David W. Kerstetter

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 10h

They're a bit too small, unfortunately.

Photo: Jan-Robert Baars from biodiversityireland.ie/quagga-musse...

Quagga mussels discovered in Ireland. Photo: Jan-Robert Baars [shows mussels about 2 cm in length being held by a human hand]

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 22h

This is a fundamental divide. I wish that more people knew that you can be happy in your own corner of the world without blocking access to the larger global experience for everyone else.

You didn’t need to speak Spanish — or be Puerto Rican — to feel that pride and joy in tonight’s show.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 22h

Me: I don't totally understand what I'm watching but I love it.

Them: I don't totally understand what I'm watching so I hate it.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 22h

Me: I don't totally understand what I'm watching but I love it.

Them: I don't totally understand what I'm watching so I hate it.

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 23h

Confirmation that Gen X is the target market for this Super Bowl’s advertisers.

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 1d

Editorial: Battle boils down to crucial wetlands vs. greedy developers as one #Florida county tries to protect its Everglades sprawl boundary from being breached by builders. www.miamiherald.com/opinion/edit... via @miamiherald.com

Wetlands vs. development: Miami-Dade’s battle for environmental integrity continues | Opinion

Levine Cava says she has a responsibility to protect wetlands and the fragile South Florida environment. She does. So do the commissioners. | Opinion

www.miamiherald.com

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 1d

It wasn’t as completely as strong or developed in the show, of course, but the Rom/Nog relationship was also a pretty positive father-son synergy over the series arc.

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 1d

A robust, functioning Free Press is fundamentally incompatible with an oligarchy. For those in the back, this really isn’t that difficult to understand.

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 2d

Even one thumbs-up onlooker is too many. We’re sadly seeing a lot of broken moral compasses these days.

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 2d

It’s cold (for South Florida) — same Friday night boat, if with somewhat smaller horses.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump admin has shut down the CIA’s World Factbook, a country reference that for six decades has provided data on birth and death rates, major exports, and more. Long used by government officials and by researchers, educators, and journalists, the database was taken offline today.

Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell - CIA

www.cia.gov

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 5d

I grew up with the WaPo. This is a public murder of an American institution.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 5d

“If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?”

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

The Washington Post Dies in Daylight

Civic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper.

open.substack.com

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 5d

“If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?”

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

The Washington Post Dies in Daylight

Civic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper.

open.substack.com

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 6d

The Department of Biology, Ecology and Evolution at the University of Liège is currently seeking a permanent scientist in marine biology. The position is based at Liège, Belgium, but is also expected to conduct research at their Underwater and Oceanographic Research Station in the Mediterranean.

www.sciences.uliege.be

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 6d

Discovery will be delicious, assuming that they don’t get away with delaying until irrelevancy.

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 7d

Then act civilly, act legally, and act ethically. ICE officers are doing none of the above. Read the room.

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 7d

Anyone know anything about this bluefin tuna article a colleague sent me? There's neither the scientific paper listed nor an email for the author (may be genAI). Thanks, folks.

www.theindiankingcoffeelounge.co.uk/02-163924-gi...

Marine biologists confirm the discovery of an exceptionally large bluefin tuna, measured using strict peer-reviewed scientific protocols

The first thing everyone noticed was the shadow. Not the boat, not the gulls screaming overhead, but that dark, slow-moving shape just under the glassy surface of the Atlantic, off the coast of Nova S...

www.theindiankingcoffeelounge.co.uk

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 7d

One of my favorite musicians -- and former artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center -- on the latest ensh*ttification by this (mal)Administration.

Sure seems like a great time to ask Congress what they'd do if someone tried doing an East Wing on the Center.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Folds on the Kennedy Center 3 weeks ago: I was sick to my stomach when I quit because I knew they were going to run it into the ground. No one that they were appointing had any experience in arts administration, but that was never the point. The point was to take that, run over it, and move on.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Folds on the Kennedy Center 3 weeks ago: I was sick to my stomach when I quit because I knew they were going to run it into the ground. No one that they were appointing had any experience in arts administration, but that was never the point. The point was to take that, run over it, and move on.

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 8d

Note the new website, too — “tkc.co”, FFS.

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 9d

Lots of variants on this theme, but all of them also — if unintentionally? — dismiss society-based interactions (bowling leagues, Scouts, church groups) that make such societies work.

It’s not an intentional omission.

Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 9d

Learn about personal finance these days, and you'll inevitably read about FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early). This started as essentially an idea of committing to living lifelong as a broke college student, which one could fund via ~10 years of saving 60-70% from an engineering salary.

Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 9d

Learn about personal finance these days, and you'll inevitably read about FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early). This started as essentially an idea of committing to living lifelong as a broke college student, which one could fund via ~10 years of saving 60-70% from an engineering salary.

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 10d

These lines are from David French's opinion column in the NY Times yesterday. It makes perfect sense for an Administration that (a) knows facts and logic are not on its side, and (b) is populated by damaged individuals who know neither love nor community.

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 11d

Column: #Florida Panhandle residents rally to stop a big threat to a rare coastal dune lake -- from their own county. My latest for @floridaphoenix.com also includes shout-outs to Nancy Reagan, Monty Python and Arsenio Hall. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/29/f...

Florida Panhandle residents rally to save a rare coastal dune lake • Florida Phoenix

Florida is chock full of amazing phenomena. We’ve got the Lake Wales Ridge, an ancient sand dune stretching down the center of the state, far from the nearest ocean. We’ve got the Devil’s Millhopper, ...

floridaphoenix.com

David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 12d

Even before ICE went into overdrive mode, the World Cup was starting to get "Berlin Olympics in 1936" vibes.

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 12d

Feds and #Florida state officials suddenly pull out of annual Everglades conference -- most likely because they don't want to answer questions on Gov. Ron DeSastrous' polluting concentration camp in the River of Grass. www.wlrn.org/environment/... via @jenstaletovich.bsky.social