Raphael Mazor

Sheriff Chad Bianco asks Riverside County to foot legal bills over ballot seizure

Judge grants our request to temporarily halt USDA office closures, including those in the U.S. Forest Service, saying the agency has “almost certainly been violating” Congressional restrictions on use of funds. spklr.io/63328EVVIq

'Help me!' Video of ICE violently detaining man who says he's U.S. citizen sparks outrage

📣 Don't forget to register for the SFS Endowment Award information session tomorrow October 19 4:00-5:30pm PT/7:00-8:30pm ET to address questions about award eligibility, use of funds, and applications. 🔗 To register: ucr.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... 🎙️ A recording will be available after.

Every river in North America, every day for two years. The combined flow to the sea sinks as low as 53,000 m³/s in winter and swells past 290,000 by late June, more than quadrupling each spring. Data: GloFAS, @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #rivers #dataviz #hydrology

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We’re thrilled to announce the Society for Freshwater Science 2027 Annual Meeting! 💡Navigating Braided Waters: Past, Present, Future 📍 Omaha, Nebraska 📆 May 23-27, 2027 Explore our meeting website for program details, travel, accommodations, field trips & more: 🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org

For months, I’ve been raising the alarm about the loss of staff at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and how it is imperiling their work protecting our wildlife and public lands. In December, 25% of the agency was gone. Now, it’s nearly 40%. But FWS still refuses to address the staffing crisis.

The SFS Urban Chapter invites paper submissions to two special collections inspired by the Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology (SUSE) and SFS meetings held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in May 2025. (1/3)

My guess is that the article was largely written and edited by AI.

The biggest indicator of voting for fascism is having no memory of fascism. Support your humanities departments. ♥️

Asked students why they ranked their lowest ecotox topic as the lowest: "algal blooms haven't been a very talked about topic so it seems as though it is not causing as much of a problem so far" THE NERVE! 😂

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NYT: “.. The move could prevent residents from raising concerns about — or even learning about — data centers before permits are approved and construction starts.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/c...

My Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications from entomologists with research portfolios in which INSECT BIODIVERSITY LOSS is a key element (at the assistant professor level). illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

This is intense.

We're hiring an ecologist at UC Berkeley! The Dept. of Integrative Biology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Ecology. Plants/algae, invertebrates, microbes, or marine systems a priority. Come join us!! Apply by Oct 5, 2026. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489 PS: Please share!

Hiltzik: Here are all the ways that Trump has tried to kill U.S. science research

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

It’s powerful to come out and say, “We invited the president on but he refused to answer questions beyond the scope of Graham’s death and our policy is not allow guests to set ground rules for interviews.”

He will always be remembered as a corrupt coward

The assumption that Trump would even designate a successor is open to question.

Quick, someone ask Susan Collins if she thinks people with sexual assault allegations should hold public office.

In fact, they have ruled in “Bruen” that you specifically cannot do that to the 2nd A.

Scientific research in the United States might not collapse with a bang, or with a whimper, but with a rule change. And it's not just Science. This rule change hits DOE, DOT, VA, HUD. ALL federal grants are at risk. www.theverge.com/science/9576...

I think the dissents are so shocking that we must discuss impeachment.

Conservative and Liberal Americans need to clearly understand what happened. The President attempted to give himself power to seize and deport several million United States citizens, directly violating the Constitution he swore to preserve. Only six on the Court barely stopped him.

The 3 dissents are extremely troubling. And it shows that the conservative idea of “originalism” is about as phony as “states’ rights” Alito really straining to ignore the text here.

“No amount of evidence of racial animus against Black people will be enough to convince a majority of justices that racial discrimination has occurred,” Adam Serwer argues about the Supreme Court:

This is the NIH grant screening disfavored words list published by Nature: media.nature.com/original/mag...

On the fourth anniversary of "Dobbs," I suggest reading, or re-reading, the jointly written dissent of Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21p...

In 2029, angry republicans will be posting “But the algae!” memes.

Applications for the Headwaters Leadership Academy are open until June 15! This 2-year program includes professional development, a mentoring program, and opportunities to participate in Society service. Find the application & more info below:

A team of biologists recently counted 30 of the rare trout in Topanga Creek — plus 21 babies. “These fish continue to amaze me,” said Kyle Evans of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. My latest: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Save the date! The next meeting of the California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup / California Chapter of the Society for Freshwater Science will take place November 9–10 at the CalEPA Building in Sacramento.

There’s still a lot I don’t understand about this. Is distributing a publication really a violation of a code of conduct? Who actually called security? Was their behavior more disruptive than it’s being described here?

I’ve been saying we ought to use the “bootlicker” insult more often in times like these.

So blatantly stupid.

A heartfelt thank you to federal scientists of the USA. The authors of this piece reflect on the massive losses that occurred in 2025 — 10,109 PhDs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and health — either voluntarily or involuntarily. 17% of the workforce gone in a single year!

Newsom vows to levy 100% tax on California recipients of Trump's $1.8-billion 'slush fund'