Kelly Ireland
@kelly-ireland.bsky.social
Biologist (toxicology & micro focus), data analyst (air quality focus), nerd for data, stats, #rstats, and science communication. UAF Ph.D. candidate. Artist - primarily printmaking and jewelry making. Alaska. Views my own. stickleandpawdesign.com she/her
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Kelly Ireland
@kelly-ireland.bsky.social
· Nov 21
👋 I’m Kelly. I work as a data analyst & am a PhD candidate at the Univeristy of Alaska Fairbanks. My research focuses on interactions of threespine stickleback, crude oil, & microbes. I live in Alaska and am engaged to @Michael-Baker, who’s allowed me my life long dream of having ALL the dogs.
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Submissions page for #stickleback collection "Celebrating three decades of stickleback research in the Canadian Journal of Zoology" is up!
Deadline is March 30, 2026 🐟
cdnsciencepub.com/topic/cjz-st...
Deadline is March 30, 2026 🐟
cdnsciencepub.com/topic/cjz-st...
cdnsciencepub.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Submissions page for #stickleback collection "Celebrating three decades of stickleback research in the Canadian Journal of Zoology" is up!
Deadline is March 30, 2026 🐟
cdnsciencepub.com/topic/cjz-st...
Deadline is March 30, 2026 🐟
cdnsciencepub.com/topic/cjz-st...
Interesting read about Daphnia evolution after rewilding of stickleback. The paper is part of a larger collaborative research project on ecology & evolution post reintroduction. I did 3 field seasons on another sub-project examining effects on gut microbiome of stickleback.
Experimental rewilding of stickleback drives phenotypic shifts that oppose long-term evolutionary trajectories in Daphnia in Alaskan lakes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.15.682675v1
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Interesting read about Daphnia evolution after rewilding of stickleback. The paper is part of a larger collaborative research project on ecology & evolution post reintroduction. I did 3 field seasons on another sub-project examining effects on gut microbiome of stickleback.
“Maybe most painfully, she said, her freezer full of subsistence food — walrus, seal, fish, birds, berries — is spoiled.
That food represents “a lot of hard work,” she said.”
That food represents “a lot of hard work,” she said.”
This weekend's unprecedented coastal storm resulted in at least one fatality and displaced more than 1,400 people. Troopers have suspended the active search for two men missing from the village of Kwigillingok.
‘No home to go to’: Hundreds of evacuees need shelter as catastrophic Western Alaska storm empties inundated villages
Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday that they have suspended the active search for two men missing from Kwigillingok, one of the hardest-hit communities. The men are related to the storm’s lone confirm...
www.adn.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Maybe most painfully, she said, her freezer full of subsistence food — walrus, seal, fish, birds, berries — is spoiled.
That food represents “a lot of hard work,” she said.”
That food represents “a lot of hard work,” she said.”
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Q&A: What made this storm unusual, why Western Alaska is so vulnerable, and the monumental challenges facing villagers. Via @us.theconversation.com
Flooded Alaska villages face a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience
Everything is 100 times more complicated when it comes to building — and rebuilding — in remote Alaska communities.
www.adn.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Q&A: What made this storm unusual, why Western Alaska is so vulnerable, and the monumental challenges facing villagers. Via @us.theconversation.com
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{colorfindr} - Create color palettes from images in R: github.com/zumbov2/colo...
#RStats bookmark from the old Twitter. Courtesy @annahenschel.bsky.social
#RStats bookmark from the old Twitter. Courtesy @annahenschel.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
{colorfindr} - Create color palettes from images in R: github.com/zumbov2/colo...
#RStats bookmark from the old Twitter. Courtesy @annahenschel.bsky.social
#RStats bookmark from the old Twitter. Courtesy @annahenschel.bsky.social
Love this Alaskan centric comic about using air quality index (AQI) to make air quality related health decisions. Comic created by JUst Solutions to Impacts of Climate Exposures for Health in Alaska (JUSTICE-HIA) project team. For the full guide see alaskawildfires.org #airquality
September 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Love this Alaskan centric comic about using air quality index (AQI) to make air quality related health decisions. Comic created by JUst Solutions to Impacts of Climate Exposures for Health in Alaska (JUSTICE-HIA) project team. For the full guide see alaskawildfires.org #airquality
You can exclude Google AI results from Google searches by adding “-ai” at the end of your search in case you were wondering.
June 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You can exclude Google AI results from Google searches by adding “-ai” at the end of your search in case you were wondering.
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Live in Alaska and wonder what your current air quality is, especially with all the wildfires in the Interior and across the border in Canada? Check out Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s real-time air quality index map. experience.arcgis.com/experience/8...
June 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Live in Alaska and wonder what your current air quality is, especially with all the wildfires in the Interior and across the border in Canada? Check out Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s real-time air quality index map. experience.arcgis.com/experience/8...
Anyone know what this beach find is? Found it near Pasagshak River State Recreational Site in Kodiak, Alaska.
June 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyone know what this beach find is? Found it near Pasagshak River State Recreational Site in Kodiak, Alaska.
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From egg to hatchling!
Swipe through the larval development of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Swipe through the larval development of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
June 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
From egg to hatchling!
Swipe through the larval development of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Swipe through the larval development of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
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“Historically, no one lived past age 35”
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
There Were Still Old People When Life Expectancy Was 35.
A demography myth that won't die
jenndowd.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“Historically, no one lived past age 35”
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
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Nonproducing oil and gas wells in Canada may leak 7 times more methane than official estimates suggest, according to new research from McGill University. eos.org/articles/non...
Nonproducing Oil Wells May Be Emitting 7 Times More Methane Than We Thought - Eos
A study measured methane flow from more than 450 nonproducing wells across Canada, but thousands more remain unevaluated.
eos.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Nonproducing oil and gas wells in Canada may leak 7 times more methane than official estimates suggest, according to new research from McGill University. eos.org/articles/non...
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The National Science Foundation budget proposal would be a devastating blow to American science. 240,000 fewer people would be involved in federally-funded science in fiscal year 2026, according to estimates in the document.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
May 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The National Science Foundation budget proposal would be a devastating blow to American science. 240,000 fewer people would be involved in federally-funded science in fiscal year 2026, according to estimates in the document.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
Just created a stickleback feed so it’s easy to see what other Bluesky users are saying about stickleback in one feed. The post just needs to include the word stickleback in it, even if it’s just in image alt text.
ehttps://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rtgmt535jxnnvolguctkalcy/feed/aaacekwe4gzdk
ehttps://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rtgmt535jxnnvolguctkalcy/feed/aaacekwe4gzdk
May 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just created a stickleback feed so it’s easy to see what other Bluesky users are saying about stickleback in one feed. The post just needs to include the word stickleback in it, even if it’s just in image alt text.
ehttps://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rtgmt535jxnnvolguctkalcy/feed/aaacekwe4gzdk
ehttps://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rtgmt535jxnnvolguctkalcy/feed/aaacekwe4gzdk
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In his latest #LandslideBlog, @davepetley.bsky.social shares reliable resources re: the catastrophic Birch Glacier collapse, as well as important issues on its scope and possible continuing threats to the area. It's a great read. eos.org/thelandslide...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3xm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3xm...
Massiver Gletscherabbruch
YouTube video by Pomona Media
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In his latest #LandslideBlog, @davepetley.bsky.social shares reliable resources re: the catastrophic Birch Glacier collapse, as well as important issues on its scope and possible continuing threats to the area. It's a great read. eos.org/thelandslide...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3xm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3xm...
@archive.org wayback machine is an amazing resource for finding webpages that have been taken down. You can even archive pages that are live now if you’re worried they might change or be taken down.
May 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@archive.org wayback machine is an amazing resource for finding webpages that have been taken down. You can even archive pages that are live now if you’re worried they might change or be taken down.
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"Systems Based on Slavery Aren't Meant to Last" acrylic on canvas by Alison Bremner, inspired by the disproportionate Alaska Native/Native American incarceration rates. See more of her work here (steinbruecknativegal...). Via Steinbrueck Native Galley. #alaskahistory #alaska
May 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Systems Based on Slavery Aren't Meant to Last" acrylic on canvas by Alison Bremner, inspired by the disproportionate Alaska Native/Native American incarceration rates. See more of her work here (steinbruecknativegal...). Via Steinbrueck Native Galley. #alaskahistory #alaska
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Some basic facts about international students, who they are and who they are not
Please pass on the message
@shashikalb.bsky.social
Please pass on the message
@shashikalb.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Some basic facts about international students, who they are and who they are not
Please pass on the message
@shashikalb.bsky.social
Please pass on the message
@shashikalb.bsky.social
Found an old photo of this polycephalic threespine stickleback egg that was in one of my clutches a few years ago. Polycephaly means having more than one head, in this case with two heads the stickleback is considered bicephalic. This defect happened prior to any experimental treatment. #stickleback
May 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Found an old photo of this polycephalic threespine stickleback egg that was in one of my clutches a few years ago. Polycephaly means having more than one head, in this case with two heads the stickleback is considered bicephalic. This defect happened prior to any experimental treatment. #stickleback
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NEW: Judge Burroughs GRANTS Harvard's requested TRO against the Trump administration, blocking it from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll international students during early court proceedings.
![ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S
MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
For purposes of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b), the President and Fellows of
Harvard College ("Plaintiff") has made a sufficient showing that it has provided notice to
Defendants Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Todd Lyons, Department of Justice, Pamela Bondi, Student and Exchange Visitor
Program, Jim Hicks, Department of State, and Marco Rubio (collectively, "Defendants") and that, unless its Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO"), [ECF No. 4 (the "Motion")],
is granted, it will sustain immediate and irreparable injury before there is an opportunity to hear
from all parties. Thus, a TRO is justified to preserve the status quo pending a hearing and the Plaintiff's Motion is GRANTED.
Accordingly, Defendants, their agents, and anyone acting in concert or participation with
Defendants are hereby enjoined from:
A. Implementing,
instituting, maintaining, or giving effect to the revocation of
Plaintiff's SEVP certification;
B. Giving any force or effect to the Department of Homeland Security's May 22, 2025
Revocation Notice.
It is so ordered
May 23, 2025
/s/Allison D. Burroughs
ALLISON D. BURROUGHS
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreia7vrbgysbi63xvkk4tgae3i44rjcziklvgi5dxoj2y7liaquhydy@jpeg)
May 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
NEW: Judge Burroughs GRANTS Harvard's requested TRO against the Trump administration, blocking it from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll international students during early court proceedings.
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Another building block in the American Panopticon — combining all private data with all government data
The Trump administration is building a central online marketplace for the Intelligence Community to buy private information about individuals from unregulated data brokers — coming soon to www.icdata.gov
theintercept.com/2025/05/22/i...
theintercept.com/2025/05/22/i...
U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data
The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.
theintercept.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Another building block in the American Panopticon — combining all private data with all government data
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⚖️🍿 Alright, let’s do it.
Live-tweeting oral arguments on a motion for preliminary injunction in APHA v NIH.
Hearing starts at 11a EDT today
This is scheduled to be an argument about whether the Court should reinstate terminated NIH grants on topics like DEI, trans health, HIV prevention. But...
Live-tweeting oral arguments on a motion for preliminary injunction in APHA v NIH.
Hearing starts at 11a EDT today
This is scheduled to be an argument about whether the Court should reinstate terminated NIH grants on topics like DEI, trans health, HIV prevention. But...
May 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
⚖️🍿 Alright, let’s do it.
Live-tweeting oral arguments on a motion for preliminary injunction in APHA v NIH.
Hearing starts at 11a EDT today
This is scheduled to be an argument about whether the Court should reinstate terminated NIH grants on topics like DEI, trans health, HIV prevention. But...
Live-tweeting oral arguments on a motion for preliminary injunction in APHA v NIH.
Hearing starts at 11a EDT today
This is scheduled to be an argument about whether the Court should reinstate terminated NIH grants on topics like DEI, trans health, HIV prevention. But...