FIFA painted over a beloved Wyland mural of whales, one of just 100 in the world, to advertise for the World Cup. Apparently without talking to anyone before doing so. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Me, on a daily basis… in so many ways.

Yeah, hard no. I’ll occasionally run across them (and highlight this in my review), but it’s not a reviewer task. I’d refuse a review assignment if I were asked to also be responsible for assessing references.

Many people have a vested interest in pretending otherwise, but the US research university is globally dominant to an almost unbelievable degree. The typical state university is a football team stapled to a R&D lab with a budget bigger than the entire nation of Belgium.

part of me believes that if every American could have a gap year in which they experience functional mass transit, including high speed trains, it would transform the way we get around in this country inside a generation

Fire that obliterated #Florida marine science lab likely caused by lightning strike. www.tampabay.com/news/educati...

Key words: “by the school.” In Hollywood 80 years ago, we had very clear ideas about how to treat HUAC lapdogs and informers. No one involved in this choice should hold a job in education ever again.

Least surprising headline of the week... Is there no-one left that remembers the pre-Magnuson federal fisheries era history?

Good labs never throw out tissue samples after a project ends; those often form the nucleus of an archive that’s more valuable by the day under climate change and biodiversity loss. So many similar repositories are susceptible to such a simple thing as a power loss to freezers, even absent a fire.

#Florida #USF #St.Petersburg The guardian is reporting that the fire which destroyed USF's Marine Science Laboratory over the weekend may have been started by a lightning strike www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Major fire guts #Florida marine science lab, building likely a total loss. www.tampabay.com/news/educati... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

Mainstream media is starting to cover the dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. Thank you for speaking out and helping keep this story alive. #SaveUSFS

Interesting new paper (not one of mine), putting some numbers on feelings many of us are experiencing in academia these days.

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

It's a shame that "defend your culture" always means "hate strangers different from you" and never "enact anti-pollution laws so that you can go fishing with your grandkids the way your grandpa taught you."

Trump Fired The Entire National Science Board. Here's Why That Matters

My latest “when did they radicalize you” moment. WTF are we doing as a society.

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: 🇦🇺 0 🇨🇦 0 🇩🇰 0 🇫🇮 0 🇫🇷 0 🇩🇪 0 🇮🇸 0 🇮🇪 0 🇮🇹 0 🇯🇵 0 🇳🇱 0 🇳🇴 0 🇵🇹 0 🇪🇸 0 🇸🇪 0 🇬🇧 0 🇺🇸 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

First they came for evolution Then they came for climate science Then they came for epidemiology Then they came for, like, really really basic math

A closer look at the litigious tech bro who's trying to knock the #Florida scrub jay off the endangered species list. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/whats-t... via @alexldeluca21.bsky.social

This also applies to all of the other science agencies. It’s -“telling that most of these agencies have (or had, historically) “Service” in their names, as these weren’t just employees but in-service to us as Americans. It’s not just a loss of science but a blow against collective service.

Rural and remote communities will pay the price for the Trump Administration’s deep-sea mining schemes that Indigenous leaders have identified as "resource colonialism." https://www.americanprogress.org/article/why-alaska-and-u-s-territories-get-damage-not-dollars-from-deep-sea-mining/

Oh, look: more unexpected second- and third-order global-scale consequences for failing to plan appropriately. "What we are seeing in the market today is not a temporary adjustment; it is a clear signal that geopolitics is once again taking control of the supply chain." – John Alarcon, Davmercorp

Every candidate for every federal office should be asked whether they support government funding going to this company. They should also be asked why a federal contractor needs a “manifesto.” Apropos of nothing, “They should all be yeeted into the sun” needs to be more mainstream response.

In #Florida, huge gas hikes tied to our idiotic Iran War mean higher prices for seafood too. Thanks, President Convicted Felon! www.tcpalm.com/story/news/l...

🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/science/envi...

Yes. This.

Neither original in the text, nor original in its intent, but a reminder about how we used to think of ourselves as Americans. If hearing that stings, it’s because we’ve forgotten that existentially important lesson about being US citizens.

Billions at stake as Port Everglades dredging project puts fragile #Florida reef system at risk www.floridabulldog.org/2026/04/port...

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is precisely the correct response, although I might’ve added some invective at the end.

The rest of the world has always thought about how things would be without the United States, and our idiot-in-charge is giving them a reason to find out. Red America won’t like their FAFO moment.

"Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are." One of my favourite quotes, attributed to St Augustine and embodied by @drkatemarine.bsky.social today.

I don't believe that a decrepit old rapist should have the power to end any civilization.

These wonderful photos are what happens when we invest in science. The cuts proposed to our other jewels of the federal system like NOAA and our National Forest Service should be alarming to everyone for precisely the same reasons.

NSF LTER program “archived”. LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”. This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings. My heart is breaking.

@uvapress.bsky.social do better. The sad part is that they know how to do so. As a 3x alum, William&Mary, I ask you to do better.

FFS. The press release conflates both commercial and recreational fisheries AND the varied impacts of the various commercial gear types. This lack of nuance should be expected — as it should be in every fed agency — as the norm when the experts in the agency’s field are fired or induced to retire.

Somehow this became a v popular tweet so here is the skinny on shrimp economics in <10 posts. I work for NOAA (motto: We’re almost as popular as NASA!) and specialize in fisheries in the US South and Caribbean. 1) we import 95% of the shrimp we consume. Mostly farmed Asian stuff. It’s a commodity.

I know many scientists who truly hate the writing part of the job. While I bitch about scientific writing, it takes a lot to convince me that I should accommodate my human coauthors’ voices in the papers I write. Sure as hell not ceding any more of my voice to an LLM. I know more than it does

It *is* illegal, not that the Republican cowards in Congress care. More scientific self-immolation by the United States. My heart goes out to my USFS colleagues and their service.

Seriously, eff these guys.

Watch Director Bhattacharya's performance at CPAC really got to me. I chose to share some of my observations with him. Hold on... 1/11

No notes needed.

While the situation is grim at NIH, it's closer to catastrophic at NSF. They're just not able to move any money out the door. It appears OMB has them on lockdown. www.science.org/content/arti....

Column: A lawsuit over the #Florida scrub jay could remove endangered species protections nationwide. My latest column for the @floridaphoenix.com also features shout-outs to Watergate, Bruno Mars and ZZ Top. floridaphoenix.com/2026/03/26/l...

This is an opinion piece— Charlie Witek always has well informed ones at least— but this is an important summary of how #NOAA #Fisheries will be approaching assessments now. Stocks will be put on a risk/value matrix before committing agency resources. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.com/2026/03/cuts...

*sigh* Starfleet Academy had (has!) such promise.

SFA got stronger as the season progressed, IMO, and I can't help but think of how almost all students grow through their collegiate careers, both professionally and personally. I'd have loved to see a full four-season run, concluding with their post-graduation assignments throughout Starfleet.

"Other presidents have been partisan, other presidents have exhibited vile behavior. But Trump alone has publicly exulted in the death of an American." - @jonathanlemire.bsky.social at The Atlantic...