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Celeste Labedz

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environmental seismologist - doctor of glacier vibes - geoscience educator - she/her - opinions only my own - puns only my worst - www.crlabedz.net

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · Oct 18

With a million new users, is ScienceSky 🧪 doing reintroductions?

I'm Celeste Labedz, an assistant instructional professor at UChicago teaching across the geoscience spectrum. My research uses seismometers (the sensors that detect earthquakes) to understand what's going on underneath glaciers.

Smiling selfie in front of a glacier that meanders down a valley of dark mountains, with a cloudy sky above

Person on skis wearing a large backpack and pulling a sled over a snowy surface that melts into the thick gray fog above, with no horizon, sky, or other features visible.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

You can't fix offsets, because they're not really broken

They are designed from the ground up as a way for polluters to falsify climate action, and for disgustingly rich bankers to divert funds away from frontline communities

As long as fossil fuels exist, offsets will exist

Good paper! -->>>

Are Carbon Offsets Fixable?

This article provides a systematic review of the literature on carbon offsets. A growing number of studies have found that the most widely used offset programs continue to greatly overestimate their p...

www.annualreviews.org

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Cedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 1d

I really do appreciate Taiwo repeating the simple drumbeat of "lying is bad and we should be better at discouraging it" - sometimes it is just that.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 2d

This is a weird thing to say

Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 2d

UCalgary is awesome! Check out these opportunities, Geo Sky! ⚒️ 🧪

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 4d

🚨FOUR tenure track positions in my dept @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social in applied & computational geophysics, subsurface geochemistry, sedimentary geology, and sustainable soil science. careers.ucalgary.ca/search/jobs?...

(please reskeet widely!) #academicsky 🧪⚒️🇨🇦

Opportunities matching 'earth'

Search 4 Careers available at University of Calgary.

careers.ucalgary.ca

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 3d

New Fig 1 dropped

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 3d

Seeing @astrokatie.com’s succinct explanation of why it’s good and humane to fund basic research, please indulge me re-posting this thread.

We do science because we’re human, but there are plenty of justifications for folks who need to hear different arguments.

Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · Dec 4

I’ve seen some posts recently, about the value of basic research, in light of funding cuts and demands that research have immediate economic justification.

Let me collect some info here, in a thread, about why it’s a bad idea to attach those sorts of demands to funding. 🧵 🧪 ⚛️

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 3d

EXPLOSION GANG!!!

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 3d

Dartmouth’s response to the Trump admin’s corrupt contract, short and sweet: “You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves.”

Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 4d

Dartmouth response to the Trump Administration Compact

president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10...

Response to the ‘Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’ | Office of the President

president.dartmouth.edu

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 3d

...it seems folks can get caught up thinking it's either a cold-turkey switch to veganism or no change at all.

I started eating less meat like a decade ago for mostly environmental reasons. I'm still not vegetarian, but it rocks to have gone from eating it most days to only once a month or so!

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 3d

I also feel like some people have a hard time viewing meat as something they can do incrementally for environmental reasons. Like, people get that they can swap *some* driving trips for walking/biking/transit to be a little greener while still keeping their car. When it comes to meat, though...

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 4d

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 5d

That’s a lot of science we left on the table.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 6d

Here is NIDDK

61% as many new R01s in FY25 as in FY24.

17/n

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 5d

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Matthias Huss @matthias-huss.bsky.social · 6d

Like pulling the plug of a bathtub: an incredible mass of #glacier ice disappearing at Griesgletscher (🇨🇭/🇮🇹) in one century.
It felt emotional to visit the exact same spot @swisstopo cartographers chose in 1919. The view was so different.
Simply unbelievable!!
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 6d

We have a #MinCup25 champion!!

Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025

After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?

Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.

2025 — Mineral Cup

www.mineralcup.org

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 6d

This is extortion. Faculty, students, staff, alumni across the country need to get to their Presidents & Trustees today. Just say no. This blackmail only works if most everyone folds. Capitulation now means the end of American higher education for a generation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

www.nytimes.com

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 6d

Can't wait!!! 🤩

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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 6d

Reading the responses so far, some of you are going to be very pleased with upcoming announcements and improvements! 😂

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 6d

Twiddling your thumbs after already voting in #MinCup25?

Why don’t you take our annual Players Survey and help us improve for next year! www.mineralcup.org/2025/players...

Annual Mineral Cup Players Survey — Mineral Cup

www.mineralcup.org

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you all for making it such a wonderful time!

Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 6d

Less than two hours left! Kyanite has a slim lead, but I would love to see it earn a strong win! 🧪⚒️

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 7d

#MinCup25 Final: After a month of learning and laughter, we’re at the final match to determine the 2025 Mineral Cup Champion! We have blue blades of #kyanite up against optical magician #tugtupite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in 2025 Final Match — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Kyanite vs Tugtupite Photo credits: John Sobolewski and Parent Géry

www.mineralcup.org

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall was an extraordinary champion for nature. She holds a special place at Esri as a friend and advocate for using technology to protect and transform our world for the better. Her inspiration will always remain in our hearts.
Rest in peace, power, and warm chimpanzee embrace, dear Jane

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 7d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 7d

That's quite the chart annotation.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A chart of "Major concerns of PhD candidates." The top text says, "Financial pressures top the list of concerns faced by PhD candidates, but concerns differ among the sexes. Those studying in the United States rank the political landscape as their main worry." The chart shows that in the full survey, political landscape is the biggest concern for about 20% of students (a bit higher for women than men) but there's an annotation saying "In US PhD students, this rose to 64%". Overall, the highest-rated concern was financial pressures at around 40%.

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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 7d

As the NSF GAGE and SAGE facilities come to a close, we thank the NSF for its sustained investment and our community for advancing geophysical research and education. EarthScope is honored to serve as operator of the new NSF National Geophysical Facility, ushering in the next era of geophysics.

Infographic titled "Celebrating the Impact of NSF’s GAGE and SAGE Facilities (2018–2025)." Lists: 551 experiments, 31,942 unique datasets, 12,643 peer-reviewed publications, 14,001 unique authors, and 448,729 citations. Each statistic is paired with a simple icon. Background shows a shaded relief map with a red-to-purple gradient border at top and bottom.

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