Social media is dying but the die hard Posters who remain are extremophiles slowly adapting themselves to caustic/infernal/hypersaline ideological environments as normies flee and only those with the most extreme views remain.
Is social media dying? How much did Twitter change as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has changed
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
Full paper out now in in JQD:DM!
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has changed
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
Full paper out now in in JQD:DM!
Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, and Enduring Polarization
| Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
journalqd.org
April 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Social media is dying but the die hard Posters who remain are extremophiles slowly adapting themselves to caustic/infernal/hypersaline ideological environments as normies flee and only those with the most extreme views remain.
Oregon’s Chewaucan River begins a trout stream & ends as a hypersaline lake.
Lake Abert is home to brine shrimp & alkali flies. These draw shorebirds & waterfowl, as they rest & refuel on their migrations.
Lake Abert is sadly threatened by drought & water withdrawals. #25DaysofFishmas
Lake Abert is home to brine shrimp & alkali flies. These draw shorebirds & waterfowl, as they rest & refuel on their migrations.
Lake Abert is sadly threatened by drought & water withdrawals. #25DaysofFishmas
December 9, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Oregon’s Chewaucan River begins a trout stream & ends as a hypersaline lake.
Lake Abert is home to brine shrimp & alkali flies. These draw shorebirds & waterfowl, as they rest & refuel on their migrations.
Lake Abert is sadly threatened by drought & water withdrawals. #25DaysofFishmas
Lake Abert is home to brine shrimp & alkali flies. These draw shorebirds & waterfowl, as they rest & refuel on their migrations.
Lake Abert is sadly threatened by drought & water withdrawals. #25DaysofFishmas
Salt marshes on the shore of hypersaline lake Afrera - Ethiopia
🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/qcaKrtv5SuDs...
4K link : i.imgur.com/luvIjK0.jpeg
🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/qcaKrtv5SuDs...
4K link : i.imgur.com/luvIjK0.jpeg
August 23, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Salt marshes on the shore of hypersaline lake Afrera - Ethiopia
🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/qcaKrtv5SuDs...
4K link : i.imgur.com/luvIjK0.jpeg
🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/qcaKrtv5SuDs...
4K link : i.imgur.com/luvIjK0.jpeg
tears saltier than the hypersaline water
October 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
tears saltier than the hypersaline water
Check out the new paper of my former lab about novel haloviruses infecting Haloquadratum walsbyi, the "square queen archaeon" of hypersaline systems 👑🟪
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Novel viruses of Haloquadratum walsbyi expand the known archaeal virosphere of hypersaline environments
Abstract. Solar salterns represent unique systems with low diversity microbial communities that serve as an excellent model for studying the evolution and
academic.oup.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Check out the new paper of my former lab about novel haloviruses infecting Haloquadratum walsbyi, the "square queen archaeon" of hypersaline systems 👑🟪
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
okay hang on. i found something REALLY cool
March 25, 2026 at 6:55 PM
okay hang on. i found something REALLY cool
Nested parasitism in hypersaline environments: viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized cellular symbionts https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.15.638363v1
February 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Nested parasitism in hypersaline environments: viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized cellular symbionts https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.15.638363v1
This is true - I'd love to see us doing more using the byproducts of the desal plants though (sodium batteries for example rather than pumping hypersaline brine out to the deep sea). #wapol
October 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
This is true - I'd love to see us doing more using the byproducts of the desal plants though (sodium batteries for example rather than pumping hypersaline brine out to the deep sea). #wapol
Dieses extrem salzige Wasser in Becken am Meeresgrund konserviert Tiere, die dort sterben, manchmal sehr gut, ist daher wissenschaftlich sehr interessant. Originalpublikation: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Evidence for isolated evolution of deep-sea ciliate communities through geological separation and environmental selection
Deep hypersaline anoxic basins (DHABs) are isolated habitats at the bottom of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which originate from the ancient dissolution of Messinian evaporites. The different basins ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Dieses extrem salzige Wasser in Becken am Meeresgrund konserviert Tiere, die dort sterben, manchmal sehr gut, ist daher wissenschaftlich sehr interessant. Originalpublikation: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
"Flying" over the hypersaline hot springs and ponds of Dallol
December 23, 2024 at 5:24 PM
"Flying" over the hypersaline hot springs and ponds of Dallol
And finally...
Chott Zahrez Gharbi Lake, Algeria (a hypersaline lake)
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Sediment outflows on the Adriatic Sea
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Chott Zahrez Gharbi Lake, Algeria (a hypersaline lake)
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Sediment outflows on the Adriatic Sea
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June 4, 2026 at 11:12 PM
And finally...
Chott Zahrez Gharbi Lake, Algeria (a hypersaline lake)
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Sediment outflows on the Adriatic Sea
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Chott Zahrez Gharbi Lake, Algeria (a hypersaline lake)
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Sediment outflows on the Adriatic Sea
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RESEARCH: The hypersaline northwestern Arabian Gulf contains a phylogenetically diverse and highly uneven community of viruses related to cyanophages and pelagiphages. Co-authored by Dr. @virosphere.bsky.social . www.int-res.com/abstracts/am...
The hypersaline northwestern Arabian Gulf contains a phylogenetically diverse and highly uneven community of viruses related to cyanophages and pelagiphages
www.int-res.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
RESEARCH: The hypersaline northwestern Arabian Gulf contains a phylogenetically diverse and highly uneven community of viruses related to cyanophages and pelagiphages. Co-authored by Dr. @virosphere.bsky.social . www.int-res.com/abstracts/am...
DAY 219
SPECIES 219 - Haloprofundus marisrubri
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Sakura pen
H. marisrubri is a pink extremely halophilic archaeon found in deep, hypersaline environments like the Red Sea brine pools.
#sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 219 - Haloprofundus marisrubri
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Sakura pen
H. marisrubri is a pink extremely halophilic archaeon found in deep, hypersaline environments like the Red Sea brine pools.
#sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint
January 10, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Its pressure tolerant and was Isolated from the deep hypersaline anoxic Tyro basin in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
March 23, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Its pressure tolerant and was Isolated from the deep hypersaline anoxic Tyro basin in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
(1/2) Preprint alert! In collaboration with @yifanzhou.bsky.social and @mkrupovic.bsky.social we describe host-parasite layers in hypersaline systems of the Danakil Depression. Haloarchaea host nanohaloarchea and both are infected by viruses (12 new families found).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
(1/2) Preprint alert! In collaboration with @yifanzhou.bsky.social and @mkrupovic.bsky.social we describe host-parasite layers in hypersaline systems of the Danakil Depression. Haloarchaea host nanohaloarchea and both are infected by viruses (12 new families found).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
how good do you think it feels to float on one of those hypersaline lakes with the super high buoyancy
September 29, 2026 at 6:43 PM
how good do you think it feels to float on one of those hypersaline lakes with the super high buoyancy
don't forget the hypersaline lakes
October 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
don't forget the hypersaline lakes
Wet paint! Just off the easel. 9"x12" oil on hardboard. Sunrise over Lake Abert, a hypersaline lake in southeastern Oregon.
#originalart #landscape #oilpainting #artistsofcentraloregon #art #fineart #greatbasin #highdesert #lakecounty
#originalart #landscape #oilpainting #artistsofcentraloregon #art #fineart #greatbasin #highdesert #lakecounty
November 16, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Wet paint! Just off the easel. 9"x12" oil on hardboard. Sunrise over Lake Abert, a hypersaline lake in southeastern Oregon.
#originalart #landscape #oilpainting #artistsofcentraloregon #art #fineart #greatbasin #highdesert #lakecounty
#originalart #landscape #oilpainting #artistsofcentraloregon #art #fineart #greatbasin #highdesert #lakecounty
Joan Ferriol-Ciurana, presentant:
MICROBIAL HETEROTROPHIC FUNCTIONING RESPONSES TO NATURAL SALINITY FLUCTUATIONS IN HYPERSALINE WATERS
MICROBIAL HETEROTROPHIC FUNCTIONING RESPONSES TO NATURAL SALINITY FLUCTUATIONS IN HYPERSALINE WATERS
June 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Joan Ferriol-Ciurana, presentant:
MICROBIAL HETEROTROPHIC FUNCTIONING RESPONSES TO NATURAL SALINITY FLUCTUATIONS IN HYPERSALINE WATERS
MICROBIAL HETEROTROPHIC FUNCTIONING RESPONSES TO NATURAL SALINITY FLUCTUATIONS IN HYPERSALINE WATERS
In this new paper we show that invasive Artemia franciscana dramatically reduce parasite abundance in hypersaline ecosystems. Parasite extinction is a ignored dimension of biodiversity crisis. @ebdonana.bsky.social @drandygreen.bsky.social @neobiota.pensoft.net neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Artemia franciscana invasion causes rapid and dramatic ecological changes in hypersaline ecosystems
Aquatic ecosystems are characterised by strong trophic links, which can be profoundly altered by the loss or introduction of species. Invasive species that displace key native species may indirectly a...
neobiota.pensoft.net
March 31, 2026 at 8:17 PM
In this new paper we show that invasive Artemia franciscana dramatically reduce parasite abundance in hypersaline ecosystems. Parasite extinction is a ignored dimension of biodiversity crisis. @ebdonana.bsky.social @drandygreen.bsky.social @neobiota.pensoft.net neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php...
I have been peripherally involved in looking for phages hypersaline environments in Namibia, where there was a connection between local seawater and inland salt deposits - due to windblown spray transported inland in fog.
September 26, 2026 at 6:36 AM
I have been peripherally involved in looking for phages hypersaline environments in Namibia, where there was a connection between local seawater and inland salt deposits - due to windblown spray transported inland in fog.
Excited to share that I was awarded a Lewis and Clark Grant for Exploration and Field Research from @amphilsociety.bsky.social for my field work along the Texas coast this summer! I’ll be investigating wetland plant trait-ecosystem function relationships in a hypersaline marsh system.
May 31, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Excited to share that I was awarded a Lewis and Clark Grant for Exploration and Field Research from @amphilsociety.bsky.social for my field work along the Texas coast this summer! I’ll be investigating wetland plant trait-ecosystem function relationships in a hypersaline marsh system.
Draft Genomes Of Three Abundant Bacterial Isolates From Hypersaline Don Juan Pond, Antarctica
astrobiology.com/2026/02/draf... #Astrobiology #genomics #Antarctica
astrobiology.com/2026/02/draf... #Astrobiology #genomics #Antarctica
Draft Genomes Of Three Abundant Bacterial Isolates From Hypersaline Don Juan Pond, Antarctica - Astrobiology
Don Juan Pond (DJP) is a hypersaline, CaCl2-rich brine within Wright Valley, Antarctica
astrobiology.com
February 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Draft Genomes Of Three Abundant Bacterial Isolates From Hypersaline Don Juan Pond, Antarctica
astrobiology.com/2026/02/draf... #Astrobiology #genomics #Antarctica
astrobiology.com/2026/02/draf... #Astrobiology #genomics #Antarctica
Expanded phylogeny of extremely halophilic archaea shows multiple independent adaptations to hypersaline environments www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Expanded phylogeny of extremely halophilic archaea shows multiple independent adaptations to hypersaline environments - Nature Microbiology
Phylogenetic analysis of halophilic archaea, including two previously undescribed clades, reveals four independent evolutionary adaptations to hypersaline environments, caused by duplications and hori...
www.nature.com
March 22, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Expanded phylogeny of extremely halophilic archaea shows multiple independent adaptations to hypersaline environments www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
En Californie, Mono Lake cache un paysage presque extraterrestre : eau hypersaline, îles volcaniques et tours de tuf formées sous l’eau. 🌋
Et cette « mer Morte » grouille pourtant de vie.
👉 2tout2rien.fr/lac-mono-mer...
📸jkirkhart35
#Californie #MonoLake #Nature
Et cette « mer Morte » grouille pourtant de vie.
👉 2tout2rien.fr/lac-mono-mer...
📸jkirkhart35
#Californie #MonoLake #Nature
August 24, 2026 at 9:17 AM
En Californie, Mono Lake cache un paysage presque extraterrestre : eau hypersaline, îles volcaniques et tours de tuf formées sous l’eau. 🌋
Et cette « mer Morte » grouille pourtant de vie.
👉 2tout2rien.fr/lac-mono-mer...
📸jkirkhart35
#Californie #MonoLake #Nature
Et cette « mer Morte » grouille pourtant de vie.
👉 2tout2rien.fr/lac-mono-mer...
📸jkirkhart35
#Californie #MonoLake #Nature