Dr. Katy Croff Bell
@katycroffbell.bsky.social
Explorer of oceans, crafter of nifty things, mother of rascals, avoider of COVID
@oceandiscleague.bsky.social Founder & President
@NatGeo Explorer
@aaas.org Ambassador
@theexplorersclub.bsky.social EC50
Posts & opinions mine alone.
@oceandiscleague.bsky.social Founder & President
@NatGeo Explorer
@aaas.org Ambassador
@theexplorersclub.bsky.social EC50
Posts & opinions mine alone.
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NOAA is going to lose 1000+ employees today.
Will you join me in sending love notes to the remaining employees at NOAA labs & offices around the country?
Instructions & ~200 addresses here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I'm starting to send mine today.
💙 @noaa.gov 🌊
@savenoaa.bsky.social
Will you join me in sending love notes to the remaining employees at NOAA labs & offices around the country?
Instructions & ~200 addresses here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I'm starting to send mine today.
💙 @noaa.gov 🌊
@savenoaa.bsky.social
24 years ago, I was on the first research cruise to the newly established Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron to map all of the shipwrecks in the area.
We had a huge binder of research on all the suspected wrecks. Most of them sank in a "collision in the fog."
We had a huge binder of research on all the suspected wrecks. Most of them sank in a "collision in the fog."
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
24 years ago, I was on the first research cruise to the newly established Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron to map all of the shipwrecks in the area.
We had a huge binder of research on all the suspected wrecks. Most of them sank in a "collision in the fog."
We had a huge binder of research on all the suspected wrecks. Most of them sank in a "collision in the fog."
Love to see this!! Can’t wait to listen 💙
I had a fantastic time chatting with Hakeem Oluseyi on PBS NOVA’s “Particles of Thought” podcast. Check
It out if you’re interested in hearing us talk about our backgrounds, science, and society.
Thanks @pbs.org !
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
It out if you’re interested in hearing us talk about our backgrounds, science, and society.
Thanks @pbs.org !
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
Interview: Extremophiles, the Deep Sea, and Alien Life with Peter Girguis
Dive into how Earth’s weirdest microbes could help us spot extraterrestrial life with marine biologist Peter Girguis.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Love to see this!! Can’t wait to listen 💙
Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
🚨 The NYT names Sens. Shaheen of New Hampshire, King of Maine & Kaine of Virginia. If any of these are your Senators, call them NOW & tell them you'll never vote for them again if they betray the party & the millions who depend on the ACA! This is unforgivable!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
🚨 The NYT names Sens. Shaheen of New Hampshire, King of Maine & Kaine of Virginia. If any of these are your Senators, call them NOW & tell them you'll never vote for them again if they betray the party & the millions who depend on the ACA! This is unforgivable!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Cue Appalachian Spring 🎶
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Cue Appalachian Spring 🎶
Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM).
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
hr.nih.gov
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM).
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
Wow. Glad I went to MIT and not Cornell.
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wow. Glad I went to MIT and not Cornell.
Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Hey if you're at (or you were until recently) NASA or NASA contractors and have anything you'd like to share/talk about, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous.
Read recent work if you're curious www.gravityisgone.com
Read recent work if you're curious www.gravityisgone.com
I know they're just doing it to everything, and they don't like science, and so on, but gutting NASA remains insane. Everyone likes NASA.
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wapo.st/4qQiMus
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Hey if you're at (or you were until recently) NASA or NASA contractors and have anything you'd like to share/talk about, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous.
Read recent work if you're curious www.gravityisgone.com
Read recent work if you're curious www.gravityisgone.com
Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
I wrote postcards for the energy board in Georgia, the judges in Pennsylvania, and the governors in New Jersey and Virginia. There’s another campaign in Tennessee for a special election the first week of December. Change history with me. Postcardstovoters.org
Postcards To Voters
Join People Across The United States Writing Postcards To Voters
Postcardstovoters.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I wrote postcards for the energy board in Georgia, the judges in Pennsylvania, and the governors in New Jersey and Virginia. There’s another campaign in Tennessee for a special election the first week of December. Change history with me. Postcardstovoters.org
Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Commandeer. Nautical term.
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Commandeer. Nautical term.
The global abundance and ecological significance of Stomiiformes fish, "including contributions to the biological carbon pump, underscores the need to resolve their phylogeny amid escalating threats from climate change and human activities."
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Genome-wide phylogeny reshapes our understanding of the evolution of deep-sea dragonfishes, bristlemouths, viperfishes, and allies (Stomiiformes) - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background The evolutionary relationships within Stomiiformes, a diverse order of deep-sea fishes dominating the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones, remain contentious due to conflicting morphological...
link.springer.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The global abundance and ecological significance of Stomiiformes fish, "including contributions to the biological carbon pump, underscores the need to resolve their phylogeny amid escalating threats from climate change and human activities."
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
For the full ocean funding report: oursharedseas.com/funding/
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November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For the full ocean funding report: oursharedseas.com/funding/
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Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Spreading the word in case this is new info.
These Chicago restaurants are offering free meals to SNAP recipients
Here's where you can find free food in Chicago right now.
www.timeout.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Spreading the word in case this is new info.
Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Department of the Interior is going to comply with the federal judge. There will not be a reduction in force (RIF) during the shutdown.
@altfws.altgov.info
@resistancerangers.altgov.info
@altblmatinterior.bsky.social
@altwasonps.bsky.social
@altacadia.bsky.social
@altdoi.altgov.info
@altfws.altgov.info
@resistancerangers.altgov.info
@altblmatinterior.bsky.social
@altwasonps.bsky.social
@altacadia.bsky.social
@altdoi.altgov.info
Interior Department Pauses Plans for Layoffs Amid Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Department of the Interior is going to comply with the federal judge. There will not be a reduction in force (RIF) during the shutdown.
@altfws.altgov.info
@resistancerangers.altgov.info
@altblmatinterior.bsky.social
@altwasonps.bsky.social
@altacadia.bsky.social
@altdoi.altgov.info
@altfws.altgov.info
@resistancerangers.altgov.info
@altblmatinterior.bsky.social
@altwasonps.bsky.social
@altacadia.bsky.social
@altdoi.altgov.info
Incredible. There isn't even a little red Rep checkmark on the @apnews.com results table legend and it seems very unlikely the MN & TX elections won't go Dem.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Incredible. There isn't even a little red Rep checkmark on the @apnews.com results table legend and it seems very unlikely the MN & TX elections won't go Dem.
I guess pickles & parades don't make the mayor.
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I guess pickles & parades don't make the mayor.
Can someone please get the transcript and reenact this using brown paper lunch bag puppets?
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Can someone please get the transcript and reenact this using brown paper lunch bag puppets?
Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Storms. They’re just like us.
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Storms. They’re just like us.
Only disorganized storms expected today.
A few lightning flashes may accompany low-topped storms along the California and Oregon coasts early Wednesday morning, but organized severe storms are not expected today.
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Only disorganized storms expected today.
Reposted by Dr. Katy Croff Bell
I'm looking to speak to people who rely on SNAP about what this past week has been like. If that's you, please reach out, or pass along to others. Can be anonymous.
Signal: marisakabas.04
Email: mkwrites4000@proton.me
Signal: marisakabas.04
Email: mkwrites4000@proton.me
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm looking to speak to people who rely on SNAP about what this past week has been like. If that's you, please reach out, or pass along to others. Can be anonymous.
Signal: marisakabas.04
Email: mkwrites4000@proton.me
Signal: marisakabas.04
Email: mkwrites4000@proton.me
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November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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