cee
@ceenell.bsky.social
#openscience #dataviz and #scicomm 🏳️⚧️
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🌡️Have you been feeling the heat this week? Stay informed, hydrated, and safe!
Dangerously hot days are on the rise across the U.S. according to this map from @cmshintani.bsky.social. This week’s extreme temperatures are part of a larger trend of climate change.
Dangerously hot days are on the rise across the U.S. according to this map from @cmshintani.bsky.social. This week’s extreme temperatures are part of a larger trend of climate change.
July 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🌡️Have you been feeling the heat this week? Stay informed, hydrated, and safe!
Dangerously hot days are on the rise across the U.S. according to this map from @cmshintani.bsky.social. This week’s extreme temperatures are part of a larger trend of climate change.
Dangerously hot days are on the rise across the U.S. according to this map from @cmshintani.bsky.social. This week’s extreme temperatures are part of a larger trend of climate change.
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Python slithers to the top of the programming language leaderboard
July 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Python slithers to the top of the programming language leaderboard
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AGU H3S invites you to submit an abstract to our session at #AGU25 Thinking Outside the Box Plot:
Communicating Science Beyond the Paper! The session explores creative ways to communicate research. Conveners: @adischner.bsky.social
@acarneiromar.bsky.social
@gescilam.bsky.social
Cee Nell
Emily Ellis
Communicating Science Beyond the Paper! The session explores creative ways to communicate research. Conveners: @adischner.bsky.social
@acarneiromar.bsky.social
@gescilam.bsky.social
Cee Nell
Emily Ellis
July 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
AGU H3S invites you to submit an abstract to our session at #AGU25 Thinking Outside the Box Plot:
Communicating Science Beyond the Paper! The session explores creative ways to communicate research. Conveners: @adischner.bsky.social
@acarneiromar.bsky.social
@gescilam.bsky.social
Cee Nell
Emily Ellis
Communicating Science Beyond the Paper! The session explores creative ways to communicate research. Conveners: @adischner.bsky.social
@acarneiromar.bsky.social
@gescilam.bsky.social
Cee Nell
Emily Ellis
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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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This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
June 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
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Doge is a failure that’s going to cost taxpayers more money in the long run. This is the study I referenced that found Doge will cost the gov $135 billion this year alone due to firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Doge is a failure that’s going to cost taxpayers more money in the long run. This is the study I referenced that found Doge will cost the gov $135 billion this year alone due to firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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The FBI began Pride month by asking Americans to report doctors, hospitals and clinics who offer gender-affirming surgeries to minors, claiming that those procedures amount to child mutilation.
FBI wants to investigate doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors. Experts question its legal basis | CNN Politics
The Federal Bureau of Investigation began Pride month by asking Americans to report doctors, hospitals and clinics who offer gender-affirming surgeries to minors, claiming that those procedures amount...
www.cnn.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The FBI began Pride month by asking Americans to report doctors, hospitals and clinics who offer gender-affirming surgeries to minors, claiming that those procedures amount to child mutilation.
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The USGS ecosystems research program doesn't just study wildlife. Its researchers work on rangelands and forests, fisheries and aquaculture, and critically, wildfire.
Trump's proposed budget eliminates this program entirely, allocating $0 for 2026.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...
Trump's proposed budget eliminates this program entirely, allocating $0 for 2026.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The USGS ecosystems research program doesn't just study wildlife. Its researchers work on rangelands and forests, fisheries and aquaculture, and critically, wildfire.
Trump's proposed budget eliminates this program entirely, allocating $0 for 2026.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...
Trump's proposed budget eliminates this program entirely, allocating $0 for 2026.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...
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Very excited to share the newest (and my first!) post on the water data blog, announcing the next generation of USGS Water Data APIs:
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/api-wha...
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/api-wha...
What's new with WDFN APIs?
What to expect from modernized replacements to the WaterServices family of APIs.
waterdata.usgs.gov
May 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Very excited to share the newest (and my first!) post on the water data blog, announcing the next generation of USGS Water Data APIs:
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/api-wha...
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/api-wha...
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Meanwhile, the President's budget calls for $564 million in cuts to USGS to eliminate research funding & programs that "focus on social agendas (e.g., climate change) to instead focus on achieving dominance in energy and critical minerals."
A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast and California is susceptible to contamination from orphaned oil and gas wells.
Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers - Inside Climate News
A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast and California is susceptible to contamination from orphaned oil and gas wells.
insideclimatenews.org
May 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Meanwhile, the President's budget calls for $564 million in cuts to USGS to eliminate research funding & programs that "focus on social agendas (e.g., climate change) to instead focus on achieving dominance in energy and critical minerals."
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They left because they couldn't take the instability and the limits on their ability to work, and they could see the writing on the wall. Now, Trump is closing many of these USGS Water Science Centers that are essential to the safety of our nation.
Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US
White House orders closure of USGS water science centers, which shares data with weather service for flood warnings
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
They left because they couldn't take the instability and the limits on their ability to work, and they could see the writing on the wall. Now, Trump is closing many of these USGS Water Science Centers that are essential to the safety of our nation.
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Want to see something really insane? Look at this website for USGS's Water Science Centers and Regions and see how many of their directors have "Former Employee" after their names. Everyone's gone! My best friend from grad school was one of them. Who's monitoring floods, droughts, etc?
Water Science Centers and Regions
A list of all of the USGS Water Resources Mission Area Science Centers and regions, hubs for critical water science funded by Federal, State, and other partners and stakeholders located throughout the...
www.usgs.gov
May 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Want to see something really insane? Look at this website for USGS's Water Science Centers and Regions and see how many of their directors have "Former Employee" after their names. Everyone's gone! My best friend from grad school was one of them. Who's monitoring floods, droughts, etc?
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For nearly 15 years the US Dept of Interior's Climate Adaptation* Science Centers have supported hundreds of scientists studying how ecosystems respond to climate change & pollution, invasive species, sustainable wildlife & wild lands management, and more.
Now the admin wants to cancel them all.
Now the admin wants to cancel them all.
Trump swings budget ax at USGS biology research
Plan to eliminate $307 million ecosystem program could face obstacles in Congress
www.science.org
April 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
For nearly 15 years the US Dept of Interior's Climate Adaptation* Science Centers have supported hundreds of scientists studying how ecosystems respond to climate change & pollution, invasive species, sustainable wildlife & wild lands management, and more.
Now the admin wants to cancel them all.
Now the admin wants to cancel them all.
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Museum and Planetarium Friends,
Many of you use NASA SVS material. Right now it is critical that we are able to document SVS's impact.
Please let us know how you are using our content (use my email address at the bottom of this page: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov).
Thank you!
Many of you use NASA SVS material. Right now it is critical that we are able to document SVS's impact.
Please let us know how you are using our content (use my email address at the bottom of this page: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov).
Thank you!
Scientific Visualization Studio
The NASA Scientific Visualization Studio works closely with scientists in the creation of visualizations, animations, and images in order to promote a greater understanding of Earth and Space Science ...
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
April 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Museum and Planetarium Friends,
Many of you use NASA SVS material. Right now it is critical that we are able to document SVS's impact.
Please let us know how you are using our content (use my email address at the bottom of this page: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov).
Thank you!
Many of you use NASA SVS material. Right now it is critical that we are able to document SVS's impact.
Please let us know how you are using our content (use my email address at the bottom of this page: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov).
Thank you!
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The current regime does not read.
April 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The current regime does not read.
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Time to throw up a bat signal for a specific skillset for @skypeascientist.bsky.social
We have a classroom that is looking for a scientist who can do a session with them in ASL.
Do we know any scientists who would be willing to do a Q&A with a deaf classroom in ASL?
We have a classroom that is looking for a scientist who can do a session with them in ASL.
Do we know any scientists who would be willing to do a Q&A with a deaf classroom in ASL?
April 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Time to throw up a bat signal for a specific skillset for @skypeascientist.bsky.social
We have a classroom that is looking for a scientist who can do a session with them in ASL.
Do we know any scientists who would be willing to do a Q&A with a deaf classroom in ASL?
We have a classroom that is looking for a scientist who can do a session with them in ASL.
Do we know any scientists who would be willing to do a Q&A with a deaf classroom in ASL?
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Jazz up your ggplots!
‘Useful tricks to elevate your data viz via `ggplot` extension packages in R”
Custom themes, fonts, annotations, arrows & more
By the USGS
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/ggplot-...
#RStats #ggplot2 #ggplot #Dataviz
‘Useful tricks to elevate your data viz via `ggplot` extension packages in R”
Custom themes, fonts, annotations, arrows & more
By the USGS
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/ggplot-...
#RStats #ggplot2 #ggplot #Dataviz
Jazz up your ggplots!
Useful tricks to elevate your data viz via `ggplot` extension packages in R
waterdata.usgs.gov
April 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Jazz up your ggplots!
‘Useful tricks to elevate your data viz via `ggplot` extension packages in R”
Custom themes, fonts, annotations, arrows & more
By the USGS
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/ggplot-...
#RStats #ggplot2 #ggplot #Dataviz
‘Useful tricks to elevate your data viz via `ggplot` extension packages in R”
Custom themes, fonts, annotations, arrows & more
By the USGS
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/ggplot-...
#RStats #ggplot2 #ggplot #Dataviz
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INCREDIBLE Ruling!
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
March 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
INCREDIBLE Ruling!
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
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The #scicomm group COMPASS is offering a free communication workshop on April 2 for current or former government workers - federal, state, and local levels www.compassscicomm.org/event/sharin...
Sharing Impact & Value: Strategic Communication for Government Workers | COMPASS
Strategically and clearly communicate the importance of your work to relevant audiences, without partisanship. Government workers at all levels — local, state, and federal — provide important and nece...
www.compassscicomm.org
March 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The #scicomm group COMPASS is offering a free communication workshop on April 2 for current or former government workers - federal, state, and local levels www.compassscicomm.org/event/sharin...
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Another dataset I like and have used extensively is streamflow and other river data from USGS. I don't know if another country has so much of their data online and accessible, but I've tried to get data for France in the past and it was not easy.
USGS | National Water Dashboard
Access river level and other water information and weather conditions in your neighborhood! A map viewer showing real-time river level and water data collected at U.S. Geological Survey observation st...
dashboard.waterdata.usgs.gov
March 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Another dataset I like and have used extensively is streamflow and other river data from USGS. I don't know if another country has so much of their data online and accessible, but I've tried to get data for France in the past and it was not easy.
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This one is a bummer. The Interior Department had only recently established a formal advisory committee on scientific integrity to ensure external experts were informing its scientific work.
Breaking: Trump Disbands First Ever Scientific Integrity Committee open.substack.com/pub/scilight...
Trump Disbands First Ever Scientific Integrity Committee
A committee that I served on
open.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This one is a bummer. The Interior Department had only recently established a formal advisory committee on scientific integrity to ensure external experts were informing its scientific work.
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Once again, the New York Times gives the dataviz community an opportunity to reflect on its purpose.
Can everything be quantified and turned into a chart?
Most important: what are the consequences of a chart?
If words matter, charts matter too.
Can everything be quantified and turned into a chart?
Most important: what are the consequences of a chart?
If words matter, charts matter too.
Of course the NYT sees the "DEI" stuff positively & is neutral on anti-trans discrimination
March 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Once again, the New York Times gives the dataviz community an opportunity to reflect on its purpose.
Can everything be quantified and turned into a chart?
Most important: what are the consequences of a chart?
If words matter, charts matter too.
Can everything be quantified and turned into a chart?
Most important: what are the consequences of a chart?
If words matter, charts matter too.
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org