@peter-kiffney.bsky.social
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If you’re working on it, I’ll sit on it
December 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If you’re working on it, I’ll sit on it
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Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica!
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica!
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
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December 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Sunderland's hatred of Newcastle runs so deep, they only put "visitors" and not their rivals' badge on the scoreboard 😭
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sunderland's hatred of Newcastle runs so deep, they only put "visitors" and not their rivals' badge on the scoreboard 😭
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Does anyone know where Kash Patel is? Are they trying to find a jacket for him again?
December 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Does anyone know where Kash Patel is? Are they trying to find a jacket for him again?
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Forget “immigrant”… I don’t think anyone in American history has taken more welfare than Elon Musk.
December 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Forget “immigrant”… I don’t think anyone in American history has taken more welfare than Elon Musk.
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One thing that’s bugged me about warblers is that there are so many species but so many of them look the same!
Apparently there’s been a lot of interbreeding between warblers and they’ve shared genes including color genes!
Apparently there’s been a lot of interbreeding between warblers and they’ve shared genes including color genes!
New paper out. If you like colorful birds, hybridization, and phylogenetics, read on! 🧵https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003501
A colorful legacy of hybridization in wood-warblers includes frequent sharing of carotenoid genes among species and genera
Introgression between species can shape evolutionary trajectories in important ways. This study of the entire family of the colorful wood-warblers (Parulidae) uses whole-genome sequencing to reveal fr...
doi.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
One thing that’s bugged me about warblers is that there are so many species but so many of them look the same!
Apparently there’s been a lot of interbreeding between warblers and they’ve shared genes including color genes!
Apparently there’s been a lot of interbreeding between warblers and they’ve shared genes including color genes!
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All the threats from Trump and his henchmen to Republican state senators in Indiana failed. Mid-decade gerrymandering rejected. This is no small thing. Maybe some other Republicans will finally start to stand up to the Mob Boss.
December 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
All the threats from Trump and his henchmen to Republican state senators in Indiana failed. Mid-decade gerrymandering rejected. This is no small thing. Maybe some other Republicans will finally start to stand up to the Mob Boss.
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First Mike Pence, then ~20 IN State Senators, not cowed by Trump's death threats.
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
First Mike Pence, then ~20 IN State Senators, not cowed by Trump's death threats.
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
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BREAKING‼️ @rephaleystevens.bsky.social files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. for his actions as Health Secretary endangering American lives.
This is a huge victory in our fight. Take action with us! #ImpeachRFKJR #Impeachthequack
www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
This is a huge victory in our fight. Take action with us! #ImpeachRFKJR #Impeachthequack
www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
BREAKING‼️ @rephaleystevens.bsky.social files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. for his actions as Health Secretary endangering American lives.
This is a huge victory in our fight. Take action with us! #ImpeachRFKJR #Impeachthequack
www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
This is a huge victory in our fight. Take action with us! #ImpeachRFKJR #Impeachthequack
www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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12 FBI agents who were fired this year for taking a knee during racial justice protests in 2020 are suing the Bureau and Kash Patel, alleging unlawful retaliation.
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
12 FBI agents who were fired this year for taking a knee during racial justice protests in 2020 are suing the Bureau and Kash Patel, alleging unlawful retaliation.
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Now that Vanity Fair dropped Nuzzi can we have Teen Vogue back?
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Now that Vanity Fair dropped Nuzzi can we have Teen Vogue back?
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At one point or another, we're all going to need to see a doctor.
But our health care system remains unaffordable, inaccessible, and deeply dysfunctional. It is unacceptable.
That’s why a strong majority of Americans agree: We need Medicare for All.
But our health care system remains unaffordable, inaccessible, and deeply dysfunctional. It is unacceptable.
That’s why a strong majority of Americans agree: We need Medicare for All.
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
At one point or another, we're all going to need to see a doctor.
But our health care system remains unaffordable, inaccessible, and deeply dysfunctional. It is unacceptable.
That’s why a strong majority of Americans agree: We need Medicare for All.
But our health care system remains unaffordable, inaccessible, and deeply dysfunctional. It is unacceptable.
That’s why a strong majority of Americans agree: We need Medicare for All.
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Woohoo! Cover photo AND article
The December cover star of "Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment"—a young vervet monkey photographed by Graeme Cumming—illustrates Cumming’s study on “spillover effects” when protected species roam beyond park boundaries, bringing benefits and costs
Browse the full issue: tinyurl.com/2stvspyp
Browse the full issue: tinyurl.com/2stvspyp
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Woohoo! Cover photo AND article
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Join us for our latest Fire in Practice webinar on Wed 3rd Dec 2-3pm GMT, with Danny Manning and Beth Rose Middleton Manning, on
Indigenous-led prescribed burning in northern California
#Wildfires #Indigenous
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
Indigenous-led prescribed burning in northern California
#Wildfires #Indigenous
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
Fire in Practice - Indigenous-led prescribed burning in California
Join Danny Manning and Beth Rose Middleton Manning to discuss the return of cultural and Indigenous-led prescribed burning
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Join us for our latest Fire in Practice webinar on Wed 3rd Dec 2-3pm GMT, with Danny Manning and Beth Rose Middleton Manning, on
Indigenous-led prescribed burning in northern California
#Wildfires #Indigenous
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
Indigenous-led prescribed burning in northern California
#Wildfires #Indigenous
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
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h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Freshwater eels are critically important for the worldwide sushi industry, and some species have declined by more than 90% since the 1980s.
Eel populations are falling, and new protections were defeated. Japan and the US opposed them
Valuable eels are in decline all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to try to help stave off extinction.
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Freshwater eels are critically important for the worldwide sushi industry, and some species have declined by more than 90% since the 1980s.
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If you don’t know how close this race is, this was a previously +22 Republican district! It’s now a 2 point race and likely getting closer each day. If you have extra time to spare this holiday season, check out this chance to help flip a gerrymandered district in Tennessee. Let’s Flip This Seat!
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you don’t know how close this race is, this was a previously +22 Republican district! It’s now a 2 point race and likely getting closer each day. If you have extra time to spare this holiday season, check out this chance to help flip a gerrymandered district in Tennessee. Let’s Flip This Seat!
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Should ecologists be worried about the carbon footprint of their own use of “AI” and LLMs?
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The role of AI in ecology’s computational carbon footprint
Click on the article title to read more.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Should ecologists be worried about the carbon footprint of their own use of “AI” and LLMs?
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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As B.C.‘s climate changes and wildfires increase, Secwépemc firekeeper Joe Gilchrist wants to see the practice of prescribed burning expanded in the Interior.
An on-the-ground feature first shared by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social
thenarwhal.ca/cultural-bur...
An on-the-ground feature first shared by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social
thenarwhal.ca/cultural-bur...
Cultural burning is ‘a better way’: Secwépemc firekeeper | The Narwhal
As B.C. wildfires worsen, leading Secwépemc firekeeper Joe Gilchrist says cultural burning ‘needs to be multiplied hundreds of times’
thenarwhal.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As B.C.‘s climate changes and wildfires increase, Secwépemc firekeeper Joe Gilchrist wants to see the practice of prescribed burning expanded in the Interior.
An on-the-ground feature first shared by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social
thenarwhal.ca/cultural-bur...
An on-the-ground feature first shared by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social
thenarwhal.ca/cultural-bur...
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No offense @davidgura.bsky.social, but I’m paying more attention to Chelsea-Barcelona
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
No offense @davidgura.bsky.social, but I’m paying more attention to Chelsea-Barcelona
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If you’d just serve the people instead of the donor class, you wouldn’t need the donor class. A million $20 donors beats one $10M donor every time.
Schumer & Gillibrand facing mutiny from Dems over their outdated “corporate-friendly” playbook, refusal to back Zohran, etc.
Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you’d just serve the people instead of the donor class, you wouldn’t need the donor class. A million $20 donors beats one $10M donor every time.