Halley E. Froehlich
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Halley E. Froehlich
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Mom. University of California, Santa Barbara Associate Professor studying aquaculture, fisheries, and climate change.

Environmental science 52%
Agriculture 14%
Recent events have inspired Profs and Pints to revive the production and promotion of Profs and Pints Online for the narrow purpose of offering a forum to current or former faculty members who have been deported, denied entry into the U.S., fled the U.S., or lost jobs over protected speech.

Kind of surreal to live in the fictional world of 1984.
January 6 in History

Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”

And here we are.
January 6 in History
Was it a key moment in the republic’s eventual demise or a milestone on the road to democracy’s ultimate triumph? The meaning of January 6 is yet to be determined
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Anyone else in the United States not particularly motivated to do normal work today in these abnormal times? 😵‍💫

Long, bumpy, and perilous road. I went for a walk.

Statistically speaking, there are a few outliers.

Okay, fine. One woman.

We could have had both, but nooooooo, the US had to America, as usual.

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You know what doesn’t cause wars? Women and renewable energy.

Okay literal Bluesky. Here are the stats from 'Why Leaders Fight', analyzed 1875 to 2004 world leaders. 36% female vs 30% men initiated at least 1 act of aggression. But men responsible for 694 acts of aggression & 86 wars; women just 13 acts of aggression and only one war (Indira Gandhi).
You know what doesn’t cause wars? Women and renewable energy.

I was under the impression the US has 3 branches of government. My mistake.
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Everyday is a reason for impeachment
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
2026 has been a long year.
Some people think science is just for nerds, but science is the foundation of the modern world and science is what made America great.

Even though many of us don’t work directly in space science, we were inspired to become scientists by NASA. Destroying it makes zero sense.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
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Happy (almost) New Year! 2026 is most definitely going to be a drastically different year for me 🎆

‘Bootleg 60 Minutes segments’ is what stage of fascism?
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Closing NCAR because it produces "climate alarmism" is like closing the fire department because it produces "fire alarmism"

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A low point
Things will get better....I think
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You’ll want to bookmark this thread, for your taste buds, your wallet, your health, and the planet
newly in the market for best big batch meal prep options for dried beans. please my family is hungry
Beans, beans, the more you eat, the more your … meals are healthier and cheaper
I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...
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This could be your dream job: working full time at the Friday Harbor Labs on marine invertebrate organismal biology. Nine month salary from an endowment, teaching and research faculty position.

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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
Published!📖

This study shows that choosing the most effective restoration strategy for tropical forests at scale depends equally if not more on economic and logistical than ecological constraints.

Read more:https://buff.ly/MTipuln
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

Frantically texting my colleagues and friends at Brown to make sure they aren’t the victims of yet another school shooting. They and their lab members are safe. I yearn for the day enough people in America love thy neighbor more than guns and we stop this cycle. Not sure I’ll see it in my lifetime.
Head Start is a 60-year-old US Department of Health and Human Services program that, among other things, creates inclusive and accessible classrooms for children with disabilities. But those applying for funding were told by the Trump regime to avoid the words "inclusion" and "disability." 🤡
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
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“Cities like Los Angeles…use only a small fraction of their states’ water. In California, agriculture accounts for 80% of water used by homes & businesses; in Arizona, it is 74% of all water use total. Across the entire Colorado River Basin, cattle feed alone accounts for nearly half of water use.”
Ecologists recognize the importance of integrating across scales, yet our models often target specific scales. Our new paper presents models of population growth that scale up to explain community-level patterns, including interactions of temperature, light & nutrients. doi.org/10.1002/ecm....