Danielle J. Whittaker
@djwhittaker.bsky.social
Author of The Secret Perfume of Birds; Managing Director of COLDEX; marathoner; she/her
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PNAS: Six-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica offers unprecedented window into a warmer Earth via our NSF COLDEX & US Antarctic Program. ❄️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
PNAS: Six-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica offers unprecedented window into a warmer Earth via our NSF COLDEX & US Antarctic Program. ❄️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
My bags are packed, I'm ready to go... Travel to Antarctica begins in 3 days! a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com/p/cleared-fo...
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My bags are packed, I'm ready to go... Travel to Antarctica begins in 3 days! a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com/p/cleared-fo...
Hot take: there's no such thing as neurotypical
October 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Hot take: there's no such thing as neurotypical
On a flight to Portland and they haven't mentioned the war once
October 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
On a flight to Portland and they haven't mentioned the war once
The guy next to me on this plane is watching football and yelling at the screen like he's watching in his own living room.
And if that's not bad enough, it's 7 am. He's watching a replay.
And if that's not bad enough, it's 7 am. He's watching a replay.
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The guy next to me on this plane is watching football and yelling at the screen like he's watching in his own living room.
And if that's not bad enough, it's 7 am. He's watching a replay.
And if that's not bad enough, it's 7 am. He's watching a replay.
All this training and prep for fieldwork in Antarctica, and I can't help but wonder: how much worse can it really be than the work I did in remote Indonesian islands? a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com/p/how-bad-co...
October 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
All this training and prep for fieldwork in Antarctica, and I can't help but wonder: how much worse can it really be than the work I did in remote Indonesian islands? a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com/p/how-bad-co...
Just eating brownies and drinking wine in the bathtub. Everything is fine.
October 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Just eating brownies and drinking wine in the bathtub. Everything is fine.
The Republicans control all 3 branches of government and can't get a budget passed, but they desperately want to convince the American people that Democrats are the problem. This is what the front page of the HUD website looks like today.
September 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Republicans control all 3 branches of government and can't get a budget passed, but they desperately want to convince the American people that Democrats are the problem. This is what the front page of the HUD website looks like today.
Decided to give my keyboard a good cleaning this morning.
(Translation: I knocked over my water bottle onto the keyboard.)
(Translation: I knocked over my water bottle onto the keyboard.)
September 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Decided to give my keyboard a good cleaning this morning.
(Translation: I knocked over my water bottle onto the keyboard.)
(Translation: I knocked over my water bottle onto the keyboard.)
Advice for first-time Antarctic deployers, provided by my colleagues and curated by me. Tl;dr: don't sweat, but if you do, don't get chilblains; cover your face; don't get the Carhartt overalls with the butt zip. Stay tuned for the creepy baby doll. a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com/p/advice-for...
Advice for the Newbie Antarctic Deployer
Apparently chilblains are a real thing
a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Advice for first-time Antarctic deployers, provided by my colleagues and curated by me. Tl;dr: don't sweat, but if you do, don't get chilblains; cover your face; don't get the Carhartt overalls with the butt zip. Stay tuned for the creepy baby doll. a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com/p/advice-for...
What do ice cores have to do with birds?
Absolutely nothing
a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
So RFK Jr says no more Covid vaccines for you people, and just like that Paxlovid ads appear in my Instagram feed....
September 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
So RFK Jr says no more Covid vaccines for you people, and just like that Paxlovid ads appear in my Instagram feed....
I finished Lessons in Magic and Disaster last night and I absolutely loved it!!! Plus how cute is this drawing by @charliejane.bsky.social ??? I forgot I had preordered a personalized signed copy and was so delighted when it arrived.
September 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I finished Lessons in Magic and Disaster last night and I absolutely loved it!!! Plus how cute is this drawing by @charliejane.bsky.social ??? I forgot I had preordered a personalized signed copy and was so delighted when it arrived.
Is it just me, or has @microsoft.com Outlook's autocorrect gotten super racist when it comes to non-Anglo names? And they seem to have taken away the ability to turn it off.
September 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Is it just me, or has @microsoft.com Outlook's autocorrect gotten super racist when it comes to non-Anglo names? And they seem to have taken away the ability to turn it off.
These "AI Assistants" embedded in every piece of software have gotten so intrusive. All I want is to read this stupid PDF that someone sent me and I have had to close THREE pop-up windows offering me "assistance." It's Adobe Reader! How much assistance could anyone possibly need?
August 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
These "AI Assistants" embedded in every piece of software have gotten so intrusive. All I want is to read this stupid PDF that someone sent me and I have had to close THREE pop-up windows offering me "assistance." It's Adobe Reader! How much assistance could anyone possibly need?
It's happening! I'm going to Antarctica to do fieldwork this season. I'll be living in a tent and drilling ice cores in East Antarctica for over two months. If you want to follow along on my adventure, check out my newsletter: a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com/p/jumping-of...
Jumping off the edge of the map
I'm going to Antarctica!
a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It's happening! I'm going to Antarctica to do fieldwork this season. I'll be living in a tent and drilling ice cores in East Antarctica for over two months. If you want to follow along on my adventure, check out my newsletter: a-life-worth-living.beehiiv.com/p/jumping-of...
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When I listen to TERFs and other anti-trans people talk about womanhood, it's very much in the blood-and-babies-centric way, like we're just ambulatory uteruses. And I'm like, "Well, I've never been pregnant." So I get personally offended, as well, like they're saying I don't count, either.
August 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
When I listen to TERFs and other anti-trans people talk about womanhood, it's very much in the blood-and-babies-centric way, like we're just ambulatory uteruses. And I'm like, "Well, I've never been pregnant." So I get personally offended, as well, like they're saying I don't count, either.
AI image recognition is going great
August 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
AI image recognition is going great
Dear all of the news outlets in the world: No I do not want any more newsletters in my inbox. Pls stop
July 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Dear all of the news outlets in the world: No I do not want any more newsletters in my inbox. Pls stop
Ok I really enjoyed Superman but
WHY IS THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE IN ANTARCTICA
IT'S DARK 6 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR AND HE NEEDS SUNLIGHT
HE NEEDS 2 FORTRESSES
ONE IN ANTARCTICA AND ONE NEAR THE NORTH POLE
And also the movie was set in May and
ANTARCTICA IS DARK IN MAY
whew ok I'm done
WHY IS THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE IN ANTARCTICA
IT'S DARK 6 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR AND HE NEEDS SUNLIGHT
HE NEEDS 2 FORTRESSES
ONE IN ANTARCTICA AND ONE NEAR THE NORTH POLE
And also the movie was set in May and
ANTARCTICA IS DARK IN MAY
whew ok I'm done
July 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Ok I really enjoyed Superman but
WHY IS THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE IN ANTARCTICA
IT'S DARK 6 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR AND HE NEEDS SUNLIGHT
HE NEEDS 2 FORTRESSES
ONE IN ANTARCTICA AND ONE NEAR THE NORTH POLE
And also the movie was set in May and
ANTARCTICA IS DARK IN MAY
whew ok I'm done
WHY IS THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE IN ANTARCTICA
IT'S DARK 6 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR AND HE NEEDS SUNLIGHT
HE NEEDS 2 FORTRESSES
ONE IN ANTARCTICA AND ONE NEAR THE NORTH POLE
And also the movie was set in May and
ANTARCTICA IS DARK IN MAY
whew ok I'm done
I'm at the movies for the first time in a few years. The advertised start time was 10 minutes ago. We haven't even gotten to the movie previews yet. Just endless commercials. No wonder people don't go to the movies anymore
July 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I'm at the movies for the first time in a few years. The advertised start time was 10 minutes ago. We haven't even gotten to the movie previews yet. Just endless commercials. No wonder people don't go to the movies anymore
I was always vaguely uneasy about smart home stuff and couldn't quite explain why... this post and many of the comments below it are validating my choice to keep my appliances dumb!
We're Google, and we're going to brick your perfectly functional thermostat after buying the company that made it.
July 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I was always vaguely uneasy about smart home stuff and couldn't quite explain why... this post and many of the comments below it are validating my choice to keep my appliances dumb!
Reposted by Danielle J. Whittaker
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI
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So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested at a federal building in Manhattan as he was trying to accompany a person out of an immigration courtroom.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem