Submissions page for #stickleback collection "Celebrating three decades of stickleback research in the Canadian Journal of Zoology" is up! Deadline is March 30, 2026 🐟 cdnsciencepub.com/topic/cjz-st...

Interesting read about Daphnia evolution after rewilding of stickleback. The paper is part of a larger collaborative research project on ecology & evolution post reintroduction. I did 3 field seasons on another sub-project examining effects on gut microbiome of stickleback.

“Maybe most painfully, she said, her freezer full of subsistence food — walrus, seal, fish, birds, berries — is spoiled. That food represents “a lot of hard work,” she said.”

Q&A: What made this storm unusual, why Western Alaska is so vulnerable, and the monumental challenges facing villagers. Via @us.theconversation.com

{colorfindr} - Create color palettes from images in R: github.com/zumbov2/colo... #RStats bookmark from the old Twitter. Courtesy @annahenschel.bsky.social

Love this Alaskan centric comic about using air quality index (AQI) to make air quality related health decisions. Comic created by JUst Solutions to Impacts of Climate Exposures for Health in Alaska (JUSTICE-HIA) project team. For the full guide see alaskawildfires.org #airquality

You can exclude Google AI results from Google searches by adding “-ai” at the end of your search in case you were wondering.

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

Live in Alaska and wonder what your current air quality is, especially with all the wildfires in the Interior and across the border in Canada? Check out Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s real-time air quality index map. experience.arcgis.com/experience/8...

Anyone know what this beach find is? Found it near Pasagshak River State Recreational Site in Kodiak, Alaska.

From egg to hatchling! Swipe through the larval development of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

“Historically, no one lived past age 35” "I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"

Nonproducing oil and gas wells in Canada may leak 7 times more methane than official estimates suggest, according to new research from McGill University. eos.org/articles/non...

The National Science Foundation budget proposal would be a devastating blow to American science. 240,000 fewer people would be involved in federally-funded science in fiscal year 2026, according to estimates in the document. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

Just created a stickleback feed so it’s easy to see what other Bluesky users are saying about stickleback in one feed. The post just needs to include the word stickleback in it, even if it’s just in image alt text. ehttps://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rtgmt535jxnnvolguctkalcy/feed/aaacekwe4gzdk

In his latest #LandslideBlog, @davepetley.bsky.social shares reliable resources re: the catastrophic Birch Glacier collapse, as well as important issues on its scope and possible continuing threats to the area. It's a great read. eos.org/thelandslide... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3xm...

@archive.org wayback machine is an amazing resource for finding webpages that have been taken down. You can even archive pages that are live now if you’re worried they might change or be taken down.

"Systems Based on Slavery Aren't Meant to Last" acrylic on canvas by Alison Bremner, inspired by the disproportionate Alaska Native/Native American incarceration rates. See more of her work here (steinbruecknativegal...). Via Steinbrueck Native Galley. #alaskahistory #alaska

Some basic facts about international students, who they are and who they are not Please pass on the message @shashikalb.bsky.social

Found an old photo of this polycephalic threespine stickleback egg that was in one of my clutches a few years ago. Polycephaly means having more than one head, in this case with two heads the stickleback is considered bicephalic. This defect happened prior to any experimental treatment. #stickleback

NEW: Judge Burroughs GRANTS Harvard's requested TRO against the Trump administration, blocking it from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll international students during early court proceedings.

Another building block in the American Panopticon — combining all private data with all government data

⚖️🍿 Alright, let’s do it. Live-tweeting oral arguments on a motion for preliminary injunction in APHA v NIH. Hearing starts at 11a EDT today This is scheduled to be an argument about whether the Court should reinstate terminated NIH grants on topics like DEI, trans health, HIV prevention. But...

🚨🚨 Alarming NSF policy update By accepting an NSF award, an institution now must say it's: 1. Not engaging in boycotts of Israel (yes really) 2. Not advancing or promoting DEI in violation of anti-discrimination laws Announced via a footnote today: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/gc1-ma...

Tl;dr: the computer isn’t doing the thinking for you, it’s a guy named Jeff who taught a microwave to speak English. Why are we talking about letting Jeff decide which cancer drugs we invest in. Don’t do that. There’s no reason to think that would be good

A new study has highlighted the health benefits of stronger policies to reduce road transport pollution, claiming that without such policies, premature deaths linked to air pollution from road transport will rise from 193,000 in 2023 to nearly 278,000 by 2040. airqualitynews.com/health/milli...

The discovery of Sivulliusalmo alaskensis — the genus is named from the Inupiaq and Latin words for “to be first” and “salmon,” respectively — adds another 20 million years to the fossil history of the salmon family. www.uaf.edu/news/new...

It’s not just Gambia. We got internal cables, notes and other records that show how U.S. diplomats have intervened on behalf of Starlink in at least four other developing nations. All while the U.S. has withdrawn foreign aid from those same countries.

never let anybody tell u that evil does not exist

Why are NWS cuts so bad you ask? Watch this fun 3-minute video from Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, & Snow Network, CoCaRaHS, about weather balloons and radiosondes and what all the data they collect is used for to learn more. Cuts mean less staff & data. youtu.be/pcLkkoR2LS4?...

We like the sound of this. We ❤️ open source collaboration. “The goal is a fully open source, federated, safety net, embedded within the international community, with a strong global network of support.”

Published in Nature, an important analysis of the liability of fossil fuel polluters for climate change impacts. “Chevron, the highest-emitting company, very likely caused between US $791 billion & $3.6 trillion in heat-related losses over the period 1991–2020” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

BREAKING: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced he has ordered the FDA to consider new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion — and that President Trump, not scientists or doctors, will make the final decision.

NPR's Juana Summers talks to Antoine Renard, of the U.N. World Food Programme, about the increasing risk of famine in Gaza as Israel's aid blockade continues.

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

"Imagine the auto industry without 3D printing. NSF funded that. Artificial intelligence? NSF. MRI machines that help doctors diagnose you? NSF. Doppler radar technology that makes aviation safer by conquering wind shear? NSF. Duolingo‘s underlying programming? NSF. The internet itself? NSF."

Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey. They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵

Having western Alaska on Pacific Standard Time would be the equivalent of having Washington, Oregon and California on Eastern Time.

ADN interviewed numerous researchers who say losing federal funding could limit Alaska’s ability to monitor and respond to environmental conditions. Features AOOS Executive Director Sheyna Wisdom and our colleagues. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Dan Seavey, who took third place in the first-ever running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and sat atop one of Alaska mushing’s dynastic families, died last week at the age of 87.

NEW: How the Pacific Northwest’s Dream of Green Energy Fell Apart @opb.org

Across the federal government, Trump officials are halting a wide range of operations by declining to approve key funds. This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.

Collective behavior diverges independently of the benthic-limnetic axis in stickleback 🐟 Led by Kevin Neumann Check it out! doi.org/10.1007/s002...

Packrafting season has begun! New Alpacka Mage is gonna take some getting used to with its secondary edge & tippy feeling. Took a dip x2, right when I got on the water & then when trying to get off a rock. Before this last float I had only ever swam once unintentionally over my years of rafting.

Innovation takes time US scientists who received renewals from the NIH over the past four decades produced more novel research than those who didn’t https://go.nature.com/44s6cc5

Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.