Mike Sieracki
@msier.bsky.social
Biological oceanographer, bicyclist, father, leader
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Pope Leo is quietly mounting a long-term, moral confrontation with American authoritarianism — and history suggests he knows exactly what he’s doing.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Pope Leo vs. the Empire of Lies: The Long Game to Defeat Trumpism
He’s already rebuked immigration crackdowns and blasted the “logic of exclusion” fueling rising nationalism. Now, as the youngest pope in 35 years, Leo is poised to help defeat Trumpism for good.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Pope Leo is quietly mounting a long-term, moral confrontation with American authoritarianism — and history suggests he knows exactly what he’s doing.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
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On this day 52 years ago-Dec. 28, 1973-Republican President Richard M. Nixon signed “An Act to Provide for the Conservation of Endangered & Threatened Species of Fish, Wildlife, and Plants, and for Other Purposes.”
You may know it simply as “The Endangered Species Act.”
Image: Eagle Nation Online.
You may know it simply as “The Endangered Species Act.”
Image: Eagle Nation Online.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day 52 years ago-Dec. 28, 1973-Republican President Richard M. Nixon signed “An Act to Provide for the Conservation of Endangered & Threatened Species of Fish, Wildlife, and Plants, and for Other Purposes.”
You may know it simply as “The Endangered Species Act.”
Image: Eagle Nation Online.
You may know it simply as “The Endangered Species Act.”
Image: Eagle Nation Online.
On this day
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#OnThisDay in 1872, the expedition of HMS Challenger set sail from Portsmouth, travelling nearly 70,00 nautical miles and cataloguing over 4000 unknown species over 4 years. This pioneering expedition, organised by the Royal Society, laid the foundations of oceanography.
December 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
On this day
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The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
Our first direct hit. Oddly our oyster work is the most popular thing we do. Great return on investment for taxpayers funding bay restoration.
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Horn Point Confirms Deep NOAA Cuts
A nearly 50 percent reduction in federal funding for oyster restoration threatens to sharply reduce oyster production in the Chesapeake Bay, jeopardizing one of the region’s most successful environmen...
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December 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Our first direct hit. Oddly our oyster work is the most popular thing we do. Great return on investment for taxpayers funding bay restoration.
cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...
cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...
To take action
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
To take action
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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Prospective applicants are encouraged to check out the @ebrc.org whitepaper on this important need.
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Engineering Biology Metrics and Technical Standards for the Global Bioeconomy | EBRC
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November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Prospective applicants are encouraged to check out the @ebrc.org whitepaper on this important need.
ebrc.org/publications...
ebrc.org/publications...
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Despite Trump chaos, NSF avoided feared dip in research financing | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Despite Trump chaos, NSF avoided feared dip in research financing
Number of new grants fell by 20%, but got larger, as funder braced for potential budget cut
www.science.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Despite Trump chaos, NSF avoided feared dip in research financing | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
Cool cats
In early #Caturday news: Once-extinct wildcats to make a comeback in England
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Once-extinct European wildcats set to make a comeback in England
Fifty wildcats could be reintroduced to the countryside in south west England, conservationists say.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Cool cats
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A Compact for Control:
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A Compact for Control (opinion)
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
www.insidehighered.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A Compact for Control:
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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🌊 Job Opportunity with BGC-Argo! 🌊
We’re hiring a Data Analyst to work on processing, quality control, and scientific analysis of data from Biogeochemical-Argo floats.
📩 Interested? Reach out to Dr. Giorgio Dall’Olmo: gdallolmo@ogs.it
We’re hiring a Data Analyst to work on processing, quality control, and scientific analysis of data from Biogeochemical-Argo floats.
📩 Interested? Reach out to Dr. Giorgio Dall’Olmo: gdallolmo@ogs.it
September 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🌊 Job Opportunity with BGC-Argo! 🌊
We’re hiring a Data Analyst to work on processing, quality control, and scientific analysis of data from Biogeochemical-Argo floats.
📩 Interested? Reach out to Dr. Giorgio Dall’Olmo: gdallolmo@ogs.it
We’re hiring a Data Analyst to work on processing, quality control, and scientific analysis of data from Biogeochemical-Argo floats.
📩 Interested? Reach out to Dr. Giorgio Dall’Olmo: gdallolmo@ogs.it
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social The Rocky Mountain Institute has done good work on the circular economy for battery materials. Like: rmi.org/insight/the-...
The Battery Mineral Loop - RMI
A comprehensive strategy to address the rising demand for battery minerals.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social The Rocky Mountain Institute has done good work on the circular economy for battery materials. Like: rmi.org/insight/the-...
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A United Nations treaty designed to protect the abundant marine life and ecosystems of the high seas - known colloquially as the High Seas Treaty - has received the 60th ratification required for the agreement to be brought into full force.
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Historic High Seas Treaty is a "turning point for humanity" - Oceanographic
An historic treaty to protect the marine life and ecosystems of the high seas, the High Seas Treaty, will come into force in 120 days.
oceanographicmagazine.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A United Nations treaty designed to protect the abundant marine life and ecosystems of the high seas - known colloquially as the High Seas Treaty - has received the 60th ratification required for the agreement to be brought into full force.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/histori...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/histori...
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Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
September 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Not sure that free speech and gun rights are compatible. Will we need to choose?
September 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Not sure that free speech and gun rights are compatible. Will we need to choose?
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Latest test to our good luck this year on its way
September 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Latest test to our good luck this year on its way
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Come join the BioGOSHIP team. In search of a postdoc at NOAA/Miami.
My group at NOAA/Miami is hiring a postdoc to lead a marine eDNA biodiversity effort (Bio-GO-SHIP). You'll develop and deploy high-throughput metabarcoding assays for ocean DNA. Help make foundational contributions to global marine biodiversity monitoring! t.co/p53s7E0YiL
https://explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job/509519
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September 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Come join the BioGOSHIP team. In search of a postdoc at NOAA/Miami.
How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
“…in the short-term, Democrats must mobilize to ensure that we still have a democratic foundation to build upon on the other side. Yet their animating purpose should be to imagine, and then build, what will come after.”
“…in the short-term, Democrats must mobilize to ensure that we still have a democratic foundation to build upon on the other side. Yet their animating purpose should be to imagine, and then build, what will come after.”
Opinion | How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
“…in the short-term, Democrats must mobilize to ensure that we still have a democratic foundation to build upon on the other side. Yet their animating purpose should be to imagine, and then build, what will come after.”
“…in the short-term, Democrats must mobilize to ensure that we still have a democratic foundation to build upon on the other side. Yet their animating purpose should be to imagine, and then build, what will come after.”
Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM