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Zoologist Kristen
@zoologistkt.bsky.social
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Zoologist| animal conservation| marine and freshwater animals (primarily)| animal behavior. #CRPS
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zoologistkt.bsky.social
😔, well I had applied for volunteering at former place of employment, just to see how my CRPS ankle could take it. The volunteering really isn't that much, and I'm otherwise extremely well qualified to even volunteer, as I used to work at this place. Nope, rejected. #DisabledInSTEM it hurt.
April 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
zoologistkt.bsky.social
@disabledinstem.bsky.social Hi Alyssa, I ordered shirts from your site, the ones via Bonfire. I wanted to represent. I finally got them. LOVE THEM!!! 🥰🥰🥰
April 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
zoologistkt.bsky.social
I guess one is to say and so it really begins.
drjeffmasters.bsky.social Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · Mar 15
EPA warning: do not go outside in the Central U.S. dust storm! Hazardous dust covers parts of KS, OK, CO, MO, WY, IL, TX, NM, NE. The AQI in St. Louis hit an unfathomable 5,791 from PM10 (dust); an AQI over 300 is “Hazardous”. The tops: Lamar, CO hit an AQI of 12,802. Consult airnow.gov.
March 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
zoologistkt.bsky.social
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March 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Reposted by Zoologist Kristen
easterncoyote.bsky.social
"Researchers documented 286 Mexican wolves during their 2024 population census, up from 257 the year prior.

"More than 120 were located in eastern Arizona. The others were in western New Mexico."

AXIOS Phoenix: Mexican Wolf Numbers Are Up www.axios.com/local/phoeni... #MexicanWolf #Conservation
Mexican wolf numbers are up
www.axios.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
zoologistkt.bsky.social
This is so cool.
March 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Reposted by Zoologist Kristen
tjnear.bsky.social
Chris Thacker and I have published a new review on the phylogenetics and biology of acanthopterygian fishes. This lineage includes more than 19,100 species, comprising nearly one third of all species of vertebrate animals!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Phylogeny, biology, and evolution of acanthopterygian fish clades - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
The advent of molecular phylogenetics has rapidly transformed the understanding of relationships within Acanthopterygii, the spiny-rayed fishes. Acanthopterygii includes most of the marine fish divers...
link.springer.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Reposted by Zoologist Kristen
chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEWS: Two days after a federal judge ruled that Trump’s order against one law firm likely violated multiple constitutional provisions, Trump tonight issued a similar order against the firm of Paul Weiss.

Here’s the unhinged “background” section:
Section 1. Background. Global law firms have for years played an outsized role in undermining the judicial process and in the destruction of bedrock American principles. Many have engaged in activities that make our communities less safe, increase burdens on local businesses, limit constitutional freedoms, and degrade the quality of American elections. Additionally, they have sometimes done so on behalf of clients, pro bono, or ostensibly "for the public good" -- potentially depriving those who cannot otherwise afford the benefit of top legal talent the access to justice deserved by all. My Administration will no longer support taxpayer funds sponsoring such harm. My Administration has already taken action to address some of the significant risks and egregious conduct associated with law firms, and I have determined that similar action is necessary to end Government sponsorship of harmful activity by an additional law firm: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LP (Paul Weiss) • In 2021, a Paul Weiss partner and former leading prosecutor in the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller brought a pro bono suit against individuals alleged to have participated in the events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, on behalf of the District of Columbia Attorney General. In 2022, Paul Weiss hired unethical attorney Mark Pomerantz, who had previously left Paul Weiss to join the Manhattan District Attorney's office solely to manufacture a prosecution against me and who, according to his co-workers, unethically led witnesses in ways designed to implicate me. After being unable to convince even Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg that a fraud case was feasible, Pomerantz engaged in a media campaign to gin up support for this unwarranted prosecution. Additionally, Paul Weiss discriminates against its own employees on the basis of race and other categories prohibited by civil rights laws. Paul Weiss, along with nearly every other large, influential, or industry leading law firm, makes decisions around "targets" based on race and sex. My Administration is committed to ending such unlawful discrimination perpetrated in the name of "diversity, equity, and inclusion" policies and ensuring that Federal benefits support the laws and policies of the United States, including those laws and policies promoting our national security and respecting the democratic process. Those who engage in blatant discrimination and other activities inconsistent with the interests of the United States should not have access to our Nation's secrets nor be deemed responsible stewards of any Federal funds.
March 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Reposted by Zoologist Kristen
chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: DOJ takes Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship to SCOTUS, asking the justices to limit three existing nationwide injunctions to the plaintiffs in the cases — a move that would allow the admin to start implementing an EO that several courts have said is plainly unconstitutional.
This Court should declare that enough is enough before district courts' bur- geoning reliance on universal injunctions becomes further entrenched. The Court should stay the district courts' preliminary injunctions except as to the individual plaintiffs and the identified members of the organizational plaintiffs (and, if the Court concludes that States are proper litigants, as to individuals who are born or reside in those States). At a minimum, the Court should stay the injunctions to the extent they prohibit agencies from developing and issuing public guidance regarding the implementation of the Order. Only this Court's intervention can prevent universal injunctions from becoming universally acceptable.
March 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
zoologistkt.bsky.social
I really so wish there was such a thing as water resistant TENS unit. I know waterproof would be really pushing it, but nothing is impossible.
#DisabledInSTEM
March 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
zoologistkt.bsky.social
#DisabledInSTEM while everything right is in the proverbial sewer system after 15 flushes, I trying to get a pulse from people here of what it's been like being in the work world while disabled and did it go step by step for you with accommodations or you just didn't have a choice?
January 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM