Phil Manlick
@pmanlick.bsky.social
Research scientist @ USFS PNW Research Station | Animal responses to global change | Foraging, food webs, energy flow, isotopes | Opinions & RTs my own
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Phil Manlick
@pmanlick.bsky.social
· Jul 14
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🚨 New Paper in Eco Apps 🚨 - Our research team at USFS PNW Research Station used a long-term adaptive management experiment to test the effects of forest thinning on wildlife habitat in the Tongass National Forest 🧵 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
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Shutting the government down because the president’s thug army keeps murdering American citizens for no reason seems pretty reasonable, IMO!
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Shutting the government down because the president’s thug army keeps murdering American citizens for no reason seems pretty reasonable, IMO!
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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
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If the government executing us in the streets isn’t your red line, then you’ve already decided to endorse it.
There’s no gray area left. No ambiguity.
There’s no gray area left. No ambiguity.
January 24, 2026 at 6:17 PM
If the government executing us in the streets isn’t your red line, then you’ve already decided to endorse it.
There’s no gray area left. No ambiguity.
There’s no gray area left. No ambiguity.
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On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
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These monsters are sick.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
These monsters are sick.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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US Forest Service cabin covered from an early winter snow in Big Cottonwood Canyon #landscapephotography #photography #Leica #Utah #mountains #winter
October 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
US Forest Service cabin covered from an early winter snow in Big Cottonwood Canyon #landscapephotography #photography #Leica #Utah #mountains #winter
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I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
September 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
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I know this is not a unique observation but public health was basically created to deal with the Spanish flu, and then a century later COVID hit and killed twice as many people and our response was to destroy public health
August 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I know this is not a unique observation but public health was basically created to deal with the Spanish flu, and then a century later COVID hit and killed twice as many people and our response was to destroy public health
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Fosso mama needed a nap.
August 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Fosso mama needed a nap.
This looks very cool
Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution: Trends in Ecology & Evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution: Trends in Ecology & Evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution
Animals exert control over biogeochemical processes within their ecosystems – the
study of which is called zoogeochemistry. However, most zoogeochemical research stops
short of examining how animal-dr...
www.cell.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This looks very cool
Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution: Trends in Ecology & Evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution: Trends in Ecology & Evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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Restaurant owners tell the Washington Post that sending troops into civilian areas seems to have scared off their customers
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08...
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08...
‘The city is dead’: D.C. restaurant reservations drop amid federal crackdown
August restaurant week can be a lifeline for D.C. food businesses, but high-visibility arrests and heavy law enforcement presence are driving some diners away.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Restaurant owners tell the Washington Post that sending troops into civilian areas seems to have scared off their customers
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08...
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08...
Trees are starting to come down in our small mammal exclosure study. @ambystomax.bsky.social found the first potential casualty this week 😩 (I still think we can save it!)
August 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trees are starting to come down in our small mammal exclosure study. @ambystomax.bsky.social found the first potential casualty this week 😩 (I still think we can save it!)
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My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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“More than 62,000 emails and 5,000 calls in the first couple weeks, all but a few in vehement opposition to Lee’s plan.”
“‘People were fired up. It was like a declaration of war.’”
“‘People were fired up. It was like a declaration of war.’”
"At first, Senator John Hickenlooper didn’t think Sen. Mike Lee’s plan to force the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to sell as much as 3 million acres was real. But he saw the Utah senator’s proposal. And then came the outcry."
Outdoor recreation, conservation groups stir public lands advocacy
After defeating a contentious proposal to sell federal lands, public lands advocates are galvanized and targeting other threats
coloradosun.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“More than 62,000 emails and 5,000 calls in the first couple weeks, all but a few in vehement opposition to Lee’s plan.”
“‘People were fired up. It was like a declaration of war.’”
“‘People were fired up. It was like a declaration of war.’”
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Join us at the University of Washington in the #HarveyLab in the School of Environmental & Forest Sciences.
We're currently recruiting a postdoc in forest disturbance & landscape ecology for a project focused in western US + w/ international collaborators.
Details below. Apply by end of August!
We're currently recruiting a postdoc in forest disturbance & landscape ecology for a project focused in western US + w/ international collaborators.
Details below. Apply by end of August!
POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY:
Come work with us in the Harvey Lab at Univ. of Washington (depts.washington.edu/bjhlab/)!
We're hiring a postdoc in Forest Disturbance and Landscape Ecology. Full details here: ap.washington.edu/ahr/position...
Application review starts Aug 31
Come work with us in the Harvey Lab at Univ. of Washington (depts.washington.edu/bjhlab/)!
We're hiring a postdoc in Forest Disturbance and Landscape Ecology. Full details here: ap.washington.edu/ahr/position...
Application review starts Aug 31
August 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Join us at the University of Washington in the #HarveyLab in the School of Environmental & Forest Sciences.
We're currently recruiting a postdoc in forest disturbance & landscape ecology for a project focused in western US + w/ international collaborators.
Details below. Apply by end of August!
We're currently recruiting a postdoc in forest disturbance & landscape ecology for a project focused in western US + w/ international collaborators.
Details below. Apply by end of August!
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
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www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/e...
If no news is good news, no data must be great news.
If no news is good news, no data must be great news.
Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner suggests suspending the monthly jobs report | CNN Business
EJ Antoni, nominated by President Donald Trump Monday to become the next commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, suggested that the agency should suspend its monthly jobs report, claiming it ...
www.cnn.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/e...
If no news is good news, no data must be great news.
If no news is good news, no data must be great news.
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I'm giving a talk on Tuesday about carnivores as dispersers of mycorrhizal fungal spores as part of a special session on fungal spore dispersal. Come check it out if you are here in Baltimore and like fungi, carnivores, or trophic interactions. #ESA2025
August 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I'm giving a talk on Tuesday about carnivores as dispersers of mycorrhizal fungal spores as part of a special session on fungal spore dispersal. Come check it out if you are here in Baltimore and like fungi, carnivores, or trophic interactions. #ESA2025
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Everybody needs to call this what it is: extortion
August 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Everybody needs to call this what it is: extortion
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Obviously a lie, since the definition of PhD-level expertise, standard across universities worldwide, is that you can produce original knowledge.
OpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’
GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Obviously a lie, since the definition of PhD-level expertise, standard across universities worldwide, is that you can produce original knowledge.
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And Congress certainly did not grant these authorities with the Director of Management and Budget, no matter how much he wants to be a deputy dictator.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
And Congress certainly did not grant these authorities with the Director of Management and Budget, no matter how much he wants to be a deputy dictator.
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We are on a bullet train to the end of US science, and possibly the country as a whole, when political appointees are reviewing every scientific grant submitted to NIH to determine if The Regime finds the science acceptable.
August 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We are on a bullet train to the end of US science, and possibly the country as a whole, when political appointees are reviewing every scientific grant submitted to NIH to determine if The Regime finds the science acceptable.
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Years ago, at a workshop we held on changing wildfire risk in western Washington, I was struck by the analogy that preparing communities for megafires in our fuel-rich forests is similar to tsunami: rapid evacuation, because they can't be fought.
Nice coverage by @rdzombak.bsky.social. Gift link.
Nice coverage by @rdzombak.bsky.social. Gift link.
Washington State Braces for ‘Inevitable’ Megafire. Climate Change May Bring It Sooner.
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Years ago, at a workshop we held on changing wildfire risk in western Washington, I was struck by the analogy that preparing communities for megafires in our fuel-rich forests is similar to tsunami: rapid evacuation, because they can't be fought.
Nice coverage by @rdzombak.bsky.social. Gift link.
Nice coverage by @rdzombak.bsky.social. Gift link.
Interesting thread. There’s also a really interesting podcast series - “on the divided dial” - about why conservative media dominates talk radio.
www.nypublicradio.org/2022/11/15/w...
www.nypublicradio.org/2022/11/15/w...
August 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Interesting thread. There’s also a really interesting podcast series - “on the divided dial” - about why conservative media dominates talk radio.
www.nypublicradio.org/2022/11/15/w...
www.nypublicradio.org/2022/11/15/w...