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Intolerable to spend even one more minute under this, to see my neighbors grappling with living under this, to make the little practical concessions and plans it requires. countless little tragedies all over the city
The ICE presence here is so loathsome it has basically foreclosed all other political or organizing thought for me. There is nothing more urgent than dismantling this. There is nothing good that can happen before doing so. it is an abomination and a stain on all of us every second it continues
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Intolerable to spend even one more minute under this, to see my neighbors grappling with living under this, to make the little practical concessions and plans it requires. countless little tragedies all over the city
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Paper Alert❗️We present the first Oligocene record of orbital variability in abyssal ocean temperature based on benthic foraminiferal clumped isotopes. Temperature changes up to 4 degrees C with a 110 kyr pacing, indicating Antarctic ice-volume at this time was less dynamic than previously thought.
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Paper Alert❗️We present the first Oligocene record of orbital variability in abyssal ocean temperature based on benthic foraminiferal clumped isotopes. Temperature changes up to 4 degrees C with a 110 kyr pacing, indicating Antarctic ice-volume at this time was less dynamic than previously thought.
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That’s a slightly different animal but yeah, I don’t even accept drafts anymore from anybody who attaches anything like that. If you can’t at least pretend you think your work is good for the space of an email why should I read it
one of the best things i ever learned in college was when a TA (rightfully) called me out in front of god and everyone for starting a presentation of my work with a "this is bad" qualifier. I don't remember that guy's name but that has been an incredible benefit to my life.
January 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
That’s a slightly different animal but yeah, I don’t even accept drafts anymore from anybody who attaches anything like that. If you can’t at least pretend you think your work is good for the space of an email why should I read it
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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And what better way to celebrate this anniversary than attending the FORAMS 2026 meeting in Amherst this June! Abstract submission is now open: sites.google.com/view/forams2...
January 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
And what better way to celebrate this anniversary than attending the FORAMS 2026 meeting in Amherst this June! Abstract submission is now open: sites.google.com/view/forams2...
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this is great moultano.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/c...
Children and Helical Time
If childhood is half of our subjective life, how should that change how we live?
moultano.wordpress.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM
this is great moultano.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/c...
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The last bombshell paleontology discovery of a year of bombshell discoveries: Ammonites survived the K-PG extinction! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark - Scientific Reports
We provide a reassessment of the hypothesis of ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene (Maastrichtian–Danian) boundary, based on new data from the lower Danian Cerithium Limestone Member at ...
www.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The last bombshell paleontology discovery of a year of bombshell discoveries: Ammonites survived the K-PG extinction! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And what better way to celebrate this anniversary than attending the FORAMS 2026 meeting in Amherst this June! Abstract submission is now open: sites.google.com/view/forams2...
January 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
And what better way to celebrate this anniversary than attending the FORAMS 2026 meeting in Amherst this June! Abstract submission is now open: sites.google.com/view/forams2...
That’s right
update
January 1, 2026 at 6:16 AM
That’s right
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This and the discussion about how academics can now just read AI summaries of things really drives home how much these guys always confuse the product for the goal. You don't do a coloring sheet because you want to have a colored sheet at the end!!! The coloring is the point!!!
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This and the discussion about how academics can now just read AI summaries of things really drives home how much these guys always confuse the product for the goal. You don't do a coloring sheet because you want to have a colored sheet at the end!!! The coloring is the point!!!
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incredible weekend for haters from the University of Texas
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
incredible weekend for haters from the University of Texas
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
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At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
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They’re stealing from us. They are stealing from us and we have to put a stop to this. This cannot stand.
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
December 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
They’re stealing from us. They are stealing from us and we have to put a stop to this. This cannot stand.
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NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
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A couple of days ago we went to check out one of the most beautiful bends of the Trinity River in east Texas, a bend that is likely to be cut off in the near future 🧪⚒️
December 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A couple of days ago we went to check out one of the most beautiful bends of the Trinity River in east Texas, a bend that is likely to be cut off in the near future 🧪⚒️
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YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
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For a couple of years now, I've been fascinated with what's happening at small liberal arts colleges, which are running out of money for reasons unrelated to Trump funding cuts. Businessweek let me go deep on the problems, and one college that's trying to blaze a new trail.
Why a College Fighting for Survival Is Slashing Econ and Physics Majors
At Albright in Pennsylvania, the new president is cutting programs, selling art and real estate, and vowing not to hire anyone with tenure. Is this the way forward for liberal arts colleges?
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For a couple of years now, I've been fascinated with what's happening at small liberal arts colleges, which are running out of money for reasons unrelated to Trump funding cuts. Businessweek let me go deep on the problems, and one college that's trying to blaze a new trail.
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“By placing the blame where it belongs (academia), you may find more peace in your science.”
Amen, I had a very similar realization about 6 or 7 years ago; and, like this author, found a solid fit for my career (which is dissimilar from the traditional arc ingrained in us by the old guard).
Amen, I had a very similar realization about 6 or 7 years ago; and, like this author, found a solid fit for my career (which is dissimilar from the traditional arc ingrained in us by the old guard).
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“By placing the blame where it belongs (academia), you may find more peace in your science.”
Amen, I had a very similar realization about 6 or 7 years ago; and, like this author, found a solid fit for my career (which is dissimilar from the traditional arc ingrained in us by the old guard).
Amen, I had a very similar realization about 6 or 7 years ago; and, like this author, found a solid fit for my career (which is dissimilar from the traditional arc ingrained in us by the old guard).
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Beautiful sentence. God bless America.
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Beautiful sentence. God bless America.
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Another thing @agu.org could do is highly visible trainings for attendees on civil liberties and immigrant rights by groups like @aclu.org and @aila.org (whose resources they are already sharing), and promoting the work of their litigation partners like @democracyforward.org and @aaup.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Another thing @agu.org could do is highly visible trainings for attendees on civil liberties and immigrant rights by groups like @aclu.org and @aila.org (whose resources they are already sharing), and promoting the work of their litigation partners like @democracyforward.org and @aaup.org
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Benthic forams in the news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...
What Scientists Found When a Deep Sea Mining Company Invited Them In
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Benthic forams in the news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...
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Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan has a neat little natural history museum on campus with a wonderful microfossil exhibit featuring hand-made glass radiolarians and 3D printed foraminiferans.
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan has a neat little natural history museum on campus with a wonderful microfossil exhibit featuring hand-made glass radiolarians and 3D printed foraminiferans.
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I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
A coordinated campaign to drive trans people out of public life
Parker Molloy on the latest Oklahoma anti-trans work
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
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I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
defector.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...