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Peter Jacobs
@pjacobs.bsky.social

climate science (paleo, modern, future); public understanding of science (consensus, conspiracy theories, pseudoscience)

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-7126
Mastodon: fediscience.org/@peterjacobs
Bird Site: https://twitter.com/past_is_future .. more

Environmental science 41%
Geology 16%

it doesn't sound like he needs the help?

DISTURBING: "Trump has directed top U.S. spy agencies to share sensitive intelligence about the 2020 election with his former campaign lawyer...Kurt Olsen—now a temporary government employee in the White House."

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel
Top U.S. intelligence agencies are cooperating with Kurt Olsen, who worked with Trump to undermine the results of the 2020 election.
www.politico.com

Consider it a blessing to be unaware of scum like Jack Horner.

this looks incredible!
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025

🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year

😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition

news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
news.westernu.ca

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DISTURBING: "Trump has directed top U.S. spy agencies to share sensitive intelligence about the 2020 election with his former campaign lawyer...Kurt Olsen—now a temporary government employee in the White House."

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel
Top U.S. intelligence agencies are cooperating with Kurt Olsen, who worked with Trump to undermine the results of the 2020 election.
www.politico.com
Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club!

You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
The A.V. Club hiring Film Critic in Greater Chicago Area | LinkedIn
Posted 8:42:22 PM. The A.V. Club is seeking an experienced Film Critic to join our team of trenchant writers and…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
Cool/important job alert:

Principal Research Scientist at the Wikimedia Foundation's
Research team for the area of knowledge integrity

Job posting: job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jo...
Principal Research Scientist
Remote
job-boards.greenhouse.io

of course now I notice multiple small errors, will revise 😅

NB: essential that "mirrors" be pronounced "meers" here
Come join us! PhD position at @unibergen.bsky.social and @bjerknes.uib.no on freshwater transport from the Arctic Ocean and its impacts on the Nordic Seas and subpolar overturning circulation. The position is part of the national Arctic Ocean 2050 program.

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Research Fellow in physical oceanography (295159) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in physical oceanography (295159), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Monday, March 16, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no

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A paper in Communications Earth & Environment suggests a significant but short-lived dust storm during the northern hemisphere summer of Mars Year 37 drove substantial vertical transport of water vapor into the upper atmosphere. go.nature.com/4bGudzQ 🔭 🧪
The Star Tribune’s reporting has linked the mass resignations from the office to recent directives from the DOJ, including its refusal to investigate the killing of Renee Good, columnist Jill Burcum writes.
Burcum: The Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office is melting down
The Star Tribune’s reporting has linked the mass resignations from the office to recent directives from the DOJ, including its refusal to investigate the killing of Renee Good, columnist Jill Burcum writes.
bit.ly

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Cold Weather Advisory issued February 8 at 12:55PM EST until February 9 at 10:00AM EST by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Additional Details Here.

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🕑 Geochronology (GChron)

Pleistocene benthic δ18O stacks & age models doi.org/10.5194/gchr...

⛅ Weather and Climate Dynamics (WCD)

Tropospheric response to asymmetric momentum torques doi.org/10.5194/wcd-...
Global and regional Pleistocene benthic δ18O stacks with a comparison of different age modeling strategies
Abstract. Constructing accurate age models for Pleistocene marine sediments is crucial for our understanding of glacial-interglacial cycles and other climatic processes. Benthic foraminiferal δ18O sta...
doi.org
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:

Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.

Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com

*too early
Surface ocean processes impact structure deep into the ocean interior. In our perspective paper, @maratimes.bsky.social, grad student Katarina Merk, and I discuss using physical perspectives to interpret subsurface biogeochemical distributions and why we as a community should care! 🌊
Physical controls on heterogeneous mesopelagic biogeochemistry
Communications Earth & Environment - A patchy distribution of biogeochemical properties in the ocean interior arises from the combined influence of biological and physical processes.
rdcu.be
📢 PhD in arctic paleoceanography at the University of Bergen. 🌊 ⚒️

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Research Fellow in Arctic paleoceanography  (295123) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Arctic paleoceanography  (295123), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, March 8, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files
The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
trib.al

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s picks for a key autism panel include members who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.” One doesn't know why she was chosen. www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
RFK Jr.’s Picks for a Key Autism Panel Include Advocates for Bizarre Theories
Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.”
www.wired.com

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What happens when a country succumbs to its darkest impulses?

In The Descent, journalist @marcbennetts1 reveals how propaganda reshaped modern Russia.

A gripping, essential read. Available to pre-order now.

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Emails sent by staff at the US embassy and the United Nations provide, for the first time, an inside look at how Kennedy’s 2019 trip to Samoa came about and include contemporaneous accounts suggesting his concerns about vaccine safety motivated the visit.
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
www.theguardian.com

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RFK Jr said during his Senate confirmation hearings that his trip to Samoa in 2019 ahead of a devastating measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines." Documents obtained by @us.theguardian.com and @apnews.com undermine that testimony. Details here, by me and @aliswenson.bsky.social ⬇️
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
www.theguardian.com

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“Palaeoverse, a grassroots organization that develops R packages for paleontology, has been awarded a Large Grant from the Software Sustainability Institute, via the Research Software Maintenance Fund”

#rstats

ropensci.org/blog/2026/02... 🧪

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As ever, I think doomerism is just an excuse for already having surrendered.

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This is such sad news.
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com

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Here's an interactive webpage to explore the new stacks: yz3062.github.io/htmls/BIGSTA...
Bokeh Plot
yz3062.github.io

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A suite of benthic δ18O stacks intended as updates to the LR04 has been published. We compiled new data, updated the chronology, and provided regional stacks. gchron.copernicus.org/articles/8/8...
Global and regional Pleistocene benthic δ18O stacks with a comparison of different age modeling strategies
Abstract. Constructing accurate age models for Pleistocene marine sediments is crucial for our understanding of glacial-interglacial cycles and other climatic processes. Benthic foraminiferal δ18O sta...
gchron.copernicus.org