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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social |
My field is more than 60% women. Shark Week, marine biology's biggest stage, doesn't just feature more men than women... it features more guys named Mike than women. And that's ignoring the pseudoscientific nonsense, wildlife harassment, and near complete lack of any real conservation content 🧪🦑
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cagey ratfish 🐟🐈⬛🎨🏳️⚧️
@cageyratfish.bsky.social
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"more guys named Mike" -just devastatingly funny/sad/infuriating
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Tell Me About Your Game!
@sohowwasgame.bsky.social
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Alexish
@businessraccoon.bsky.social
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My husband and I like getting high and laughing at the absolute junk that these shows are. One that sticks out to me was something like Shark v Megalodon and it was full of third grade logic and science at best.
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Melo’Dib🐛
@melobd1.bsky.social
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I just want to learn neat things about sharks without all the the !EXTREME DEADLIEST KILLER SHARKS!! stuff Just show Jaws on repeat at this point
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void princess
@voidfemme.bsky.social
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All female scientist shark week when
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mjfgates
@mjfgates.bsky.social
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read that headline as "white whale 'experts'" and... what the hell, it's not like a side trip into Melvilleiana is going to make Shark Week any worse.
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Émile Lewis: Air Will Be Bud
@emilepleasestop.bsky.social
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It’s a goddamned shame. Shark Week *could* be such a great educational tool and an opportunity to highlight great work in the field. Instead, it’s… Shark Week.
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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Infuriating.
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Agent Kooper
@agentkooper.bsky.social
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Freaking Mike.
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Ethan Freedman
@ethanfreedman.bsky.social
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By telling Kenneth to “live every week like it’s Shark Week,” Tracy Jordan was actually encouraging a conspiratorial, misinformation-embracing approach to life, with a purposeful anti-intellectualism indicative of infotainment in a late capitalist society. In this essay I will…
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Andrew D Thaler
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social
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Mike Rowe got so mad at you.
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Wake Hackle
@wakehackle.bsky.social
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They should remove the M.I.T.- produced episodes investigating whether sharks or batteries are more dangerous.
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Bruce Grembowski
@bruce.grembowski.com
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Have you seen this one, @astromikemerri.bsky.social?
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Kim Acuff Steiner
@emberdione.bsky.social
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Especially funny considering how many women call their periods "Shark Week".
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Terseus
@terseus.bsky.social
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typical Mike privilege
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PFritz21
@pfritz21.bsky.social
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Jimmy Buffett tried to warn us, but did we listen?!?! NOOOOOOOO…
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