Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 31/08/2025The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years. CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years. But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures. Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious. 22141781593
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Oh, so now we are co-opting mathematics? I think not. 020
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/04/2026Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.wired.comUSAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People KnewPolitical appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution. 19599434087
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Would you like a little rest? I made this little video for you. It’s just trees. A small creek. Nothing happens. It’s 2 minutes long. Come sit 🔉 915350
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Sarah Hird, PhD @sarahhird.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I’m at the mid-career slump. I’m at the national research funding & infrastructure crisis. I’m at the university budget cuts. I’m at the nonsensical war. I’m at the demolition of our democracy. I’m at the combination mid-career-slump-national-research-funding-&-infrastructure-crisis-university-budge 38314
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/02/2026You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it. 208125684443
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026This is one of my favorite ways to visualize #SeaLevelRise... With another year of verified water levels at Key West behind us now (as of today), here's the updated version of this chart I've been making for the past decade or so. 🧪🌊 [1/3] 712250
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 06/01/2026In this US case-control study, from 2015-2020, of about 16,000 kids with acute respiratory illness presenting for care, receiving at least 1 dose of flu vaccine was associated with a >50% reduction in flu-associated pediatric ED visits or hospitalizations 💪💉💪 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comEstimated Vaccine Effectiveness for Pediatric Patients With Severe InfluenzaThis case-control study with a test-negative design estimates influenza vaccine effectiveness by severity of illness across 5 influenza seasons in children with acute respiratory illness presenting to... 02917
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h... 152384759
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Another example of the most basic fisheries management success. Reduce F, in this case to essentially zero, and SSB will increase. Sometimes it takes longer than we'd like, but lots of good ecology research happens in the meantime. 010
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 04/01/2026In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!jamanetwork.comCOVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in FranceThis cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t... 262668997
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 31/12/2025one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers 734133587
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 31/12/20252025 will end up as the warmest year by a substantial 0.8°F margin in #Albuquerque. The last time the record high was broken by a larger margin was 1950. Important difference: in 1950 there were 57 years in the historical record to compete against... in 2025 there were 132 years to compete against. 1235
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Much to my children's dismay, turns out I'm pretty good at catching little fish (they just want BIG ones)! Like this Tobaccofish, Serranus tabacarius, a beautiful small Serranid, or basslet. Caught 12/30 in the Florida Keys on a sabiki rig. 030
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 07/12/2025My 6yo and I played the closest possible game of Sorry today. He (yellow) pulled the 3 to go out. The next card was a 1. 020
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 07/12/2025427.05 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 06-Dec-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edukeelingcurve.ucsd.eduThe Keeling CurveThe Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. 0208
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Really starting to feel more and more like we scientists are just rearranging deck chairs. 010
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 06/12/2025This was the same justification used to authorize the Juvenile Goliath Grouper harvest, too. That one just never made it to court where they had to admit it publicly. 0166
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 06/12/2025#Florida's first bear hunt in 10 years starts today (despite science saying no hunt should take place). These people won permits to hunt -- but say they won't use them. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l... 33612
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/12/2025“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.” The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida. It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID. Free link ⤵️ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...miamiherald.comExclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.” 10222691145
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 06/12/2025My column this week points out that this #Florida bear hunt flies in the face of science, but the FWC says it doesn't have to follow science. floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/04/f... 184
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 06/12/2025A Florida bear hunt is a sad and pathetic thing. It's a blight on the wildlife commission that approved it and lied about bear populations in the state, which are on the decline due to massive and unwise clearcutting for development. DeSantis and the Repubs in charge are sacks of shit. 218026
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Can confirm. Targeting sunfish is a lot of fun, especially with kids. 082
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Travel from the comfort of your own home this #25DaysofFishmas as we explore fishes from all across the US each day in December. Best part? No sleeping on air mattresses in guest rooms! The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1! 0217
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 24/11/2025One of the dumbest #Florida legislators ever elected, Rep. Randy Maggard, is trying again to eliminate all local govt regulations protecting wetlands and water quality, even though the state is doing an abysmal job. floridapolitics.com/archives/766...floridapolitics.comRandy Maggard bill seeks full state control over water quality and wetlands regulationWorking closely with our federal, state and regional partners is essential to ensuring clean, healthy water for every community. 34723
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Thinking about all of my US colleagues today that work for USGS, USFWS, US Parks Service, NOAA and the EPA. From front line environmental practitioners to scientists and policy makers, these folks ensure that waters are swimmable, fish are edible, that natural areas are accessible, etc, etc, etc. 222353
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 23/09/2025Basically, their effort to portray Autism as preventable and curable is part of a larger project to eliminate anyone they see as costing society more than they contribute. And, short of that, to push those costs fully onto families and off of the state. 22777169
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 23/09/2025423.72 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 21-Sep-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edukeelingcurve.ucsd.eduThe Keeling CurveThe Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. 0148
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025People, be more careful of your use of conjunctions! For example, "Stealing is bad, but the people who worked at the store were mean," suggests exception to the prior clause, while "Stealing is bad, and the store smelled like wet feet" adds information while retaining the meaning of both clauses. 000
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 04/09/2025We need more people reading The Monkey Wrench Gang. 020
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Florida announces plan to reduce the number of children living to adulthood. 063
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 15/08/2025This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen 10346251198
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Trump Tarriff Tracker: the fancy French jelly is now too expensive. We have been forced to switch from a Bonne Maman family to a Smuckers family. 020
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟ceej @ceej.online · 08/08/2025one thing that's making me feel particularly insane lately is how there is no longer any limit to the amount of wrong you can be 544264763
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Friends, I am excited to announce that I am running a version of my graduate-level shark biology and ecology course through Center for Wildlife Studies! There are two versions you can take, both of which can offer graduate course credit or continuing professional education credit! 🧪🦑🌎🦈🐟centerforwildlifestudies.orgBiology and Ecology of Sharks and Their Relatives (Online & Field) — Center for Wildlife Studies 116439
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/07/2025Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface. See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3 303107701979
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Annie Dillard wrote, "I am really here, alive on the intricate earth under trees." She sure can write a fucking sentence. AD knows where to put the commas. Could've put one after earth, but what a mistake that would've been. Could've used a word inferior to intricate. Instead, perfect sentence. 473423
Reposted by Bob Ellis 🐟David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Enough of you asked me about this that I wrote some brief thoughts on Ocean Ramsey's particular brand of pseudoscientific nonsense. I believe this addresses almost all of the frequently asked questions I receive, but as always I am happy to answer serious questions asked in good faith. 🧪🦑🌎🦈southernfriedscience.comWhat Ocean Ramsey does is not shark science or conservation: some brief thoughts on “the Shark Whisperer” documentaryNetflix has a new (sarcastic air quotes) “documentary” out about Ocean Ramsey, who longtime readers and followers know is a serial wildlife harasser who also coordinates massive online … 41686255
Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Just received a grant proposal result months overdue. Not awarded, but the main takeaway for me was out of 76 proposals, only 7 will be funded! 010
