Liz Winkler
@highinthefields.bsky.social
Graduate student of environmental science, dendrochronologist, and future teacher open to learning everything
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@washingtonpost.com writing about Adolf Hitler and the Nazis picking up Jews in Germany so nonchalantly
December 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
@washingtonpost.com writing about Adolf Hitler and the Nazis picking up Jews in Germany so nonchalantly
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"60% of oil, gas and coal power plants slated for retirement in PJM postponed or cancelled those plans this year"
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
December 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"60% of oil, gas and coal power plants slated for retirement in PJM postponed or cancelled those plans this year"
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Finally, technology has achieved what mankind has been dreaming of since time immemorial
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Finally, technology has achieved what mankind has been dreaming of since time immemorial
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
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The DOGE-triggered brain drain has destroyed government science, endangered research, and left America fading to black.
When it comes to Trump's brain drain, “the damage is already done”
How the DOGE-triggered attack on government research left America in the dark.
www.motherjones.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The DOGE-triggered brain drain has destroyed government science, endangered research, and left America fading to black.
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Damn right, we are.
We are doing just enough Job to keep Job. We are not 'giving 110%' because that is mathematically impossible. We are not 'stockholder obsessed' because our stockholders are myopic daytraders & VC techbros with no grasp of longterm growth. We are certainly not 'a family'.
We are doing just enough Job to keep Job. We are not 'giving 110%' because that is mathematically impossible. We are not 'stockholder obsessed' because our stockholders are myopic daytraders & VC techbros with no grasp of longterm growth. We are certainly not 'a family'.
in 2026 we are NOT hustling, we are NOT grinding, we are doing just enough Job to have money for Video Game
December 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Damn right, we are.
We are doing just enough Job to keep Job. We are not 'giving 110%' because that is mathematically impossible. We are not 'stockholder obsessed' because our stockholders are myopic daytraders & VC techbros with no grasp of longterm growth. We are certainly not 'a family'.
We are doing just enough Job to keep Job. We are not 'giving 110%' because that is mathematically impossible. We are not 'stockholder obsessed' because our stockholders are myopic daytraders & VC techbros with no grasp of longterm growth. We are certainly not 'a family'.
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talking to my mom who is a pediatrician in a rural area and… the whole antivaxx thing is so much worse than you can imagine
RFK Jr. should be sent to The Hague
RFK Jr. should be sent to The Hague
December 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
talking to my mom who is a pediatrician in a rural area and… the whole antivaxx thing is so much worse than you can imagine
RFK Jr. should be sent to The Hague
RFK Jr. should be sent to The Hague
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I think people today don't understand just how dramatically the night sky has changed - it looked like it does in super remote areas *everywhere* before the invention of electric lighting, and light pollution that obscures the sky has gotten dramatically worse in the last 25 years.
If you ever have the experience of seeing a night sky out in the deep countryside you can understand this; it really is a fundamentally different experience, and I can't imagine it not being formative to people.
December 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I think people today don't understand just how dramatically the night sky has changed - it looked like it does in super remote areas *everywhere* before the invention of electric lighting, and light pollution that obscures the sky has gotten dramatically worse in the last 25 years.
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Six month exposure in a pinhole camera tracking the Sun's movement from summer to winter solstice. This is so cool - you can spot stretches of cloudy days. Have to redo this to catch the summer sun better.
This image was taken using #solarcan
This image was taken using #solarcan
December 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Six month exposure in a pinhole camera tracking the Sun's movement from summer to winter solstice. This is so cool - you can spot stretches of cloudy days. Have to redo this to catch the summer sun better.
This image was taken using #solarcan
This image was taken using #solarcan
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I love reading. in fact I love reading so much, that I will re-read the same paragraph 10 times over, in an attempt to pay enough attention to register it properly
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I love reading. in fact I love reading so much, that I will re-read the same paragraph 10 times over, in an attempt to pay enough attention to register it properly
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![The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Department of Commerce (the "Department") will cease funding for Award Number
through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
("NOAA"), pursuant to Section 200.340 of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 C.F.R. Part 200) which governs this award of Federal financial assistance.
As part of efforts to streamline and reduce the cost and size of the Federal Government, the Department is reprioritizing funding and staff to support only those activities directly related to its current programmatic goals and agency priorities. UCAR/NOAA Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program (CAMP) activities are no longer aligned with effectuating these undertakings, nor relevant to the current focus of the Administration's objectives and program goals. Specifically, NOAA has concluded that the project relies heavily on theoretical research and
long-term academic partnerships, rather than the agency's priority of applied, commercializable outcomes or private-sector collaborations.
Under 2 C.F.R Section 200.340- Termination, "It]he Federal award may be terminated in part or its entirety as follows: (2) By the Federal agency or pass-through entity pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Federal award, including, to the extent authorized by law, if an award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities."
To this end and for the reasons stated above, Award Number is terminated effective December 19, 2025. Should the recipient decide to continue project activities beyond this date, it does so at its own risk and
will not be reimbursed for any project costs incurred after that date.
Should you decide to continue project activities beyond this date, you do so at your own risk and will not be reimbursed for any project costs incurred after December 19, 2025. You will be notified in writing concerning close-out instructions for this award.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jxsz274bqthnltrjihgx3nfc/bafkreiarbjddfjxpziyv4r6l7wkfo3alla34rzms3eng5zzxaih2xap3yi@jpeg)
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NOAA has started terminating grants to UCAR under the UCAR/NOAA Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program (CAMP).
December 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
NOAA has started terminating grants to UCAR under the UCAR/NOAA Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program (CAMP).
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Very cool work by Bryan Black here at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research establishing the exact date of the Electron Mudflow in the Puget Sound metropolitan area: 'Forest-floor burial in 1507 by the largest Mount Rainier lahar of the past millennium'
doi.org/10.1130/G537...
doi.org/10.1130/G537...
Forest-floor burial in 1507 by the largest Mount Rainier lahar of the past millennium | Geology | GeoScienceWorld
New dating of lahar-killed trees underscores volcano hazards in the Puget Sound metropolitan area. Beginning as a landslide from the west flank of Mount
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Very cool work by Bryan Black here at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research establishing the exact date of the Electron Mudflow in the Puget Sound metropolitan area: 'Forest-floor burial in 1507 by the largest Mount Rainier lahar of the past millennium'
doi.org/10.1130/G537...
doi.org/10.1130/G537...
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We need some more tree-posting on this app.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
We need some more tree-posting on this app.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
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One of the World’s Rarest #Hummingbirds Makes a Dazzling Appearance in Colombia - The Santa Marta Sabrewring is micro-endemic, living in a very limited range. #birds
Link for more info and #photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/04/sant...
Link for more info and #photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/04/sant...
December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
One of the World’s Rarest #Hummingbirds Makes a Dazzling Appearance in Colombia - The Santa Marta Sabrewring is micro-endemic, living in a very limited range. #birds
Link for more info and #photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/04/sant...
Link for more info and #photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/04/sant...
Turns out looking for a PhD position working with tree-rings in a society whose leaders have determined the environment and science are not things that need monitoring or progress anymore is haaaaaaaarrrrrdd
December 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Turns out looking for a PhD position working with tree-rings in a society whose leaders have determined the environment and science are not things that need monitoring or progress anymore is haaaaaaaarrrrrdd
Omg
I found the comments on the last post about bird names in other languages fascinating! Today pictures of long-tailed tits - there must be some good names for these little, charismatic, unstoppable, insect-guzzling miniature forces of nature! #Birds #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Omg
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my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
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Absolutely wild pink nitrogen ribbon aurora burst last night here in Iceland. There was cloud cover, and I was worried the show would stay shrouded. Voila!
The purpley-pink & white ribbons are much closer to us in the atmosphere than standard green arcs, and are fast moving.
#northernlights #aurora
The purpley-pink & white ribbons are much closer to us in the atmosphere than standard green arcs, and are fast moving.
#northernlights #aurora
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Absolutely wild pink nitrogen ribbon aurora burst last night here in Iceland. There was cloud cover, and I was worried the show would stay shrouded. Voila!
The purpley-pink & white ribbons are much closer to us in the atmosphere than standard green arcs, and are fast moving.
#northernlights #aurora
The purpley-pink & white ribbons are much closer to us in the atmosphere than standard green arcs, and are fast moving.
#northernlights #aurora
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Let’s see if I can continue my recent hot streak with today’s bird of the day. A few photos of various Eurasian oystercatchers (haematopus ostralegus) from over the years. As my good friend calls them, “Magpies with carrots on their face”. #Birds #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #Oystercatcher
December 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Let’s see if I can continue my recent hot streak with today’s bird of the day. A few photos of various Eurasian oystercatchers (haematopus ostralegus) from over the years. As my good friend calls them, “Magpies with carrots on their face”. #Birds #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #Oystercatcher
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Soon after the golden hour…
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Soon after the golden hour…
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
A maximalist dream
This is the outcome of a UMich coach getting fired or something like that right? Also don’t look at the interior pictures if you do not want your sense of taste to be overwhelmed.
I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
December 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A maximalist dream
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Releasing 100 pages totally blacked out is a fuck you from the DOJ and a huge admission of a cover up.
December 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Releasing 100 pages totally blacked out is a fuck you from the DOJ and a huge admission of a cover up.