
Amanda McCormick
@a_r_mccormick
Postdoc at UC Davis studying zooplankton resource use and the food web of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
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27-04-2016 17:53:40
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.University of Notre Dame and Loyola University Chicago researchers used ND-LEEF to make "first measurements of microplastic deposition in rivers, and directly inform models of microplastic transport at the landscape scale, making a key contribution to research on the global ecology of plastic waste"


Earlier this semester, the UW–Madison CALS ento department unveiled this series of gorgeous posters by @chase_prairie. The initiative was spearheaded by lab members Taylor Tai, Skye Bruce, and Jade Kochanski, along with fellow grad student Jacki Whisenant



I imposed a curfew at 7pm. A full 25 minutes before the curfew & w/o provocation, federal police used munitions on peaceful protestors in front of the White House, an act that will make the job of DC Police Department officers more difficult. Shameful! DC residents — Go home. Be safe








I wrote this The Atlantic. It remains relevant. #FourthofJuly “As we know all too well today, wealthy white American men did not stop rebelling when they won the American Revolution, when they gained the power to protect their declared independence.” 1/4 theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Perhaps the greatest anti-slavery speech ever uttered is “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” by Frederick Douglass, in 1852. I wanted to make the speech more accessible. Here’s a thread with an abridged version of the speech we should reread every #FourthofJuly. 1/

Moment to remember. Q to Trump: Would you condemn white supremacists? Trump doesn't answer the question & brings up ANTIFA. Wallace: Will you condemn white supremacists? Trump: "Proud Boys, stand back & stand by." That is not a condemnation by any stretch of the imagination.
