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Ryan McMinds

@rmcminds.bsky.social
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Quantitative Ecologist focused on salmon habitat at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission | Former Assistant Professor studying Microbial Ecology / Evolutionary Biology / Bioinformatics | merdemicrobes.org | thecnidaegritty.org/iNatle/

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Brianna Leahy @briannaleahy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Breaking out the Copic #markers again for some #backyardbird #art :) A doodle for fun to commemorate seeing this guy on our tree! The #redbreastedsapsucker #washingtonstate #wildlife #drawing
Ink drawing of a woodpecker bird. Red marker colors the head, with the rest of the body done in greyscale. Signed BEL
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Impeach Trump for Tyranny - Citizens' Impeachment
Article of Impeachment to be filed to impeach Trump for tyranny. It details allegations of authoritarianism and constitutional violations.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
When I was writing this piece about the Ocean Cleanup, I had a surreal experience: They assured me that they only kill invasive species, and sent me a published paper to demonstrate that. But the paper said the opposite! I wonder how many journalists just took their word for it and didn't check?
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Why The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis • The Revelator
Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hi all, let’s talk about selection bias! (no thread follows)
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Seems wise: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Stop messing with rumen microbes and focus on reducing ruminant populations for environmental and human health - npj Sustainable Agriculture
npj Sustainable Agriculture - Stop messing with rumen microbes and focus on reducing ruminant populations for environmental and human health
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild: Galapagos penguin Kagu Red Sea anemonefish Florida cottonmouth Water ouzel
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🕸️ Cobweb Curtains For Zoosha 🦇 @brianvan.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Neat new paper by colleagues here at the NWIFC
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Indigenous and Western frameworks reveal bias in the scientific literature on salmon's contributions to social‐ecological systems
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission @nwifc.org · 08/09/2025
NWIFC is seeking internal candidates for the open role of Biometrician III with the focus on Shellfish Population Dynamics and Modeling. This role is integral to the Fisheries Services team and will be responsible for assisting in the development and application of harvest management and population…
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Biometrician III (Shellfish Population Dynamics and Modeling) – NWIFC
Position: Biometrician III – Shellfish Population Dynamics and Modeling Location: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) Olympia, WA Candidates must be located within commutable distance of Olympia, WA for a hybrid working schedule. Close Date: September 19, 5:00 pm APPLY: Biometrician III Application Position Overview: NWIFC is seeking internal candidates for the open role of Biometrician III with the focus on Shellfish Population Dynamics and Modeling.
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Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission @nwifc.org · 08/09/2025
NWIFC is seeking candidates for the role of Oceanographer. This position is integral to the Environmental Protection team and will focus primarily on changing ocean conditions and associated impacts to species of interest, specifically as they relate to tribal ocean fishery resources.
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Oceanographer – NWIFC
Position: Oceanographer APPLY HERE Location: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) 549 Tillicum Ln, Forks, WA 98331. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance from Forks, WA. Position Overview: NWIFC is seeking candidates for the full-time, exempt role of Oceanographer. This position is integral to the Environmental Protection team and will focus primarily on changing ocean conditions and associated impacts to species of interest, specifically as they relate to tribal ocean fishery resources.
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Benthos - A Game of Underwater Intrigue @benthos-game.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Ever wonder what role corals play in tropical reef ecology? Find out by taking up the mantle of Team Coral 🪸! Cover the reef with colonies clad in sturdy calcium carbonate 🧪 and fend off dastardly, quick-growing algae! What is your favorite #reef creature you’d love to see in #benthosgame?
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Brianna Leahy @briannaleahy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
It’s a late night, but I had to jump on the “art advent calendar” bandwagon as an excuse to carve out more drawing time ;) Thanks for modeling sweet Pika! #artadventcalendar #digitalillustration
Sketchy drawing of a cat, curled up and sleeping peacefully
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I don’t know if something similar is already a thing, but, inspired by #ArtAdventCalendar, I figured it’d be fun to do an #iNatAdventCalendar with some of my favorite iNaturalist observations. This year I’ll use a theme to celebrate my imminent return to the PNW!
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Josiah D. Reed @josiah-d-reed.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #bluejay
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Justine Karst 🇨🇦 @j-karst.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
'The secret lives of trees: the theory collapses'. Common mycorrhizal networks exist but we are far away from making conclusions on its function. It's great to see so many people interviewed in this article and challenge a story ahead of the science. www.epsiloon.com/tous-les-num...
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La vie secrète des arbres : la théorie s’effondre
L’idée est si émouvante qu’elle a conquis le public, Hollywood, et jusqu’aux plus hautes institutions  : les arbres communiqueraient via un réseau secret… Sauf que c’est faux. Les scientifiques ont...
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
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Long-sought court ruling restores Oregon tribe's hunting, fishing rights
Drumming made the floor vibrate and singing filled the conference room of the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, on the Oregon coast, as hundreds in tribal regalia danced in a circle.
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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution
Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Very cool! www.inaturalist.org/stats/2024/r...
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rmcminds's 2024 iNaturalist Year in Review
Ryan McMinds's highlights and stats from 2024 on iNaturalist
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The Panda’s Thumb. I loved ‘science’ before I read that, probably in early high school, but it was Gould’s books that really got me excited about science as a process and a career; an ongoing debate about theory and concepts and meaning and relevance, rather than a collection of immutable facts.
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Elakha Alliance @elakhaalliance.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🌊 GOOD NEWS: The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians have reacquired a 27-acre section of Cape Foulweather on the Oregon Coast, between Newport and Lincoln City. #Oregon #Oregoncoast #Indigenous #SiletzTribe #Ocean #PNW #GoodNews #LandBack #KelpForest #Kelp #Conservation
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Roughly 170 years later, Siletz Tribe regains part of its coastal territory
In Oregon, a coastal piece of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indian’s ancestral territory have been restored. Monday's announcement coincides with the 47th anniversary of the tribe regaining federa...
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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Super fun survey for a research to understand what people find beautiful in plants and why. I learned about my own preferences too while answering it:) 🪻🌾🌼🌸🪷🌷 www.biodiful.org#/plantiful_en
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Biodiful
Etude de la perception humaine de la biodiversité. Studying human perception of biodiversity.
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about 1) about to move across the country with a baby and dog 2) has anyone thrown those echinoderm-killing ciliates at a coral yet
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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
A photo of a full river with tall brown grass and leafless oak trees under a light blue sky with low clouds
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Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Bonjour void! I am getting ready to pivot to a new role as a fisheries ecologist soon, and am stoked to learn all about the science and the people. My previous work focused on theory and statistics of host-microbe evolution and ecology, with lots of Stan and BEAST and taxonomy and novel HTS methods.
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