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.
Reposted by David Kerstetter, Ph.D.
Your Daily Dose of Humanity...
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...
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...
gwenfilosa.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Your Daily Dose of Humanity...
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...
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...
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.
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.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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.
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.
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University of Delaware - Details - Post Doctoral Researcher, Marine Science and Policy
careers.udel.edu
October 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In case anyone is wondering: yes, exactly this.
Yes, I want my tax dollars going to feed and house people. Those are some of the best uses of my tax dollars, in fact.
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
In case anyone is wondering: yes, exactly this.
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siiiiiiiiiigh
In Remembrance of Dearly Departed Federal Datasets
All federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts, weakened by the loss of staff and expertise, contracts, and scientific advisory committees.
fas.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
siiiiiiiiiigh
Same principle applies to working waterfronts, which are rapidly disappearing in Florida -- Stock Island off Key West gentrified at a dizzying pace. Don't expect the freshest local seafood if you can't make space for commercial fishing boats.
“If you live in a 15 minute city but your barista can’t afford to live there too, you don’t live in a 15 minute city, you live in a theme park.“
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Same principle applies to working waterfronts, which are rapidly disappearing in Florida -- Stock Island off Key West gentrified at a dizzying pace. Don't expect the freshest local seafood if you can't make space for commercial fishing boats.
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The dark truth behind FormatMyPaper.com
Beware giving this site your unpublished data
Users noticed the website had fake testimonials and a domain name registered seemingly overnight.
https://ubadah.substack.com/p/beware-giving-this-site-your-unpublished\
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The dark truth behind FormatMyPaper.com
“Singles” is always my Gen X go-to. @pearljam.com @screamingtrees.bsky.social and Jane’s
Addiction, amongst so many others.
I still wonder sometimes about what Mother Love Bone could’ve done.
Addiction, amongst so many others.
I still wonder sometimes about what Mother Love Bone could’ve done.
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“Singles” is always my Gen X go-to. @pearljam.com @screamingtrees.bsky.social and Jane’s
Addiction, amongst so many others.
I still wonder sometimes about what Mother Love Bone could’ve done.
Addiction, amongst so many others.
I still wonder sometimes about what Mother Love Bone could’ve done.
Someone signed off on this… and that person absolutely knew what permits and other approvals were (or weren’t) given. I have to wonder at this point whether Presidential pardons are simply part of the contact.
October 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Someone signed off on this… and that person absolutely knew what permits and other approvals were (or weren’t) given. I have to wonder at this point whether Presidential pardons are simply part of the contact.
The Department of Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill is searching for an organismal biologist whose research is focused on resilience.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Assistant Professor (Organismal Biologist)
The Department of Biology at UNC Chapel Hill will employ a tenure-track position in Organismal Biology at the Assistant Professor level.The Assistant Professor studies resilience using the organism as...
unc.peopleadmin.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Department of Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill is searching for an organismal biologist whose research is focused on resilience.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Evergreen these days.
Critical thinking skills matter.
Critical thinking skills matter.
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Evergreen these days.
Critical thinking skills matter.
Critical thinking skills matter.
I hope that the lasting legacy of this Congress will be that it -- and it's "leaders" -- has completely abdicated and intentionally "forgotten" that the Branch was Article I of the Constitution for a very specific reason, especially regarding the Presidency.
I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I hope that the lasting legacy of this Congress will be that it -- and it's "leaders" -- has completely abdicated and intentionally "forgotten" that the Branch was Article I of the Constitution for a very specific reason, especially regarding the Presidency.
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I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
October 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
The only way the math works on this unwanted, niche-application product is through massive government spending, not private market profit margins.
Everyone’s putting the puzzle pieces together now regarding political spending by Musk, Thiel, et al. now, right?
Everyone’s putting the puzzle pieces together now regarding political spending by Musk, Thiel, et al. now, right?
I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.
The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...
The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...
AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought
An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.
futurism.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The only way the math works on this unwanted, niche-application product is through massive government spending, not private market profit margins.
Everyone’s putting the puzzle pieces together now regarding political spending by Musk, Thiel, et al. now, right?
Everyone’s putting the puzzle pieces together now regarding political spending by Musk, Thiel, et al. now, right?
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Sending support and solidarity to my friends and colleagues in the USGS, NOAA, NSF, NPS, State, and Energy.
October 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Sending support and solidarity to my friends and colleagues in the USGS, NOAA, NSF, NPS, State, and Energy.
For my aquatic science colleagues, an "Assistant Professor - Aquatic Biology" faculty position opening in Georgia: bit.ly/4mUpBrG
October 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
For my aquatic science colleagues, an "Assistant Professor - Aquatic Biology" faculty position opening in Georgia: bit.ly/4mUpBrG
Bravo, @theoatmeal.bsky.social, and thank you.
This extended take on the value of AI "art" (incl. writing) by @theoatmeal.bsky.social is so very good, and it taps into pretty much every objection I have:
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
Also, every new writer, PLEASE listen to this by Ira Glass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=91FQ...
Embrace the Gap.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
Also, every new writer, PLEASE listen to this by Ira Glass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=91FQ...
Embrace the Gap.
October 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Bravo, @theoatmeal.bsky.social, and thank you.
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The American Fisheries Society extends our support to the furloughed fisheries and aquatics professionals affected by the U.S. federal government shutdown. Read our full statement on the shutdown and its impacts on natural resources here fisheries.org/2025/10/afs-...
October 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The American Fisheries Society extends our support to the furloughed fisheries and aquatics professionals affected by the U.S. federal government shutdown. Read our full statement on the shutdown and its impacts on natural resources here fisheries.org/2025/10/afs-...
So tired of all the ICE commercials during college and NFL football. Much like AI, the more aggressive the marketing, the worse the product.
Proudly serving in federal LE shouldn’t require hiding behind masks. I’ve hope that public sentiment is finally filtering through to their hiring shortfalls.
Proudly serving in federal LE shouldn’t require hiding behind masks. I’ve hope that public sentiment is finally filtering through to their hiring shortfalls.
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
So tired of all the ICE commercials during college and NFL football. Much like AI, the more aggressive the marketing, the worse the product.
Proudly serving in federal LE shouldn’t require hiding behind masks. I’ve hope that public sentiment is finally filtering through to their hiring shortfalls.
Proudly serving in federal LE shouldn’t require hiding behind masks. I’ve hope that public sentiment is finally filtering through to their hiring shortfalls.
Benjamin Franklin once said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Higher Ed forgets this truism at its peril.
Higher Ed forgets this truism at its peril.
“The administration is inviting universities to voluntarily put on a yoke and hand it the keys.“
From @kevincarey1.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
From @kevincarey1.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
www.theatlantic.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Benjamin Franklin once said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Higher Ed forgets this truism at its peril.
Higher Ed forgets this truism at its peril.
I really, really don't like this timeline... RIP, Dr Goodall.
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I really, really don't like this timeline... RIP, Dr Goodall.
Well said, @sjcfishy.bsky.social.
Best thoughts to all my fed colleagues, and please reach out if there’s anything I can do to assist.
Best thoughts to all my fed colleagues, and please reach out if there’s anything I can do to assist.
Thinking about all of my US colleagues today that work for USGS, USFWS, US Parks Service, NOAA and the EPA. From front line environmental practitioners to scientists and policy makers, these folks ensure that waters are swimmable, fish are edible, that natural areas are accessible, etc, etc, etc.
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Well said, @sjcfishy.bsky.social.
Best thoughts to all my fed colleagues, and please reach out if there’s anything I can do to assist.
Best thoughts to all my fed colleagues, and please reach out if there’s anything I can do to assist.
Yes, but with the sinking feeling that even if we (as a country) get through a temporary furlough, all the good, experienced folks we’ve nurtured for decades will be gone.
We need SCOTUS-proof — CJ Roberts-proof — federal employment agreements.
We need SCOTUS-proof — CJ Roberts-proof — federal employment agreements.
staying up until midnight to see if we still have a functioning government like some sort of twisted NYE
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Yes, but with the sinking feeling that even if we (as a country) get through a temporary furlough, all the good, experienced folks we’ve nurtured for decades will be gone.
We need SCOTUS-proof — CJ Roberts-proof — federal employment agreements.
We need SCOTUS-proof — CJ Roberts-proof — federal employment agreements.
This is the point all the major media outlets are (intentionally?) missing. SCOTUS has deemed the Impoundment Act irrelevant, so what options remain?
Why would any legislator vote for a budget the executive will ignore?
In that situation, a yes vote conveys one thing and nothing else: validation for the White House’s blatantly unconstitutional actions.
In that situation, a yes vote conveys one thing and nothing else: validation for the White House’s blatantly unconstitutional actions.
The White House is canceling food research funding popular with the GOP despite budget chief Russell Vought's promise to leave that money untouched.
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is the point all the major media outlets are (intentionally?) missing. SCOTUS has deemed the Impoundment Act irrelevant, so what options remain?
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September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM