Jeffrey M
@jeffreymphd.bsky.social
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Jeffrey M
@jeffreymphd.bsky.social
· Nov 13
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Hello new biology followers!
I teach biology at a PUI and sometimes write papers that use genetics to understand topics in both conservation- and evolutionary-biology.
Most often with fish!
Latest: doi.org/10.1093/jue/...
Most popular: www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10...
I teach biology at a PUI and sometimes write papers that use genetics to understand topics in both conservation- and evolutionary-biology.
Most often with fish!
Latest: doi.org/10.1093/jue/...
Most popular: www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10...
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
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Me: I think some people are just birds in disguise
Friend: Haha, can I tweet that?
Me: *narrows eyes* Can you what?
Friend: Haha, can I tweet that?
Me: *narrows eyes* Can you what?
November 30, 2023 at 6:08 PM
Me: I think some people are just birds in disguise
Friend: Haha, can I tweet that?
Me: *narrows eyes* Can you what?
Friend: Haha, can I tweet that?
Me: *narrows eyes* Can you what?
Thanksgiving is not real via @birdsarentreel.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Thanksgiving is not real via @birdsarentreel.bsky.social
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Researchers at @universityofri.bsky.social and the state Department of Environmental Management to spend five years on a comprehensive study of Rhode Island’s wild turkey population: www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...
Rhode Island launches first-ever statewide turkey census
Researchers at URI and the state Department of Environmental Management to spend five years on a comprehensive study of Rhode Island’s wild turkey population
www.oceanstatemedia.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Researchers at @universityofri.bsky.social and the state Department of Environmental Management to spend five years on a comprehensive study of Rhode Island’s wild turkey population: www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...
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⏰ It's about that time! First Year Early Action applications are due one short week from today on Monday, December 1. 📆 It's free to apply: www.hampshire.edu/admissions/a...
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
⏰ It's about that time! First Year Early Action applications are due one short week from today on Monday, December 1. 📆 It's free to apply: www.hampshire.edu/admissions/a...
This is why I am (relatively) decent at science.
“Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.”
― Jules Verne, A Journey to the Center of the Earth
― Jules Verne, A Journey to the Center of the Earth
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is why I am (relatively) decent at science.
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You might not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You might not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like
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“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked Claude” I asked this horseshoe crab and he said your ass wouldn’t have lasted two seconds in the Triassic
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked Claude” I asked this horseshoe crab and he said your ass wouldn’t have lasted two seconds in the Triassic
Paging our own Congressman - this is your moment!
I believe someone can run and win on “the headlights are too damn bright”
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Paging our own Congressman - this is your moment!
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Today is Primidi the 1st of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate rampion.#JacobinDay
More information on rampion
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate rampion.#JacobinDay
More information on rampion
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Primidi the 1st of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate rampion.#JacobinDay
More information on rampion
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate rampion.#JacobinDay
More information on rampion
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The internet outages were probably engineered by M-W to remind us why we need a hard copy dictionary. 😏
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The internet outages were probably engineered by M-W to remind us why we need a hard copy dictionary. 😏
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🎙️Podcast: A more complex picture of Roger and Mary Williams. Roger Williams University history Professor Charlotte Carrington-Farmer talks about her new book about state founder Roger Williams, and a new exhibit about his wife, Mary Williams
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...
A more complex picture of Rhode Island’s first couple, Roger and Mary Williams - The Boston Globe
Roger Williams University history Professor Charlotte Carrington-Farmer talks about her new book about Roger Williams and a new exhibit about his wife, Mary Williams.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🎙️Podcast: A more complex picture of Roger and Mary Williams. Roger Williams University history Professor Charlotte Carrington-Farmer talks about her new book about state founder Roger Williams, and a new exhibit about his wife, Mary Williams
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...
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As per usual
@ripta.com could the 22 just shift it's schedule 7 minutes earlier and then the met kids on it would be on time for school instead of just late enough to ding them on a tardy
@ripta.com could the 22 just shift it's schedule 7 minutes earlier and then the met kids on it would be on time for school instead of just late enough to ding them on a tardy
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
As per usual
@ripta.com could the 22 just shift it's schedule 7 minutes earlier and then the met kids on it would be on time for school instead of just late enough to ding them on a tardy
@ripta.com could the 22 just shift it's schedule 7 minutes earlier and then the met kids on it would be on time for school instead of just late enough to ding them on a tardy
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can anyone recommend any texts on the ethics and poltics of cloning and/or genetic engineering - bonus points if they're particularly well suited for 2nd year law students
So far I've ID'd Sandel's Case Against Perfection, Reiss' Improving Nature and Lemmens et al Regulating Creation
So far I've ID'd Sandel's Case Against Perfection, Reiss' Improving Nature and Lemmens et al Regulating Creation
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
can anyone recommend any texts on the ethics and poltics of cloning and/or genetic engineering - bonus points if they're particularly well suited for 2nd year law students
So far I've ID'd Sandel's Case Against Perfection, Reiss' Improving Nature and Lemmens et al Regulating Creation
So far I've ID'd Sandel's Case Against Perfection, Reiss' Improving Nature and Lemmens et al Regulating Creation
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Trump's trollsuits are all garbage. Any company that settles is *choosing* to pay a bribe.
When media outlets fight, they win.
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cnn-...
When media outlets fight, they win.
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cnn-...
CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
Take this grift and shove it.
www.publicnotice.co
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Trump's trollsuits are all garbage. Any company that settles is *choosing* to pay a bribe.
When media outlets fight, they win.
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cnn-...
When media outlets fight, they win.
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cnn-...
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Roger Williams University is requiring most employees to take a one-week unpaid furlough before the end of the fiscal year to address a $3.5 million budget deficit, 12 News has learned.
RWU mandates one-week unpaid furloughs for most employees
Roger Williams University is requiring most employees to take a one-week unpaid furlough in order to address a $3.5 million budget deficit, 12 News has learned.
www.wpri.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Dictionary day is finally here! The first new print M-W in more than 20 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Dictionary day is finally here! The first new print M-W in more than 20 years
A chunk of Bsky users think I am terrible b/c:
a) I bought a physical dictionary, therefore I am ridiculously behind the times
and
b) I bought it from a well known online retailer rather than firing up my car to drive across town to get it.
{spoiler alert - I am waaay worse than that!}
a) I bought a physical dictionary, therefore I am ridiculously behind the times
and
b) I bought it from a well known online retailer rather than firing up my car to drive across town to get it.
{spoiler alert - I am waaay worse than that!}
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A chunk of Bsky users think I am terrible b/c:
a) I bought a physical dictionary, therefore I am ridiculously behind the times
and
b) I bought it from a well known online retailer rather than firing up my car to drive across town to get it.
{spoiler alert - I am waaay worse than that!}
a) I bought a physical dictionary, therefore I am ridiculously behind the times
and
b) I bought it from a well known online retailer rather than firing up my car to drive across town to get it.
{spoiler alert - I am waaay worse than that!}
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Ok but what if this is a Greenland/Iceland situation?
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ok but what if this is a Greenland/Iceland situation?
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
This reminds me of writing scientific papers. It's satisfying. Your work is important. But also one of thousands of equally important papers to be published that week.
(And of course there's zero renumeration for academic papers. often you need to find a way to pay to get it published 🙄.)
(And of course there's zero renumeration for academic papers. often you need to find a way to pay to get it published 🙄.)
I've only published one book. But the advice I find myself sharing with other nonfiction authors I encounter, when they ask is: lower all of your expectations for the book's post-publication response. Particularly any financial expectations.
It is extremely hard to make any kind of "splash."
It is extremely hard to make any kind of "splash."
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This reminds me of writing scientific papers. It's satisfying. Your work is important. But also one of thousands of equally important papers to be published that week.
(And of course there's zero renumeration for academic papers. often you need to find a way to pay to get it published 🙄.)
(And of course there's zero renumeration for academic papers. often you need to find a way to pay to get it published 🙄.)
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations