That's right. Worse than Pointless www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

I regret opening my phone this morning…

At ever stage of my career, undergrad to Professor, I (unknowingly) had to work with harassers and misogynists that were known to others to be awful. The harm caused to young female scientists continues without consequence or accountability. Turns out it’s not a “leaky pipe” it’s a damn fire hose.

Great piece by @naomioreskes.bsky.social. I've personally had more success with philanthropic funding than gov grants, but I work in an (unnecessarily) controversial area of researching food and climate. When public funding dwindles, we all lose. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Can confirm…unfortunately.

Important new @worldresources.bsky.social research shows that agricultural expansion isn’t only leading to forest loss - it’s leading to loss of grasslands, savannas, & wetlands too. From 2005-20, the 🌎 lost 95 Mha of non-forest natural ecosystems to annual crops, and another 95 Mha to pasture. 1/

Cool paper alert. Was trying to model the thermal performance curves of several farmed seaweed species and ran across this awesome, theoretical unifying paper: “A universal thermal performance curve arises in biology and ecology” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

New working paper, led by Margaret Hegwood: "Aquaculture is subject to more regulations than any other food sector in the United States" osf.io/preprints/so... Feedback welcome! Great to work with @dochfroehlich.bsky.social, Pete Newton & Mike Clark on this (in addition to Margaret, of course)!

The National Science Foundation’s entire budget is $10 billion.

It is shocking how quickly one of the biggest benefits of U.S. higher education, the ability to recruit the best students from around the world, is eroding.

Now that I am on leave, turns out when I have uninterrupted research time I can write up a (rough draft) of an entire research paper in approximately 2 weeks...I feel like a postdoc again, with better pay 🤩

ICYMI, last year I wrote an essay for American Scientist magazine defending funding basic research, even research that sounds silly when presented out of context. 🧪 www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...

Being nominated and just awarded the Distinguished Early Career by United States Aquaculture Society (USAS) is such an honor, and so bittersweet as I prepare to move to Finland in a few weeks. The #aquaculture research community in the states is honestly incredible. What a send off 🥹 Thank you!!

there are so many people who could fix this if they just wanted to

Jealous

My first blocked science troll. This was his response to a perspectives piece we wrote concerning some of the blind spots to his work & others. #Aquaculture is contentious & I’m here for constructive criticism, but this is not it. I’m sure he wants to help the ocean, but this behavior is toxic.

I received an email from a past undergrad who wanted to let me know she went into #aquaculture because of my class and is part of a team that cultured the Gem Tang fish for the first time! How cool is that?!? www.qualitymarine.com/news/worlds-...

Advertise your account with a gif…

Ah, I see the “individual climate action only” narrative has infected the infectious disease field…😒

I’m with Prof Parenteau on this one as well.

Adding snow crab heist to my list of crazy ways people commit seafood crime…

As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org

Please enjoy our research paper on how Bluesky is the preferred home of academics of all stripes, including professors of rare moths. (Yes, we actually have lots of entomologists here). academic.oup.com/icb/article-... 🧪

sooooooo are they going to go after hot dogs next or #ConsumerConfusion #MadeUpProblems

<Cringe post, don't care> I just gave a global health talk at Johns Hopkins, and one of their students came up afterward to introduce herself. She had taken my global health class at Emory, and she said that's what made her go into the field. Sometimes the things we do matter 🥹

The most dangerous jobs in America remain… fishing and logging

Wild times in the marine harvest space.

Bad Bunny's historical advisor is an assistant professor at UW-Madison. Hell of a flex for your tenure file.

I have a 3 year old and I could not imagine being separated from her…the cruelty is beyond comprehension.

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

This is a wonderful book by Sara Ahmed that examines this phenomenon www.combinedacademic.co.uk/978147801771...

What a send off for my last year in the US 💙💚💙💚 #GoHawks 12 years ago during grad school in Seattle 🐟

Me and the kiddo soaking up the last of Santa Barbara while we can ☀️🌊 And yes, that is a white sturgeon on my hat. Thanks for asking. Courtesy of the Dr. Siple 🐟 #GoHawks

Seeing as how @seahawksofficial.com are also a predatory bird, I think #GoHawks is the right answer for this #SuperbOwl Sunday.

If you hear someone saying that they hope lawyers are ready to go to court to protect free and fair elections, I suggest you let them know that my law firm is already litigating more than 80 voting and election cases in 40 states.

With that paper finally off my desk, I immediately started writing up a short little #aquaculture modeling paper that I'm excited about. I think one thing I have learned about myself after the many years as a scientist is I LOVE writing papers. Oddly & unfortunately, writing proposals is meh 🙃...

Bill Ricker told Tom Quinn that you should wait at least ten years between getting an idea and data, and publishing it, to ensure it ruminates properly. He has more highly cited fisheries contributions than anyone else. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I just resubmitted revisions to a manuscript that has been in the works for SEVEN years looking at the dynamics between local wild capture and #aquaculture production, as far back as the 1800s. With comments like this, I'm hoping we have an acceptance on our hands...🤞 🎣 ➡️🦪

Job: Dean of the College of the Environment at the University of Washington www.washington.edu/provost/lead...

Would you believe me that NSF didn't pay me today

Did you know Helsinki #Finland is building a massive bridge to connect some of their major islands to the mainland, but private cars are not allowed! @davidho.bsky.social your dream bridge, I wager? www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/how...

The normalcy of a day in academia (response to reviews on a paper, a editorial board meeting for a journal, proposal ideas...) positioned against the reality of the nation is proving a lot for my brain to handle and compartmentalize. Anyone else?

The extortion of higher ed in the U.S. is astounding... www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...

#ICESASC26 call for abstracts open🔔deadline 25 February Which theme sessions are you interested in? 🟠Single-species fisheries management? Session A 🟣Bycatch reduction tech? Session D 🟡"Restoration" in fished waters? Session I 🟢Tracking gelatinous zooplankton? Session P 👀 www.ices.dk/events/asc/2...

this article about Texas A&M is a tour de force about what's happening on campus. Incredibly well written and sharply on point. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Permanent position of a University Lecturer in Social Science History, in the University of Helsinki: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

🦈 #shark "But here’s the uncomfortable truth:" "... trade regulation alone won’t save sharks." New limits on global trade of sharks won’t be enough to save them from overfishing – new research share.google/8ls7VPxFzO6H...

In a blistering opinion ordering the release of Liam Ramos, Judge Fred Biery of the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas condemned “the perfidious lust for unbridled power” and “the imposition of cruelty.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

On this blackout day I deleted my TikTok account. Please clap.