David Kerstetter, Ph.D.
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David Kerstetter, Ph.D.
@fishguydave.bsky.social

NSU Fisheries & Avian Ecology Lab PI. Proud 3x W&M grad. Posts on non-biology topics too, especially regarding academia and enviro/ed politics. Opinions solely my own.

Environmental science 68%
Geography 17%

Looting the USG databases (via DOGE) was goal one. Looting Treasury was goal two.

The memes write themselves at this point, FFS.
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Importantly for future prosecutions, this also establishes that they knew of the legal question regarding these strikes… yet did them anyway.

The DoD and DOJ signers of these memos should all be disbarred when this is over.

That ruling gives HIM immunity, not those carrying out his orders. It’s only surprising that more senior officers don’t understand that distinction.

Should be an easy decision by the judge then to dismiss. DOJ losses need to be frequent, massive, and publicized.
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What a photograph.

“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”

Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Funny enough, I entered grad school at W&M in ‘95. Glad to hear you stepped out on that comedic limb.

Occam’s Razor explanation, which isn’t saying that it’s wrong.

One of my favorite county parks! Saw a bobcat one afternoon, and always tons of birds.

Neither are completely blameless, but one side has shown clear patterns of ignoring law (via recissions) and not honoring prior deals. With an honest opposition, this wouldn’t have at least lasted as long.

I'm old enough to remember when this happened before, and no-one really paid any penalty for it. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Government watchdog says Secret Service agents deleted Jan. 6 text messages
A government watchdog has found that Secret Service agents deleted text messages sent and received around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol after an inspector general requested them as part...
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A Key West restaurant is serving up free spaghetti sandwiches to those in need during these difficult times.

Another look at Key West life from @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social...
In a tough economy, Key West restaurant offers free 'spaghetti sandwiches.' No questions asked
A Key West restaurant owner has brought back the '“Spaghetti Sandwich” that she handed out for free during the early months of 2020, as workers struggled during the COVID-19 workplace and tourism shut...
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You do! Thanks for the info.

I do give Frontiers some credit for planning to include a statement with each article generated in part with AI. All journals should do so, IMO.

However, voluntarily giving them a lab dataset for them to use for generating a paper via their own AI engine? Absolutely the f*ck not.

While I appreciate the sentiment, there's a visual I REALLY didn't need... ew.

Funny that MSNBC is still saying, “too close to call.”

Maya Angelou: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

With apologies for generalities and stereotyping: women are looking for partners; men are looking for “partners.”

Not to mention, no-one trusts TFG not to do a recission on even any agreed-upon funding.

That seems… inefficient, at best? At least orcas eat white shark livers, arguably the most energetically valuable organ.

That’s not… dating.

Occam’s Razor… something, something

The Billionaires Have Spoken.

She, Tapper, Welker, and others are giving off this vibe lately… and it’s not a good look.

It’s well beyond time that we start asking questions to people like Norah O’Donnell as well.

Sure would be helpful to have a functioning State Department right now.

Also lost in this whole discussion is how SNAP helps support US agriculture -- you know, the farmers everyone's always saying we should focus on electorally.

Not to mention the persistent "Democrat" instead of the proper adjective of "Democratic." They do indeed know better, but "owning the libs" always wins for these assh*les.

TFG doesn’t understand these subtleties… but Miller surely does.

What’s interesting is that Sec State Rubio — who knows better — is apparently sidelined and certainly silent.

FFS, no-one ever “accidentally” does anything Nazi-like.