Bob Ellis 🐟
@drfishcounter.bsky.social
Marine ecologist. Currently located in Florida.
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Just passed 750 followers, that's more than at the old place! In celebration, I'm porting over my most popular thread from there all about my final dissertation chapter. Written from the road returning from a lionfish removal expedition to the Flower Garden Banks in 2019! (1/20)
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One of the dumbest #Florida legislators ever elected, Rep. Randy Maggard, is trying again to eliminate all local govt regulations protecting wetlands and water quality, even though the state is doing an abysmal job. floridapolitics.com/archives/766...
Randy Maggard bill seeks full state control over water quality and wetlands regulation
Working closely with our federal, state and regional partners is essential to ensuring clean, healthy water for every community.
floridapolitics.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One of the dumbest #Florida legislators ever elected, Rep. Randy Maggard, is trying again to eliminate all local govt regulations protecting wetlands and water quality, even though the state is doing an abysmal job. floridapolitics.com/archives/766...
Oof.
October 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Oof.
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Thinking about all of my US colleagues today that work for USGS, USFWS, US Parks Service, NOAA and the EPA. From front line environmental practitioners to scientists and policy makers, these folks ensure that waters are swimmable, fish are edible, that natural areas are accessible, etc, etc, etc.
October 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Thinking about all of my US colleagues today that work for USGS, USFWS, US Parks Service, NOAA and the EPA. From front line environmental practitioners to scientists and policy makers, these folks ensure that waters are swimmable, fish are edible, that natural areas are accessible, etc, etc, etc.
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Basically, their effort to portray Autism as preventable and curable is part of a larger project to eliminate anyone they see as costing society more than they contribute. And, short of that, to push those costs fully onto families and off of the state.
September 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Basically, their effort to portray Autism as preventable and curable is part of a larger project to eliminate anyone they see as costing society more than they contribute. And, short of that, to push those costs fully onto families and off of the state.
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423.72 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 21-Sep-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
423.72 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 21-Sep-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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People, be more careful of your use of conjunctions! For example, "Stealing is bad, but the people who worked at the store were mean," suggests exception to the prior clause, while "Stealing is bad, and the store smelled like wet feet" adds information while retaining the meaning of both clauses.
September 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
People, be more careful of your use of conjunctions! For example, "Stealing is bad, but the people who worked at the store were mean," suggests exception to the prior clause, while "Stealing is bad, and the store smelled like wet feet" adds information while retaining the meaning of both clauses.
We need more people reading The Monkey Wrench Gang.
Survey stakes are in the ground at the San Rafael Valley, where DHS is preparing to wall off the last best corridor in Arizona for jaguars, ocelots & other species. Not a soul in sight.
September 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We need more people reading The Monkey Wrench Gang.
Florida announces plan to reduce the number of children living to adulthood.
September 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Florida announces plan to reduce the number of children living to adulthood.
True. And always happy to assist.
As a tall person I cannot offer to reach something on a high shelf for a stranger, yet if they ask me I must oblige. This is the law of the giants
August 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
True. And always happy to assist.
Well then that was fucking stupid of them.
August 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Well then that was fucking stupid of them.
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This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
August 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
Found 6 of my scientific papers here.
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Found 6 of my scientific papers here.
Trump Tarriff Tracker: the fancy French jelly is now too expensive. We have been forced to switch from a Bonne Maman family to a Smuckers family.
August 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Trump Tarriff Tracker: the fancy French jelly is now too expensive. We have been forced to switch from a Bonne Maman family to a Smuckers family.
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one thing that's making me feel particularly insane lately is how there is no longer any limit to the amount of wrong you can be
August 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
one thing that's making me feel particularly insane lately is how there is no longer any limit to the amount of wrong you can be
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Friends, I am excited to announce that I am running a version of my graduate-level shark biology and ecology course through Center for Wildlife Studies! There are two versions you can take, both of which can offer graduate course credit or continuing professional education credit!
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Biology and Ecology of Sharks and Their Relatives (Online & Field) — Center for Wildlife Studies
www.centerforwildlifestudies.org
July 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Friends, I am excited to announce that I am running a version of my graduate-level shark biology and ecology course through Center for Wildlife Studies! There are two versions you can take, both of which can offer graduate course credit or continuing professional education credit!
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Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface.
See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3
See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3
July 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface.
See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3
See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3
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Annie Dillard wrote, "I am really here, alive on the intricate earth under trees."
She sure can write a fucking sentence. AD knows where to put the commas. Could've put one after earth, but what a mistake that would've been. Could've used a word inferior to intricate. Instead, perfect sentence.
She sure can write a fucking sentence. AD knows where to put the commas. Could've put one after earth, but what a mistake that would've been. Could've used a word inferior to intricate. Instead, perfect sentence.
July 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Annie Dillard wrote, "I am really here, alive on the intricate earth under trees."
She sure can write a fucking sentence. AD knows where to put the commas. Could've put one after earth, but what a mistake that would've been. Could've used a word inferior to intricate. Instead, perfect sentence.
She sure can write a fucking sentence. AD knows where to put the commas. Could've put one after earth, but what a mistake that would've been. Could've used a word inferior to intricate. Instead, perfect sentence.
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Enough of you asked me about this that I wrote some brief thoughts on Ocean Ramsey's particular brand of pseudoscientific nonsense. I believe this addresses almost all of the frequently asked questions I receive, but as always I am happy to answer serious questions asked in good faith.
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What Ocean Ramsey does is not shark science or conservation: some brief thoughts on “the Shark Whisperer” documentary
Netflix has a new (sarcastic air quotes) “documentary” out about Ocean Ramsey, who longtime readers and followers know is a serial wildlife harasser who also coordinates massive online …
www.southernfriedscience.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Enough of you asked me about this that I wrote some brief thoughts on Ocean Ramsey's particular brand of pseudoscientific nonsense. I believe this addresses almost all of the frequently asked questions I receive, but as always I am happy to answer serious questions asked in good faith.
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Just received a grant proposal result months overdue. Not awarded, but the main takeaway for me was out of 76 proposals, only 7 will be funded!
July 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just received a grant proposal result months overdue. Not awarded, but the main takeaway for me was out of 76 proposals, only 7 will be funded!
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Fascinating paper on something I never thought of: When we remove big old animals from wild populations (like fish) we might be losing important cultural transmission in species that learn from elders - Essentially culling transmission of collective knowledge onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Overfishing Social Fish
Social learning is common among vertebrates, including fish. Learning from others reduces the risk and costs of adaptation. In some longer-lived species, social learning can lead to the formation of ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fascinating paper on something I never thought of: When we remove big old animals from wild populations (like fish) we might be losing important cultural transmission in species that learn from elders - Essentially culling transmission of collective knowledge onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
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NONE in Life science?! NONE?!
The 500 additional GRFPs NSF awarded were not very evenly distributed across fields, it seems.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NONE in Life science?! NONE?!
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Nearly 4,000 federal science grants terminated.
A group of volunteers built Grant Watch to track it—now their data is showing up in court.
I talked to Noam Ross about how it started and what it means.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
#ScienceIsEssential #GrantWatch #NIH #NSF #ACLU #DataJournalism
A group of volunteers built Grant Watch to track it—now their data is showing up in court.
I talked to Noam Ross about how it started and what it means.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
#ScienceIsEssential #GrantWatch #NIH #NSF #ACLU #DataJournalism
Volunteer Track The $10 Billion Blow To American Science
Grassroots efforts support court case against the NIH
www.forbes.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Nearly 4,000 federal science grants terminated.
A group of volunteers built Grant Watch to track it—now their data is showing up in court.
I talked to Noam Ross about how it started and what it means.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
#ScienceIsEssential #GrantWatch #NIH #NSF #ACLU #DataJournalism
A group of volunteers built Grant Watch to track it—now their data is showing up in court.
I talked to Noam Ross about how it started and what it means.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
#ScienceIsEssential #GrantWatch #NIH #NSF #ACLU #DataJournalism
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Neglecting to consider mortalities can create bias in telemetry studies. The R package 'mort' identifies potential mortalities &/or expelled tags in passive telemetry arrays, filling an important gap in workflows when analysing passive telemetry data🐾👇
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May 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Neglecting to consider mortalities can create bias in telemetry studies. The R package 'mort' identifies potential mortalities &/or expelled tags in passive telemetry arrays, filling an important gap in workflows when analysing passive telemetry data🐾👇
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