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Carol Boggs

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ecology /evolution/ life history/ behavior/ physiology; nature. Using butterflies as a study system.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The contiguous U.S. averaged precipitation total for 2026 to date is an ominous one: a mere 4.79". That’s the lowest value on record for any January-to-March interval, including such notoriously dry periods as the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. The previous record low was 5.27", set in Jan.-Mar. 1910.
Contiguous U.S. precipitation for Jan-Mar, 1895-2026. This year set a record low.
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Who’s coming to #Evol2026 in Cleveland this June? I’m going! Cleveland’s a great town—good food, great lakefront, and plenty to explore between sessions. Show of hands? ✋ Early registration closes soon ⏰
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
NSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃
Boxing up the NSF at Eisenhower Av for the forced relocation. Boxes have “Details Matter” signage.
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American Naturalist / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Temporal variability in demographic rates has been viewed as detrimental to long-term fitness, but a newer idea is that it may sometimes be beneficial. Morris and Doak reassess the conditions necessary for lability to occur. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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What Is Demographic Lability and When Might We Expect to See It? | The American Naturalist
Abstract When vital rates are convex functions of environmental drivers, temporal variation in those vital rates could increase long-term stochastic fitness (so-called demographic lability). Yet no em...
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Carol Boggs @carolboggs.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Wow.
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Carol Boggs @carolboggs.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Heredity did a podcast on our paper from Nitin's dissertation! Listen to learn more about the cool results.
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Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙 Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Lake Agnes in State Forest State Park
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025
We will be writing more of these. If you’re a scientist and your science has been disrupted, we want to hear from you: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
This is what happens when you give an interview while you're hungry. #TACO #BURRITO #CHURRO #SALSA #ENCHILADA (Also, #economics)
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/05/2025
The Trump administration has killed a $600 million grant to Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for H5N1 influenza. @helenbranswell.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
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HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
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Brittany Barker @brittanysbarker.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
For 5 days straight, NASA scientists will be sharing what cuts to U.S. climate research will mean. They’re answering live questions and refusing to be silenced. This is what #makesciencegreatagain looks like. #standupforscience 📺 Watch the livestream now: 👉 app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/f1a16e...
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
NSF just cancelled ALL grants to Harvard researchers. That’s right - physics, astronomy, bio, CAREER - ALL. Professors won’t get paid. Postdocs won’t get paid. PhD students won’t get paid. This is insane! If they can do this to Harvard, they can do this to your school.
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Evolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The program for Evolution 2025 is now live! Talk schedules for both the virtual and in-person meetings can be found here: www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/pr... @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025
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Evolution 2025
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share! donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
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Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services
Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I know NIH is ~5x bigger than NSF but I think the gutting of NSF is getting a lot less than 1/5 the attention— in the news media and in higher ed— compared with what's happened to NIH.
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 12/05/2025
I was wondering who’s responsible for the ongoing demolition of NSF. Aside from Chief Management Officer Cheatham, whose resignation the staff union seeks, it appears to be 3 DOGE agents: Farritor (23), Terrell (25), and Riley (33). None appear to have any familiarity with scientific research.
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Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
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Carol Boggs @carolboggs.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Please circulate to your colleagues, friends and family. The QR code has templates for messaging, and more information. #withoutNSF #saveNSF #supportNSF
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Jim Whittington🔥 @jimwhittington.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Yesterday, the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook showed us the first glimpse of August & it is not pretty. Neither is July. As for June, it looks rough in the SW. This, with diminished federal response capacity & who knows what with FEMA. Buckle up--you're probably on your own.
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I just got word that this federal transportation grant was terminated today, despite us removing the word "climate" from the title. The moral of the story? Obeying orders doesn't keep you safe with this administration.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
There’s some inaccurate NSF information spreading and causing extra panic. New increments on existing awards are paused. But: to the best of my knowledge, drawdown (reimbursement) on existing increments is not paused. ACMS is still accessible. Could change at any moment, though. Please share.
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Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella/cis⚔️ • AOC 4USpresident @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Pause for a minute to appreciate the valiant Program Officers still at NSF, who are doing their utmost to preserve what they can. They’re in the stinking rotting belly of the beast, laboring on our behalf. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ to them
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Carol Boggs @carolboggs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Well done! but it shouldn't be necessary.
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have left Houston, Tampa, New York and other major cities without head meteorologists just ahead of what will be another busy hurricane season This is straight-up life-threatening malpractice (h/t @lisamjarvis.bsky.social ) www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
A map of the contiguous 48 states titled:
Thirty National Weather Service offices are without a chief meteorologist
Some of these offices issue forecasts for major population centers such as New York City, Houston and Cleveland. Several are prone to hurricanes and tornadoes.
Callouts include: 
Upton, NY - Covers New York City and southern Connecticut
Tampa, FL - Hard hit by Hurricane Milton in 2024
Houston, TX - All management positions vacant
Paducah/Louisville/Jackson, KY - Nearly the whole state of Kentucky is covered by forecast areas without leadership
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
“Show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value.” … www.whitehouse.gov/omb/informat...
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The President’s FY 2026 Discretionary Budget Request
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
About NSF’s new(est) bulletin - 15% indirect cost rates will kill universities. Apparently that’s the point. I am sick.
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Science and R&D has traditionally received strong bipartisan support in the US Congress. But the White House is supposedly pushing cuts of 55% (NSF), 44%(NIH), 27% (NOAA), 50% (NASA), 100% (USGS ecosystems). Meanwhile China INCREASED their R&D spending by 8.3%
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
An essential paper, one that will guide conservation and restoration for landscape connectivity at local to global scales. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...
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Jay Jinsing Falk @jjinsing.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday. I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further. If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
NEW: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods is (or was) an advisory committee housed within the USDA which provides outside expert advice to advance food safety across the US and across different levels of govt. It was ordered disbanded this afternoon.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The National Academy of Sciences Committee on Human Rights, which has been active in supporting the rights of scientists in other countries, has a list of resources for researchers and scholars under threat here in the United States. www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Added bonus: You would get to live in the South of France!🇫🇷 🍷☀️ 🧪 www.404media.co/french-unive...
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French University to Fund American Scientists Who Fear Trump Censorship
The program, called ‘safe place for science,’ offers American scientists funding to continue their research in France.
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 03/03/2025
In our latest Editorial we discuss the continuing damage being done to US science, and its impact on researchers and the environment 👇 Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Screenshot of text from a Nature Ecology & Evolution Editorial entitled "Deep cuts"
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Carol Boggs @carolboggs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/p...
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USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated, workers’ board says | CNN Politics
A workers’ board is reinstating – at least temporarily – almost 6,000 fired probationary workers from the Department of Agriculture, according to a newly issued order obtained by CNN.
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
One month left for early registration and in-person talk submission for #Evol2025! Don’t forget - SSE members get significant discounts on virtual and in-person registration. Check your membership and register today: buff.ly/IadATYh @evolmtg.bsky.social
The Evolution 2025 banner. Text: Virtual conference - May 29-30, 2025. Athens GA - June 20-24, 2025. Society for the Study of Evolution. American Society of Naturalists. Society of Systematic Biologists.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 05/03/2025
Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
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Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments
A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead
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kathychasler.bsky.social @kathychasler.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Goosebump producing news this week out of Oregon Health and Science University in the diagnosis of pancreatic CA. They developed a groundbreaking blood test, called PAC-MANN. This new test can find pancreatic cancer in just 45 minutes, even in its earliest stages.
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New blood test identifies hard-to-detect pancreatic cancer with 85% accuracy
A new blood test could help doctors detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially improving survival rates for one of the deadliest cancers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/02/2025
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. propub.li/43487Tj
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Jeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
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Carol Boggs @carolboggs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Another way to make a difference for science, regardless of your politics. sciencehomecoming.com
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Science Homecoming
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Erol Akcay @akcay.theoretical.bio · 18/02/2025
This is why it is so important that our scientific societies speak out against factual inaccuracies like in the sex EO.
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Colleagues, including my partner, with years of service at the agency. Some Permanent POs reclassified as Probationary. Exceptional scientists who were former professors at major institutions, and came to NSF to serve the community and ensure science thrives in the US.
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Firings happening right now at the NSF.
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Evolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Registration for Evolution 2025 is now open! Come join us virtually from May 29-30, and/or in-person in Athens, GA from June 20-24. @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025 www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...
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Evolution 2025 Registration
Evolution 2025 - the joint conference of the SSE, ASN, and SSB
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Wel, no surprise that Coyne used his blog (whyevolutionistrue) to argue with the SSE/SSB/ASN letter about definitions of sex. I'm not going to engage deeply with the letter here. Like any committee-drafted text it reflects compromises; I agree with some phrasing but some could have been clearer 1/N
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Message from SSE Council: Supporting our Community and our Mission mailchi.mp/evolutionsoc...
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Attention Attention Attention If anyone knows clinicians or patients who have knowledge of pediatric patients with the very rare cancer interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS) or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytoc sarcomas please contact Sri
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