First keynote speaker Laura Meyerson, starting with an overview of the field and where we are at right now.
Dr. Deah Lieurance
@drdeahlieurance.bsky.social
Invasion ecologist specializing in prevention, pathways, and management prioritization. Posts/views are my own.
NEOBIOTA is now over 🥹. We were lucky to have our work on the gender gap in invasion science to be the last presentation with people of both sessions present. This has been the result of @scanavan.bsky.social leadership, a great presentation by @mdechoum.bsky.social & amazing working group 💜
I see where ICE is snatching up foreign Black professors at Maryland colleges and universities. Yall better make sure your papers are straight because ICE is coming for Black immigrants and they know nobody will be out here protesting for them.
Fellow academics...Step the fuck up. This shit can happen on your campus too. BE READY.
Veronica McDonald@veronicamcdonald.bsky.social · 2mo agoI see where ICE is snatching up foreign Black professors at Maryland colleges and universities. Yall better make sure your papers are straight because ICE is coming for Black immigrants and they know nobody will be out here protesting for them.
Documentation of what the vast majority of Black women already knew. They love to use us for hashtags, but they won't listen to us before they vote and won't vote for us to lead.
Misrepresenting credentials to suggest you treat patients when you never have is bad even if your medical qualifications involve you still doing important work elsewhere. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
Michigan Senate hopeful El-Sayed calls himself a ‘physician’ but has little history treating patients
“It’s a weird thing to hang your hat on in terms of a biographical detail if you never actually practiced medicine,” one Dem operative said.
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Rhizomes collected and planted. Tents set up and running. Let the games begin. Big shout out to my graduate student Karoline Ford for all the hard work they’ve done on this project.
Dr. Deah Lieurance@drdeahlieurance.bsky.social · 7mo agoUpdate...grow tents, lights, CO2 sensors, vents for when CO2 gets too high and regulators that turn on when the CO2 drops too low. Field collection of plants in the coming weeks.
We're accepting proposals for our Special Feature! We invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't go to plan, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species🌱 ⏰Submit by 30th April More here👇 buff.ly/EXXBFsJ
I’m blanching at the cost of groceries, but they’re spending MY MONEY and YOUR MONEY on this.
i appreciate @blairbraverman.bsky.social's quote in this: "Personally, if I were with a man and he wandered away from me on a mountain, I’d be more worried for him than me,” she said. “I think it’s interesting that [the term] assumes that the woman is the one with less capability.” #UglyDogs
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 7mo agoWomen are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’?
having a splendid time at the "Alien Species in Iceland" workshop. The enthusiasm and will are there and better biosecurity is within reach💪
Update...grow tents, lights, CO2 sensors, vents for when CO2 gets too high and regulators that turn on when the CO2 drops too low. Field collection of plants in the coming weeks.
Dr. Deah Lieurance@drdeahlieurance.bsky.social · 8mo agoBig things are happening....
Introducing the new collection “Management Innovations and Insights” in Biological Invasions...Papers handled by yours truly! rdcu.be/e6xjr
Introducing the new collection “Management Innovations and Insights” in Biological Invasions
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Hey, Heroes! We're officially launching our Kickstarter for our upcoming documentary podcast, Hogan's Heroes and Postwar America! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Hogan's Heroes and Post War America
An 8-episode documentary video pod about the making of the show, the actors' lives, American history, and learning to laugh at Nazis
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Absolutely outrageous...we received a rejection with this reason. I'm a big girl and can handle rejections, but this shit is out of control. Y'all need to start saying yes to reviewer requests. The science is suffering.
Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance. And you know why? Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
ACLU@aclu.org · 7mo agoBREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
A fascist death squad murdered a Department of Veterans Affairs ICU nurse this morning and VA Secretary Doug Collins hasn't said a word. Quite the message to veterans and their caregivers.
They're sending "race traitors" a message, especially white men, to stand down so they can continue their campaign of violent white supremacy without our interference. Time to decide. Will you be scared into submission, into abandoning your beliefs & everyone else? Or stiffen your spine?
Greetings from your friendly, neighborhood handling editor... WE ALL KNOW YOU ARE BUSY. WE ARE ALL BUSY. BUT, THE PEER REVIEW PROCESS COMES TO A GRINDING HALT IF YOU NEVER ACCEPT REVIEWER REQUESTS. If you are wondering why your papers take so long to move through review, THIS IS THE REASON.
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Just finished this little lantern fly. I am going to make invasive species trading cards as a part of my extension work. i’m gonna do a lamprey next.
The response to Hurricane Melissa will show the rest of the world what the United States has become www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
The response to Hurricane Melissa will show the rest of the world what the United States has become
Prior to Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in Jamaica was Hurricane Gilbert in mid-September of 1988. Described as a tropical cyclone, Gilbert directly struck Jamaica whe...
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PLEASE AMPLIFY 🔈 I hear that some staffers at Interior Department and NOAA are being called back to the office from furlough for "administration priorities." I'm on Signal if this includes you or you have more information: @clare.14
After years of research, scientist Leonid Pshenichnov concluded Russia + China cannot continue fishing krill, the main food source of many marine creatures, at current rates without risking breakdown of entire ocean ecosystems. Russia had him arrested: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing
‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov
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I just got an Ai generated invite from @springernature.com to submit an Elton Review, the most prestigious paper category in Biological Invasions. These papers are invitation only…by a human. Inviting submissions based on algorithms is gonna make so much more work for those of us editorial board.
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