Liz Renner, Ph.D.
@lizrenner.bsky.social
🐟 Freshwater fish biologist. 🔬Postdoc @unl-snr.bsky.social post-DOGE. 🧠 IIH survivor, 🏳️🌈 queer poet, 📖 avid reader, quilter, and 🎣 outdoorswoman.
📈Born at 358 ppm
📍on the water in South Dakota or Nebraska
https://linktr.ee/LizRennerPhD
📱🔒 @drlizardshad.67
📈Born at 358 ppm
📍on the water in South Dakota or Nebraska
https://linktr.ee/LizRennerPhD
📱🔒 @drlizardshad.67
Pinned
Here's one of my old poems on migratory waterfowl and situationships from the vault. If it resonates with you, sound off in comments!
"CENTRAL FLYWAY" (2023).
🧵1/4
"CENTRAL FLYWAY" (2023).
🧵1/4
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Hi, I’m a website, product, or service you’ve relied on for years without incident. Great news: I’ve now been revamped with a mandatory AI component that makes me unusable.
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hi, I’m a website, product, or service you’ve relied on for years without incident. Great news: I’ve now been revamped with a mandatory AI component that makes me unusable.
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Don’t be distracted. The regime keeps making its own news so we don’t revolt. Focus on issues such as:
1) Supporting Russia is bad for America. Putin is evil. It is in our best interest to aid Ukraine.
2) Tariffs lead to higher costs for consumers. The cost of groceries is noticeably higher.
1) Supporting Russia is bad for America. Putin is evil. It is in our best interest to aid Ukraine.
2) Tariffs lead to higher costs for consumers. The cost of groceries is noticeably higher.
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Don’t be distracted. The regime keeps making its own news so we don’t revolt. Focus on issues such as:
1) Supporting Russia is bad for America. Putin is evil. It is in our best interest to aid Ukraine.
2) Tariffs lead to higher costs for consumers. The cost of groceries is noticeably higher.
1) Supporting Russia is bad for America. Putin is evil. It is in our best interest to aid Ukraine.
2) Tariffs lead to higher costs for consumers. The cost of groceries is noticeably higher.
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They gobbled up all the info, destroyed so many agencies, and how did it help America and Trump's base?
It didn't.
It didn't.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They gobbled up all the info, destroyed so many agencies, and how did it help America and Trump's base?
It didn't.
It didn't.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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In 1945, the US Army put out a training manual intended to help rank and file soldiers spot incipient fascism in the US. One of the telltale signs that one was dealing with a fascist was that they called everyone to their left "a communist." bsky.app/profile/seth...
The third fascistic tactic to watch out for is their tendency to label anyone they disagree with who is to their left "a Communist." Fascists claim that they alone can save their nations from "the communist menace." Anyway, the 2024 GOP platform contains the phrase "Christ-hating communists."
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In 1945, the US Army put out a training manual intended to help rank and file soldiers spot incipient fascism in the US. One of the telltale signs that one was dealing with a fascist was that they called everyone to their left "a communist." bsky.app/profile/seth...
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Any recommendations on academic literature or sources for better understanding the energy and water tradeoffs for data storage vs agriculture?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Any recommendations on academic literature or sources for better understanding the energy and water tradeoffs for data storage vs agriculture?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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I think about this every day. Great that I know people who stand on “ICE Watch” with whistles, but how are we continuing to let this happen every single day?
Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I think about this every day. Great that I know people who stand on “ICE Watch” with whistles, but how are we continuing to let this happen every single day?
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Sister Corita Kent, Untitled (Camus), c. 1970
January 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Sister Corita Kent, Untitled (Camus), c. 1970
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A bit more information has been released on the Dali accident, where it turns out a loose wire led to six deaths and this surreal scene.
I wouldn't focus on the wire though - there's whole realms of misteps and oversights that ultimately allowed this to happen.
www.ntsb.gov/news/press-r...
I wouldn't focus on the wire though - there's whole realms of misteps and oversights that ultimately allowed this to happen.
www.ntsb.gov/news/press-r...
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A bit more information has been released on the Dali accident, where it turns out a loose wire led to six deaths and this surreal scene.
I wouldn't focus on the wire though - there's whole realms of misteps and oversights that ultimately allowed this to happen.
www.ntsb.gov/news/press-r...
I wouldn't focus on the wire though - there's whole realms of misteps and oversights that ultimately allowed this to happen.
www.ntsb.gov/news/press-r...
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You must read @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on the latest “too big to fail” stock market shattering statements of the Tech Bros.
Alex Karp and Sam Altman in full head wagging denial mode should tell you all you need to know about the reckoning to come
broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie...
Alex Karp and Sam Altman in full head wagging denial mode should tell you all you need to know about the reckoning to come
broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
broligarchy.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
You must read @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on the latest “too big to fail” stock market shattering statements of the Tech Bros.
Alex Karp and Sam Altman in full head wagging denial mode should tell you all you need to know about the reckoning to come
broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie...
Alex Karp and Sam Altman in full head wagging denial mode should tell you all you need to know about the reckoning to come
broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie...
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Choosing to go to LPSC now that they've doubled down on banning any content about making the field a better place for underrepresented scientists? That would be rewarding this behavior and make the field even more unsafe! Just a thought!
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Choosing to go to LPSC now that they've doubled down on banning any content about making the field a better place for underrepresented scientists? That would be rewarding this behavior and make the field even more unsafe! Just a thought!
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montrealserai.com/article/prox...
7 years ago I wrote a poem called Proxima Centauri B about how commercial space exploration is nothing but a distraction from rampant ecological destruction, but never published it till today.
#poetry #resistance #peace #mutuallyassured #survival #poem #climate
7 years ago I wrote a poem called Proxima Centauri B about how commercial space exploration is nothing but a distraction from rampant ecological destruction, but never published it till today.
#poetry #resistance #peace #mutuallyassured #survival #poem #climate
Proxima Centauri b
When we're all in bunkers on Proxima Centauri b, who’s to say we won't destroy those oceans...?
montrealserai.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
montrealserai.com/article/prox...
7 years ago I wrote a poem called Proxima Centauri B about how commercial space exploration is nothing but a distraction from rampant ecological destruction, but never published it till today.
#poetry #resistance #peace #mutuallyassured #survival #poem #climate
7 years ago I wrote a poem called Proxima Centauri B about how commercial space exploration is nothing but a distraction from rampant ecological destruction, but never published it till today.
#poetry #resistance #peace #mutuallyassured #survival #poem #climate
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November 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Amber Czech was a 20 yr old young woman who had her whole life ahead of her. Talented welder, well liked by all.
Except for a 40 year old male co-worker. And bc she gave him a "bad" look, he took her life while they were on the clock.
When will we ever be safe?
Say her name, Amber Czech.
#SheShed
Except for a 40 year old male co-worker. And bc she gave him a "bad" look, he took her life while they were on the clock.
When will we ever be safe?
Say her name, Amber Czech.
#SheShed
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Amber Czech was a 20 yr old young woman who had her whole life ahead of her. Talented welder, well liked by all.
Except for a 40 year old male co-worker. And bc she gave him a "bad" look, he took her life while they were on the clock.
When will we ever be safe?
Say her name, Amber Czech.
#SheShed
Except for a 40 year old male co-worker. And bc she gave him a "bad" look, he took her life while they were on the clock.
When will we ever be safe?
Say her name, Amber Czech.
#SheShed
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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The ultimate test of our country and democracy will not be voting or elections but whether we put all of these people behind bars or not.
No blue wave or whatever will matter if we once again give impunity to these criminals and murderers.
No blue wave or whatever will matter if we once again give impunity to these criminals and murderers.
Are crimes against humanity an impeachable offense? Asking for an Article III judge. www.npr.org/2025/11/17/g...
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The ultimate test of our country and democracy will not be voting or elections but whether we put all of these people behind bars or not.
No blue wave or whatever will matter if we once again give impunity to these criminals and murderers.
No blue wave or whatever will matter if we once again give impunity to these criminals and murderers.
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This piece by @sramach.bsky.social and @cbo.bsky.social does address Watson's real legacy.
"We need not dig too deep to figure out why the words 'James Watson' were written above the trigger of the AR-15 stock carried by the white supremacist shooter in Buffalo"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
"We need not dig too deep to figure out why the words 'James Watson' were written above the trigger of the AR-15 stock carried by the white supremacist shooter in Buffalo"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
What James Watson got wrong about DNA - The Boston Globe
The science he helped pioneer consistently undermines his view that genes determine everything about us.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This piece by @sramach.bsky.social and @cbo.bsky.social does address Watson's real legacy.
"We need not dig too deep to figure out why the words 'James Watson' were written above the trigger of the AR-15 stock carried by the white supremacist shooter in Buffalo"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
"We need not dig too deep to figure out why the words 'James Watson' were written above the trigger of the AR-15 stock carried by the white supremacist shooter in Buffalo"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
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The furor over the death of a Colombian fisherman has ignited a feud over the huge U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean and the legality of the deadly attacks on nearly 20 vessels since September.
Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The furor over the death of a Colombian fisherman has ignited a feud over the huge U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean and the legality of the deadly attacks on nearly 20 vessels since September.
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
Had a blast talking about #sturgeon with Dr. Drew Holloway's ichthyology class @ballstate.bsky.social this afternoon! I'm grateful my AFS involvement @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social connected me with Drew at a past Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference. His students asked great Q's about larval drift! 🐟
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Had a blast talking about #sturgeon with Dr. Drew Holloway's ichthyology class @ballstate.bsky.social this afternoon! I'm grateful my AFS involvement @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social connected me with Drew at a past Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference. His students asked great Q's about larval drift! 🐟
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Make sure you check out the latest Fisheries Podcast episode with Alison Frey! This week dives into Ali's research into southern New England Atlantic Cod and how she leverages methods like acoustic telemetry to study data-limited stocks within the population.
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Make sure you check out the latest Fisheries Podcast episode with Alison Frey! This week dives into Ali's research into southern New England Atlantic Cod and how she leverages methods like acoustic telemetry to study data-limited stocks within the population.
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US science is under assault like never before, but in response the scientific community can build an alliance for independent science--that can fill gaps left by the decimation of Federal science and reimagine the role of science in policy and society. 🧵 blog.ucs.org/genna-reed/u...
UCS Is Building an Alliance for Independent Science
UCS is working to build a powerful alliance for independent science. Its new web resource hosts information and resources for current and former advisory committee members, current and former federal ...
blog.ucs.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
US science is under assault like never before, but in response the scientific community can build an alliance for independent science--that can fill gaps left by the decimation of Federal science and reimagine the role of science in policy and society. 🧵 blog.ucs.org/genna-reed/u...