Bax Millsap
@millsapington.bsky.social
BS in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences at Oregon State University. Lover of amphibians and mesopredators. Missouri transplant living in Oregon. Father of sassy cat. (He/him)
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It isn’t just Paddington headed to Peru. These scientists went, too… and they discovered some new plants and animals on their trip.
New in Peru: 27 species previously undiscovered by science : Short Wave
What happens when a team of scientists and local Awajún guides go on a 38-day trip into the Alto Mayo region of Peru? Over 2000 species are identified, of course! Tucked in this lush landscape where t...
www.npr.org
February 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It isn’t just Paddington headed to Peru. These scientists went, too… and they discovered some new plants and animals on their trip.
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In response to Trump’s assertion, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” we say:
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.
February 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In response to Trump’s assertion, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” we say:
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.
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If “I’m not mad, that’s just my face” were a frog.
🐸🪪 Plain Rain Frog,
Breviceps fuscus.
#RBF #Frog #Herpetology #Amphibian #PotatoFairy
🐸🪪 Plain Rain Frog,
Breviceps fuscus.
#RBF #Frog #Herpetology #Amphibian #PotatoFairy
February 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If “I’m not mad, that’s just my face” were a frog.
🐸🪪 Plain Rain Frog,
Breviceps fuscus.
#RBF #Frog #Herpetology #Amphibian #PotatoFairy
🐸🪪 Plain Rain Frog,
Breviceps fuscus.
#RBF #Frog #Herpetology #Amphibian #PotatoFairy
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Watching this on repeat how is your day going?
January 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Watching this on repeat how is your day going?
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Dear Leaders of the Free World,
Fight him at every turn.
Make his life miserable.
Expose his ignorance and sociopathy.
Oppose and condemn and marginalize him.
The decent people of this nation are not with him.
We stand with you.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
Fight him at every turn.
Make his life miserable.
Expose his ignorance and sociopathy.
Oppose and condemn and marginalize him.
The decent people of this nation are not with him.
We stand with you.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans)
Dear World,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Dear Leaders of the Free World,
Fight him at every turn.
Make his life miserable.
Expose his ignorance and sociopathy.
Oppose and condemn and marginalize him.
The decent people of this nation are not with him.
We stand with you.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
Fight him at every turn.
Make his life miserable.
Expose his ignorance and sociopathy.
Oppose and condemn and marginalize him.
The decent people of this nation are not with him.
We stand with you.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
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And so it begins again - US Reps. Thom Tiffany and Lauren Boebert have reintroduced their bill to strip gray wolves of federal protections.
The bill, renamed the "Pet and Livestock Protection Act", relies on misinformation and fear in its attempt to delist wolves and prevent judicial review.
The bill, renamed the "Pet and Livestock Protection Act", relies on misinformation and fear in its attempt to delist wolves and prevent judicial review.
Republicans in Congress introduce bill to remove gray wolf from federal protections
Republicans in Congress including Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin on Friday introduced a bill to delist the gray wolf in Wisconsin and 43 other states.
www.jsonline.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
And so it begins again - US Reps. Thom Tiffany and Lauren Boebert have reintroduced their bill to strip gray wolves of federal protections.
The bill, renamed the "Pet and Livestock Protection Act", relies on misinformation and fear in its attempt to delist wolves and prevent judicial review.
The bill, renamed the "Pet and Livestock Protection Act", relies on misinformation and fear in its attempt to delist wolves and prevent judicial review.
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With only 9,119 overwintering butterflies, this is the 2nd lowest year ever recorded since the Western Monarch Count started in 1997. Numbers had increased slightly after the 2020 all-time-low, so this year's sharp drop is troubling.
Learn more & get involved 🦋 xerces.org/press/wester...
Learn more & get involved 🦋 xerces.org/press/wester...
January 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
With only 9,119 overwintering butterflies, this is the 2nd lowest year ever recorded since the Western Monarch Count started in 1997. Numbers had increased slightly after the 2020 all-time-low, so this year's sharp drop is troubling.
Learn more & get involved 🦋 xerces.org/press/wester...
Learn more & get involved 🦋 xerces.org/press/wester...
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terrified for the future of this country, so today I did the only two things I could think to do: bit my nails all the way down and got a library card🥳
support your local libraries!! #booksky
support your local libraries!! #booksky
January 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
terrified for the future of this country, so today I did the only two things I could think to do: bit my nails all the way down and got a library card🥳
support your local libraries!! #booksky
support your local libraries!! #booksky
For all of the former and current wildlife researchers out there I could use some advice! I am a non-traditional 31 yo student of Fish and Wildlife Sciences graduating this June. I am in the midst of contemplating further education to be able to gain more experience and knowledge towards my passions
January 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
For all of the former and current wildlife researchers out there I could use some advice! I am a non-traditional 31 yo student of Fish and Wildlife Sciences graduating this June. I am in the midst of contemplating further education to be able to gain more experience and knowledge towards my passions
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Just to give everyone a reminder: you should never have to get a loan for a graduate program in ecology, evolution, & organismal biology.
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#🧪
It's graduate school application season, so here's your reminder that nobody should pay for a graduate degree in #ecoevo !
Here's a list of fully funded ecology, evolution, & organismal biology Masters' programs (please share!)!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here's a list of fully funded ecology, evolution, & organismal biology Masters' programs (please share!)!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs
Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs
List of Departments that have a fully-funded Masters program that includes Ecology, Evolution, or Organsimal Biology
Background on this list: Some Masters progra...
docs.google.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Just to give everyone a reminder: you should never have to get a loan for a graduate program in ecology, evolution, & organismal biology.
#🧪
#🧪
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Approximately 100 000 German protesting against fascism in Berlin yesterday ✌️✌️
Let’s fight the rise of the far right
BELLA CIAO
"Bella ciao" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbɛlla ˈtʃaːo]; "Goodbye beautiful") is an Italian song dedicated to the partisans of the Italian resistance.
Let’s fight the rise of the far right
BELLA CIAO
"Bella ciao" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbɛlla ˈtʃaːo]; "Goodbye beautiful") is an Italian song dedicated to the partisans of the Italian resistance.
January 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Approximately 100 000 German protesting against fascism in Berlin yesterday ✌️✌️
Let’s fight the rise of the far right
BELLA CIAO
"Bella ciao" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbɛlla ˈtʃaːo]; "Goodbye beautiful") is an Italian song dedicated to the partisans of the Italian resistance.
Let’s fight the rise of the far right
BELLA CIAO
"Bella ciao" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbɛlla ˈtʃaːo]; "Goodbye beautiful") is an Italian song dedicated to the partisans of the Italian resistance.
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Revelations about the role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Once Pitched a Deadly Human Vaccine Experiment
Revelations about the role he played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
newrepublic.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Revelations about the role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
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OPINION: We may not be able to change how people ingest information, but we can and should place guardrails around the evidence we use to inform the public.
Read the op-ed: ow.ly/1jrJ50UNyIh
Read the op-ed: ow.ly/1jrJ50UNyIh
January 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
OPINION: We may not be able to change how people ingest information, but we can and should place guardrails around the evidence we use to inform the public.
Read the op-ed: ow.ly/1jrJ50UNyIh
Read the op-ed: ow.ly/1jrJ50UNyIh
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One undescribed glass frog and two-undescribed Bolitoglossa salamanders from Colombia and adjacent Mesoamerica. No copyright worries.
January 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
One undescribed glass frog and two-undescribed Bolitoglossa salamanders from Colombia and adjacent Mesoamerica. No copyright worries.
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Joni Ernst would’ve snitched on Anne Frank-
Just to save her job, mind you.
Just to save her job, mind you.
January 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Joni Ernst would’ve snitched on Anne Frank-
Just to save her job, mind you.
Just to save her job, mind you.
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Two new species of the Boana semiguttata clade are described from the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil. The new paper can be accessed at @bioone.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Two new species of the Boana semiguttata clade are described from the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil. The new paper can be accessed at @bioone.bsky.social
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Yes scientists and doctors can get it right !
I was skeptical at first, but Bluesky really is a fantastic platform for scientists who want to engage in broader public conversations.
Thank you @bsky.app and @jay.bsky.team for this amazing resource!
Thank you @bsky.app and @jay.bsky.team for this amazing resource!
January 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Yes scientists and doctors can get it right !
@rageagainst.bsky.social dear lords of rock we need you now more than ever
January 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
@rageagainst.bsky.social dear lords of rock we need you now more than ever
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I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat.
I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
No offense, Mark, but you have influence and power most of us don’t. Why don’t you speak up to those in DC you have connections with? Actions speak louder than words as you well know.
January 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat.
I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.