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Christopher Witt
@msbbirds.bsky.social
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Prof & Curator @UNM, Museum of Southwestern Biology NM Game Commissioner Studies: bird ecology, evolution, genetics, physiology, biogeography, & toxicology Enjoys: Birding, hunting, fishing, running Personal account, not representing UNM or State of NM
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 6h
Which journal would publish such a fragmented mess?
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 4h
UC-Berkeley physicist who just won the Nobel Prize tells it like it is: "It is going to be disastrous if this continues"

For "It" read -> science, economy, rule of law, and beyond.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Nobel physics laureate says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US research
It was just past 2:00 am when a mysterious number rang Nobel laureate John Clarke, what he deemed "obviously a joke call" that grew increasingly surreal when he heard "a voice from Sweden."- 'Basic sc...
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Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 20h
Our paper on the temporal genomics of Ethiopian birds
has been highlighted (and gotten the cover) in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
Article: doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf163
Highlight: doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf175

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Genome Biology and Evolution October 2025 cover image with a photo of an Ethiopian White-eye.
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Niels de Winter @nielsjdewinter.bsky.social · 1d
Such a sad story, but good that it can be told in full in museums now.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved
DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio
doi.org
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John Fabian Witt @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social · 2d
Political violence, post-pandemic one-party rule, vast economic inequality, and immigration backlash? The 2020s are the 1920s all over again--and that may show us a way out. Adapted from my book, to be published next week. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...
Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment
www.nytimes.com
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Alex Nelson @alxnelson.bsky.social · 3d
Roseate spoonbills will splash their wings through the water as part of their beauty routine. Here's one doing so mid-splash, facing straight ahead towards the camera. I really love this shot. #birds
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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 5d
thank you bills tiktok
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d
Attn Black people, stop scrolling.

This is not a drill: Chicago
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 4d
Do they do impressions though?
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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d
My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 9d
1. The $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina, announced last week by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, delivers an enormous windfall to hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone.

Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.
Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire
A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 13d
To read the university’s triumphant all-campus email about restored NIH funding, you’d think UC administrators made it happen. But that’s not true. In fact the UC *Faculty Association* organized the lawsuit; administrators kept their heads down and hoped it’d go away.
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Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 13d
Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 14d
If the purpose of this PSA is to remind ppl that Ferruginous Hawks have feathered tarsi, mission accomplished
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 14d
These are the facts.
A hawk with the head of a human baby -- soaring through the blue skies with glee -- its talons extended and ready to strike. The text reads: Babies don't have talons. You need to keep them safe. Your human baby needs a safe sleep space. Bare is best - make sure to remove all suffocation hazards like toys, blankets, pillows, and padded crib bumpers from your baby's sleep space.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15d
Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 15d
Happy Birthday!
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 15d
Mammatus clouds, but my 10-yr old called them “skeleton fingers”

#NewMexico
Odd cumulonimbus raincloud over Albuquerque on 9/22/25, with bubble-like protrusions resembling a skeleton’s fingers, technically called mamma, mammatus, or mammatoculus Odd cumulonimbus raincloud over Albuquerque on 9/22/25, with bubble-like protrusions resembling a skeleton’s fingers, technically called mamma, mammatus, or mammatoculus Odd cumulonimbus raincloud over Albuquerque on 9/22/25, with bubble-like protrusions resembling a skeleton’s fingers, technically called mamma, mammatus, or mammatoculus
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Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · 19d
Intense ivory poaching has led to the evolution of tusklessness in some African elephant populations, which might reduce poaching, but also happens to be an X-chromosome–linked dominant trait that is lethal to males #EleFunFactFriday #TheMoreYouKnow 💫 🧪 🐘

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ivory poaching and the rapid evolution of tusklessness in African elephants
Intensive ivory poaching during a period of civil conflict caused the rapid evolution of tusklessness in an African elephant population.
www.science.org
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20d
This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21d
🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 22d
If disease falls in deforest and nobody’s there to disburse it tho?
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 23d
True😔
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 23d
But it’s workingggggg!
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 24d
The Pittsburgh/sooty bird one, of course, is real:

Bird specimens track 135 years of atmospheric black carbon and environmental policy | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Bird specimens track 135 years of atmospheric black carbon and environmental policy | PNAS
Atmospheric black carbon has long been recognized as a public health and environmental concern. More recently, black carbon has been identified as ...
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 26d
Rocky Mountain Oysters
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