Sophie Terian (she/her)
@sophie-terian.bsky.social
Water Resource Engineering PhD student • University of Kansas
Wetland river networks • Biogeochemistry • Environmental Justice • Machine Learning
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” - The Lorax
Wetland river networks • Biogeochemistry • Environmental Justice • Machine Learning
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” - The Lorax
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This is really interesting (and important!) on comparing NSF funding in the first month of a new administration.
Here's four insights from this graph:
1. The slowness in making new NSF awards for 2025 is highly unusual, even compared to when Trump took office in 2017.
And that's...
Here's four insights from this graph:
1. The slowness in making new NSF awards for 2025 is highly unusual, even compared to when Trump took office in 2017.
And that's...
Here is the corresponding data for NSF with some key events marked...Remarkably consistent with the NIH data.
February 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is really interesting (and important!) on comparing NSF funding in the first month of a new administration.
Here's four insights from this graph:
1. The slowness in making new NSF awards for 2025 is highly unusual, even compared to when Trump took office in 2017.
And that's...
Here's four insights from this graph:
1. The slowness in making new NSF awards for 2025 is highly unusual, even compared to when Trump took office in 2017.
And that's...
Reposted by Sophie Terian (she/her)
Yesterday was the darkest day of my professional life so far. Many of NSF’s best and brightest people fired indiscriminately. The terms of their firing cruel. My colleagues matter, they are valued and they make a difference. I have no words. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce
NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.
www.npr.org
February 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Yesterday was the darkest day of my professional life so far. Many of NSF’s best and brightest people fired indiscriminately. The terms of their firing cruel. My colleagues matter, they are valued and they make a difference. I have no words. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
A truly fire human if you ask me 🔥♥️
January 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A truly fire human if you ask me 🔥♥️
What a baby ❤️
January 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
What a baby ❤️
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"Hope is not blind optimism, but a grounded belief in our ability to persevere. By focusing on what we can control and reframing challenges as opportunities, we cultivate both resilience + clarity."
Every Wed the mindfulness coach on our team sends us helpful quotes; this one, based on the Stoics.
Every Wed the mindfulness coach on our team sends us helpful quotes; this one, based on the Stoics.
January 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Hope is not blind optimism, but a grounded belief in our ability to persevere. By focusing on what we can control and reframing challenges as opportunities, we cultivate both resilience + clarity."
Every Wed the mindfulness coach on our team sends us helpful quotes; this one, based on the Stoics.
Every Wed the mindfulness coach on our team sends us helpful quotes; this one, based on the Stoics.
Reposted by Sophie Terian (she/her)
This was horrifying to read. Yes, it's boilerplate language that they made all the agency heads use, but this whole "turn in your coworkers trying hard to circumvent racism and ablism" vibe is pretty scary on day 2.5 or so.
Here's an e-mail that just went out to NASA agency wide. 🔭
January 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This was horrifying to read. Yes, it's boilerplate language that they made all the agency heads use, but this whole "turn in your coworkers trying hard to circumvent racism and ablism" vibe is pretty scary on day 2.5 or so.
Reposted by Sophie Terian (she/her)
the last-day-of-AGU paradox: Simultaneously exhausted but also energized to go home and do new science
December 13, 2024 at 10:21 PM
the last-day-of-AGU paradox: Simultaneously exhausted but also energized to go home and do new science
First AGU experience! ✅ I am so thankful for the experts who have worked tirelessly to understand our world and protect human and environmental health. It was amazing to see so many scientists in one place and receive feedback on my research. I am currently fully saturated with new information!
December 13, 2024 at 11:46 PM
First AGU experience! ✅ I am so thankful for the experts who have worked tirelessly to understand our world and protect human and environmental health. It was amazing to see so many scientists in one place and receive feedback on my research. I am currently fully saturated with new information!