Raphael Mazor
@rmaz.bsky.social
Freshwater scientist in California.
Undecided about how much science content I’ll post here. For now mostly art and pretty things.
Undecided about how much science content I’ll post here. For now mostly art and pretty things.
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Nominations are open for SFS Council of Underrepresented Voices (CUV) members to serve 2-year terms. The goal of the CUV is to provide a forum for representative members of underrepresented groups to convene and provide perspective and guidance on SFS goals, operations, and initiatives (1/5).
February 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Nominations are open for SFS Council of Underrepresented Voices (CUV) members to serve 2-year terms. The goal of the CUV is to provide a forum for representative members of underrepresented groups to convene and provide perspective and guidance on SFS goals, operations, and initiatives (1/5).
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Join the SFS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & Virtual Events Committee for a fun and engaging event exploring themes in Black history and spotlighting Black scientists in freshwater science. 🎣 Come play a game, learn something new, and connect with the community!
Wednesday, February 25 @ 8 PM ET
Wednesday, February 25 @ 8 PM ET
February 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Join the SFS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & Virtual Events Committee for a fun and engaging event exploring themes in Black history and spotlighting Black scientists in freshwater science. 🎣 Come play a game, learn something new, and connect with the community!
Wednesday, February 25 @ 8 PM ET
Wednesday, February 25 @ 8 PM ET
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Explore the public comment that SFS, as part of the Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies (CASS), contributed on proposed changes to the definition of "Waters of the U.S." These changes would reduce protections for isolated wetlands and intermittent and ephemeral streams. buff.ly/u2Xabu7 (1/2)
CASS WOTUS Comment
mcusercontent.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Explore the public comment that SFS, as part of the Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies (CASS), contributed on proposed changes to the definition of "Waters of the U.S." These changes would reduce protections for isolated wetlands and intermittent and ephemeral streams. buff.ly/u2Xabu7 (1/2)
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More than 10,000 Ph.D. scientists were fired by the Trump administration last year. Grant cuts affected more.
"A few dozen got jobs in other countries" is not a serious solution.
There are not enough jobs in the whole world. The result will be less science, not the same science just elsewhere.
"A few dozen got jobs in other countries" is not a serious solution.
There are not enough jobs in the whole world. The result will be less science, not the same science just elsewhere.
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent
Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
www.nature.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:22 PM
More than 10,000 Ph.D. scientists were fired by the Trump administration last year. Grant cuts affected more.
"A few dozen got jobs in other countries" is not a serious solution.
There are not enough jobs in the whole world. The result will be less science, not the same science just elsewhere.
"A few dozen got jobs in other countries" is not a serious solution.
There are not enough jobs in the whole world. The result will be less science, not the same science just elsewhere.
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A wolf has ventured into the mountains of Los Angeles County.
She was looking for a mate but ended up making history. www.latimes.com/environment/...
She was looking for a mate but ended up making history. www.latimes.com/environment/...
A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
Around 6 a.m. Saturday, the 3-year-old female arrived in the mountains north of Santa Clarita, as tracked by a GPS collar.
www.latimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
A wolf has ventured into the mountains of Los Angeles County.
She was looking for a mate but ended up making history. www.latimes.com/environment/...
She was looking for a mate but ended up making history. www.latimes.com/environment/...
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California scientists: The Legislature is considering a bipartisan bill to create a CA version of the NSF: the California Foundation for Science and Health Research. It would be funded with a $23B bond measure on the Nov 2026 ballot. Sign on to support the bill here: www.fundCAscience.org
Fund CA Science
www.fundCAscience.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
California scientists: The Legislature is considering a bipartisan bill to create a CA version of the NSF: the California Foundation for Science and Health Research. It would be funded with a $23B bond measure on the Nov 2026 ballot. Sign on to support the bill here: www.fundCAscience.org
Be a man and do entomology
"this is how men behave" yes they go in a cave and show each other cool beetles you can find in the cave
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Be a man and do entomology
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NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics?
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics?
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Do you consider yourself to be an inclusive mentor to budding scientists? STREAM is looking for friendly faces to commit to serving as a Freshwater Friend (an ally) to first-time conference attendees at the #2026SFS Annual Meeting in Spokane! (1/5)
February 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Do you consider yourself to be an inclusive mentor to budding scientists? STREAM is looking for friendly faces to commit to serving as a Freshwater Friend (an ally) to first-time conference attendees at the #2026SFS Annual Meeting in Spokane! (1/5)
Horrifying
ICE agents told staff at a Minneapolis hospital that a man with a shattered skull had run, while handcuffed, and slammed his head into a wall. “There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.” @newsdude.bsky.social @apnews.com apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Horrifying
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new: Minnesota Timberwolves chaplain and activist Matt Moberg FaceTimed me from an ICE blanketed parking lot about his empathy for Anthony Edwards, Wemby's provocative statement about the Spurs, and the value (if any) of athletes speaking out.
we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.
we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.
Q&A: The Minnesota Timberwolves chaplain who wants NBA stars to melt ICE without slipping
Matt Moberg's righteous fury with Donald Trump's immigration crackdown went viral. But he preaches empathy for the NBA stars figuring out how to stand for others without losing themselves.
eyeblack.beehiiv.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:25 PM
new: Minnesota Timberwolves chaplain and activist Matt Moberg FaceTimed me from an ICE blanketed parking lot about his empathy for Anthony Edwards, Wemby's provocative statement about the Spurs, and the value (if any) of athletes speaking out.
we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.
we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.
If I got arrested for standing up to fascists, I think I’d be sending the video to everyone I know.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 9:37 PM
If I got arrested for standing up to fascists, I think I’d be sending the video to everyone I know.
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NEW! Members of the public may use this form to report (including video footage or photographic evidence) potentially unlawful activity in California by federal agents or personnel such as ICE, CBP or federalized National Guard soldiers or airmen.
Report Misconduct by Federal Agents to the California Attorney General
oag.ca.gov
January 26, 2026 at 12:01 AM
NEW! Members of the public may use this form to report (including video footage or photographic evidence) potentially unlawful activity in California by federal agents or personnel such as ICE, CBP or federalized National Guard soldiers or airmen.
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
I really hope Mainers take it up with Senator Collins this election
This is really excellent, glad to see you given the space to go big with this @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Is This Who Trump Meant by the ‘Worst of the Worst’?
The columnist Jamelle Bouie argues that the Trump administration’s immigration policy has more in common with ethnic cleansing than actual immigration enforcement.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I really hope Mainers take it up with Senator Collins this election
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Remember, as the National Park Service previously encouraged us to:
“Independence Hall was not only where the Declaration of Independence was signed, but also the location of fugitive slave trials to free or deny liberty to African Americans.”
“Independence Hall was not only where the Declaration of Independence was signed, but also the location of fugitive slave trials to free or deny liberty to African Americans.”
January 23, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Remember, as the National Park Service previously encouraged us to:
“Independence Hall was not only where the Declaration of Independence was signed, but also the location of fugitive slave trials to free or deny liberty to African Americans.”
“Independence Hall was not only where the Declaration of Independence was signed, but also the location of fugitive slave trials to free or deny liberty to African Americans.”
Um,,, wow
NOAA Fisheries jobs are to be posted soon. New questions are now required to be answered by all applicants, see below
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...
January 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Um,,, wow
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This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
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An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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A plea from an editor:
postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍
postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍
January 20, 2026 at 1:51 PM
A plea from an editor:
postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍
postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍
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Submit your application for the Graduate Student Conservation Research Awards by Jan 26
🏆 One or more awards totaling $1,000 to support the best graduate student research proposal(s) addressing at least one of the following criteria (1/3)
🏆 One or more awards totaling $1,000 to support the best graduate student research proposal(s) addressing at least one of the following criteria (1/3)
January 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Submit your application for the Graduate Student Conservation Research Awards by Jan 26
🏆 One or more awards totaling $1,000 to support the best graduate student research proposal(s) addressing at least one of the following criteria (1/3)
🏆 One or more awards totaling $1,000 to support the best graduate student research proposal(s) addressing at least one of the following criteria (1/3)
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Reminder that abstract submissions for #2026SFS close Friday, Jan 16th. We can't wait to see everyone is Spokane!
💻Abstract submission and registration for #2026SFS May 7-21 in Spokane, WA, USA are now open!
💧Submit your work for exciting contributed and special sessions
📆Abstract submissions are open through Jan 16
💲Early registration rates are available through Mar 20
🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org/abstracts
💧Submit your work for exciting contributed and special sessions
📆Abstract submissions are open through Jan 16
💲Early registration rates are available through Mar 20
🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org/abstracts
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Reminder that abstract submissions for #2026SFS close Friday, Jan 16th. We can't wait to see everyone is Spokane!