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Bonanza Creek LTER is seeking a post-doctoral fellow! The position focuses on synthesizing long-term ecological data to study alternate successional trajectories in the boreal forest and explore their implications in a changing climate. Find out more and apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/post-do...
March 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Bonanza Creek LTER is seeking a post-doctoral fellow! The position focuses on synthesizing long-term ecological data to study alternate successional trajectories in the boreal forest and explore their implications in a changing climate. Find out more and apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/post-do...
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Resistance Rangers, a group of off duty rangers, is crowdsourcing impacts to national parks. If you see impacts of low staffing and budget cuts (overflowing trash, long lines, closed visitor centers, resource damage, etc.), submit here: forms.gle/Emq6PFCH7F9c... (and let me know, too!)
Did You Visit a National Park This Summer? Tell Us What You Saw.
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Resistance Rangers, a group of off duty rangers, is crowdsourcing impacts to national parks. If you see impacts of low staffing and budget cuts (overflowing trash, long lines, closed visitor centers, resource damage, etc.), submit here: forms.gle/Emq6PFCH7F9c... (and let me know, too!)
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Have you used fish telemetry in your research? @cjfas.bsky.social is accepting submissions on how telemetry is being applied to support conservation and management in aquatic ecosystems. This includes work from @icft2025.bsky.social ▶️ buff.ly/Y2FTYRL
July 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Have you used fish telemetry in your research? @cjfas.bsky.social is accepting submissions on how telemetry is being applied to support conservation and management in aquatic ecosystems. This includes work from @icft2025.bsky.social ▶️ buff.ly/Y2FTYRL
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Exciting job
Doing impactful work
With a fantastic team
What more could you want?
Doing impactful work
With a fantastic team
What more could you want?
Do you care about institutional contracts and norm setting? Have you negotiated contracts on behalf of clients? Do you want to join a library organization that's taking a new approach to digital rights advocacy? (And having a lot of fun doing it?!)
Apply!
www.libraryfutures.net/apply-to-be-...
Apply!
www.libraryfutures.net/apply-to-be-...
Apply to Be the Library Futures Staff Attorney
Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.
www.libraryfutures.net
July 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Exciting job
Doing impactful work
With a fantastic team
What more could you want?
Doing impactful work
With a fantastic team
What more could you want?
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Californians! If you see ICE or CBP, document them and call a rapid response network, they can help identify and locate people who were taken.
LA: The number is 888-624-4752
LA: The number is 888-624-4752
Find your local California Rapid Response hotline | CCIJ
Find your local California Rapid Response Network and hotline to report immigration enforcement activity and keep our communities safe!
www.ccijustice.org
July 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Californians! If you see ICE or CBP, document them and call a rapid response network, they can help identify and locate people who were taken.
LA: The number is 888-624-4752
LA: The number is 888-624-4752
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When we put extra roadblocks in the way of doing science, excellent researchers leave the field. Our capacity to answer important questions falters. Ultimately, our preparedness for our changing climate decreases and more Americans get hurt.
Nobody wants this. Strong science is an American asset. 🇺🇸
Nobody wants this. Strong science is an American asset. 🇺🇸
July 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When we put extra roadblocks in the way of doing science, excellent researchers leave the field. Our capacity to answer important questions falters. Ultimately, our preparedness for our changing climate decreases and more Americans get hurt.
Nobody wants this. Strong science is an American asset. 🇺🇸
Nobody wants this. Strong science is an American asset. 🇺🇸
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Because of the new directives around NOAA contracts, UCAR has had to furlough all current C&GC fellows as they have not received funding from NOAA to keep paying us. The funding is still obligated but the timeline for receiving funds is unknown.
July 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Because of the new directives around NOAA contracts, UCAR has had to furlough all current C&GC fellows as they have not received funding from NOAA to keep paying us. The funding is still obligated but the timeline for receiving funds is unknown.
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New free book: "Marine mammal acoustics in a noisy ocean", looks like an incredible intro to how sound works in the ocean and an overview of some of the big outstanding questions and answers.
By Erbe et al.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
By Erbe et al.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Marine Mammal Acoustics in a Noisy Ocean
This open-access book explores the potential impacts of noise on marine mammal species such as whales, dolphins, seals, seacows, and otters.
link.springer.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New free book: "Marine mammal acoustics in a noisy ocean", looks like an incredible intro to how sound works in the ocean and an overview of some of the big outstanding questions and answers.
By Erbe et al.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
By Erbe et al.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️
Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated
U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts
michaelrlowry.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️
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You know those “Antarctica Today” posts I’d put up for a while, showing surface melt extent accross Antarctica for every day of the melt season (Oct - April)?
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
Awful. More horrible science news
"The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."
"The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
You know those “Antarctica Today” posts I’d put up for a while, showing surface melt extent accross Antarctica for every day of the melt season (Oct - April)?
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
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Great opportunity!
EDF is hiring a wildfire scientist to conduct research and help coordinate the science strategy associated with the new FireSat satellite mission 🧪🔥
EDF is hiring a wildfire scientist to conduct research and help coordinate the science strategy associated with the new FireSat satellite mission 🧪🔥
Scientist, Wildfire
Program Overview Science & Innovation (S&I) is the nexus of science at EDF, ensuring that all EDF positions are based on the best available natural and social science. S&I leads EDF’s expl...
osv-edf.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Great opportunity!
EDF is hiring a wildfire scientist to conduct research and help coordinate the science strategy associated with the new FireSat satellite mission 🧪🔥
EDF is hiring a wildfire scientist to conduct research and help coordinate the science strategy associated with the new FireSat satellite mission 🧪🔥
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Major decision out of the Northern District of California. AI training on copyrighted material is fair use under the copyright act. This will have major implications for the AI industry and artists having their work stolen by AI companies.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Major decision out of the Northern District of California. AI training on copyrighted material is fair use under the copyright act. This will have major implications for the AI industry and artists having their work stolen by AI companies.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Proud to be a coauthor on this important guide for scholars as we face a slide into autocracy in the US. A ton of useful information in here for anyone who wants to speak out against democratic backsliding and injustice, with salient points for those who need to navigate institutional politics.
I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
sks.to
June 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Proud to be a coauthor on this important guide for scholars as we face a slide into autocracy in the US. A ton of useful information in here for anyone who wants to speak out against democratic backsliding and injustice, with salient points for those who need to navigate institutional politics.
yes! onwards and upwards, but let’s take the wins, too! I know a lot of folks who’ve worked very hard on California’s MPAs, and they should be proud.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: California’s Marine Protected Area Network Recognized as International Gold Standard for Marine Conservation
Read the full press release: opc.ca.gov/2025/06/for-...
Read the full press release: opc.ca.gov/2025/06/for-...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: California’s Marine Protected Area Network Recognized as International Gold Standard for Marine Conservation - California Ocean Protection Council
SACRAMENTO – This week, California’s marine protected area network was officially accepted to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas, a h...
opc.ca.gov
June 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
yes! onwards and upwards, but let’s take the wins, too! I know a lot of folks who’ve worked very hard on California’s MPAs, and they should be proud.
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Laguna Seca, home to the Sea Otter Classic, is finalizing its Facilities Master Plan and considering a permanent bike park slalom course. #MountainBiking advocates who enjoy riding in the #Monterey area can sign and share a petition to support this bike park.
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
URGENT: Sign Petition for Monterey/Laguna Seca Bike Park
chng.it
May 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Laguna Seca, home to the Sea Otter Classic, is finalizing its Facilities Master Plan and considering a permanent bike park slalom course. #MountainBiking advocates who enjoy riding in the #Monterey area can sign and share a petition to support this bike park.
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
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So the Senate Reconciliation Bill is basically privatizing the American West.
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
June 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So the Senate Reconciliation Bill is basically privatizing the American West.
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
While speaking about the need for post-wildfire restoration, I once blurted, on a public stage, that since some human rights derive from ecosystem services, then private ownership of land could be incompatible with those human rights. I still don’t know how to sidestep or resolve this conflict.
I live in Taos. Zoom in to find Taos, NM on this map. Note how they are selling public land on all sides of us. Now imagine your watershed comes from those mountains. Your wildfire risk mitigation, on all sides, comes from federal management of those lands they now want to privatize.
June 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
While speaking about the need for post-wildfire restoration, I once blurted, on a public stage, that since some human rights derive from ecosystem services, then private ownership of land could be incompatible with those human rights. I still don’t know how to sidestep or resolve this conflict.
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My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
🧪🌎
🧪🌎
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
🧪🌎
🧪🌎
Tab tsundoku
dusk.geo.orst.edu/uncertainty2...
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11135
archive.org/details/syst... (snagged a very used paper copy)
www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
github.com/ScottBiggs2/...
plus two listens
media.computer.org/sponsored/po...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HUkB...
dusk.geo.orst.edu/uncertainty2...
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11135
archive.org/details/syst... (snagged a very used paper copy)
www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
github.com/ScottBiggs2/...
plus two listens
media.computer.org/sponsored/po...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HUkB...
June 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Tab tsundoku
dusk.geo.orst.edu/uncertainty2...
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11135
archive.org/details/syst... (snagged a very used paper copy)
www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
github.com/ScottBiggs2/...
plus two listens
media.computer.org/sponsored/po...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HUkB...
dusk.geo.orst.edu/uncertainty2...
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11135
archive.org/details/syst... (snagged a very used paper copy)
www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
github.com/ScottBiggs2/...
plus two listens
media.computer.org/sponsored/po...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HUkB...
I’ve been hanging out at mastodon for the past 6+ months, but missing many of my ex-X mutuals, so I’m back here to catch up with those of you that I managed to hold on to :)
June 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I’ve been hanging out at mastodon for the past 6+ months, but missing many of my ex-X mutuals, so I’m back here to catch up with those of you that I managed to hold on to :)
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New paper: "Large Language Models and Emergence: A Complex Systems Perspective" (D. Krakauer, J. Krakauer, M. Mitchell).
We look at claims of "emergent capabilities" & "emergent intelligence" in LLMs from the perspective of what emergence means in complexity science.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11135
We look at claims of "emergent capabilities" & "emergent intelligence" in LLMs from the perspective of what emergence means in complexity science.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11135
arxiv.org
June 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New paper: "Large Language Models and Emergence: A Complex Systems Perspective" (D. Krakauer, J. Krakauer, M. Mitchell).
We look at claims of "emergent capabilities" & "emergent intelligence" in LLMs from the perspective of what emergence means in complexity science.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11135
We look at claims of "emergent capabilities" & "emergent intelligence" in LLMs from the perspective of what emergence means in complexity science.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11135
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This plan is utterly insane and would cause catastrophic environmental degradation and loss of outdoor opportunities throughout the west — it would accelerate the decline of forests and wildlife, and seriously restrict hiking, camping, fishing, birding, hunting, etc.
June 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This plan is utterly insane and would cause catastrophic environmental degradation and loss of outdoor opportunities throughout the west — it would accelerate the decline of forests and wildlife, and seriously restrict hiking, camping, fishing, birding, hunting, etc.