Mystyn W. Mills PhD
@mystyn.bsky.social
Conservation Ecologist/Biogeographer. Assistant Professor @ California State University Long Beach. Opinions my own.
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Holy shit
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️
Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!
More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!
More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
March 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Holy shit
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The wildlife community is reeling from weeks of federal agency terminations and wondering what comes next. This article breaks down the recent executive orders and discusses how wildlifers can respond without compromising their values.
Learn more:
Learn more:
What the DOGE is happening? - The Wildlife Society
After weeks of federal agency layoffs—and more on the horizon—you may be wondering how we got here and what could happen next
wildlife.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The wildlife community is reeling from weeks of federal agency terminations and wondering what comes next. This article breaks down the recent executive orders and discusses how wildlifers can respond without compromising their values.
Learn more:
Learn more:
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Are you a scientist — or do you know someone — with federal funding who is making serious plans to leave the US so you can continue your research?
I'd love to talk with you for a story I'm working on.
I can guarantee you anonymity. Contact me securely on Signal: 3162958947
I'd love to talk with you for a story I'm working on.
I can guarantee you anonymity. Contact me securely on Signal: 3162958947
March 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Are you a scientist — or do you know someone — with federal funding who is making serious plans to leave the US so you can continue your research?
I'd love to talk with you for a story I'm working on.
I can guarantee you anonymity. Contact me securely on Signal: 3162958947
I'd love to talk with you for a story I'm working on.
I can guarantee you anonymity. Contact me securely on Signal: 3162958947
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️
Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!
More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!
More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
March 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️
Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!
More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!
More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
This guy ❤️🤍💙 great post live stream speech 👏👏👏
March 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
This guy ❤️🤍💙 great post live stream speech 👏👏👏
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Elon Musk’s DOGE is now requesting over $4 million from OPM for their “assistance.” Follow the money and see where it goes.
March 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Elon Musk’s DOGE is now requesting over $4 million from OPM for their “assistance.” Follow the money and see where it goes.
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National Parks 🏔️ Cost v Revenue (2023)
Cost to run: $3.6 Billion
Generated Revenue: $55.6 billion, a benefit to the nation's economy + over 415,000 jobs
Cost to run: $3.6 Billion
Generated Revenue: $55.6 billion, a benefit to the nation's economy + over 415,000 jobs
March 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
National Parks 🏔️ Cost v Revenue (2023)
Cost to run: $3.6 Billion
Generated Revenue: $55.6 billion, a benefit to the nation's economy + over 415,000 jobs
Cost to run: $3.6 Billion
Generated Revenue: $55.6 billion, a benefit to the nation's economy + over 415,000 jobs
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During his first administration, Donald Trump became the first US president in history to un-protect a protected area.
Trump Administration Eliminates Protections for Vast Ocean Monument — Experts React • The Revelator
Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities.
buff.ly
March 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
During his first administration, Donald Trump became the first US president in history to un-protect a protected area.
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March 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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My department at Uppsala university has just announced two open PhD positions: one in history of science and the other in history of ideas. We research, for example, colonial history of science, history of medicine, and intellectual history. Deadline: 8 April
March 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My department at Uppsala university has just announced two open PhD positions: one in history of science and the other in history of ideas. We research, for example, colonial history of science, history of medicine, and intellectual history. Deadline: 8 April
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“Farmers are on the front lines of climate change... Purging climate change web pages doesn’t make climate change go away. It just makes it harder for farmers to adapt.”
from @gristnews.bsky.social via @climatedesk.org
from @gristnews.bsky.social via @climatedesk.org
Growers who rely on climate data sue USDA for cutting off access
“Farmers are on the front lines," says one attorney, and axing web pages "doesn’t make climate change go away.”
www.motherjones.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“Farmers are on the front lines of climate change... Purging climate change web pages doesn’t make climate change go away. It just makes it harder for farmers to adapt.”
from @gristnews.bsky.social via @climatedesk.org
from @gristnews.bsky.social via @climatedesk.org
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Josh Marshall: An Economy and a Government are Not Like a Business talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/an-ec...
An Economy and a Government are Not Like a Business
One of the great truisms about economics is that people assume CEOs...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Josh Marshall: An Economy and a Government are Not Like a Business talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/an-ec...
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Donald Trump’s blitz on federal science agencies has increased the risk of #endangeredspecies going extinct, fired government experts have warned.
#conservation #wildlife
#conservation #wildlife
Trump purge raises extinction threat for endangered species, fired workers warn
Scientist sounds alarm over ‘canary in the coalmine’ species including beetles and spiders
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Donald Trump’s blitz on federal science agencies has increased the risk of #endangeredspecies going extinct, fired government experts have warned.
#conservation #wildlife
#conservation #wildlife
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Listen in to the Yale Climate Connections radio program featuring TWS member Elizabeth Znidersic, a postdoctoral researcher at Charles Sturt University, and her work using sound recorders to learn more about cryptic marsh birds.
Climate Connections features Elizabeth Znidersic - The Wildlife Society
The Yale radio program shared how sound can uncover clues about how birds respond to climatic events
wildlife.org
March 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Listen in to the Yale Climate Connections radio program featuring TWS member Elizabeth Znidersic, a postdoctoral researcher at Charles Sturt University, and her work using sound recorders to learn more about cryptic marsh birds.
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The Republicans on the Supreme Court get that they benefit from clean water too, right?
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down rules regulating the discharge of water pollution, narrowing the landmark Clean Water Act in an unusual case that featured sewage and an effort by one of the nation’s greenest cities to take on the Environmental Protection Agency.
Supreme Court strikes down EPA rules on discharge of water pollution
The justices found the EPA cannot impose generic prohibitions against violating water quality standards.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Republicans on the Supreme Court get that they benefit from clean water too, right?
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🧪🚨 NSF's Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) has halted making nearly all new awards since inauguration day.
Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience
Thread👇🧵
Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience
Thread👇🧵
March 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🧪🚨 NSF's Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) has halted making nearly all new awards since inauguration day.
Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience
Thread👇🧵
Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience
Thread👇🧵
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Late tonight, I will deliver a response to President Trump's Congressional Address.
NO to Oligarchy. NO to Authoritarianism. YES to Democracy and an economy that works for all.
I hope you'll join us.
NO to Oligarchy. NO to Authoritarianism. YES to Democracy and an economy that works for all.
I hope you'll join us.
March 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Late tonight, I will deliver a response to President Trump's Congressional Address.
NO to Oligarchy. NO to Authoritarianism. YES to Democracy and an economy that works for all.
I hope you'll join us.
NO to Oligarchy. NO to Authoritarianism. YES to Democracy and an economy that works for all.
I hope you'll join us.
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Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.
March 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.
Important read. Research is vitally important to our understanding of global change and for our future preparedness in the face of these changes. Firing scientists and defending programs that support research puts all of us at risk. Just because we won’t understand it doesn’t mean it will go away.
The world's strongest ocean current should be getting faster – instead, it is at risk of failing
Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems. Can we stop it weakening by 2050?
www.bbc.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Important read. Research is vitally important to our understanding of global change and for our future preparedness in the face of these changes. Firing scientists and defending programs that support research puts all of us at risk. Just because we won’t understand it doesn’t mean it will go away.
This is disturbing.
March 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is disturbing.
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On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
March 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
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WHERE WILL YOU BE IN 4 DAYS?
Stand Up for Science with us on March 7th, in DC & Nationwide!
☀️🌎🧪
Stand Up for Science with us on March 7th, in DC & Nationwide!
☀️🌎🧪
March 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
WHERE WILL YOU BE IN 4 DAYS?
Stand Up for Science with us on March 7th, in DC & Nationwide!
☀️🌎🧪
Stand Up for Science with us on March 7th, in DC & Nationwide!
☀️🌎🧪
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Why did I do this?
The short answer? Everyone is saying “someone should do something,” and I am someone.
The short answer? Everyone is saying “someone should do something,” and I am someone.
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Why did I do this?
The short answer? Everyone is saying “someone should do something,” and I am someone.
The short answer? Everyone is saying “someone should do something,” and I am someone.