Dr. Solomon David
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social
“The Gar Guy” Fish Scientist & Prof | 🌎Freshwater Conservation | SciComm • GarLab | Views mine | he/him | #GarWeek
📍Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wherever you go, there you gar
https://linktr.ee/solomonrdavid • @garlab.bsky.social
📍Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wherever you go, there you gar
https://linktr.ee/solomonrdavid • @garlab.bsky.social
Pinned
My pet gar that I donated to Shedd Aquarium would recognize me and swim over to say hi when I visited her exhibit ❤️🐠
A rare hybrid gar, I raised her since she was 2 inches long, and had to re-home her when I moved to Chicago. I was happy I could visit her in her new home!
TO BE CONTINUED…
A rare hybrid gar, I raised her since she was 2 inches long, and had to re-home her when I moved to Chicago. I was happy I could visit her in her new home!
TO BE CONTINUED…
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Went tidepooling today. Saw the best octopus.
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Went tidepooling today. Saw the best octopus.
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Happy Saturday
Alligator #gar - Atractosteus spatula
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-10-26) 🐟🐠 #photography #animal #nature #fish #zoo #cincyzoopic
Alligator #gar - Atractosteus spatula
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-10-26) 🐟🐠 #photography #animal #nature #fish #zoo #cincyzoopic
January 31, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Happy Saturday
Alligator #gar - Atractosteus spatula
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-10-26) 🐟🐠 #photography #animal #nature #fish #zoo #cincyzoopic
Alligator #gar - Atractosteus spatula
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-10-26) 🐟🐠 #photography #animal #nature #fish #zoo #cincyzoopic
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
NEW GAR PUN JUST DROPPED.
Just tapping into positive reserves by looking at photos from a recent trip, including one of this shop called G.Armani. Have you ever gotten a suit there, Bowfin? Or do you usually go to Bigmouth and Tall?
January 31, 2026 at 7:35 PM
NEW GAR PUN JUST DROPPED.
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Empathetic Bowfin it has been A Time and I’m tired.
January 31, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Empathetic Bowfin it has been A Time and I’m tired.
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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happy #sturgeonsaturday yall 🧪👩🏻🔬 🌎
Did ya know that during winter sturgeon do a thing i call cuddle puddle? they find a deep hole to overwinter in & hang out cuddle puddling until spring! we are working to identify & protect these areas now
support the sturgies, get a sticker: tinyurl.com/2fjnxy7w
Did ya know that during winter sturgeon do a thing i call cuddle puddle? they find a deep hole to overwinter in & hang out cuddle puddling until spring! we are working to identify & protect these areas now
support the sturgies, get a sticker: tinyurl.com/2fjnxy7w
January 31, 2026 at 6:45 PM
happy #sturgeonsaturday yall 🧪👩🏻🔬 🌎
Did ya know that during winter sturgeon do a thing i call cuddle puddle? they find a deep hole to overwinter in & hang out cuddle puddling until spring! we are working to identify & protect these areas now
support the sturgies, get a sticker: tinyurl.com/2fjnxy7w
Did ya know that during winter sturgeon do a thing i call cuddle puddle? they find a deep hole to overwinter in & hang out cuddle puddling until spring! we are working to identify & protect these areas now
support the sturgies, get a sticker: tinyurl.com/2fjnxy7w
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ICE is camped out at a free clinic/food shelf on the Northside if you'd like to see how de-escalation and targeted enforcement is going.
January 31, 2026 at 4:48 PM
ICE is camped out at a free clinic/food shelf on the Northside if you'd like to see how de-escalation and targeted enforcement is going.
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Empathetic Bowfin asks “How are you doing?”
January 30, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Empathetic Bowfin asks “How are you doing?”
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I'm doing ok and thanks for asking!
January 30, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I'm doing ok and thanks for asking!
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This. Is. Jeop-GAR-dy!
January 30, 2026 at 11:32 PM
This. Is. Jeop-GAR-dy!
WAIT. That @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social question/answer was based on our team’s study!!!
@garlab.bsky.social -themed content on Jeopardy tonight!
A 2024 study found that gars’ evolution was at a virtual standstill, at .00009 of THESE GENETIC CHANGES per million years… 🐟🦑☠️
A 2024 study found that gars’ evolution was at a virtual standstill, at .00009 of THESE GENETIC CHANGES per million years… 🐟🦑☠️
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
WAIT. That @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social question/answer was based on our team’s study!!!
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Not great, last remaining representative of the Halecomorphi, not great.
January 30, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Not great, last remaining representative of the Halecomorphi, not great.
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Thanks for asking. We were just fine until recently.....
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Thanks for asking. We were just fine until recently.....
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Man. Fish. I don't even know what to say. Thanks for asking tho.
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Man. Fish. I don't even know what to say. Thanks for asking tho.
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Honestly . . .
a man in a suit and tie is shaking hands with another man in an elevator and saying `` not great , bob ! ''
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is shaking hands with another man in an elevator and saying `` not great , bob ! ''
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Honestly . . .
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honestly this is exactly how your most empathetic friend approaches you. At an angle, neutral face…close but not overwhelming. listening, ready to support whatever emotion you might display in whatever way you need it…an icon
January 30, 2026 at 10:18 PM
honestly this is exactly how your most empathetic friend approaches you. At an angle, neutral face…close but not overwhelming. listening, ready to support whatever emotion you might display in whatever way you need it…an icon
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Okay enough all things considered, but it really means a lot to have you check in, Mr Bowfin.
January 30, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Okay enough all things considered, but it really means a lot to have you check in, Mr Bowfin.
Empathetic Bowfin asks “How are you doing?”
January 30, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Empathetic Bowfin asks “How are you doing?”
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Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
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Tom Morello welcomes Bruce Springsteen to the stage at the Defend Minnesota! benefit concert fundraising for the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at First Avenue in Minneapolis 🎸
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Tom Morello welcomes Bruce Springsteen to the stage at the Defend Minnesota! benefit concert fundraising for the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at First Avenue in Minneapolis 🎸
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
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Text from the 12 year old that she's walking out with her classmates in an ICE protest, and I'm sitting here tearing up at my desk I'm so proud of her.
January 30, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Text from the 12 year old that she's walking out with her classmates in an ICE protest, and I'm sitting here tearing up at my desk I'm so proud of her.
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Ducks Unlimited sends a promotional sticker of a…mandarin duck?
DU’s work has benefited a lot of waterfowl species but the mandarin duck (an Asiatic duck often kept in aviaries) isn’t one of them.
Conservation communications should be done by real people, with real natural history knowledge.
DU’s work has benefited a lot of waterfowl species but the mandarin duck (an Asiatic duck often kept in aviaries) isn’t one of them.
Conservation communications should be done by real people, with real natural history knowledge.
January 29, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Ducks Unlimited sends a promotional sticker of a…mandarin duck?
DU’s work has benefited a lot of waterfowl species but the mandarin duck (an Asiatic duck often kept in aviaries) isn’t one of them.
Conservation communications should be done by real people, with real natural history knowledge.
DU’s work has benefited a lot of waterfowl species but the mandarin duck (an Asiatic duck often kept in aviaries) isn’t one of them.
Conservation communications should be done by real people, with real natural history knowledge.
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I want people to understand Columbia Heights as a first ring suburb of working class Minnesotans. It has my favorite Palestinian grocery, one of the best Mexican ones, a huge Indian grocery store, an East Asian store I haven't tried yet because there are so many, and a Palestinian sweets store.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
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January 30, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I want people to understand Columbia Heights as a first ring suburb of working class Minnesotans. It has my favorite Palestinian grocery, one of the best Mexican ones, a huge Indian grocery store, an East Asian store I haven't tried yet because there are so many, and a Palestinian sweets store.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand that ICE be banned from the use of tactical nuclear weapons without a judge's order.
January 30, 2026 at 1:40 AM
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand that ICE be banned from the use of tactical nuclear weapons without a judge's order.