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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier

@coastalseaside.bsky.social

290 followers 190 following 350 posts

Running, weights, books, beer. Not necessarily in that order. Mom, wife, educator. Teaching in the sun, sand, water, and mud. Evidence-informed, and hater of pseudoscience. Overly energetic. PhD: salt marsh foraminifera and meiofauna.

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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 13h

I'm on the bus right now and a peninsula elementary school got on to go for a field trip. Chaos aside (lol) the fact that some of them are saying this is their first time on a city bus... when they LIVE in the city... #CarCulture 🙃

Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 16h

The number of drivers I see aggressively tear off after waiting behind a turning vehicle, or a pedestrian, baffles me. So, you have to make it to the next red light at 80 kph to make up for the 15 seconds you waited?

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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 1d

Our 19yo is back after a 6mos co-op placement. Oh how quickly I've forgotten how much he eats.

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 1d

Thinking you don’t fit in is agonising, whether you are starting at university or changing jobs. Our advice columnist, David Robson, shares some tips to change how you feel

If you feel you don't really belong, here is some science-based advice

Thinking you don’t fit in is agonising, whether you are starting at university or changing jobs. Our advice columnist, David Robson, shares some tips to change how you feel

www.newscientist.com

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 2d

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 2d

This week, we lost one of the world’s greatest advocates for people and nature. Even in her final days, Dr. Jane Goodall was urging us not to give up, and now her legacy lives on through the countless voices she inspired.

Read on Mailchimp: shorturl.at/lDxXk
Read on LinkedIn: shorturl.at/VOiPa

Jane Goodall's final lesson

Honoring Jane Goodall's life, Pope Leo's first climate address, and finding hope in action

www.talkingclimate.ca

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 2d

I stopped by after 1 on my way out, you must have stepped out for a smidgen!

Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 2d

I still haven't left Bedford, hahahha.

Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 2d

I only need to physically go into work today for a couple of things and a meeting. Thank goodness, because working in a windowless office when it's still summer outside would make for a very sad Monday.

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The PhD Place - Academic Community @thephdplace.bsky.social · 2d

Academics take one headshot at the start of their career and then use it for the next 40 years.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 3d

Salt marshes are powerful protectors—buffering coastlines from storms, supporting fisheries like lobster and scallops, and locking away carbon. But what happens in these vital ecosystems during the winter months?

👉 Find out: go.whoi.edu/JuliaGuimond

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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 5d

There was also the car that went off the road into the lake in Fall River. I am curious to how many of this single vehicle MVAs are caused by medical emergencies (heart attacks, seizures, strokes...). I think someone posted stats on it awhile ago but I can't remember the %.

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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 6d

May have gotten a tad angry on FB. My Father in Law has been fighting for "Gun rights! Defend yourself!!" for as long as I've been with my husband, so, yeah, it infuriates me, a person who has never touched a gun in her life, but feels completely safe in society.

Screen shot of a FB post that says "OMFG, ok, so maybe I'm tired, cranky, whatever. BUT NO CITIZEN needs assault weapons. This "BUT but but I need to defend myself!!" rhetoric is so incredibly stupid and pathetic, I can't even. ... so, what, you're saying that a criminal comes to your door, "I'm here to do bad things!!" ... and you, the homeowner says, "OMGeeee, plz wait, I need to go to my locked gun cabinet and get my gunz to protect all the things and kill you, so just stand right there!!!"... FFS, stop babying about "your rights". Holey Cheeze this has been INFURIATING me since BEFORE the Sandy Hooks elementary shooting in 2012." with a screen shot of a CBC article titled "Opponets of federal gun buyback program rally outside Cape Breton police HQ" including a photo of a sign that says "only an idiot disarms himself and thinks criminals will do the same"

Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 6d

That is so cool! I support you, through libro.fm, but I know you don't get 100%!!

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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 6d

Unpopular opinion: you can only complain about traffic if you are a transit/green commuter/car pooler. I bus to and from work every day, and 9 out of 10 vehicles I see when also sitting in YOUR traffic are single occupancy. YOU are traffic. So, stop complaining.

Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 6d

Toxic "gym bro" (guys and girls) culture and "wellness" extreme eating trends are driving me batty. I can't walk the halls/sidewalks at work (university campus) without overhearing things like "cut/bulk" "adding plates" "protein" "he's fat, but so muscular" "macros" "gains"

a cartoon character sitting on a couch with his legs crossed

ALT: a cartoon character sitting on a couch with his legs crossed

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 7d

Rest in peace, Jane Goodall.
You taught us that kindness is a form of strength and that respect for life in all its forms is the truest measure of humanity. You will be dearly missed.

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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 8d

It baffles me too, so its ok!!! Students call me Coastal Mom in field school, so all is normal and good with the world

Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 8d

In everyone's defense I was only 22 when Dylan was born!

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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 8d

I would like to show you all the epitome of How it Started How it's Going with my Baby Brother and my Oldest.

Two stacked images, of a 14 year old boy holding a newborn baby, and the next photo of two men clinking beers... just 19 years apart.

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Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 8d

I just opened Bluesky and this was the first thing in my feed. Perfection. I'll close it now, no need to scroll. <3

Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 8d

Look at that toofer!

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