Kristin Morell
@kdmorell.bsky.social
Mostly stoked about science, particularly field geology, active tectonics and subduction zones. Also, road cycling, running and cooking.
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2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
July 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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EPA To Drop 'E,' 'P' From Name
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July 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
EPA To Drop 'E,' 'P' From Name
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theonion.com/epa-to-...
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Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
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Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵
“Her departure, which she announced this morning in an essay in Time, is believed to be the first time in the agency’s 75-year history that a member of the 24-person board resigned over a policy disagreement with an administration”
@policyhound.bsky.social on Alondra Nelson’s bombshell resignation 🧪
@policyhound.bsky.social on Alondra Nelson’s bombshell resignation 🧪
NSF board member resigns in protest of Trump policies at agency
Alondra Nelson fingers DOGE in taking an unprecedented step
www.science.org
May 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵
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It’s Earth Day, and some of us have spent not just our careers but our whole lives loving + studying the Earth. It is not an easy time. But I hope you take a moment today to look at something beautiful, eat something delicious, squish someone you love, pet a dog, remember the nice parts. Yay Earth.
April 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s Earth Day, and some of us have spent not just our careers but our whole lives loving + studying the Earth. It is not an easy time. But I hope you take a moment today to look at something beautiful, eat something delicious, squish someone you love, pet a dog, remember the nice parts. Yay Earth.
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I rarely do this, but please consider donating to The Planetary Society's advocacy program at planetary.org/takeaction
We are an independent nonprofit. We don't have big industry funds or government grants (a bonus, these days!) All we have are our members and donors to enable our work.
We are an independent nonprofit. We don't have big industry funds or government grants (a bonus, these days!) All we have are our members and donors to enable our work.
April 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I rarely do this, but please consider donating to The Planetary Society's advocacy program at planetary.org/takeaction
We are an independent nonprofit. We don't have big industry funds or government grants (a bonus, these days!) All we have are our members and donors to enable our work.
We are an independent nonprofit. We don't have big industry funds or government grants (a bonus, these days!) All we have are our members and donors to enable our work.
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NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]
Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]
Notice of Changes
Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.
www.nesdis.noaa.gov
April 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]
Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]
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The analog for NSF tells a slightly different story:
Unlike NIH, NSF **immediately** halted making new awards.
New awards are resuming, but that GREATLY varies by directorate (more on that tmrw).
But what’s common: these “pauses” are NOT normal for new administrations, even Trump 1.0!!
Unlike NIH, NSF **immediately** halted making new awards.
New awards are resuming, but that GREATLY varies by directorate (more on that tmrw).
But what’s common: these “pauses” are NOT normal for new administrations, even Trump 1.0!!
March 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The analog for NSF tells a slightly different story:
Unlike NIH, NSF **immediately** halted making new awards.
New awards are resuming, but that GREATLY varies by directorate (more on that tmrw).
But what’s common: these “pauses” are NOT normal for new administrations, even Trump 1.0!!
Unlike NIH, NSF **immediately** halted making new awards.
New awards are resuming, but that GREATLY varies by directorate (more on that tmrw).
But what’s common: these “pauses” are NOT normal for new administrations, even Trump 1.0!!
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“ A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management to rescind directives that initiated the mass firing of probationary government workers in several agencies across the government, ruling that the terminations were probably illegal.” ✊🏻 #AFGE
wapo.st/3QJEf7f
wapo.st/3QJEf7f
Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers
A federal judge ruled that the terminations at several agencies, including the Department of Defense, were likely illegal.
wapo.st
February 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“ A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management to rescind directives that initiated the mass firing of probationary government workers in several agencies across the government, ruling that the terminations were probably illegal.” ✊🏻 #AFGE
wapo.st/3QJEf7f
wapo.st/3QJEf7f
Amongst all the chaos and changes that have happened in our country over the last several weeks, I find myself trying to understand both sides of the debate. But it’s the cruelty and the callousness that I can’t get over. There is absolutely no excuse for it and it’s not OK.
February 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Amongst all the chaos and changes that have happened in our country over the last several weeks, I find myself trying to understand both sides of the debate. But it’s the cruelty and the callousness that I can’t get over. There is absolutely no excuse for it and it’s not OK.
‘’Each book represents critical knowledge lost that would have driven US innovation and bolstered American security’’ - representing 168 NSF employees who were cruelly fired from their jobs yesterday
February 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
‘’Each book represents critical knowledge lost that would have driven US innovation and bolstered American security’’ - representing 168 NSF employees who were cruelly fired from their jobs yesterday
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This morning, the US National Science Foundation fired 168 employees, approximately 10% of its workforce, for no cause other than they were the agency's most recent hires. 🧪
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
February 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This morning, the US National Science Foundation fired 168 employees, approximately 10% of its workforce, for no cause other than they were the agency's most recent hires. 🧪
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
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Margaret is one of several colleagues I’m losing at 1:00p today, including one of my best friends who finally got his dream job 5 months ago. Fuck all of this.
Please let the GEO/EAR community know: Program Directors and Mission Support who’ve been at NSF under two years were just terminated via Zoom. Even those of us whose offer letter stated one probationary year and whose government data states “permanent”.
February 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Margaret is one of several colleagues I’m losing at 1:00p today, including one of my best friends who finally got his dream job 5 months ago. Fuck all of this.
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First off, it's critical to note:
NSF is CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED to evaluate proposals via broader impacts, as defined by this law below.
Hence, if the admin wants NSF to deviate, that's called **breaking the law** (important to remind Congress of that)
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
2/5
NSF is CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED to evaluate proposals via broader impacts, as defined by this law below.
Hence, if the admin wants NSF to deviate, that's called **breaking the law** (important to remind Congress of that)
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
2/5
January 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
First off, it's critical to note:
NSF is CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED to evaluate proposals via broader impacts, as defined by this law below.
Hence, if the admin wants NSF to deviate, that's called **breaking the law** (important to remind Congress of that)
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
2/5
NSF is CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED to evaluate proposals via broader impacts, as defined by this law below.
Hence, if the admin wants NSF to deviate, that's called **breaking the law** (important to remind Congress of that)
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
2/5
Lots of chert in the Franciscan
January 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Lots of chert in the Franciscan
Old sample bags make a great dam for water seeping into your office from a flooded bathroom.
December 5, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Old sample bags make a great dam for water seeping into your office from a flooded bathroom.
There should be a requirement that reviewers never use all caps or exclamation points, especially three in a row.
November 23, 2024 at 11:51 PM
There should be a requirement that reviewers never use all caps or exclamation points, especially three in a row.
Geology students keeping warm by the iPhone fire. #fieldworkfriday
November 23, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Geology students keeping warm by the iPhone fire. #fieldworkfriday
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A remarkable new study (Grant and Culhane 2024) in the journal Engineering Geology concludes that the mobility of landslides triggered by earthquakes differs from that of landslides with other triggers. That has major implications for the assessment of risk.
More details: eos.org/thelandslide...
More details: eos.org/thelandslide...
November 22, 2024 at 7:27 AM
A remarkable new study (Grant and Culhane 2024) in the journal Engineering Geology concludes that the mobility of landslides triggered by earthquakes differs from that of landslides with other triggers. That has major implications for the assessment of risk.
More details: eos.org/thelandslide...
More details: eos.org/thelandslide...
Debris flow unconformity!
November 12, 2024 at 5:21 AM
Debris flow unconformity!
Debris flows at the top of the world.
November 12, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Debris flows at the top of the world.
Journals seem to always struggle with latex submissions. A 20 MB limit? 😆
September 6, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Journals seem to always struggle with latex submissions. A 20 MB limit? 😆