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Brian Romans @clasticdetritus.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

"The project isn't the deliverable. The project is the vehicle. The deliverable is the scientist that comes out the other end." I encourage grad student advisors (and grad students) to read this. All the pithy hot takes miss the point, this is a breath of fresh air. ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

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The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 26/03/2026

“When antidemocratic politics target universities, universities need more democracy, not less, to protect themselves. Recognize the collective bargaining rights of Colorado’s public university employees.” @campusworkers.bsky.social @aaup.org coloradosun.com/2026/03/26/o...

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Opinion: University workers shouldn’t have to wait for rights the Colorado regents can grant now

University of Colorado regents must recognize the collective bargaining rights of university employees.

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Aditi Bhaskar @aditibhaskar.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

? for aquatic ecologists: I was telling my class about the EPT index. A student asked if fish preference for these pollution sensitive benthic macroinvertebrates skews the index because of its sensitivity to predation and not just pollution... I don't know enough about the interactions - thoughts?

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

It's over. Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut. www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...

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BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.

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Dr. Lynne Elkins @ljelkins.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I am beyond furious at the U. Nebraska administration and Regents for this decision. They are moving ahead with eliminating programs despite nearly 6 hours of public comments arguing they should not do so.

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Ken Dewey @kendewey.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Sad to see that my colleagues in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at UNL saw their combined department eliminated late this afternoon by the UNL Board of Regents. No more meteorology no more geology at UNL. Words escape me!

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authodizer @doktrock.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

⚒️🧪 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (among other programs) to be eliminated at University of Nebraska-Lincoln #UNL. A tragedy all around. #Geosciences

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

University of Nebraska formally ends its storied meteorology program, furthering concerns about the future of the atmospheric science academic sector. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

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University of Nebraska formally approves termination of meteorology program

More on Thursday's earthquake "false alarm," and increasing flooding risks for the Northwest

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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 14/05/2025

Universities have historically been (unwitting to willing) agents of segregation and patriarchy. Recent decades have brought some progress (often more rhetorical than substantive). We now face an existential test in many dimensions, but I'd like to focus here on faculty promotion and tenure (P&T) 1/

The grant terminations have disproportionately affected principal investigators (PIs) from groups traditionally underrepresented in science—notably women, racial and ethnic minorities, and those with disabilities—according to data collected by NSF. Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.

Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant.

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-officials-take-steps-toward-radically-different-nsf

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Stories coming from around the country that students are having their SEVIS status randomly restored, just as randomly as it was terminated. Suggests that ICE is either reversing these terminations on a large scale or having actual human beings finally look at cases and make decisions.

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 19/04/2025

🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨 We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely! airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

NSF Grant Termination Information Collection Form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NSF grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.

We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected PIs, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks.

We are actively building a pipeline to organize these terminations and will soon have a tracker akin to our NIH grant tracker at https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA

WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential.

These resources are maintained by Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with input and support from additional volunteers. For any questions, please contact Scott Delaney on Signal (sdelaney.84).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/04/2025

The rationale for this cancellation is climate denial. There is no dressing it up, there is no tiptoeing around it. Yet climate change doesn’t care if we believe it. It will destroy our homes, multiply insurance rates, wreak economic havoc and more — regardless of our opinions or voting record.

A screen capture of the text of the link below, explaining why they will no longer support cooperative modeling of the earth’s climate system.

Another screen capture explaining why they no longer support sub seasonal to seasonal predictability research. That’s weather, folks. They don’t support weather research.

A third screen capture explaining why a regional coupled model project is being canceled, as it includes alleged changes to precipitation patterns and sea level rise.

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Joe Neguse @joeneguse.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

These mass terminations of our nation’s brightest scientists — including in Boulder and beyond — are clearly unlawful, and we will do everything we can to reverse them! coloradosun.com/2025/02/27/n...

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Mass firings of probationary federal workers begin at NOAA, including many in Boulder

Employees received emails Thursday informing them of their abrupt termination, despite a U.S. District Court ruling calling such firings’ legality into question

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Coyote Gulch @coyotegulch.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

President Trump’s War on Water #Conservation -- Brian Richter (SustainableWaters.org) coyotegulch.blog/2025/02/22/p...

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I'm a scientist because 52 years ago the National Science Foundation supported me, as a high school student, to do real research at a university summer science program. The destruction of US science by Trump and the Republicans today will weaken the country for decades.

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 19/02/2025

Federal science agencies are under threat. AGU has made it easy to advocate for NSF, NOAA, NASA and more. Visit AGU’s Science Policy Action Center to stand up for science. fromtheprow.agu.org/standing-tog...

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Laura Lautz @llautz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Yesterday was the darkest day of my professional life so far. Many of NSF’s best and brightest people fired indiscriminately. The terms of their firing cruel. My colleagues matter, they are valued and they make a difference. I have no words. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

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National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce

NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

One of the main issues wee outlined in our fire/water report was about water availability during fires. Despite article focus on this being an LA problem, it’s a widespread problem. Many recommendations here for addressing (hint: during a fire is too late) innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/u...

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Jeannie Wilkening @jvwilkening.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

If you happen to be one of the approximately 12 people left at #AGU24 this afternoon, come hear me talk about urban trees and machine learning (H53W-03) from 2:34-2:46!

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Aditi Bhaskar @aditibhaskar.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

This afternoon are the Urban Environmental Interactions oral sessions (H53W and H54F) at #AGU24 - 2:10 pm in 147A @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social

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Joseph Kasprzyk @josephrobertbob.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

It's an initial attempt, and it was interesting for me to learn the tensorflow package (and run it myself!) CNN does a good job, but work needs to be done in matching the training protocol (every image one at a time) with the use case (finding evidence of flow over a long period of time).

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Joseph Kasprzyk @josephrobertbob.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

In case you missed my #AGU24 Monday poster with @aditibhaskar.bsky.social and Jorge Santiago Ramírez Núñez, here it is! Using CNN image classification to predict flow presence and absence at West Stroh Gulch.

Deep Learning Flow Detection in Non-Perennial Streams. CNN does a good job in an initial test, but work needs to be done in matching the training protocol (every image one at a time) with the use case (finding evidence of flow over a long period of time).

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Aditi Bhaskar @aditibhaskar.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

This afternoon at #AGU24 is the poster session for Urban Environmental Interactions: People, Plants, and Water in the Built Environment (1087-1111) @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social

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Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island (US/Canada) @srti.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#AGU2024 - "Climate Science and Big Oil Need to Go Their Separate Ways" NASA Earth Scientist Dr. Peter Kalmus wrote an opinion piece this week on the importance of The American Geophysical Union (AGU) cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry. Read about it here: bit.ly/3VzOTQO

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Climate Science and Big Oil Need to Go Their Separate Ways | Opinion

The American Geophysical Union has a long history of taking fossil fuel money, and has not pledged to stop.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I remember 20+ years ago Exxon funding the AGU student networking breakfast. It was all a little sus then. But now?! Get with the times. That industry is whatever the opposite of honest broker is when it comes to science. Regardless of anything else, a science org can't take their money. #AGU24

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Dr. Katie E. Bristol @rockmagnetism.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

In case no one told you: @agu.org session numbers actually mean something! First letter(s) = Discipline First number = Day (1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, etc.) Second number = Timeslot (1, 2 = morning; 3, 4 = afternoon; 5 = evening) Last letter = Concurrent session

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

NSF makes you say who you got conflicts (coauthored) with. We (really just Jordan Matelsky) just built you a tool for that. Literally one click: bib.experiments.kordinglab.com/nsf-coa

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NSF COA | Jordan Matelsky

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Aditi Bhaskar @aditibhaskar.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

What metrics can we use to compare across watersheds how well stormwater control networks are doing? 🧐 I recently presented at University of Minnesota for the Stormwater Seminar Series on "Stormwater Control Measures: Selection and Watershed-Scale Effectiveness". buff.ly/40IWwb6

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Stormwater Control Measures: Selection and Watershed-Scale Effectiveness

This seminar includes a keynote presentation by Aditi Bhaskar, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering a...

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

Haven’t come across a water people list so I made my first starter pack! A broadly defined set of #water experts go.bsky.app/V1LydbV

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Aditi Bhaskar @aditibhaskar.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

We are seeking a domestic PhD student with a background in Civil and Environmental Engineering or a related field to participate in a graduate program focused on the resilience and sustainability of the built environment. Read more about the projects at www.colorado.edu/gaann-infras....

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/08/2024

Saw an electric BBQ in operation today. Fundamentally indistinguishable from a fossil gas BBQ in the heating it provides. Draws 2.3 kW which is......meaty.

High emissions food (meat sausages) on a low emissions cooker

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Aditi Bhaskar @aditibhaskar.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Starting in 2020, we've been monitoring streamflow in West Stroh Gulch, a watershed south of Denver. This is rangeland that is right now under development to become housing (www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3df...). This drone footage was captured recently by Santiago Ramírez and Junwon Lee

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West Stroh Gulch, Parker, Colorado under development in February 2024

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Aditi Bhaskar @aditibhaskar.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

Glad to be on BlueSky and connect with people here! It's been a while since I left Twitter, and I joined Mastodon but didn't ever connect much there.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter. Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪 www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...

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Bluesky is now open. Science Twitter, here’s how to use it!

The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…

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Aditi Bhaskar @aditibhaskar.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Do you want to learn more about graduate opportunities in Civil Engineering at CU Boulder at the #2023NDiSTEM meeting? Sign up here to talk with me at the SACNAS meeting Thursday or Friday this week at calendly.com/aditibhaskar...

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