Alex Ávila, PhD
@marinebioalex.bsky.social
2X Illegally Terminated from NOAA OCNMS
PhD in #Fisheries from Oregon State
Interested in #sustainablefisheries #scicomm #oceanconservation #ocean #research #sciart
#LatinainSTEM | #ADHD
views and typos are my own
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Formerly OSG, OSU FWCS, USFQ
PhD in #Fisheries from Oregon State
Interested in #sustainablefisheries #scicomm #oceanconservation #ocean #research #sciart
#LatinainSTEM | #ADHD
views and typos are my own
🇪🇨 🇦🇷 🇺🇸
Formerly OSG, OSU FWCS, USFQ
Pinned
More cuts coming to US oceans agency and its Olympic Coast sanctuary
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is planning to jettison 10 buildings it leases in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington as the agency prepares to eliminate another 1,029 employees ...
www.kuow.org
This is an interview a friend and I did about our former work with NOAA at Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary in Washington @savenoaa.bsky.social #SaveNOAA #NOAA
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www.kuow.org/stories/more...
Volunteering at the Dungeness crab fest in Port Angeles tomorrow is a good way to get free crab! 🤩❤️
#dungenesscrabfest
#dungenesscrab
#dungenesscrabfest
#dungenesscrab
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Volunteering at the Dungeness crab fest in Port Angeles tomorrow is a good way to get free crab! 🤩❤️
#dungenesscrabfest
#dungenesscrab
#dungenesscrabfest
#dungenesscrab
In the #Elwha, #salmon are more than #fish, they’re part of culture, history, and identity. For the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, they hold deep meaning in community and tradition.
With the dams gone, Chinook are returning after more than a century; a powerful reminder of resilience and renewal.
With the dams gone, Chinook are returning after more than a century; a powerful reminder of resilience and renewal.
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Love the monitoring of the Elwha 🐟 and the opportune to talk to the local sierra club and talk about the history of the dam removal and nearshore ecosystems
September 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Love the monitoring of the Elwha 🐟 and the opportune to talk to the local sierra club and talk about the history of the dam removal and nearshore ecosystems
Anyone else feel like this is reality now?
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Anyone else feel like this is reality now?
thank you Silenced Science Stories & artists for the lovely illustration ❤️
And for the work you are doing to share our stories
@savenoaa.bsky.social
“Alex ultimately served as a marine scientist at NOAA’s OCNMS until her work came to an abrupt halt on Feb 27, 2025”
silencedsciencestories.com
And for the work you are doing to share our stories
@savenoaa.bsky.social
“Alex ultimately served as a marine scientist at NOAA’s OCNMS until her work came to an abrupt halt on Feb 27, 2025”
silencedsciencestories.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
thank you Silenced Science Stories & artists for the lovely illustration ❤️
And for the work you are doing to share our stories
@savenoaa.bsky.social
“Alex ultimately served as a marine scientist at NOAA’s OCNMS until her work came to an abrupt halt on Feb 27, 2025”
silencedsciencestories.com
And for the work you are doing to share our stories
@savenoaa.bsky.social
“Alex ultimately served as a marine scientist at NOAA’s OCNMS until her work came to an abrupt halt on Feb 27, 2025”
silencedsciencestories.com
The Ecuadorian cloud forest is one of the most special places on earth ❤️
Carlos Zorrilla has been living in an Ecuadorian cloud forest since the 1970s, and his last 30 years there have been spent fighting mining companies seeking to extract its large copper deposits.
He and his community have been successful, but often at great personal risk, he tells our podcast:
He and his community have been successful, but often at great personal risk, he tells our podcast:
‘Mining companies will lie to your face’: Carlos Zorrilla on 30 years of fighting for Intag Valley
Carlos Zorrilla has been living in an Ecuadorian cloud forest since the 1970s, and his last 30 years there have been spent fighting mining companies seeking to extract its large copper deposits. He…
news.mongabay.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The Ecuadorian cloud forest is one of the most special places on earth ❤️
Reposted by Alex Ávila, PhD
Carlos Zorrilla has been living in an Ecuadorian cloud forest since the 1970s, and his last 30 years there have been spent fighting mining companies seeking to extract its large copper deposits.
He and his community have been successful, but often at great personal risk, he tells our podcast:
He and his community have been successful, but often at great personal risk, he tells our podcast:
‘Mining companies will lie to your face’: Carlos Zorrilla on 30 years of fighting for Intag Valley
Carlos Zorrilla has been living in an Ecuadorian cloud forest since the 1970s, and his last 30 years there have been spent fighting mining companies seeking to extract its large copper deposits. He…
news.mongabay.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Carlos Zorrilla has been living in an Ecuadorian cloud forest since the 1970s, and his last 30 years there have been spent fighting mining companies seeking to extract its large copper deposits.
He and his community have been successful, but often at great personal risk, he tells our podcast:
He and his community have been successful, but often at great personal risk, he tells our podcast:
I second this 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
This sort of "here is how we know" article, in which the evidence is thoroughly summarized and clearly explained and common counter-arguments are calmly debunked with evidence, is probably something we should be doing a lot more of.
Some people are not persuadable. Many are.
#SciComm 🧪
Some people are not persuadable. Many are.
#SciComm 🧪
Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism
Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know it to be true. Here's how we know.
www.statnews.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I second this 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Former probationary employees of NOAA, illegally fired by the Trump administration, share their concerns about the agency’s future without their roles & reflect on what they could accomplish for the American people if they were reinstated.
@savenoaa.bsky.social
@peer.org
youtu.be/7tOsHiK0VS8?...
@savenoaa.bsky.social
@peer.org
youtu.be/7tOsHiK0VS8?...
Illegally Fired Federal Employees Speak Out
YouTube video by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Former probationary employees of NOAA, illegally fired by the Trump administration, share their concerns about the agency’s future without their roles & reflect on what they could accomplish for the American people if they were reinstated.
@savenoaa.bsky.social
@peer.org
youtu.be/7tOsHiK0VS8?...
@savenoaa.bsky.social
@peer.org
youtu.be/7tOsHiK0VS8?...
@altnoaa.bsky.social
@savenoaa.bsky.social
@resistancerangers.bsky.social
Impacts of the DOGE cuts by
@peer.org
youtu.be/SoCzSjiO8vA?...
@savenoaa.bsky.social
@resistancerangers.bsky.social
Impacts of the DOGE cuts by
@peer.org
youtu.be/SoCzSjiO8vA?...
NOAA Career Cut Short | Education, Universities, and Researchers Vilified
YouTube video by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
youtu.be
June 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
@altnoaa.bsky.social
@savenoaa.bsky.social
@resistancerangers.bsky.social
Impacts of the DOGE cuts by
@peer.org
youtu.be/SoCzSjiO8vA?...
@savenoaa.bsky.social
@resistancerangers.bsky.social
Impacts of the DOGE cuts by
@peer.org
youtu.be/SoCzSjiO8vA?...
A provision ‘hidden’ in the budget bill that passed, seeks to limit the ability of courts from enforcing their orders. The provision ‘would make most existing injunctions…unenforceable
Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.
www.newsweek.com/hidden-provi...
Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.
www.newsweek.com/hidden-provi...
'Hidden' provision in Trump's big bill could disarm US Supreme Court
The provision would bar courts from enforcing contempt citations for violations of injunctions or temporary restraining orders unless a bond has been paid.
www.newsweek.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A provision ‘hidden’ in the budget bill that passed, seeks to limit the ability of courts from enforcing their orders. The provision ‘would make most existing injunctions…unenforceable
Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.
www.newsweek.com/hidden-provi...
Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.
www.newsweek.com/hidden-provi...
This is devastating to so many different research areas and our ability to move forward. There is a brain drain happening and the US will no longer be a leader in science and innovation
Unidata is responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting software such as:
NetCDF4
MetPy
LDM
AWIPS2 Public version
GEMPAK
THREDDS
They also support realtime data access via a public EDEX server, THREDDS, and more.
NetCDF4
MetPy
LDM
AWIPS2 Public version
GEMPAK
THREDDS
They also support realtime data access via a public EDEX server, THREDDS, and more.
Due to the current gap in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program is pausing most operations effective 12 May 2025. Nearly all staff will be furloughed until funds from our existing NSF grant become available. For more information, see buff.ly/d2TC1Oy
May 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is devastating to so many different research areas and our ability to move forward. There is a brain drain happening and the US will no longer be a leader in science and innovation
Weeeeeeee
A spotted trunkfish goes SKKRRTTT in slow motion #spottedtrunkfish #swimminghandbag #trunkfish #boxfish #skkrrttt #slowmotion #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf
April 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Weeeeeeee
100%
April 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
100%
Who is govemenet? A new book by
Michael Lewis, who also did an excellent job on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social explaining who the federal workers are.
Thank you for telling our stories
#saveNOAA
@savenoaa.bsky.social
youtu.be/T30BF32qPgg?...
Michael Lewis, who also did an excellent job on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social explaining who the federal workers are.
Thank you for telling our stories
#saveNOAA
@savenoaa.bsky.social
youtu.be/T30BF32qPgg?...
These People Did Meaningful Work That Made Our Lives Better - Michael Lewis On Fired Federal Workers
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
April 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Who is govemenet? A new book by
Michael Lewis, who also did an excellent job on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social explaining who the federal workers are.
Thank you for telling our stories
#saveNOAA
@savenoaa.bsky.social
youtu.be/T30BF32qPgg?...
Michael Lewis, who also did an excellent job on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social explaining who the federal workers are.
Thank you for telling our stories
#saveNOAA
@savenoaa.bsky.social
youtu.be/T30BF32qPgg?...
🤩
A win for science and humanity!
A win for science and humanity!
NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts. @msnbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
🤩
A win for science and humanity!
A win for science and humanity!
Didn’t work in 1930… yet here we are again
Forecast looks bleak
Amazing how 2 people are responsible for so much chaos and damage to us economy
youtu.be/yuOHbyuanbY?...
Forecast looks bleak
Amazing how 2 people are responsible for so much chaos and damage to us economy
youtu.be/yuOHbyuanbY?...
Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
YouTube video by International School History
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Didn’t work in 1930… yet here we are again
Forecast looks bleak
Amazing how 2 people are responsible for so much chaos and damage to us economy
youtu.be/yuOHbyuanbY?...
Forecast looks bleak
Amazing how 2 people are responsible for so much chaos and damage to us economy
youtu.be/yuOHbyuanbY?...
😂
Antarctica Tariffs Announced
It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight...
🐧 💰 🐧 💰 🐧 💰
It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight...
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a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right
ALT: a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right
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April 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
😂
Last time he was in office he doubled the deficit … and his tax break on the rich are certain to do more adding to it…
Lutnick: "Let Donald Trump run the global economy. He's knows what he's doing. He's been talking about it for 35 years. You gotta trust Donald Trump in the White House ... it's broken. Let him fix it ... Let Donald Trump fix the American economy."
April 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Last time he was in office he doubled the deficit … and his tax break on the rich are certain to do more adding to it…
Definition of corruption
Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
March 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Definition of corruption
CONFLICT OF INTEREST !!!
Musk is rapidly pushing forward the privatization of space and satellite operations that have long been managed by the NOAA. DOGE has acquired confidential data from NOAA’s competitors—an alarming development that has further cemented SpaceX’s dominance in the space and satellite industry.
March 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
CONFLICT OF INTEREST !!!
Reposted by Alex Ávila, PhD
March 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sounds like a good deal to me.
This admin is causing a brain drain… hates scientists, research and education… meanwhile EU wants to welcome US scientists with open arms
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
This admin is causing a brain drain… hates scientists, research and education… meanwhile EU wants to welcome US scientists with open arms
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe looks to poach US researchers as Trump cuts funding
Twelve EU capitals want programs to bring over American scholars.
www.politico.eu
March 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Sounds like a good deal to me.
This admin is causing a brain drain… hates scientists, research and education… meanwhile EU wants to welcome US scientists with open arms
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
This admin is causing a brain drain… hates scientists, research and education… meanwhile EU wants to welcome US scientists with open arms
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Reposted by Alex Ávila, PhD
Can’t make this up.
March 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Can’t make this up.
March 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM