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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she)
@nicolegasparini.bsky.social
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Wandering and lost. If you find me, please point me in the right direction. Earth scientist, professor, mom, living with disability, animal lover, amateur gardener, advocate for fixing lack of D.E.I. in science and academia.
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · Aug 24
👋 I’m an earth scientist prof studying water 💦 & landscapes🏔️ & advocating for open source but I dig all science posts 🧬. I post on my science, dogs 🐕 , & struggles as a working mom 🫩, neurodivergence, and access and inclusion problem in science & academia🎓. Welcome & be kind. 🤗 my views only
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 16h
I applied for other jobs for years and never had offers, so it’s a non starter.

We have a special needs child. Figuring out how to support her has been hell, TBH. Moving her now would likely mean reverting back to violence. I cant do that again, or maybe don’t want to, but does that matter?
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d
I am curious to hear from American friends who are currently serving on academic search committees - are you seeing drops in applicant numbers from foreign nationals? #AcademicSky
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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 1d
We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 1d
Day 10 of hubs working without a guarantee of pay and talk of orangie getting the peace prize is really really insulting.
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d
There are hundreds of years of history of women’s scientific accomplishments not being recognised or being minimised (“not notable”). It *still* happens. Many female scientists are only acknowledged on Wikipedia thanks to the efforts of, yes, other female scientists, notably physicist Dr Jess Wade.
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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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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 1d
Most of us don’t have that opportunity. And for those of us with family obligations it’s often non starter
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PLOS Mental Health @plosmentalhealth.org · 2d
This #WorldMentalHealthDay we focus on service access in times of crisis.

We highlight content from our journal and across @plos.org (@plosglobalpublichealth.org and PLOS Medicine), which aims to improve well-being in the face of mass trauma

speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/10/10/w...
World Mental Health Day 2025: Access to Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies - Speaking of Medicine and Health
This year, the theme for World Mental Health Day is ‘access to services – mental health in catastrophes and emergencies’. Supporting those…
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Jelena Godrijan 🫧❾🌊🦋 @godi.bsky.social · 2d
🌍💙 Happy International Coccolithophore Day! 💙🌍
Today, Oct 10, we celebrate tiny ocean builders that capture CO₂, shape marine ecosystems & keep our climate in balance.
When Cocco talks, climate walks.
#CoccolithophoreDay #OceanClimate #InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky
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Bridget Copley PhD @moppety.bsky.social · 1d
just going to leave this here

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Publishing While Female: are Women Held to Higher Standards? Evidence from Peer Review
Abstract. Female authors are under-represented in top economics journals. In this paper, I investigate whether higher writing standards contribute to the p
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 1d
Sooooooooooooooooooo
What about the destruction of our country?
Opinion | Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Harder Parts to Come
www.nytimes.com
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 2d
Anyone looking for fun content for your #hydrology course, check out @geodesaurus.bsky.social on Instagram where they post a “spooky lake month” video every day of October. Amazing teaching tools!! And my 12 yo is addicted 👻💀
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 2d
Caption contest
A sign showing a cartoony person who appears to be sitting but on air. This person is leaning on a table and there is the top half of a person on top of the table.
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 2d
It’s important that all governments focus on the most important issues right now…
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 3d
The @europarl.europa.eu just made a fool of itself with this ban. Is there evidence that consumers think a "veggie burger" contains meat? Utterly ridiculous, and just (further) undermines the credibility of the institution (at the behest of the EPP).
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EU parliament votes to ban meat names for plant-based foods
Pressure to ban meat labels for plant-based products comes from Europe's livestock farmers.
www.bbc.com
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 2d
I would probably take some Tylenol too if I had a baby in my placenta.
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Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 2d
as a physician, I'll note that if you have a fetus in your placenta then something has gone quite wrong indeed
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 2d
Day 9 of the R’s not caring about my family. Getting very very anxious
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 2d
Sending empathy and hugs
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 3d
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 3d
I would really love to not pay insurance and just save the money myself, but with a mortgage we can’t do that
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 3d
Academic equivalent of you finally submit the paper then reviewer 2 comes for you
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 3d
They came to the top of the mountain. The shadow of a hawk fell over them.
A giant hawk swoops down on Frog and Toad. From "Dragons and Giants" In *Frog and Toad Together*
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 3d
In a time of much awfulness I am grateful for south park bc my kids talk to me daily about Kristi Noem’s skin falling off
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Li Li 李黎 @lireactivewater.bsky.social · 3d
Upcoming #WARR talks on perplex water-sediment-wood interactions in dynamic, unconfied #river corridors!

Dr. Anna Marshall, U. Tennessee
Dr. Sara Rathburn, Colorado State U.

Register here: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

All past talks here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 3d
Me too, then later I find them and I’m like “what is this????”
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AGU Hydrology H3S @agu-h3s.bsky.social · 3d
Our first matchup for Round 1's snow-dominated catchments is Hubbard Brook versus Mogot!
SEE BELOW for facts on these remarkable catchments and don't forget to VOTE at www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup until 5 pm EST tomorrrow!
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Mogot Experimental Watershed
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AGU Hydrology H3S @agu-h3s.bsky.social · 3d
Keep those votes rolling in! The second head-to-head for Round 1's snow-dominated catchments is...East River vs Oldman!

Scroll to the thread below for facts on these catchments! And VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!
www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup
East River Watershed Oldman River Basin
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 3d
No military-backed coup is ever popular. Regimes that deploy troops, whether interior troops or national armed forces, or both, happen because some elite or cabal decides that their survival and fortunes can only be achieved through seizing and holding on to power, not through democracy.
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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 3d
Nearly 60% of Americans don’t want troops deployed to our cities without the presence of external threats. Trump’s ICE and military actions in several USA cities are NOT popular #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...
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Dr. Nicole Gasparini (she) @nicolegasparini.bsky.social · 3d
I’m trying… 😩😬🤣
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