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Matt Bracken

@brackenlab.bsky.social
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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8
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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 12h
A cheeky #fungi foray after work yielded ten waxcap species, one of them Garlic, new to me. My son’s first time of seeing red & pink waxcaps, he absolutely loved it!!! 🥰 🔁 from top left Scarlet, Ballerina, Honey, Blackening, Glutinous, Slimy, Parrot, Golden, Garlic & Snowy. #FungiFriends 🍄 📸
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · 21h
Hello #ThickTrunkTuesday
A big gum tree at Lake Hume Dam.
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sim @sim-ka.bsky.social · 12h
Helen's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BirdSupermodel. #vogels #birds Do I look that good?
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A-Girl-Called-Ronnie 🇳🇱 @rboley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In de vlindertuin in Gemert kijk je je ogen uit 😍 #vlinders #Butterflies #Stunday #Photography
Glasvleugelvlinder op rode bloem
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 12h
Goodnight, all! 🌄
The setting sun peeks between trees, painting the sky and clouds orange.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21h
Christi Belcourt, Métis visual artist who creates paintings inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork #UnlockingWomensart
Painting with a symmetrical design featuring flowering plants with different coloured blossoms against a black background
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Jenny Reid Art @jennyreidart.bsky.social · 23h
We spent the weekend enjoying the colors of the North Cascades. The larches were stunning! #larches #northcascades
Golden larches lining a deep green lake surrounded by mountains
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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The more we learn about early life and early animals, the more convinced I get that life could also evolve on other planets. New calibration just pushed initiation of earliest animals by almost 200 million years. 🧪⚒️ Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.…
Ediacaran sea floor, Namibia, Southwest Africa - 543 million years ago. Credit: Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford / Mighty Fossils.
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We kicked off spooky season with a visit to the Roger’s Gardens Halloween boo-tique in Newport Beach 🎃
Creepy bouquet with staring eyeballsClock decorated with monarch butterflies Skeleton in a top hat playing a pianoCreepy arch made of skeletons illuminated with red light
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John Griffin @jngriffy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In this new Perspective, @mdolbeth.bsky.social @brackenlab.bsky.social @falaropo.bsky.social and I explore how a trait-based approach could help unify our understanding of seaweed contributions to ecosystem services academic.oup.com/aob/article/...
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A trait-based approach to understanding and predicting ecosystem services of seaweed in marine forests
AbstractBackground and Aims. Ecosystem services provided by seaweeds are increasingly recognized, yet we lack frameworks to explain and predict how these s
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Caturday 🐈‍⬛
A calico kitty is cozied against my leg, looking up at the camera
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#PhycologyFriday
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#PhycologyFriday #MarineLife 🌊🦑
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/7/31/na...
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“Digital Doppelgangers”: Naomi Klein Corrects the Record on Viral AI-Generated Quote
During Thursday’s segment about the risks of artificial intelligence, we shared a quote from author Naomi Klein that we later discovered was AI-generated. Klein has written about the proliferation of ...
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Shazzoir @shazzoir.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#CrabTime 🦀
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: underwater ocean camera view of a whale fall on the sea floor, with various bottom feeders and weird fishes crawling around the decomposing remains. Off panel, someone says, “hang on a second…” Panel 2: the speaker is a member of a marine biologist crew, remotely viewing the video footage from a computer monitor. The biologist is leaning against his colleague’s chair. He continues, “pan the camera back.” Panel 3: Back underwater, the POV shifts to the other end of the whale carcass. There’s a large spider crab with a standing just off to the side. It has a human face in a neutral expression, and is wearing glasses. The marine biologist says, “I think I went to high school with that guy.”
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
☕️🍱 #PhycologyFriday
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Surf & *Silvetia*. #PhycologyFriday #MarineLife 🌊🦑
Waves from Hurricane Polo pound the Southern California shoreline, surging over a rocky reef covered in the golden rockweed *Silvetia compressa*.
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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Check out this lovely profile of the University of California, Davis’s Peter Wainwright, whose lifelong fascination with fishes inspired a remarkable career in research and teaching. Peter was my postdoc advisor years ago when he was at Florida State University, and is awesome dude and mentor.
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Among the Academies: A Lifelong Fascination With Fish
For Peter Wainwright, the academic path was simple: he simply followed his fascination with fish.“I dare say there wasn't a lot of deep thought about what direction I should go in my life,” he said. “...
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Anne McKinnell 🇨🇦 @annemckinnell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bull kelp is endlessly fascinating! 🦑 #underwaterphotography #oceanlife #photography #marinelife #naturephotography
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777
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Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe @aaberhe.com · 01/10/2026
Go California! $7.5B CA Science Bond now heading to the ballot! The bond would establish the largest ever state-level investment in critical scientific research, including a new “Cal-ARPA” initiative, modernizing our public research facilities, and clinical trials. www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/30/a...
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At the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, Governor Newsom signs his final bill — investing in California’s next generation of innovation | Governor of California
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Always.
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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
are we anemoneposting? 🦑
giant green anemone, somewhat more furled into itself than Matt's, with the same multiple round structures (I don't know what they're called) surrounding the manus/mouth-anus
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Michael Hickerson @hickerlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How much of the tree of life did you eat? Phylodiet scores a meal by phylogenetic diversity: type what you ate and it builds the dated tree of the organisms in it, from ~3,300 edible eukaryotes, back 2 billion years. Last night's dinner, below. 🧵 mjhickerson.github.io/phylodiet/app/phylodiet.html
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s a sunburst sea anemone, a common tidepool critter here in Southern California.
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More geekery tonight. Trying to make sure my code worked as intended and generating Raup's Figure 2 from his 1962 paper "Computer as Aid in Describing Form in Gastropod Shells" #marinelife #SciArt #paleobiology #MolluscMonday #paleontology
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
💬 In the latest Evolution Exchange, SSE President Dr. Gina Baucom talks with Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield and Dr. Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos about doing a PhD or postdoc abroad. www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @dortizba.bsky.social @gbaucom.bsky.social
Headshots of Dr. Krueger-Hadfield and Dr. Ortiz-Barrientos. Text: What Nobody Tells You About Doing Your PhD Abroad with Dr. Stacy A. Krueger-Hadfield and Dr. Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos. The Evolution Exchange, a monthly conversation series from the Society for the Study of Evolution.
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sunburst rising 🌅 #MarineLife 🦑🌊
The upper half of the oral disc of this sunburst anemone, *Anthopleura sola*, is olive green with radiating brown lines extending from the dual-purpose opening.
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan Medical School (Ann Arbor, Michigan) is performing a broad search to fill one tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level: 🧪
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In other words: This meme is a surprisingly accurate scaled depiction of the magnitude of the 2026 El Niño event vs the 1997 event *if using the absolute index.* But if using the relative index, Danny DeVito is currently the same height as Arnold Schwarzenegger. And either pairing is striking... 👀
A common meme from the movie "Twins" featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger towering over a similarly dressed Danny Devito modified such that "1997" appears above the diminuitive DeVito, and 2026 above Schwarzenegger.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Global model ensembles are in strong agreement that a prolonged &anomalous nearly West-wide autumn heatwave will develop this week & persist for 10+ days. While some daytime records may be set, this event will be more notable for its persistence & breadth. [Thread]
Map showing predicted temperature anomalies in early October from the ECMWF ensemble across the western U.S. Nearly the entire region is painted red and pink, indicating widespread very warm anomalies.
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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm hiring a postdoc to help build tools for inferring complex speciation histories with genomic data. strong computational skills are a must, but this is a training opportunity. 60K$+ salary, 2 years, details flexible. please reach out! (and repost) ad here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/53150
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Postdoctoral Researcher
The Department of Ecology at Montana State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scholar as part of NSF-funded research on speciation under alternating cycles of gene flow and isolation (fundi...
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Chris Smith @chriscrsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm hiring a postdoc in population and evolutionary genetics at Indiana University Bloomington! We're a computational lab working on spatial demographic inference using genomic data and machine learning. You can apply here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34508
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Indiana University Academic Positions
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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Spread the word! I’m looking to recruit a PhD student to grow the Paulinella project. Some details can be found here: www.vanettenlab.org/join
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Join! — Van Etten lab at UMD
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a beetle is on the phone in his house. He says, “hey man— for the party tonight… don’t bring any poop.” Panel 2: on the other end of the call is a dung beetle. He responds, “really? You sure?” Panel 3: shrugging towards another dung beetle, the first dung beetle says, “he says they’re good on poop.” Somewhat incredulous, the second dung beetle says, “I just rolled it!” He is leaning against a mostly out of frame huge ball of poop.
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Last night’s last light 🌅🌊
Sunset over rocky reefs and the Pacific Ocean
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Applications accepted through Friday:
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Alerts from NWS San Diego CA (UNOFFICIAL) @san.nws-bot.us · 30/09/2026
🚨 Extreme Heat Watch issued September 30 at 1:41PM PDT until October 7 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS San Diego CA 🚨 Additional Details Here.
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with high temperatures on the
hottest days ranging from around 90 near the coast to the upper 90s
to upper 100s for the valleys possible. Low temperatures for
coastal areas into the western valleys will warm into the lower to
mid 70s during the weekend with those warm overnight temperatures
continuing for next week.

* WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas, Orange County Inland Areas,
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire, San
Diego County Coastal Areas, San Diego County Valleys, and Santa Ana
Mountains and Foothills.

* WHEN...From Friday morning through Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat events.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A long-duration heat wave is expected to
develop late this week and continue through much of next week into
the following weekend with Moderate or greater HeatRisk for the
coast and valleys and Major to Extreme HeatRisk for inland coastal
areas into the western valleys.
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026
Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ
Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ibises ibissing in our neighborhood park. 🪶
A large group of white-faced ibises forages in the grass. These are  medium-sized, long-legged wading birds with iridescent plumage and long, downward-curved bills.
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Christina Kraus @elbenherzart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💫🦀Homer, the Hermit 🦀💫 Painted for Magic: The Gathering - Mystery Booster Commander Edition AD: Forrest Schehl Finally getting around to share this big boy! ♥️ FYI, I won't have artist proofs of this card until it's released in November. #mtg #MagictheGathering
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Straitsusa @redlinepulse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The global commercial seaweed market size was valued at USD 21.8 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow from USD 23.83 billion in 2026 to USD 48.53 billion by 2034. straitsresearch.com/report/comme...
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Commercial Seaweed Market Size, Share, Growth, Analysis, 2034
Request Free Sample : The commercial seaweed market size is projected to grow from $23.83 billion in 2026 to $48.53 billion by 2034, at a CAGR of 9.3% during the forecast period 2026-2034.
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*Megathura* for #MolluskMonday! 🌊🦑 #MarineLife #MolluscMonday
The giant keyhole limpet’s black mantle protrudes from beneath its white shell. It expels wastes through the “keyhole” pore at the apex of its shell.
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Maggi Brisbin @margaretbrisbin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Loved this NYT article abt @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social and @burnsajohn.bsky.social discovering new Paulinella species (in Journal of Phycology!). Cool science, good reporting, & reminded me of past fun hotel labs ❤️🤓🦠🌊 What was your best nontraditional lab? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...
Brisbin lab grad student Lilianna Giuffrida filtering seawater in our makeshift airbnb lab in Puerto Rico - hoping to discover factors driving bioluminescence in Vieques BioBays
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 27/09/2026
Europe's seas had their hottest summer in 45 years of data. The Bay of Biscay averaged 2.4 C above the 1991-2020 norm, logging 186 marine-heatwave days by August's end. The ecological bill is already arriving in kelp forests and fisheries.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-europes-intensifying-marine-heatwaves-threaten-its-fisheries-2026-09-26/
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stephasea.bsky.social @stephasea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So much seaweed washed ashore this weekend. Moody skies. Dramatic ocean vibes. #encinitas #pacificocean
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bill doyle @billjondoyle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
seaweed on stony beach, deep creek cove deep creek conservation park, fleurieu peninsula, south australia #photography #AustralianPhotographers #landscapephotography
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