Maggie Swift, Ph.D.
@ecomargo.bsky.social
savanna ecologist & wildlife conservationist currently postdoc-ing it up at Cornell 🐘🐘🐘 Studying elephant movements at the intersection of conservation ecology, veterinary fencing, and biological simulations. she/her/hers. www.maggie.earth 🌈 💜🖤🤍
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The Trump administration’s proposed FY26 budget for NOAA would eliminate climate research at NOAA. 🧪
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Proposed NOAA Budget Calls for $0 for Climate Research - Eos
In the latest move in a months-long attack on climate science funding, the Trump administration released a budget document on 30 June that calls for zero funding for climate research and the eliminati...
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July 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Trump administration’s proposed FY26 budget for NOAA would eliminate climate research at NOAA. 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
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It is difficult to describe just how disastrous it would be if just-released NOAA budget proposal (or even large portions) were to be enacted: It would involve a wholesale dismantling (decimation, really) of entities relevant to weather, climate, & ocean research & prediction.
July 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It is difficult to describe just how disastrous it would be if just-released NOAA budget proposal (or even large portions) were to be enacted: It would involve a wholesale dismantling (decimation, really) of entities relevant to weather, climate, & ocean research & prediction.
wildlife.cornell.edu/blog/my-rhin...
If we believe that the way things are now is how they have always been, we lose the ability to imagine a return to previous abundance. Rhinos are no exception -- read more of my thoughts on dehorning, poaching, and the future of rhino conservation in Kruger. 🦏🇿🇦
If we believe that the way things are now is how they have always been, we lose the ability to imagine a return to previous abundance. Rhinos are no exception -- read more of my thoughts on dehorning, poaching, and the future of rhino conservation in Kruger. 🦏🇿🇦
My Rhinoceros Teacher | Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health
5:30 AMAs dawn yawns and stretches over the African savanna, a line of cars waits impatiently at the wooden gate of Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp. I join the tail end in my tiny white rental car, exhaust...
wildlife.cornell.edu
July 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
wildlife.cornell.edu/blog/my-rhin...
If we believe that the way things are now is how they have always been, we lose the ability to imagine a return to previous abundance. Rhinos are no exception -- read more of my thoughts on dehorning, poaching, and the future of rhino conservation in Kruger. 🦏🇿🇦
If we believe that the way things are now is how they have always been, we lose the ability to imagine a return to previous abundance. Rhinos are no exception -- read more of my thoughts on dehorning, poaching, and the future of rhino conservation in Kruger. 🦏🇿🇦
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this is what every anti-zohran attack sounds like
June 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
this is what every anti-zohran attack sounds like
"If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, it will simply be too late...The next pandemic could become the largest mass casualty event in American history."
Proud to work with Steve!
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Proud to work with Steve!
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The U.S. must invest in mRNA vaccines against pandemic influenza viruses now
If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, it will simply be too late.
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June 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, it will simply be too late...The next pandemic could become the largest mass casualty event in American history."
Proud to work with Steve!
www.statnews.com/2025/06/30/m...
Proud to work with Steve!
www.statnews.com/2025/06/30/m...
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Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
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If anyone is interested in applying to this fellowship with me for fall 2026, please reach out! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons... possible projects are related to #coral population genetics or host-symbiont interactions #fellowships #ecology #evolution #phdsky 🧪🌎
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
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June 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If anyone is interested in applying to this fellowship with me for fall 2026, please reach out! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons... possible projects are related to #coral population genetics or host-symbiont interactions #fellowships #ecology #evolution #phdsky 🧪🌎
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I know a lot of folks are currently looking for jobs, so this is a timely new position w/@ucanr.bsky.social & UCSD! General role is environment-focused data science, but specific topical focus could be anything from sustainable ag to wildfire risk. More details: recruit.ucanr.edu/JP...
UC Cooperative Extension Specialist - Computational Data Science for Agriculture and Natural Resource Technologies Located at the University of California, San Diego (25-17)
University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucanr.edu
May 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I know a lot of folks are currently looking for jobs, so this is a timely new position w/@ucanr.bsky.social & UCSD! General role is environment-focused data science, but specific topical focus could be anything from sustainable ag to wildfire risk. More details: recruit.ucanr.edu/JP...
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Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.
May 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.
Kudos to these scientists for sharing! I only just received an ADHD diagnosis, but looking back on my PhD, how could I not have known? I constantly procrastinated & then panic-finished analyses and writing in record time, all while fighting my brain to focus every single day. Exhausting.
Researchers with ADHD discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed
https://go.nature.com/43qHtnH
https://go.nature.com/43qHtnH
Scientists with ADHD speak up: when fire meets focus
Researchers with ADHD discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed.
go.nature.com
May 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Kudos to these scientists for sharing! I only just received an ADHD diagnosis, but looking back on my PhD, how could I not have known? I constantly procrastinated & then panic-finished analyses and writing in record time, all while fighting my brain to focus every single day. Exhausting.
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"Making us less able to fight the biggest problem of the 21st century doesn't make anything more efficient and doesn't make anything great," Shiffman said.
www.space.com/the-universe... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
www.space.com/the-universe... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
'Their loss diminishes us all': Scientists emphasize how Trump's mass NOAA layoffs endanger the world
"From our perspective down in the trenches actually working for the government, it feels like the people up top just have no clue about anything."
www.space.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"Making us less able to fight the biggest problem of the 21st century doesn't make anything more efficient and doesn't make anything great," Shiffman said.
www.space.com/the-universe... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
www.space.com/the-universe... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
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We have been asked to circulate this for those interested. If you would like to show up to court in Syracuse on Tuesday to support Mr. Taal, please read below carefully and follow courtroom protocols.
March 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We have been asked to circulate this for those interested. If you would like to show up to court in Syracuse on Tuesday to support Mr. Taal, please read below carefully and follow courtroom protocols.
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Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers write in new filing
Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers write in new filing
Lawyers demand in updated lawsuit that Columbia University graduate student be released from custody
Mahmoud Khalil felt as though he was being kidnapped when he was handcuffed and shackled and rushed from New York to immigration detention in Louisiana…
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers write in new filing
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Oh this is beautiful and wondrous!
A total lunar eclipse (seen from Earth) is a total solar eclipse seen from the moon.
Here is the “diamond ring” of last night’s eclipse seen by Blue Ghost on the Moon! 🧪
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A total lunar eclipse (seen from Earth) is a total solar eclipse seen from the moon.
Here is the “diamond ring” of last night’s eclipse seen by Blue Ghost on the Moon! 🧪
www.flickr.com/photos/firef...
March 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Oh this is beautiful and wondrous!
A total lunar eclipse (seen from Earth) is a total solar eclipse seen from the moon.
Here is the “diamond ring” of last night’s eclipse seen by Blue Ghost on the Moon! 🧪
www.flickr.com/photos/firef...
A total lunar eclipse (seen from Earth) is a total solar eclipse seen from the moon.
Here is the “diamond ring” of last night’s eclipse seen by Blue Ghost on the Moon! 🧪
www.flickr.com/photos/firef...
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Excited to share our new study "Environmental health and societal wealth predict movement patterns of an urban carnivore"- out today in Ecology Letters! All about how social-ecological features influence coyote movement. (1/n)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
[📸 Johanna Turner]
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[📸 Johanna Turner]
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February 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Excited to share our new study "Environmental health and societal wealth predict movement patterns of an urban carnivore"- out today in Ecology Letters! All about how social-ecological features influence coyote movement. (1/n)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
[📸 Johanna Turner]
🧪🌎
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
[📸 Johanna Turner]
🧪🌎
Absolutely disgusting. Please call your congresspeople. Fivecalls.org. I’ve decided to call every morning about various issues. This will be the top of my list tomorrow.
February 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Absolutely disgusting. Please call your congresspeople. Fivecalls.org. I’ve decided to call every morning about various issues. This will be the top of my list tomorrow.
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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
January 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
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New Job opening: Research scientist ecologist with the NY State Natural Heritage program. Responsible for various projects and tasks, the intriguing one to me is being the coordinator identifying old-growth forests: esf.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
January 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New Job opening: Research scientist ecologist with the NY State Natural Heritage program. Responsible for various projects and tasks, the intriguing one to me is being the coordinator identifying old-growth forests: esf.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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As if “the economy” is separate from the clear need, including the ECONOMIC need, to address the #ClimateCrisis. This “false choice” framing is the most moronic argument an awful politician could make, and shame on any of us for falling for it.
The massive costs of INACTION are already inescapable.
The massive costs of INACTION are already inescapable.
Germany's likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has vowed to restore Germany’s industrial competitiveness by putting climate policies on the back burner.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/germ...
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/germ...
January 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
As if “the economy” is separate from the clear need, including the ECONOMIC need, to address the #ClimateCrisis. This “false choice” framing is the most moronic argument an awful politician could make, and shame on any of us for falling for it.
The massive costs of INACTION are already inescapable.
The massive costs of INACTION are already inescapable.
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Global ocean temperatures set new record in 2024
Global ocean temperatures set new record in 2024
Average temperatures across the world’s oceans reached an all-time high in 2024, a new multi-team study shows. The temperatures surpassed even those of 2023, which themselves represented a marked…
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January 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Global ocean temperatures set new record in 2024
AWESOME work by some incredible scientists. Papers like these that investigate how we think about and conduct our science are so important. Read, read, read it! Congrats to my grad school labmate Ren, @leafwarbler.bsky.social, and coauthors :)
1. Thrilled to share a new paper from my group out this week in Ecosphere where we critique the much researched “luxury effect” in urban ecology and offer a power-based socioecological framework to complicate our understanding of how wealth may or may not influence biodiversity. #oa
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Biodiversity is not a luxury: Unpacking wealth and power to accommodate the complexity of urban biodiversity
A positive correlation between wealth and biodiversity within cities is a commonly documented phenomenon in urban ecology that has come to be labeled as the “luxury effect.” We contend that both this...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:35 PM
AWESOME work by some incredible scientists. Papers like these that investigate how we think about and conduct our science are so important. Read, read, read it! Congrats to my grad school labmate Ren, @leafwarbler.bsky.social, and coauthors :)
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"the closeness we have with a #language is not just a product of our ability to use it but of other emotional valences as well. If language is a form of identity, it is one that may be changed by circumstance or even by force of will."
#bilingual #multilingualism
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/m...
#bilingual #multilingualism
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/m...
Can You Lose Your Native Tongue?
After moving abroad, I found my English slowly eroding. It turns out our first languages aren’t as embedded as we think.
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2024 at 10:09 PM
"the closeness we have with a #language is not just a product of our ability to use it but of other emotional valences as well. If language is a form of identity, it is one that may be changed by circumstance or even by force of will."
#bilingual #multilingualism
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/m...
#bilingual #multilingualism
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/m...
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Republicans are trying to take away and criminalize the right to make decisions around our own health, whether that’s the right to wear a mask or the right to have an abortion. Unacceptable.
NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons
The North Carolina Senate plans to vote Wednesday to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons, institute harsher penalties on protesters, roll back juvenile justice reforms, raise to...
www.wral.com
May 15, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Republicans are trying to take away and criminalize the right to make decisions around our own health, whether that’s the right to wear a mask or the right to have an abortion. Unacceptable.
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