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@carboncyclist.org

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Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · Nov 24

I still think my attempt at #climate #scicomm holds up, many years after I created it, but my "call for action" is weak tea given the inaction of the past 15 years. youtu.be/85TQHzS88L4?...

The Carbon Crisis in 90 Seconds.

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Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 1h

¡muy chevere!

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 2h

No manual transmission 😢

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 12h

Same here

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 15h

Ay me, this tyrant fever burns me up

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 1d

Ah, GQ then. Good choice.

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 1d

Glamour or Vanity Fair?

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 3d

There’s no such thing as a “free” boat

Old sailboat on a trailer with the sign free boat

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 4d

Do you think it’s clear that none of these events will look remotely like your illustrations?

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Kirk Amundson @kirkamundson.bsky.social · 4d

UMass Amherst Biology is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Physiology. Deadline Nov 1. Please spread the word and apply!

careers.massachusetts.edu/mob/en-us/jo...

Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology

The Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Plant Physiology. The successful can...

careers.massachusetts.edu

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Justin Maxwell @l-tulipifera.bsky.social · 4d

We are looking for a new postdoc to join a collaborative team at Indiana University. We are working to reduce bias in estimates of forest carbon uptake at local to global scales. Deadline for best consideration is November 15, 2025. More details below!

indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30636

Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Forest Carbon

We are seeking a highly-motivated postdoctoral fellow to conduct research focused on reducing bias and uncertainty in the measurement and monitoring of forest carbon uptake from local to global scales...

indiana.peopleadmin.com

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 5d

My go to place in San Francisco for decades was Caffe Sport, a funky hippy summer of love family restaurant. Alas it was sold a few years ago and is a pale shadow of the original now

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 5d

I’ll be there soon

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 5d

I do science because I have to do science. It helps that I also care about people, so the science I do can sometimes help people, if I'm lucky, and it's not 2025.

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 5d

I think for me the most compelling answer for "why fund basic research?" (and the one most relevant to the people doing the work) is that humans are curious and finding stuff out makes us happy and fulfilled. Science is a thing humans like. Life would be more dull and sad if we didn't do it.

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Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 5d

no riots but there's a nasty Facebook group run by a bike hater who's really really upset about 28th street

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 5d

that's the sort of wholesome content I needed!

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 6d

Don't miss this! Now coming to the Baltimore Museum of Art @artbma.bsky.social

BmoreArt Magazine @bmoreart.bsky.social · Apr 3

Opening night Amy Sherald: American Sublime @whitneymuseum
Exhibit Apr 9–Aug 10, 2025

Paintings of such ordinary Americans join her iconic portraits of First Lady Michelle Obama and, heartbreakingly, Breonna Taylor, to produce a resonant ode to the multiplicity and complexity of American identity.

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 6d

Ken’s serving spicy dishes again

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 6d

TYB Week 19: Scraping Away What Doesn’t Belong respectfulresearch.com/tyb-week19-s...

TYB Week 19: Scraping Away What Doesn’t Belong

Preparing for respectful Arctic research means tending to the small things before they grow into deeper problems.

respectfulresearch.com

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 7d

That’s beautiful

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 9d

Know a dataset making an impact for people, planet, or prosperity?

🌎 Nominate it for AGU’s upcoming commentary by 10 Oct. You may be featured!

🔗: buff.ly/XLFfYqM
#ImpactfulData #EarthScience

Nominate an Impactful Dataset

You are invited to nominate a dataset to be included in a commentary about the impact of Earth, space, and environmental data using the dimensions of people, planet, and prosperity. Selected…

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 10d

Wood frog disapproves of your bad choices

Wood frog scowling in the grass

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 10d

Sou eu

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 10d

This is, incidentally, also true in ecology

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10d

This is, incidentally, also true in physics

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10d

I tell people that the problem is not coming up with ideas, I think of a couple dozen of them a day. The real problem is knowing which of the damn things is any good for writing up. Most of them are junk. I have to let them roll around in my brain a while to find out which is which.

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 11d

The Baltimore Museum of Art will mount the Amy Sherrold retrospective. Come to Baltimore, it's more fun than you think!

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 12d

With the likelihood of a gov’t shutdown increasing by the hour, paired with OMB’s ILLEGAL threats to fire federal employees who aren’t considered “essential”, we are preparing to go on the offensive.

Follow @standupforscience.bsky.social for Urgent Response Calls!

All hands on deck!

Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 12d

So much happiness!