Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)
@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist and professional nerd. Asst Prof, University of Alaska Anchorage.
queer af, they/them. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✡️
jfmclaughlin.org
queer af, they/them. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✡️
jfmclaughlin.org
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Hello new followers! I'm Jess (they/them), and I'm a newly minted Assistant Professor at U University of Alaska Anchorage! I study evolutionary genomics, mostly in birds, and mainly post my various (mis)adventures and pet pictures. Welcome!
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If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
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Ittttttts Gävlebocken time! Straw goats for all!
People, the goat survived last year. *gestures at 2025*. We cannot let this happen again.
People, the goat survived last year. *gestures at 2025*. We cannot let this happen again.
“ Det doftar halm i luften och julkänslan gör entré. Movember ut, bockember in! ✨🐐
You can smell the straw in the air and the christmas spirit makes its entrance. Movember out, bockember in! ✨🐐” #gavlebocken #gavle
You can smell the straw in the air and the christmas spirit makes its entrance. Movember out, bockember in! ✨🐐” #gavlebocken #gavle
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ittttttts Gävlebocken time! Straw goats for all!
People, the goat survived last year. *gestures at 2025*. We cannot let this happen again.
People, the goat survived last year. *gestures at 2025*. We cannot let this happen again.
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Fairbanks "White" Holidays since 1930:
Labor Day: 0% (1980 day after Labor Day had 1 inch snow on the ground)
Halloween: 90% (half of the no-white Halloweens since 2016)
Thanksgiving: 100%
Christmas: 99% (only 1934 not even 1 inch snow depth)
Easter: 86%
Memorial Day: 0%
Labor Day: 0% (1980 day after Labor Day had 1 inch snow on the ground)
Halloween: 90% (half of the no-white Halloweens since 2016)
Thanksgiving: 100%
Christmas: 99% (only 1934 not even 1 inch snow depth)
Easter: 86%
Memorial Day: 0%
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Fairbanks "White" Holidays since 1930:
Labor Day: 0% (1980 day after Labor Day had 1 inch snow on the ground)
Halloween: 90% (half of the no-white Halloweens since 2016)
Thanksgiving: 100%
Christmas: 99% (only 1934 not even 1 inch snow depth)
Easter: 86%
Memorial Day: 0%
Labor Day: 0% (1980 day after Labor Day had 1 inch snow on the ground)
Halloween: 90% (half of the no-white Halloweens since 2016)
Thanksgiving: 100%
Christmas: 99% (only 1934 not even 1 inch snow depth)
Easter: 86%
Memorial Day: 0%
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I need to sell 28 more of these before Christmas if I want to break even on the design. We're over half way there so fingers-crossed that new people keep wanting them!
I really wasn't exaggerating when I said my Christmas tree pride pins were detailed. Each of these baubles is just over 2mm! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I need to sell 28 more of these before Christmas if I want to break even on the design. We're over half way there so fingers-crossed that new people keep wanting them!
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Here are some ways to support relief efforts for Western Alaska, where Indigenous people are dramatically disproportionately impacted by total devastation of what remained of Typhoon Halong.
Community groups and businesses across the state are coordinating relief efforts after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought widespread devastation to Western Alaska.
Here's how you can help.
alaskapublic.org/news/environ...
Here's how you can help.
alaskapublic.org/news/environ...
Update: Here's how you can help survivors of the Western Alaska storm
The remnants of Typhoon Halong have killed one person, left two missing, displaced hundreds and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.
alaskapublic.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Here are some ways to support relief efforts for Western Alaska, where Indigenous people are dramatically disproportionately impacted by total devastation of what remained of Typhoon Halong.
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Asking folks to look out for Alaska Natives this holiday who are still dealing with the devastation of miles & miles of their homes, villages, traditions, foods, & ways of life & their displacement & instability continues.
NEW: State officials announced a "draw down" or most emergency crews supporting the Typhoon Halong relief effort in Western Alaska will be departing the region, as winter sets in.
alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/25/d...
alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/25/d...
Disaster relief crews begin to depart Western Alaska as winter sets in, officials say | Alaska Beacon
Some work on critical infrastructure projects will continue, but the state’s focus will transition to supporting storm-impacted communities and evacuated residents through the winter, officials said.
alaskabeacon.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Asking folks to look out for Alaska Natives this holiday who are still dealing with the devastation of miles & miles of their homes, villages, traditions, foods, & ways of life & their displacement & instability continues.
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These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
@artologica.net a squirrel for your consideration
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
@artologica.net a squirrel for your consideration
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Bonus for my "Recently deceased List" - anyone have this thoughts on this one?
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Bonus for my "Recently deceased List" - anyone have this thoughts on this one?
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A4. Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A4. Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
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Look at its little face 🥹
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Look at its little face 🥹
Given my jaw is still too swollen to really want to go all-out on a holiday focused on food (not to mention the mixed feelings I have about said holiday), i'm hanging out at home and making something a little more manageable. Time for a cooking thread!
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Given my jaw is still too swollen to really want to go all-out on a holiday focused on food (not to mention the mixed feelings I have about said holiday), i'm hanging out at home and making something a little more manageable. Time for a cooking thread!
She's forgiven me for not stopping the earthquake that woke her up this morning 😆
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
She's forgiven me for not stopping the earthquake that woke her up this morning 😆
Anything that fell over in the quake is just getting packed at this point, too close to moving to be bothered resetting anything.
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Anything that fell over in the quake is just getting packed at this point, too close to moving to be bothered resetting anything.
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happy Quakesgiving, Anchorage!
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
happy Quakesgiving, Anchorage!
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Felt #earthquake: 6.0 #quake Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 38 mi northwest of Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, United States, 10 minutes ago - 101 reports so far.
Did you feel it? Send a report!
Did you feel it? Send a report!
Felt earthquake: 6.0 quake Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 38 mi northwest of Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, United States, 10 minutes ago
Detail infos, updates and user reports for this event
www.volcanodiscovery.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Felt #earthquake: 6.0 #quake Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 38 mi northwest of Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, United States, 10 minutes ago - 101 reports so far.
Did you feel it? Send a report!
Did you feel it? Send a report!
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Good morning Anchorage! Anyone else scream and dive under table at that shaker? Just me? #alaskasky
Haha. Happy thanksgiving!
Haha. Happy thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Good morning Anchorage! Anyone else scream and dive under table at that shaker? Just me? #alaskasky
Haha. Happy thanksgiving!
Haha. Happy thanksgiving!
OH THAT ONE IS AN EARTHQUAKE
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
OH THAT ONE IS AN EARTHQUAKE
#sciart friends (and art friends more broadly)- what's the process like for getting prints made of paintings? A local store is interested in some of my art but I've never actually had prints made, so I'm a little intimidated.
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
#sciart friends (and art friends more broadly)- what's the process like for getting prints made of paintings? A local store is interested in some of my art but I've never actually had prints made, so I'm a little intimidated.
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Gentle reminder to everyone trying to figure out gift ideas for their hard-to-shop-for fam:
This website has hoodies, t-shirts, and other clothes printed with vintage vhs cassette graphics!
hoodielab.com/search-resul...
This website has hoodies, t-shirts, and other clothes printed with vintage vhs cassette graphics!
hoodielab.com/search-resul...
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Gentle reminder to everyone trying to figure out gift ideas for their hard-to-shop-for fam:
This website has hoodies, t-shirts, and other clothes printed with vintage vhs cassette graphics!
hoodielab.com/search-resul...
This website has hoodies, t-shirts, and other clothes printed with vintage vhs cassette graphics!
hoodielab.com/search-resul...
I know life happens but if you say you're going to be at my house at 5:30 for a thing that requires me to let the dogs out, you better actually be here at 5:30, especially if it's too cold to actually leave the dogs out for prolonged periods?
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I know life happens but if you say you're going to be at my house at 5:30 for a thing that requires me to let the dogs out, you better actually be here at 5:30, especially if it's too cold to actually leave the dogs out for prolonged periods?
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Nothing makes you feel old like people earnestly explaining to your country ass that wild turkeys can fly in response to a seasonal WKRP reference.
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Nothing makes you feel old like people earnestly explaining to your country ass that wild turkeys can fly in response to a seasonal WKRP reference.
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This is possibly my favorite product answer yet:
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is possibly my favorite product answer yet:
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
I have...very strong feelings about how my employer's systems require access to my personal device (and that said device be of a certain type, i.e. smartphone instead of flip) in order to log in
If I didn't have a smartphone, I'd have to quit my job, because work no longer provides physical one-time-code generators, depending instead on Authenticator apps.
Trust me, I've tried!
Trust me, I've tried!
yes, I feel like you can safely ignore anyone who tells you with a straight face in 2025 that you can just do without a smartphone
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I have...very strong feelings about how my employer's systems require access to my personal device (and that said device be of a certain type, i.e. smartphone instead of flip) in order to log in
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Prof. Laura Dassama (Stanford Chem) is developing a small-molecule therapy for sickle cell disease that removes BCL11A, restoring fetal hemoglobin without gene editing. Her goal is a simpler, more affordable sickle cell therapy. brnw.ch/21wXP8k
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Prof. Laura Dassama (Stanford Chem) is developing a small-molecule therapy for sickle cell disease that removes BCL11A, restoring fetal hemoglobin without gene editing. Her goal is a simpler, more affordable sickle cell therapy. brnw.ch/21wXP8k