Mark J McCarthy
@mjmcncycle.bsky.social
Aquatic nitrogen biogeochemist/ecologist, dad, wine geek, Canadian indie nerd. Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, forever to get back.
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Not sure if NL is the best place to implement this plan (also a lot of anti-higher-ed sentiment), but would be interesting to find out which 'renowned' Murican university is involved.
nltimes.nl/2025/11/13/r...
nltimes.nl/2025/11/13/r...
Renowned United States university reportedly looking into settling in The Hague
There is “a possibility” that a renowned university from the United States will “establish” a branch in The Hague, the municipality reported, according to AD. The municipality did not say anything abo...
nltimes.nl
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Not sure if NL is the best place to implement this plan (also a lot of anti-higher-ed sentiment), but would be interesting to find out which 'renowned' Murican university is involved.
nltimes.nl/2025/11/13/r...
nltimes.nl/2025/11/13/r...
The lab tape ball has reached a milestone in case anyone was wondering
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The lab tape ball has reached a milestone in case anyone was wondering
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Send this shit straight to the moon. H-index, impact factors, etc are useless horseshit. This just makes them nuanced useless horseshit. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Send this shit straight to the moon. H-index, impact factors, etc are useless horseshit. This just makes them nuanced useless horseshit. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Lol, an old Taihu paper on eutrophication, cyanos, nitrogen, etc., I published in 2007 is actually cited (very much incorrectly) in this paper.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Exploring Early Childhood Diet, Stress, Trophic Position and Dietary Protein Quality Using Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotope Compositions of Fingernail Keratin
Objectives Evaluate the effectiveness of compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids (CSIA-AA) in reconstructing early childhood diets and detecting episodes of stress. Examine (1) pr...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Lol, an old Taihu paper on eutrophication, cyanos, nitrogen, etc., I published in 2007 is actually cited (very much incorrectly) in this paper.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Cool study….and Thad is definitely an experimental musician 😄
New paper in collab with Jason Taylor and Thad Scott in ES&T highlighting the role of N in controlling eutrophic conditions in experimental musicians. Implications for water quality in shallow lakes!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Reducing Nitrogen Inputs Can Rapidly Reverse Eutrophication in Shallow Phosphorus-Rich Lakes
Although phosphorus (P) has been the primary focus of lake eutrophication management efforts globally, we show that reducing nitrogen (N) inputs to shallow P-rich lakes can rapidly reverse accelerated...
pubs.acs.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Cool study….and Thad is definitely an experimental musician 😄
A nugget of wisdom from an 'old' paper:
"Another implication of this work is to emphasize the
difficulty in providing a theoretical framework of
phytoplankton dynamics in a changing nutrient environment.
A deterministic approach utilized in many
types of models has..."
"Another implication of this work is to emphasize the
difficulty in providing a theoretical framework of
phytoplankton dynamics in a changing nutrient environment.
A deterministic approach utilized in many
types of models has..."
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A nugget of wisdom from an 'old' paper:
"Another implication of this work is to emphasize the
difficulty in providing a theoretical framework of
phytoplankton dynamics in a changing nutrient environment.
A deterministic approach utilized in many
types of models has..."
"Another implication of this work is to emphasize the
difficulty in providing a theoretical framework of
phytoplankton dynamics in a changing nutrient environment.
A deterministic approach utilized in many
types of models has..."
Lol, the Minister didn’t lie….
Kennedy withdrew after the country’s Minister for Social Affairs reportedly called him “cuckoo in the head.”
The saga of RFK Jr. and an Estonian vaccine skeptics conference
Kennedy withdrew after the country’s Minister for Social Affairs reportedly called him “cuckoo in the head.”
www.motherjones.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Lol, the Minister didn’t lie….
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Prándarjökull, Iceland has lost all of its snow cover in 2025. This will lead to significant thinning and marginal losses in 2025. #glaciology #climatechange
glacierchange.blog/2025/08/25/p...
glacierchange.blog/2025/08/25/p...
Prándarjökull, Iceland Loses all Snow Cover in 2025-Accelerating Loss
Prándarjökull on August 20, 2025 has no retained snowpack-with weeks left in the melt season (Sentinel false color image) Prándarjökull is an icecap northeast of Vatnajokull that has a summit eleva…
glacierchange.blog
August 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Prándarjökull, Iceland has lost all of its snow cover in 2025. This will lead to significant thinning and marginal losses in 2025. #glaciology #climatechange
glacierchange.blog/2025/08/25/p...
glacierchange.blog/2025/08/25/p...
Meteor impact crater pond in Saaremaa - no cyanos in there 🙄
August 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Meteor impact crater pond in Saaremaa - no cyanos in there 🙄
Stop calling it a dead zone.
A nearly Connecticut-sized, oxygen-depleted area of ocean is decidedly abnormal. But the last 4 decades of annual measurements and failed efforts to stop chemical pollution flowing off midwestern farms and into the Gulf made this week’s announcement entirely predictable.
August 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Stop calling it a dead zone.
I did my PhD research in Baie Missisqoui and was harassed more than once by US border gestapos. They were always complete assholes. (I’m a US citizen, not that it matters now or then).
Border Patrol says he was at the red mark, 65 feet south of the border, when he "made an abrupt starboard turn and struck the port bow of the Coast Guard small-boat," causing him to capsize.
He says that's ridiculous, he was in Canadian waters and was going to shore to talk when they hit him.
He says that's ridiculous, he was in Canadian waters and was going to shore to talk when they hit him.
July 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I did my PhD research in Baie Missisqoui and was harassed more than once by US border gestapos. They were always complete assholes. (I’m a US citizen, not that it matters now or then).
An honor to be in Helsinki for @tomjilbert.bsky.social inaugural lecture as Professor of Environmental Geochemistry.
May 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
An honor to be in Helsinki for @tomjilbert.bsky.social inaugural lecture as Professor of Environmental Geochemistry.
If you’re in the USA, have or will soon have a MS, like working with high frequency water quality data or modeling, and are looking for a (fully funded) PhD program in the EU to escape the scientific/higher ed destruction — please reach out.
May 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If you’re in the USA, have or will soon have a MS, like working with high frequency water quality data or modeling, and are looking for a (fully funded) PhD program in the EU to escape the scientific/higher ed destruction — please reach out.
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In this era, I think it's more useful to sort people by whether they participate in democratic discourse or disordered discourse, rather than left vs right.
Weird how centrists Joe Rogan, Glenn Greenwald and Bari Weiss all solely platform Republican voices, amplify far-right conspiracies and backed Trump in 2024.
May 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In this era, I think it's more useful to sort people by whether they participate in democratic discourse or disordered discourse, rather than left vs right.
Lol. These morons have no clue what the LoC actually does.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Lol. These morons have no clue what the LoC actually does.
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DM me if you are going to IAGLR and are looking to stretch your legs - and link elbows - all for a good cause!
At #IAGLR25, cheer on your favorite team as they face off in the 14th IAGLR Defy Cup Challenge. It's a great time and a great cause, as the game raises funds for the IAGLR Scholarship. Register today before standard pricing ends to be in the stands: https://bit.ly/3E3BuuO
May 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
DM me if you are going to IAGLR and are looking to stretch your legs - and link elbows - all for a good cause!
Ofc it is
What’s at the heart of Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s separation rhetoric? Oil.
Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.
thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.
thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
Alberta separatism plan is really about oil | The Narwhal
The Free Alberta Strategy has driven Danielle Smith’s government from the outset, a plan to back oil and gas even if it means breaking up Canada
thenarwhal.ca
May 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Ofc it is
Someday the masses will realize that all of the other nonsense was just to distract the sheep from the real goals, which are just about stealing money and making a few people richer. Remember the scene at the end of Die Hard, where Holly figures out that Hans wasn’t a terrorist, just a common thief.
Exclusive: A series of internal government messages obtained by The Post reveal how U.S. embassies and the State Department have pushed nations to clear hurdles for U.S. satellite companies, often mentioning Starlink by name.
U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show
Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in preparation for trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, b...
wapo.st
May 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Someday the masses will realize that all of the other nonsense was just to distract the sheep from the real goals, which are just about stealing money and making a few people richer. Remember the scene at the end of Die Hard, where Holly figures out that Hans wasn’t a terrorist, just a common thief.
Well, if this turns out to be true, I guess we’ll never have to wonder who the dingo was that ate Marco’s baby….
April 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Well, if this turns out to be true, I guess we’ll never have to wonder who the dingo was that ate Marco’s baby….
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Fox News attacking Obama for golfing during a market crash but make the footage Trump
April 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Fox News attacking Obama for golfing during a market crash but make the footage Trump
I mean, is this take wrong?
Donald Trump skipped the dignified transfer of four of our soldiers because he had to go golfing with the Saudis in the midst of a catastrophic stock market collapse he intentionally caused and you Yankee Doodle dipshits still think he gives a single flying fuck about this country?
April 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I mean, is this take wrong?
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March 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Absolutely spineless. The GOP is doing all of those things anyway. Resign immediately.
If we enter a shutdown, Congressional Republicans would weaponize their majorities to cherry-pick which parts of government to reopen.
March 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Absolutely spineless. The GOP is doing all of those things anyway. Resign immediately.
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Yes, in 2021 JD Vance literally said
"[W]e have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country... The professors are the enemy."
And no, he wasn't joking. The video is chilling.
bryanalexander.org/politics/the...
"[W]e have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country... The professors are the enemy."
And no, he wasn't joking. The video is chilling.
bryanalexander.org/politics/the...
“The professors are the enemy”: J.D. Vance on higher education
[W]e have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country. -JD Vance Greetings from a somewhat less infernal Virginia July day. A storm front broke through our heat last night…
bryanalexander.org
March 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Yes, in 2021 JD Vance literally said
"[W]e have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country... The professors are the enemy."
And no, he wasn't joking. The video is chilling.
bryanalexander.org/politics/the...
"[W]e have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country... The professors are the enemy."
And no, he wasn't joking. The video is chilling.
bryanalexander.org/politics/the...