorado River Basin, cattle feed alone accounts for nearly half of water use.”

Head Start is a 60-year-old US Department of Health and Human Services program that, among other things, creates inclusive and accessible classrooms for children with disabilities. But those applying for funding were told by the Trump regime to avoid the words "inclusion" and "disability." 🤡

The Government is lying to you about Climate Change.

Ecologists recognize the importance of integrating across scales, yet our models often target specific scales. Our new paper presents models of population growth that scale up to explain community-level patterns, including interactions of temperature, light & nutrients. doi.org/10.1002/ecm....

Vaccines are the greatest public health success story in history. So much death and suffering can be stopped entirely, or dramatically reduced. And people are just throwing it away.

Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.

A little pet peeve. It’s not exactly that tropical rainforests have “gone from being allies in the fight against climate breakdown to being part of the problem.” Forests lose carbon when people cut them (or via fire) and gain carbon when trees grow. It’s that the losing is outweighing the gaining.

If you want to learn how to use stable isotope analysis for ecological research, my colleague has launched two online courses about this method. One is basic principles and one is R analysis of data. www.atomicecology.com/courses?fbcl... 🧪🦑🌎

If a politician: -Has never cared at all about whales before; -Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy; and -is a well-documented liar, You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

“Two Black women said they were denied immediate medical attention despite being minutes away from giving birth. “The incidents, which happened days apart in different states, highlight long-standing disparities in health outcomes for Black women, health experts say.”

“Even if fossil fuel emissions were eliminated immediately, emissions from the global food system alone would make it impossible to limit warming to 1.5°C and difficult even to realize the 2°C target…major changes in how food is produced [and consumed] are needed…”

Pressure to publish is rising as #research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Dr. Claire Gonzales's second dissertation chapter is officially published! She explored the co-location suitability potential of bivalve #aquaculture (mussels) with clean energy (wind & wave) and wild capture fisheries across the California coast. Check it out: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A fisheries observer disappeared at sea. His family still waits for answers

Ever notice small scale #aquaculture (SSA) doesn't seem to get much attention? Us too. We ran a semi-quant synthesis of the the literature and found it is poorly defined, missing from the US & Europe, & underrepresented in marine systems (e.g., oysters) dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq....

Greggggooorrrr…Happy Halloween 🎃

So … vaccines prevent autism?

Bonus points for using possibly the best pig graphic every published in a journal article!

Many points here apply to several wicked problems in conservation and sustainability beyond aquaculture. What is needed is not simply "better data" but "constructing a path" to get there. Great line from the authors: "The path for data improvement, once again, runs through governance." 👏

A recent Science Advances special issue focused on #aquaculture, but seemed to have missed the mark in a multitude of ways. My incredible colleagues and I wrote this sweeping Open Access opinion article (with 80 citations!) in response. Hope it's useful! 🐟 🦐 🎣 doi.org/10.1111/raq....

I’ve studied fisheries & aquaculture for a long time and impacts of geopolitical unrest (eg, war) can often be seen in fish landings records. This story is nonetheless particularly disturbing because of the aggressor and the continued power consolidation we see unfolding…

If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

It’s even more extreme than that if you want full self-sufficiency. The average US diet requires ~2 acres of land (cropland + pasture)/person/year. So a family of 4 would need ~8 acres. (It’s less if you eat more plants/fewer animal proteins than avg American, but it’s still a looooot of land.)

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Good news: carbon intensity has declined Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17% Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%

Whales are woke.

🚨Advice release - herring management ICES response to the joint request from the EU, Norway, and UK to incorporate the Long-Term Management Strategy option MS3 in the advice for herring in Subarea 4 and divisions 3.a and 7.d, autumn spawners is published: doi.org/10.17895/ice...