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Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · 13d

Was your buddy Stephen Malkmus?

Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · 13d

@jtkantor.bsky.social hey Josh, it's my spouse's birthday! He's now off the vintage to unironically enjoy agèd slacker rock. Could we hear some "Gold Soundz" tonight?

Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · Jul 13

Damon Albarn might not still hold a grudge, but I do.

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Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · Jul 13

@jtkantor.bsky.social In honor of Oasis being back on tour, mind playing some Blur? Perhaps Girls & Boys?

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 30

🚨🚨 Friday night news drop from National Science Foundation!! 🧪

NSF just released its detailed budget request for next year: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

We knew it was going to be bad...and it lives up. Guts direct NSF support for a **quarter million people**

🧵 on some highlights...

Senior Researchers 60,400 --> 16,900
Other Professionals 14,400 --> 4,100
Postdoctoral Associates 5,500 --> 1,000
Graduate Students 41,500 --> 12,400
Undergraduate Students 37,300 --> 8,000
PreK-12 Teachers 42,900 --> 8,200
PreK-12 Students 128,100 --> 39,400
Total Number of People 330,100 --> 90,000

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Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · May 24

Seamless transition into CCR!

Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · May 24

Yes, which is impressive for a four month old.

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Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · May 24

@jtkantor.bsky.social It is our buddy Max's first game! I'd like to think "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" would make for a memorable Sox debut.

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Nature Geoscience @natgeosci.nature.com · May 13

⚒️ May editorial: First breaths of a hospitable Earth - on our Focus on transient Archean oxygenation (www.nature.com/collections/...)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

First breaths of a hospitable Earth - Nature Geoscience

The oxygenation of the atmosphere was a pivotal point in Earth’s evolution. Punctuated environmental perturbations in its run-up laid the foundations for this event.

www.nature.com

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · May 9

This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit.

This cannot be allowed to happen.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

www.science.org

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Brian Romans @clasticdetritus.bsky.social · May 9

Even if this doesn't all happen exactly this way, parts of these directives are ruled illegal, the agency is rebuilt some years from now, etc. the damage that has been done (and is being done every day) will be felt for decades.

Science Magazine @science.org · May 8

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

scim.ag

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · May 9

Our NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership for the Northwest region was terminated this week. I'm so proud of the work we did to support the climate resilience efforts of frontline communities and Tribal Nations. And I'm deeply concerned for what the loss of this support means for NW communities.

Climate Impacts Group @cig-uw.bsky.social · May 9

We are deeply saddened to report that the funding for the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative has been terminated effective immediately. This is a devastating setback for climate resilience in rural and Tribal communities in the PNW. Read more>> cig.uw.edu/2025/05/cig-... @nwcasc.bsky.social

CIG Update: Termination of the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative | Climate Impacts Group

Dear supporters of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group,We are deeply saddened to report that the Acting Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Grants M...

cig.uw.edu

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Apr 30

"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...

How to Not Get Poisoned in America

The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...

buttondown.com

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · Apr 30

Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service) - essential reading from @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @ucsusa.bsky.social blog.ucs.org/science-blog...

Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service)

Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.

blog.ucs.org

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Dr. Geo Shanz 🪨🗺️🌊 @geoshanz.bsky.social · Apr 15

FYSA.

NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is being forced to decommission several paleo databases (including data I used for my dissertation).

You will be able to request archived data via email, but I HIGHLY advise downloading what you need ASAP. 🧪🌊

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information website showing multiple errors for datasets under the “Paleo Data Search”.

(Errors continued) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information website showing multiple errors for datasets under the “Paleo Data Search”.

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Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · Feb 21

The winter edition of the @nagtgeo.bsky.social Eastern Section newsletter (edited by yours truly) is now available: cdn.serc.carleton.edu/files/nagt/s... ⚒️

cdn.serc.carleton.edu

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Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · Feb 5

I've joyfully been reading methods sections from my thesis students, but my brain is now just a thousand acronyms in a trenchcoat.

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · Jan 27

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New England! Did you feel the M3.9 earthquake earlier today? This isn't a tectonically active region, but earthquakes do happen.

The last moderate quake here occurred in 2012, ~50 km to the north.

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Map of coastal New England, showing recorded earthquakes. Below the map is a timeline of earthquakes since 1925.

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Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · Jan 27

Also felt it in Boston. Thought it might have been our washing machine off balance or a large blast at our local quarry.

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Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · Jan 21

Chilly days on a quiet campus...

Cement walkways are cleared of snow and lead to red brick buildings off in the distance.of Harvard Yard.

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Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · Dec 14

Umm. Hi.

It looks like I last interacted with bluesky this time last year. It must be an AGU effect.

I'd like to get back in the habit of posting in spaces like this!

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Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · Dec 20

My STEMSEAS2YC colleague James Hobbes is working on social justice in geoscience education for his PhD. He's looking for participants. Details here:

A flyer advertising participation in a geoscience education research study called Interrogating Whiteness in the Geoscience Curriculum: A Faculty's Perspective. Contact information is james.hobbes@mavs.uta.edu

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Icevolcanx Ron @jokulhlaup.bsky.social · Dec 18

-Eruption NE of Thorbjorn now !-

#geology

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Patrick Rafter @oceanandclimate.bsky.social · Dec 18

I had a thoroughly great/extremely tiring week at #AGU2023, but still missed many great talks. Maybe you did too? Here are some must-see sessions (you need to be registered):

AGU LANDInG Academy: An Emerging Model for DEI Leadership Development in the (Geo)Sciences

eppro01.ativ.me/web/page.php...

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Chloe Anderson @chloerophylla.bsky.social · Dec 18

I'm going with seven, which would make sense with the age of most cultivated Christmas trees.

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