Jill Sandtorf-McDonald, Ph.D.
@mcalphacyg.bsky.social
Planetary Science Ph.D., first gen doctorate. I like ice and impacts and brines and spectroscopy.
I survived my first field work in 90 degree Oklahoma humidity, helping collect samples from Zodletone Mountain.
June 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I survived my first field work in 90 degree Oklahoma humidity, helping collect samples from Zodletone Mountain.
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Now do NSF and NASA
BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.
This is a major win for public health.
This is a major win for public health.
June 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Now do NSF and NASA
Wrapping up another chapter to send to my advisor while watching the world burn. I'm going to be a PhD in a scientific hellscape.
June 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Wrapping up another chapter to send to my advisor while watching the world burn. I'm going to be a PhD in a scientific hellscape.
Add to this the frequency of bursting into tears when an acquaintance asks how the PhD is going.
I would love to see a study of the frequency of curse word use by scientists as a function of time on here over the last idk like 6 months.
April 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Add to this the frequency of bursting into tears when an acquaintance asks how the PhD is going.
Reposted by Jill Sandtorf-McDonald, Ph.D.
Re: bird flu vs price fixing. Retail egg prices have ~doubled in the last 6 months, and there's no possible way that's just from bird flu messing with supply.
Let's walk through the math!
Let's walk through the math!
But to what degree does that apply now? Something like a quarter of all layer culls from the entire outbreak have happened in the past few months
February 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Re: bird flu vs price fixing. Retail egg prices have ~doubled in the last 6 months, and there's no possible way that's just from bird flu messing with supply.
Let's walk through the math!
Let's walk through the math!