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Jonathan Lilly
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Oceanographer at the Planetary Science Institute
The figure shows the circulation in one of my favorite places, the Gulf of Mexico

www.psi.edu | www.jmlilly.net | https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=os-j4rIAAAAJ

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"You’re punching a generation-size hole, maybe a multigenerational hole, in the scientific and technical workforce. You don’t just Cryovac these people and pull them out when the money comes back. People are going to move on.”

www.scientificamerican.com/article/prop...
This Budget Plan Would Devastate U.S. Space Science
Scientists are rallying to reverse ruinous proposed cuts to both NASA and the National Science Foundation
www.scientificamerican.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Hi friends - In the face of unprecedented cuts to the basic research science funding, climate scientists are staging an 100-hour live stream of why science matters. There will be many talks on all sorts of things (I'm Saturday at 12:30 PT). Please share widely! wcstreamathon.netlify.app. 🌊🧪
The Weather & Climate Livestream
Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.
wcstreamathon.netlify.app
May 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
All the details on all the foreign funding opportunities for US researchers that have been announced to date

jmlilly.net/blog/2025/05...
Foreign opportunities for US researchers
As the Trump administration continues to slash funding for research, many of us are considering our options elsewhere. A number of initiatives have been announced by other countries to attract researc...
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May 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Here’s how Trump’s war on science is going. NSF funding is at the lowest level in decades. We’ll lose knowledge, generations of scientists, and US competitiveness.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hi everyone,

As you know, there are now many initiatives being offered by other countries to support US researchers whose funding has been pulled or threatened.

Here is my attempt to gather the relevant information about all of these efforts in one place. Please share.

jmlilly.net/blog/2025/05...
Foreign opportunities for US researchers
As the Trump administration continues to slash funding for research, many of us are considering our options elsewhere. A number of initiatives have been announced by other countries to attract researc...
jmlilly.net
May 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Anybody want to go to Norway? (The answer is yes, you do, it's a wonderful country.)

By my count this makes three countries—France, Australia, and Norway—all investing in programs to attract to researchers that the US doesn't want. That's brain drain y'all.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities
Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A big thanks to @eleanorfrajka.bsky.social at the University of Hamburg for the invitation to teach time analysis.

I had a great time spending two weeks working with these ~40 participants from all over Europe and beyond. The resources are open and can be found here: jmlilly.net/course/index....
April 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 The Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute at @ucdavis.bsky.social is searching for a Professor and Director to join us in advancing the mission of CMSI.

View the position description and apply by the next review date, April 27th, here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07044
March 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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So, speaking of Universities caving to government demands and people bringing up loyalty oaths, here's a story that involves a well known oceanographer.

In 1935 Massachusetts enacted a law that required teachers in public and private schools to take a loyalty oath to teach in the state 1/n

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March 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Shameful for Columbia. Who will want to go there now?
aaup.org AAUP @aaup.org · Mar 22
Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.

The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Rare opportunity.... a permanent observational oceanography position on offer at GEOMAR, one of the world's leading oceanographic centers

www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
Scientist (m/f/d) in Observational Physical Oceanography
www.geomar.de
March 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Leadership from UC Berkeley.

"...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.

By @arthurallen202.bsky.social

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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🚨We are hiring🚨ECR with a PhD within 7 years? Tenure track position (akin to Assistant Prof) in Earth and Env Data Science at U of Gothenburg, Sweden. Expertise in remote sensing and machine learning. Work on climate change, Earth systems, biodiversity, #EO, #UAV Deadline May 10 tinyurl.com/58ft38du
Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science
Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science At the Department of Earth Sciences, we
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March 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Columbia University’s immediate submission & betrayal of the core mission of higher education reflects cowardice and capitulation to a government that appears intent on destroying US higher education.

Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson:

www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...
Cowardice and Capitulation: Columbia Has Sacrificed Its Own Students to Authoritarianism
The AAUP condemns in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government. Columbia University’s decision to punish students ...
www.aaup.org
March 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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🚨**Job advert** 🚨 We are hiring a seagoing technician in Hamburg! Interested in going to sea, handling instrumentation (ship-based, moored, glider) and logistics of research-travel to remote places? See the advert - contact me with any questions. Deadline 4 April.
eleanorfrajka.com/post/2025-03...
March 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
You're kidding, right Nature?
"What if there were a more efficient way to review a paper — without jeopardizing the quality and integrity of the process?"

THERE ISN'T.

AI-written peer reviews are totally unacceptable. If this became the norm, I'd give up on publishing in peer-reviewed journals.

#academicsky #psychscisky
Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review
Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Anybody want to go to France?

A new program called "safe place for science" will fund 15 researchers for 3 years. If only they had room for 150,000!

And yes of course it's tragic that we are seeing the end of America's long scientific—and, eventually, techinical—dominance, all for no good reason.
March 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I have written a short statement responding to mass firings today of #NOAA / National Weather Service (#NWS) staff (which were concentrated among recent hires as well as highly experienced staff who had recently been promoted). Please see below screenshot & below for full text.
February 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I don't think people really get how these employee purges are just going to break the culture of public organizations for a very long time.
February 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Dear NSF scientists and staff:

If you're looking to talk to a journalist about what's going on at the agency, please reach out (from a non-governmental phone/computer) via signal @jonlambert.12
February 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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February 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM