Erin LaBrecque (she/her)
@elabrecque.bsky.social
That's Dr. LaBrecque - because I earned it but forget to use it. Dog lover, whiskey drinker, ally, marine mammal ecologist.
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If you or someone you know is in want/need of help with Thanksgiving, check these places out and feel free to share this any and everywhere 😊
Here's links too!
www.thepeoplescompass.org/thanksgiving and www.thepeoplescompass.org/holidays
#thanksgiving #holidaygifts #SNAP #nh50501 #50501movement
Here's links too!
www.thepeoplescompass.org/thanksgiving and www.thepeoplescompass.org/holidays
#thanksgiving #holidaygifts #SNAP #nh50501 #50501movement
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
If you or someone you know is in want/need of help with Thanksgiving, check these places out and feel free to share this any and everywhere 😊
Here's links too!
www.thepeoplescompass.org/thanksgiving and www.thepeoplescompass.org/holidays
#thanksgiving #holidaygifts #SNAP #nh50501 #50501movement
Here's links too!
www.thepeoplescompass.org/thanksgiving and www.thepeoplescompass.org/holidays
#thanksgiving #holidaygifts #SNAP #nh50501 #50501movement
The best decision I've made recently: rereading Starter Villain by @scalzi.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The best decision I've made recently: rereading Starter Villain by @scalzi.com
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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🚨 A new study has found alarmingly high levels of “forever chemicals” (PFAS) in dead sea otters along the Pacific Coast, with concentrations more than 3 x higher near urban and shipping hubs.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#seaotters #seaotter #otter #marinescience #marinebiology #marinemammals
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#seaotters #seaotter #otter #marinescience #marinebiology #marinemammals
Unexpectedly high concentrations of forever chemicals found in dead sea otters
A paper published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, finds high quantities of toxic "forever" chemicals in sea otters recovered off the Pacific Ocean. The paper is titled "Concentrations of Pe...
phys.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 A new study has found alarmingly high levels of “forever chemicals” (PFAS) in dead sea otters along the Pacific Coast, with concentrations more than 3 x higher near urban and shipping hubs.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#seaotters #seaotter #otter #marinescience #marinebiology #marinemammals
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#seaotters #seaotter #otter #marinescience #marinebiology #marinemammals
A Statement from NPR on the Pentagon's Press Policy www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
A Statement from NPR on the Pentagon's Press Policy
NPR reporters will not sign the Pentagon's rules issued on Friday, September 19
www.npr.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A Statement from NPR on the Pentagon's Press Policy www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
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Timeline cleanse. Kotzebue sound today, around 4pm
July 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Timeline cleanse. Kotzebue sound today, around 4pm
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You have FOUR (4) more days to order a Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirt, designed by the lovely and talented @franzanth.bsky.social.
In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!
Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!
Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You have FOUR (4) more days to order a Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirt, designed by the lovely and talented @franzanth.bsky.social.
In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!
Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!
Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
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Listening for right whales: New buoys tune in off Cape Cod, Cape Ann
Saving right whales starts with listening — Cape Cod just turned up the volume
Cape Cod’s waters now host two high-tech buoys that listen for endangered right whales. How does this help protect these giants in real time?
www.capecodtimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Listening for right whales: New buoys tune in off Cape Cod, Cape Ann
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⚠️ A massive harmful algal bloom has impacted Southern California for months, sickening hundreds of marine animals. Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System director & Scripps Oceanography biological oceanographer Clarissa Anderson shares more about the event for @insideclimatenews.org. ⬇️
California Toxic Algal Bloom Blamed for Months-long Marine Life Poisoning - Inside Climate News
Wildlife rescuers are struggling to keep up with the demand to help stranded and sick marine life along the West Coast.
insideclimatenews.org
May 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
⚠️ A massive harmful algal bloom has impacted Southern California for months, sickening hundreds of marine animals. Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System director & Scripps Oceanography biological oceanographer Clarissa Anderson shares more about the event for @insideclimatenews.org. ⬇️
The President's budget proposed the elimination of the Marine Mammal Commission 🐳🐬🧪
See Chair's response here:
myemail.constantcontact.com/MMC-Proposed...
See Chair's response here:
myemail.constantcontact.com/MMC-Proposed...
MMC Proposed for Elimination
Email from Marine Mammal Commission Serving the Public for Over 50 Years Marine Mammal Commission Proposed for Elimination For about 1 penny per American per year, the Marine Mammal Commission conti
myemail.constantcontact.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The President's budget proposed the elimination of the Marine Mammal Commission 🐳🐬🧪
See Chair's response here:
myemail.constantcontact.com/MMC-Proposed...
See Chair's response here:
myemail.constantcontact.com/MMC-Proposed...
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It's been 22 years since the fall of the Old Man of the Mountain, and we’re revisiting a few stories of where he came from in the first place.
He’s a symbol of the state of New Hampshire. Almost all of us know how he fell, but how was the Old Man created?
He’s a symbol of the state of New Hampshire. Almost all of us know how he fell, but how was the Old Man created?
Before the fall: Stories behind the Old Man of the Mountain, 22 years on
Many of us remember his demise, but how was the Old Man created?
www.nhpr.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's been 22 years since the fall of the Old Man of the Mountain, and we’re revisiting a few stories of where he came from in the first place.
He’s a symbol of the state of New Hampshire. Almost all of us know how he fell, but how was the Old Man created?
He’s a symbol of the state of New Hampshire. Almost all of us know how he fell, but how was the Old Man created?
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📍 New maps show dramatic shifts in North Atlantic right whale distribution (2003–2019) 🐋
Built from MGEL’s monthly models, these maps are now live on the MARCO & Northeast Ocean Data Portals—offering fine-scale insights for ocean planning.
🔗 portal.midatlanticocean.org
#SpatialEcology
Built from MGEL’s monthly models, these maps are now live on the MARCO & Northeast Ocean Data Portals—offering fine-scale insights for ocean planning.
🔗 portal.midatlanticocean.org
#SpatialEcology
May 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📍 New maps show dramatic shifts in North Atlantic right whale distribution (2003–2019) 🐋
Built from MGEL’s monthly models, these maps are now live on the MARCO & Northeast Ocean Data Portals—offering fine-scale insights for ocean planning.
🔗 portal.midatlanticocean.org
#SpatialEcology
Built from MGEL’s monthly models, these maps are now live on the MARCO & Northeast Ocean Data Portals—offering fine-scale insights for ocean planning.
🔗 portal.midatlanticocean.org
#SpatialEcology
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ICYMI, I have a piece in the conversation about President Trump’s disastrous executive orders related to the ocean. No not that one, the other one.
Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas – why that’s a problem for fishing’s future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life
America’s marine protected areas help fish populations thrive. Trump’s plan to open them to industrial fishing may ultimately harm the fishing industry itself.
theconversation.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ICYMI, I have a piece in the conversation about President Trump’s disastrous executive orders related to the ocean. No not that one, the other one.
Don't forget to breathe. ☺️
April 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Don't forget to breathe. ☺️
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In March, GOBI and the IUCN High Seas Specialist Group co-hosted a 3-day workshop at Duke University, uniting 30+ global experts to advance ecologically representative ABMTs for the high seas and support #BBNJ implementation.
📚 Learn more: gobi.org/newsletter/
📚 Learn more: gobi.org/newsletter/
Spring issue of the GOBI newsletter now out – The Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative
gobi.org
April 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
In March, GOBI and the IUCN High Seas Specialist Group co-hosted a 3-day workshop at Duke University, uniting 30+ global experts to advance ecologically representative ABMTs for the high seas and support #BBNJ implementation.
📚 Learn more: gobi.org/newsletter/
📚 Learn more: gobi.org/newsletter/
A little self care today with two amazing ladies. They are showing me the ropes of safe ice water dipping in our local lake.
April 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A little self care today with two amazing ladies. They are showing me the ropes of safe ice water dipping in our local lake.
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In which I, a person who trained over 1,500 early career scientists all over the world in how to use Twitter, tell the scientific community that Twitter sucks now and you should use Bluesky for networking and outreach instead.
New paper!
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should.
This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should.
This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should
ABSTRACT. Social media tools have revolutionized how people communicate with one another. A 2018 paper in Fisheries summarized the use of Twitter, Facebook
academic.oup.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
In which I, a person who trained over 1,500 early career scientists all over the world in how to use Twitter, tell the scientific community that Twitter sucks now and you should use Bluesky for networking and outreach instead.
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The eclipse will be visible from the Washington, D.C., area up to Maine and parts of Canada and across the Atlantic Ocean to portions of Africa and Europe, according to a map from NASA.
It will begin before sunrise in the U.S. and end shortly after 7 a.m. ET.
It will begin before sunrise in the U.S. and end shortly after 7 a.m. ET.
Parts of America will experience a partial solar eclipse this weekend
The partial solar eclipse will be visible in various locations in the U.S. Northeast.
www.nhpr.org
March 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The eclipse will be visible from the Washington, D.C., area up to Maine and parts of Canada and across the Atlantic Ocean to portions of Africa and Europe, according to a map from NASA.
It will begin before sunrise in the U.S. and end shortly after 7 a.m. ET.
It will begin before sunrise in the U.S. and end shortly after 7 a.m. ET.
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🔊 Paper alert! 🐬🎧
Noise of high-speed vessels 🚤 impairs the #biosonar ability of #harbourporpoises 🐬 - making it more difficult for them to
🤯 sense surroundings,
🧭 navigate and
🐟 hunt prey
within several hundred meters.
🥳Huge contribution to understanding masking effects!
🌐 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Noise of high-speed vessels 🚤 impairs the #biosonar ability of #harbourporpoises 🐬 - making it more difficult for them to
🤯 sense surroundings,
🧭 navigate and
🐟 hunt prey
within several hundred meters.
🥳Huge contribution to understanding masking effects!
🌐 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
March 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🔊 Paper alert! 🐬🎧
Noise of high-speed vessels 🚤 impairs the #biosonar ability of #harbourporpoises 🐬 - making it more difficult for them to
🤯 sense surroundings,
🧭 navigate and
🐟 hunt prey
within several hundred meters.
🥳Huge contribution to understanding masking effects!
🌐 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Noise of high-speed vessels 🚤 impairs the #biosonar ability of #harbourporpoises 🐬 - making it more difficult for them to
🤯 sense surroundings,
🧭 navigate and
🐟 hunt prey
within several hundred meters.
🥳Huge contribution to understanding masking effects!
🌐 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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The #scicomm group COMPASS is offering a free communication workshop on April 2 for current or former government workers - federal, state, and local levels www.compassscicomm.org/event/sharin...
Sharing Impact & Value: Strategic Communication for Government Workers | COMPASS
Strategically and clearly communicate the importance of your work to relevant audiences, without partisanship. Government workers at all levels — local, state, and federal — provide important and nece...
www.compassscicomm.org
March 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The #scicomm group COMPASS is offering a free communication workshop on April 2 for current or former government workers - federal, state, and local levels www.compassscicomm.org/event/sharin...
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The shapefiles are gone! 🎉
The {spData} package has officially dropped all datasets in the shapefile format, moving toward modern and efficient geospatial data standards. 🚀🌍
Upgrade your workflows with {spData}: https://buff.ly/4htZ5D3
#rspatial #rstats #GIS #Geocompx
The {spData} package has officially dropped all datasets in the shapefile format, moving toward modern and efficient geospatial data standards. 🚀🌍
Upgrade your workflows with {spData}: https://buff.ly/4htZ5D3
#rspatial #rstats #GIS #Geocompx
February 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The shapefiles are gone! 🎉
The {spData} package has officially dropped all datasets in the shapefile format, moving toward modern and efficient geospatial data standards. 🚀🌍
Upgrade your workflows with {spData}: https://buff.ly/4htZ5D3
#rspatial #rstats #GIS #Geocompx
The {spData} package has officially dropped all datasets in the shapefile format, moving toward modern and efficient geospatial data standards. 🚀🌍
Upgrade your workflows with {spData}: https://buff.ly/4htZ5D3
#rspatial #rstats #GIS #Geocompx
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Animal movement workshop alert! A line of speakers difficult to beat with John Fieberg, Marie Auger-Méthé, Brett McClintock & Inês Silva and the location is definitely a place that makes you "move" for it: lovely Madeira. 19-23 May 2025. Just after the ECS in Azores. It's PT islands 2025. See you?
Animal movement workshop
marcfer3.wixsite.com
December 23, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Animal movement workshop alert! A line of speakers difficult to beat with John Fieberg, Marie Auger-Méthé, Brett McClintock & Inês Silva and the location is definitely a place that makes you "move" for it: lovely Madeira. 19-23 May 2025. Just after the ECS in Azores. It's PT islands 2025. See you?
We need to have a conversation about wombats! Also, please stop using koalas as a measuring unit. Still the best thing on the interwebs.
@theoatmeal.bsky.social
theoatmeal.com/comics/wombats
@theoatmeal.bsky.social
theoatmeal.com/comics/wombats
We need to have a conversation about wombats - The Oatmeal
This comic is about a lot of things, but mostly it is about butts.
theoatmeal.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We need to have a conversation about wombats! Also, please stop using koalas as a measuring unit. Still the best thing on the interwebs.
@theoatmeal.bsky.social
theoatmeal.com/comics/wombats
@theoatmeal.bsky.social
theoatmeal.com/comics/wombats
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Whilst we have had a great field season and have deployed 11 tags in two days on elephant seals 🦭, we can’t ignore the unthinkable amount of plastic in this, one of the most isolated areas of the world.
January 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Whilst we have had a great field season and have deployed 11 tags in two days on elephant seals 🦭, we can’t ignore the unthinkable amount of plastic in this, one of the most isolated areas of the world.