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Lucas Johnson

@lucaskjohnson03.bsky.social
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🦫 Postdoc @ Oregon State University x USFS RMRS; 🌳 PhDid it @ SUNY ESF; 🐘 Former Jumbo @ Tufts University ; 🏔 Outdoor Enthusiast www.lucaskjohnson.com

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Every time I open a news app or site and this story isn’t being discussed or featured prominently I feel like I’m losing my mind. Do not look away.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Me. I'm a mad scientist. (Paul Noth cartoons)
One scientist talking to two others.
"These days. If you're not a mad scientist, you're not paying attention."
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
NO KINGS March 28!! ❌👑 This will be the largest non-violent protest in American history. Spread the word online and IRL, it’s up to all of us. FIND a No Kings protest: bit.ly/nokings328 ***Events are still being registered. Please check back next week if you don’t see one near you yet.***
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MARCH 28, 2026

EVENTS MAP NOW LIVE 

FIND an event: bit.ly/nokings328
HOST an event: bit.ly/nokingshosts
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Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
*slaps roof of elementary school* This bad boy can fit so many diseases in it www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
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Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
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Max kuhn @topepo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
With bookdown.org being decommissioned, I've been working on converting #rstats books from #bookdown to #quartopub. After spending a lot of time with Claude to get it right for my two books, here's a repo that might help you do the same (especially with Claude Code): github.com/topepo/bookd...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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Nathan Senner @drgodwit.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Please repost! We are looking for two field technicians to work on our deer mouse project in the Colorado Rockies this spring-fall. Learn about physiology, ecology, and evolution, all in one project! Not to mention that you get to be in the ⛰️. Reach out if you have any questions.
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daviss @daviss.org · 03/02/2026
"PROTECT" "ICE EAT SHIT - NOT WELCOME HERE" "BOVINO & ICE, GTFO!" "SAME SHIT" It's hard to state the widespread nature of signs and posters in Minneapolis right now. They are everywhere. Minneapolis, February 2026
high up poster with a woman and a whistle reading protectice eat shit
not welcome herebovino & ice, gtfo!same shit
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump: ‘We should take over the voting’
Trump, as usual, offered no evidence for any of his claims.
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
#gischat
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Skeet from @guntoucher.bsky.social

CEO of Oreo Cookies: the Oreo cookie is as important as oxygen
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The @bikepackingcom.bsky.social folks put together a map of all the Alex Pretti memorial rides happening this weekend. Find one near you! @bikesky.social
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This Weekend, We Ride in Remembrance of Alex Pretti (+ Event Map)
Bike shops and groups across the United States are hosting memorial rides this weekend for slain bikepacker Alex Pretti...
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Emily J. Francis @emilyjfrancis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
New paper led by Subham Banerjee, classifying coastal redwoods from Sentinel satellite data and mapping them across their entire natural range (true positive rate: 89%, false positive rate: 17%), all in GEE so that maps can be updated with new field training points and imagery over time!
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Mapping Coastal Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) across their natural range: an updateable and field-validated distribution map using Sentinel satellite data and cloud computing
Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is a uniquely-tall and long-lived tree species that occupies a narrow fog-belt along the Pacific coast of North America. Despite its ecological and conservation...
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
americans hate it when they're shown on tv doing something cool
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Lucas Johnson @lucaskjohnson03.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
turds
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 26/01/2026
Very exciting to share that @climatecentral.org is hiring a Climate Data Scientist to join a new climate services effort focused on advancing predictions of risks and hazards on seasonal-to-decadal timescales. The application closes on February 9, 2026 at 5pm ET, & the description can be found here:
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Climate Data Scientist | Climate Central
Climate Central is seeking a highly-skilled Climate Data Scientist to join our team. Reporting to the Vice President for Science, the scientist will be part of a new initiative in climate services to ...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
welcome to america, the country that makes you watch executions in the street frame by frame a few times a month just to stay up in current events
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Experimental History @exp-history.blogsky.venki.dev · 06/01/2026
How to be less awkward
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How to be less awkward
a three-part treatment for a near-universal affliction
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Pokémon Gems @pokemongems.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Screenshot of the Pokémon anime showing Ash sleeping on a raft with Bulbasaur, Pikachu, Squirtle and Charizard
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Gonna keep posting about this. Dismantling NCAR is stupid and dangerous; doing it as payback to the governor of Colorado is idiotic.
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Trump admin targets Boulder-based National Center for Atmospheric Research for dismantling
The Trump administration is seeking to dismantle the Boulder-based National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/12/2025
Doubly offensive because the architects are never the ones sitting out on the beam
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Why do we have a massive housing crisis in Salt Lake County? One of the key reasons is that most of the land zoned for residential uses only allows single-family homes. Also, SLC allows up to 4 units, but only if affordability requirements are met, so most of the city should be part of this map.
Map showing that most of SLCo only allows single-family
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gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉 gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
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Opportunities
***PhD and MSc openings – Movement ecology and conservation*** I will periodically support graduate students, postdocs, and other staff through the Biology Department at the University of New…
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Trevor Caughlin @trevorcaughlin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
new PhD position available! The student will develop remote sensing tools to support land management in the western United States, contributing to ongoing USDA-funded research on monitoring and restoring mesic and riparian ecosystems. For more details, please see: caughlinlab.com/join-the-lab/
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Join the lab! – Caughlin lab
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Curious about using Python to make #maps but don’t know where to start? I wrote a tutorial that’s ostensibly about GDAL but is really a beginner’s guide to programming: medium.com/@robsimmon/a...
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A Gentle Introduction to GDAL Part 10: Python & the Command Line
Scripting directly on the command line with Bash or Zsh is relatively straightforward: work out a sequence of commands, then wrap them in a…
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I just published a new installment of “A Gentle Introduction to GDAL” — Python & the Command Line. #dataviz #cartography #python #gdal medium.com/@robsimmon/a...
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A Gentle Introduction to GDAL Part 10: Python & the Command Line
Scripting directly on the command line with Bash or Zsh is relatively straightforward: work out a sequence of commands, then wrap them in a…
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Canadian Journal of Forest Research @canjforestres.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Join our wonderful #PeerReview team! We’re looking for a Scientific Editor to help uphold rigorous peer review and support our editors, reviewers, and authors. Applications are now open. Apply now 📚▶️ ow.ly/RCNQ50XulOF #ScienceJobs #NowHiring
Close-up of a fly resting on a green leaf with text announcing a Scientific Editor job opening at Canadian Science Publishing.
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Steph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Very cool paper on whether mixes of seeds from native Great Basin species were better at keeping out invasive annual grasses if they were from local seed sources… TLDR = no! doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Unexpected productivity and invasion resistance in plant communities assembled from allopatric populations | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Species with shared geographic history may show coevolution that reduces niche overlap and improves resource capture. Thus, plant communities assembled from sympatric source populations (shared locati...
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Steph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I am giving a CalFire webinar tomorrow, Nov 25, at 3pm PDT on our work on Eastern Sierra post-fire forest regeneration, tree-shrub relationships, and cheatgrass invasion in the region (cue hissing noise). Register here! events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d08db5...
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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
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Lucas Johnson @lucaskjohnson03.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
i h8 leafblowers
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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🚨Job opportunity🚨 We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you! 🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 12/11/2025
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 12/11/2025
tmap or ggplot2 for maps? 🗺️ David O’Sullivan breaks down the trade-offs in a blog post. URL: dosull.github.io/posts/2024-1... #RStats #RSpatial #Maps #tmap #ggplot2
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tmap vs. ggplot2 for mapping – Geospatial Stuff
For me at least the choice between ggplot2 and tmap is an ongoing question. Here are my latest thoughts on the subject (with code).
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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Early Career Rescue Fellowship
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Laurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 10/11/2025
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
wow windmills where did u get that idea from dude
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
> @newyorker.com
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/10/2025
It’s fitting that he thinks Darth Vader was the good guy
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history. The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular! So were the signs...
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 14/10/2025
one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead-- newrepublic.com/article/2016...
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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump
As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.
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North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange @northatlfiresci.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission is looking for a Preserve Steward; this is a Full Time-Regular position. Use the following link for full details related to this position - buff.ly/JHw7nyX
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Zach Urness @oregonoutdoors.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Drought and insects have killed an unprecedented number of Oregon’s Douglas fir trees during the last decade, costing billions in timber value, damaging infrastructure and ramping up wildfire danger. What is Douglas fir dieback? Where is it happening? What is being done? tinyurl.com/5n9amvx6
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 10/10/2025
We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/10/2025
In his own words: the President is responsible for the shutdown.
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National Democratic Redistricting Committee @democraticredistricting.com · 06/10/2025
NEW: Reporting from @politico.com reveals that the White House is ramping up its pressure campaign to gerrymander red states, going as far as promising “consequences” to Republican lawmakers who don’t fall in line. This is dangerous new territory for our nation. politi.co/4nDMcKk
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‘There could very well be consequences’: Trump’s team pressures wary GOP lawmakers to draw new maps
The new pressure campaign from Trump and outside groups shows the party’s desperation to cling to its razor-thin majority next year.
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