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Climate, extinction, and biodiversity scientist at the University of Maine researching Earth’s past for a better future. Writing and podcasting for the planet. Chaotic good professor. She/her.

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A screenshot of a weather forecast showing today’s high is 69F and later in the week it either be between 14F and 28F.

A screenshot of a weather forecast showing today’s high is 69F and later in the week it either be between 14F and 28F.

I see we have entered the “Fool’s Spring” phase of March here in New England.

10.03.2026 16:01 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

Great to see international attention on Fort Chipewyan & the Athabasca www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/h...

10.03.2026 14:06 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Keep calm and be transparent: advice from scientists who retracted their papers Retractions correct the scientific record, but they have stigma attached to them. Some in the research community want that to change.

We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record."
Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...

10.03.2026 15:37 👍 59 🔁 29 💬 2 📌 2

This is why we fight, Caleb. This is why we fight. <3 I refuse to normalize this, ever.

10.03.2026 15:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oof. I really we get some answers on this soon!

10.03.2026 15:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes. As I note in the second post, that’s the real horror here.

10.03.2026 13:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Never believe that budget cuts to social programs or education, or supporting the arts and science are about fiscal responsibility due to limited funds. They always find the money when they want to.

And this doesn't even include the cost of human lives, which is the real horror here.

10.03.2026 11:40 👍 119 🔁 32 💬 0 📌 0

At ~$1 billion/day, the US has spent as much on the war in Iran in ten days as the entire FY25 budget for the National Science Foundation ($10 billion).

Trump's FY26 budget request for the agency declined to $3.9 billion, due to a "realignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment."

10.03.2026 11:38 👍 433 🔁 180 💬 5 📌 7

Other cultures and societies around the world have a long-term view. The U.S. does not.

06.03.2026 03:34 👍 621 🔁 91 💬 13 📌 0

Yeah! The paper is on niche partitioning, which is thought to prevent animas from competing too much for resources.

10.03.2026 11:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

These are wild native cats, not domesticated ones. :)

10.03.2026 10:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You can cite the precedence!

10.03.2026 02:13 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is such a fantastic idea, James! I hope you resurrect it.

10.03.2026 01:42 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I love this connection! Good work, Professor.

10.03.2026 01:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#PoopScience is back, baby! We left Twitter, but we kept what matters.

10.03.2026 01:23 👍 45 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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a cartoon drawing of a poop with arms and legs is dancing in a field . Alt: A cartoon drawing of a smiling poop with arms and legs dancing in a field.

We have now!

10.03.2026 01:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Niche partitioning among neotropical felids By integrating fecal DNA metabarcoding, canopy and ground-level camera trapping and abundance–mediated species interaction models, we show that arboreal–terrestrial prey selection is a dominant niche...

You can read this genius paper here:

10.03.2026 01:12 👍 41 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

I've been there! <3

10.03.2026 01:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A figure depicting the relative abundance of different prey items among two species of felid (e.g., monkey, small bird, agouti), derived from scat. The x axis is labeled "PoO (%)."

A figure depicting the relative abundance of different prey items among two species of felid (e.g., monkey, small bird, agouti), derived from scat. The x axis is labeled "PoO (%)."

I would like to interrupt your doomscrolling for an important announcement: This figure from Ellen Dymit et al., 2025, depicts the proportion of vertebrate prey in felid scat, recorded as a Proportion of Occurrence (PoO). 💩

10.03.2026 01:03 👍 196 🔁 43 💬 12 📌 3

I know what those foods are because my blue collar Navy dad was stationed in Italy for three years. But sure, dude, tell us all about how the Italian word for tomato is somehow more the problem than the billionaire class.

09.03.2026 22:16 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The Edge of Space-Time Audiobook on Libro.fm A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered CosmosIn her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle p...

There is an audiobook edition of The Edge of Space-Time, and it's gonna fucking rock because Joniece Abbott-Pratt is narrating. Get it from @libro.fm and support an indie bookstore in the process. It's a win win win all around! 📚💙

09.03.2026 21:41 👍 50 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 3

@maggiek.bsky.social?

09.03.2026 21:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If we’re going to build successful movements, that requires that we work on ourselves, too. A whole lot of people are out here listening to talk instead of listening to understand.

08.03.2026 20:31 👍 44 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0

🤡 🤡 🤡

08.03.2026 19:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This gave me a good laugh, I’ll admit. “You shred the rest of the quote, providing context for my out of context quote, how dare you.”

Classic DARVO. Truly hilarious.

08.03.2026 19:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Funny, I didn’t express support for Platner anywhere in my comments. And neither did Shay, from what I’ve read.

You, on the other hand, have made multiple spurious accusations and statements you can’t defend with evidence. Fortunately, the record is in text for everyone to read.

08.03.2026 19:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I live in Maine and work with the Wabanaki tribes, so please don’t lecture me about doing research. One decision not to veto an electronic gaming bill does not undo an entire history of decisions, even if it is a step in the right direction.

08.03.2026 19:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And the very next sentence says: “Gov. Mills, through her decision, trusted us to deliver on this promise, and we are fully committed to using the opportunity from iGaming to do exactly that.”

You’re quoting a statement explicitly about LD 1164.

08.03.2026 19:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I know, which is why I asked.

08.03.2026 19:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Can you provide some documentation to support your statement about tribal endorsement? I’m not finding anything on that when I search.

What’s dishonest about Shay’s account or post, exactly?

08.03.2026 18:37 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0