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miriam nielsen

@zentouro.info

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urban worm farmer. ricocheting between bored and furious. currently furious. climate scientist with a shiny new phd. i talk about climate change a lot. she/her 🏳️‍🌈 videos @ https://youtube.com/zentouro

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 16h

context www.youtube.com/watch?v=86nh...

YouTube Is Using AI to Alter Content (and not telling us)

YouTube video by Rhett Shull

www.youtube.com

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 16h

is YouTube doing the AI-'enhancement' on regular videos now? because it seems like it and it is awful.

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 1d

give me a document full of red lines, it is the only way to soothe my soul

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

Amazon Prime Day hasn't been interesting or novel since 2005 or so, but that's not going to stop anybody from pretending otherwise so they can get their blogspam affiliate kickbacks

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 2d

this absolutely rules

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 3d

fun fact about cbs news, worst job i ever had.

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 3d

do better, you know this is hacky

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5d

They ruined Google search for nothing

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 5d

So far at least, Americans are lukewarm about AI summaries in search results. Relatively few who have seen them think they're extremely or very useful (20%) or have a lot of trust in the information they get from them (6%). New data from @pewresearch.org: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that 20% of Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results believe these summaries are extremely or very useful. Far more (52%) see them as somewhat useful, while 28% see them as not too or not at all useful. The chart is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

Bar chart showing that 6% of Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results have a lot of trust in the information they get from these summaries. Another 48% have some trust in this information, while 34% have not too much trust and 12% have no trust at all. The chart is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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Tess Wei-Ping Jacobson @tessweiping.bsky.social · 8d

⚠️new(-ish) paper in Journal of Climate⚠️ i evaluated CMIP6 models' Pacific decadal SST variability and teleconnections... big takeaway is that models under-simulate temporal PDO/IPO variability on decadal timescales, likely affecting precip trends in the Southwest
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

journals.ametsoc.org

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 9d

(that's the joke)

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 10d

cite ur sources psl.noaa.gov/repository/a...

FACTS has been Discontinued: NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory

US Department of Commerce, NOAA, Physical Sciences Laboratory

psl.noaa.gov

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 10d

this can't be good right?

screenshot of a NOAA webpage. the main text says: FACTS has been Discontinued

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 10d

congratulationsssssssss

the number 100 is written in red with a white background

ALT: the number 100 is written in red with a white background

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 15d

climate week event organizers, please have a box for me to return my lanyard.
I do not want any lanyards!

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 16d

kermit the frog is sitting in a car with a seat belt on .

Alt: gif of kermit the frog is sitting in a car with a seat belt on. he slowly turns to look at the camera.

media.tenor.com

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Benjamin Cook @dustybowl.bsky.social · 16d

Anyone know if ERA5 assimilates any satellite soil moisture observations? Finding some conflicting information online.

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 18d

This year, may the shofar be a wake-up call for all. As we enter 5786, our commitment to justice is greater than ever.

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 22d

my little monkey brain was not built for all this

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Sep 11

i'll have to share this with darcy

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Sep 10

some personal news

Screenshot of an email reading:
Dear Dr. Nielsen,
Congratulations on

a photo taken after i successfully defended my dissertation. i'm in the center wearing university regalia, my advisors ben cook and kate marvel are standing on either side of me. we're posed, smiling, front of a map of the world.

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Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social · Sep 5

CVS confirms to me that New Yorkers will be able to walk into pharmacies and clinics to get Covid shots, adding: "Following regulatory action by the state of New York, we will ensure COVID-19 vaccinations are available as soon as possible at all New York CVS Pharmacy locations."

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Sep 4

ah yes, Peridot198003 with their finger on the pulse of what those subscribed to a niche climate science youtube channel that hasn't posted a video in 5 months want.

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Sep 4

might i suggest, not racing to the bottom?

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Sep 4

when did we get old??

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Sep 3

be the change you wish to see in the world