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Jay Lombardi, Ph.D.
@jaylombardi.bsky.social
Carnivore Ecologist🦦🦝🐻 Outdoorsman 🥾🏕️
CDFW Mt Lion Conservation Prog Lead & Gray Wolf Program Research Ecologist •
IUCN SSC Cat SG & Sm Carn SG
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And while we’re at it let’s generate the content that made science Twitter for what it was… that was the research that we did, the papers that we produced, the collaborations that we formed, the scientific discocourse that happened. We all know what’s happening— but let’s shine some positive light
February 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’m not saying to leave this app all I’m saying is to create the same discourse on X.
February 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
How is this going to affect local economies in towns adjacent to national parks, national monuments, national Forest; how does this affect people’s ability to visit places to see wildlife, how does it affect ability to manage natural landscapes and wildlife populations? And why is that important?
February 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
And you may not get everyone to listen to you, but I’ll tell you what if you frame it properly it can pay off. I think the key is here is to create this outpouring and show the public who don’t do what we do what the impacts of this is going to be. How is it going to affect them
February 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You cannot control how someone reacts, all you can do is control what you tell them and how you say it. It’s a mantra that I use when talking to members of the public regarding carnivore conflict. They may not agree initially and that’s okay. Sometimes you have to wait. Sometimes it takes time.
February 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We as scientists all know the importance of it, so we don’t have to make the convincing but it’s those members of the public who do, who didn’t understand the importance of what we do, but followed your accounts for the science you did. It creates discourse, good or bad it creates conversation
February 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
But there in lies the problem. And others have spoken to it, if people are speaking out about the election or the federal firings here they are essentially screaming into a void / echo chamber because the ideal logical makeup leans left. The same conversations are missing on X.
February 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I agree. The majority of the public (include outside the US) and international scientists still post on. The issues at hand don’t resonate as much as it can. We need the discourse on Twitter/X, as much as it’s here.
February 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Can I be added?
November 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM