Alex
rhcalex.bsky.social
Alex
@rhcalex.bsky.social
Causal birder
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🧪 #scicomm “…thousands of years ago dogs played an indispensable role in human societies as crucial “biocultural packages” that moved with humans.”

theconversation.com/dogs-10-000-...
Dogs 10,000 years ago roamed with bands of humans and came in all shapes and sizes
Two new studies suggest the story of dogs and their relationship with humans is older and more complex than once thought.
theconversation.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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-Oct 18, more than 7 million Americans stand up and stand together.

-Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places.

-Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Wow this is wild 🤯

🧪🎢⚛️🧬
Jamming avoidance response - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Even if it all stopped tomorrow, I don't think the damage that's been done can be repaired in my lifetime. But at least we could start. Instead, tomorrow will be worse.
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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The absurd disregard that @albomp.bsky.social has for environmental protection and a safe climate
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
nope, sorry it was a misdial
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Everything I know about legal formalism I learned from It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
October 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Wow this is beautiful!
I'm so proud to announce my most ambitious pin to date: a miniature guide to the trees of Britain (and lots of Europe)!

Available now from my Etsy: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4386...
October 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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📢 New Webinar Oct 14!
Corbicula fluminea arrives in 🇳🇿: first record, pathways & impacts.

Join Dr Deborah Hofstra for insights on biosecurity, management & long-term effects.

🕗 8PM NZST | 9AM BST | 10AM CET
🔗 Register: aub.ie/bSALiV

#InvasiveSpecies #Biosecurity #Corbicula @guardias.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Drop whatever you’re doing and read the last 15 pages of this 161-page opinion. I’m serious.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Mainstream news gives wall-to-wall coverage to politics, halftime shows & social-media drama, but relegates mass species loss, poisoned water & collapsing ecosystems to an occasional CO₂-emissions story. That’s what passes for “environmental” reporting.
September 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Over the past decade, thousands of African gray parrots have been exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo despite a ban on their international trade.

The DRC government has finally taken action to prohibit the capture and sale of this iconic species.
DRC finally moves to protect African gray parrots from unsustainable trade
LUBUMBASHI, DRC — African gray parrot populations in the central and northern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo are declining. Data collected by patrols carried out by the Lukuru Foundation…
news.mongabay.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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How exciting!
In 2017, we discovered the whereabouts of the last known male #greatauk 👉 tinyurl.com/3nc8s74x

Now we’ve confirmed where the last female resides…
Spoiler: she’s at @cincymuseum.bsky.social!

Read the full story here 👉 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Arc'teryx teamed up with artist Cai Guoqiang for a fireworks show on the Himalayas, threatening the fragile and sensitive alpine ecosystem there. Due to online backlash, both parties have since pulled their videos of the event.

I haven’t seen non-Chinese media reporting on this!!
#environment
喜馬拉雅山放煙花?戶外品牌始祖鳥與蔡國強藝術宣傳遭網民鬧爆
9月19日,戶外品牌始祖鳥以致敬自然為目的,聯手藝術家蔡國強在喜馬拉雅山脈處江孜熱龍開啟藝術項目「升龍」,以三幕煙花在山脊間點燃,呼應龍文化
https://www.hk01.com/大國小事/60278389/喜馬拉雅山放煙花-戶外品牌始祖鳥與蔡國強藝術宣傳遭網民鬧爆
September 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Nitrate contamination of groundwater in the Ashburton-Rakaia plains

SA Hayward, Carl R Hanson

Environment Canterbury, 2004!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Three recent investigations have revealed nitrate contamination in groundwater in the Ashburton-Rakaia plains."

scholar.google.com/scholar?q=ca...
scholar.google.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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❤️❤️❤️ these posters in the Geology building at UC Riverside ❤️❤️❤️

Seriously, why aren't we putting messages like these everywhere? I'd happily chip in some pro-NSF and pro-NIH billboards? 🧪
September 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Losing my goddamned mind.

We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
September 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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This tactic - pressuring corporations financially until they put a regime friendly voice in charge - is exactly how Orbán took over the free press in Hungary
Lord save us:

"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
The Bari Market
With Paramount securely in his pocket, David Ellison is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told.
puck.news
September 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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About 30% of the National Forest System would be affected by the change.

eos.org/research-and...
USDA Moves to Rescind Roadless Rule Protecting 45 Million Acres of Wild Area - Eos
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects about 45 million acres (182,000 square kilometers) of National Forest System ...
eos.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Since 2010, in SSH we have isidore.science (we are prepared).
ISIDORE | isidore.science
Votre assistant de recherche en Sciences Humaines et Sociales
isidore.science
August 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Do I know anyone on here who might find it useful to predict hatching dates from birds eggs? Please reach out if you're open to help me develop ovotime.com to include more species, and to expand with more detailed #oology features! #phenology #seabirds #ornithology 🌍🧪
Ovotime
Ovotime is a tool for predicting the hatching time of skua eggs based on their mass, length, breadth, and density.
ovotime.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM