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Millie, the Pinniped Enjoyer
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✨Millie // 🇲🇽 // marine mammal researcher and PhD student 🧬🦭 // I draw sometimes ✨ (they/she) // pass the detritus!!! 🥂
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Millie, the Pinniped Enjoyer @floraplasm.bsky.social · Feb 8
I'm about to dump a bunch of art here let's start off with funny teehee seals
floraplasm.bsky.social
Wait, I wrote this! Yay elephant seals!
theaga.bsky.social The American Genetic Association @theaga.bsky.social · 13d
The northern elephant seal, once near extinction with just a few survivors, is now a conservation success story! Thanks to the California Conservation Genomics Project, scientists have generated a high-quality reference genome to study its resilience, genetic diversity, and recovery.
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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rmwaterhouse.bsky.social
From ancient DNA to modern conservation: Assessing human impact on Atlantic bluefin tuna Genomes biodiversitygenomics.eu/2024/09/09/f... @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social #biodiversity #genomics
From ancient DNA to modern conservation: Assessing human impact on Atlantic bluefin tuna Genomes - Biodiversity Genomics Europe
Case study Ancient Tuna Genomes An international team of scientists traces human-driven evolution of the Atlantic bluefin tuna from ancient to modern times, providing insights to support sustainable c...
biodiversitygenomics.eu
August 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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tylerhuckabee.bsky.social
In a stunning moment of carnal desire, my calculator said “BOOBIE5”
parsnip.bsky.social geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · Jul 20
no it wasn’t and no it didn’t
The Wall Street Journal 9m ago In a stunning moment of self reflection, ChatGPT admitted to fueling a man's delusions and acknowledged how dangerous its own behavior can be
July 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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crocojaws.bsky.social
Hello Muffy nation
Doodle page of @unclecucky’s cat, Muffy. :-)
July 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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sagitaninta.bsky.social
My first PhD paper on the importance of populations in small islands for the survival of megafaunas is out!

In sum, the ~100 whole genome sequences of anoa & babirusa, forest cover & climate model of their habitat, all agree that small-island pops are dope.

#consgen

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
An image of Sulawesi Island that consist of four connecting peninsula shaping the island into something that looks like a letter "K" with adjacent small islands, annotated with colored circles and triangles marking the location of anoa (circle) and babirusa (triangle) from three types of region across the islands. Each region is accompanied by an art piece of the head of anoa and babirusa to mark the presence of one or both taxa in the region. There are both in the northern and southeastern peninsula of Sulawesi, only anoa in Buton south of the southeastern peninsula, and only babirusa in the Togean south of northern peninsula. In the right side of the head art, there are DNA icon with breakage illustrating "deleterious mutations" and a forest icon illustrating "habitat quality". An arrow going down, up, and left accompanying each icon to mark whether the abundance of each icon are high or low relative to the focal populations, which is marked with arrow pointing right to illustrate stability in magnitude. For both Buton and Togean, the amount of deleterious mutations are low relative to the larger island's peninsula, while it has better habitat quality relative to the larger island. This graphical abstract is an oversimplification of the work, I hope you read the paper for more elaboration.
July 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
“Shark Whisperer” Villainizes Native Hawaiians Like Me |
“Shark Whisperer” Villainizes Native Hawaiians Like Me
"'Shark Whisperer' claims to honor marine life, but it often confuses reverence with control," writes Kaniela Ing.
time.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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altnih4science.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Supreme Court, via the shadow docket, has greenlighted the DOGE mass firings.

From us at NIH:

The Supreme Court is an arm of Trump and Republican Party.
It is not a court, but a political body. And it must be disempowered if we want functional science in the US. 🧪
Supreme Court clears the way for Trump's plans to downsize the federal workforce
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce.
apnews.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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merinrejichacko.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce the publication of the trophiCH database: a multi-trophic, species-level #metaweb for #Switzerland🇨🇭

Out now in #ScientificData 📃 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Want to explore the dataset? 🔍 webapps.wsl.ch/trophiCH/

#OpenData #Ecology #FoodWebs 🌐

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July 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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aledthompson.bsky.social
Hey #PortfolioDay

I'm Aled, I'm a Welsh freelance illustrator and concept artist. I like to illustrate nature, wildlife and anything Welsh! ✨

I think this is the perfect opportunity to show off my new website!

🌐 aledthompson.com
📧 [email protected]
A crow perched on a stump in a pine forest covered in dense foliage A Forest raven perched on a broken branch A dense forest environment with a river running through the middle A fox crawling between some dense forest floor foliage.
July 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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sanrio-daily.bsky.social
congrats to this years sanrio character ranking winner, pompompurin! 💫
June 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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sachinteng.bsky.social
My poster for the official JAWS 50th Anniversary art show~The exhibit opens tonight at Art Alliance of Monmouth County in Red Bank, NJ 🦈
A faux retro Taiwanese movie poster of JAWS (1975) all text is in Traditional Chinese. The poster depicts a famous scene of Mrs. Kitner slapping Chief Brody, telling him that her boy is dead. Behind Brody are Mayor Vaughn and Dr. Hooper all look sad and ashamed, heads hanging low. Behind Mrs. Kitner is the funeral director reaching out for Mrs. Kitner, getting ready to take her away from the scene. Mrs. Kitner is dressing all in black. Skirt, blazer, heels, and a hat with a veil. The veil and skirt blowing in the wind. Chief Brody wears glasses, a blue Amity Police jacket, brown shoes, and khakis. His head is low and turned away from the viewer after being slapped. He is looking away from the viewer in shame. Vaughn is wearing a striped blazer with a pink shirt, brown shoes, and dark blue slacks. Hooper is wearing a beanie, glasses, denim jacket, denim pants, and converse shoes. The funeral director wears a fedora, glasses and all black suit. In the background is the tiger shark they mistook for the great white shark, strung up on a hook and rope, and were prematurely celebrating its capture. Further into the background all the townspeople look equally ashamed for the death of the Kitner boy and their now embarrassing celebration.
June 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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sout.bsky.social
i hate to do this but i have two weeks left to fund my suddenly-larger-than-i-was-prepared-for top surgery bill. any bit helps
ko-fi.com/souttt/goal?...
June 28, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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judithmank.bsky.social
Very pleased to see this officially out - Genome Architecture and Speciation in Plants and Animals. With @siluwang.bsky.social, @dortizba.bsky.social and Loren Rieseberg. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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bettinathal.bsky.social
🐋 Two teams, two oceans, one result: to detect #whale #eDNA, sample as soon as possible after a sighting!

Unique co-publication experience!
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social @savecetaceans.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...

#OceanWise #CitizenScience #WhaleWatching #WomenInSTEM
June 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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crocojaws.bsky.social
Trying to break my habit of only painting for family in times of loss, and make time to their commemorate joy too.

[ #art #digitalpainting #procreate ]
Painting of a young woman holding a puppy.
January 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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horrorhippies.bsky.social
Matcha tea ceremony 🍵 🐉 Created with microns and water color.
June 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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phoca-sapiens.bsky.social
How should we best design marine protected areas for megafauna with large range sizes? New work from Betty Boyse et al suggests we should include taxon-specific coverage since multispecies MPAs can't address all taxon-specific ecological needs 🧪🌍🦑🦭🐳🐟
doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
@mariabeger.bsky.social
Spatial conservation priorities for marine megafaunal predators: Multi‐taxon versus taxon‐specific approaches
Conservation for marine megafaunal predators needs to improve as they are key for ecosystem functioning. We show that different marine predator taxonomic groups have heterogeneous distributions resul...
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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katatrepsis.bsky.social
🌏 🧪 🌊🐬New paper led by Lucas Bernier: Fraser’s dolphins are among the least studied dolphins on Earth—offshore, deep-diving, and rarely seen. Lucas' work reveals they are surprisingly common along the Lesser Antilles, with a connected population across the arc.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1111/mms....
Characterizing Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Lesser Antilles: Distribution, Movements, and Co‐Occurrence With Other Cetacean Species to Inform Conservation Strategies in the Caribbean
Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) is one of the least studied dolphin species due to its tropical, offshore distribution and low density. However, it is frequently observed in the Lesser Antille...
doi.org
June 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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crocojaws.bsky.social
Puppys guppys wuppys
Watercolor paintings of a French bulldog and a schnauzer, being propped up by the most beautiful cat in the world
June 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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chrisevenhuis.com
Happy 43rd birthday, John Carpenter's THE THING!
Screenshot from John Carpenter's The Thing. It's the scene where the head has grown legs and sneaks into the hallway behind McReady, joyfully wearing a party hat, blowing a party whistle and throwing confetti.
June 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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isabelott.bsky.social
Hey #Evol2025 crew! If you enjoyed your time in Athens, here’s a great way to support the thriving immigrant community that makes it such a vibrant place to visit ❤️
isabelott.bsky.social Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social · Jun 11
The Athens (GA) Immigrants Rights Coalition, which I volunteered with for several years, is currently fundraising for their Support for Immigrant Families in Crisis fund. 98.5% of donations go straight to families in need. Please boost & contribute if you can!
www.athensimmigrantrights.org/donate
SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN CRISIS SPRING 2025 ABOUT SIFIC Support for Immigrant Families in Crisis (SIFIC) provides emergency assistance to local immigrant families who have limited access to resources, due to their documentation or economic status. SIFIC funds are used to help cover essential needs such as rent, utilities, food, medical expenses, attorney fees and legal fees. We are currently facing a deportation crisis that is separating families and the need for these kinds of support has escalated. Please help us to raise 25K this Spring, so that we can continue to help families in crisis! Thank you, Friend.
June 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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shrewgod.bsky.social
New paper out from our crew on using #eDNA to detect the pathogenic chytrid fungus (Bsal) and characterise the surrounding amphibian community from pond samples in the Netherlands. Small number of samples but highlights the potential of eDNA for routine monitoring of both. bioone.org/journals/jou...
June 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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twigtechnology.bsky.social
New orca tool use alert!!

@drwhale.bsky.social and colleagues introduce ‘allokelping’. Pairs of killer whales collect kelp strands and then together roll them along their bodies, keeping the kelp between them. The longest bout lasted over 12 minutes. It’s not play, and may be linked to molting 🧪🛠️🌊
Manufacture and use of allogrooming tools by wild killer whales
Michael Weiss and colleagues report on wild orcas using kelp as a tool for social grooming.
www.cell.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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beckystaylor.bsky.social
We have a preprint reviewing how genomics has been used to inform evolutionary significant units globally, find inconsistencies, and give recommendations. Genomics is a powerful tool and hopefully can be used more effectively for conservation of ESUs! #consgen #popgen www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
floraplasm.bsky.social
If anyone else is doing artfight this year :) (team fossil)

artfight.net/~lilsasquatch
Art Fight
An art gifting game
artfight.net
June 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM