I am still actively looking for postdoc positions — please lmk if you (or your friends and colleagues) need a hardworking postdoc with field, lab, and bioinformatic skills!
I am broadly interested in evolution in the ocean, conservation and population genetics, and rapid evolution.
ICB highlights #spider research this week:
Invasive Widow Spiders Perform Differently at Low Temperatures from Conspecifics from the Native Range
Monica A Mowery et al
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
#science #arachnids
“EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year”
Writing for Zeteo from inside of prison on International Women’s Day, Leqaa Kordia asks us not to forget the female detainees being held and mistreated in ICE detention camps.
They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175
Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
North American bird populations are not only declining, but they’re also shrinking faster with each passing year—particularly in regions shaped by intensive agriculture, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/4bkrafP
January 2021 was the deadliest month of the pandemic. 3000 Americans died daily, 95,000 in total.
And Prasad was *mocking* people for avoiding COVID.
Shame on anyone who treated him as a good faith actor or serious thinker.
Let’s be honest about his record.
I had a favorite uncle who declined a wedding invitation b/c they had not told their 11yo ‘about the birds & the bees’ (deeply problematic in and of itself!) It was hurtful at the time but sparked decades of hilarious speculation about what *exactly* they imagined would be happening at this event.
The image shows two figures, a and b. Figure a shows a map of Europe with thermal positions indicated by color-coded hexagons, ranging from -1.0 to 1.0. Arrows point to "Reduced negative impacts" and "Increased negative impacts." Figure b shows a scatter plot of effect size vs thermal position with a fish illustration on top. "Biomass change estimates" indicated by circle size.
A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that long-term ocean warming reduces global fish biomass by up to 19.8% annually. Warmer years and marine heatwaves were linked to sharp biomass losses of up to 43.4%. go.nature.com/40b6AIB 🧪 🌍
“Men older than me spat on me in public,” Lauren Stokes testified, speaking about the days after the University of Mississippi fired her for resharing an Instagram post that called Charlie Kirk a racist. “People are still saying vitriolic things to me. I’m still suffering and humiliated.”
Today we observed six shackled detainees being loaded onto the ICE Air flight at MSP. They're heading to El Paso, where conditions are so horrific, staff gamble on who the next prisoner to commit suicide will be.
The man walking from right to left at the beginning of the clip is dragging shackles.
It turns out the U.S. did a “double tap” attack just as emergency responders were arriving at the girls’ elementary school. This is what the Russians do routinely in Ukraine.
That’s a war crime under international humanitarian law.
Analysis in the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic, and the Northeastern Pacific, based on 702,037 estimates of biomass change from 33,990 fish populations recorded between 1993 and 2021. www.maraujolab.eu/2026/02/25/o... @shaharchaikin.bsky.social @jdgonzalezt.bsky.social
Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago
www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
SCIENCE FIGHTERS!!!
Are you attending a March 7th
National Day of Action Rally?!
Find YOUR LOCAL RALLY by visiting standupforscience.net/march7 and register to volunteer!
No rally in your city? Register to host a rally or a pop-up protest!
OR join us in
WASHINGTON D.C.!!!
#March7
#rally
I’d ask that hypothetical administrator to put on their hypothetical big boy pants and say it it out loud that they actually think standing up for science is political speech. But it’s not my hypothetical job on the line 😉 Also whose grant overhead do they think is paying their hypothetical salary??
Congratulations Dr. Jawad! 🐌🎓
Today at 1pm! @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social
Seminar flier for Wissam’s defense
My PhD student Wissam Jawad defends his dissertation tomorrow! 1pm CST - please join us if you’re on campus or message me for a zoom link if you’d like to join us remotely.
The mass murder of civilians in Gaza, the brazen attacks on hospitals and schools, without any accountability has created a new kind of warfare that should terrify and enrage all of us.
Every child lost is someone’s whole world. Every life lost matters www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval — both
5 Calls can help you make the call:
5calls.org/issue/iran-i...
In your name. Your hard earned tax money is being used to build concentration camps and torturing children at home and murdering children abroad.
This week's cover @thelancet.com
There were so many of us, exactly when these emails were being written, expressly working to undo the harms of sexual harassment and sexual discrimination in science. And so many people refused to believe us that any of it was real. It was all real.
19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...
Evolution 2026 meeting logo. A heart with hands reaching toward each other across it. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Caregiver Grants to facilitate virtual or in-person attendance. Apply by March 15.
Apply now for the SSE Caregiver Award for up to $500 USD to help cover caregiving costs while attending virtual or in-person #Evol2026. Deadline March 15!
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
@evolmtg.bsky.social
An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
OPINION: "The disruption to (UM's) reputation was not caused by a private citizen’s Instagram share; it was catalyzed by an administration that chose to publicly target its own employee rather than uphold the constitutional principles it is mandated to defend," Mary Warner writes.
A judge ruled that groups representing residents of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley can proceed with their landmark lawsuit seeking a pause on toxic industrial plants in two majority‑Black districts
If you start driving now you can still make it!
