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Gavin Schmidt

@climateofgavin.bsky.social

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Climate scientist, juggler. Bikes etc. Blogging at https://www.realclimate.org - data visualization, explainers, and debunking.

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Gavin A. Schmidt is a British climatologist, climate modeler and Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, and co-founder of the climate science blog RealClimate. .. more

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Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Daniel W. Drezner, David R. Miller , and 1 more Gavin A. Schmidt, Daniel W. Drezner, David R. Miller, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 11h

kidnapping

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 11h

See more job postings from ICE, courtesy of New Yorker Humor: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/ice-job-postings

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 13h

actually, fixing your employer's spreadsheets because the AI they got to fill them in has a 43% error rate.

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Reposted by Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt, Zen Faulkes

Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 13h

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Tom Clark, Rebecca Tushnet , and 5 more Gavin A. Schmidt, Tom Clark, Rebecca Tushnet, Michael Jones‐Correa, Ann Bartow, Andrew Rudalevige, Brian Jm Quinn, Aidan O’Sullivan

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how many ICE dudes read Anne Frank’s diary in high school and thought, “I’d have gotten her sooner.”

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll see

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Always can use some more joy in the timeline, so check out this year's FISM close-up card magic winner (technically tied for 2nd place due to scoring, but still had the highest score - don't ask). www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrGg...

FRANCESCO FONTANELLI - FISM WINNER - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF MAGIC - Card Magic

YouTube video by Francesco Fontanelli

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Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Steve Peers, Janet Murray

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 3 more Richard S.J. Tol, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt, Robert C. Richards, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 1d

Is this one of those conservative ideas we aren’t supposed to be belittling?

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

The tech billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel says the antichrist is ... Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Julie L. Lockwood , and 1 more Gavin A. Schmidt, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Julie L. Lockwood, Michael Zimmer

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Juan Cole, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a snippet from the MIT president's letter to ED

Screenshot from link that reads: The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.

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Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Jonathan Wolff, Simon Lester

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

The tech billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel says the antichrist is ... Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 1d

⏰ Deadline extended! Tenders will be accepted until 28 October to develop an advanced LLM-based search and discovery service for the Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS). Help enhance climate data access - apply today! 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/c3s2523-llm-...

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Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Joseph Schafer , and 2 more Gavin A. Schmidt, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Joseph Schafer, Nancy M. Wingfield, Stuart Shapiro

Kevin St. Alder @kevinstalder.bsky.social · 1d

Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

They're going to put an enormous lawsuit magnet in the sky.
mastodon.social/@sundogplane...

Prof. Sam Lawler (@[email protected])

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disas...

mastodon.social

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d

I don't see why you need such a caveat. Sometimes you just want to know. In these cases, this knowledge also helps planning and estimates of future risk.

Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d

I'm going to advise folks to be on the lookout and have some cash ready...

Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d

I discussed the issues a couple of years ago @realclimate.org www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
and the latest barrage of op-eds adds nothing to their argument.

RealClimate: Watching the detections

RealClimate: The detection and attribution of climate change are based on fundamentally different statistical frameworks and shouldn't be conflated.

www.realclimate.org

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d

This is a good corrective to the BS narrative flowing through the Pielke/AEI/NYP/EID/DOE nexus. Their argument is designed so that we can never ever attribute extreme events to emissions - even singular events that would have *never* [for some suitable finite approximation] have happened before.

Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 2d

Today from @lesleyclark.bsky.social and @saraschonhardt.bsky.social + contribs from me:

www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

www.eenews.net

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d

Is there any chance offloaded GPUs could be repurposed for academic needs? Maybe if we promised to be gentle? ;-)

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Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Dawn J. Wright, Charles Antaki , and 1 more Gavin A. Schmidt, Dawn J. Wright, Charles Antaki, Glenn Branch

Climate.us @climate.us · 2d

Climate(.)gov wasn't built in a day. It wasn't even built in a year. It is a big, complicated site that we don't just want to rebuild but also improve with Climate.us.

Realistically, this is going to take some time. However, we want to take a moment to remind people what it is that we...
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Climate.us

independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics

Climate.us

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Reposted by Timon McPhearson, Gavin A. Schmidt, Christopher Wright , and 1 more Timon McPhearson, Gavin A. Schmidt, Christopher Wright, Juan Cole

John Fasullo @jfasullo.bsky.social · 2d

"By most metrics, 2025 has been the worst year for the American scientific enterprise in modern history". The result - we are "essentially ending America’s longstanding role as the world leader in science and innovation,” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...

Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows

www.nytimes.com

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Reposted by Peter Thorne, Carl T. Bergstrom, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 8 more Peter Thorne, Carl T. Bergstrom, Gavin A. Schmidt, Stacie B. Dusetzina, Lesley A. Hall, Margot C. Finn, Zen Faulkes, David Murakami Wood, Wolfgang Huber, Klaus Oschema, Philip Bell

Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 2d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 2d

Today from @lesleyclark.bsky.social and @saraschonhardt.bsky.social + contribs from me:

www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

www.eenews.net

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Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Gavin A. Schmidt, David R. Miller , and 5 more Joe R. Feagin, Gavin A. Schmidt, David R. Miller, Samantha Brennan, José Antonio Noguera, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Dan Immergluck, David Darmofal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Gavin A. Schmidt, Alfie Kohn , and 2 more Jonathan Portes, Gavin A. Schmidt, Alfie Kohn, Simon Lester, Dan Immergluck

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d

In two weeks.