David Kerstetter, Ph.D.
@fishguydave.bsky.social
NSU Fisheries & Avian Ecology Lab PI. Proud 3x W&M grad. Posts on non-biology topics too, especially regarding academia and enviro/ed politics. Opinions solely my own.
Yes, exactly.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Yes, exactly.
These were always it's goals (per Project 2025; data access
goals were incidental to Heritage). We need to hound every DOGE person legally until their only remaining option versus jail-time is exile in some pariah nation-state.
goals were incidental to Heritage). We need to hound every DOGE person legally until their only remaining option versus jail-time is exile in some pariah nation-state.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
These were always it's goals (per Project 2025; data access
goals were incidental to Heritage). We need to hound every DOGE person legally until their only remaining option versus jail-time is exile in some pariah nation-state.
goals were incidental to Heritage). We need to hound every DOGE person legally until their only remaining option versus jail-time is exile in some pariah nation-state.
The challenge was limiting it to four, lol.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The challenge was limiting it to four, lol.
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🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
Republicans have shown time-and-time again that it’s not about the economic gains or losses, whether TPS or SNAP or a half-dozen other programs (including education).
Over 700,000 TPS recipients lose legal status by the end of 2025, including 550,000 who are legally working. TPS recipients contribute over $36B in annual GDP. Withdrawing their work authorization could add to labor shortages in construction, cleaning, and hospitality, especially in FL, TX, NY
550,000 Workers Lose Status by End of 2025: Potential Impact by State and Industry — Penn Wharton Budget Model
Over 700,000 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients lose legal status by the end of 2025, including 550,000 who are legally working. We estimate that TPS recipients contribute over $36 billion in...
budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Republicans have shown time-and-time again that it’s not about the economic gains or losses, whether TPS or SNAP or a half-dozen other programs (including education).
For the life of me, I don’t know why this is surprising. None of these people were brought in to manage an agency or make it run better. Their sole goal was to destroy the effectiveness of federal government actions in the public eye. FFS.
The acting chief of the FEMA left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the agency. https://to.pbs.org/483ys51
FEMA acting chief departs after 6 months on the job, officials say
David Richardson is leaving the post after replacing previous acting head, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the agency charged with managin...
www.pbs.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
For the life of me, I don’t know why this is surprising. None of these people were brought in to manage an agency or make it run better. Their sole goal was to destroy the effectiveness of federal government actions in the public eye. FFS.
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THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Your Daily Dose of Humanity...
A Key West restaurant is serving up free spaghetti sandwiches to those in need during these difficult times.
Another look at Key West life from @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social...
A Key West restaurant is serving up free spaghetti sandwiches to those in need during these difficult times.
Another look at Key West life from @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social...
In a tough economy, Key West restaurant offers free 'spaghetti sandwiches.' No questions asked
A Key West restaurant owner has brought back the '“Spaghetti Sandwich” that she handed out for free during the early months of 2020, as workers struggled during the COVID-19 workplace and tourism shut...
gwenfilosa.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Your Daily Dose of Humanity...
A Key West restaurant is serving up free spaghetti sandwiches to those in need during these difficult times.
Another look at Key West life from @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social...
A Key West restaurant is serving up free spaghetti sandwiches to those in need during these difficult times.
Another look at Key West life from @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social...
I do give Frontiers some credit for planning to include a statement with each article generated in part with AI. All journals should do so, IMO.
However, voluntarily giving them a lab dataset for them to use for generating a paper via their own AI engine? Absolutely the f*ck not.
However, voluntarily giving them a lab dataset for them to use for generating a paper via their own AI engine? Absolutely the f*ck not.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I do give Frontiers some credit for planning to include a statement with each article generated in part with AI. All journals should do so, IMO.
However, voluntarily giving them a lab dataset for them to use for generating a paper via their own AI engine? Absolutely the f*ck not.
However, voluntarily giving them a lab dataset for them to use for generating a paper via their own AI engine? Absolutely the f*ck not.
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University of Delaware - Details - Post Doctoral Researcher, Marine Science and Policy
careers.udel.edu
October 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In case anyone is wondering: yes, exactly this.
Yes, I want my tax dollars going to feed and house people. Those are some of the best uses of my tax dollars, in fact.
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
In case anyone is wondering: yes, exactly this.
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siiiiiiiiiigh
In Remembrance of Dearly Departed Federal Datasets
All federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts, weakened by the loss of staff and expertise, contracts, and scientific advisory committees.
fas.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
siiiiiiiiiigh
Same principle applies to working waterfronts, which are rapidly disappearing in Florida -- Stock Island off Key West gentrified at a dizzying pace. Don't expect the freshest local seafood if you can't make space for commercial fishing boats.
“If you live in a 15 minute city but your barista can’t afford to live there too, you don’t live in a 15 minute city, you live in a theme park.“
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Same principle applies to working waterfronts, which are rapidly disappearing in Florida -- Stock Island off Key West gentrified at a dizzying pace. Don't expect the freshest local seafood if you can't make space for commercial fishing boats.
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The dark truth behind FormatMyPaper.com
Beware giving this site your unpublished data
Users noticed the website had fake testimonials and a domain name registered seemingly overnight.
https://ubadah.substack.com/p/beware-giving-this-site-your-unpublished\
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The dark truth behind FormatMyPaper.com
“Singles” is always my Gen X go-to. @pearljam.com @screamingtrees.bsky.social and Jane’s
Addiction, amongst so many others.
I still wonder sometimes about what Mother Love Bone could’ve done.
Addiction, amongst so many others.
I still wonder sometimes about what Mother Love Bone could’ve done.
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“Singles” is always my Gen X go-to. @pearljam.com @screamingtrees.bsky.social and Jane’s
Addiction, amongst so many others.
I still wonder sometimes about what Mother Love Bone could’ve done.
Addiction, amongst so many others.
I still wonder sometimes about what Mother Love Bone could’ve done.
Someone signed off on this… and that person absolutely knew what permits and other approvals were (or weren’t) given. I have to wonder at this point whether Presidential pardons are simply part of the contact.
October 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Someone signed off on this… and that person absolutely knew what permits and other approvals were (or weren’t) given. I have to wonder at this point whether Presidential pardons are simply part of the contact.
The Department of Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill is searching for an organismal biologist whose research is focused on resilience.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Assistant Professor (Organismal Biologist)
The Department of Biology at UNC Chapel Hill will employ a tenure-track position in Organismal Biology at the Assistant Professor level.The Assistant Professor studies resilience using the organism as...
unc.peopleadmin.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Department of Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill is searching for an organismal biologist whose research is focused on resilience.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Evergreen these days.
Critical thinking skills matter.
Critical thinking skills matter.
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Evergreen these days.
Critical thinking skills matter.
Critical thinking skills matter.
I hope that the lasting legacy of this Congress will be that it -- and it's "leaders" -- has completely abdicated and intentionally "forgotten" that the Branch was Article I of the Constitution for a very specific reason, especially regarding the Presidency.
I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I hope that the lasting legacy of this Congress will be that it -- and it's "leaders" -- has completely abdicated and intentionally "forgotten" that the Branch was Article I of the Constitution for a very specific reason, especially regarding the Presidency.
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I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
October 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
The only way the math works on this unwanted, niche-application product is through massive government spending, not private market profit margins.
Everyone’s putting the puzzle pieces together now regarding political spending by Musk, Thiel, et al. now, right?
Everyone’s putting the puzzle pieces together now regarding political spending by Musk, Thiel, et al. now, right?
I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.
The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...
The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...
AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought
An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.
futurism.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The only way the math works on this unwanted, niche-application product is through massive government spending, not private market profit margins.
Everyone’s putting the puzzle pieces together now regarding political spending by Musk, Thiel, et al. now, right?
Everyone’s putting the puzzle pieces together now regarding political spending by Musk, Thiel, et al. now, right?
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Sending support and solidarity to my friends and colleagues in the USGS, NOAA, NSF, NPS, State, and Energy.
October 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Sending support and solidarity to my friends and colleagues in the USGS, NOAA, NSF, NPS, State, and Energy.
For my aquatic science colleagues, an "Assistant Professor - Aquatic Biology" faculty position opening in Georgia: bit.ly/4mUpBrG
October 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
For my aquatic science colleagues, an "Assistant Professor - Aquatic Biology" faculty position opening in Georgia: bit.ly/4mUpBrG
Bravo, @theoatmeal.bsky.social, and thank you.
This extended take on the value of AI "art" (incl. writing) by @theoatmeal.bsky.social is so very good, and it taps into pretty much every objection I have:
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
Also, every new writer, PLEASE listen to this by Ira Glass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=91FQ...
Embrace the Gap.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
Also, every new writer, PLEASE listen to this by Ira Glass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=91FQ...
Embrace the Gap.
October 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Bravo, @theoatmeal.bsky.social, and thank you.