HAPPY #AcademicHalloween !

Over the years I’ve brought you, “Reviewer 2,” a “Predatory Journal,” a “MANEL,” and “Academic CV.ver37”

THIS YEAR I bring to you —
a “Rejected Conference Reimbursement”
(click 📸 to see entire image).

Our community #compost giveaway is almost here! OC Waste & Recycling is excited to host #compost giveaways on Saturday, November 4 from 7:30 a.m. – noon while supplies last. #Irvine #Brea #SanJuanCapistrano
oclandfills.com/events/free-co…. #OCWasteandRecycling

HEADS UP OC: High wind warnings will be in place from 11 p.m. Sat through 10 p.m. Mon in the Santa Ana Mountains, foothills & inland areas, with 20 to 30 mph winds anticipated and isolated gusts of up to 70 mph. OC coastal areas will be under a less-severe wind advisory.

Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange counties are now under a #PSPS *Warning* from SCE.

'Dangerous fire weather conditions are expected. There is significant possibility of a PSPS event in impacted communities.'

Link: sce.com/wildfire/weath…

This recall election should not go forward. I've never seen anything like this.

Proud of my Emerge CA sister, Katy Yaroslavsky!
Editorial: Homeless people need housing everywhere. Including down the street from your house latimes.com/opinion/story/…

BREAKING: Santa Ana’s Police Union-Backed Recall Election Could be Stalled voiceofoc.org/2023/10/santa-…

I'm thrilled to share that our Sustainable Saturday event at the Native Seed Farm has a waitlist open! I'm excited to see your enthusiasm. If you haven't already, be sure to sign up for a spot on the waitlist. See you there!🌱😊Visit linktr.ee/ktresederirvine 🌾

GeoConfirmed Announcement.

What led to the hospital courtyard explosion (Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital) has been a subject of discussion.

To shed light on our initial view on this matter, we’d like to clarify that our team conducted a thorough geolocation analysis of more than…

New Management of OC Power Authority is building Public Trust in Renewable Energy
fullertonobserver.com/2023/10/19/new…

Breaking: Santa Ana PD looking for this car and driver after a 12 yo girl was hit and critically injured on her way to school on McFadden Ave. Driver fled per PD ⁦KCAL News⁩ #hitandrun

ICYMI: Life history strategies of soil bacterial communities across global terrestrial biomes 🌎

Gabin Piton UCI ESS UCI Ecology and Evolutionary Biol @INRAE_OCC_MPL Steven Allison Dr. Kathleen Treseder Falk Hildebrand UCI Microbiome UCI OCEANS

nature.com/articles/s4156…

#Hamas has launched a campaign denying that it kidnapped, murdered, and abused civilians during its attack on southern #Israel .

jpost.com/breaking-news/…

The pain that all mothers around the world will understand.

The water in your body is just visiting. It was a thunderstorm a week ago. It will be the ocean soon enough. Most of your cells come and go like morning dew. We are more weather pattern than stone monument. Sunlight on mist. Summer lightning. Your choices outweigh your substance.

The universe is an ongoing explosion.
That's where you live.
In an explosion.

We absolutely don't know what living is.

Sometimes atoms just get very haunted.

That's us.

When an explosion explodes hard enough, dust wakes up and thinks about itself.

And tweets about it.

Seeking to fill several multidisciplinary postdoc positions at UC Irvine focused on climate action, climate justice, & community engagement + related positions with our partners at La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians! Please share widely! #climatejustice #climateaction

OUT NOW Life history strategies of soil bacterial communities across global terrestrial biomes by Gabin Piton UCI ESS UCI Ecology and Evolutionary Biol @INRAE_OCC_MPL Steven Allison Dr. Kathleen Treseder Falk Hildebrand UCI Microbiome UCI OCEANS nature.com/articles/s4156…

BREAKING: A new report from the OC Human Relations Commission found a 67% increase in hate crimes last year, continuing a growing trend of increasing hate in Orange County. bit.ly/3PKZE0o