Erika Barthelmess
@porcupinedoc.bsky.social
Ecologist | Porcupines | Forests | Mammals | Conservation | Camera trapper | R stats | Professor
Direct Nature Up North project (https://natureupnorth.org)
She/her/hers.
Also @porcupinedoc@ecoevo.social
My research group: @SLUMammalCrew.bsky.social
Direct Nature Up North project (https://natureupnorth.org)
She/her/hers.
Also @porcupinedoc@ecoevo.social
My research group: @SLUMammalCrew.bsky.social
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Open Season on hunting Black People, I guess.
“Federal prosecutors in D.C. have been instructed not to seek felony charges against people who are carrying rifles or shotguns in [DC], regardless of the strength of the evidence, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and an email reviewed by [WaPo].” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pirro’s office won’t pursue gun charges over carrying rifles, shotguns
A statement from Pirro on Tuesday said D.C.’s blanket prohibition on carrying shotguns or rifles “is clearly a violation of the Supreme Court’s holdings.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Open Season on hunting Black People, I guess.
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Its gonna be rough out there for us. Please be extra super careful, y’all.
August 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Its gonna be rough out there for us. Please be extra super careful, y’all.
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"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
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here’s the paper that investigated the otter predation on lil sturgies - when going out to find tags researchers were lead to otter latrines, where they had pooped out sturgeon tags after eating them 😩
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
cdnsciencepub.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
here’s the paper that investigated the otter predation on lil sturgies - when going out to find tags researchers were lead to otter latrines, where they had pooped out sturgeon tags after eating them 😩
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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These bills are another cruel attempt by Montana Republicans to harass trans people. These bills do not make women safe. They merely infringe on the privacy rights of trans Montanans & endanger us as we live our lives in public.
Like 2023's SB 458, I expect this bills to be deemed unconstitutional.
Like 2023's SB 458, I expect this bills to be deemed unconstitutional.
The Montana Bathroom ban is signed into law.
Gianforte thanked the Alliance Defending Freedom and Riley Gaines in his address.
This makes it against the law for trans people to use the bathroom in the airport, parks, the capitol building, and more.
It also impacts me and my wife Zooey personally.
Gianforte thanked the Alliance Defending Freedom and Riley Gaines in his address.
This makes it against the law for trans people to use the bathroom in the airport, parks, the capitol building, and more.
It also impacts me and my wife Zooey personally.
March 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
These bills are another cruel attempt by Montana Republicans to harass trans people. These bills do not make women safe. They merely infringe on the privacy rights of trans Montanans & endanger us as we live our lives in public.
Like 2023's SB 458, I expect this bills to be deemed unconstitutional.
Like 2023's SB 458, I expect this bills to be deemed unconstitutional.
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Good thing polio isn't as transmissible as measles
March 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Good thing polio isn't as transmissible as measles
Fell behind on #2025mmm. So glad I can come here to catch up!
a polar bear laying in the snow with its head in the dirt
Alt: a polar bear laying in the snow with its head in the dirt
media.tenor.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Fell behind on #2025mmm. So glad I can come here to catch up!
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Federal Judge Royce Lamberth ruled the continued operation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was "in the public interest" and froze White House plans to shut it down.
By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
Judge freezes Trump plan to dismantle Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Federal Judge Royce Lamberth ruled the continued operation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was "in the public interest" and froze White House plans to shut it down.
www.npr.org
March 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Federal Judge Royce Lamberth ruled the continued operation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was "in the public interest" and froze White House plans to shut it down.
By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
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Ocelotl, Aztec warrior in the land of the dead, for a short film I am making
February 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ocelotl, Aztec warrior in the land of the dead, for a short film I am making
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Some #goodnews for your week: Geothermal energy project from the South Side non-profit Blacks for Green could heat and cool Chicago.
(Reminds me of one of my favorite @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social short stories).
#innovation #climate
techxplore.com/news/2025-03...
(Reminds me of one of my favorite @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social short stories).
#innovation #climate
techxplore.com/news/2025-03...
Clean geothermal energy to heat and cool Chicago homes: 'An example for the entire country'
You can heat homes with gas, propane, oil or electricity. Or you can make use of the virtually endless supply of clean energy that lies right beneath your feet.
techxplore.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Some #goodnews for your week: Geothermal energy project from the South Side non-profit Blacks for Green could heat and cool Chicago.
(Reminds me of one of my favorite @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social short stories).
#innovation #climate
techxplore.com/news/2025-03...
(Reminds me of one of my favorite @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social short stories).
#innovation #climate
techxplore.com/news/2025-03...
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What's driving the Trump administration? Evil or incompetent? Krugman's answer of both sounds about right paulkrugman.substack.com/p/incompeten...
March 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What's driving the Trump administration? Evil or incompetent? Krugman's answer of both sounds about right paulkrugman.substack.com/p/incompeten...
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If people are talking about anything else, they need to stop and focus on this.
Trump just signed an executive order banning vote by mail and ordering the defunding of any state that does not follow through with it as well as engage in massive voter roll purges.
There won't be free and fair elections ever again. If you're waiting for 2026, it's already too late.
There won't be free and fair elections ever again. If you're waiting for 2026, it's already too late.
March 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If people are talking about anything else, they need to stop and focus on this.
This is a horrible, horrible decision by the current administration. Pretending climate change isn't real and failing to collect data about it will not make it go away.
This is the gold standard measure of atmospheric carbon, the one you see in almost every chart that tracks emissions.
The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
March 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is a horrible, horrible decision by the current administration. Pretending climate change isn't real and failing to collect data about it will not make it go away.
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A tiny population of red wolves remain in the wild. A multi-million dollar highway crossing approved in December would have provided a critical lifeline for the species.
But then, Trump got in the way.
@bengoldfarb.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
But then, Trump got in the way.
@bengoldfarb.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
Less than 20 red wolves remain in the wild. We had a plan to save them.
Then Trump got in the way.
www.vox.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A tiny population of red wolves remain in the wild. A multi-million dollar highway crossing approved in December would have provided a critical lifeline for the species.
But then, Trump got in the way.
@bengoldfarb.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
But then, Trump got in the way.
@bengoldfarb.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
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It's cruel before coffee, but y'all deserve to hear the truth about nature and the sad lack of carnage that sometimes plagues #2025MMM
While folks are waiting, we made a little video for you. #2025MMM
March 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It's cruel before coffee, but y'all deserve to hear the truth about nature and the sad lack of carnage that sometimes plagues #2025MMM
Well I just want to make clear that you and the whole #2025mmm team do a freaking FABULOUS job. Thank you, all!
I just want to make clear, my 4th wall break was about EMAILS from people I have never interacted with, angry at me that there wasn't enough carnage on opening night... even though opponents are overwhelmingly lopsided so RUN AWAY, then demanding that I do things more like a video game. #2025MMM
a woman is sitting at a desk with the words warmest regards written on the bottom
ALT: a woman is sitting at a desk with the words warmest regards written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Well I just want to make clear that you and the whole #2025mmm team do a freaking FABULOUS job. Thank you, all!
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Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
March 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Thinking about this one in relatiin to humans, hmm. #2025MMM
Normally such near-evenly matched mustelids would avoid a battle- too much risk of serious injury!
Indeed, otters are adapted *to avoid competition* by fishing waterways not typically used by other mustelids in their environments...
(Bonesi et al. 2004; Powell & Zielinski 1983) #2025MMM
Indeed, otters are adapted *to avoid competition* by fishing waterways not typically used by other mustelids in their environments...
(Bonesi et al. 2004; Powell & Zielinski 1983) #2025MMM
March 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Thinking about this one in relatiin to humans, hmm. #2025MMM
Woot!
March 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Woot!
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#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamQuokka Art by Mary C Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
March 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamQuokka Art by Mary C Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
C’mon little quokka - help me out here!
NEXT UP: #7 seed MARSH MONGOOSE (Atilax paludinosus) vs. #10 seed QUOKKA (Setonix brachyurus) #2025MMM (battle by @midwesternmouse.bsky.social)
March 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
C’mon little quokka - help me out here!
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NEXT UP: #7 seed MARSH MONGOOSE (Atilax paludinosus) vs. #10 seed QUOKKA (Setonix brachyurus) #2025MMM (battle by @midwesternmouse.bsky.social)
March 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
NEXT UP: #7 seed MARSH MONGOOSE (Atilax paludinosus) vs. #10 seed QUOKKA (Setonix brachyurus) #2025MMM (battle by @midwesternmouse.bsky.social)
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March 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM