New Otter just dropped. www.earth.com/news/scienti...

It's not that I don't like cats I just find them to be extremely disrespectful

So many people tease me for being a flexitarian but even deer eat a little dead bird every now and then when they want quick protein so I'm feeling validated

BIG Bigmouth Buffalo fish! These native freshwater planktivores can live for over 100 years! We caught, fin-clipped, released several during yesterday’s @garlab.bsky.social native fishes survey!

I love difficult people

As always, the unfortunate answer is to buy less stuff

🌊 The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian islands Washington, Govt. print. off.[1905]-06. [Source]

Current replay song for work today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ysd...

Just got tickets to see my favorite author on Friday! Going solo because I just want to absorb the experience like a sponge

...and yes, these were taken on the NBP (RV/IB Nathanial B. Palmer)...the ship that the U.S. is in the process of decommissioning as a part of its Antarctic research program, leaving them with no dedicated ships in the region...a MASSIVE loss to science.🧪🌎🦑🇦🇶🐧

With all going on in the world...I needed to post something that makes me smile today. Here, a Colossendeis robusta (Colossendeidae; sea spider) and a Gentoo penguin being followed by a chinstrap penguin. Both taken on the RVIB NBP as a part of our research cruises to #Antarctica. 🧪🌎🦑🇦🇶🐧

What does ocean equity mean in places where the ocean is everything? In Oct 2024, the EqualSea project visited the Cook Islands—Mangaia, Rarotonga, and the Marae Moana Marine Park—to listen, learn, and share knowledge on fairness in marine protection. #EqualSea #MaraeMoana

MarinART Challenge: Urban Art for Europe’s Seas #GES4SEAS is hosting it to explore how the ocean inspires artistic expression, from marine ecosystems and sea creatures to climate change, coastal life, and human-ocean connections. #MarineEcology #Research See details, participate ges4seas.eu?p=2550

We're putting together a quarterly newsletter to help anthropologists who research fisheries and coastal communities stay informed and connected. Contribute any jobs/awards/opportunities/new papers/etc. that you'd like to see in the newsletter here! 🧪 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #anthropology

My feature on community-based conservation and orangutans in Borneo for the latest edition of Nature Conservsncy Magazine @nature.org.

AND I got a paper accepted. Today is really turning out!

big life changes incoming

Submitted my manuscript on marsh migration today!!!

he's helping!!!

just read an article that says "Eggs are an easy way to get protein on the go" like can you imagine

NEW: I spoke to SJ Joslin, a park ranger and wildlife biologist who was fired by Yosemite National Park last week for helping to raise a transgender pride flag on the park's iconic El Capitan rock face. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

In my head I am a very large person with a deep voice, then I hear recordings of myself and I sound like a tiny girl because well

Matt Wedel's most excellent downloadable sauropod body plan. #DinoconUK

Went to go see WEAPONS last night (new horror movie) and the power went out in the theatre DURING THE MOVIE it was soo scaryyy!!! And we didn't get to watch the rest of the movie!

I wanna help the sandwich guy pay his legal fees where do I do that

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Talk to someone about what they care about for an hour, ask lots of questions, and DON'T BECOME THEIR BEST FRIEND challenge. It's impossible!

IDK if it's just me but by the end of any interview I think we're best friends

They told me to hustle so I'm out here hustling -- One paper in press, one in review, one to be resubmitted, one to be submitted for the first time, one to be edited and sent back to coauthors, and two to be written.

garbage in, garbage out!

A stunning eunicid polychaete for #wormwednesday via @Crinoidea_hk from the other place.

me working to solve the rising sea levels

Now re (re)(re) submitted (same journal needed more info). It was a jump scare in my inbox though because I thought we got a desk reject (not possible the paper is too good)

mind is blown today

whaaaat

Definitely read this as a job ad at first. Neurodivergents please apply!!!

Expert Bluesky guidance from your favorite shark advocate

Put the water on cold in the shower for at least 5 minutes every day. You will live to be 500 years old.

What a beautiful ribbon eel… 😊

Yes!! Imposter syndrome??? Have some AI!

OOO I asked Google about me and here's what it said: "Amanda's work is important because it bridges the gap between scientific understanding of coastal changes and the social aspects of how communities respond and adapt. She contributes to a better understanding of how people interact with and...

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Grooving to this and cold emailing folks in North Carolina about hurricanes www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB8z...

Peacock feathers can emit frickin' laser beams. The feathers can emit two frequencies of laser light from multiple regions across their colored eyespots. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

On X, Masaki Nobushiro posts a recurring (and useful) drawing about how people wrongly think a 1m tsunami is a cresting wave when it's actually a wall of water filled with dangerous and deadly debris that's strong enough to sweep up a car. #tsunami

We have a reliable #tsunami warning system due to #NOAA funding and research at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. 🧪🌊🛟 doi.org/10.5670/ocea...

Paper is (re)submitted!!!!

If anything pushes me to finally make a TikTok it will be this

Presenting on the importance of mentioning historical systems of oppression (when writing about environmental justice).... while my own writing is being stripped of any mentions to historical systems of oppression by the American government I'm not okay

I made a starter pack of marine social scientists active on #Bluesky. Let me know who I'm missing! go.bsky.app/TyBgT5H