Aurora Kagawa‐Viviani

Honolulu Civil Beat @civilbeat.bsky.social · 16d

The political strategy, rooted in racism and authoritarianism, is causing doubt about what’s real and what isn’t.

The Public Is Being Overwhelmed With Muzzle-Velocity Headlines

The political strategy, rooted in racism and authoritarianism, is causing doubt about what’s real and what isn’t.

dlvr.it

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Jul 30

I'm behind on reading since becoming an academic parent/Science Twitter tanked but I wonder if this is where AI/ML can be useful and who is doing that work?

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Jul 30

A deeply insightful ecologist and naturalist (working for NPS mind you) once noted to me that the cumulative indirect effects of climate change greatly outweigh the (more easily measured) direct effects.

Ps many of the direct effects too are not all that easy to measure!

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Jul 30

CO2 fertilization arguments are such a distraction when real plants and ecosystems also need water (climate change translates to hydrologic intensification), nutrients, and are subject to insects, pathogens that are affected also by changing temperatures and moisture regimes.

Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · Jul 30

Chs9 moves to agriculture - heavily citing McKitrick's own study which claims that that CO2 fertilization means a net positive effect on agriculture, ignoring wider risks of heat stress and drought which the IPCC assessed to be dominant. www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...

Chapter 5: Food, Fibre and Other Ecosystem Products

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www.ipcc.ch

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Jul 30

"Beyond Atrocious": Arwa Damon on Desperation & Hunger in Gaza as Israel Continues Blocking Most Aid

“Beyond Atrocious”: Arwa Damon on Desperation & Hunger in Gaza as Israel Continues Blocking Most Aid

In Gaza, “the situation is beyond atrocious.” Aid worker Arwa Damon, a former CNN journalist and the founder of INARA, a nonprofit currently providing medical and mental healthcare to children in...

www.democracynow.org

Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · Jul 30

Chs9 moves to agriculture - heavily citing McKitrick's own study which claims that that CO2 fertilization means a net positive effect on agriculture, ignoring wider risks of heat stress and drought which the IPCC assessed to be dominant. www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...

Chapter 5: Food, Fibre and Other Ecosystem Products

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www.ipcc.ch

Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · Jul 30

Right then...

A quick review of the DOE's new 'critical review' of climate science. Whether it's worth a formal community response - I'm still not sure, but here's my first thoughts

/thread/

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Jul 29

I can't imagine there will be any problems with this summary of climate science

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Jul 30

For comparison- Kuaihelani (Midway Is):

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Jul 30

Pretty wild to see the variation in tsunami signals across the Hawaiian Islands.
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/map/index.html

Thank you federal science.

Kahului Harbor buoy data, clear tsunami perturbation

Kawaihae, Hawaii Island. Strong increase

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Jul 30

www.ndbc.noaa.gov

National Data Buoy Center

The National Data Buoy Center's home page. The premier source of meteorological and oceanographic measurements for the marine environment.

www.ndbc.noaa.gov

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Jul 30

"THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

0717 PM HST TUE 29 JUL 2025

www.tsunami.gov

Tsunami Alerts (PTWC) from Pacific Tsunami Warning Center @tsunamialertsptwc.bsky.social · Jul 30

#Earthquake
M8.7 earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA RUSSIA 16:24PDT Jul 29 Depth 74km

Tsunami Warning, Watch, and/or Advisory Bulletin for confirmed or potentially destructive teletsunamis generated anywhere in the Pacific Basin.

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Jul 20

Tsunami watch just cancelled but perhaps some weird currents tmrw morning...

tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/...

tsunami.gov

Tsunami Alerts (PTWC) from Pacific Tsunami Warning Center @tsunamialertsptwc.bsky.social · Jul 20

Update
TSUNAMI WATCH
M7.5 earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA RUSSIA 23:49PDT Jul 19 Depth 77km

Tsunami Warning, Watch, and/or Advisory Bulletin for confirmed or potentially destructive teletsunamis generated anywhere in the Pacific Basin.

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · May 10

Partner found this this morning.
Encapsulates the experience of this past week.

Gecko floating on water in glass bottle, top view

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · May 4

Problem is the undergrads who got by using LLMs are now grad students and don't see why (I) am being a roadblock to their defense.

I'm concerned ChatGPT hallucinations are sparking human hallucinations about what rigorous research actually is...

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · May 3

Reading, however slowly you do it, is thinking. And you cannot do research if you do not think.
Undergrads, I can understand.
But if a grad student uses LLMs to summarize papers, just leave, go and give the funding and space to someone who actually wants to learn something.

$fractalecho.bsky.social$ Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · May 3

If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.

You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.

Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.

NPR @npr.org · May 3

A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.

Public media is under threat. Millions depend on the NPR Network every day. Silencing journalism is one way to silence truth and erode the power of the people. Donate now.

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · May 3

Reading, however slowly you do it, is thinking. And you cannot do research if you do not think.
Undergrads, I can understand.
But if a grad student uses LLMs to summarize papers, just leave, go and give the funding and space to someone who actually wants to learn something.

$fractalecho.bsky.social$ Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · May 3

If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.

You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.

Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Apr 25

As I've retreated back into analog world in this time of surveillance, my students are increasingly reliant on AI and I'm too feeling the pressure and pull to do more with less time and resources.
The irony of my increased carbon footprint and capital towards tech isn't lost on me...

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Apr 25

The last months, I have been recalling how a number of my MIT Course 6 (CS) classmates would carry cash, and avoid transactions on wireless networks and Gmail.

The blissful disregard as we all caved to social media has been wonderful for meeting new people and global intellectual exchange.

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Apr 12

Hooray 😞
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

White House ends funding for key US climate body: ‘No coming back from this’

Nasa cuts contract that convened USGCRP, which released assessments impacting environmental decision-making

www.theguardian.com

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Feb 23

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

An upside-down American flag hangs from El Capitan near Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall on Saturday to protest the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Tracy Barbutes/Special to the Chronicle

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Feb 12

Scanning this list, I see LSAMP, whose small but steady funding stream has supported dozens if not hundreds of UH system students in their pursuits of STEM degrees.

I heard today from someone I deem reliable that this most certainly will be eliminated...

Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · Feb 11

Is your NSF grant on this list? Reach out if so!

Ted Cruz released a list of grants flagged for DEI or "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" from his Oct. report.

NSF is using keywords from that report for their review, though Cruz's list is likely larger.
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database

www.commerce.senate.gov

Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · Feb 11

Is your NSF grant on this list? Reach out if so!

Ted Cruz released a list of grants flagged for DEI or "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" from his Oct. report.

NSF is using keywords from that report for their review, though Cruz's list is likely larger.
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database

www.commerce.senate.gov

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Feb 9

As much as ideology and ignorance (of a really complex system!) has gotten us into this mess, moral superiority of educated elite haven't helped, IMO.

So I hope Dems, as angry as they/we are, can exercise openness and compassion to those that may be waking up right now.

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Feb 9

One thing I'm hoping we can avoid in this moment is the toxic "I told you so" self righteousness of the left and our class privilege.

I agree with some folks here about leveraging this moment to be effective and build new understanding of we are really all in this together.

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Feb 9

When I read it, it all seems reasonable but it takes knowing details that *aren't* included to understand it as spin.

And someone busy making a living and paying bills likely doesn't know how to sniff that out and is surrounded by others who are in a similar situation.

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, PhD @akkagawa.bsky.social · Feb 9

Thanks to this platform I feel like I've been getting good news in timely fashion. I check FB to see how a broader swath of local discourse is going, and it's tracking but a few days behind.

I also checked my spam folder and skimmed "The Blackburn Report: Holding the Federal Government Accountable"

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · Feb 9

Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

kate conger @kateconger.com · Feb 9

Russell Vought just told CFPB to shut down @rmac.bsky.social & @stacycowley.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...

Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity

In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”

www.nytimes.com

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