Sadie J. Ryan (she/her)
@sjryan3.bsky.social
🌍🔮🌡️☣️🦟🏳️🌈 Prof. Medical Geography, Co-Director, FL Climate Institute, Assoc Dir, APPEX, building tools to anticipate climate-health impacts to prepare us for the future! Mum and wife, enjoyer of cheese. Rarely serious. She/her. Queer. All opinions are my own.
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Ok folks, now more than ever, we need to Be Kind and do Good Science.
This means digging in, producing the evidence, communicating clearly and sincerely, celebrating our collective curiosity, and being mindful of the spaces we are and can be in.
This means digging in, producing the evidence, communicating clearly and sincerely, celebrating our collective curiosity, and being mindful of the spaces we are and can be in.
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Congratulations to @standupforscience.bsky.social for receiving a 2025 prize from the 'Union Rationaliste' in France, for their work in service of science and democracy. The award is deserved recognition to the team who propelled this organization in <1 year.
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Remise du prix de l'UR 2025 - Union rationaliste
Cette année, le prix de l’UR 2025 sera décerné le lundi 19 janvier 2026 à Stand Up for Science. Ce prix distingue leur engagement constant en faveur de la diffusion, de la protection et de la promotio...
union-rationaliste.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Congratulations to @standupforscience.bsky.social for receiving a 2025 prize from the 'Union Rationaliste' in France, for their work in service of science and democracy. The award is deserved recognition to the team who propelled this organization in <1 year.
union-rationaliste.org/remise-du-pr...
union-rationaliste.org/remise-du-pr...
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Bluesky has actually been remarkably successful as an app within a relatively short time frame. Expecting it to have the same metrics as some of the biggest apps in the world is stupid. What really matters is having content that people care about, especially if it travels outside the platform itself
January 20, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Bluesky has actually been remarkably successful as an app within a relatively short time frame. Expecting it to have the same metrics as some of the biggest apps in the world is stupid. What really matters is having content that people care about, especially if it travels outside the platform itself
Every sentence of this speech snippet is loud at the moment. I'm trying to live the last sentence the best I can. Nourish your piece of this.
Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life to advocating tirelessly for the justice and equality of Black Americans and resisting elected leaders’ deliberate abuse and neglect of our communities. He was relentlessly targeted by our government for his views and pursuit of equality.
January 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Every sentence of this speech snippet is loud at the moment. I'm trying to live the last sentence the best I can. Nourish your piece of this.
We are growing frozen veg. It's colder here than I've ever experienced - but I won't make claims about patterns or outliers since it's not my place to do it.
Delightfully un-normal frost in the garden. The hawks are out and about and the day is progressing.
Delightfully un-normal frost in the garden. The hawks are out and about and the day is progressing.
January 19, 2026 at 2:39 PM
We are growing frozen veg. It's colder here than I've ever experienced - but I won't make claims about patterns or outliers since it's not my place to do it.
Delightfully un-normal frost in the garden. The hawks are out and about and the day is progressing.
Delightfully un-normal frost in the garden. The hawks are out and about and the day is progressing.
Admiring various cranes at @epi.ufl.edu today
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Admiring various cranes at @epi.ufl.edu today
Rest easy, Bob Weir 💛
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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The US stands alone in dismissing the problem of climate change.
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The US stands alone in dismissing the problem of climate change.
Pleased to have contributed to this one, presented at UNFCC COP meeting in Belem - now published in Global Sustainability.
Don't even start with me on the horrific irony of the timing. We must keep producing evidence and communicating science.
Don't even start with me on the horrific irony of the timing. We must keep producing evidence and communicating science.
Ten New Insights in #Climate Science 2025 published @universitypress.cambridge.org Global Sustainability: doi.org/10.1017/sus....
Report @futureearth.bsky.social 10insightsclimate.science
Report @futureearth.bsky.social 10insightsclimate.science
10 New Insights in Climate Science
Essential research findings to support decision-making in a critical decade.
10insightsclimate.science
January 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Pleased to have contributed to this one, presented at UNFCC COP meeting in Belem - now published in Global Sustainability.
Don't even start with me on the horrific irony of the timing. We must keep producing evidence and communicating science.
Don't even start with me on the horrific irony of the timing. We must keep producing evidence and communicating science.
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EU regrets US withdrawal from UN climate treaty reut.rs/4pzr2NB
EU regrets US withdrawal from UN climate treaty
The EU regretted the decision by the United States to withdraw from the U.N.'s key climate treaty (UNFCC), EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said on Thursday.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM
EU regrets US withdrawal from UN climate treaty reut.rs/4pzr2NB
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The bar for keynote speakers at ESA just went stratospheric
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
techcrunch.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The bar for keynote speakers at ESA just went stratospheric
I am sad and angry.
I have many things to say, but not yet. I need to manage my sad first.
I have many things to say, but not yet. I need to manage my sad first.
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I am sad and angry.
I have many things to say, but not yet. I need to manage my sad first.
I have many things to say, but not yet. I need to manage my sad first.
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Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined:
January 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined:
Happy penultimate! The weather shift is making a nice sunset this evening.
December 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Happy penultimate! The weather shift is making a nice sunset this evening.
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“South Africans like Dr. Booley have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“South Africans like Dr. Booley have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
This is a very valuable thread. Learn something.
I have to admit, I also always had kinda the wrong idea about Norman Rockwell until I saw the piece "Murder in Mississippi" as a teen in art history class
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is a very valuable thread. Learn something.
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More than half a million chikungunya cases reported globally in 2025
Through December 10, the world has seen 502,264 chikungunya cases worldwide, with 291,451 in the Americas region alone
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Through December 10, the world has seen 502,264 chikungunya cases worldwide, with 291,451 in the Americas region alone
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
More than half a million chikungunya cases reported globally in 2025
Through December 10, the world has seen 502,264 chikungunya cases worldwide, with 291,451 in the Americas region alone
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Through December 10, the world has seen 502,264 chikungunya cases worldwide, with 291,451 in the Americas region alone
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Yayyyyyy
Young Atlantic salmon seen in three English rivers for first time in a decade
Young Atlantic salmon seen in three English rivers for first time in a decade
Species that is critically endangered in Britain is spotted in Mersey, Bollin and Goyt rivers in north-west
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Yayyyyyy
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Just a reminder that funding runs out for a big chunk of the government (not all) on Jan. 30, one month from today. 9 of the 12 yearly government funding bills remain unfinished. The original spending deadline was Sept. 30.
December 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Just a reminder that funding runs out for a big chunk of the government (not all) on Jan. 30, one month from today. 9 of the 12 yearly government funding bills remain unfinished. The original spending deadline was Sept. 30.
Sir Idris Elba.
I'm so here for this. Would rather be there for it, but I'll take it.
I'm so here for this. Would rather be there for it, but I'll take it.
December 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Sir Idris Elba.
I'm so here for this. Would rather be there for it, but I'll take it.
I'm so here for this. Would rather be there for it, but I'll take it.
Hi from the Ocklawaha river, aka the drawdown of the Rodman Reservoir, and the drowned forest.
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hi from the Ocklawaha river, aka the drawdown of the Rodman Reservoir, and the drowned forest.
Merry Christmas from us to you - wandering downtown after midnight. Yes, I'm the shortest. By a lot.
December 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Merry Christmas from us to you - wandering downtown after midnight. Yes, I'm the shortest. By a lot.
Everybody else gets renewbles. "You could tell watching the climate talks this year in Belém, Brazil, that people are sort of moving past the US, like we’re sort of receding into the rearview mirror."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables
The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Everybody else gets renewbles. "You could tell watching the climate talks this year in Belém, Brazil, that people are sort of moving past the US, like we’re sort of receding into the rearview mirror."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Happy Solstice - may your long night be restful, and the promise of longer days raise your spirits.
a painting of a woman holding a wand with the words bon hiver happy winter solstice
ALT: a painting of a woman holding a wand with the words bon hiver happy winter solstice
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December 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Happy Solstice - may your long night be restful, and the promise of longer days raise your spirits.
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The official death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The official death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.