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Karen James

@kejames.bsky.social

Environmental geneticist & outdoorswoman into eDNA, botany, evolution, space, sci-comm, skiing, Outlander & kindness • auntie • cat mom • she/her “I would teach my feet to fly” Banner art by @truelovebirch@bsky.social 📍Unceded Wabanaki land (aka Maine)

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Movies Silently@moviessilently.bsky.social · yesterday

A reminder: If you absolutely cannot boycott Amazon, don’t. But can you make them NOT your default? If every Amazon customer cut their spending by just 10%, Bezos would burst his facelift sutures. This doesn’t have to be an all or nothing.

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.

Not personal: e.g. IMO, this work is incoherent, superficial and badly-written. Personal: e.g. You're ugly. You're hideous. Your tattoos are ugly. You're a bitter old woman. You're jealous. You're evil. You're ungrateful. You should shut up forever. I hope you die. I hope this helps!

Karen James@kejames.bsky.social · last wk.

A freshwater grass (Calamagrostis canadensis a.k.a. bluejoint?) sparkles as it moves in the breeze in the shallow north end of Eagle Lake in Acadia National Park, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot territory. I also spotted a few isolated pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) in amongst the grass.

Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky@queenofpeat.bsky.social · last wk.

Peat in its natural state is fire resistant. Healthy boglands protect adjacent forests and grasslands from drought and fire. But under a warming climate and mismanagement, peat fires can wreak havoc and burn for months. Important thread by @davidrvetter.bsky.social

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2w ago

I join you from the Blaenavon wildfire in Southeast Wales, brought to you by BP, Shell and Equinor. Though it does not look dramatic, the fire has been out of control for days - for a very particular reason. 🧵

A photograph of multiple fire service vehicles parked on moorland. In the background, white smoke from multiple fires is rising.
Dr Vanessa@hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 2w ago

it was only fairly recently that I found out that locusts aren't an entirely separate species but rather a thing that happens to grasshoppers. Basically it's berserk mode.

Frankie Huang 黄碧赤@ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 2w ago

TIL grasshoppers transform into locusts within hours (like, change color and shit) when they gather closely while feeding and brush into sensitive hairs on one another’s bodies. They then go into a mating, migrating and feeding frenzy. So basically the biggest, most terrifying orgies in the world.

Karen James@kejames.bsky.social · 2w ago

Oh no. Cairngorms NP is one of my favorite places. It contains the last remaining large stands of ancient Caledonian forest, home to red squirrels, capercaillies, and other rare critters, not to mention deeply rooted human communities. I spent many happy times there. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Police declare 'major incident' over Nethy Bridge wildfire

Some residents in the village of Nethy Bridge have left their homes over the threat the wildfire spreading.

bbc.com

Karen James@kejames.bsky.social · 2w ago

THIS. SO MUCH THIS. I hate the nationalism argument for science funding. Science is global, and so is science funding. We need it everywhere. If the US stops, it’s not like other countries will now invest MORE.

Brian O'Meara@omearabrian.bsky.social · 2w ago

I see a lot of arguments that "if country X cuts back on science, country Y wins." Wins what, a greater proportion of fewer discoveries? This "defense" of science just encourages more barriers to collaboration, it doesn't magically restore funding in country X. As we see empirically. 2/2

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

nytimes.com

blair@blairaf.com · 2mo ago

One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?

Karen James@kejames.bsky.social · 2w ago

A great side benefit of Erling Haaland’s meteoric rise to global superstardom is that so many people are learning how to pronounce the “aa” in my partner’s Norwegian name.

McSpocky™@mcspocky.substack.com · 2w ago

The table is factually sound and reflects real data from the National Interagency Fire Center and Canadian wildfire agencies as of mid-July 2026. It’s a fair apples-to-apples comparison on reported fire starts, even if the two countries manage and experience wildfires differently.

The table is factually sound and reflects real data from the National Interagency Fire Center and Canadian wildfire agencies as of mid-July 2026. It’s a fair apples-to-apples comparison on reported fire starts, even if the two countries manage and experience wildfires differently.