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Steph Szarmach

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Postdoc at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Movement ecology, population genetics, and evolutionary genomics 🐦🪶🧬

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Steph Szarmach @stephszarmach.bsky.social · Jun 10

A bit late to post, but I defended my doctoral dissertation! It was an honor to have so many colleagues, friends, and family attending my talk and celebrating with me throughout the weekend. I'm looking forward to starting a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center!

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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Dr. Catie Ivy @catieivy.bsky.social · May 6

Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology?

I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!

research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/

The Ivy Lab! - Welcome to the Ivy Lab!

research-groups.usask.ca

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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 5d

Do appreciate a line dancing break during the #Gritty5k @nhl-flyers.bsky.social

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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social for inviting me to share my story about how unexpected challenges can lead towards new discoveries!

Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 29d

There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Emily Griffith (@e-v-griffith.bsky.social) describes her work documenting the UV-fluorescent pigments in the plumage of Long-eared Owls. 🦉 #ornithology wilsonsociety.org/2025/09/09/g...

a woman with braided hair and glasses, wearing a COVID mask, sits at a work table with at taxidermied owl specimen

photo showing wing feathers of an owl specimen with a pink glow under UV light

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · Sep 7

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Sep 6

The crowd has no beginning and no end as it begins its march to the White House

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Aug 20

Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...

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David Toews @davetoews.bsky.social · Aug 17

Congrats to @stephszarmach.bsky.social on receiving your wizzarding robes this weekend from @psubiodept.bsky.social! Enjoy the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. They are very lucky to have you!

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Steph Szarmach @stephszarmach.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks, Dave!

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Kevin Bennett @kevinfpbennett.bsky.social · Jul 8

New paper published! How does a mid-size river impact gene flow and population structure, including when there is an adaptive sexual trait present on one bank but not the other? With Peri Bolton, Robb Brumfield (@limpkin.bsky.social), Jerry Wilkinson, and Mike Braun.
doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Impact of a putative riverine barrier on genomic population structure and gene flow in the presence of sexual selection

Abstract. Gene flow connects populations and facilitates the exchange of alleles, impacting speciation and adaptation. In western Panama, lekking golden-co

doi.org

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · Jul 5

"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"

Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.

This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

www.msnbc.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · May 4

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?"
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 28

1. Today, 200,000 marched in Budapest Pride in defiance of a ban by Orbán's far-right government.

It was led by the city's mayor Gergely Karácsony, who got around the law by making it an "official city gathering."

He was warned of arrest.

They marched anyway.

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200,000 March In Budapest Pride, Refusing To Capitulate To Anti-LGBTQ+ Law

The march can teach the world the power of organized solidarity in the wake of a global, anti-LGBTQ+ reactionary movement.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · Jun 25

@e-v-griffith.bsky.social is currently presenting about her work on sexual dichromatism in ducks at #WOS2025. (Emily has been posting to Bluesky about all of the talks she's been attending, so we thought it was only fair to post about hers!)

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Jun 22

Thousands march through New York City’s Times Square protesting the bombing of Iran.

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Elizabeth Bailey @elizabethbailey.bsky.social · Jun 22

Donating the limit to whomever primaries Fetterman

Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · Jun 22

Pa. Sens. John Fetterman and Dave McCormick praised the U.S.'s attack on Iranian nuclear sites.

🔗 inquirer.com/news/fetterm...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jun 22

Yup. I remember writing a note when the war began in 1990. “I am afraid for the Iraqnis” (I was 7.)

My entire life has been full of this bullshit, and I’ve had the relative safety of watching it from here

Matt Golden 🏳️‍🌈 @emgolden.bsky.social · Jun 22

It is 1991. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq that US leaders promise will bring lasting peace to the region.

It is 2003. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq that US leaders promise will bring lasting peace to the region.

It is 2025. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq th

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · Jun 22

Once more with feeling

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Jun 22

And a hearty congratulations to every useful idiot over the past decade who laundered the myth of "Donald The Dove."

Just keep scrubbing those hands, the spot will come off eventually.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · Jun 21

Mahmoud said free them all

MSNBC @msnbc.com · Jun 20

BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out after being released from ICE detention.

"The Trump administration are doing their best to dehumanize everyone here," Khalil said.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · Jun 16

*giveaway* I've got an extra copy of Jonathan Meiburg's excellent 2021 book, "A Most Remarkable Creature." I used this to prep for a talk I had with him in 2022. Do you want it? Like/Reskeet if so--will randomly pick a winner at noon East. on Wed (18 June) & ship for free. US only please. #booksky 🦉

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jun 14

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · Jun 14

#NoKingsDay Philadelphia

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PhishatMSG @phishatmsg.bsky.social · Jun 14

Philly showin' up today

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