Jotis Baronas
@baronas.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. in Earth Sciences at Durham University. Earth surface geochemist; teaching Sustainability & Environmental Geochemistry.
Multiple positions (PhD and postdoc) available at Durham university, (co)advised by me. If interested in any of these, feel free to DM or email me for more info.
Otherwise please share with any motivated ECRs in your network!
Otherwise please share with any motivated ECRs in your network!
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Multiple positions (PhD and postdoc) available at Durham university, (co)advised by me. If interested in any of these, feel free to DM or email me for more info.
Otherwise please share with any motivated ECRs in your network!
Otherwise please share with any motivated ECRs in your network!
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
October 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
History repeats.
Pathetic.
Deeply disappointing. Once again the @royalsociety.org has avoided explaining how *actions* by Elon Musk that clearly repudiate the Society's values are consistent with the code of conduct that Fellows must adhere to. royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...
A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society
A statement from Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society, regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.
royalsociety.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Pathetic.
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This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules
Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2014, when the world refused even to recognize russian aggression.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
August 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2014, when the world refused even to recognize russian aggression.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
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If you'd like to offer comments on the misleading & error-ridden US federal report, "Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate," the link to do so is below.
Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.
Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.
Notice of Availability: A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) seeks public comment on the draft report produced by DOE's Climate Working Group (CWG), titled "A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emi...
www.federalregister.gov
August 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you'd like to offer comments on the misleading & error-ridden US federal report, "Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate," the link to do so is below.
Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.
Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.
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Everyone needs to see this.
The home of 2 million people turned to dust.
While the world looks away. Or cheers on.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
The home of 2 million people turned to dust.
While the world looks away. Or cheers on.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Everyone needs to see this.
The home of 2 million people turned to dust.
While the world looks away. Or cheers on.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
The home of 2 million people turned to dust.
While the world looks away. Or cheers on.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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If I could change one thing about #ScientificPublishing I'd ask funding bodies to stipulate all work they fund be published in non-profit journals.
The knock-on effects would alleviate most of the strain on #AcademicSky.
This isn't hard. It's big, but actually, it's pretty easy.
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The knock-on effects would alleviate most of the strain on #AcademicSky.
This isn't hard. It's big, but actually, it's pretty easy.
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The strain on scientific publishing
Abstract. Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent years; ...
direct.mit.edu
August 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
If I could change one thing about #ScientificPublishing I'd ask funding bodies to stipulate all work they fund be published in non-profit journals.
The knock-on effects would alleviate most of the strain on #AcademicSky.
This isn't hard. It's big, but actually, it's pretty easy.
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The knock-on effects would alleviate most of the strain on #AcademicSky.
This isn't hard. It's big, but actually, it's pretty easy.
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It first seemed like Europe claimed to define itself in contrast to US funding cuts. But the drop in concurrence was just an opportunity to lower costs as well.
Also, while the US is especially savage at cutting research, many other nations are cutting research spending too, albeit not as drastically.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/protest...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/protest...
Protests and alarm as European research sector braces for cuts
Swiss science organisations are the latest to speak up after a wave of cuts is proposed across Europe
www.chemistryworld.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It first seemed like Europe claimed to define itself in contrast to US funding cuts. But the drop in concurrence was just an opportunity to lower costs as well.
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Arrested for asking to see a warrant.
The fascism is here, y'all. What will you do when fascism comes to America? It's whatever you're doing.
The fascism is here, y'all. What will you do when fascism comes to America? It's whatever you're doing.
DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California for demanding that the officers trespassing in their building identify themselves & provide a warrant, accusing them of another.... wait for it... ASSAULT. The case shows how DHS lies relentlessly to violate the Constitution
July 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Arrested for asking to see a warrant.
The fascism is here, y'all. What will you do when fascism comes to America? It's whatever you're doing.
The fascism is here, y'all. What will you do when fascism comes to America? It's whatever you're doing.
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The business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the racist protesters intimidating asylum seekers in Epping are "upset for legitimate reasons.”
I don't remember any Labour frontbencher saying the same about people protesting the genocide in Gaza. On the contrary, they've criminalised peaceful dissent.
I don't remember any Labour frontbencher saying the same about people protesting the genocide in Gaza. On the contrary, they've criminalised peaceful dissent.
July 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the racist protesters intimidating asylum seekers in Epping are "upset for legitimate reasons.”
I don't remember any Labour frontbencher saying the same about people protesting the genocide in Gaza. On the contrary, they've criminalised peaceful dissent.
I don't remember any Labour frontbencher saying the same about people protesting the genocide in Gaza. On the contrary, they've criminalised peaceful dissent.
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Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.
July 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.
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Hanson believes the problem is not open access & APCs per se, but for-profit publishers that seek to publish as many papers as possible... the strain on academic publishing could be substantially alleviated if funding agencies stipulated... work they support must be published in non-profit journals.
Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Hanson believes the problem is not open access & APCs per se, but for-profit publishers that seek to publish as many papers as possible... the strain on academic publishing could be substantially alleviated if funding agencies stipulated... work they support must be published in non-profit journals.
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It would be nice to, among other things, get an answer from the UK government about why they still feel comfortable using this as one of their primary communication channels
Elon's AI is now actively recommending a second Holocaust
July 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It would be nice to, among other things, get an answer from the UK government about why they still feel comfortable using this as one of their primary communication channels
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On Monday, a group of scientists released an open letter stating their “dissent against the current administration's... disregard for scientific expertise.” Today, about 140 EPA scientists who signed the letter have been placed on leave.
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
Dissenting EPA Scientists Placed on Leave - Eos
A group of EPA scientists who signed an open letter voicing their dissent to Trump administration policies have been placed on administrative leave.
eos.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
On Monday, a group of scientists released an open letter stating their “dissent against the current administration's... disregard for scientific expertise.” Today, about 140 EPA scientists who signed the letter have been placed on leave.
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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I am no fan of Springer, but to preempt objections that this is hyperbolic language, the Nazis literally banned the same journals and justified the decision using very similar rhetoric.
"Woke science" seems to be the new "Jewish physics".
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature
The action comes as high-ranking US officials criticize top journals as ‘woke’ and ‘corrupt’.
www.nature.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I am no fan of Springer, but to preempt objections that this is hyperbolic language, the Nazis literally banned the same journals and justified the decision using very similar rhetoric.
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Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
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If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up.
Powerful video…
Powerful video…
June 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up.
Powerful video…
Powerful video…