Scott 🥐 🐟📈
@fishecon.bsky.social
Oceans economist. U of Oregon PhD (JEL Q00,Q22,Q58) and college football addict. Posts are my own. Miami.
Anyone who lives in #Miami area, you should come party at the Lebanese festival tonight or tomorrow. Amazing food, Lebanese beer and liquor in addition to the regular stuff, crazy good dancing. You’ll have a blast.
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Anyone who lives in #Miami area, you should come party at the Lebanese festival tonight or tomorrow. Amazing food, Lebanese beer and liquor in addition to the regular stuff, crazy good dancing. You’ll have a blast.
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Heads up for the locals and anyone visiting, the Lebanese Festival is now the third biggest festival in #Miami and is an absolute blast with dancing and food and liquor (including arak of course) and you should go if you are here the last weekend of the month.
January 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Heads up for the locals and anyone visiting, the Lebanese Festival is now the third biggest festival in #Miami and is an absolute blast with dancing and food and liquor (including arak of course) and you should go if you are here the last weekend of the month.
All the parsley in Miami drying for tabouli this weekend for the Miami Lebanese festival
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
All the parsley in Miami drying for tabouli this weekend for the Miami Lebanese festival
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School now closed through at least Thursday as local officials await the invention of salt
January 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
School now closed through at least Thursday as local officials await the invention of salt
One other thing about the NOAA probationary staff firings—they were locked out of all systems one hour after the announcement from on high. No smooth transition of data or responsibilities. Remaining staff had to scramble to figure it out. Boats could not get safety inspection reports, etc.
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
One other thing about the NOAA probationary staff firings—they were locked out of all systems one hour after the announcement from on high. No smooth transition of data or responsibilities. Remaining staff had to scramble to figure it out. Boats could not get safety inspection reports, etc.
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For context, this is the graph for the long and short term loss of staff for NOAA southeast fisheries. We had already been losing staff gradually over time due to budgets not keeping up with inflation.
January 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM
For context, this is the graph for the long and short term loss of staff for NOAA southeast fisheries. We had already been losing staff gradually over time due to budgets not keeping up with inflation.
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There were far more opportunities in the government than academia, at least in over the last ten to fifteen years, and a much brighter future as well, with enrollment decline.
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
There were far more opportunities in the government than academia, at least in over the last ten to fifteen years, and a much brighter future as well, with enrollment decline.
I quickly learned two things when I came to NOAA. The first was that everyone younger than me was using R so I had free help if I needed it. The second was that if I avoided SAS, I couldn’t get stuck running legacy code.
That made me laugh. As an elderly PhD, I used SPSS. As a grad student, I punched data cards!
January 27, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I quickly learned two things when I came to NOAA. The first was that everyone younger than me was using R so I had free help if I needed it. The second was that if I avoided SAS, I couldn’t get stuck running legacy code.
Of all the departures this past year at NOAA—via the fork offer, retirements, etc.— the one that stung the most was the firing of people in their probationary first year. They have more modern skills than those of us who received their PhDs in the 90s and 00s. My whole department is in its 50s now.
How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Of all the departures this past year at NOAA—via the fork offer, retirements, etc.— the one that stung the most was the firing of people in their probationary first year. They have more modern skills than those of us who received their PhDs in the 90s and 00s. My whole department is in its 50s now.
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PhD marine biologist turned artist. 40 years of T-shirts funding shark research. Guy Harvey's documentary premieres Feb 28 as FLIFF's closing night film. 🎬🦈
sevenseasmedia.org/guy-harvey-documentary-fort-lauderdale-film-festival-premiere-2026/
sevenseasmedia.org/guy-harvey-documentary-fort-lauderdale-film-festival-premiere-2026/
Guy Harvey Documentary Claims Closing Night at Fort Lauderdale Film Festival
The 65-foot research vessel cuts through Caribbean waters while a man with a PhD in marine biology leans over the stern, watching a tagged bull shark disappear into the blue. On deck, watercolor palet...
sevenseasmedia.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:27 AM
PhD marine biologist turned artist. 40 years of T-shirts funding shark research. Guy Harvey's documentary premieres Feb 28 as FLIFF's closing night film. 🎬🦈
sevenseasmedia.org/guy-harvey-documentary-fort-lauderdale-film-festival-premiere-2026/
sevenseasmedia.org/guy-harvey-documentary-fort-lauderdale-film-festival-premiere-2026/
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The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Startling fact of the day: “Experts estimate that people who drink only bottled water may be ingesting an additional 90,000 microplastics every year compared to around 4,000 extra particles for people who rely solely on tap water.” wapo.st/4t0zc4s (Gift link)
Column | Should you drink bottled water or tap? The answer may surprise you.
If you’re concerned about microplastics, PFAS and lead, there are certain ways to make your drinking water safer.
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Startling fact of the day: “Experts estimate that people who drink only bottled water may be ingesting an additional 90,000 microplastics every year compared to around 4,000 extra particles for people who rely solely on tap water.” wapo.st/4t0zc4s (Gift link)
Why does one of the Arizona basketball players have nicotine patches all over him
January 27, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Why does one of the Arizona basketball players have nicotine patches all over him
I’m gonna say this for people in the back row and I know it’s not gonna be a popular view, but I have been a federal employee for 16 years and I have seen a number of shutdowns and not once, ever, ever, as the party that instigated the shutdown gotten a single thing, but pain. Ever.
Risk of a Partial Government Shutdown This Weekend Is Rising. Here’s Why.
Democrats want changes to a Department of Homeland Security bill after a deadly Minneapolis shooting, but time is running out.
www.wsj.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I’m gonna say this for people in the back row and I know it’s not gonna be a popular view, but I have been a federal employee for 16 years and I have seen a number of shutdowns and not once, ever, ever, as the party that instigated the shutdown gotten a single thing, but pain. Ever.
Do not care for this new what’s up thing in the top on the app
If I want to post, I have a big old button to mash on the bottom right
If I want to post, I have a big old button to mash on the bottom right
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Do not care for this new what’s up thing in the top on the app
If I want to post, I have a big old button to mash on the bottom right
If I want to post, I have a big old button to mash on the bottom right
I have noticed before that there are few places more enjoyable to watch Republicans get slammed than in the comment section of the WSJ
January 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I have noticed before that there are few places more enjoyable to watch Republicans get slammed than in the comment section of the WSJ
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January 24, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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ok shout out to FreeGeek in Portland (of course) for this newish Latitude with an screaming fast i7 and Linux Mint, I have a functional personal laptop again, the last machine was dying
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM
ok shout out to FreeGeek in Portland (of course) for this newish Latitude with an screaming fast i7 and Linux Mint, I have a functional personal laptop again, the last machine was dying
We just submitted a journal article and our lead author died during the writing (he is still the lead) and it’s a great piece but this just sucks at the same time
We miss you, man
We miss you, man
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 PM
We just submitted a journal article and our lead author died during the writing (he is still the lead) and it’s a great piece but this just sucks at the same time
We miss you, man
We miss you, man
OMG, are people really litigating this again, of course you can hate your country for the dumb bad shit that it does and also love it at the same time, this is literally the relationship that most people have with other members of their family
January 22, 2026 at 5:52 PM
OMG, are people really litigating this again, of course you can hate your country for the dumb bad shit that it does and also love it at the same time, this is literally the relationship that most people have with other members of their family
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This reminds me of one of my favorite stories. During a Javelin Thrust in Yuma one year, we brought two Navajo Code Talkers out to talk to the comm Marines about doing the job in WW2, get a brief on modern comm gear, and so we could ensure we still had Marines who could say they shook their hands.
I really dislike this leftie tendency to use all of the horrible crimes this country has committed as proof that the country is irredeemable, when the people who fought against it often did so *as Americans* because it implies they were a bunch of stupid fucking rubes
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
This reminds me of one of my favorite stories. During a Javelin Thrust in Yuma one year, we brought two Navajo Code Talkers out to talk to the comm Marines about doing the job in WW2, get a brief on modern comm gear, and so we could ensure we still had Marines who could say they shook their hands.
For context, this is the graph for the long and short term loss of staff for NOAA southeast fisheries. We had already been losing staff gradually over time due to budgets not keeping up with inflation.
January 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM
For context, this is the graph for the long and short term loss of staff for NOAA southeast fisheries. We had already been losing staff gradually over time due to budgets not keeping up with inflation.
