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Micah @rincewind.run · 4d

my wife is a Cal fan and apparently this week they’re putting a “59” on their football helmets to honor the 59 Nobel laureates tied to Cal in order to flex on Duke

this is maybe my favorite dunk anyone has ever done on Duke

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Rachel Carlson @rachelspatial.bsky.social · 15d

We're hiring! My lab is seeking a 2-yr Postdoc in 🌊 marine ecology + 🛰️ remote sensing. You'll work with a big team (including @albertruhi.bsky.social @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social) to study the impacts of changing rainfall on marine freshwater plumes + coastal organisms. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05114

Postdoc Scholar - Marine ecology – ESPM The Coastal Climate Resilience Lab - MCECO - ESPM Ecosystem Sciences Div - Carlson Lab

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Sep 3

The Everglades Concentration Camp costs 3x one of these trains.

Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · Sep 2

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️

"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · Aug 20

Attention entomologists! (and others) Here is a 4th very cool search in ESPM at UC Berkeley - Assistant Professor in Forest Health 🧪 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05082

Assistant Professor - Forest Health - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · Aug 18

A third search at UC Berkeley this year is an open rank position in Climate Equity and Environmental Justice. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Climate Equity and Environmental Justice - University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · Aug 18

We're hiring for a second position in my department this year! Assistant Professor in Environmental Geochemistry. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05078

Assistant Professor - Environmental Geochemistry - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · Aug 14

Job alert! We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Physical Climate Science. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05084

Assistant Professor - Physical Climate Science - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Run On Climate @runonclimate.bsky.social · Aug 5

In 2023, Cleveland started a program that provided solar panels to low-income residents, which resulted in a 60% decrease in their energy bills. Solar policies benefit both climate & communities! Shoutout to mayor @justinmbibb.bsky.social & the Office of Sustainability & Climate Justice☀️ #cities

Cleveland pilot project provides rooftop solar for low-income residents • Ohio Capital Journal

The new year is bringing energy bill savings to Kassy Allen and others in Cleveland’s first rooftop solar program designed specifically for low- and moderate-income families.

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · Jul 26

The proposed ordinance, which could take effect next year, would require certain projects to include plans for replacing gas utilities with all-electric ones to get a permit.

S.F. may soon ban natural gas in homes and businesses undergoing major renovations

The proposed ordinance, which could take effect next year, would require certain projects to include plans for replacing gas utilities with all-electric ones to get a permit.

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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · Jul 22

🌍🤔What do we want to accomplish by 2030?

• Cut or store 3 gigatons of CO₂ yearly
• Help 100M people facing climate disasters
• Conserve billions of acres of land, rivers & oceans
• Back 45M local stewards protecting nature daily

Every goal brings us closer to a thriving planet. 🤝🌿💧

TNC 2030 Goals

Our planet faces interconnected crises of rapid climate change and biodiversity loss. The TNC 2030 goals aim to help slow and reverse these trends.

www.nature.org

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 18

Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media.

This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · Jun 15

El Cerrito resists! #NoKings

Neil and his kids with a sign the says Resist

Protestors with US flags and signs at No Kings protest

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · Jun 2

In today’s @latimes.com print edition: My column on the Big Oil sponsorship that now unites the Dodgers and Giants, and also the Houston Astros: www.latimes.com/environment/...

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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · May 28

data.wastewaterscan.org still shows what's going around in many communities across the US.

Also, you can bulk order triple COVID/RSV/Flu tests from Europe for less than what a COVID-only costs retail in the US.

WastewaterSCAN Dashboard

WastewaterSCAN Data Dashboard tracks infectious diseases across the US via wastewater surveillance.

data.wastewaterscan.org

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NBC Bay Area @nbcbayarea.com · May 28

Five gray whales have died in the greater Bay Area over the past week, bringing the region’s 2025 whale death toll to 14, officials announced. nbcbay.com/HZElrGx

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · May 2

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · May 1

Four months after the most devastating wildfires in L.A. history, Mayor Karen Bass wants to shut down the city's climate emergency office to save $700,000.

It's not hard to figure out that climate action isn't a high priority for Bass. My latest column: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Commentary: Climate change is cooking Los Angeles. Does Karen Bass care?

The L.A. mayor wants to eliminate a city office that protects people from deadly extreme heat.

www.latimes.com

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · May 1

Who can we find to primary these guys?

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Apr 28

We have a big win to celebrate! Thanks to California's bold leadership in enacting #SB54, we can say goodbye to plastic foam takeout food containers. The statewide ban took effect because producers didn't reach a 25 percent recycling rate by Jan. 1. #PlasticPollution #ActOnPlastic #CircularEconomy

Two golden-brown waffles and two clear plastic containers of syrup sit inside a white polystyrene foam take-out container. They rest on the lap of a person holding the container in the front seat of a car. A black steering wheel is in the background. Photo by David Tran under a creative commons license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · Mar 22

Looking for a quantitative ecology #postdoc? Check out this opening on time-series modeling of estuarine food webs - based in my group @natureatcal.bsky.social, in collaboration w/ State agency scientists. Apply ASAP - review of applications starts Apr 4. More info: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04818

Postdoc Employee – Quantitative ecology – ESPM: Organisms & The Environment

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Darren Irwin (he / him) @darrenirwin.bsky.social · Mar 17

OK who's ready for some science?

Do you like speciation? Genomics? Hybridization? Bioinformatics? Then this is for you:

Published today: "The Distribution & Dispersal of Large Haploblocks in a Superspecies"

Bonus interest if you like ring species and cute greenish birds:

doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Four figure panels from the paper. At upper left, a map of Asia showing the breeding ranges of six subspecies of greenish warblers, five of which are in the main ring: viridanus in blue in west Siberia, ludlowi in green in the western Himalayas, trochiloides in yellow in the central and eastern Himalayas, obscuratus in orange in central China, plumbeitarsus in red in eastern Siberia. The western form nitidus in grey, is also shown. In the lower left panel is a plot of genomic PC1 vs. PC2, with each little diamond symbol representing a single bird. This shows viridanus and plumbeitarsus as very distinct, while being connected by gradual or stepwise change through the populations around the southern ring. This is also shown in the lower central panel, which plots location around the ring vs. PC1. In the right panel, genotypes at 12 different Large Haploblock Regions are shown for 257 individuals arranged in order around the ring. Distinct differences between viridanus (in blue) and plumbeitarsus (in red) are seen, with more gradual variation through the ring connecting them. A single backcross of an F1 and a plumbeitarsus is seen in the lower row of this panel.

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Ben Phillips @benflips.bsky.social · Mar 17

It actually exists! A few copies of my new book just arrived. Nice to see it in person, finally.

If you've ever wondered about the ecology or evolution of an invasive population, this one's for you. #evobio 🌏 #bioinvasions #ecoevo

A book, "the ecology and evolution of invasive populations", atop another identical book.

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · Mar 13

The simple, powerful, and true case that all academics and scientists should be making.
youtube.com/watch?v=qqfk...

University research is the "invisible hand" in advancing innovation

YouTube video by Dr. Michael M. Crow

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · Mar 9

I’m happy to report the new album from The Devil Makes Three is excellent, from start to finish open.spotify.com/track/4ynn3H...

Spirits

The Devil Makes Three · Spirits · Song · 2025

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · Mar 4

It’s never been more important for science to have a voice in the political arena, and I’m super excited to be elected as a Delegate to the California State Democratic Party. Let’s support some science and education, and kill off some fossil fuels!

Election results for 2025 ADEM delegates to California Democratic Party. I’m listed as the #2 “other than self identified female” candidate with 709 votes.

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