Tom Langen
@calocitta.bsky.social
parent, birder, story teller, ecologist, academic
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"Who could of predicted?"
I taught college sophomores about concentration / refugee camps and infectious disease epidemics in Ecology last semester, predicting just such an eventuality.
I taught college sophomores about concentration / refugee camps and infectious disease epidemics in Ecology last semester, predicting just such an eventuality.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
"Who could of predicted?"
I taught college sophomores about concentration / refugee camps and infectious disease epidemics in Ecology last semester, predicting just such an eventuality.
I taught college sophomores about concentration / refugee camps and infectious disease epidemics in Ecology last semester, predicting just such an eventuality.
Published: A new editorial of mine in Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment , about the value of spending time with people on their land when doing ecology. 🌎🌿🦤
Walking the land with property owners
Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Walking the land with property owners
Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Walking the land with property owners
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February 2, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Published: A new editorial of mine in Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment , about the value of spending time with people on their land when doing ecology. 🌎🌿🦤
Walking the land with property owners
Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Walking the land with property owners
Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Approved university-level sociology textbook in the new MAGAmerica.
Imagine sociology without being able to discuss race, gender, or sexuality. State control of educational content is incompatible with free society. #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Florida Introduces “Sanitized” Sociology Textbook
The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two univ...
www.insidehighered.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Approved university-level sociology textbook in the new MAGAmerica.
As a RPCV (Burkina Faso '84-86'), this really lands hard.
"Oaths exist for the moment when belief is tested by consequence. When obedience is rewarded and restraint is punished. When silence becomes the safer choice.
Every oath contains a reckoning.
This one has arrived."
Every oath contains a reckoning.
This one has arrived."
The Toughest Job We Will Ever Endure
A Returned Peace Corps Volunteer on Oath, Silence, and the Cost of Constitutional Collapse
thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 AM
As a RPCV (Burkina Faso '84-86'), this really lands hard.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
Reposted by Tom Langen
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
5 years ago, my first Fauci-ouchy. I'm recovering from my 2nd coronavirus-2 infection: mild 'bad cold' symptoms for 2 days. NBD. Grateful for all biomedical researchers and medical care workers involved in developing and delivering this vaccine, and its annual boosters (which I partake).
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
5 years ago, my first Fauci-ouchy. I'm recovering from my 2nd coronavirus-2 infection: mild 'bad cold' symptoms for 2 days. NBD. Grateful for all biomedical researchers and medical care workers involved in developing and delivering this vaccine, and its annual boosters (which I partake).
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“The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it is revoking seven grazing permits in Phillips County that American Prairie had been using to sustain its herd of bison.” 🧪🌐🌾
Bureau of Land Management revokes American Prairie bison leases montanafreepress.org/2026/01/16/b...
#mtpol
#mtpol
Bureau of Land Management revokes American Prairie bison leases
The Phillips County permits had been approved by the Biden administration in 2022.
montanafreepress.org
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it is revoking seven grazing permits in Phillips County that American Prairie had been using to sustain its herd of bison.” 🧪🌐🌾
Reposted by Tom Langen
New article!
Clinging to power: status threat and attitudes toward the renewable energy transition by Tammie-Louise Finnegan, Cassandra Epping, Nick Florian & Colin Kuehl @profkuehl.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Clinging to power: status threat and attitudes toward the renewable energy transition by Tammie-Louise Finnegan, Cassandra Epping, Nick Florian & Colin Kuehl @profkuehl.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
January 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM
New article!
Clinging to power: status threat and attitudes toward the renewable energy transition by Tammie-Louise Finnegan, Cassandra Epping, Nick Florian & Colin Kuehl @profkuehl.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Clinging to power: status threat and attitudes toward the renewable energy transition by Tammie-Louise Finnegan, Cassandra Epping, Nick Florian & Colin Kuehl @profkuehl.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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Hey, good folks of #TEsky—
Looking for good recent review, suitable for undergrads, of the fnxns of transposable elements in the genome, for class session on the nonlinear, highly regulated, 4D nucleome. Suggestions welcome!
(I'm the author of the "other book" on Barbara McClintock)
TIA!
Looking for good recent review, suitable for undergrads, of the fnxns of transposable elements in the genome, for class session on the nonlinear, highly regulated, 4D nucleome. Suggestions welcome!
(I'm the author of the "other book" on Barbara McClintock)
TIA!
The Tangled Field: Barbara McClintock's Search for the Patterns of Genetic Control
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January 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Hey, good folks of #TEsky—
Looking for good recent review, suitable for undergrads, of the fnxns of transposable elements in the genome, for class session on the nonlinear, highly regulated, 4D nucleome. Suggestions welcome!
(I'm the author of the "other book" on Barbara McClintock)
TIA!
Looking for good recent review, suitable for undergrads, of the fnxns of transposable elements in the genome, for class session on the nonlinear, highly regulated, 4D nucleome. Suggestions welcome!
(I'm the author of the "other book" on Barbara McClintock)
TIA!
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“Bioregional‐scale acoustic monitoring can support fire‐prone forest restoration planning” out now in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
March 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“Bioregional‐scale acoustic monitoring can support fire‐prone forest restoration planning” out now in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
Reposted by Tom Langen
A 🆕 Concepts & Questions article in "Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment": A guide to how scientists and stakeholders can work together to pinpoint fixes and turn research into real-world environmental wins
📄A stepwise process for actionable environmental science research
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
📄A stepwise process for actionable environmental science research
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
May 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A 🆕 Concepts & Questions article in "Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment": A guide to how scientists and stakeholders can work together to pinpoint fixes and turn research into real-world environmental wins
📄A stepwise process for actionable environmental science research
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
📄A stepwise process for actionable environmental science research
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
Reposted by Tom Langen
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
An article this week in the local newspaper (Watertown Daily Times). Watertown NY was home to the diplomat that negotiated the US forfeit of any claims to Greenland and confirmation of Danish sovereignty to the island, back in 1916.
www.nny360.com/news/nationa...
www.nny360.com/news/nationa...
Watertown native negotiated the status of Greenland
WATERTOWN ‒ President Donald Trump has expressed his desire that the U.S. should own Greenland, an autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark.
www.nny360.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
An article this week in the local newspaper (Watertown Daily Times). Watertown NY was home to the diplomat that negotiated the US forfeit of any claims to Greenland and confirmation of Danish sovereignty to the island, back in 1916.
www.nny360.com/news/nationa...
www.nny360.com/news/nationa...
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New paper in @pnas.org — and this is my favourite one out of my PhD thesis! Field transplants of wall brown butterflies show life history evolution during climate change-driven range expansion, BUT non-evolving winter tolerance still sets the range limit.🧵1/12. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
doi.org
June 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New paper in @pnas.org — and this is my favourite one out of my PhD thesis! Field transplants of wall brown butterflies show life history evolution during climate change-driven range expansion, BUT non-evolving winter tolerance still sets the range limit.🧵1/12. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Reposted by Tom Langen
Thanks for this contribution to Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment!
A new editorial of mine in Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment , about the value of spending time with people on their land when doing ecology. 🌎🌿🦤
Walking the land with property owners
Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Walking the land with property owners
Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Thanks for this contribution to Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment!
Reposted by Tom Langen
My latest 'Value in nature' post celebrates the many valuable ecological services provided by bats, while calling attention to various threats to their populations.
mscaterino.pika.page/posts/bats-w...
#biodiversity #nature 🌐
mscaterino.pika.page/posts/bats-w...
#biodiversity #nature 🌐
Bats - working the graveyard shift - Value in nature
Emerging from their cavernous roosts after most of us have retired for the evening, bats are among the most mysterious and misunderstood mammals. Infamous for their rabid (fact check: <1%...
mscaterino.pika.page
January 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM
My latest 'Value in nature' post celebrates the many valuable ecological services provided by bats, while calling attention to various threats to their populations.
mscaterino.pika.page/posts/bats-w...
#biodiversity #nature 🌐
mscaterino.pika.page/posts/bats-w...
#biodiversity #nature 🌐
A new editorial of mine in Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment , about the value of spending time with people on their land when doing ecology. 🌎🌿🦤
Walking the land with property owners
Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Walking the land with property owners
Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
A new editorial of mine in Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment , about the value of spending time with people on their land when doing ecology. 🌎🌿🦤
Walking the land with property owners
Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Walking the land with property owners
Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A great profile of the legendary Billy Barr, who has collected 50 years of winter climate and phenology data in high-altitude Gothic, Colorado.
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Winter Finally Comes for Gothic’s Billy Barr
Billy Barr has braved the fourth season deep in the Rocky Mountains for more than 50 years, amassing tons of climate data. What happens when his watch ends?
5280.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:14 AM
A great profile of the legendary Billy Barr, who has collected 50 years of winter climate and phenology data in high-altitude Gothic, Colorado.
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The US is withdrawing from the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). Along with other international organizations related to conservation, resource use, climate, and diplomacy.
I wonder how long until the US withdraws from CITES?
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I wonder how long until the US withdraws from CITES?
🦤🌎
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The US is withdrawing from the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). Along with other international organizations related to conservation, resource use, climate, and diplomacy.
I wonder how long until the US withdraws from CITES?
🦤🌎
I wonder how long until the US withdraws from CITES?
🦤🌎
A moving essay about being a faculty member at a good but inviable small college.
#academicsky
#academicsky
The Long Goodbye: Leaving Northland College
One faculty member’s story of exigency, heartbreak, and finding a path forward
substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
A moving essay about being a faculty member at a good but inviable small college.
#academicsky
#academicsky
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"Behavioural scientists are increasingly calling for context as a key to addressing pressing problems caused by human behaviour. However, despite its powerful ability to generate contextual hypotheses on the basis of relatively simple rules, ecological thinking is rarely applied to human behaviour"
Behavioural sciences need behavioural ecology - Nature Human Behaviour
Behavioural scientists want to see more consideration of context — so why are they not using tools derived from ecology, the science of all life in context? We invite behavioural scientists to align t...
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"Behavioural scientists are increasingly calling for context as a key to addressing pressing problems caused by human behaviour. However, despite its powerful ability to generate contextual hypotheses on the basis of relatively simple rules, ecological thinking is rarely applied to human behaviour"
In 5,000 years, almost all texts and video / audio recordings from our century will be lost to time. Future historians will pore over what remains, which will consist mostly of fragments from the Epstein files.
December 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In 5,000 years, almost all texts and video / audio recordings from our century will be lost to time. Future historians will pore over what remains, which will consist mostly of fragments from the Epstein files.