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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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
What a beauty!
This female lemon shark graced us with three great passes this afternoon. We couldn’t figure out which to feature, so here’s all three. What other city but Miami can serve megafauna serving like this?? 🙌🍋🦈🍋🦈🍋🦈 #lemonshark #shark #catwalkswim #coralcity #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay
February 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
What a beauty!
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This is one of my favorite ways to visualize #SeaLevelRise...
With another year of verified water levels at Key West behind us now (as of today), here's the updated version of this chart I've been making for the past decade or so. 🧪🌊
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With another year of verified water levels at Key West behind us now (as of today), here's the updated version of this chart I've been making for the past decade or so. 🧪🌊
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January 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
This is one of my favorite ways to visualize #SeaLevelRise...
With another year of verified water levels at Key West behind us now (as of today), here's the updated version of this chart I've been making for the past decade or so. 🧪🌊
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With another year of verified water levels at Key West behind us now (as of today), here's the updated version of this chart I've been making for the past decade or so. 🧪🌊
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In this US case-control study, from 2015-2020, of about 16,000 kids with acute respiratory illness presenting for care, receiving at least 1 dose of flu vaccine was associated with a >50% reduction in flu-associated pediatric ED visits or hospitalizations 💪💉💪
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
January 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
In this US case-control study, from 2015-2020, of about 16,000 kids with acute respiratory illness presenting for care, receiving at least 1 dose of flu vaccine was associated with a >50% reduction in flu-associated pediatric ED visits or hospitalizations 💪💉💪
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
Never forget.
January 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Never forget.
Another example of the most basic fisheries management success. Reduce F, in this case to essentially zero, and SSB will increase. Sometimes it takes longer than we'd like, but lots of good ecology research happens in the meantime.
So everyone knows that northern cod collapsed completely in the 1980s and never recovered. Well... it's actually kind of recovering now. Spawning biomass is at pretty good levels, while catches remain at a tiny fraction of the heyday levels.
publications.gc.ca/collections/...
publications.gc.ca/collections/...
January 6, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Another example of the most basic fisheries management success. Reduce F, in this case to essentially zero, and SSB will increase. Sometimes it takes longer than we'd like, but lots of good ecology research happens in the meantime.
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In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
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one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
December 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
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2025 will end up as the warmest year by a substantial 0.8°F margin in #Albuquerque.
The last time the record high was broken by a larger margin was 1950. Important difference: in 1950 there were 57 years in the historical record to compete against... in 2025 there were 132 years to compete against.
The last time the record high was broken by a larger margin was 1950. Important difference: in 1950 there were 57 years in the historical record to compete against... in 2025 there were 132 years to compete against.
December 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
2025 will end up as the warmest year by a substantial 0.8°F margin in #Albuquerque.
The last time the record high was broken by a larger margin was 1950. Important difference: in 1950 there were 57 years in the historical record to compete against... in 2025 there were 132 years to compete against.
The last time the record high was broken by a larger margin was 1950. Important difference: in 1950 there were 57 years in the historical record to compete against... in 2025 there were 132 years to compete against.
Much to my children's dismay, turns out I'm pretty good at catching little fish (they just want BIG ones)! Like this Tobaccofish, Serranus tabacarius, a beautiful small Serranid, or basslet. Caught 12/30 in the Florida Keys on a sabiki rig.
December 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Much to my children's dismay, turns out I'm pretty good at catching little fish (they just want BIG ones)! Like this Tobaccofish, Serranus tabacarius, a beautiful small Serranid, or basslet. Caught 12/30 in the Florida Keys on a sabiki rig.
Found my new go-to fishing joke!
![Comic. [Two people, one with ponytail and one with beret, sitting on a boat fishing. Below the water, the person with the beret’s fishing line has caught on a large rock on the bottom.] PERSON with beret: It feels like a big one! At least 10^24 kilograms!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihvt4s3jpj4jx6pxz465jsbpm6uet3aa7eaff4int4cvde7htop5e@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Found my new go-to fishing joke!
Out: virtue signaling.
In: Vice signaling!
In: Vice signaling!
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Out: virtue signaling.
In: Vice signaling!
In: Vice signaling!
Oh, so now Notre Dame is pro-choice?
Notre Dame has announced it will not participate in a bowl game this season after being left out of the College Football Playoff.
Notre Dame, left out of playoff while Alabama and Miami get in, opts out of bowl consideration
Notre Dame has announced it will not participate in a bowl game this season after being left out of the College Football Playoff.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Oh, so now Notre Dame is pro-choice?
My 6yo and I played the closest possible game of Sorry today. He (yellow) pulled the 3 to go out. The next card was a 1.
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My 6yo and I played the closest possible game of Sorry today. He (yellow) pulled the 3 to go out. The next card was a 1.
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427.05 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 06-Dec-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
December 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
427.05 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 06-Dec-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
Really starting to feel more and more like we scientists are just rearranging deck chairs.
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Really starting to feel more and more like we scientists are just rearranging deck chairs.
This was the same justification used to authorize the Juvenile Goliath Grouper harvest, too. That one just never made it to court where they had to admit it publicly.
My column this week points out that this #Florida bear hunt flies in the face of science, but the FWC says it doesn't have to follow science. floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/04/f...
#Florida's first bear hunt in 10 years starts today (despite science saying no hunt should take place). These people won permits to hunt -- but say they won't use them. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This was the same justification used to authorize the Juvenile Goliath Grouper harvest, too. That one just never made it to court where they had to admit it publicly.
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#Florida's first bear hunt in 10 years starts today (despite science saying no hunt should take place). These people won permits to hunt -- but say they won't use them. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#Florida's first bear hunt in 10 years starts today (despite science saying no hunt should take place). These people won permits to hunt -- but say they won't use them. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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My column this week points out that this #Florida bear hunt flies in the face of science, but the FWC says it doesn't have to follow science. floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/04/f...
#Florida's first bear hunt in 10 years starts today (despite science saying no hunt should take place). These people won permits to hunt -- but say they won't use them. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My column this week points out that this #Florida bear hunt flies in the face of science, but the FWC says it doesn't have to follow science. floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/04/f...
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A Florida bear hunt is a sad and pathetic thing. It's a blight on the wildlife commission that approved it and lied about bear populations in the state, which are on the decline due to massive and unwise clearcutting for development. DeSantis and the Repubs in charge are sacks of shit.
#Florida's first bear hunt in 10 years starts today (despite science saying no hunt should take place). These people won permits to hunt -- but say they won't use them. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A Florida bear hunt is a sad and pathetic thing. It's a blight on the wildlife commission that approved it and lied about bear populations in the state, which are on the decline due to massive and unwise clearcutting for development. DeSantis and the Repubs in charge are sacks of shit.
Can confirm. Targeting sunfish is a lot of fun, especially with kids.
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Can confirm. Targeting sunfish is a lot of fun, especially with kids.
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Travel from the comfort of your own home this #25DaysofFishmas as we explore fishes from all across the US each day in December. Best part? No sleeping on air mattresses in guest rooms!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Travel from the comfort of your own home this #25DaysofFishmas as we explore fishes from all across the US each day in December. Best part? No sleeping on air mattresses in guest rooms!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
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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...