Processing my accidental unmedicated precipitous childbirth…god woman are amazing. Introducing Aurora Alene Mullen, named after two strong women ahead of their time 💕

“Meta has designed social media products and platforms that it is aware are addictive to kids, and they’re aware that those addictions lead to a whole host of serious mental health issues.” #PsychSky time.com/7336204/meta...

NEW episode of MeatEater Podcast chatting gars & native fish conservation! Grateful for the opportunity to chat stewardship of freshwater natural resources with Steve Rinella and the hunting & fishing crew! youtu.be/xLDSV5qbyzw?...

Southern Manitoba ✨

Meet the Apalachicola redhorse, a newly described fish species.

Modern society depends on a prehistoric biosphere whose future is in peril. www.earth.com/news/modern-...

Meet the real rainbow fish 🌈🐟 Using Cre-mediated recombination, each zebrafish cell expresses a unique fluorescent color, creating a living rainbow of developmental history 🎨✨ Image by Bret Pearson #FluorescenceFriday #Zebrafish #DevBio

Good news: a grant I submitted got selected for an interview out of ~150 apps. Only 2 others got interviews! Bad news: @skypeascientist.bsky.social was not selected in the end 😞 I will keep trying. In the meantime, consider supporting our work with $5-10/month? givebutter.com/SupportSAS25

There is virtually no aspect of women’s lives that the culture does not manage to infuse with doubt and fear and guilt, writes @kathapollitt.bsky.social. And that goes double for motherhood. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

🚨 Call for Nominations: @csz-sczofficial.bsky.social PDF Chair 🚨 Interested in standing for election? Send me a short blurb (~200 words) about yourself and why you'd like to be elected! Deadline is Sept 30. Don’t miss the chance to get involved!

Interview with Hooked Magazine and the Complete Angler Podcast on fish research, MB fisheries, and fish health! www.hookedmagazine.ca/podcast/the-...

Scientists are adding plastic to a lake. Not reckless—research. The IISD Experimental Lakes Area is uncovering the real impact of plastic pollution on freshwater ecosystems. 🎥 Watch the full film: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow... #TomorrowsCatch #PlasticPollution #FutureFisheries

NSERC has announced the top 20 finalists for the 2025 Science Exposed photo contest! This initiative showcases graduate students’ research through their own photography. Please support Jenelle's work focused on organisms exposed to wildfire ash during runoff. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/scienceexpos...

People say Manitoba is a flyover province 🌲🐟🤷🏻‍♀️

36 hours and 2 pounds of butter 🧈 🥐

Oh nOoOoOoOoOo not another new book idea

First paper with an Irwin 🐊

Some things I’ve made this week

Another paper out! Co production of research with academia, government, NGOs, and other conservation groups!

New paper! ‼️ Angling-like stressors immediately before spawning impacts the offspring of lake trout 🐟 🐟 🐟 Fun study in collaboration with Manitoba Fisheries and @calebhasler.bsky.social lab. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Nevermind that 2 people died in my community because of the wildfires. So tone deaf. www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

Excited to share that I am now an Adjunct status professor at the University of Winnipeg! Eager to continue our fish hatchery and stocking program research!! @calebhasler.bsky.social

How to measure the effects of chronic stress on wild polar bears? In this #ConPhysInAction piece, @kristinamuise.bsky.social explains how Teman et al monitored polar bear health using an allostatic load model. CPiA: doi.org/10.1093/conp... Research article: doi.org/10.1093/conp...

#LoveOurLegends #CanadaDay Let’s talk about the late Legend #DrHelenBattle - Began her university education at the age of 16 - #FirstWomanInCanada to earn a doctorate in #MarineBiology in 1928 - Her studies enabled innovative lab work Check out more at cars.fisheries.org

❗️JOB ALERT❗️ #FisheriesCertificationManager 🐠Application due by July 13 🦑 #ManitobaGovernment Plays a lead role in the management of commercial fisheries and the coordination of sustainable fishing certification (eco-certification) efforts jobsearch.gov.mb.ca/search.action

Please call your senators and tell them you do not want our public lands, our pristine wilderness and precious ecosystem, only home to our wildlife, sold off to the highest bidder in their greedy bill! @5calls.org has an app that makes it super easy. Please Defend our public lands from greedy hands!

Burbot, eelpout, lawyer, freshwater cod, mariah, poor man’s lobster, cusk, ling, lota, loche…

Exactly. Polls mean NOTHING if people don’t go and vote. There is no room for slacking off this time. Do whatever it takes to drag your non-CPC people out to vote with you.

Winnipogo??

Ice fishing for dinosaurs 🎣 Manitoba lake sturgeon are ANCIENT and largely unchanged for millions of years. This one is likely older than me, and was quickly released to grow even bigger! Annie is also haunted by giant “ice monsters” emerging from the floor now…

Joshua Tree 🏜️ Fund National Parks

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

Hiding the word "women" from every website doesn't erase our accomplishments and what we are capable of. Stay strong. #women 👩‍🔬 #feminist

Excited to share that I am the new Fish Culture Program Manager in the Fisheries Branch of the Manitoba gov’t! I will be responsible for Manitoba's premier fish hatcheries and lake stocking programs, as well as the strategic vision for the future of fish culture and conservation in the province!

This will be a huge loss

NEH's newest grant program, State and Impact of the Humanities, funds data-grounded research that can help us tell the story of how and why the humanities matter. It was a privilege to develop this program with Jess Unger, Ben Skinner, Lutie Rodriguez, & Scott Weingart. www.neh.gov/news/neh-ann...

Really feeling like this is where the problems started…

Accessible Sharks 2025 is a GO! This unique summer research internship for undergrad students with disabilities has been amazing for the past 2 summers, and we get to run a modified version as a bonus year! Learn more & apply here: accessiblesharks.wordpress.com Deadline Feb 14, 2025. Please share!

Not sure if shared this Outside JEB @jexpbiol.bsky.social article yet, but here it is! 🧪 Elephant hormones measured in toenails?? journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

As someone who works in the very specific sliver of science communication that focuses on creating programs, opportunities, and spaces for my local community to experience science in person, I am SO happy to see Sarah doing this!! Share and apply! 🧪

AFS is searching for the next TAFS editor-in-chief! If you're a scientist with a broad perspective on fisheries with ideas about the future of AFS journals, consider applying. See full details at https://fisheries.org/2024/12/editor-in-chief-sought-for-transactions-of-the-american-fisheries-society/

🧑🏽‍🔬 Searching for the perfect #postdoc? We’re currently seeking applicants specializing in #IndigenousKnowledge Systems for a 2-year position. Consideration will begin soon! 📲Find out more and apply today: go.whoi.edu/ikp-postdoc #hiring #joinus #stemjobs #dei

How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

How the brain gets rid of its chemical waste through the glymphatics during sleep, via blood vessel oscillations, regulated by norepinephrine. Impeded by Ambien! www.cell.com/cell/abstrac... www.science.org/content/arti...

Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does

I’m taking a Judaism class and the instructor asked “what aspects of today should be recorded for future generations?” Interested in anyone’s thoughts.

You know, I GENUINELY thought people would come to their senses when the climate emergencies escalated…not create conspiracy theories about DEI and democrats draining lakes… #idiocracy

Baby lake trout are growing up! 80 days since we collected these fish as eggs, and they are almost ready to feed for the first time! 🐟🧪 @calebhasler.bsky.social