James Douglass
@jamesgdouglass.bsky.social
Marine ecologist, paddler, and windsurfer
When you go to the museum and find a picture you took. :D
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
When you go to the museum and find a picture you took. :D
New pub from colleagues and me shows that marine microbial communities in SW Florida are highly influenced by things like estuarine discharge, benthic-pelagic coupling, and hurricanes. www.mdpi.com/2673-964X/5/...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New pub from colleagues and me shows that marine microbial communities in SW Florida are highly influenced by things like estuarine discharge, benthic-pelagic coupling, and hurricanes. www.mdpi.com/2673-964X/5/...
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
New blog post commenting on late sea ice formation in Hudson Bay, Canada + the interesting geography / climatology involved in determining the boundaries of polar and temperate oceans. jimbodouglass.blogspot.com/2025/11/huds...
Hudson Bay - Where is the sea ice? + Polar/Temperate Ocean Boundaries
Hudson Bay in Canada is exceptionally late in icing up this year. The bay is interesting in normal times, too, as it's an extension of t...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New blog post commenting on late sea ice formation in Hudson Bay, Canada + the interesting geography / climatology involved in determining the boundaries of polar and temperate oceans. jimbodouglass.blogspot.com/2025/11/huds...
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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ICYMI: By me in January
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals
The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. therevelator.org/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals
The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. therevelator.org/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals • The Revelator
The waters around the U.S. are home to threatened species who need conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.
therevelator.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
ICYMI: By me in January
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals
The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. therevelator.org/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals
The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. therevelator.org/donald-trump...
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
Hosting a lavish, Great Gatsby themed party at Mar a Lago the same day he's cutting off food aid to 40 million needy citizens is definitely not "making America great again." Normal people need to get past red vs. blue and take the country back from these spoiled billionaires.
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hosting a lavish, Great Gatsby themed party at Mar a Lago the same day he's cutting off food aid to 40 million needy citizens is definitely not "making America great again." Normal people need to get past red vs. blue and take the country back from these spoiled billionaires.
DHS pouring out yikes-level propaganda. The reposting of John Gast's "American Progress" painting of buffalo and Indians fleeing a blonde giantess is particularly trashy. www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
DHS calls for defending American culture. That leaves some Latinos rattled
DHS's social media campaign promises to defend American identity and culture from an invasion. For many Latinos, it's a message that does not sit well.
www.npr.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
DHS pouring out yikes-level propaganda. The reposting of John Gast's "American Progress" painting of buffalo and Indians fleeing a blonde giantess is particularly trashy. www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
As a bike commuting environmentalist I LOVE seeing this trend. www.npr.org/2025/10/18/n...
Why more parents are riding cargo bikes, skipping the minivan
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
www.npr.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
As a bike commuting environmentalist I LOVE seeing this trend. www.npr.org/2025/10/18/n...
New (to me) paddleboard. A mistral equinox 14'x24.6". Good bit of nose rocker, pin tail, and recessed deck with drain holes. Should be great for downwind and decent in flatwater.
October 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New (to me) paddleboard. A mistral equinox 14'x24.6". Good bit of nose rocker, pin tail, and recessed deck with drain holes. Should be great for downwind and decent in flatwater.
Icing is great, but don't forget to include the cake.
October 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Icing is great, but don't forget to include the cake.
Let's NOT open fragile deep water coral reefs to destructive shrimp trawling. www.wptv.com/news/protect...
'Out of sight, out of mind': Scientists warn rare Florida reef could be destroyed again
This protected ecosystem off the coast of Fort Pierce now faces potential destruction as federal officials consider reopening parts of it to shrimp trawling after decades of restrictions.
www.wptv.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Let's NOT open fragile deep water coral reefs to destructive shrimp trawling. www.wptv.com/news/protect...
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A disturbed man and his fanatical advisors are making potentially life-threatening decisions on the basis of what he sees on television.
We should all be very concerned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-gets-and-processes-information
We should all be very concerned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-gets-and-processes-information
October 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A disturbed man and his fanatical advisors are making potentially life-threatening decisions on the basis of what he sees on television.
We should all be very concerned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-gets-and-processes-information
We should all be very concerned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-gets-and-processes-information
Professor pet peeve #127: When student turns in computer assignment as a grainy, uncropped photograph of his monitor, with like, dirty dorm room in the background, instead of just uploading the actual file from the computer like a civilized person.
October 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Professor pet peeve #127: When student turns in computer assignment as a grainy, uncropped photograph of his monitor, with like, dirty dorm room in the background, instead of just uploading the actual file from the computer like a civilized person.
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Nothing says America First like bailing out Argentina while making healthcare unaffordable for 20+ million Americans.
Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.
Folks, I think America First might be a scam.
Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.
Folks, I think America First might be a scam.
October 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Nothing says America First like bailing out Argentina while making healthcare unaffordable for 20+ million Americans.
Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.
Folks, I think America First might be a scam.
Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.
Folks, I think America First might be a scam.
This rainbow had faint extra stripes below purple. Not sure what the optical physics explanation is for those.
October 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This rainbow had faint extra stripes below purple. Not sure what the optical physics explanation is for those.
FGCU campus alligator. I like the abstract quality of the ripples on the water.
October 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
FGCU campus alligator. I like the abstract quality of the ripples on the water.
Great post on Calusa Waterkeeper about efforts to protect critically endangered smalltooth sawfish in SW Florida. Protecting natural shorelines (mangroves >> seawalls) is key. calusawaterkeeper.org/news/sawfish...
Sawfish as the “Canary in the Coal Mine” for the Caloosahatchee River - Calusa Waterkeeper
Sawfish as the “Canary in the Coal Mine” for the Caloosahatchee River - Important water quality news from around Southwest Florida and featuring Calusa Waterkeeper's advocacy.
calusawaterkeeper.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Great post on Calusa Waterkeeper about efforts to protect critically endangered smalltooth sawfish in SW Florida. Protecting natural shorelines (mangroves >> seawalls) is key. calusawaterkeeper.org/news/sawfish...
Very green looking oysters from a low salinity part of the Caloosahatchee. Ideas on the nature of the green color? It's more of a patina than a slime.
September 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Very green looking oysters from a low salinity part of the Caloosahatchee. Ideas on the nature of the green color? It's more of a patina than a slime.
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The majority of political violence comes from the far right, but we’re supposed to treat it as a “both sides” problem.
The majority of mass shooters are white males with extreme right wing ideologies, but we’re supposed to focus our outrage on the trans community and liberal colleges.
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The majority of mass shooters are white males with extreme right wing ideologies, but we’re supposed to focus our outrage on the trans community and liberal colleges.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The majority of political violence comes from the far right, but we’re supposed to treat it as a “both sides” problem.
The majority of mass shooters are white males with extreme right wing ideologies, but we’re supposed to focus our outrage on the trans community and liberal colleges.
1/3
The majority of mass shooters are white males with extreme right wing ideologies, but we’re supposed to focus our outrage on the trans community and liberal colleges.
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Do you agree with the Pope that the pay gaps between bosses and their workers have grown too wide?
Then sign our petition calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios for CEOs and workers: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...
Then sign our petition calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios for CEOs and workers: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...
September 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Do you agree with the Pope that the pay gaps between bosses and their workers have grown too wide?
Then sign our petition calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios for CEOs and workers: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...
Then sign our petition calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios for CEOs and workers: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
September 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
The DOJ floating the idea of a gun ban for trans people seems like a deliberate "controversy grenade" thrown to distract from the DOJ's ongoing refusal to release the Epstein files.
September 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The DOJ floating the idea of a gun ban for trans people seems like a deliberate "controversy grenade" thrown to distract from the DOJ's ongoing refusal to release the Epstein files.