Mary Engels
@mengels.bsky.social
Scientist, educator, adventurer, thinker (sometimes too much)…. my opinions are my own.
Useful advice!!
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Writing an Introduction is hard. There are a few ways Introductions often go astray - avoid these. "What your Introduction section isn't" -
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Useful advice!!
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a cancer nurse in a state I've never been to told messaged me and said that reading out Rice Truck aloud as it happened was the only day in her entire 14 year career on chemo ward that nobody cried and it's probably the best compliment I will ever get in my life
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
a cancer nurse in a state I've never been to told messaged me and said that reading out Rice Truck aloud as it happened was the only day in her entire 14 year career on chemo ward that nobody cried and it's probably the best compliment I will ever get in my life
Wonderful... Will have to explore a gift subscription with my kiddos!
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Wonderful... Will have to explore a gift subscription with my kiddos!
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Things I currently think you should be considering in your proposals. Although this thread will be NIH-centric, my guess is that some of this applies to NSF, etc. Much is synthesized from public information. Much of this is what we've advised all along, just with, um, more emphasis.
Here we go:
Here we go:
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Things I currently think you should be considering in your proposals. Although this thread will be NIH-centric, my guess is that some of this applies to NSF, etc. Much is synthesized from public information. Much of this is what we've advised all along, just with, um, more emphasis.
Here we go:
Here we go:
When the juicy bits are missing from Night Secrets by Kat Martin? Problematic page gap...
The sweater you’re knitting is supposed to be 10 stitches to an inch, but you’re only getting 7? Problematic gauge gap.
Angry person yelling at chill person who is responding by being calm, which makes the angry person even more mad? Problematic rage gap.
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
When the juicy bits are missing from Night Secrets by Kat Martin? Problematic page gap...
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Are you working with #OpenData to advance #freshwater #biogeochemistry? Consider submitting an abstract to share your science in our special session at #2026SFS!
Organized by Ashif H Abir, Wil Wollheim, me, & Kelly Aho @kellyaho.bsky.social. Abstracts due 16 Jan 2026. www.sfsannualmeeting.org 💧🌎🧪
Organized by Ashif H Abir, Wil Wollheim, me, & Kelly Aho @kellyaho.bsky.social. Abstracts due 16 Jan 2026. www.sfsannualmeeting.org 💧🌎🧪
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Are you working with #OpenData to advance #freshwater #biogeochemistry? Consider submitting an abstract to share your science in our special session at #2026SFS!
Organized by Ashif H Abir, Wil Wollheim, me, & Kelly Aho @kellyaho.bsky.social. Abstracts due 16 Jan 2026. www.sfsannualmeeting.org 💧🌎🧪
Organized by Ashif H Abir, Wil Wollheim, me, & Kelly Aho @kellyaho.bsky.social. Abstracts due 16 Jan 2026. www.sfsannualmeeting.org 💧🌎🧪
@geophysichick.bsky.social Look look! AC/DC and @seislologist.bsky.social are playing the game too!!
AC/DC played Melbourne again on Sunday night. There was a 12% higher peak in ground-pounding tunes compared to last Wednesday. The frequency "heat map" pattern was similar in timing and relative intensity, but slightly clearer this time. 🤘
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
@geophysichick.bsky.social Look look! AC/DC and @seislologist.bsky.social are playing the game too!!
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AC/DC played Melbourne again on Sunday night. There was a 12% higher peak in ground-pounding tunes compared to last Wednesday. The frequency "heat map" pattern was similar in timing and relative intensity, but slightly clearer this time. 🤘
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
AC/DC played Melbourne again on Sunday night. There was a 12% higher peak in ground-pounding tunes compared to last Wednesday. The frequency "heat map" pattern was similar in timing and relative intensity, but slightly clearer this time. 🤘
Wealth redistribution in action..
MacKenzie Scott makes more 'life-changing,' record-breaking gifts to historically Black colleges and universities—totaling more than $400 million | Fortune fortune.com/2025/11/13/m... #HBCU
MacKenzie Scott makes more 'life-changing,' record-breaking gifts to historically Black colleges and universities—totaling more than $400 million | Fortune
These donations come on the heels of other major donations from Scott to HBCUs this fall.
fortune.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Wealth redistribution in action..
No one is all one thing or another, but no one should lose their life to inaction and indecision. Governor Stott should make a call one way or another and stand by those decisions.
NOTE: Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Tremane Wood on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 13).
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended clemency on a 3-2 vote, but Gov. Kevin Stitt has not acted on it.
The U.S. Supreme Court also has not yet acted on Wood's stay of execution request.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended clemency on a 3-2 vote, but Gov. Kevin Stitt has not acted on it.
The U.S. Supreme Court also has not yet acted on Wood's stay of execution request.
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
No one is all one thing or another, but no one should lose their life to inaction and indecision. Governor Stott should make a call one way or another and stand by those decisions.
For my weather nerd and sailing friends out there. Very cool weather reconstruction..
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
For my weather nerd and sailing friends out there. Very cool weather reconstruction..
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
Very fun! Add to the citizen science methods file..
via Adrian Bass and others.
This looks very handy!
Cup of Carbon: smartphone-based analysis of dissolved organic carbon in water for use in citizen science
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
This looks very handy!
Cup of Carbon: smartphone-based analysis of dissolved organic carbon in water for use in citizen science
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Cup of Carbon: smartphone-based analysis of dissolved organic carbon in water for use in citizen science
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is an important component of the global carbon cycle which influences water properties such as colour and acidity. Standard methods for quantification of DOC use instrum...
pubs.rsc.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Very fun! Add to the citizen science methods file..
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Podcast on Can seawater desalination be a win-win fix to our water cycle? youtu.be/gJ1LeMd6s5o for this article from 2020 doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...
@lut.fi
@lut.fi
Can seawater desalination be a win-win fix to our water cycle?
YouTube video by Christian Breyer
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Podcast on Can seawater desalination be a win-win fix to our water cycle? youtu.be/gJ1LeMd6s5o for this article from 2020 doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...
@lut.fi
@lut.fi
Nuanced read of the court dynamics at play around SNAP benefits...
Respectfully, you may misread Justice Jackson's strategic play, explained by @georgetownlaw.bsky.social prof @stevevladeck.bsky.social: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Nuanced read of the court dynamics at play around SNAP benefits...
This! Get your vaccines everyone!
Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This! Get your vaccines everyone!
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Always remember. 👇
There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Always remember. 👇
Yeah! This is why funding basic research is so important...
Scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic while studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug. The compound — called premethylenomycin C lactone — is more than 100 times more active against bacteria than the final product.
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yeah! This is why funding basic research is so important...
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As pressures on democracy and our infosphere continue to grow, the role of scientists is increasingly politicised and at risk.
@egu.eu's webinar on 13 November, featuring @lewan.bsky.social, offers an overview of how scientists can respond and safeguard their work.
www.egu.eu/webinars/646...
@egu.eu's webinar on 13 November, featuring @lewan.bsky.social, offers an overview of how scientists can respond and safeguard their work.
www.egu.eu/webinars/646...
How scientists can respond to autocratisation
<p>We live in an era of democratic backsliding and autocratisation, in which science is increasingly under politically-motivated attack. This webinar will provide an overview of how scientists can res...
www.egu.eu
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
As pressures on democracy and our infosphere continue to grow, the role of scientists is increasingly politicised and at risk.
@egu.eu's webinar on 13 November, featuring @lewan.bsky.social, offers an overview of how scientists can respond and safeguard their work.
www.egu.eu/webinars/646...
@egu.eu's webinar on 13 November, featuring @lewan.bsky.social, offers an overview of how scientists can respond and safeguard their work.
www.egu.eu/webinars/646...
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You should recommend this to all your normie, slightly disconnected friends and family. It's short, compelling, and clearly stated.
I believe that Trump is ready to bring the full weight of the government against Americans he perceives as enemies. Why? Because he has one goal: making sure he and his ilk never have to give up power.
Watch my speech on President Trump's authoritarian playbook.
youtu.be/fnUO0Plcpbo
Watch my speech on President Trump's authoritarian playbook.
youtu.be/fnUO0Plcpbo
Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
You should recommend this to all your normie, slightly disconnected friends and family. It's short, compelling, and clearly stated.
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Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:
Crazy read about how those with power can and do destroy people to deflect from their own issues. Brutal...
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Crazy read about how those with power can and do destroy people to deflect from their own issues. Brutal...
Loving the energy in the Villages of Oak Creek, AZ! So happy to be out celebrate No Kings!!!
October 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Loving the energy in the Villages of Oak Creek, AZ! So happy to be out celebrate No Kings!!!
I love this! So great when social movements come together for good..
They already stopped this campaign, yet there are knock offs everywhere
Monterey Bay is leaving money on the table
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Monterey Bay is leaving money on the table
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Taylor Swift's Vintage Otter Shirt Leads to Swifties Donating Over $2 Million to Monterey Bay Aquarium
A Monterey Bay Aquarium shirt Taylor Swift wore in her 'Life of a Showgirl' film has led to a fundraising campaign that's raised over $2 million.
www.rollingstone.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I love this! So great when social movements come together for good..