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Shannon Skalos, PhD
@shannonskalos.bsky.social
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Sad federal biologist | Ornithologist | Raptor Biologist | #TeamBird | Mother of Harriers | Hummingbirds, Hawks, & House Wrens | opinions mine | she/her/mom | IG: shannon_skalos
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 6m
Fight misinformation while supporting your mental health:
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white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 32m
This feels like a coordinated effort…
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 35m
I think it is? The White House and other agencies all joined today and some of those are verified already.
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 50m
WTAF
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 7h
www.npr.org/2025/10/17/n...
Unions say White House plans mass layoff at Interior Department, despite court order
A status conference is set for Friday afternoon after union lawyers said the Trump administration is violating a court order that temporarily blocks mass firings during the government shutdown.
www.npr.org
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 1d
Yeah Bernie is a National Treasure
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 2d
Looks like a good guide - the general data cleaning part is a lean intro to some very common issues in all sorts of data. Would be great if every phd who touches raw data was offered a short course in these basics (in R or Python or whatever HipsterScript) cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au/2_general-cl...
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 2d
Took a walk in the woods today 🌳
A paved path through a beech forest Looking up at the forest canopy and blue sky A gravel path through a beech forest with the sun shinning through the trees
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 2d
My heart ❤️
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 3d
I’m begging Alexa to just play the one band I asked for and stop throwing in the Goo Goo Dolls randomly.
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 3d
I love that Alexa thinks Coldplay and Oasis are “similar” to Radiohead lol
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 4d
I don’t know where my path will go next
A path in the woods
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 4d
I say that every time we shop there ha
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 4d
Our Wegmans has this added obstacle course bonus area near the front where everyone is trying to come inside, go to the deli/bakery side, leisurely pursue fruits, and go to the check out isles all at one junction.
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 4d
CORRECT
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 10d
For me it’s constantly being needed and touched. The endless “mom mom mom mom mom” literally gives me a headache. And never having any personal space is overwhelming for me. But also, I never want them to be far away or out of sight 😵‍💫🫠😮‍💨
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 10d
Booo I hope it’s mild!
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 11d
We found a Northern Walkingstick today!
Northern Walkingstick crawling on the arm of a toddler
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 13d
Just north of Calvert Cliffs is Flag Ponds and it’s also great for teeth and fossils!
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 13d
No
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Jason Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 15d
If conservationists work from a compromised baseline, our notions of abundance, scarcity, and ecological wellbeing will keep getting defined downward:
"The researchers show that using the 1970s as a baseline tends to normalize an already severely degraded state."
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Bird conservation threatened by shifting baseline syndrome
New research shows that populations of dozens of waterbird and seabird species have been declining for much longer than previously thought in Europe. The article "Shifting the baseline for waterbird a...
phys.org
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 15d
Oh I love this!
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15d
Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
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Shannon Skalos, PhD @shannonskalos.bsky.social · 16d
As my hair grays I keep saying “I’m entering my Jane Goodall era” and now I’m more determined to never dye my hair again
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16d
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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