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Jeffrey M
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · Nov 13
Hello new biology followers!

I teach biology at a PUI and sometimes write papers that use genetics to understand topics in both conservation- and evolutionary-biology.

Most often with fish!

Latest: doi.org/10.1093/jue/...

Most popular: www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10...
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 17h
So is the mileage/train reimbursement one!
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 18h
Agreed! Could you share specifically what you're doing to protect research funding in RI? Thoughts on protecting the NOAA and EPA research facilities here? NSF and NIH funding?
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d
Interviewing Senators/Representatives about the shutdown has zero information utility
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 1d
Both as a young person and as an older person. One of our classmates sent me this a while ago: www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
PERSPECTIVE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY : The Haters and Bigots Will Be Judged : Some words from a 'saloon singer' to those who still haven't figured out the whole point of America.
We are created equal! No one of us is better than any of us!
www.latimes.com
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 2d
my dream job is to be the guy who renames streaming services every 12-18 months ($725k/yr)
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 2d
Apple says Apple TV+ streaming service is being renamed as Apple TV, with "a vibrant new identity" (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 4d
Day ten of #invertober
Common Earthworm

So cute, so cute! I have loved earthworms since I was a kid
drawing of an earthworm. It is orange-brown with darker brown segments
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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 4d
1) I bought my house about 13 years ago. My neighborhood was still in the the foreclosure crisis. I feel fortunate, but not smart.

2) I notice that and even MS Office is autocorrecting randomly at this point. I can't prove it, but I'm finding weird word substitutions a lot when I proofread.
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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 4d
cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 4d
Congratulations to Hampshire alum Margaret Wickens Pearce 84F, who was named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow!
Pearce is "a cartographer who creates maps that foreground Indigenous Peoples’ understanding of land and place." We're so proud! 🐸 #MacFellow

www.hampshire.edu/news/cartogr...
Cartographer Margaret Wickens Pearce 84F Recognized as 2025 MacArthur Fellow
Margaret Wickens Pearce 84F has been recognized as a 2025 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Popularly known as the “genius grant,” Macarthur Fellowships are awarded to talented individuals in a variety of ...
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David O @anatotitan.bsky.social · 5d
It is a daily insult to open my Adobe apps and have garbage genAI tools stuck in my face... To have this software that played a huge role in my artistic development get so deep into this vulgar tech has been really dispiriting (do not tell me to cancel, it's an employer subscription)
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 5d
Nibbles has always been supportive of local clubs and non-profits. He also supports the eradication of household pests.
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 5d
#NibblesForGovernor2026
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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 5d
Happy Friday, Nibbles Woodaway! 💙🐜🪵 #RhodeIsland
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Patrick Laverty @patricklaverty.com · 5d
Tomorrow, 9 am. Ride, run, walk. Your distance, your pace. No RSVP, just join us. Blackstone Valley Bike Path off Front St in Lincoln.
After, we'll go to Public House on Front St for coffee.
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Patrick Laverty @patricklaverty.com · 21d
On Saturday, October 11, come out for Erika's Ride at 9:00 am in Lincoln. No RSVP needed, everyone's invited. Cyclists, walkers, runners all welcome.
More info: erikaniedowski.org/erikas-ride/
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 5d
It's just something we need to live with.

There is absolutely no conceivable technology that would allow vehicles to be tracked or for the drivers to communicate with each other.
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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 6d
When I lived in Oakland, I was part of this amazing group called MapTime that was a friendly, quirky, techie and kind group of cartographers and geography-enthusiasts.
It was called MapTime and I've started a RI chapter. Come hang out and learn with us! www.mapcenter.com/maptimeri
MapTimeRI — The Map Center
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Ocean State Media @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social · Jul 9
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering new legislation filed in response to an investigative series by The Public’s Radio that chronicled the lives of child laborers in New Bedford, the nation’s highest-grossing fishing port.

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Can a bill protect New Bedford’s migrant teens from dangerous jobs? - TPR: The Public's Radio
Early morning on the New Bedford waterfront looks like a quaint New England scene, with colorful fishing boats lining up at warehouses to unload basket after basket of fresh fish.  But a 2023 investig...
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 6d
Ah, I see (I think). I do think it's strange that we are bathed in it. Even gas pumps and the fancy new coffee machine at work have screens. I think you're right that we need a word other than consume b/c that word implies to me that we have some choice.
Work's fancy new coffee machine. I was hypnotized by the spotlight. But just above it there's an over bright touch screen showing a loop of coffee fields and other coffee lore.
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 6d
Are you thinking 'tail wagging the dog'. Maybe it's overly romanticized, but I like to imagine that once upon a time people wrote (and broadcast) to share TRUTH*. Now it's pretty blatantly for clicks.

*But see also WR Hearst
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 6d
I'm intrigued by the Pandora's box idea. But to me it's more like radiation or a virus. We absorb it or become infected by it. You can't really live media free these days.
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 6d
As far as I can tell, Gov P has managed to stand up for our values without throwing any of his constituents under a bus.
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 6d
Today in "JM Spends Too Much Time on Amazon" news
An amazon review of a drink coaster that reads "I have one holding my cat's ashes and it hasn't moved, so, there's that."
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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 6d
It's probably just a group of really river small otters at the beach, not a family of sea minks, but they just seem like a weird size. Smaller than otters tend to be, but bulkier than minks tend to be.
And their faces aren't as stubby/round as the otter photos I'm using as a refresher.
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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 7d
<mandatory Princess Bride .GIF>
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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 7d
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose…

The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden in Springfield, MA honors Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, in the city in which he was born and raised!! 📚🐘🎩
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