Ecotoxdoc
@ecotoxdoc.bsky.social
Molecular ecotoxicology researcher.
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with the end of the shutdown looming, here's my look for @wired.com into what life has been like for EPA employees over the past five weeks: little to no heads up about who was getting furloughed next, important projects getting put on the back burner while deregulation moves forward:
The EPA Is in Chaos
“We learn who is furloughed when we send an email to someone and get the out-of-office message,” one employee tells WIRED.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
with the end of the shutdown looming, here's my look for @wired.com into what life has been like for EPA employees over the past five weeks: little to no heads up about who was getting furloughed next, important projects getting put on the back burner while deregulation moves forward:
Disgusting unacceptable cowardice
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Disgusting unacceptable cowardice
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This! The extent to which people don’t actually enjoy thinking has been eye opening.
That’s before I reckon with the ethics of using a thing for ghost efficiency that is pretty societally devastating.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This! The extent to which people don’t actually enjoy thinking has been eye opening.
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That’s before I reckon with the ethics of using a thing for ghost efficiency that is pretty societally devastating.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
That’s before I reckon with the ethics of using a thing for ghost efficiency that is pretty societally devastating.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
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My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
Betting markets have already pulled odds on who this will go to
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Betting markets have already pulled odds on who this will go to
Comments on this are a litany of women with their own stories, as the title says.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Comments on this are a litany of women with their own stories, as the title says.
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Join us Nov 18–20 for a Virtual Genome Annotation Workshop! Learn Linux, genome assembly, evidence-based annotation, & evaluation. No experience needed!
📅 10 AM – 2 PM ET
💻 MS Teams + recording
💰 $500 ($400 UConn)
Register: bioinformatics.uconn.edu/cbc-workshops/
#GenomeAnnotation #Bioinformatics
📅 10 AM – 2 PM ET
💻 MS Teams + recording
💰 $500 ($400 UConn)
Register: bioinformatics.uconn.edu/cbc-workshops/
#GenomeAnnotation #Bioinformatics
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Join us Nov 18–20 for a Virtual Genome Annotation Workshop! Learn Linux, genome assembly, evidence-based annotation, & evaluation. No experience needed!
📅 10 AM – 2 PM ET
💻 MS Teams + recording
💰 $500 ($400 UConn)
Register: bioinformatics.uconn.edu/cbc-workshops/
#GenomeAnnotation #Bioinformatics
📅 10 AM – 2 PM ET
💻 MS Teams + recording
💰 $500 ($400 UConn)
Register: bioinformatics.uconn.edu/cbc-workshops/
#GenomeAnnotation #Bioinformatics
The doc about this, Shut Up and Sing, is great. Heroes
people have completely memory holed this which is a shame because I don't know that I've seen anything like it before or since. Natalie Maines, performing in London, said she was ashamed that George W. Bush was from Texas, and in response she and her bandmates had their lives destroyed
In my second of two opinion writing seminars for MPP students today, I was asked about getting canceled in the future over writing today. I immediately responded with my deeply held belief that only The Chicks ever have been canceled. 3 of the 65 people laughed; everyone else was very confused.
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The doc about this, Shut Up and Sing, is great. Heroes
This lady rocks. We should all be this engaged at 91!
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This lady rocks. We should all be this engaged at 91!
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It's touched on in here, but I've been avoiding food lines thinking, "Those should be reserved for people who really need it," while in the back of my mind trying to calculate when that will be us.
The US government shut down 30 days ago. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who have struggled to pay bills, worked side gigs, and relied on free food programs to get by. www.wired.com/story/federa...
Federal Workers Are Barely Making It Through the Government Shutdown
The US government shut down 30 days ago. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who have struggled to pay bills, worked side gigs, and relied on free food programs to get by.
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It's touched on in here, but I've been avoiding food lines thinking, "Those should be reserved for people who really need it," while in the back of my mind trying to calculate when that will be us.
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Truly did not expect her story to go so viral it ended up in the NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Truly did not expect her story to go so viral it ended up in the NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
My kids (3 & 6) love Circle Round, if you're looking for good car ride material
I got to do a voice for "The Sunlight Tree" the newest episode of Circle Round, which we recorded live at Symphony Hall in Boston!!! Listen: www.wbur.org/circleround/...
The Sunlight Tree | Ep. 302
Recorded live at Symphony Hall with Boston Symphony Orchestra members and a star-studded cast, this Swedish tale sheds magical light on kindness, caring, and letting roots run deep.
www.wbur.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My kids (3 & 6) love Circle Round, if you're looking for good car ride material
Every time I read one of these I want to quit my job and figure out how to always be working somewhere at my kids' school
When my first child started school, they told us to create an envelope for her that had a couple family photos & a simple message of comfort in the event of a shooter/lockdown.
It was very hard coming up with the words to write my 5yr old, knowing they might be the last I ever said to her.
It was very hard coming up with the words to write my 5yr old, knowing they might be the last I ever said to her.
"I don't really want to teach about how to escape active shooters at school"-an English teacher who started at $30K/year.
Lockdown drill for elementary aged kids. I can't believe this is what we've chosen. "The shooters have all been through these drills."
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Lockdown drill for elementary aged kids. I can't believe this is what we've chosen. "The shooters have all been through these drills."
www.kuow.org/stories/how-...
October 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Every time I read one of these I want to quit my job and figure out how to always be working somewhere at my kids' school
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#mayofacts Heinz did not know when making a mayo and ketchup mixture in a bottle that mayochup in Cree (the most widely spoken indigenous language in Canada) translates to "shit face." boingboing.net/2019/05/23/i...
In Cree, Heinz new 'MayoChup' translates poorly
It comes in a squeeze bottle. Calgary Herald:The name seems pretty logical—though some would argue ketchonnaise would be better—but in certain Cree dialects it comes off as less than appealing.To…
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October 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
#mayofacts Heinz did not know when making a mayo and ketchup mixture in a bottle that mayochup in Cree (the most widely spoken indigenous language in Canada) translates to "shit face." boingboing.net/2019/05/23/i...
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I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
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chickadeecognition.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
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Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
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UConn responded to my op-ed and I have a few immediate thoughts (that followed the initial shock/terror/happiness that this got anyone's attention...)
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October 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
UConn responded to my op-ed and I have a few immediate thoughts (that followed the initial shock/terror/happiness that this got anyone's attention...)
ctmirror.org/2025/10/24/s...
ctmirror.org/2025/10/24/s...
Start a garden. In fucking October.
On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Start a garden. In fucking October.
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#microsky #mevosky The UNC Chapel Hill Biology Department is hiring 2 Teaching Assistant/Associate Professors with expertise from any area of biology. Individuals with expertise in microbiology are particularly encouraged to apply. Read more and apply at unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Two (2) Open Rank Teaching Faculty
The Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks applicants for two (2) Teaching Faculty positions to be effective July 1, 2026. These positions will be fixed-term 9-...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#microsky #mevosky The UNC Chapel Hill Biology Department is hiring 2 Teaching Assistant/Associate Professors with expertise from any area of biology. Individuals with expertise in microbiology are particularly encouraged to apply. Read more and apply at unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
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Not to be a jerk... but too many scientists on this app are acting as if this is their first government shutdown and are unsure of what to do. Like, we've been through this before. Am I just that old?
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not to be a jerk... but too many scientists on this app are acting as if this is their first government shutdown and are unsure of what to do. Like, we've been through this before. Am I just that old?
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Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
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In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
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Again, Mark Zuckerberg's kids go to a screen-free school with 14 students total and multiple specialized tutors
let me note that one of the actual tests here is going to be 'what do people pushing these ideas want for their own children' and I will bet you a lot of money that the answer is 'the elite university model of Harvard et al' not 'learning through AI slop'
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
October 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Again, Mark Zuckerberg's kids go to a screen-free school with 14 students total and multiple specialized tutors