Mike MacFerrin
@icesheetmike.bsky.social
Dr in glaciology and expert mapper of coastal topography at a Cooperative Research Institute. An organizer for disability rights in science, which mostly involves yelling at agencies. Science is the easier part of my work. #T1D
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Mike MacFerrin
@icesheetmike.bsky.social
· Dec 29
CIRES researchers challenge the status quo to make field research safer and more inclusive. New frameworks address both exclusionary policies and recommendations for hostile behaviors that occur once they get there: buff.ly/nn5rcMo #fieldwork #CIRES 📷 Lianna Nixon
I’m very thankful to Stephanie Maltarich at @cires.colorado.edu for this writeup about efforts to reform how scientific fieldwork operates. To make it less hostile & exclusionary, and *actually* safer.
From our research talks @ AGU about this subject. The work is ongoing. #disability 🧪
From our research talks @ AGU about this subject. The work is ongoing. #disability 🧪
I need to take a break from social media until the new cool-kid trend of “screenshotting old academics discussing dating high school girls” thing blows over.
I close the app n’ feel like I gotta scrub myself with a cup of borax soap. Ew.
I close the app n’ feel like I gotta scrub myself with a cup of borax soap. Ew.
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I need to take a break from social media until the new cool-kid trend of “screenshotting old academics discussing dating high school girls” thing blows over.
I close the app n’ feel like I gotta scrub myself with a cup of borax soap. Ew.
I close the app n’ feel like I gotta scrub myself with a cup of borax soap. Ew.
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January 31, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Stay safe, keep the camera on.
I love the notes of subversion. A la…
“Fuck your false binary choice. It’s the system that’s broken, and we know how to break that system. Reject the binary harm-is-inevitable options fed to you. Look for ways to do better.”
Also. Go organized labor.
“Fuck your false binary choice. It’s the system that’s broken, and we know how to break that system. Reject the binary harm-is-inevitable options fed to you. Look for ways to do better.”
Also. Go organized labor.
January 31, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I love the notes of subversion. A la…
“Fuck your false binary choice. It’s the system that’s broken, and we know how to break that system. Reject the binary harm-is-inevitable options fed to you. Look for ways to do better.”
Also. Go organized labor.
“Fuck your false binary choice. It’s the system that’s broken, and we know how to break that system. Reject the binary harm-is-inevitable options fed to you. Look for ways to do better.”
Also. Go organized labor.
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“The agenda is electric mayhem.”
Yeah, we do, indeed, need this. We don’t deserve it, but —whoa— do we need this.
Yeah, we do, indeed, need this. We don’t deserve it, but —whoa— do we need this.
The Muppet Show: this thrilling return is so great I can’t even count how many times I laughed
The Muppet Show: this thrilling return is so great I can’t even count how many times I laughed
Sabrina Carpenter fangirling Miss Piggy, Beaker losing his eyes … yes, Kermit and co are back for a trip down memory lane – and it’s a perfect, saucy joy
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:30 AM
“The agenda is electric mayhem.”
Yeah, we do, indeed, need this. We don’t deserve it, but —whoa— do we need this.
Yeah, we do, indeed, need this. We don’t deserve it, but —whoa— do we need this.
I see colleagues quote-dunking and blocking each other over the usage + definition of “sand” today.
I’d encourage everyone to go out and touch some low-growing plants that have slender straight leaves.
I’d encourage everyone to go out and touch some low-growing plants that have slender straight leaves.
January 29, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I see colleagues quote-dunking and blocking each other over the usage + definition of “sand” today.
I’d encourage everyone to go out and touch some low-growing plants that have slender straight leaves.
I’d encourage everyone to go out and touch some low-growing plants that have slender straight leaves.
It’s actually the opposite of what most people want. They want their local PDs to have NOTHING to do with these gestapo thugs (not providing them data nor logistics support), and Schumer’s like
“But how ‘bout if we require it? Thanks for the compromise! 👋”
“But how ‘bout if we require it? Thanks for the compromise! 👋”
January 28, 2026 at 11:09 PM
It’s actually the opposite of what most people want. They want their local PDs to have NOTHING to do with these gestapo thugs (not providing them data nor logistics support), and Schumer’s like
“But how ‘bout if we require it? Thanks for the compromise! 👋”
“But how ‘bout if we require it? Thanks for the compromise! 👋”
I guess all I’m saying, never underestimate a career politician’s ability to sound “deeply concerned” about something people are upset about, while doing absolutely nothing (🚫, nada) to change it one iota.
He has very real power, but is using none of it so far.
Until then? Fuck off, Rand Paul. 🗑️
He has very real power, but is using none of it so far.
Until then? Fuck off, Rand Paul. 🗑️
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I guess all I’m saying, never underestimate a career politician’s ability to sound “deeply concerned” about something people are upset about, while doing absolutely nothing (🚫, nada) to change it one iota.
He has very real power, but is using none of it so far.
Until then? Fuck off, Rand Paul. 🗑️
He has very real power, but is using none of it so far.
Until then? Fuck off, Rand Paul. 🗑️
Not really. Rand Paul is Chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. He could start issuing subpoenas *today* and holding hearings by end-of-week.
But instead he’s standing in front of a camera going “This is bad, somebody should really do something.”
But instead he’s standing in front of a camera going “This is bad, somebody should really do something.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Not really. Rand Paul is Chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. He could start issuing subpoenas *today* and holding hearings by end-of-week.
But instead he’s standing in front of a camera going “This is bad, somebody should really do something.”
But instead he’s standing in front of a camera going “This is bad, somebody should really do something.”
Yeah, I’m not sure honestly (I’m no lawyer). It sounds like they probably need a lawyer, but I know that’s not a free option (sigh). I’m really sorry that’s happening to them.
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Yeah, I’m not sure honestly (I’m no lawyer). It sounds like they probably need a lawyer, but I know that’s not a free option (sigh). I’m really sorry that’s happening to them.
When I had a collections agency pulling BS on me over a bill they couldn’t provide any information about what the original good/service was, I started writing our state-level Sec of State office who handles fraud complaints. Mine was a small bill, but the agency dropped it entirely in the end.
January 28, 2026 at 5:15 AM
When I had a collections agency pulling BS on me over a bill they couldn’t provide any information about what the original good/service was, I started writing our state-level Sec of State office who handles fraud complaints. Mine was a small bill, but the agency dropped it entirely in the end.
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM
We 100% need to turn it into a verb.
January 27, 2026 at 12:33 AM
We 100% need to turn it into a verb.
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The moment he tries to go on a hot mic again he needs to get booed and shut down so hard they’ve no choice but to fire him.
January 26, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The moment he tries to go on a hot mic again he needs to get booed and shut down so hard they’ve no choice but to fire him.
My microwave has been boiling with anger. I'm worried.
January 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
My microwave has been boiling with anger. I'm worried.
It a propagandist, dressed in academia-speak.
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM
It a propagandist, dressed in academia-speak.
💯
He does exactly that two posts down in his lil thread.
“I’ll admit I was wrong in precisely one case; but I remain the smarter one here and you need to publicly recognize that.”
Tomorrow he’s write another article about how all the fascism is BlueSky’s fault actually for not being nicer to him.
He does exactly that two posts down in his lil thread.
“I’ll admit I was wrong in precisely one case; but I remain the smarter one here and you need to publicly recognize that.”
Tomorrow he’s write another article about how all the fascism is BlueSky’s fault actually for not being nicer to him.
This is possibly my favourite quote about politics. paw.princeton.edu/article/stil...
January 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
💯
He does exactly that two posts down in his lil thread.
“I’ll admit I was wrong in precisely one case; but I remain the smarter one here and you need to publicly recognize that.”
Tomorrow he’s write another article about how all the fascism is BlueSky’s fault actually for not being nicer to him.
He does exactly that two posts down in his lil thread.
“I’ll admit I was wrong in precisely one case; but I remain the smarter one here and you need to publicly recognize that.”
Tomorrow he’s write another article about how all the fascism is BlueSky’s fault actually for not being nicer to him.
U.S. law enforcement was founded on slave patrols. And they absolutely killed white people at the time (“race traitors”) who got in their way. Tactics and protected interests are the same as today.
It’s an accurate analogy. Adopting right-wing language deriding “identity politics” doesn’t help.
It’s an accurate analogy. Adopting right-wing language deriding “identity politics” doesn’t help.
The History of Policing in the US and Its Impact on Americans Today – UAB Institute for Human Rights Blog
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January 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
U.S. law enforcement was founded on slave patrols. And they absolutely killed white people at the time (“race traitors”) who got in their way. Tactics and protected interests are the same as today.
It’s an accurate analogy. Adopting right-wing language deriding “identity politics” doesn’t help.
It’s an accurate analogy. Adopting right-wing language deriding “identity politics” doesn’t help.
Like “OMG look at this horrible thing Matty Yglesias just said! Holy cow WHY do people even listen to him?!? Everyone… dunk now!”
Congrats on the own-goal. You’re his target audience.
Congrats on the own-goal. You’re his target audience.
January 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Like “OMG look at this horrible thing Matty Yglesias just said! Holy cow WHY do people even listen to him?!? Everyone… dunk now!”
Congrats on the own-goal. You’re his target audience.
Congrats on the own-goal. You’re his target audience.
If I wanted screenshots of all-the-worst-people’s hot takes from Twitter, I’d re-create my Twitter account.
I know vapid rage-bait is effective for engagement, but it’s become a new habit of mine to unfollow people who post screenshots from X just to dunk. Even if I agree with you. It’s annoying.
I know vapid rage-bait is effective for engagement, but it’s become a new habit of mine to unfollow people who post screenshots from X just to dunk. Even if I agree with you. It’s annoying.
a group of trash cans are sitting on the side of a road .
Alt: A bunch of animated garbage cans yapping away on an otherwise-empty street.
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January 25, 2026 at 3:42 PM
If I wanted screenshots of all-the-worst-people’s hot takes from Twitter, I’d re-create my Twitter account.
I know vapid rage-bait is effective for engagement, but it’s become a new habit of mine to unfollow people who post screenshots from X just to dunk. Even if I agree with you. It’s annoying.
I know vapid rage-bait is effective for engagement, but it’s become a new habit of mine to unfollow people who post screenshots from X just to dunk. Even if I agree with you. It’s annoying.
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You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
The memes will come, regardless. You cannot stop them.
January 24, 2026 at 1:34 AM
The memes will come, regardless. You cannot stop them.