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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

This is one of the most demented things Trump has posted

Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · 16d

With my fantastic co-authors @fishgenomes.bsky.social, Hannah Waterman, Jessie Pelosi, Nate Backenstose, Sarah Chang, @mtanichthys.bsky.social, and @almeidasilvaf.bsky.social

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Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · 16d

Check out our new preprint! We compare sequence versus synteny approaches for resolving a challenging #phylogenetic problem. In this case, synteny is far more informative! Also includes the first chromosome-level #genome for the enigmatic #fish family Gyrinocheilidae. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · May 14

Just a pair of Gold-spotted Mudskippers (Periophthalmus chrysospilos) doing their semiaquatic thing.

📷 nitiroj_boonsai on iNaturalist
📍 Thailand
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay

Two long grayish-colored fish with orange fins and orange spots along their body rest on what looks like a mossy rock.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Apr 23

In addition to the terminations of existing awards, new NSF grants are still stopped completely since DOGE was granted access to systems a week ago.

Last Thursday, an agency spokesperson said "NSF continues to issue awards." That does not appear to be the case.

Graph of NSF awards. Compares April 2024 to April 2025, which levels off.

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Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thank you @sse-evolution.bsky.social! Thrilled to have our paper recognized.

Chase Brownstein @chasedbrownstein.bsky.social · Apr 11

I am beyond honored to announce that our paper (academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...) revealing a molecular mechanism of evolutionary stasis has won the @sse-evolution.bsky.social President's Award

This work would have been impossible w/o my colleagues @tjnear.bsky.social lab and beyond!

The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis

Abstract. Evolutionary stasis characterizes lineages that seldom speciate and show little phenotypic change over long stretches of geological time. Althoug

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Madeline Ostrander @madelinevo.bsky.social · Feb 27

A source just told me over the phone that layoffs are happening right now at NOAA. Axios is also reporting this. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...

Layoffs hit federal climate, weather agency NOAA

The cuts could affect NOAA's weather forecasts, climate research and other functions.

www.axios.com

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Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · Feb 27

USAID staff have two days to clean out their offices at the agency’s former headquarters in DC.

People are gathering on the sidewalk in the rain to show their support, applauding workers as they pass by.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · Feb 5

“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said a former Noaa official. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats

Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

www.theguardian.com

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Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · Jan 3

Very grateful to have contributed to this important research!

Tom Near @tjnear.bsky.social · Jan 3

1/4New from the #NearLab, genomics and morphology demonstrate the famous Snail Darter, Percina tanasi, the little fish that swam to the United States Supreme Court is not a distinct species...

Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Tom Near @tjnear.bsky.social · Jan 3

1/4New from the #NearLab, genomics and morphology demonstrate the famous Snail Darter, Percina tanasi, the little fish that swam to the United States Supreme Court is not a distinct species...

Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Dr Angel Borja @drangelborja.bsky.social · Nov 29

Marine institutes and University departments doing marine research, join the conversation here. Only official organisations

go.bsky.app/K7HxGsK

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Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thanks!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Nov 16

I’m working on a starter pack of ocean science and conservation accounts who post regularly and cover a variety of geographic and disciplinary perspectives.

Follow these fine folks. 🦑🌎🧪🐠

go.bsky.app/HYBnbQn

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · Nov 22

You are so welcome- there are so many amazing women that now there are two starter packs!! go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4

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Kelly P Bushnell, PhD 🌊 @drkelpy.bsky.social · Nov 22

Thanks @tessahill.bsky.social for creating this one! 🌏🌊💪💙

go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo

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Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · Nov 24

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Nov 23

I hope federally funded scientists are preparing for large scale, bad faith attacks by Musk and his troll army.

It’s pretty clear the DOGE operation is going to take snippets of grant proposals and papers, present them out of context, and direct weaponized harassment of individual people.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Nov 23

Elon Musk takes far more federal dollars with far less oversight than any of the public scientists facing attacks.

People who come under attack should respond by making sure anyone listening knows how much federal money Musk makes, and how he shields it from scrutiny.

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popgengoogling.bsky.social @popgengoogling.bsky.social · Nov 24

Could God make a demographic history so complex even she couldn't estimate N_e

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popgengoogling.bsky.social @popgengoogling.bsky.social · Nov 23

Is "clean-burning" coalescent a myth?

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popgengoogling.bsky.social @popgengoogling.bsky.social · Nov 22

Top 10 Hill-Robertsons to Die On

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Su-In Lee @suinlee.bsky.social · Nov 23

Here is a #compbio starter kit! go.bsky.app/QVPoZXp To all the #Bioinformatics #Genomics #MachineLearning folks: please RP and let’s build this together!

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Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · Nov 23

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Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · Nov 20

In honor of #GIS Day, here's one of my favorite #river maps I made as part of my Hidden Rivers Twitter series. Perhaps it's time to restart that on Bluesky...

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