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miriam nielsen

@zentouro.info

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urban worm farmer. ricocheting between bored and furious. currently furious. climate scientist with a shiny new phd. i talk about climate change a lot. she/her 🏳️‍🌈 videos @ https://youtube.com/zentouro

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 22h

fun fact about cbs news, worst job i ever had.

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 22h

do better, you know this is hacky

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

They ruined Google search for nothing

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 2d

So far at least, Americans are lukewarm about AI summaries in search results. Relatively few who have seen them think they're extremely or very useful (20%) or have a lot of trust in the information they get from them (6%). New data from @pewresearch.org: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that 20% of Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results believe these summaries are extremely or very useful. Far more (52%) see them as somewhat useful, while 28% see them as not too or not at all useful. The chart is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

Bar chart showing that 6% of Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results have a lot of trust in the information they get from these summaries. Another 48% have some trust in this information, while 34% have not too much trust and 12% have no trust at all. The chart is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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Tess Wei-Ping Jacobson @tessweiping.bsky.social · 5d

⚠️new(-ish) paper in Journal of Climate⚠️ i evaluated CMIP6 models' Pacific decadal SST variability and teleconnections... big takeaway is that models under-simulate temporal PDO/IPO variability on decadal timescales, likely affecting precip trends in the Southwest
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

journals.ametsoc.org

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 6d

(that's the joke)

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 7d

cite ur sources psl.noaa.gov/repository/a...

FACTS has been Discontinued: NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory

US Department of Commerce, NOAA, Physical Sciences Laboratory

psl.noaa.gov

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 7d

this can't be good right?

screenshot of a NOAA webpage. the main text says: FACTS has been Discontinued

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 7d

congratulationsssssssss

the number 100 is written in red with a white background

ALT: the number 100 is written in red with a white background

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 12d

climate week event organizers, please have a box for me to return my lanyard.
I do not want any lanyards!

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 13d

kermit the frog is sitting in a car with a seat belt on .

Alt: gif of kermit the frog is sitting in a car with a seat belt on. he slowly turns to look at the camera.

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Benjamin Cook @dustybowl.bsky.social · 13d

Anyone know if ERA5 assimilates any satellite soil moisture observations? Finding some conflicting information online.

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 15d

This year, may the shofar be a wake-up call for all. As we enter 5786, our commitment to justice is greater than ever.

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 19d

my little monkey brain was not built for all this

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 27d

i'll have to share this with darcy

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 27d

some personal news

Screenshot of an email reading:
Dear Dr. Nielsen,
Congratulations on

a photo taken after i successfully defended my dissertation. i'm in the center wearing university regalia, my advisors ben cook and kate marvel are standing on either side of me. we're posed, smiling, front of a map of the world.

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Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social · Sep 5

CVS confirms to me that New Yorkers will be able to walk into pharmacies and clinics to get Covid shots, adding: "Following regulatory action by the state of New York, we will ensure COVID-19 vaccinations are available as soon as possible at all New York CVS Pharmacy locations."

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Sep 4

ah yes, Peridot198003 with their finger on the pulse of what those subscribed to a niche climate science youtube channel that hasn't posted a video in 5 months want.

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Sep 4

might i suggest, not racing to the bottom?

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Sep 4

when did we get old??

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Sep 3

be the change you wish to see in the world

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 1

"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)".
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says

The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.

www.reuters.com

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Aug 29

Posting a reminder that no disasters are natural, & a certain one twenty years ago was especially not natural. So, you should not use the phrase. You can just say "disaster". (Although in this particular instance it was a catastrophe, not a disaster but... baby steps)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT9-...

There’s no such thing as a natural disaster

YouTube video by zentouro

www.youtube.com

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Tess Wei-Ping Jacobson @tessweiping.bsky.social · Aug 27

hi bluesky~ my name is tess, and i'm a climate scientist studying drought, fire, and climate variability and change! i recently defended my PhD on the climate dynamics that drive forest fire in the Western US at @lamont.columbia.edu and started as an NPP fellow at NASA GISS. excited to be here ❤

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 25

I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes.

If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:

America tips into fascism (GUEST POST)

"Something is materially different in our country this week than last," writes historian Garrett Graff.

www.thehandbasket.co

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miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · Aug 25

it was great to meet you, thanks for letting me tag along on your card!