Amelia Shevenell
@ashevenell.bsky.social
Paleoceanographer, sedimentologist, scientific ocean drilling evangelist, Antarctic ice historian, Professor, Mom of human and Labradors, potter, unapologetic Swiftie, doer of many things. These are my personal views.
Maybe he will get a pardon
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Maybe he will get a pardon
Not as far as I can tell
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Not as far as I can tell
Isn’t it essentially mince pie?
December 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Isn’t it essentially mince pie?
I wonder if we are. I don’t know!
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I wonder if we are. I don’t know!
I often tell candidates I’ve written a letter and ask if they want to read it. I never accept a request unless I can write a glowing letter.
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I often tell candidates I’ve written a letter and ask if they want to read it. I never accept a request unless I can write a glowing letter.
Who needs physics when you can do 20-30 knots silently in … earths crust
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Who needs physics when you can do 20-30 knots silently in … earths crust
Clearly he knows no geologists and hasn’t thought to ask
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Clearly he knows no geologists and hasn’t thought to ask
And barely means don’t unless you work for OET
November 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
And barely means don’t unless you work for OET
Reposted by Amelia Shevenell
"Academic freedom is being eroded internally by university administrators as well as externally by politicians." -USC @aaup.org president Laura Isabel Serna in the LA Times
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
archive link: archive.ph/TxBWo
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
archive link: archive.ph/TxBWo
Contributor: Fearing Trump, universities themselves restrict academic freedom
Some institutions may have avoided the ire of the federal government by preemptively undermining research and teaching.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Academic freedom is being eroded internally by university administrators as well as externally by politicians." -USC @aaup.org president Laura Isabel Serna in the LA Times
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
archive link: archive.ph/TxBWo
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
archive link: archive.ph/TxBWo
Let me guess… with impunity?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Let me guess… with impunity?
How come this is the first I’m hearing about this ?
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
How come this is the first I’m hearing about this ?
Flexing the soft power … that ship is wild… and not all that scientific
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Flexing the soft power … that ship is wild… and not all that scientific
Can I get my district back from Luna?
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Can I get my district back from Luna?
I think we know enough to make some educated predictions. I’d like to know who got Melania her O visa and how she met Trump. I have some guesses.
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I think we know enough to make some educated predictions. I’d like to know who got Melania her O visa and how she met Trump. I have some guesses.
What was between WWI and WWII? WWI.V?
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
What was between WWI and WWII? WWI.V?
This is like going to a faculty meeting these days …infuriating
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is like going to a faculty meeting these days …infuriating
Lutnick owns stake in a few extraction companies and… the people around have been working in extraction finance in Africa for years (aka corruption)
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Lutnick owns stake in a few extraction companies and… the people around have been working in extraction finance in Africa for years (aka corruption)
I mean the science won’t support that but … they flat out told me they didn’t care about the science and were there to make deals
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I mean the science won’t support that but … they flat out told me they didn’t care about the science and were there to make deals