Daniel J. Vecellio
@sciencedjv.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. I research climate and human health interactions with a focus on extreme heat. Penn State Forever.
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Latest paper led by @mjallen176.bsky.social examining long-term rates of heat-related illness in VA ZIP codes with and without cooling center access.
One line summary: We can't just open a cooling center up and say we've done our job.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
One line summary: We can't just open a cooling center up and say we've done our job.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Our team's latest work on heat stress limits, reviewing the word we have done with elderly subjects and placing them within a larger climate context, now out in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social. www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
Age and livability in a hotter climate
Men and women over the age of 65 years comprise the most vulnerable population to
increasing heat events associated with climate change. One measure of risk involves
the physiological determination of...
www.thelancet.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Our team's latest work on heat stress limits, reviewing the word we have done with elderly subjects and placing them within a larger climate context, now out in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social. www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
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📈🚨NEW: Extreme heat events are increasingly threatening to become mass mortality events. In @natclimate.nature.com today, we project tens of thousands of deaths in a single week across Europe if extreme heat domes coincide with rising global temperatures.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Increasing risk of mass human heat mortality if historical weather patterns recur - Nature Climate Change
The authors couple calculations of historical heatwave intensity at present and future global temperatures with exposure–response functions to quantify mortality from extreme heat events in Europe. Th...
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📈🚨NEW: Extreme heat events are increasingly threatening to become mass mortality events. In @natclimate.nature.com today, we project tens of thousands of deaths in a single week across Europe if extreme heat domes coincide with rising global temperatures.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our team's latest work on heat stress limits, reviewing the word we have done with elderly subjects and placing them within a larger climate context, now out in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social. www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
Age and livability in a hotter climate
Men and women over the age of 65 years comprise the most vulnerable population to
increasing heat events associated with climate change. One measure of risk involves
the physiological determination of...
www.thelancet.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Our team's latest work on heat stress limits, reviewing the word we have done with elderly subjects and placing them within a larger climate context, now out in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social. www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
Reposted by Daniel J. Vecellio
Excessive heat and more frequent medical incidents in Southern college football stadiums could be a warning sign for universities across the country.
Scorching Saturdays: The Rising Heat Threat Inside Football Stadiums - Inside Climate News
Excessive heat and more frequent medical incidents in Southern college football stadiums could be a warning sign for universities across the country.
insideclimatenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Excessive heat and more frequent medical incidents in Southern college football stadiums could be a warning sign for universities across the country.
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📢 Explore the latest country data on health and climate change, based on the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown.
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#LancetClimate25
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#LancetClimate25
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
📢 Explore the latest country data on health and climate change, based on the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown.
🔗 Available here: buff.ly/qnzUz7D
#LancetClimate25
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#LancetClimate25
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"When her professor emailed her feedback on an AI-written paper, she refused to open it. She still hasn’t. “It’s wasting his time because he’s editing a fucking machine,” Gwen said. “Whatever he has to say is meaningless to me anyway, because it’s not my writing.”"
New feature article from TNJ (nation's best student magazine): Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"When her professor emailed her feedback on an AI-written paper, she refused to open it. She still hasn’t. “It’s wasting his time because he’s editing a fucking machine,” Gwen said. “Whatever he has to say is meaningless to me anyway, because it’s not my writing.”"
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Love this dude. Happy for him.
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Love this dude. Happy for him.
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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For the record: this would pretty much ends American field work in the geosciences in China.
That includes:
-the world's largest plateau
-the world's best ice age land sedimentary archive
-number of major fault systems
That includes:
-the world's largest plateau
-the world's best ice age land sedimentary archive
-number of major fault systems
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
For the record: this would pretty much ends American field work in the geosciences in China.
That includes:
-the world's largest plateau
-the world's best ice age land sedimentary archive
-number of major fault systems
That includes:
-the world's largest plateau
-the world's best ice age land sedimentary archive
-number of major fault systems
And people wonder why I just kinda shrug my shoulders and say “yeah I went there” and don’t talk exuberantly about my time at A&M.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
And people wonder why I just kinda shrug my shoulders and say “yeah I went there” and don’t talk exuberantly about my time at A&M.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Disappointed in my home state. Shapiro’s apparent withdrawal from the RGGI should be disqualifying to any future presidential run he is undoubtedly going to embark on in the future.
OPINION: "After four months of haggling, the General Assembly passed a $50.1 billion budget. Ultimately, the logjam was broken by a pledge to end the state’s participation in an effort to stem greenhouse gases." — The Inquirer Editorial Board
Harrisburg finally passes a state budget, but it comes at a steep cost for Pa.’s antipollution efforts | Editorial
After four months of haggling, the General Assembly passed a $50.1 billion budget. Ultimately, the logjam was broken by a pledge to end the state's participation in an effort to stem greenhouse gases.
www.inquirer.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Disappointed in my home state. Shapiro’s apparent withdrawal from the RGGI should be disqualifying to any future presidential run he is undoubtedly going to embark on in the future.
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Another sneak peek into the Virginia Climate Assessment 👀 Coming soon!
November 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Another sneak peek into the Virginia Climate Assessment 👀 Coming soon!
And if you are a scientist, you better come with some sort of data-driven result which disputes the previous claim.
If you are also a scientist, sure. If you aren't, like these guys, you should probably shut the fuck up and let the people whose opinions matter talk.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
And if you are a scientist, you better come with some sort of data-driven result which disputes the previous claim.
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Welp, Tuesday night's hope dried up real quick.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Welp, Tuesday night's hope dried up real quick.
Welcome to the “hey, that’s not the way my foot is supposed to be pointing, something must be wrong with my ankle” club, Cam Skattebo.
Long time, no talk. Two and a half weeks of a broken ankle down. Still better than the last three weeks of Penn State football.
October 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Welcome to the “hey, that’s not the way my foot is supposed to be pointing, something must be wrong with my ankle” club, Cam Skattebo.
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"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
It’s Fall Break so obviously I’ll just work at home!
Monty: It’s finally getting cold and I have other ideas.
Monty: It’s finally getting cold and I have other ideas.
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It’s Fall Break so obviously I’ll just work at home!
Monty: It’s finally getting cold and I have other ideas.
Monty: It’s finally getting cold and I have other ideas.
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Amazing that this iconic instrumental has been burned into my brain for 35 years and yet I will never again hear it without hearing Tim Robinson's lyrics.
IT'S BACK!!!
John Tesh performs "Roundball Rock" live on TV 🥹
John Tesh performs "Roundball Rock" live on TV 🥹
October 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Amazing that this iconic instrumental has been burned into my brain for 35 years and yet I will never again hear it without hearing Tim Robinson's lyrics.
Long time, no talk. Two and a half weeks of a broken ankle down. Still better than the last three weeks of Penn State football.
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Long time, no talk. Two and a half weeks of a broken ankle down. Still better than the last three weeks of Penn State football.
Welcome back, sir.
Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt https://theonion.com/mr-autumn-man-walking-down-street-with-cup-of-coffee-1819574012/
October 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Welcome back, sir.
[professor voice] That's an F.
October 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
[professor voice] That's an F.
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"Hey, Forrest. Every year, I sit down to watch a season of Penn State football, but it doesn't say not to watch the games against top-10 opponents. But here's the thing. I'm a sucker. Do they expect me to watch top-10 losses year after year? What is that like?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uloT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uloT...
Review - Eating 15 Pancakes
YouTube video by Comedy Central
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September 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
"Hey, Forrest. Every year, I sit down to watch a season of Penn State football, but it doesn't say not to watch the games against top-10 opponents. But here's the thing. I'm a sucker. Do they expect me to watch top-10 losses year after year? What is that like?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uloT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uloT...