Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For those wanting just a taste, Chapter 10, "Fecundity", in "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" remains seared in my brain 30 years later. Her meditation on merciless, prolific reproduction in nature haunts me still, while also providing an important perspective to modern conservation challenges 0100
Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026With all the wildfires this year, it was great speaking with @audubon.org about our ongoing work studying the impacts of smoke on birds. Read it in print in the current issue, or here: www.audubon.org/magazine/smo...audubon.orgSmoke from Wildfires Is a Growing Health Threat to Both People and BirdsCatastrophic wildfires are stalling decades of clean air progress. Now scientists are asking: How can we help birds navigate a hazier future? 02211
Reposted by Morgan TingleyDan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Are you an ornithology student or postdoc thinking about a career at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI)? Register for this webinar hosted by @amornith.bsky.social to hear from myself and several other PUI ornithologists. We'll give you all the dirt! americanornithology.org/calendar/fac... 13020
Reposted by Morgan TingleyHengxing Zou @hengxingzou.bsky.social · 27/08/2026You might have seen the paper @science.org last week on the solar panels decreasing bird biodiversity. Our reanalysis, led by the talented Yangkang Chen, found fundamental, retraction-worthy flaws in their results, especially from the citizen science data and their models… (1/6) 14524
Reposted by Morgan TingleyThe Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026🪶Cool new research on female Passerines by @joannaxwu.bsky.social and colleagues at IBP and UCLA. Read more about it here-> bit.ly/4zfjbdY 22618
Reposted by Morgan TingleyAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026Admirable clarity @science.org 4974912713
Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026As smoke chokes eastern US cities (again), this is your daily reminder that as recent as 2023, an NSF panel rejected our grant about wildfire smoke impacts because they did not see the connection between wildfire smoke and climate change. 16115
Reposted by Morgan TingleyDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I just submitted my formal comment on the disastrous proposal to transform essentially all U.S. federal grantmaking--affecting every sector of American science, technology, education, & health--into an overtly partisan political process. Full text here: weatherwest.com/wp-c... 8915325
Reposted by Morgan TingleyCAL FIRE @calfire.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Illegal fireworks can cause devastating burn injuries, spark wildfires, and carry serious criminal penalties, including fines and jail time. Today, we joined our partners ahead of the Fourth of July to deliver one unified message: illegal fireworks cause real harm and real consequences. 2257
Reposted by Morgan TingleyJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Don’t forget to take action on the proposed OMB rules! Public comments, contacting your societies or environmental nonprofits, contacting your Congresspeople, etc. 26549
Reposted by Morgan TingleyErik Schneider @erikschneider.bsky.social · 18/06/2026New database of the planet's birds just dropped birds.imsezer.combirds.imsezer.comBirds Database - Explore 10,000+ SpeciesComprehensive bird species database with detailed information on taxonomy, distribution, diet, habitat, and reproduction. 02011
Reposted by Morgan TingleyJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026"The ultimate deciders of these grants will be the political employees at the agencies,” Duncan* noted in testimony. *nominee for OMB Deputy Director, i.e., Vought's #2. When research is decided by politicals, then the ultimate cost will be paid by the public. www.politico.com/live-updates...politico.comOMB nominee touts plan to give Trump appointees power to kill grantsThe administration is expected to finalize the proposed changes as soon as this summer. 01815
Reposted by Morgan TingleyDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I don’t think I’ve ever seen a journal retraction with so much detail, including about the authors pushback. H/T dynamic ecology. 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...onlinelibrary.wiley.comRETRACTION: Native Plant Diversity Generates Microbial Legacies That Either Promote or Suppress Non‐Natives, Depending on Drought HistoryRETRACTION: Z. Tao, K. Zhang, R.M. Callaway, E. Siemann, Y. Liu, and W. Huang, “Native Plant Diversity Generates Microbial Legacies That Either Promote or Suppress Non-Natives, Depending on Drought H.... 25013
Reposted by Morgan TingleyNathan Senner @drgodwit.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Come join us on the campus of @umassamherst.bsky.social this summer for AOS 2026! It's shaping up to be a great meeting -- cool science, fun events, and great nearby birding opportunities. The Woodcock Waddle 5k, in particular, shouldn't be missed!!media.tenor.coma small brown and white bird with a long beak is standing on the ground .ALT: a small brown and white bird with a long beak is standing on the ground . 0143
Reposted by Morgan TingleyThe Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 07/04/2026We figured we could all use some beautiful birds today. 🪶 2459
Reposted by Morgan TingleyColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Been thinking about this post all morning. For trainees out there who struggle with writing: it will get easier over time, but it will never be easy - there is no one who finds writing easy; what you will be left with is a comfortable friction that means you know when you're cooking. 3488
Reposted by Morgan TingleyRebecca Heisman @rheisman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026In case you missed it: For Audubon, I wrote about some new research putting together the cascade of ecological events that leads to salmonella outbreaks at urban birdfeeders. 🪶 www.audubon.org/magazine/sur...audubon.orgThe Surprising Connection Between Spruce Trees, Pine Siskins, and Salmonella OutbreaksNew research linking climate, conifer seed production, and siskin irruptions could provide an early warning system for dangerous salmonella outbreaks at bird feeders and among people. 22210
Reposted by Morgan TingleyChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/02/2026I think Bluesky is currently the best social media platform for keeping misinformation to a minimum, maybe because it’s not popular enough to be a target yet Half the shit my friends, including fellow academics, share on Facebook is made up crap that they believe is real Threads is atrocious too 281358107
Reposted by Morgan TingleyDavid López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 15/02/2026We have published a new pre-print showing a decline in great tit adult and nestling mass of around 1 gram in 47 y. [rate of approx. -0.040 Hadanes] With @ellafcole.bsky.social, @devisatarkar.bsky.social, Sam. Crofts, @mcmahok.bsky.social & @sheldonbirds.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 16331
Reposted by Morgan TingleyNoam Ross @noamross.net · 02/02/2026NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics? 1) Write NSF 2) Write your Congressperson 3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter 6165200
Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Our point in this research is not that bird feeding causes zoonotic spillover, but that we can actually *predict* when spillover is likely to occur, so that we can adjust our behavior (e.g., bird feeding) when the risk supports us making a change. 14115
Reposted by Morgan TingleyDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience. 10342751893
Reposted by Morgan TingleyChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/12/2025“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“ www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...currentaffairs.orgAI is Destroying the University and Learning ItselfStudents use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education. 7499228
Reposted by Morgan TingleyAlexa Fredston @afredston.bsky.social · 22/10/2025POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California 2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin. ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003recruit.ucsc.eduFredston Lab: Postdoctoral ScholarUniversity of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now! 47469
Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Less than 1 month left to submit abstracts for what is always the *best* conference on climate change impacts on biodiversity. Intimate conference size but truly global participation; highly recommend for 1st-timers and returnees. 1114
Reposted by Morgan TingleyAAUP @aaup.org · 16/10/2025🚨🚨🚨 And THREE stood up! Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact. When we join together and fight back, WE WIN! No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent. LET’S GO! #DefendHigherEd @aaup-penn.bsky.socialthedp.comPenn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatmentWith the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer. 427092
Reposted by Morgan TingleyThe Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 10/10/2025🪶🌎🧪 New research on birds and wildfire by IBP and our partners at NPS and UCLA. You can read about it here: birdpop.org/pages/bl... (@mwtingley.bsky.social) 35219
Reposted by Morgan TingleyJoey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below. It's especially for journalists covering this story! Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.balkin.blogspot.comBalkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the DealA group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics 11540258
Reposted by Morgan TingleyLiz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Some problems have simple solutions. This new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is one. The answer is simply saying no. Simple does not mean easy. But Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Univ of AZ, UPenn, USC, UT Austin & UVA must understand what they’ll lose if they sign on.nytimes.comTrump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference 2490183
Reposted by Morgan TingleyUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 01/10/2025Farewell to Jane Goodall 🌿 A pioneering scientist whose groundbreaking work with primates transformed how we understand ourselves. She showed how research and advocacy can unite, inspiring generations.nytimes.comJane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” 635985
Reposted by Morgan TingleyDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK. 917286
Reposted by Morgan TingleyEvan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 26/09/2025There is so much in the news cycle these days that the complete dismantling of the Forest Service -- so *our* forests can be auctioned off to Big TImber -- is unfortunately getting little air play. But if this happens, US landscapes may be almost unrecognizable in a decade, and never coming back. 🌍 6273224
Reposted by Morgan TingleyLauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 27/08/2025For @cassalalia.bsky.social, a Crested Jayshrike! Thanks so much for the #Waymakers donation! To donate and request a bird: act.theyoungcenter.org/a/birdsbeyon... . Include your bsky name if you want a ping! Every dollar helps support unaccompanied immigrant kids in the US! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt 110325
Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 26/08/2025A bunch of wonderful scientists are working to study how the LA fires in January impacted our local nature. We had a great time working with @brookejarvis.bsky.social and @nytimes.com on this beautiful article. feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.nytimes.comWhat the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future 1279
Reposted by Morgan TingleyColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2025As one can imagine, I have some thoughts. Here’s a thread no one asked for: 1. SCIENCE IN THE US IS POLITICAL. No matter how much you want to ignore that fact, it is supported by taxpayer dollars and is therefore, political by nature. 2. BUT it has had bipartisan support for decades, which… 17598251
Reposted by Morgan TingleyEvan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 19/08/2025"The Roadless Rule Explained: How the Last Unbroken Forests Could Be Lost Forever. For 25 years it has protected 59 million acres of wild forest. The latest repeal puts them all at risk." 🌏 morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/the-roadle...morethanjustparks.substack.comThe Roadless Rule Explained: How the Last Unbroken Forests Could Be Lost ForeverFor 25 years it has protected 59 million acres of wild forest. The latest repeal puts them all at risk. 02213
Reposted by Morgan TingleySK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Are you planning on attending the @amornith.bsky.social (American Ornithological Society) #AOS25 meeting in St. Louis this year? I'm making a Starter Pack of attendees so we can easily follow each other. Attending the meeting and want on the list? Comment here or DM me! go.bsky.app/3dybD1a 113016
Reposted by Morgan TingleyMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 05/08/2025NEW: A federal judge has demanded NSF explain in court how the UCLA grant suspensions are not in violation of her June order that restored grants to UC scientists 624182
Reposted by Morgan TingleyJarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands. I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them. 271367363
Reposted by Morgan TingleyColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 29/07/2025It's incredibly distressing, because - my lab needs funding but look, realistically, I'll be okay - but the entire generation of people who were going to move into this research space are just completely orphaned. There's no way to start a lab on this now. Funders need to pivot back to funding. 1315
Reposted by Morgan TingleyColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 29/07/2025One thing very few people know, even in the climate-health research space, is that - in addition to NIH / NSF / NASA / EPA blocking any new research on climate change and health - all the philanthropies have decided to take NGO-shaped roles rather than fund research, and so they aren't stepping in. 15220
Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 26/07/2025I normally think about #fire from an ecological perspective, so really enjoyed thinking about the role of fire in the evolutionary past and future with @ltkelly.bsky.social. Take a look, it's a short read! 0147
Reposted by Morgan TingleyAndrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 08/07/2025This is a pretty good article, with comments from @weatherwest.bsky.social and me. abcnews.go.com/US/extreme-w...abcnews.go.comExtreme weather events like Texas rain are more likely to occur due to climate change, scientists warnClimate change is likely to make extreme weather events like those experienced in Texas occur more intensely and more frequently, scientists are warning. 112748
Reposted by Morgan TingleyDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 01/07/2025It is difficult to describe just how disastrous it would be if just-released NOAA budget proposal (or even large portions) were to be enacted: It would involve a wholesale dismantling (decimation, really) of entities relevant to weather, climate, & ocean research & prediction. 9339153
Reposted by Morgan TingleyDan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Oh you've never heard of piculets before? The mini woodpeckers? Well here ya go- have a Rufous Piculet. Your life is now that much cuter. You're welcome. 📷 Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok, eBird 515612
Reposted by Morgan TingleyTerry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 04/06/2025In a time when support for junior scientists is disappearing, how can you plan for a career in STEM? I think it starts by thinking of science as a big map with many routes and destinations, instead of a pipeline. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/p/career-pla...scienceforeveryone.scienceCareer planning in an era of scientific disinvestmentKnow not just the destination and the route, but all the other features on the map 39335
Reposted by Morgan TingleyAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025It’s destroying our future. 411628