Bennett Hardy
@finderofrogs.bsky.social
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Bennett Hardy
@finderofrogs.bsky.social
· Mar 19
Quantifying intraspecific variation in host resistance and tolerance to a lethal pathogen
Our study highlights the importance of considering intraspecific variation in host tolerance and resistance to pathogens. We apply a multistate model as a new way to quantify host tolerance and resis...
doi.org
Amidst *everything* going on, I'm still proud to see my 2nd chapter of my PhD out in full in the latest special issue of @animalecology.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/1365... (1/4)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Mola Mola
Three-toed Sloth
Bornean Orangutan
Coastal Giant Salamander
Vermillion Flycatcher
Mola Mola
Three-toed Sloth
Bornean Orangutan
Coastal Giant Salamander
Vermillion Flycatcher
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Mola Mola
Three-toed Sloth
Bornean Orangutan
Coastal Giant Salamander
Vermillion Flycatcher
Mola Mola
Three-toed Sloth
Bornean Orangutan
Coastal Giant Salamander
Vermillion Flycatcher
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NSF GRFP is out, but they’ve unexpectedly made 2nd year students ineligible.
It does seem like they have barred 2nd year graduate students from applying. This is devastating, I've been preparing my applications materials for MONTHS and now they all have to get binned...
September 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
NSF GRFP is out, but they’ve unexpectedly made 2nd year students ineligible.
So amazing our team’s work is getting recognized on @npr.org for our successful bi-national translocation of California red-legged frogs. Was super fun chatting with Nate about the project!
How do scientists monitor the populations of the threatened California red-legged frog? With careful listening and a little help from AI.
Muddy boots and AI are helping this threatened frog to make a comeback
How do scientists monitor the populations of the threatened California red-legged frog? With careful listening and a little help from AI.
n.pr
July 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
So amazing our team’s work is getting recognized on @npr.org for our successful bi-national translocation of California red-legged frogs. Was super fun chatting with Nate about the project!
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NSF GRFPs terminated for those in graduate school and already attending Harvard, too.
All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
May 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NSF GRFPs terminated for those in graduate school and already attending Harvard, too.
Sunny Day Real Steak
April 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sunny Day Real Steak
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I’m losing my mind here. USTR made a list of “Unfair trade practices” they’re retaliating against, complaint number 5 is that the EU cares too much about stopping illegal deforestation, complaint number 7 is that the South Americans are doing too much illegal deforestation
April 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I’m losing my mind here. USTR made a list of “Unfair trade practices” they’re retaliating against, complaint number 5 is that the EU cares too much about stopping illegal deforestation, complaint number 7 is that the South Americans are doing too much illegal deforestation
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Marching off to the Trade War
April 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Marching off to the Trade War
I mean, they constantly are wearing tuxedos, they must be rich.
Islands that have no humans and many penguins and are the size of Philadelphia and aren't even a country have been hit with a reciprocal country tariff and what is happening www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
www.wired.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I mean, they constantly are wearing tuxedos, they must be rich.
'Real Emo' only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence... 😆
What would you talk about for 19 hours?
April 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
'Real Emo' only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence... 😆
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An interactive map shows where IMLS funding is / was by state. I found this info very helpful for sharing locally about what such "invisible" support infrastructure provides for our communities. 2// www.imls.gov/map
IMLS Interactive Map
www.imls.gov
April 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
An interactive map shows where IMLS funding is / was by state. I found this info very helpful for sharing locally about what such "invisible" support infrastructure provides for our communities. 2// www.imls.gov/map
Amidst *everything* going on, I'm still proud to see my 2nd chapter of my PhD out in full in the latest special issue of @animalecology.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/1365... (1/4)
Quantifying intraspecific variation in host resistance and tolerance to a lethal pathogen
Our study highlights the importance of considering intraspecific variation in host tolerance and resistance to pathogens. We apply a multistate model as a new way to quantify host tolerance and resis...
doi.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Amidst *everything* going on, I'm still proud to see my 2nd chapter of my PhD out in full in the latest special issue of @animalecology.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/1365... (1/4)
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Chilling to see this list of terminated NIH grants. Research on Alzheimer's, HIV, rare diseases, vaccines -- gone. Cancer centers closed, training grants & fellowships terminated. Young scientists stranded. Patients waiting for treatments that'll never come. Just sad.
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov
March 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Chilling to see this list of terminated NIH grants. Research on Alzheimer's, HIV, rare diseases, vaccines -- gone. Cancer centers closed, training grants & fellowships terminated. Young scientists stranded. Patients waiting for treatments that'll never come. Just sad.
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
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-Don’t touch birds
-really don’t touch dead birds
-call rehabbers about sick birds
-bird feeders can stay up (unless you have chickens)
-really don’t touch dead birds
-call rehabbers about sick birds
-bird feeders can stay up (unless you have chickens)
🪶 (repost this one as its quite important!)
What to know about the bird flu outbreak in wild birds and what it means for backyard bird feeders
Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021.
phys.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
-Don’t touch birds
-really don’t touch dead birds
-call rehabbers about sick birds
-bird feeders can stay up (unless you have chickens)
-really don’t touch dead birds
-call rehabbers about sick birds
-bird feeders can stay up (unless you have chickens)
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If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations.
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
March 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations.
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
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🦎🍀 Happy St. Patrick's Day! We're getting our green on with the different green-colored specimens of our Herpetology Collection at #NHMLA!
March 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
🦎🍀 Happy St. Patrick's Day! We're getting our green on with the different green-colored specimens of our Herpetology Collection at #NHMLA!
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Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order
Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
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Endure amidst the current
Be motionless in the tumult
When the shadow descends
Be muscle, be maw, be might
And fend with one's being entire
Be motionless in the tumult
When the shadow descends
Be muscle, be maw, be might
And fend with one's being entire
March 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Endure amidst the current
Be motionless in the tumult
When the shadow descends
Be muscle, be maw, be might
And fend with one's being entire
Be motionless in the tumult
When the shadow descends
Be muscle, be maw, be might
And fend with one's being entire
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes — theonion.com/noaa-cuts-le...
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
theonion.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes — theonion.com/noaa-cuts-le...
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The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases NSF program has been archived. Huge loss. Does anyone know if the current proposals in the queue for funding will not be reviewed or are panels still happening?
February 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases NSF program has been archived. Huge loss. Does anyone know if the current proposals in the queue for funding will not be reviewed or are panels still happening?
Much needed time out this weekend, jamming with one of my best friends, catching up, and sharing some amazing pupusas together.
February 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Much needed time out this weekend, jamming with one of my best friends, catching up, and sharing some amazing pupusas together.
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I know it's small in the whole scheme of things, but the bloodbath at NPS in Hawaii is almost certainly going to lead directly to the extinctions of no fewer than 4 native Hawaiian songbirds in the next 4-5 years.
February 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I know it's small in the whole scheme of things, but the bloodbath at NPS in Hawaii is almost certainly going to lead directly to the extinctions of no fewer than 4 native Hawaiian songbirds in the next 4-5 years.
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The Trump administration's cuts in science funding will likely lead to an exodus of scientific expertise, the research community warns. "That beacon of research that the US was for several decades — it’s just not going to be there.” www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/t...
Trump policies spark fears of brain drain, threatening to undermine U.S. dominance in biomedicine
A torrent of Trump administration policies is alarming scientists who fear the current climate is weakening researchers’ resolve to stick with careers in academic science.
www.statnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Trump administration's cuts in science funding will likely lead to an exodus of scientific expertise, the research community warns. "That beacon of research that the US was for several decades — it’s just not going to be there.” www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/t...
Any suggestions for making helpful comments when reviewing papers with questionable scientific-style writing evident throughout? In my view, these authors likely have little support and mentorship from more senior co-authors to end up in this shape.
January 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Any suggestions for making helpful comments when reviewing papers with questionable scientific-style writing evident throughout? In my view, these authors likely have little support and mentorship from more senior co-authors to end up in this shape.