Melinda Conners

It is not (yet) open access, but I am allowed to share, so please contact me for a PDF if you don't have access or if you have questions/comments about the work! mconners@west-inc.com

Dr. Thorne, @jon_seabirds, Dr. Richard Phillips, @RachaelOrben, Chen Cui, Dr. Peter Djurik, Eleanor Heywood, and Dr. Alexei Vyssotski were all essential to this research, and it was such a pleasure to work with them.

From 2019-2021 I was a post-doc at @SoMAS in @Thorne_LH 's marine mammal & seabird lab right as COVID swept across the world. Last week, this work, which describes the flight costs of albatrosses from the Southern Ocean was published in JEB. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.24…

@gregisenberg wow - the gorgeousness of the music, the complete and utter connection between the artist and her music, and the genuine listening of pharrell .... made me tear up, in the best kind of way. thanks for sharing!!

This is one of the best videos to ever exist for entrepreneurs, creators... I think about it often. In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited a NYU music production class to critique student songs. At the beginning you could see student "Maggie Rogers" drenched with the absolute terror of sharing this with him. Pharrell is there just trying to keep his excitement in. The guy couldn’t wait to tell her this song is the bee’s knees. After he listened to a song called “Alaska”, he explained why “I have zero, zero, zero notes for that:” 24 hours later, someone posted the clip to Reddit. It blew up and the rest is history. Grammy nominated, millions of followers etc. And Maggie responded to the Reddit thread (i'll share screenshot in the next tweet). This story I find so cool because it inspires other artists to share what they got. We all can all connect with the fear of showing our work. It ain't easy. And to have a unique POV like Maggie. Easy to copy, harder to have something unique. I’ve got a bunch of designs, creations that have never seen the light of day. This video inspires me to publish more. My point of sharing this video: Publish your art anonymously. Or publish your art proudly as yourself. Bonus points if it's one of a kind work. But publish your darn art. This is your new week's energy. This is your 2024 energy. Go get 'em. -- If you enjoyed this, go listen to some Maggie Rogers. And thank you to Pharrell for being so supportive to an up and comer. And go follow me for more stories like this @gregisenberg, so you get more of it in your feed I share stories about internet communities, free startup ideas and more. (link in bio for more info about me)

@jon_seabirds 🤣it really really does

Anyone else's soap look like the head of a beluga today?

@tash_gillies congrats - such a great paper - been waiting to see this!

'Loud' infrasound occurs in wavy 🌊 and windy 🌬️ areas. Could this help albatrosses find long-distance conditions that help them to fly efficiently? 2/n

Excited to see our new paper, led by myself and @luciamartinaml, published in @PNASNews! We look at movement trajectories of wandering #albatross and find they orient towards to v low frequency 'infrasound' 1/n

@SamCPatrick @tommyturtleclay @pnas @HFSP @tash_gillies @luciamartinaml @jdassink @MabLabUF @rocio_joo @jeff_zeyl @MarioZampolli So excited to see this out. Massive effort, solid data, and extremely cool findings and implications. Kudos to you and your team!

It took 6yrs but out today @PNAS 1st evidence infrasound is a reliable cue for movment decisions tinyurl.com/53betb2n Read our persepctive on how & why here tinyurl.com/4c4h4ca5 & how infrasound might be heared here tinyurl.com/42uws2ae. Huge thanks to @HFSP for funding

@TiffDtheTurtle @SmulteaSciences Thanks Tiff!

@melbirds5 @SmulteaSciences Congratulations! Can’t wait to see what comes next!

I am so pleased to announce I joined @SmulteaSciences last week as their new Strategic Growth Director and Principal Scientist. I’m looking forward to working at Smultea to help minimize human impact on wildlife while supporting #RenewableEnergy. It is an exciting road ahead!

@tommyturtleclay @SmulteaSciences thanks Tommy!

@Miquel_TT @FulbrightFIN Welcome to California, and congratulations on the Fulbright! Will you be working with the SD Zoo?

Ready to start a new adventure in #California, United States. Thanks to #FulbrightFinland for such an excellent opportunity! @FulbrightFIN

A rare snow leopard roaming on Mount Everest at 18,000ft, photo published in @thetimes today by Kittiya Pawlowski. What a shot!

New #RedListIndex analysis in @ScienceMagazine finds that after 60 years of increasing #extinctionrisk, effective fisheries management has recovered tunas & billfishes. ➡️Yet extinction risk continues to increase for undermanaged sharks. 👉🏼Full 📑 bit.ly/3Ei5mkH 🧵 1/5

@jmkendallbar 👏

The point of holding abusers accountable is to create an academic environment where students aren't afraid to be or express themselves, where they can stand up to support their colleagues and causes they believe in without fear of retaliation.

*New UC Harassment training* hot takes: "A workplace that's free of harassment and discrimination is a workplace that has the opportunity to really tap all of the powers of each individual employee. It's an incredible machine for productivity" What do you think? My thoughts:

@BeccaCalisi @GreenCareLab 👏❤️

Follow @GreenCareLab as we uncover the science behind how/why animal- & horticulture- human interactions are therapeutic. Website: greencarecalisilab.weebly.com Follow our awesome undergraduate researcher blogs for behind the scenes looks as we set up our lab! greencarecalisilab.weebly.com/blog

I’ve spent years researching stress & reproduction while navigating toxic academic culture as a Latina neurodiverse(ADHD) mom. By tenure I burned out. Panic attacks, multiple health issues. I drafted my resignation letter. Then the pandemic happened. And I decided to start over.

@mfczap 👏👏

"The ocean is a large space but migratory routes are overrun with human activity that threatens highly migratory species’ ability to sustain healthy populations," our @johnnyrbriggs discusses with @melbirds5. @DonaBertarelli pew.org/3OuDoUM