Rebecca R Helm
@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
Just a bunch of crabs in a trench coat, but also a professional marine biologist. My social media is separate from, and does not represent, my employer. Please bring croissants π₯
https://linktr.ee/rebeccarhelm
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Rebecca R Helm
@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
Β· May 5
In these strange and uncertain times, this is our guiding account philosophy β¨πͺΌβ¨
𧡠Click on this thread for regularly updating ocean posts π§΅
𧡠Click on this thread for regularly updating ocean posts π§΅
I know right? Itβs like the size of a car. Kinda makes me nervous for the integrity of the bridge π
(what with all the freeze thawing thermal expansion)
February 10, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I know right? Itβs like the size of a car. Kinda makes me nervous for the integrity of the bridge π
(what with all the freeze thawing thermal expansion)
I realize there are more important things going on in the world, but this beast could sink a boat, EASILY.
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I realize there are more important things going on in the world, but this beast could sink a boat, EASILY.
DC is finally melting!!!
February 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
DC is finally melting!!!
Iβm not media literacy prof, but this smells like BS
February 10, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Iβm not media literacy prof, but this smells like BS
GUYS LOOK AT THIS GIANT ICICLE I SAW TODAY. This is by far the largest icicle Iβve ever seen and possibly also an eldritch being.
February 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM
GUYS LOOK AT THIS GIANT ICICLE I SAW TODAY. This is by far the largest icicle Iβve ever seen and possibly also an eldritch being.
Is this a composite?
February 10, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Is this a composite?
Yeah. I'm all for posting old stuff, new stuff, whatever stuff. But you gotta cite your sources.
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Yeah. I'm all for posting old stuff, new stuff, whatever stuff. But you gotta cite your sources.
Reposted by Rebecca R Helm
Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
Davis Summer Population Genomics Program
Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...
docs.google.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
I'm not sure....what point she was trying to make. What point was she trying to make???
February 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I'm not sure....what point she was trying to make. What point was she trying to make???
Reposted by Rebecca R Helm
πΏ Applications are open for the Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Awards (GSRAs), including the J. S. Karling and AJ Harris awards.
BSA supports graduate student research in botanical science with these $1,500 awards.
Deadline: February 16, 2026.
Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/...
BSA supports graduate student research in botanical science with these $1,500 awards.
Deadline: February 16, 2026.
Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/...
February 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
πΏ Applications are open for the Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Awards (GSRAs), including the J. S. Karling and AJ Harris awards.
BSA supports graduate student research in botanical science with these $1,500 awards.
Deadline: February 16, 2026.
Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/...
BSA supports graduate student research in botanical science with these $1,500 awards.
Deadline: February 16, 2026.
Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/...
Ok but honest to god this is still better for working in terminal. Like how are young people addicted to computers without knowing jack about them
February 8, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Ok but honest to god this is still better for working in terminal. Like how are young people addicted to computers without knowing jack about them
Reposted by Rebecca R Helm
The White House did a dishonest y-axis so I fixed their y-axis for them, youβre welcome White House
www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The White House did a dishonest y-axis so I fixed their y-axis for them, youβre welcome White House
www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...
Is it just me, or is 13.5 billion years a remarkably short time for a universe? What with Earth being 4.5 billion years old, and life being about 3.5 billion years old. That means the universe had had Earth life for 25% of it's existence.
As a biologist, that's just crazy to me.
As a biologist, that's just crazy to me.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Is it just me, or is 13.5 billion years a remarkably short time for a universe? What with Earth being 4.5 billion years old, and life being about 3.5 billion years old. That means the universe had had Earth life for 25% of it's existence.
As a biologist, that's just crazy to me.
As a biologist, that's just crazy to me.
Reposted by Rebecca R Helm
News from the edge of the visible universe:
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") π§ͺπ
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") π§ͺπ
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
February 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
News from the edge of the visible universe:
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") π§ͺπ
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") π§ͺπ
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
ooooooh!!! woah that's wild! Thanks!
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
ooooooh!!! woah that's wild! Thanks!
wait, can you say more about why this is the case? I looked up the case but am not sure how this relates.
February 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
wait, can you say more about why this is the case? I looked up the case but am not sure how this relates.
First artists, now coders:
"AI is the ultimate rent seeker, a middle-man that inserts itself between a creator and a user and it often consumes the very thing thatβs giving it life..."
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
"AI is the ultimate rent seeker, a middle-man that inserts itself between a creator and a user and it often consumes the very thing thatβs giving it life..."
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
βIf the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?β
www.404media.co
February 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
First artists, now coders:
"AI is the ultimate rent seeker, a middle-man that inserts itself between a creator and a user and it often consumes the very thing thatβs giving it life..."
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
"AI is the ultimate rent seeker, a middle-man that inserts itself between a creator and a user and it often consumes the very thing thatβs giving it life..."
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
Oooh yes please! I'm DM'ing you my email now!
February 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Oooh yes please! I'm DM'ing you my email now!
What?? How did I not know this? Who did we lose? Was it the tri-radial spiral guys? The frond guys?
February 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
What?? How did I not know this? Who did we lose? Was it the tri-radial spiral guys? The frond guys?
I saw that, too. So basically itβsβ¦ what is it, exactly?
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I saw that, too. So basically itβsβ¦ what is it, exactly?
I didnβt realize how alarmingly small chess masters were
February 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I didnβt realize how alarmingly small chess masters were
My favorite thing about Moltbook is that humans are now pretending to be bots. Humans. Are. Now. Pretending. To. Be. Bots.
The internet has come full circle π
The internet has come full circle π
February 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
My favorite thing about Moltbook is that humans are now pretending to be bots. Humans. Are. Now. Pretending. To. Be. Bots.
The internet has come full circle π
The internet has come full circle π