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Jennifer Schell

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UAF English Professor, Ecogothic Aficionado, Cetacean Enthusiast, Canine Therapy Human. I write about species extinction, circumpolar environments (mostly Arctic), and environmental humanities. Views my own.


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Great article linked here, couldn't agree more! 👍
The bonus material on DVDs & BluRays is one of the reasons why we, the #FIDAAC keep acquiring these media types to preserve them & make them accessible to scholars - independent from online streaming services and their films' temporary availability

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Everyone deserves some high-flying offshore bottlenose dolphins (pics taken June 30) 🐬🏺

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All of these, plus entire conversations with squirrels because they chatter back 🐿️

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Hear, hear: “In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump. Trump, 78, has been on the political stage for eight years marked by chaos, corruption, and incivility. Why go back to that?”

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5-month-old #humpback whale freed from fishing gear entanglement near Provincetown, Massachusetts. "The whale's mother named Scylla had visible injuries, suggesting she had also been entangled but managed to shed the rope."

www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

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I wasn't going to watch this, but I was curious about it. Your last paragraph affirms my initial thoughts about it (in a far more eloquent way!).

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈's avatar David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
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Reminder: When someone 1) Has an obvious financial conflict of interest to oppose clean energy 2) Has never given a shit about whales before and 3) Is a well-documented lying liar You do not need to take "we have to stop clean energy to save the whales" claims from them seriously.

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My new favorite is Dark Age (1987). It's Australian and it's got crocodiles and a cool ending! It's on YouTube!

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In Iceland we have a word for feeling really guilty for staying inside on a sunny day, because they are so rare and precious. We call it "sólviskubit" and it sounds a lot like "samviskubit" which means having a guilty conscious. And I am suffering from a sólviskubit right now.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️'s avatar Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
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Scenes from around Kotzebue. The bluebells are in town, the rest is from a ride on the one road that leaves Kotzebue, loops through the tundra and comes back into town. The photo with the village shows the entire village, minus South tent city I think.

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A towering smoke column and pyrocumulus cloud from the Clear fire (3,500 acres) near Fairbanks, Alaska. In the background, smoke from the larger McDonald fire near Salcha (50,000 acres). Photo taken from the Reichardt Building, UAF, last night. #wildfire #Alaska

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Same in Alaska! It's way too snowy and muddy to wear outside shoes in the house!

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Just wanted to spread the word about the upcoming launch for this fabulous essay collection! Kathleen Hudson and Mary Going were kind enough to include my essay on Cotton Mather's bizarre Jonah sermon. It concludes with shout outs to The Meg by Steve Alten and Whalefall by @danielkraus.bsky.social🐳🦈

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To finish up our celebration of #CephalopodWeek we wanted to share a bit of squid news. 

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute deep-sea biologist Bruce Robison joins us to talk about a potentially new squid species.

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Cancer is the leading cause of death in dogs.  Dr. Mark Mamula joins us to discuss a new vaccine that has increased survival rates in clinical trials, offering hope for dogs and humans and possible future applications for human cancer therapies.

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All hail Turtle 7! 🐢 ❤️

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A brand new Gothic studies journal! Looking for academic pieces. Consider submitting articles, exhumation, and provocations. I'm an editor, and I'm happy to answer questions!

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Alisa Bokulich's avatar Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social
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"A similar reckoning for the Earth sciences — including a rethink of where and how natural history collections are curated — could help to rebuild Indigenous communities’ trust in science globally. It could also promote a greater diversity of perspectives on the natural world." ⚒️🧪 #philsci #histsci

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"Because whether we love or hate animals, what I found is that we don’t respect them."

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Holly Guise ❄️'s avatar Holly Guise ❄️ @hollyguise.bsky.social
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Check it out! @uwapress.bsky.social features a Q&A with me as an author on their blog! This is my first Q&A as a soon-to-be book author!

Preorder or ask your library to order a copy of Alaska Native Resilience- 30% discount right now using WNAISA24

wp.me/p4bksV-2yE

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I have to say Invisible Man made me terrified of letters of recommendation 😂 He got some of the worst ever!

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Moby-Dick: "a whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard"

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Jason Dinh, Ph.D.'s avatar Jason Dinh, Ph.D. @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social
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Indigenous groups in Oregon could soon reintroduce sea otters to the state's coast. "We’re bringing back a relative," one Siletz tribe member said. But not everyone is so pleased. today in Atmos 🌎🧪

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"The deep ocean isn't alien"

I've been arguing this point for a while now. Let's not use such pejorative and loaded language to describe more-than-human organisms, just because they're different from us. Embrace the differences, no matter how weird!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djsi...

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