322 ppm; wildlife; ornithology; landscapes Assoc. Prof. in NREM, OKState he/his, views mine, woke = compliment @tinosaurs.bsky.social
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
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Why do colleges and universities even have a say in punishment for rape. This is a legal matter, not a university gets to decide matter.
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"A superpower is dying by suicide because the Republican congress is too cowardly to stand up to to the mad king. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever."
Heather Cox Richardson.
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Super exciting stuff coming from #ProjectMonarch ! This collaboration, forged by the @cmpsciencecentr and @CellTrackTech and now over 70 collaborators - is uncovering the mysteries of monarch migration at an unprecedented level of detail! Download the app and follow along live!
One of the Monarch butterflies I radio-tagged on Sep 11-13 flew an astonishing 539 km today, due southwest, straight across the Gulf of Mexico (alias Gulf of America), covering half the distance between St. Joseph's Peninsula on the Gulf coast of Florida and the coast of Mexico.
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And thus was born the greatest and most devastating example of #Brandolini's bullshit asymmetry principle.
A lie will have circled the globe before the truth has had a chance to tie its shoes.
The vaccine–autism myth started with one 1998 paper of 12 children.
It was retracted, the author was struck off for dishonesty, and studies of millions of kids since have found no link.
One fraud vs. millions of children
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Anyone in NYC today (9/25), I'm giving a talk on nature in NYC at the Bryant Park reading room at 12pm if you're looking for something to do during lunch hour :)
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Maybe the best Birding Mag cover ever. Which is no surprise, coming from Lars Jonsson, the greatest bird artist of all time. No one will ever touch him, I suspect.
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Interesting social science study here on attitudes toward the proposed renaming of eponymous bird species by @AmOrnith. They surveyed 1,063 birders across 42 states and found 48% felt positively about renaming. 29% were neutral. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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🙋♂️ Non-consumptive wildlife enthusiast over here who takes every opportunity to brag to his students about hunters and anglers investing WAY more in conservation than anyone else.
I buy a hunting/fishing license to help better protect/manage land for nongame spp in my state.
If you enjoy Virginia’s wildlife, thank a hunter or angler virginiamercury.com/2026/09/…
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Hadrosaurus foulki is one of the first dinosaurs discovered in the U.S. and first mounted dinosaur skeleton ever displayed. The only known holotype/remains reside at the Academy of Natural Sciences, leaving their fate uncertain with the announcement of the academy’s closure.
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Can we please just grow up and admit that magic isn't real and there is zero medicinal benefit to be had from ingesting rhino horn?
It is 2026 for crying out loud, and we still need to post armed guards to protect our remaining rhinos?! It's madness.
#KillTheMarket
The South African Government has announced updated rhino poaching statistics for 2026, stating that 230 rhinos have been killed by poachers between January and August of this year, compared to 248 during the same period in 2025.
#RhinoPoaching #SouthAfrica
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Just a reminder, that birds had 1.6 times more history before the K-Pg impact than the duration of the Cenozoic Era.
My bet would be that we are severely underestimating Mesozoic diversity of birds (stem or crown).
tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.…
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Global Bird Rescue Week (September 21–28) is here!
We’re highlighting one of the most significant threats birds face during migration: collisions with windows & buildings.
🪟 There are several ways to reduce collisions around your home.
Learn more:
abcbirds.info/4gTw2LV
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Once the world's rarest bird—down to a single breeding pair in 1980—now winner of NZ Bird of the Year.
The black robin, saved from extinction by an extraordinary conservation effort, now has around 350 adult birds—still vulnerable, but with hope for the future.
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I think a lot of American politics is explained by like 60% of the population never having considered that water could stop coming out of the tap one day
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The U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 facilities following a national review. The move is part of a larger plan to reorganize the agency and reduce costs. wildlife.org/u-s-forest-serv…
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#OperationEpsteinFury going great!
LOL! Best Hitler-bunker-scene rendition so far!
“You didn’t tell me these were the same Persians that defeated the Romans.”
"Have Bari Weiss write why high oil prices are actually a good thing..."
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Birds Canada | Ways to Give birdscanada.org/ways-to-give
#Birds #BirdsCanada #Conservation #TakeAction #MakeADifference #BeTheChange #Volunteer
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Birds Canada | Recovering Species of Highest Concern birdscanada.org/recovering-s…
#Birds #BirdsCanada #Conservation #TakeAction #MakeADifference #BeTheChange #Volunteer
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