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I would be suspicious of phishing. About a year ago, my email was similarly hacked.</div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Kim Marie Thorburn, MD, MPH</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Tweeters <tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Elaine Chuang via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 18, 2026 4:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> tweeters@u.washington.edu <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Tweeters] Hal Michael - Ecologists without Birders (yes)</font>
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<div style="direction:ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hal is indeed a respected, fully </span><span style="font-size:14.666667px">legitimate individual and devoted, long-time naturalist (though a pretty fishy one), who is on the Board of the non-profit, </span><span style="font-size:14.666667px">Ecologists
without Borders</span><span style="font-size:14.666667px">. Please read about him and the organization in any number of web places, such as the organization’s website </span><a href="https://www.ecowb.org/the-team" originalsrc="https://www.ecowb.org/the-team">https://www.ecowb.org/the-team</a>
Best wishes.</div>
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<div>Elaine Chuang</div>
<div>Seattle</div>
<div> elc at uw dot edu</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Mason Flint via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 17, 2026 11:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Tweeters] Hal Michael - Ecologists without Birders?</div>
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I received an e-vite to a meeting from Hal Michael for what looks like an online meeting for an organization called Ecologists Without Borders. </div>
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I'm interested but reluctant to click the link because of risk if phishing. I think Hal may be in Tweeters? Has anyone else seen this and know it's legit?</div>
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Mason Flint</div>
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