Daniel Watkins
@dmwatkins.bsky.social
Climate scientist at Brown University, ok guitarist, collage artist and photographer
Providence, RI USA
Providence, RI USA
Fun finds at Savers and the discount bin at Job Lot today!
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Fun finds at Savers and the discount bin at Job Lot today!
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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DOGE was not a "cost-cutting measure," the assault on universities was not a "fight against anti-semitism," and the extra-judicial murder spree sure as shit is not an "anti-drug campaign."
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
![U.S. aircraft carrier nears Latin America as Venezuela tensions simmer
The USS Gerald R. Ford joins a sprawling buildup that has fueled speculation that the Trump administration intends to dramatically escalate its [highlight] antidrug campaign. [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreidn4xekvi4whd2lz5oxc2sg26ofnbyqrhxnsbxaf4j42jnywjpeh4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
DOGE was not a "cost-cutting measure," the assault on universities was not a "fight against anti-semitism," and the extra-judicial murder spree sure as shit is not an "anti-drug campaign."
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
I just finished re-reading His Dark Materials for the first time since I was a teenager. In the ~20 years since, I’ve experienced a lot that has changed the way I understood the books. I find them so much wiser and more interesting now.
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I just finished re-reading His Dark Materials for the first time since I was a teenager. In the ~20 years since, I’ve experienced a lot that has changed the way I understood the books. I find them so much wiser and more interesting now.
Fascinating.
Posting a link for others today.yougov.com/politics/art...
From millionaires to Muslims, small subgroups of the population seem much larger to many Americans | YouGov
When it comes to estimating the size of demographic groups, Americans rarely get it right. In two recent YouGov polls, we asked respondents to guess the percentage (ranging from 0% to 100%) of America...
today.yougov.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Fascinating.
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1) that's highly illegal. 2) there's no proof the people in those boats are involved in the drug trade 3) in a bunch of cases those boats are not headed for the US 4) it's murder regardless.
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
1) that's highly illegal. 2) there's no proof the people in those boats are involved in the drug trade 3) in a bunch of cases those boats are not headed for the US 4) it's murder regardless.
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We needed to see what was before our eyes in 2016. This is why I wrote "Road to Unfreedom."
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Did a $10M bribe break the soul of America? | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, an inside look at who really went to “No Kings.”
www.inquirer.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We needed to see what was before our eyes in 2016. This is why I wrote "Road to Unfreedom."
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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🧪 🌊 ⚒️ 🦑 geogsky
We warned against "political hijacking" of #openscience back in 2021 (academic.oup.com/joc/article/...). As @lewan.bsky.social's diagnosis in @science.org shows, ignoring the scholarship in this space for almost five years creates serious vulnerabilities for science and the societies it serves.
Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science
Transparency, reproducibility, and acknowledging uncertainty are meritorious attributes of science that differentiate it from other human endeavors, such as politics. But they can also be subverted. I...
www.science.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🧪 🌊 ⚒️ 🦑 geogsky
Love this.
Lego MRI scanner set (donated to hospitals) a big help for kids who need scans:
"more than 1 million children globally have used the sets to help them prepare...96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children's anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation"
"more than 1 million children globally have used the sets to help them prepare...96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children's anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation"
How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment
Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.
www.cnbc.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Love this.
Very cool!
Designed for education, adaptable for research—the new🐍 Python-based framework makes climate dynamics more approachable for students and researchers
University of Miami scientists launch accessible global climate modeling framework
Designed for education, adaptable for research—the new Python-based framework makes climate dynamics more approachable for students and researchers
news.miami.edu
October 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Very cool!
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Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
And the response is out! I think Brown did a good job highlighting how agreeing to the compact would require violating their prior agreement, among other things.
Really glad to see MIT reject the White House compact. Your move, Brown!
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
And the response is out! I think Brown did a good job highlighting how agreeing to the compact would require violating their prior agreement, among other things.
Another year, another watch of Over the Garden Wall. Gets better every time.
October 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Another year, another watch of Over the Garden Wall. Gets better every time.
Really glad to see MIT reject the White House compact. Your move, Brown!
October 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Really glad to see MIT reject the White House compact. Your move, Brown!
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Every time he does this a calculator somewhere in the country spontaneously bursts into flames
Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."
October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Every time he does this a calculator somewhere in the country spontaneously bursts into flames
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Horrific. Abolish ICE, and hold these agents accountable for their crimes against humanity.
October 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Horrific. Abolish ICE, and hold these agents accountable for their crimes against humanity.
An eloquent and moving essay on the importance of science. Well worth a read: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Science Makes the U.S. a Great Nation
History tells us what happens when great nations attack science
www.scientificamerican.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
An eloquent and moving essay on the importance of science. Well worth a read: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Still thinking about the Transform! exhibit at the Montreal Biosphere and how much I want to see a transition to technology that is radical in the amount of power it *doesn’t* use. Forget data centers and AI, what can you do with the amount of power an 80s solar cell calculator uses?
October 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Still thinking about the Transform! exhibit at the Montreal Biosphere and how much I want to see a transition to technology that is radical in the amount of power it *doesn’t* use. Forget data centers and AI, what can you do with the amount of power an 80s solar cell calculator uses?
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Exactly what Jesus would have wanted
“Kick the powerless and least of these in the teeth”
www.abc4.com/news/religio...
“Kick the powerless and least of these in the teeth”
www.abc4.com/news/religio...
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, other religious organizations file brief with U.S. Supreme Court against transgender protections
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints alongside Evangelical, Baptist, and Jewish religious organizations have filed an amicus curae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, taking a stance agai…
www.abc4.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Exactly what Jesus would have wanted
“Kick the powerless and least of these in the teeth”
www.abc4.com/news/religio...
“Kick the powerless and least of these in the teeth”
www.abc4.com/news/religio...
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would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Trump obtains another settlement as YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million
Alphabet settles with Trump instead of fighting lawsuit over January 6 suspension.
arstechnica.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Worth reading (as always): Heather Cox Richardson on the tragedy of Wounded Knee.
September 26, 2025
Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that twenty men who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre would keep their medals, despite more than ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Worth reading (as always): Heather Cox Richardson on the tragedy of Wounded Knee.
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Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.
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In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong".
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
September 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong".
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!