Ecotoxdoc
@ecotoxdoc.bsky.social
Molecular ecotoxicology researcher.
Fan of the Premier Teleost Model™
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Fan of the Premier Teleost Model™
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The problem is not lack of a medical school. This is specifically punting to a longer term "solution" that they can point to as doing something while not fixing more immediate issues. Doctors that already went through med school leave the state in droves. Fix that
@risenate.bsky.social President Val Lawson on griping about the time necessary to build a state med school: “If we don’t do anything, we don’t want to have the same conversation under the same circumstances 10 years from now" www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-culture...
A long game for health care: Rhode Island targets 2029 for a URI medical school
A Senate study commission backs a new public medical school as part of a long-term plan to expand primary care
www.oceanstatemedia.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The problem is not lack of a medical school. This is specifically punting to a longer term "solution" that they can point to as doing something while not fixing more immediate issues. Doctors that already went through med school leave the state in droves. Fix that
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Early Arthropods
xkcd.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Some days I really get to feel Midwestern pride
January 24, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Some days I really get to feel Midwestern pride
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A dad on patrol this morning is showing off his new egregiously expensive ice-fishing boots that he justified “because I’m standing out here all the time.” Dudes are going to continue rocking until morale improves
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
A dad on patrol this morning is showing off his new egregiously expensive ice-fishing boots that he justified “because I’m standing out here all the time.” Dudes are going to continue rocking until morale improves
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Calling all aquatic toxicologists!
Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms, PRIMO23, will be held June 2-5, 2026 @ McMaster University .
Abstract submissions are open!
Www.primo.org
Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms, PRIMO23, will be held June 2-5, 2026 @ McMaster University .
Abstract submissions are open!
Www.primo.org
Www.primo.org
January 21, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Calling all aquatic toxicologists!
Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms, PRIMO23, will be held June 2-5, 2026 @ McMaster University .
Abstract submissions are open!
Www.primo.org
Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms, PRIMO23, will be held June 2-5, 2026 @ McMaster University .
Abstract submissions are open!
Www.primo.org
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Corrected link: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Corrected link: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Published today in PNAS:
www-pnas-org.ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/doi/10.1073/...
Mark Urban, Chris Elphick, and I argue that conservation programs should pay more attention to heritable within population variation, enabling rapid evolutionary response to environmental changes.
www-pnas-org.ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/doi/10.1073/...
Mark Urban, Chris Elphick, and I argue that conservation programs should pay more attention to heritable within population variation, enabling rapid evolutionary response to environmental changes.
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www-pnas-org.ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu
January 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Published today in PNAS:
www-pnas-org.ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/doi/10.1073/...
Mark Urban, Chris Elphick, and I argue that conservation programs should pay more attention to heritable within population variation, enabling rapid evolutionary response to environmental changes.
www-pnas-org.ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/doi/10.1073/...
Mark Urban, Chris Elphick, and I argue that conservation programs should pay more attention to heritable within population variation, enabling rapid evolutionary response to environmental changes.
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For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
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Since 2022, no major legislation responding to or tackling the climate crisis has emerged from the General Assembly. The reason for the slowdown? Aggressive opposition to climate legislation from Rhode Island’s main utility company. buff.ly/byb3VrH
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Since 2022, no major legislation responding to or tackling the climate crisis has emerged from the General Assembly. The reason for the slowdown? Aggressive opposition to climate legislation from Rhode Island’s main utility company. buff.ly/byb3VrH
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before weighing in on anything ask yourself: could I be talking about Audi Crooks instead? then talk about Audi Crooks instead, unless you were planning on talking shit, in which case don't do that either
January 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
before weighing in on anything ask yourself: could I be talking about Audi Crooks instead? then talk about Audi Crooks instead, unless you were planning on talking shit, in which case don't do that either
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Lizards have evolved their own version of rock-paper-scissors. Here's my story on the genetics behind nature's games. Gift link: nyti.ms/493KGMI
January 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Lizards have evolved their own version of rock-paper-scissors. Here's my story on the genetics behind nature's games. Gift link: nyti.ms/493KGMI
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you guys ever see Looper
UPDATE: William DeFoor, 26, arrested after trying to break into Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home. He was using a hammer to break the windows - WXIX
January 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
you guys ever see Looper
Weird time to post generic platitudes
Good schools.
Affordable health care.
A fair shot for working families.
These aren’t partisan ideas—they’re Iowa values.
Affordable health care.
A fair shot for working families.
These aren’t partisan ideas—they’re Iowa values.
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Weird time to post generic platitudes
Well got forbid I be feeling a little hope and optimism as we started a new year. Fuck this
January 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Well got forbid I be feeling a little hope and optimism as we started a new year. Fuck this
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But since you requested this, I will stop holding hands.
His playing is mediocre, which okay so it is with many people.
He is parroting a genre without seeming to know anything about what he is parroting.
Fine for YouTube. Less fine when you go on Colbert like you’re the resistance
His playing is mediocre, which okay so it is with many people.
He is parroting a genre without seeming to know anything about what he is parroting.
Fine for YouTube. Less fine when you go on Colbert like you’re the resistance
I’m curious though: What do y’all want/need from Jesse that has prompted you to join the discourse? What is your expectation of this twenty something from Arkansas with an acoustic guitar and a pen? What is he *not* providing you (particularly you, Grayson Currin) that incited your ire? [3/3]
December 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
But since you requested this, I will stop holding hands.
His playing is mediocre, which okay so it is with many people.
He is parroting a genre without seeming to know anything about what he is parroting.
Fine for YouTube. Less fine when you go on Colbert like you’re the resistance
His playing is mediocre, which okay so it is with many people.
He is parroting a genre without seeming to know anything about what he is parroting.
Fine for YouTube. Less fine when you go on Colbert like you’re the resistance
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I haven’t wanted to say it but YOLO.
Jesse Wells is not John Prine. He isn’t even close.
Jesse Wells is not John Prine. He isn’t even close.
December 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I haven’t wanted to say it but YOLO.
Jesse Wells is not John Prine. He isn’t even close.
Jesse Wells is not John Prine. He isn’t even close.
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Came here to note the same. open.substack.com/pub/currincy...
I Protest His Protest Song, or Why Jesse Welles Is Bad—And Bad for Us
Plus an Interview with Willie Nelson
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Came here to note the same. open.substack.com/pub/currincy...
Ok folks, intervention time.
Hallelujah is not a Christmas song, please remove from all Christmas playlists, effective immediately. Especially the Buckley version, which is great but so over included.
Hallelujah is not a Christmas song, please remove from all Christmas playlists, effective immediately. Especially the Buckley version, which is great but so over included.
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Ok folks, intervention time.
Hallelujah is not a Christmas song, please remove from all Christmas playlists, effective immediately. Especially the Buckley version, which is great but so over included.
Hallelujah is not a Christmas song, please remove from all Christmas playlists, effective immediately. Especially the Buckley version, which is great but so over included.
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
My daughter's 1st grade class just had to cancel a Friday field trip to go watch URI women's bball bc the Brown shooter is still at large. We luckily have not had to have direct conversations w/her about school shootings yet, despite the safety drills that they do. I think that's about to change
December 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My daughter's 1st grade class just had to cancel a Friday field trip to go watch URI women's bball bc the Brown shooter is still at large. We luckily have not had to have direct conversations w/her about school shootings yet, despite the safety drills that they do. I think that's about to change
This is the crux and why I'm mostly allergic to the useful idiocy of much of the abundance crew.
The big problem with NEPA reform -- which I'd like to see NEPA reformers grapple with a bit more -- is that if you open the thing up, most of the legislators doing the "reforming" are hostile to it & just want to get rid of env. review entirely. It's not a good-faith process.
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is the crux and why I'm mostly allergic to the useful idiocy of much of the abundance crew.
Fucking heartbreaking. Over and over again
December 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fucking heartbreaking. Over and over again
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"Friedberg visited Rhode Island Hospital on Saturday night, where she said she spoke with her teaching assistant, who had traveled there to support several of their injured students. ... 'I don’t know if [the two killed] were my students. ... Just horrible.'" www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"Friedberg visited Rhode Island Hospital on Saturday night, where she said she spoke with her teaching assistant, who had traveled there to support several of their injured students. ... 'I don’t know if [the two killed] were my students. ... Just horrible.'" www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...