Marine eDNA Dude
@marinednadude.bsky.social
Zack Gold - Ocean Molecular Ecology lab | co-lead of West Coast OBON |eDNA + marine conservation + oceanography | nature photography. Thoughts and rants are my own 🧬🐟🦐🌊 🧪zackgold.org
Starting soon! Should be a great panel of #eDNA scientists on Advancing Next-Generation Ocean Management with Environmental DNA (eDNA)
www.oceansciencetrust.org/stories/scie...
www.oceansciencetrust.org/stories/scie...
Ask an Expert: Advancing Next-Generation Ocean Management with Environmental DNA (eDNA) – Ocean Science Trust
www.oceansciencetrust.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Starting soon! Should be a great panel of #eDNA scientists on Advancing Next-Generation Ocean Management with Environmental DNA (eDNA)
www.oceansciencetrust.org/stories/scie...
www.oceansciencetrust.org/stories/scie...
Coworker: “Only thing getting us through the day at this point is reckless optimism”
Hits better than espresso
Hits better than espresso
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Coworker: “Only thing getting us through the day at this point is reckless optimism”
Hits better than espresso
Hits better than espresso
Opening the inbox after 6 weeks
a woman with multiple faces and the words " what is happening "
Alt: a woman with multiple faces and the words " what is happening "
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Opening the inbox after 6 weeks
We’re back!
Photosynthesis in the office only
Photosynthesis in the office only
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We’re back!
Photosynthesis in the office only
Photosynthesis in the office only
Steller sea lion and Pinto abalone - firsts while diving in Washington!
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Steller sea lion and Pinto abalone - firsts while diving in Washington!
They may be an invertebrate but they have more of a backbone than many 👀
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
They may be an invertebrate but they have more of a backbone than many 👀
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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REPEAT.
Cue Randy Newman - We Love LA!
Cue Randy Newman - We Love LA!
Breaking News from @theathletic.com: The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays in seven games to become the first repeat World Series winners in 25 years.
Los Angeles Dodgers are back-to-back World Series champions behind Yamamoto's brilliance, Will Smith HR
The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays in 11 innings in Game 7 to claim the World Series for the second straight year
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
REPEAT.
Cue Randy Newman - We Love LA!
Cue Randy Newman - We Love LA!
WILL SMITH!!!!!!
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
WILL SMITH!!!!!!
Heading in for my first excepted service hours
Haven’t been in the office since September…
Haven’t been in the office since September…
October 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Heading in for my first excepted service hours
Haven’t been in the office since September…
Haven’t been in the office since September…
Shohei certainly doing his best to carry the Dodgers
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Shohei certainly doing his best to carry the Dodgers
Mariners really trying to break my heat and not give us the West Coast WS…
October 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Mariners really trying to break my heat and not give us the West Coast WS…
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Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
Malawi takes the love of buses to a new level with the mandatory 100m bus ride from terminal to plane. If you got it, flaunt it :)
October 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Malawi takes the love of buses to a new level with the mandatory 100m bus ride from terminal to plane. If you got it, flaunt it :)
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Thanks, David, for this interview!
Why has anti-car activism grown, and what should advocates do next?
In Bloomberg CityLab, I spoke with @brooklynspoke.bsky.social & @sgoodyear.bsky.social, hosts of the War on Cars podcast and coauthors of a new book, Life After Cars.
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In Bloomberg CityLab, I spoke with @brooklynspoke.bsky.social & @sgoodyear.bsky.social, hosts of the War on Cars podcast and coauthors of a new book, Life After Cars.
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What Comes After the ‘War on Cars’?
Podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear deliver a book-length takedown of the automobile — and a plea to stop centering cities around driving.
www.bloomberg.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thanks, David, for this interview!
Got to hang out with the greatest recent adaptive radiation of vertebrates on earth. All hail the mbuna - Malawi cichlids
October 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Got to hang out with the greatest recent adaptive radiation of vertebrates on earth. All hail the mbuna - Malawi cichlids
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Great & Pied Kkngfishers in Malawi
Cichlids beware
Cichlids beware
October 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Great & Pied Kkngfishers in Malawi
Cichlids beware
Cichlids beware
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You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.
October 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
Just another day in the office moving liquids from one bag to another.
Small step towards our first mooring deployment - proof of priming :)
(Food coloring is fun, please try this at home)
Small step towards our first mooring deployment - proof of priming :)
(Food coloring is fun, please try this at home)
September 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Just another day in the office moving liquids from one bag to another.
Small step towards our first mooring deployment - proof of priming :)
(Food coloring is fun, please try this at home)
Small step towards our first mooring deployment - proof of priming :)
(Food coloring is fun, please try this at home)
Having way too much fun with my first new camera in 11 years
Excited to bring this new camera for a long vacation to Malawi (more pics to come)
Excited to bring this new camera for a long vacation to Malawi (more pics to come)
September 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Having way too much fun with my first new camera in 11 years
Excited to bring this new camera for a long vacation to Malawi (more pics to come)
Excited to bring this new camera for a long vacation to Malawi (more pics to come)
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📣 New #eDNA Publication Alert! 📣 Knauss M, Barnes MA, Begum MZFA, Fokar M, and Lockwood SA. 2025. Assessing the performance of environmental DNA metabarcoding in fish diversity surveys of the Texas Gulf Coast. Estuaries and Coasts 48: 177.
doi.org/10.1007/s122...
doi.org/10.1007/s122...
Assessing the Performance of Environmental DNA Metabarcoding in Fish Diversity Surveys of the Texas Gulf Coast - Estuaries and Coasts
As natural and anthropogenic disturbances to coastal ecosystems increase in frequency and intensity, the need for efficient and cost-effective biodiversity survey methods also rises. We evaluated the ...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
📣 New #eDNA Publication Alert! 📣 Knauss M, Barnes MA, Begum MZFA, Fokar M, and Lockwood SA. 2025. Assessing the performance of environmental DNA metabarcoding in fish diversity surveys of the Texas Gulf Coast. Estuaries and Coasts 48: 177.
doi.org/10.1007/s122...
doi.org/10.1007/s122...