Dani Jones
@danijones.bsky.social
Marine research scientist 🌊 • they/them 🏳️⚧️ • parent • polyam partner • bass guitar amateur • views mine, but you can borrow them • here to hang w/nerds
I’ve been thinking lately about what it means to stay open-hearted in a world that makes it so hard.
Toughen Up. Open Your Heart.
A reflection on love, fear, and what it really means to be strong in a time of cruelty.
medium.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I’ve been thinking lately about what it means to stay open-hearted in a world that makes it so hard.
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What makes a country great in the 21st century is science, and it’s really insane to purposefully destroy its science enterprise.
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
July 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
What makes a country great in the 21st century is science, and it’s really insane to purposefully destroy its science enterprise.
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🖋️ “Reject overbroad IODA obscenity act, protect free speech and LGBTQ+ rights” hit 100 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PQPNNP to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PQPNNP to 50409
Reject overbroad IODA obscenity act, protect free speech and LGBTQ+ rights
Text SIGN PQPNNP to 50409 — The Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA) from Senator Mike Lee represents a severe threat to free speech and LGBTQ+ rights in the United States. By redefining obscenity in an overly broad manner, this legislation could criminalize any depiction or discussion of sexual activity, undermining artistic expression and access to vital information about sexuality and gender.
Furthermore, the IODA aligns disturbingly with the discriminatory goals outlined in the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 policy blueprint, which explicitly seeks to outlaw "the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology" under the guise of combating pornography. Enabling such blatant transphobia through legislation is utterly unacceptable. This misguided bill poses a grave danger to the LGBTQ+ community as well as anyone seeking to engage in legal free expression regarding human sexuality.
Congress must firmly reject the IODA and any effort to enshrine bigotry into law under false pretenses. Protecting marginalized groups and upholding fundamental rights must take precedence over the discriminatory agenda fueling this damaging proposal.
resist.bot
July 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🖋️ “Reject overbroad IODA obscenity act, protect free speech and LGBTQ+ rights” hit 100 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PQPNNP to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PQPNNP to 50409
Horrible legislation. Dangerous. Evil.
July 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Horrible legislation. Dangerous. Evil.
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For a bit of context w.r.t. the Texas floods, the intensity of rainfall in this region has likely already increased in the 21st Century and will likely continue to do so:
July 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
For a bit of context w.r.t. the Texas floods, the intensity of rainfall in this region has likely already increased in the 21st Century and will likely continue to do so:
US folks - please help protect trans healthcare access. Text SIGN PCCOMC to 50409 and letters will be sent to your representatives.
🏳️⚧️ ❤️ 🙏
🏳️⚧️ ❤️ 🙏
May 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
US folks - please help protect trans healthcare access. Text SIGN PCCOMC to 50409 and letters will be sent to your representatives.
🏳️⚧️ ❤️ 🙏
🏳️⚧️ ❤️ 🙏
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Have you ever looked at a weather map online? Or seen a nice visualization of weather forecast model output? If so, NSF Unidata almost certainly made that possible in one way or another.
Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.
Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.
Due to the current gap in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program is pausing most operations effective 12 May 2025. Nearly all staff will be furloughed until funds from our existing NSF grant become available. For more information, see buff.ly/d2TC1Oy
NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations
NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations
www.unidata.ucar.edu
May 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Have you ever looked at a weather map online? Or seen a nice visualization of weather forecast model output? If so, NSF Unidata almost certainly made that possible in one way or another.
Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.
Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.
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Heartbreaking. The work of thousands of lifetimes, smashed to bits in months
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Heartbreaking. The work of thousands of lifetimes, smashed to bits in months
It’s true - our ability to protect the drinking water supply from the Great Lakes has been severely compromised.
Trump/DOGE randomly fired people who helped keep the drinking water safe. They slowed our funding to a trickle, harming our ability to deploy buoys for water quality.
Trump/DOGE randomly fired people who helped keep the drinking water safe. They slowed our funding to a trickle, harming our ability to deploy buoys for water quality.
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It’s true - our ability to protect the drinking water supply from the Great Lakes has been severely compromised.
Trump/DOGE randomly fired people who helped keep the drinking water safe. They slowed our funding to a trickle, harming our ability to deploy buoys for water quality.
Trump/DOGE randomly fired people who helped keep the drinking water safe. They slowed our funding to a trickle, harming our ability to deploy buoys for water quality.
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As summer in the Northern Hemisphere approaches, it is important to keep in mind how temperatures are changing 🌡️
Shifting distribution to the right ➡️ increasing societal risks from extreme heat
The driver? Humans... The burning of fossil fuels
Visualization created by NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
Shifting distribution to the right ➡️ increasing societal risks from extreme heat
The driver? Humans... The burning of fossil fuels
Visualization created by NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
April 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
As summer in the Northern Hemisphere approaches, it is important to keep in mind how temperatures are changing 🌡️
Shifting distribution to the right ➡️ increasing societal risks from extreme heat
The driver? Humans... The burning of fossil fuels
Visualization created by NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
Shifting distribution to the right ➡️ increasing societal risks from extreme heat
The driver? Humans... The burning of fossil fuels
Visualization created by NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
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Now would be a really good time for cis allies to start wearing trans pride badges and make it even more impossible for the toilet police to determine who is and isn’t trans
April 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Now would be a really good time for cis allies to start wearing trans pride badges and make it even more impossible for the toilet police to determine who is and isn’t trans
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2025 Antarctic-related Fellowships for early-career researchers
SCAR will offer in total four to five fellowships of up to USD $15,000 each for 2025.
The deadline for the applications is 31 July 2025.
scar.org/scar-news/20...
Apply for the fellowship here: scar.org/awards/fello...
SCAR will offer in total four to five fellowships of up to USD $15,000 each for 2025.
The deadline for the applications is 31 July 2025.
scar.org/scar-news/20...
Apply for the fellowship here: scar.org/awards/fello...
SCAR launches 2025 Fellowship Scheme | SCAR
scar.org
April 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
2025 Antarctic-related Fellowships for early-career researchers
SCAR will offer in total four to five fellowships of up to USD $15,000 each for 2025.
The deadline for the applications is 31 July 2025.
scar.org/scar-news/20...
Apply for the fellowship here: scar.org/awards/fello...
SCAR will offer in total four to five fellowships of up to USD $15,000 each for 2025.
The deadline for the applications is 31 July 2025.
scar.org/scar-news/20...
Apply for the fellowship here: scar.org/awards/fello...
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Introducing the "tree ring plot": a new way to visualize global surface temperatures. Each ring is a year, and each colored cell represents a day in global average temperatures (compared to a 1850-1900 preindustrial baseline).
April 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Introducing the "tree ring plot": a new way to visualize global surface temperatures. Each ring is a year, and each colored cell represents a day in global average temperatures (compared to a 1850-1900 preindustrial baseline).
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Remember: NOAA is not its social media accounts. Do not let the takeover of NOAA communications take away your support of the real NOAA and the very real scientists behind it. The administration would want nothing more than for us to stop supporting our science agencies 🧪
April 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Remember: NOAA is not its social media accounts. Do not let the takeover of NOAA communications take away your support of the real NOAA and the very real scientists behind it. The administration would want nothing more than for us to stop supporting our science agencies 🧪
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Happy #WorldPenguinDay!!
To help celebrate, here is a picture of two Adelie penguins, which I took at the @bas.ac.uk Rothera Research Station a few years ago. I liked the yellow-tinge of sunset in the background.
Enjoy 🐧 !!
🧪❄️🥼🌊🐧
To help celebrate, here is a picture of two Adelie penguins, which I took at the @bas.ac.uk Rothera Research Station a few years ago. I liked the yellow-tinge of sunset in the background.
Enjoy 🐧 !!
🧪❄️🥼🌊🐧
April 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Happy #WorldPenguinDay!!
To help celebrate, here is a picture of two Adelie penguins, which I took at the @bas.ac.uk Rothera Research Station a few years ago. I liked the yellow-tinge of sunset in the background.
Enjoy 🐧 !!
🧪❄️🥼🌊🐧
To help celebrate, here is a picture of two Adelie penguins, which I took at the @bas.ac.uk Rothera Research Station a few years ago. I liked the yellow-tinge of sunset in the background.
Enjoy 🐧 !!
🧪❄️🥼🌊🐧
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Some workers at NOAA who were fired in February, rehired in March and then fired for a second time in April, say the agency has missed some salary payments during that period, and failed to have their health insurance plans restored or provide basic paperwork.
NOAA workers report 'intentional chaos' during personnel cuts
Some of the former government employees who were fired, rehired and fired again said they're owed pay and their health plans have been frozen.
nbcnews.to
April 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Some workers at NOAA who were fired in February, rehired in March and then fired for a second time in April, say the agency has missed some salary payments during that period, and failed to have their health insurance plans restored or provide basic paperwork.
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Check out our latest paper, in @naturegeosci.bsky.social - led by the awesome Tasha Lucas...! New insights from autonomous robots into how megabergs impact the ocean and the life within it...
@bas.ac.uk 🧪🌊🥼❄️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/u...
@bas.ac.uk 🧪🌊🥼❄️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/u...
Underwater robotic gliders provide new insights into the impact of a melting megaberg - British Antarctic Survey
Scientists have collected measurements close to a giant iceberg, giving a window into the impact of meltwater on the surrounding Southern Ocean.
www.bas.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Check out our latest paper, in @naturegeosci.bsky.social - led by the awesome Tasha Lucas...! New insights from autonomous robots into how megabergs impact the ocean and the life within it...
@bas.ac.uk 🧪🌊🥼❄️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/u...
@bas.ac.uk 🧪🌊🥼❄️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/u...
Today is trans day of visibility 🏳️⚧️
Check out this fundraising livestream:
www.youtube.com/live/NUF6Atv...
Check out this fundraising livestream:
www.youtube.com/live/NUF6Atv...
Stream-A-Thon for Trans Healthcare 2025
YouTube video by Mercury Stardust
www.youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today is trans day of visibility 🏳️⚧️
Check out this fundraising livestream:
www.youtube.com/live/NUF6Atv...
Check out this fundraising livestream:
www.youtube.com/live/NUF6Atv...
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🔬Science must remain free from political interference.
As Editors-in-Chief of AGU Publications, we reaffirm our commitment to rigorous, independent, and inclusive Earth and space science research. A diverse scientific community strengthens discovery and solutions for society.
As Editors-in-Chief of AGU Publications, we reaffirm our commitment to rigorous, independent, and inclusive Earth and space science research. A diverse scientific community strengthens discovery and solutions for society.
March 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🔬Science must remain free from political interference.
As Editors-in-Chief of AGU Publications, we reaffirm our commitment to rigorous, independent, and inclusive Earth and space science research. A diverse scientific community strengthens discovery and solutions for society.
As Editors-in-Chief of AGU Publications, we reaffirm our commitment to rigorous, independent, and inclusive Earth and space science research. A diverse scientific community strengthens discovery and solutions for society.
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Looking for a climate postdoc position?
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Senior Research Associate (RA2300) in University of East Anglia | UEA
View details and apply for this Senior Research Associate (RA2300) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science
School of Environmental Sciences and the National Centre for Atmospheric...
vacancies.uea.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Looking for a climate postdoc position?
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Just submitted my first big NSF proposal! 🥳
(I have mostly submitted proposals in the UK up to this point - UKRI, NERC)
(And yes, it’s a strange moment to have submitted an NSF proposal…trying to focus on the process and not the outcome)
Anyway, I hope we get to do the work🤞
(I have mostly submitted proposals in the UK up to this point - UKRI, NERC)
(And yes, it’s a strange moment to have submitted an NSF proposal…trying to focus on the process and not the outcome)
Anyway, I hope we get to do the work🤞
March 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Just submitted my first big NSF proposal! 🥳
(I have mostly submitted proposals in the UK up to this point - UKRI, NERC)
(And yes, it’s a strange moment to have submitted an NSF proposal…trying to focus on the process and not the outcome)
Anyway, I hope we get to do the work🤞
(I have mostly submitted proposals in the UK up to this point - UKRI, NERC)
(And yes, it’s a strange moment to have submitted an NSF proposal…trying to focus on the process and not the outcome)
Anyway, I hope we get to do the work🤞
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NWS just announced a major reduction in upper-air (weather balloon) observations due to staffing shortages.
Omaha and Rapid City losing balloon launches altogether, with launches cut in half at 6 other sites.
Losing this many launches could affect severe weather forecasting and computer models.
Omaha and Rapid City losing balloon launches altogether, with launches cut in half at 6 other sites.
Losing this many launches could affect severe weather forecasting and computer models.
March 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NWS just announced a major reduction in upper-air (weather balloon) observations due to staffing shortages.
Omaha and Rapid City losing balloon launches altogether, with launches cut in half at 6 other sites.
Losing this many launches could affect severe weather forecasting and computer models.
Omaha and Rapid City losing balloon launches altogether, with launches cut in half at 6 other sites.
Losing this many launches could affect severe weather forecasting and computer models.
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Rare opportunity.... a permanent observational oceanography position on offer at GEOMAR, one of the world's leading oceanographic centers
www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
Scientist (m/f/d) in Observational Physical Oceanography
www.geomar.de
March 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Rare opportunity.... a permanent observational oceanography position on offer at GEOMAR, one of the world's leading oceanographic centers
www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
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The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
March 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...