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Jesse Kroll

@jessekroll.bsky.social

680 followers 420 following 140 posts

atmospheric chemist at MIT; also does other stuff sometimes

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Environmental science 45%

Geology 17%

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Jesse Kroll @jessekroll.bsky.social · 23h

“Clearly, the ever-widening gulf between you and your employees has blinded you to some basic facts about reindeer anatomy, so here’s a quick science lesson, boss man: shiny noses reflect light; they are not themselves sources of light.”

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"Let’s get one thing clear, Santa: I ain’t a scab. The collective bargaining agreement clearly mandates the sleigh be led by a union-approved eight-reindeer team. Your little 'won’t you guide my sleigh tonight' routine is a bald attempt to dilute the team’s negotiating power."

Rudolph the Red Won’t Guide Santa’s Bourgeois Sleigh Tonight

First, let’s get one thing clear, Santa: I ain’t a scab. The collective bargaining agreement clearly mandates the sleigh be led by a union-approved...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

Rudolph the Red Won’t Guide Santa’s Bourgeois Sleigh Tonight

First, let’s get one thing clear, Santa: I ain’t a scab. The collective bargaining agreement clearly mandates the sleigh be led by a union-approved...

buff.ly

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone in the federal government and the media only has one job and it's frantically running around and trying to hide evidence of the president's many crimes. They are so tired and all they want is for him to at least pause the crimes for a minute but he keeps on doing new ones

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Jesse H. Kroll, Daniel W. Drezner

Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 6d

Journal article: “the data are available on request”

The data:

Redacted Epstein files. Basically completely blank

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 6d

let’s just assume anyone worth over $100 million hung out with epstein and banish them from society

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: Colorado Sens Hickenlooper and Bennet announce they're putting a hold on the Senate appropriations package to demand funding for NCAR.

Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Jesse H. Kroll, Mónica Medina , and 2 more Sonia I. Seneviratne, Jesse H. Kroll, Mónica Medina, Rosemary A. Joyce, Dawn J. Wright

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 7d

If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25

Save NCAR from being dismantled today!

The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.

agu.quorum.us

Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 9d

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 9d

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado

The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

bit.ly

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holiday meghan 🎄 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 11d

if i were a young person that survived multiple (!!!) school shootings at different schools and the big fancy media outlets interviewed me about it and all of that was to absolutely no effect that would really, really demoralize me

Reposted by Will Jennings, Jesse H. Kroll, Scott L. Greer , and 8 more Will Jennings, Jesse H. Kroll, Scott L. Greer, Andrew Scott, Leigh Sparks, Christian E. Weller, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Aaron Sojourner, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Mark Rice, Henry Jones

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13d

> @amysiskind.com

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Lisa W. Fazio, Richard S.J. Tol , and 27 more Cas Mudde, Lisa W. Fazio, Richard S.J. Tol, Brendan Nyhan, Jesse H. Kroll, Scott L. Greer, John Horgan, Rosemary A. Joyce, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Rebecca Tushnet, Alan Richardson, Aaron Sojourner, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Scott A. Imberman, Christine Kooi, Michael D. McDonald, Nelson Flores, Kathleen Kennedy, Juan Ramón, Daxton R. Stewart, Rebecca Zorach, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Manisha Sinha, Charles T. Mathewes, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Farah Mendlesohn, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Jeannette Sutton

Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 13d

From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...

“During the course of the debate, it was disclosed that it is now policy of the university to suspend any faculty member with pay against whom a student has lodged a complaint. The faculty member is suspended under the Title IX program,” Schmeltzer wrote. “This was new information to everyone in attendance.”

Reposted by Juliet B. Schor, Jesse H. Kroll, David R. Miller

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14d

Trump threatened Indiana Republicans that if they didn't do what he wanted, he'd block all federal funds to their state but they ignored his threats and told him to pound sand.

Take notes, college presidents.

Reposted by Jesse H. Kroll, Scott L. Greer, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 3 more Jesse H. Kroll, Scott L. Greer, Rosemary A. Joyce, Richard Waite, Manisha Sinha, David Darmofal

root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 14d

Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918

The man who is unwilling to wear a flu mask usually is of the kind who expects everybody to listen to him when he speaks

Reposted by Jesse H. Kroll, Richard Waite, Rebecca Tushnet , and 1 more Jesse H. Kroll, Richard Waite, Rebecca Tushnet, Catherine J. Frieman

Emmanuel Clement @clementcomposer.com · 14d

'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed

Oh, the weather outside is frightful

And since we've no place to go

It doesn't show signs of stopping

How I hate going out in the storm

The fire is slowly dying

Reposted by Jesse H. Kroll, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Jonathan A. Foley

WIRED @wired.com · 15d

With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea. www.wired.com/story/how-th...

How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sunk Without a Trace

With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.

www.wired.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16d

I’m sure FIRE will be all over this

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16d

NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott increased her donations to nonprofits in 2025, giving $7.1 billion.

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🦃Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD @drwambsgans.bsky.social · 17d

Happy Stylish But Illegal Monkey In IKEA Day to all who celebrate!

Darwin (monkey) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 20d

New research suggests that air cleaners that oxidize VOCs may transform ethanol into by-products such as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪

Certain air cleaners may remove some VOCs but create others

Devices that oxidize VOCs could be contributing by-products such as formaldehyde

cen.acs.org

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 21d

In happy news, my home institution, MIT, just announced that the amazing Paula Hammond will be the next dean of the School of Engineering.

That's great, but this is a pure flex:

Not gonna lie: it's great working with so many folks so much smarter than me.

Paula...is one of six active MIT faculty members elected to all three National Academies, in sciences, engineering, and medicine."

Reposted by Jesse H. Kroll, Anne Norton

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 22d

Commander Greg Bovino led a group of Border Patrol agents on walk around the French Quarter in New Orleans this afternoon.

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Jon Sauer @hoooydoopy.bsky.social · 22d

Annual repost

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23d

why isn’t our kids learning
vs
how dare you educate our kids

Reposted by Jesse H. Kroll, Rosemary A. Joyce, Andrew Jacobs , and 2 more Jesse H. Kroll, Rosemary A. Joyce, Andrew Jacobs, Catherine J. Frieman, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 23d

I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ

Brian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 25d

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 25d

My dream is to have one of those college football coach jobs where a college administrator tells me that I’m fired but also they will pay me 50 million dollars as long as I promise not to come to work

Jesse Kroll @jessekroll.bsky.social · 26d

Well yeah, but for most atmospheric chemists' usage of the word, the proper spelling is actually "isomerization"

Jesse Kroll @jessekroll.bsky.social · 26d

Hopefully the New Yorker will someday run an article on atmospheric chemistry, just so we can read about the photoöxidation of cycloöctane

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 26d

When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...