3 generations of EnriCos @ #IWC2025, letting the world know about our forest smammals + a best speed talk award!
@elfledermaus.bsky.social @pmittelman.bsky.social

Beautiful work by @anthonyhurd.bsky.social … excited to hang it above my fireplace. ☺️

Under Fascism, the state makes sweeping changes (sold as an attack on waste, fraud, and abuse) in the name of efficiency…and “the trains will run on time!”

Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.

Your parents are almost certainly safer on holiday in Ireland than the US, generally speaking. What is your mom specifically worried about?

My parents are about to head over to Europe for a few months, to places less American-friendly than Ireland, and are utterly unconcerned. Some people will probably ask about politics, but unless your mom is planning to defend the idea of a US invasion of Greenland, I doubt they’ll have any issues.

Apparently the Institue of Museum and Library Services is being shut down today… because who needs museums and libraries to learn from, especially when there’s no need for scientists anymore. 🙄

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institu...

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.


I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

#ESJ72
2024 Ecological Research Paper Award🏆(25th)

Congrats👏🐭
Scott M. Appleby @elfledermaus.bsky.social et al
Linking small mammal capture probability with understory structural complexity using a mobile laser scanning-derived metric: A case study
doi.org/10.1111/1440...

#OpenAccess #ERPaperAward

Had a nice time at the #standupforscience event in Sacramento yesterday! We need more direct action but things have to start somewhere. As a bonus, my sign ended up in the local paper. 📰

Six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others

#IWD #InternationalWomensDay

https://go.nature.com/43w9Voe

Thanks to @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social for the award! This was a truly collaborative work with Ieva Bebre and Hannes Riebl as part of @enricounigoe.bsky.social, and I’m happy to have it recognized.

🥳🐭🌲🌳

This morning, the National Science Foundation fired 168 probationary employees, effective immediately. The number represents roughly 10% of its workforce.

Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi

On the CFPB: “These people are nerds for the public good, damn it. Contrast their behavior with that of a billionaire who does a bunch of ketamine and then turns a horde of 19 year-olds loose on the internal databases. It is not hard to see which side here takes the public interest more seriously.”

Finally an update from #NSF new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

I gave an interview to the BBC at midnight while the #LAfires were raging outside and I couldn't sleep. Turned into one of the most thorough and well-researched articles on wildlife and wildfire I've had the pleasure of contributing to.

Scratching a mosquito bite can offer a moment of bliss, and now scientists have learnt why: scratching activates an immune response that helps to protect the skin against harmful infections, at least in mice.

https://go.nature.com/4aJpL0r

We invest in our working groups knowing that two years of funding is hardly enough to fully explore an idea.

One group, funded in 2012, continued working over a decade, publishing a dozen papers and two awesome datasets along the way.

Read about them here:
lternet.edu/stories/corr...

Finally decided to do some farmers market shopping… a bit of retail therapy with everything going on this week. 🧑‍🌾

WHITE PEOPLE - here’s a 2-question quiz to help you decide if you are “pro-DEI” or “anti-DEI”.

1. Do you believe brilliant minds can come from anywhere?

2. Do you believe resources and opportunities are unequally distributed?

If you answered “yes” to both - congrats, you’re “pro-DEI”!