Jeff Seale
@docstymie.bsky.social
dad; biophysics | mol biol | climate science; work at intersection of ag | climate change | poverty; tikkun olam; #RedSox; #WreckEm; OG 806; thoughts are mine
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Jeff Seale
@docstymie.bsky.social
· Jan 24
"Wherever we are, we must remain diligent and upright, even when surrounded by those who are not." ^Patti Smith
Good trouble. More of this please.
Minnesotans face off against ICE as they target Somalis.
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Good trouble. More of this please.
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If we can magically find $12B for an agriculture bailout caused because of made up tariffs, we can find funding for trains, libraries, & clean energy. Btw the annual budget of the EPA is $9B. The whole thing! About the same with the National Science Foundation. Cut bad stuff, triple good stuff.
Not only can the country absolutely afford to do a lot more good things that help people– in housing, healthcare, infrastructure, and environment– there is no reason not to do it. Pretty simple: We should do big things that help people and not do things that hurt people. bsky.app/profile/cost...
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
December 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If we can magically find $12B for an agriculture bailout caused because of made up tariffs, we can find funding for trains, libraries, & clean energy. Btw the annual budget of the EPA is $9B. The whole thing! About the same with the National Science Foundation. Cut bad stuff, triple good stuff.
Big 12 Champions!!!
It’s a great day to be a Red Raider!!!
It’s a great day to be a Red Raider!!!
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Big 12 Champions!!!
It’s a great day to be a Red Raider!!!
It’s a great day to be a Red Raider!!!
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you directly without problems or pride:
I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love,
I love you directly without problems or pride:
I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love,
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you directly without problems or pride:
I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love,
I love you directly without problems or pride:
I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love,
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Soil scientists the world over need to take a look! Could this also be a quantum leap in our ability to estimate nitrous oxide emissions from soils at scale, which are currently basically guesstimates?
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Soil scientists the world over need to take a look! Could this also be a quantum leap in our ability to estimate nitrous oxide emissions from soils at scale, which are currently basically guesstimates?
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We’ve made real progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS — infections are down, and treatment is reaching more people.
That's why, with The Global Goals, we created the Hope Report to highlight that progress, momentum, and more
Explore the full report: cdn.one.org/pdfs/Hope_Re...
That's why, with The Global Goals, we created the Hope Report to highlight that progress, momentum, and more
Explore the full report: cdn.one.org/pdfs/Hope_Re...
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We’ve made real progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS — infections are down, and treatment is reaching more people.
That's why, with The Global Goals, we created the Hope Report to highlight that progress, momentum, and more
Explore the full report: cdn.one.org/pdfs/Hope_Re...
That's why, with The Global Goals, we created the Hope Report to highlight that progress, momentum, and more
Explore the full report: cdn.one.org/pdfs/Hope_Re...
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To mark #WorldAIDSDay today, change starts with leaders like Nokuthula Heath.
In Durban, South Africa, Nokuthula’s work at Zoë-Life supports children facing HIV and trauma — a local model ready for global impact.
Watch our video to discover her story: go.one.org/484FNBc #Futuremakers
In Durban, South Africa, Nokuthula’s work at Zoë-Life supports children facing HIV and trauma — a local model ready for global impact.
Watch our video to discover her story: go.one.org/484FNBc #Futuremakers
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
To mark #WorldAIDSDay today, change starts with leaders like Nokuthula Heath.
In Durban, South Africa, Nokuthula’s work at Zoë-Life supports children facing HIV and trauma — a local model ready for global impact.
Watch our video to discover her story: go.one.org/484FNBc #Futuremakers
In Durban, South Africa, Nokuthula’s work at Zoë-Life supports children facing HIV and trauma — a local model ready for global impact.
Watch our video to discover her story: go.one.org/484FNBc #Futuremakers
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
Well, now we know who we can really fire and replace. Sorry, C-suite. (Not sorry at all)
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Well, now we know who we can really fire and replace. Sorry, C-suite. (Not sorry at all)
Thanksgiving for one.
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thanksgiving for one.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
My very first research project was searching for natural compounds to inhibit the replication of HIV. So, World AIDS Day is very near to my heart. Join us at @onecampaign.bsky.social for a week of action!
act.one.org/petition/wor...
act.one.org/petition/wor...
Join ONE’s Week of Action in Honor of World AIDS Day
I added my name to speak up in support of US leadership in the global AIDS fight. Will you?
act.one.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
My very first research project was searching for natural compounds to inhibit the replication of HIV. So, World AIDS Day is very near to my heart. Join us at @onecampaign.bsky.social for a week of action!
act.one.org/petition/wor...
act.one.org/petition/wor...
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I wrote about the absurdity of the COPs failing to make fossil fuels the villain.
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
The UN Climate Process Still Doesn't Understand the Assignment
The original sin of the UN's work was to fail to center coal, oil, and gas as the primary villains in the entire enterprise.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I wrote about the absurdity of the COPs failing to make fossil fuels the villain.
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
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We’re closer than ever to beating AIDS, TB, and malaria — but “close” won’t save lives.
The latest Global Fund Replenishment made major progress, but we’re still short of the target needed to protect millions.
This is not the moment to ease up. It’s the moment to push harder. ✊
The latest Global Fund Replenishment made major progress, but we’re still short of the target needed to protect millions.
This is not the moment to ease up. It’s the moment to push harder. ✊
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We’re closer than ever to beating AIDS, TB, and malaria — but “close” won’t save lives.
The latest Global Fund Replenishment made major progress, but we’re still short of the target needed to protect millions.
This is not the moment to ease up. It’s the moment to push harder. ✊
The latest Global Fund Replenishment made major progress, but we’re still short of the target needed to protect millions.
This is not the moment to ease up. It’s the moment to push harder. ✊
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“Climate change isn’t everything“ is becoming a go-to justification for delaying action.
This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
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This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
“Climate change isn’t everything“ is becoming a go-to justification for delaying action.
This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
1/
This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
1/
The COP has outlived its usefulness. We know what has to be done and yet a handful of countries water down the outcomes every year that make it harder to do what we know we have to do.
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The COP has outlived its usefulness. We know what has to be done and yet a handful of countries water down the outcomes every year that make it harder to do what we know we have to do.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Aurora borealis in suburban St Louis. Easily visible with the naked eye.
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Aurora borealis in suburban St Louis. Easily visible with the naked eye.
Some of them are on tv now complaining about what is happening to their constituents while having just voted to let that pain continue for their constituents. Spineless.
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Some of them are on tv now complaining about what is happening to their constituents while having just voted to let that pain continue for their constituents. Spineless.
I can’t wait to move to Maine next year so I can vote Susan Collins out of office and then Angus King when he’s up for reelection.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I can’t wait to move to Maine next year so I can vote Susan Collins out of office and then Angus King when he’s up for reelection.
Senate Democrats led by @schumer.senate.gov A "promise" for a vote on ACA subsidies.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Senate Democrats led by @schumer.senate.gov A "promise" for a vote on ACA subsidies.
Fuck @schumer.senate.gov if he caves on this govt shutdown.
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Fuck @schumer.senate.gov if he caves on this govt shutdown.