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Diana L Six
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I am an ecologist working in forest ecosystems, mainly with bark beetles, fungi, and symbioses. Climate change. I am also an artist, metalhead, and childless cat lady.
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Diana L Six @dianasix.bsky.social · Oct 7
From beginning to end: the synecology of tree‐killing bark beetles, fungi, and trees - Six - Biological Reviews - Wiley Online Library 😁WE HAVE A NEW ONE OUT. Two years in the making. Give it a look!
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From beginning to end: the synecology of tree‐killing bark beetles, fungi, and trees
Over a century of research has revealed an amazing complexity of behaviours and physiological adaptations that allow tiny bark beetles to overcome large trees, sometimes resulting in outbreaks that k...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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This is a shameful betrayal. Trump's so-called peace plan is a blatant surrender document that forces Ukraine to disarm and cede territory to Putin. It's an utter abdication of American leadership that rewards Russian aggression.
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Gives Russia Nearly Everything It Wants
Donald Trump's administration is trying to force Ukraine to accept a peace plan that would give Vladimir Putin and Russia nearly everything they want.
www.rollingstone.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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sconesandbutter.bsky.social
Agreed
fintechernest.bsky.social fintechernest.bsky.social @fintechernest.bsky.social · 6d
“Karoline Leavitt isn’t a press secretary.
She’s a pathologically lying, old-man-fucking, fascist-fondling ventriloquist dummy with a Bible in one hand and a flamethrower in the other.”

open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
Mother Mary Full of Shit
I so hope Karoline will appreciate MY frankness.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Nearly 30 countries refuse to sign a final #COP30 agreement that doesn't include "fossil fuel phase-out," as negotiations head into overtime.

Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
An image of two activists wearing long trains reading "end the fossil fuel era" and "phase out fossil fuels" with banners above them reading "stop Amazon oil" and "1.5oC under threat: time to act."
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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jojofoshosho.bsky.social
I wrote about the impact of declining insect pollinators on the global food supply. 🧪🌎
A looming 'insect apocalypse' could endanger global food supplies. Can we stop it before it's too late?
Insect populations are in steep decline, which could endanger the food supply. But there are things we can do to reverse the trend.
www.livescience.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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princess-vimentin.bsky.social
🧪Let’s set the record straight. AGAIN

Andrew Wakefield’s paper was RETRACTED by The Lancet in Feb 2010.
Original paper published by Andrew Wakefield in 1998, retracted.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
dianasix.bsky.social
We have a new one - Opinion in Proceedings of the National Academies of Science www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2510922122
Removing dead trees will not save us from fast-moving wildfires | PNAS
Removing dead trees will not save us from fast-moving wildfires
www.pnas.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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beyerstein.bsky.social
Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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ichnologist.bsky.social
For #FossilFriday & in honor of @alinemghilardi.bsky.social & colleagues' fantastic discovery of a new Cretaceous pterosaur in Brazil in a dinosaur regurgitalite ("fossil vomit"), here's a diagram I made for my book 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014) showing the physics of a puking brachiosaur. 🧪🦕🤮🪨
Cartoon depicting the black silhouette of a brachiosaur (long-necked dinosaur) vomiting from 14 meters (45 feet) above, and two small theropod dinosaurs fleeing from its impact; the deadly result of the impact velocity is shown in the upper right as a partial theropod skeleton with a splatter pattern around it. The cartoon has the following text: Brachiosaurus projectile vomiting: forces generated and resulting traces "Assuming 50 kg (110 lbs) of regurgitant, impact velocity from 14 m (45 ft) height, and hard-packed sand as impact site," and "Impact velocity = V = V 2gh = 16.6 m/s; kinetic energy before impact = 6,860 J Average impact force = 68,600 N." An original figure by me (Anthony J. Martin) in my book 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014, Pegasus Books).
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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#LIBresearch: A new study introduces the Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT) — a worldwide initiative integrating insect trait data to make insects more understandable and comparable across ecosystems. → doi.org/10.1111/icad.70035

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Toward a global repository of insect traits (GRIT)
Biodiversity loss is accelerating, yet insect conservation is hindered by the absence of a centralised, comprehensive trait database. We propose the GRIT, a FAIR, open-access platform uniting datase...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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meghanbartels.bsky.social
Really interesting thread here 🧪
charlescmann.bsky.social 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 19d
Just remembering that Dick Cheney secretly intervened in a dispute over the Klamath River in 2001--and caused the biggest fish die-off in US history, with ~77,000 fully grown adult salmon piled on the banks of the river.
Dead salmon line the banks of the Klamath River on Sept 28, 2002. Source: https://phys.org/news/2015-08-biologists-salmon-klamath-river.html
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I've been avoiding reading articles on the death of James Watson, co-discoverer of #DNA's structure.

That is, until I saw that @statnews.com published one by Sharon Begley, a renowned science writer who passed in 2021.

Yes, you read that right.

www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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c-j-fisher.bsky.social
For those who don't know, the Nobel laureate had a long history of truly vile remarks. In fact, he seemed to revel in his status as an unapologetic bigot.

Rather than glaze him for his extensive contributions to science, Begley presents a complete picture of a controversial figure.

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November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Deep-sea mining starves life in the ocean’s twilight zone www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🦑🌎🧪
Deep-sea mining starves life in the ocean’s twilight zone
Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect…
www.sciencedaily.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to take action on climate change. Nature reports what can be done. 🧪
How to fight climate change without the US: a guide to global action
With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe.
go.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Human biomass movement may be up to 40 times greater than that of all land animals combined, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. A second Nature Communications paper finds that wild mammal biomass has more than halved since 1850. go.nature.com/4oID33i go.nature.com/3LhSD7n 🧪
This is figure 1 from “Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined.” It shows total biomass movement of land animals and birds.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Source: KPAX News
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Judge halts Kootenai National Forest logging project over road impact on grizzlies
A federal judge says the U.S. Forest Service intentionally didn’t consider how unauthorized road use could compromise endangered species.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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🇨🇦🧪 English statement from @supportourscience.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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🧪Tracking the Damage
BY JULES BARBATI-DAJCHES
It feels like every day there’s some new headline about an abuse of power by the Trump administration targeting science, scientists, or science-based policies
www.ucs.org/sites/defaul...
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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cbdawson.bsky.social
Hey ⚒️🧪 folks, could you help me out and boost the post below to help us cast a wide net of scientists & topics? Thanks!
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
dianasix.bsky.social
I tried Elon Musk's Wikipedia clone and boy is it racist www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
I tried Elon Musk's Wikipedia clone and boy is it racist
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary tested out Grokipedia and has some notes.
www.sfgate.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Just in case you are still in a spooky mood....⚛️🧑‍🔬🧠🩻🧪
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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watershedlab.bsky.social
If you enjoyed the below article, may I offer up the (in)famous Shugar Kane medicine cabinets study. We withdrew the submission when it was accepted and the (predatory) journal wanted $$$. 🧪https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qM0mQDNmYbhbZSobESSTo81ihV2yguFNMNZb13C91V4/edit?usp=sharing
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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#MedSky 🧪
gregggonsalves.bsky.social Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 25d
Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM