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Morgan Tingley

@mwtingley.bsky.social
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Professor @UCLA @UCLAEEB Studying ecological effects of global change (range shifts, #phenology, and #wildfire) on #birds and occasionally other organisms. Proudly LGBTQ (he/him) Tweets entirely my own

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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For 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
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Somebody let the Passenger Pigeons know
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With 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...
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Smoke from Wildfires Is a Growing Health Threat to Both People and Birds
Catastrophic wildfires are stalling decades of clean air progress. Now scientists are asking: How can we help birds navigate a hazier future?
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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Are 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...
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Hengxing Zou @hengxingzou.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You 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)
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The 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
Photo of a female Black-headed Grosbeak by Richard Griffin. Text on the graphic says: "Female birds are less likely to survive than males, but why?
New study uses MAPS data to explore sex-biased survival in North American Passerines..... Read more on our blog!"
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As 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.
screen capture from New York Times headlines about wildfire smoke
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I 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...
Screenshot of page 1 of my letter (see link in post for full text).Screenshot of page 2 of my letter (see link in post for full text).Screenshot of page 3 of my letter (see link in post for full text).Screenshot of page 4 of my letter (see link in post for full text).
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CAL FIRE @calfire.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Illegal 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.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Don’t forget to take action on the proposed OMB rules! Public comments, contacting your societies or environmental nonprofits, contacting your Congresspeople, etc.
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Erik Schneider @erikschneider.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New database of the planet's birds just dropped birds.imsezer.com
birds.imsezer.com
Birds Database - Explore 10,000+ Species
Comprehensive bird species database with detailed information on taxonomy, distribution, diet, habitat, and reproduction.
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Joshua 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.com
OMB nominee touts plan to give Trump appointees power to kill grants
The administration is expected to finalize the proposed changes as soon as this summer.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I 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.com
RETRACTION: Native Plant Diversity Generates Microbial Legacies That Either Promote or Suppress Non‐Natives, Depending on Drought History
RETRACTION: 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....
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Nathan Senner @drgodwit.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Come 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!!
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a 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 .
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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We figured we could all use some beautiful birds today. 🪶
Photo by Tony Sprezzatura of a Gray Catbird singing from a tree branch against a dappled light background.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Been 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.
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Rebecca Heisman @rheisman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
In 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...
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The Surprising Connection Between Spruce Trees, Pine Siskins, and Salmonella Outbreaks
New 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.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/02/2026
I 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
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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
We 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...
Decline in body mass in adult (left) and nestling great tits. In the nestling plot, the purple line represents all nestling and the green line those that recruited to the population as breeders. Their different slope suggest an increase in the strength of selection on nestling mass something confirmed in the MS by analysing the temporal trends in selection differentials (see link for further information)
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 02/02/2026
NSF 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
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Our 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.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Unbelievable. 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.
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Chanda 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.org
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students 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.
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Alexa Fredston @afredston.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
POSTDOC 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/JPF02003
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Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Less 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.
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AAUP @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.social
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Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
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The 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)
Graphic with a photo of a Western Tanager perched on a burned branch by Julio Mulero. Text on the graphic says: New Research: Fire provides long-lasting benefits to bird populations in Sierra Nevada National Parks Low to moderate-severity fires boost bird populations for decades.
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I 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.com
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Some 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.
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Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 01/10/2025
Farewell 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.
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Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
Her 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.”
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The 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.
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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
There 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. 🌍
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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
For @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
Illustration of the profile of a Crested Jayshrike, a warm brown songbird with a white collar, hooked black beak, and tall feathery crest. It is fringed in bright white light, with a blurry background of tropical greenery.
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A 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.
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What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
As 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…
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Evan 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...
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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.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Are 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
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
NEW: 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
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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Jarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Birds 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.‬
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
It'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.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
One 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.
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I 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!
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 08/07/2025
This is a pretty good article, with comments from @weatherwest.bsky.social and me. abcnews.go.com/US/extreme-w...
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Extreme weather events like Texas rain are more likely to occur due to climate change, scientists warn
Climate change is likely to make extreme weather events like those experienced in Texas occur more intensely and more frequently, scientists are warning.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
It 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.
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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Oh 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
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
In 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...
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Career planning in an era of scientific disinvestment
Know not just the destination and the route, but all the other features on the map
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
It’s destroying our future.
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