Dr. Mandy Joye
@oceanextremes.bsky.social
Mom.
Scientist. Explorer. Ocean advocate.
I study microbial dynamics in the ocean using HOVs, ROVs, and cutting edge tech. ❤️ extreme environments; seek to understand biological complexity and resilience.
Scientist. Explorer. Ocean advocate.
I study microbial dynamics in the ocean using HOVs, ROVs, and cutting edge tech. ❤️ extreme environments; seek to understand biological complexity and resilience.
Everyone I know is in a panic state. Working to save what we have spent years building.
Unless there is a rapid 180, the damage will take decades to recover from.
Unless there is a rapid 180, the damage will take decades to recover from.
The premeditated murder of American leadership in basic research
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
February 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Everyone I know is in a panic state. Working to save what we have spent years building.
Unless there is a rapid 180, the damage will take decades to recover from.
Unless there is a rapid 180, the damage will take decades to recover from.
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"We are deliberately walking away from the most advanced form of one of the most effective public health measures available to the human race, and instead we are investigated older technologies that happen to involve the administration’s friends"
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
An mRNA Refusal to File
www.science.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
"We are deliberately walking away from the most advanced form of one of the most effective public health measures available to the human race, and instead we are investigated older technologies that happen to involve the administration’s friends"
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
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NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
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Essential, long-form reading by @danvergano.bsky.social
After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has upended science and medicine
Here's how a year of RFK, Jr., has changed American science
After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has upended science and medicine
www.scientificamerican.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Essential, long-form reading by @danvergano.bsky.social
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
Prison is too kind of an option for the level of harm that will result from this insanity.
February 13, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Prison is too kind of an option for the level of harm that will result from this insanity.
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For those ocean scientists who are coming to Glasgow for OS2026 in a couple of weeks, I'm hosting this debate with *really* great panelists on the Monday, on a really important topic. Please spread the word - I can guarantee insight, ideas and at least some hope. Do join us! 🌊🌊🌊
February 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
For those ocean scientists who are coming to Glasgow for OS2026 in a couple of weeks, I'm hosting this debate with *really* great panelists on the Monday, on a really important topic. Please spread the word - I can guarantee insight, ideas and at least some hope. Do join us! 🌊🌊🌊
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My quote of the day
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Charles Darwin
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 11:33 AM
My quote of the day
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Charles Darwin
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Charles Darwin
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The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
Top medical groups join forces to review vaccine science as CDC faces criticism
The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
www.scientificamerican.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
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🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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As much as everyone shits on biotech, it’s where you go first when your doctor says there’s not a treatment.
This is a BIG BAD THING.
This is a BIG BAD THING.
This is troubling for multiple reasons, but one big one is companies won’t want to invest in R&D and clinical trials if they don’t think they can get a fair regulatory review—which is at the end of a long and extremely expensive process.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 AM
As much as everyone shits on biotech, it’s where you go first when your doctor says there’s not a treatment.
This is a BIG BAD THING.
This is a BIG BAD THING.
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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'Researchers found that a single trial of a deep-sea mining collector physically removed more than 1/3 of the animals & species living directly in its path.
The results show that biological impacts can occur immediately, not only after years of full-scale extraction'
www.earth.com/news/deep-se...
The results show that biological impacts can occur immediately, not only after years of full-scale extraction'
www.earth.com/news/deep-se...
Deep-sea mining causes immediate loss of seafloor life
A deep-sea mining test shows ecosystem damage can begin immediately, with more than one-third of seafloor animals lost in a single pass.
www.earth.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM
'Researchers found that a single trial of a deep-sea mining collector physically removed more than 1/3 of the animals & species living directly in its path.
The results show that biological impacts can occur immediately, not only after years of full-scale extraction'
www.earth.com/news/deep-se...
The results show that biological impacts can occur immediately, not only after years of full-scale extraction'
www.earth.com/news/deep-se...
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Don’t listen to anyone trying to suggest the FY2026 budget bill saved science.
The bill has some wins (and I am grateful to those you worked with and from within Congress for those wins).
We have a lot of work to do before we rest.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...
The bill has some wins (and I am grateful to those you worked with and from within Congress for those wins).
We have a lot of work to do before we rest.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...
We will never get more than what we celebrate
Why allowing the Trump administration to reset our expectations will harm US science
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Don’t listen to anyone trying to suggest the FY2026 budget bill saved science.
The bill has some wins (and I am grateful to those you worked with and from within Congress for those wins).
We have a lot of work to do before we rest.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...
The bill has some wins (and I am grateful to those you worked with and from within Congress for those wins).
We have a lot of work to do before we rest.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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I'm one of them. Are we going to see an article about this in any newspaper?
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I'm one of them. Are we going to see an article about this in any newspaper?
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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“It was very cool to get the additional confirmation it was actually very, very cold.”
Researchers reported the first measured sea temperature from a snowball Earth episode: −15°C. If this figure holds up, it will be the coldest measured sea temperature in Earth’s history.
eos.org/articles/sno...
Researchers reported the first measured sea temperature from a snowball Earth episode: −15°C. If this figure holds up, it will be the coldest measured sea temperature in Earth’s history.
eos.org/articles/sno...
Snowball Earth’s Liquid Seas Dipped Way Below Freezing - Eos
Iron isotopes show that salty seawater pockets beneath the ice were as cold as −15°C.
eos.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
“It was very cool to get the additional confirmation it was actually very, very cold.”
Researchers reported the first measured sea temperature from a snowball Earth episode: −15°C. If this figure holds up, it will be the coldest measured sea temperature in Earth’s history.
eos.org/articles/sno...
Researchers reported the first measured sea temperature from a snowball Earth episode: −15°C. If this figure holds up, it will be the coldest measured sea temperature in Earth’s history.
eos.org/articles/sno...
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This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
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Microbialites' nighttime carbon sequestration rate was so surprising that scientists initially thought it was a mistake. 🧪
Comments from Rachel Sipler @bigelowlab.bsky.social and Francesco Ricci @monashuniversity.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/roc...
Comments from Rachel Sipler @bigelowlab.bsky.social and Francesco Ricci @monashuniversity.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/roc...
Rocks Formed by Microbes Absorb Carbon Day and Night - Eos
Microbialite ecosystems in South Africa stored an “astonishing” amount of carbon, according to new research.
eos.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Microbialites' nighttime carbon sequestration rate was so surprising that scientists initially thought it was a mistake. 🧪
Comments from Rachel Sipler @bigelowlab.bsky.social and Francesco Ricci @monashuniversity.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/roc...
Comments from Rachel Sipler @bigelowlab.bsky.social and Francesco Ricci @monashuniversity.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/roc...
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AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
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Bernice King has it absolutely right. We are facing a moral crisis in this country. And we must all act together to end it.
January 25, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Bernice King has it absolutely right. We are facing a moral crisis in this country. And we must all act together to end it.