dr. nick wagner (he/him)
@geophyswags.bsky.social
planetary geophysicist and geodesist | postdoc at Brown University | i make fake numbers match real numbers for a living
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agupubs is down, sirens in the distance
Cloudflare outage
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
agupubs is down, sirens in the distance
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whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
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🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
oh this is sick
Always found this visualization tool interesting to look at, especially for space weather
#aurora
earth.nullschool.net#current/spac...
#aurora
earth.nullschool.net#current/spac...
earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions
See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.
earth.nullschool.net
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
oh this is sick
god i love aurora bluesky (seems like there might be a pun there)
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
god i love aurora bluesky (seems like there might be a pun there)
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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 1:50 AM
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.
im not usually one to make 3D plots but hot damn i think i made my favorite figure ever (coming to a paper/AGU talk near you 🔜)
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
im not usually one to make 3D plots but hot damn i think i made my favorite figure ever (coming to a paper/AGU talk near you 🔜)
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![Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic7wdqg4w6qfevbqzzq4esd6237pojsnpwsrbb7gaxsxobqaiwazm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
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They're tearing Goddard apart for scraps and I'm supposed to write as many proposals as I can to scramble for a fraction of the money NASA has left? Depressing, degrading, and dehumanizing in a time when the future of planetary science can be measured in the number of people it leaves behind.
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
They're tearing Goddard apart for scraps and I'm supposed to write as many proposals as I can to scramble for a fraction of the money NASA has left? Depressing, degrading, and dehumanizing in a time when the future of planetary science can be measured in the number of people it leaves behind.
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
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I'm very excited to announce `usaspending-orm` a new Python library to ease access to data from the USASpending API.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm very excited to announce `usaspending-orm` a new Python library to ease access to data from the USASpending API.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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"65% of Americans say they “rarely” or “never” discuss global warming with family and friends'
#EndClimateSilence
Have a #climate conversation with the people around you.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
#EndClimateSilence
Have a #climate conversation with the people around you.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
October 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"65% of Americans say they “rarely” or “never” discuss global warming with family and friends'
#EndClimateSilence
Have a #climate conversation with the people around you.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
#EndClimateSilence
Have a #climate conversation with the people around you.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
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I fucking knew it.
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I fucking knew it.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Astronomers have discovered rings forming around a Centaur. For real: Chiron (a comet-asteroid hybrid orbiting beyond Saturn) has set of rings that seem to be changing by the year.
Regardless of what's happening on Earth, space continues to be amazing. 🧪🔭
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
Regardless of what's happening on Earth, space continues to be amazing. 🧪🔭
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Astronomers have discovered rings forming around a Centaur. For real: Chiron (a comet-asteroid hybrid orbiting beyond Saturn) has set of rings that seem to be changing by the year.
Regardless of what's happening on Earth, space continues to be amazing. 🧪🔭
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
Regardless of what's happening on Earth, space continues to be amazing. 🧪🔭
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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Mars on February 9 2025, imaged by the UAE’s Hope orbiter. In focus ate the large volcanos of the Tharsis Region, including Olympus Mons.
flic.kr/p/2rzpLEY
flic.kr/p/2rzpLEY
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Mars on February 9 2025, imaged by the UAE’s Hope orbiter. In focus ate the large volcanos of the Tharsis Region, including Olympus Mons.
flic.kr/p/2rzpLEY
flic.kr/p/2rzpLEY