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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · Jun 3

Making America poorer again: each US $1 million invested by the NIH in health research generates about $2.5 million in economic activity. NIH funding produced $94 billion in new economic activity and supported more than 400,000 jobs in 2024 alone. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment - Nature Human Behaviour

Nature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

www.nature.com

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Jeff Buler @jbuler.bsky.social · May 30

Think all barriers for migrating birds are natural like deserts and seas? Not so! I helped discover that the man-made Corn Belt is also a barrier to migration for many birds. Check out more about my study here...

America's Corn Belt acts as barrier for migrating songbirds | Cornell Chronicle

The vast agricultural landscape of the U.S. Midwest known as the Corn Belt acts as a barrier for migrating landbirds, causing them to adjust their flight behaviors similar to when crossing natural bar...

news.cornell.edu

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Fengyi Guo (Freda) @fyguo.bsky.social · May 30

Grateful to collaborate with an amazing team on this work. @jbuler.bsky.social, Adriaan Dokter, @kyle-horton.bsky.social, @emlbcohen.bsky.social, Dan Sheldon, Jaclyn Smolinsky, and David Wilcove.

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Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · May 29

I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.

Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...

Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"

YouTube video by Annie Andrews

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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · Apr 15

NEW: Today, NSF "disestablished" most of its scientific advisory committees.

These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...

NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders

Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.

www.nsf.gov

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Jeff Buler @jbuler.bsky.social · Apr 4

This could also jeopardize access to important climate and weather data for research.

Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · Apr 3

This is potentially very bad for climate and environmental monitoring.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Apr 3

NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s main contract for its websites was not approved for renewal, so I’m told we should expect some of them to start to go down.

“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”

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Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thank you @bou.org.uk for nominating me for the award lecture and to a great audience, who had my heart racing for the whole talk! Now time to relax and enjoy talks to come on Frontiers in #ornithology @ #BOU2025. Special shout out to @natbzielonka.bsky.social for the thread below

BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 1

1/ We are delighted to have @judyshamounb.bsky.social deliver the Alfred Newton Lecture at #BOU2025 Frontiers in Ornithology

Judy's research focuses on understanding movement ecology in birds 🧵

#ornithology #migrationresearch #movementecology 🪶🧪

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Ying-Chi (Ginny) Chan @chanyingchi.github.io · Apr 2

How does the migration of Swiss red kites change with age? Check out the blog post about our Elton Prize shortlisted paper! @vogelwarte.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social

Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · Apr 2

Ying Chi Chan (she/her) provides the story behind her paper, “Ontogeny of migration destination, route and timing in a partially migratory bird“, which was shortlisted for this year’s Elton Prize. 🐦

animalecologyinfocus.com

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Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · Apr 2

Birds will be arriving soon! This map shows peak migration dates across the US modeled using radar data. Keep in mind, the dates represent peaks, but migration usually plays out across a couple of weeks, so estimate ± 1 week on either side of the dates on the map for max migration activity.

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Dr Will Leo Hawkes @willleohawkes.bsky.social · Apr 3

So pleased to see this article about the incredible migration of flies on @theconversation.com!

Fly migration is so vitally important to humans but massively under-appreciated. I'd love to spread the word further - could anyone help?
theconversation.com/flies-are-ma...

Flies are masters of migration – it’s about time they got some credit

Flies are the most ecologically diverse and important migrant group. We just had no idea.

theconversation.com

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Jeff Buler @jbuler.bsky.social · Mar 29

This does not make America great. We ignore climate change to our detriment.

W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · Mar 29

thebulletin.org/2025/03/main...

Maine senator grills intelligence director Gabbard on omission of climate change from annual threat report

Gabbard implied that climate change was no longer considered a direct threat to US national security.

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American Bird Conservancy @abcbirds.bsky.social · Mar 21

Here’s another reason to support bird conservation—Birds contribute $279 billion to the U.S. economy and create 1.4 million jobs. 💸 #Birds are big business!

Graphic for State of the Birds Report 2025 featuring a vibrant Blackburnian Warbler perched on a branch, with text emphasizing the importance of investments in healthy habitats for bird populations. Investments in healthy habitats are investments in what matters most to Americans. Photo by Owen Deutsch.

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Dr Will Leo Hawkes @willleohawkes.bsky.social · Mar 5

Now this is exciting.

Antonin and his team have just published a study showing that the number of migrating hoverflies through Czechia are positively correlated with the numbers of birds!
Suggests that the birds are using the flies as fuel on migration.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Cecilia Nilsson @cnilsson.science · Mar 5

Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.

Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L

European data on animals aloft now publicly available

Weather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o...

go.nature.com

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NPR @npr.org · Mar 4

Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died

Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Mar 3

Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists:

www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science

48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

www.ucsusa.org

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ligirl66.bsky.social @ligirl66.bsky.social · Mar 3

This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · Mar 2

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Mar 1

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Feb 27

Near-absence of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Little Terns Sternula albifrons across 13 European countries | www.tandfonline.com/... | @birdstudy.bsky.social | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

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Ziva Branstetter @zivabranstetter.bsky.social · Feb 20

New from @propublica.org: We studied a massive set of hospital discharge data to see what happened after Texas banned abortion. …

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Feb 20

Radar revelations: insect availability influences parental provisioning in breeding tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor | doi.org/10.1111/jav.... | @avianbiology.bsky.social | #ornithology 🪶

Radar revelations: insect availability influences parental provisioning in breeding tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor - Simons - 2025 - Journal of Avian Biology - Wiley Online Library

Airspace habitat is essential foraging space for tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor, which rely on flying insects as their main source of food. Insect availability can change quickly from hour-to-ho...

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Jeff Buler @jbuler.bsky.social · Feb 21

Basic science is important for medical discoveries. Thank Gila monsters for Ozempic!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Feb 20

The discovery of a digestion-slowing hormone in the Gila monster's venom paved the way for Ozempic. When a Gila monster named Pebbles needed medicine in return, a pharmaceutical chemist pivoted to help save the species. nyti.ms/4i5w40U

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Feb 20

Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1

Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk of catching virus

The majority of the doses will be handed out to provinces and territories, which will decide when and where to deploy the shots

www.theglobeandmail.com

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Feb 21

Transmission dynamics of highly pathogenic avian influenza among multiple waterfowl species and backyard poultry: the impact of the stopover period | www.nature.com/artic... | Scientific Reports | #ornithology 🪶

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