Matt Gonnerman
@mattgonnerman.bsky.social
Applied Wildlife Ecologist. PhD UMaine, MS Auburn. Currently: Post-Doc UMaryland/EESC. Avian Influenza, tick-borne disease, spatial modeling, integrated approaches.
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Matt Gonnerman
@mattgonnerman.bsky.social
· Aug 27
Avian influenza spillover into poultry: environmental influences and biosecurity protections
With the continued spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), understanding the complex dynamics of virus transfer at the wild – agriculture …
www.sciencedirect.com
New pub alert! Very excited to share work providing actionable insights into how we can better implement biosecurity and plan surveillance for avian influenza in the US. This virus doesn’t look to be going away so best to adjust accordingly.
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The Luka trade was the exogenous shock that rattled me from my stupor and made me realize almost everyone in power in any field right now is literally, in the clinical sense, addicted to both gambling and attention, and doesn't give a single shit about anyone else. I was clearly not alone here.
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Luka trade was the exogenous shock that rattled me from my stupor and made me realize almost everyone in power in any field right now is literally, in the clinical sense, addicted to both gambling and attention, and doesn't give a single shit about anyone else. I was clearly not alone here.
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America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
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Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
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Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS.
They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS.
They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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An earlier piece by @teorth.bsky.social about the US scientific ecosystem.
I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding.
The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
An earlier piece by @teorth.bsky.social about the US scientific ecosystem.
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Pathetic and depressing how dishonest the framing is. The vast majority who oppose this aren’t NIMBYs? This definitionally isn’t our backyard? The problem is he’s tearing down a national symbol on an autocratic whim, building a palace overtop it, naming it for himself, and funding it with bribes.
The Washington Post editorial section hit rock bottom and just kept digging.
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Pathetic and depressing how dishonest the framing is. The vast majority who oppose this aren’t NIMBYs? This definitionally isn’t our backyard? The problem is he’s tearing down a national symbol on an autocratic whim, building a palace overtop it, naming it for himself, and funding it with bribes.
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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This is the third story in the past week detailing how natural carbon sinks are starting to falter. We don’t know nearly enough about how these tipping points could play out, but the potential for genuinely terrifying outcomes should be obvious by now.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds
Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is the third story in the past week detailing how natural carbon sinks are starting to falter. We don’t know nearly enough about how these tipping points could play out, but the potential for genuinely terrifying outcomes should be obvious by now.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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According to a state epidemiologist, "CDC personnel who normally share information with state officials during outbreaks have been eliminated."
“One veteran researcher who still has his job (and, like other public-health workers I spoke with for this story, requested anonymity for fear of losing it) told me he believes that Kennedy’s ultimate goal is to “silence the scientific voice of career CDC scientists.””
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things"
- Peter Drucker
- Peter Drucker
October 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
According to a state epidemiologist, "CDC personnel who normally share information with state officials during outbreaks have been eliminated."
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MMWR published a report in 1981 about five men with unusual cases of pneumonia in Los Angeles. In retrospect, it was the first publication to detect and inform the wider scientific community of the presence of HIV.
Last night, everyone working on MMWR was fired.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
Last night, everyone working on MMWR was fired.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
October 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
MMWR published a report in 1981 about five men with unusual cases of pneumonia in Los Angeles. In retrospect, it was the first publication to detect and inform the wider scientific community of the presence of HIV.
Last night, everyone working on MMWR was fired.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
Last night, everyone working on MMWR was fired.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
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“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
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We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?
September 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?
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New in PN: The Trump Murder Policy
"Trump has claimed Venezuelan boats are being attacked because they’re smuggling drugs, but his evidence doesn’t amount to much more than 'trust me, bro.'"
"Trump has claimed Venezuelan boats are being attacked because they’re smuggling drugs, but his evidence doesn’t amount to much more than 'trust me, bro.'"
The Trump Murder Policy
Let's call his strikes on Venezuelan boats for what they are.
www.publicnotice.co
September 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New in PN: The Trump Murder Policy
"Trump has claimed Venezuelan boats are being attacked because they’re smuggling drugs, but his evidence doesn’t amount to much more than 'trust me, bro.'"
"Trump has claimed Venezuelan boats are being attacked because they’re smuggling drugs, but his evidence doesn’t amount to much more than 'trust me, bro.'"
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EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
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People who are thrown in solitary confinement aren't told how long they'll spend there.
Some people end up there—for years. There are so few restrictions.
Read how this Texan who's experienced this describes it: boltsmag.org/designed-to-...
Some people end up there—for years. There are so few restrictions.
Read how this Texan who's experienced this describes it: boltsmag.org/designed-to-...
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
People who are thrown in solitary confinement aren't told how long they'll spend there.
Some people end up there—for years. There are so few restrictions.
Read how this Texan who's experienced this describes it: boltsmag.org/designed-to-...
Some people end up there—for years. There are so few restrictions.
Read how this Texan who's experienced this describes it: boltsmag.org/designed-to-...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
FYI Spotify and ABC are owned by the same company fourthwall.com/blog/spotify...
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It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Avian Influenza is scary, but we have the tools to deal with it. Our research showed that current biosecurity options effectively reduce risk of outbreaks on farms. This is a wild to domestic disease, very difficult to anticipate, so having biosecurity in place before arrival in an area is crucial.
UMD-Led Study: Good Biosecurity Can Counter Bird Flu… | Maryland Today
Researchers Identify Conditions That Influence Spread of Disease Endangering Poultry Industry
today.umd.edu
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Avian Influenza is scary, but we have the tools to deal with it. Our research showed that current biosecurity options effectively reduce risk of outbreaks on farms. This is a wild to domestic disease, very difficult to anticipate, so having biosecurity in place before arrival in an area is crucial.
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“Democrats cannot pretend this is a normal Republican administration. They cannot ignore masked agents in the streets, armed troops in the cities, billions of dollars of money going into the Trump family’s pockets… If Democrats cannot make an issue out of all that, then they are screwed & so are we”
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“Democrats cannot pretend this is a normal Republican administration. They cannot ignore masked agents in the streets, armed troops in the cities, billions of dollars of money going into the Trump family’s pockets… If Democrats cannot make an issue out of all that, then they are screwed & so are we”
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One of the greatest errors in K-12 education, in my opinion, is prioritizing trigonometry and calculus over statistics. Yes, trig and calc are important for many professions. Statistics are important for literacy.
oh noooo
September 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
One of the greatest errors in K-12 education, in my opinion, is prioritizing trigonometry and calculus over statistics. Yes, trig and calc are important for many professions. Statistics are important for literacy.
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HEHEHEHEHEHE!! I LOVE THESE WEIRDOS!! I FEAR THEM, BUT I LOVE THEM!!!
September 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
HEHEHEHEHEHE!! I LOVE THESE WEIRDOS!! I FEAR THEM, BUT I LOVE THEM!!!
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You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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Such an odd thing to read in the newspaper
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Such an odd thing to read in the newspaper
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced. n.pr/4g7YKqg
Trump administration blocks groups from voter registration at naturalization events
Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
n.pr
September 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced. n.pr/4g7YKqg