Matt Bracken
@brackenlab.bsky.social
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Matt Bracken
@brackenlab.bsky.social
· Mar 4
It is amazing to have this field site only a few minutes from my home & campus! #MarineLife #Seaweed 🌊
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Today’s nudi:Chromodoris luterosea. Lovely purple and yellow blob. I used mostly watercolor with a little colored pencil and a little gouache.
#nudibranch #nudivember #sciart #chromodoris #oceanart #marinebiology
#nudibranch #nudivember #sciart #chromodoris #oceanart #marinebiology
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Today’s nudi:Chromodoris luterosea. Lovely purple and yellow blob. I used mostly watercolor with a little colored pencil and a little gouache.
#nudibranch #nudivember #sciart #chromodoris #oceanart #marinebiology
#nudibranch #nudivember #sciart #chromodoris #oceanart #marinebiology
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Blackberry Blossom - Doc Watson, Deacon Dan Crary, Norman Blake, Sam Bush #bluegrass #oldtime #festivals
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Blackberry Blossom - Doc Watson, Deacon Dan Crary, Norman Blake, Sam Bush #bluegrass #oldtime #festivals
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A reintroduction of shellfish, just to improve water quality and not as a commercial fishery. Welcome news for #Dublin Let’s see how they get on. #rewilding www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
Oysters returned to Dún Laoghaire harbour after 200 years
More than 18,000 oysters are being deployed in Dún Laoghaire harbour in Dublin, as part of an effort to try to reintroduce the shellfish to Dublin Bay over 200 years after they became extinct from the...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A reintroduction of shellfish, just to improve water quality and not as a commercial fishery. Welcome news for #Dublin Let’s see how they get on. #rewilding www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
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This scientific obituary, published today in the Journal of Applied Phycology, collates a series of personal tales highlighting some of Thierry's relationships from across the world. We hope it gives a sense of the type of person & scientist Thierry was, & the lasting legacy he's left.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This scientific obituary, published today in the Journal of Applied Phycology, collates a series of personal tales highlighting some of Thierry's relationships from across the world. We hope it gives a sense of the type of person & scientist Thierry was, & the lasting legacy he's left.
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Once saw somebody answer "what did Watson and Crick discover?" with "Rosalind Franklin's notes," that's always been a favorite of mine.
NEW YORK (AP) — James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Once saw somebody answer "what did Watson and Crick discover?" with "Rosalind Franklin's notes," that's always been a favorite of mine.
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In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
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Just a reminder that Anchorage International Airport is 1) a major hub for communities only accessible via air and 2) the fourth busiest cargo hub *in the world*
So uhhh this is bad for more than just your holiday travel plans 😬
So uhhh this is bad for more than just your holiday travel plans 😬
Thousands of flights across the U.S. are set to be canceled. Here's a list of 40 affected airports and what you need to know. 🔗 on.wsj.com/3LsYeYz
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Just a reminder that Anchorage International Airport is 1) a major hub for communities only accessible via air and 2) the fourth busiest cargo hub *in the world*
So uhhh this is bad for more than just your holiday travel plans 😬
So uhhh this is bad for more than just your holiday travel plans 😬
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Joshua trees make the cover of @newphyt.bsky.social for the issue with our paper, led by @kheyduk.bsky.social, showing that they use water-saving CAM photosynthesis — but only sometimes 🌿 buff.ly/WnPoRXa
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Joshua trees make the cover of @newphyt.bsky.social for the issue with our paper, led by @kheyduk.bsky.social, showing that they use water-saving CAM photosynthesis — but only sometimes 🌿 buff.ly/WnPoRXa
Seasonal and developmental stage changes in mucilage carbohydrate content shape the kelp microbiome url: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Seasonal and developmental stage changes in mucilage carbohydrate content shape the kelp microbiome
Abstract. A large amount of a photoautotroph’s fixed carbon is released as dissolved organic matter, from both exudation and solubilized detritus. This dis
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November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Zonaria farlowii (“banded fanweed”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Zonaria farlowii (“banded fanweed”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
Alganeers! #PhycologyFriday
🌿 Help us create the best YAS for YOU! 💚
✔️ Vote on topics
✔️ Suggest speakers
✔️ Share what matters most to you 🌱
Your ideas will help make YAS26 truly special.
Survey link below 👇 Open until the 13.11.
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#YAS2026 #EABA #AlgaeEurope
✔️ Vote on topics
✔️ Suggest speakers
✔️ Share what matters most to you 🌱
Your ideas will help make YAS26 truly special.
Survey link below 👇 Open until the 13.11.
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#YAS2026 #EABA #AlgaeEurope
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Alganeers! #PhycologyFriday
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Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Regular reminder that the Capitola and Santa Cruz wharves are actually piers.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Regular reminder that the Capitola and Santa Cruz wharves are actually piers.
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Not now, carnivorous death ball
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Not now, carnivorous death ball
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Want to know how our @livingseawalls.bsky.social from the @stonelivinglab.bsky.social is doing one year after installation? Check out this piece from @wbur.org on how it's grown! www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...
One year in, sea creatures have turned the Seaport's 'living seawall' into a home
The goal is to mimic the natural features of the shorelines — enough to attract some sea creatures to make the wall their new home. So far, it's working.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Want to know how our @livingseawalls.bsky.social from the @stonelivinglab.bsky.social is doing one year after installation? Check out this piece from @wbur.org on how it's grown! www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...
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What was the hardest part of grad school for you? Was it having a kid, the thesis defense? I told them nope, it was being the only & the first. The only Inupiaq at UW Madison for most of my years there, one of 250 Natives on a campus of over 40K, the first Native to earn a PhD in my program🧵
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What was the hardest part of grad school for you? Was it having a kid, the thesis defense? I told them nope, it was being the only & the first. The only Inupiaq at UW Madison for most of my years there, one of 250 Natives on a campus of over 40K, the first Native to earn a PhD in my program🧵
I’m skeptical of @columbiasportswear.bsky.social’s climate-denying ad campaign.
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I’m skeptical of @columbiasportswear.bsky.social’s climate-denying ad campaign.
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Those of us in the Pacific Northwest are bracing for "King Tides" today. I shot this in 2024 during King Tides; the best clamming tides.
North Head #LightHouse on the hill at Cape Disappointment. Graveyard of the Pacific in Washington State.
#ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography
North Head #LightHouse on the hill at Cape Disappointment. Graveyard of the Pacific in Washington State.
#ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Those of us in the Pacific Northwest are bracing for "King Tides" today. I shot this in 2024 during King Tides; the best clamming tides.
North Head #LightHouse on the hill at Cape Disappointment. Graveyard of the Pacific in Washington State.
#ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography
North Head #LightHouse on the hill at Cape Disappointment. Graveyard of the Pacific in Washington State.
#ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography
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Hundreds of salmon currently stacked up in skinny Spencer Creek, a groundwater-fed tributary to the Klamath. These guys are ragged with decay but determined to fulfill the spawning imperative, zombies who outlived Halloween. Resilience embodied.
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Hundreds of salmon currently stacked up in skinny Spencer Creek, a groundwater-fed tributary to the Klamath. These guys are ragged with decay but determined to fulfill the spawning imperative, zombies who outlived Halloween. Resilience embodied.
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“That’s really tremendous progress, especially compared to other areas of the country or other areas globally where we’re seeing #wetland loss."
KQED joined our scientists in the field with the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program, a partnership with @sfestuary.bsky.social.
KQED joined our scientists in the field with the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program, a partnership with @sfestuary.bsky.social.
The Bay Area is more than halfway toward its goal of restoring 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands, which are a natural buffer to floodwaters from future sea level rise.
The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh
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The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
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Rising Tides Drive a Bay Area Push to Bring Back Vanished Marshlands | KQED
The region has restored nearly 58,000 acres of tidal wetlands, bringing new life to the Bay’s edge and fresh hope for flood protection.
www.kqed.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“That’s really tremendous progress, especially compared to other areas of the country or other areas globally where we’re seeing #wetland loss."
KQED joined our scientists in the field with the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program, a partnership with @sfestuary.bsky.social.
KQED joined our scientists in the field with the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program, a partnership with @sfestuary.bsky.social.
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Seaweed Farming offers a sustainable win for climate, oceans, and food security. It absorbs carbon, creates marine habitats, and boosts local economies—proof that conservation and innovation can thrive together. #SustainableAquaculture
Seaweed farmers changing the world
Follow the lives of three seaweed farmers working to restore oceans, fight climate change, and uplift coastal communities through their farms.
www.worldwildlife.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Seaweed Farming offers a sustainable win for climate, oceans, and food security. It absorbs carbon, creates marine habitats, and boosts local economies—proof that conservation and innovation can thrive together. #SustainableAquaculture
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"The Scientist's Guide to Writing" has a 3rd edition on the way! New chapter on "AI" writing tools (I have opinions...(and evidence)). Updated coverage of preprints, graphical abstracts, humour in titles, and lots more. Watch for it!
The third edition of “The Scientist’s Guide to Writing” is coming your way!
It’s been wonderful to see my book of advice for scientific writers, The Scientist’s Guide to Writing, having some success and helping many writers. Since the first edition was published in 2016, i…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"The Scientist's Guide to Writing" has a 3rd edition on the way! New chapter on "AI" writing tools (I have opinions...(and evidence)). Updated coverage of preprints, graphical abstracts, humour in titles, and lots more. Watch for it!