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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I got a cool shot of a thundercloud a few nights ago in downtown Lafayette!

A barn-like building in the foreground with other short buildings in the background. Deep purple clouds flash above.

Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Sculpin tank is ready for new arrivals this summer! Two remain to keep the tank cycled and they got the penthouse suite!

Two multi-chamber tanks on a wire rack. They are both connected to a sump below that is also connected to a chiller. The top tank contains water and one large chamber with a pile of cichlid rocks with holes in them. The other tank on the bottom sits empty to dry out.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Emalie came in with THE BEST shirt today! 🥰

A person wearing a black shirt that says "pretend I'm a sculpin" in capital letters.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Fieldwork is delayed due to weather, but I can try out my new camera rain jacket!

A digital mirrorless camera in a plastic bag with arm holes on the sides and a black nylon cover for the lens.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Spring is here! Enjoy these photos I took on Monday 🥰

A monarch caterpillar s is purged vertically on the back side of a stem and is peering around the right edge. Its antenna are tilted toward the right as if they're blowing in the wind.

A black and white garden spider is sitting in its web, facing the camera. Camera. The characteristic zigzag web pattern can be seen.

An Eastern swallowtail chrysalis precariously hanging by a thread from a fennel stem.

A spider mold hanging from a diagonal branch. This sun is coming up behind it and it is backlit in front of a dark background of trees. It looks like it's climbing the branch.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I've been bitten by ants more times in the past 2 weeks than I have by pitbulls in my whole life.

My white and brown pibble sleeping on his toy.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Happy first day of pool, for those who celebrate!

Me and my dog in my inflatable pool. He's standing there looking at me because he wants me to throw his ball which is floating.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Last day of classes! This swallowtail caterpillar knows what's next. 😂

Swallowtail caterpillar on a plant stem curled in a j shape about to make a cocoon.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I wouldn't be here without NSF. I've been close to walking away several times. Each time I thought, "let's just see". I applied for the PRFB and got it! This kick started my research program and increased my competitiveness on TT apps. In short, it motivated me to keep going.

Fieldwork 2024 photo showing me above the water line scooping a net through a tidepool below the water line. NSF is a major reason I am able to continue this work today

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I'm so glad I get to work alongside these amazing new faculty in our department! I'm excited to see what they accomplish this summer, both personally and professionally.

A group of pre-tenure faculty sitting around an outdoor table in front of the campus swamp.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

We had a big flash flood yesterday. Here are some of the critters I found in the water.

Two snails look over the edge of the grass blade they are on, seemingly checking out the water below.

A little brown skink rests in the water on a grass blade with only its head poking out.

A dragonfly fell in the water and is floating on top. I rescued it right after this pic.

A spider rests on a very small grass blade that is protruding above the water line.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

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ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

So, I saw fire ant rafts today. You never realize how many colonies are around until it floods. Kind of gross but also kind of cool that they can do this.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

This is what 5 in. of rain in 2 hours looks like. There's a road under the water.

A large standing body of water. There is a house, dry, on the left and a phone pole, fence, and Greenfield on the right. The right. As far as you can see is water down the road.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I just want to post some photography today ok.

White false garlic flowers. They have yellow middles and six white petals.

Dandelion with seeds, dew, and one spider web hanging off

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

If your NSF grant has been terminated recently, please report it here ⤵️ airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... We're tracking these terminations to organize, advocate, and possibly litigate. And please spread the word!

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Stacey D. Smith @iochromaland.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Our department is searching for a new greenhouse manager: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... Share with your botanical friends on the job market!

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Greenhouse Manager

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Here are some photos from Cat Island off of coastal Mississippi this past weekend. Being in saltwater feels like home to me.

A Southern stingray approaching me in the water on a sandbar.

A. Ghost crab nervously peeking out of its hole in the sand to see if I'm gone yet.

Two laughing girls standing side by side looking at me on the edge of his Sandbar that is out of the water. The coast of Mississippi can be seen in the distance with some infrastructure such as a water tower.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

New lab friend for the Fall Biomechanics class! 🥰

Monty the mantis shrimp in a glass aquarium

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Job in #NaturalHistory Visiting Assistant Professor of Biological Collections (9 Mo) Arkansas State (Arkansas Center for Biodiversity Collections) phe.tbe.taleo.net/phe02/ats/ca...

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Hiring Assistant Professor 9 Mo, Biological Sciences - ASU-Jonesboro

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Such a clear, transparent, honest attempt to explain the tariffs by CBC's "About That with Andrew Chang".

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The bizarre way Trump’s team calculated reciprocal tariffs | About That

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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 03/04/2025

Trump’s tariff equation is nonsense, says @johnauthers.bsky.social. Here’s why 🎥

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I keep seeing the same questions asked in marine biology career advice groups. So along with some colleagues, I'm trying to compile a bunch of common questions and answer them all at once. Please share widely with anyone who might have questions! Submit ?s here: forms.gle/LEd4egJgvfGf... 🦑🧪🌎🐟

Graphic saying "marine biology career advice: ask us anything"

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Sam Price @evovert.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Hey fish phylo folks anyone making a phylogeny of pseudochromidae? Please reskeet

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I had a lot of fun at the Lafayette Holi Festival this past weekend! This was the 13th year the Acadiana Indian Association has put on this event, and I hope there are many more. It was a beautiful way to share Indian culture.

Women on stage throwing green and red powder into a crowd. The crowd is also throwing blue, pink, and purple colors into the air. Many people have their cell phones up filming the display.

A group of three kids take a selfie. They are covered in colors. One is lifting their glasses to be able to see.

A man with a badge signifying. He is part of the organizing committee throws red powder as though he is pitching a softball. A group of people are standing behind him.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

First baby fish of our mosquitofish toxicity breeding study! Such a special little fish 🥰 This is a follow up to the findings in our recent paper: www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/12...

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I've been having some early mornings checking on fish for a toxicity experiment on a greenhouse off campus. Good news is our fish are passing their test with flying colors! Better news is we found this little friend living in our gear. ♥️

Relatively large skink with red head on a black floor with yellow lines.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Yay, my students are headed to the field tomorrow! We were all ready to go and then were on hold due to an IACUC misunderstanding. It's March but the wheels are finally moving on this thing.

Graduate student Jonathan is standing on the muddy bank of a pond wearing waders and a hoodie with mud on it. He's holding a green minnow trap in his right hand and a small fish in his left hand. Another student can be seen in the background pulling in a different minnow trap.

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Beth Stauffer, Ph.D. @bastauffer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

📢 Job Alert!! We’re hiring at @ullafayette.bsky.social for a Water Quality Monitoring professional to support current projects in Louisiana. Please share widely!! Application review will start on April 4. louisiana.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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Research Associate - Water Quality Monitoring

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette invites applications for the position of a Research Associate in Water Quality Monitoring. The selected candi...

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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Don't go the U.S. if you can at all avoid it, and hold your international conferences elsewhere. I feel bad for orgs with venues booked for this year, but for 2026- conferences, holding it in the US is a decision that says something to your global membership.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

The modified announcements say that up to 15% of doctoral, and 20% of postdoctoral, awards can be held by international scholars.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Everyone else: 🐕‍🦺🚶‍♀️ Me: or, hear me out ... 🐕🛼

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

When people take pictures of birds, they're birding. So if I'm taking pictures of the Moon, am I mooning?

The full moon surrounded by illuminated clouds at night

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

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SICB DCB-DVM @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Hey Bluesky! @sicb.bsky.social 's Divisions of Comparative Biomechanics and Vertebrate Morphology are here! We're here to share any position opportunities and keep you updated on DCB and DVM activities. Give us a follow and feel free to send any postings our way.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This is a clear and useful explanation of who might need a measles vaccine booster & why. A must-read for people born in the U.S. between 1957 and 1989 🧪 slate.com/technology/2... on @slate.bsky.social

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Uh … Am I Protected Against Measles? It Might Depend On When You Were Born.

But really, don’t get too worried.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Just...Read this thread. And don't stop, keep going. Trust me.

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Emily Kane @emilykane.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

It's that time of year again - Crab pinch force lab! Students dissect a blue crab claw to ID levers, estimate max force on live fiddler crabs based on lever morphology, then measure force and compare it to their own human force. We're actually pretty weak once you account for body size!

A hand holding a crab with its large claw pinching two metal plates. The meter they're attached to says 1.4 N.

A student typing on her laptop with a dissected claw in a tray in front of her.

A dissected (cooked) crab claw showing the muscles

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

New deadline May 15th - would love to see your contributions to this important special issue ...

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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Our students are asking about late-breaking and still-open internships in biology. If you know of such a program, can you reply with a link? Also, please help me out by reposting 😀

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