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Bear Ulrich

@biomineralogy.bsky.social
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Scientist, educator, and writer Chemistry Professor @ Pierce College Assoc. Director @ ReclaimingSTEM Institute More info @ www.robertnulrich.com

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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Loving this stage of life where I wake up to 0 new emails and 0 new Slacks/Teams messages.
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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
New science communication piece from @doctoravaldezward.bsky.social @nicbennett.bsky.social @biomineralogy.bsky.social!
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
As a freshly minted Ph.D. and director of science‐equity programs, I’ve seen firsthand how proposed FY2026 cuts to NSF, NIH, and NASA aren’t just future threats—they’re halting vital climate resilience, community health, and STEM‐education projects NOW #ScienceFunding #STEMEducation #SciencePolicy
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How Cutting Science Funding Breaks the Present — Not Just the Future | Robert N. Ulrich
As a freshly minted Ph.D. and director of science‐equity programs, I’ve seen firsthand how proposed FY2026 cuts to NSF, NIH, and NASA aren’t just future threats—they’re halting vital climate resilienc...
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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I continue to find it fascinating that during times of crisis 1) people seem to think comms/scicomm will be able to overcome enormous systemic and political problems and 2) how everything we know about the deficit model flies out the window.
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I passed. Officially Dr. Ulrich :)
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Exciting news is that, after a long Ph.D., my defense is scheduled for March 20th at 1:15 PM PT. Some of you have been along with me since the beginning! If you'd like to Zoom into my defense, please let me know! "Multi-geochemical tracer perspectives on calcium carbonate biomineralization"
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
These places are literally just using the current administration as a scapegoat to show us their true desires.
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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
they’re PRIVATE
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
BREAKING: We are suing HHS for the removal of critical health info and data from websites. The removal creates a dangerous gap in scientific research and threatens public health. The Trump executive order that led to this purge puts American lives in danger.
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Bro, if you aren't going to hire me, AT LEAST SEND ME A REJECTION.
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Sabah, PhD @sabahtattoos.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Many scientists were impacted during the first term. They were immigrants. They were Black. They were Muslims. They were queer,... Science is, and has always been, political. Maybe now all scientists agree. "...Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me." - Niemöller
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
bluesky being bankrolled by z1on1sts makes some things add up...
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
New work: we created a new transfer function for calculating air temp from lake surface temps using data from ~1,400 lakes via regression-based inverse modeling. This should enable more accurate paleotemperature reconstructions from lake proxy data. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Seasonal lake‐to‐air temperature transfer functions derived from an analysis of 1395 modern lakes: A tool for reconstructing air temperature from proxy‐derived lake water temperature
This study introduces new transfer functions, developed using statistical modelling of air temperature reanalysis data and satellite observations for 1395 modern lakes, to translate proxy-derived lak...
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Aarón Cantú @aaroncantu.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
NEW: In California, data center builders are erecting DIESEL generators to backstop AI computing. Using a shortcut in regulations, the approved data centers will emit the same GHG as 284,390 cars, including diesel and grid-based electricity emissions. capitalandmain.com/as-californi...
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As California AI Data Centers Grow, So Does Dirty Energy
Companies are using a shortcut to build ever larger centers that use diesel generators as an emergency power source.
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blindjoedeath.bsky.social @blindjoedeath.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Starter pack for Emergency Management follows: go.bsky.app/DsHYNgg
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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I am a biologist. This policy is based on disinformation and is also extremely harmful to many of our community members. Here is your biological truth: there is no single and universal set of criteria that delineates or defines "distinct" sexes. We are a beautifully variable species!
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Hi, everyone. 1) Yes, I'm ok. We evacuated on Wednesday after the Sunset fire broke out. 2) Yes, I'm frustrated with the lack of (and active dismantlement of) public infrastructure when emergencies arise, ESPECIALLY when they are due to winds that blow through every year.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
However, that's not primarily what matters here! The main issue is the overlap between "critically dry vegetation season" and "strong dry wind season." Due to decreases in autumn precipitation, increases in overall evaporative demand, that overlap is expected to increase. www.nature.com/artic...
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The season for large fires in Southern California is projected to lengthen in a changing climate
Communications Earth & Environment - More frequent large wildfires and a lengthening of the fire season in southern California are projected under future emission and climate scenarios,...
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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 07/01/2025
Registration closes this Friday for my upcoming @workshops4gaza.bsky.social workshop this weekend with the incredible @divyampersaud.com about the ethics of space exploration! Don't forget to register: www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/rei...
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Reimaging Space — Workshops 4 Gaza
Step 1: Donate to the Abu Al-Kombuz family here (suggested donation $75USD). Step 2: Register for “Reimagining Space” here . This workshop is a two-part lecture and discussion series ...
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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
people think that Ai generated results come from some magical computer spirit that they are too dumb to understand. no, tech bros are exploiting people.
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Julia Sklar @juliasklar.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Sierra Magazine is hiring again for its 6-month early career fellowship! This is a paid environmental journalism opportunity with the option to work remotely from anywhere in the US. We're going to move quickly on hiring this time, so apply asap: jobs.lever.co/sierraclub/f...
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Sierra Club - Editorial Fellow
Job Title: Editorial Fellow, Sierra Magazine Department: Communications Location: Oakland, CA or Remote Reports To: Managing Editor Supervises: None Duration: Up to 6 months (Temporary) Context: At th...
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Monique AC @moniqueac.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Fellow science fiction writers might also be interested in this. I'm very much looking forward to it.
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I am SO close to having drafts of my 2nd and 3rd dissertation chapters that are ready to be submitted to journals. Are you all ready to learn more about what the chemistry of biominerals and crystals can tell us about how they form? #Science #Biomineralogy #Crystals #Geochemistry
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Dr. Jasmina Wiemann @jwiemann.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
New job ad for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in EPSS at UCLA in Los Angeles - perfect for a fellow Molecular Geo-, Astro-, and/or Paleobiologist!!! 😊 @biomineralogy.bsky.social, ‪Mariana Valéria de Araújo Sena, Pjotr Meyvisch, @miquai.bsky.social, ... Link: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09827
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Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) Faculty Position in Geobiology at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Any tips for applying for a faculty position in the department where I am currently getting my Ph.D.?
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Paper writing truly is such a craft.
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Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
An SF science museum suppressed teenage climate activists for showing solidarity with the museum's unionized workers. What a microcosm of mainstream environmentalism's self-sabotage. To win on climate, we have to work WITH the energy of unions and scrappy teens. missionlocal.org/2024/11/cali...
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California Academy of Sciences cuts youth program after teens show solidarity with union
The California Academy of Sciences dissolved a youth group for climate change after teens supported the museum workers' union with flyers.
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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 21/11/2024
Friends, this is unacceptable. We cannot abandon Mai in this extremely urgent time. She hasn’t been able to see her kids at all…this is a real lifeline. Just €95 from the first €2k after MONTHS of stagnation. Can we do this today??? tiny.cc/HelpMai
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Katie Stelling @katiestelling.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Are you a grad student studying paleoclimate? Do you know a grad student studying paleoclimate? 📣The paleoCAMP application for summer 2025 is open 📣 I attended last year and it was a wonderful experience - I highly recommend!
A large glacial moraine covered in shrubs with mountains in the background Students walking in a line though a creek bed. People posing for a picture on top of an outcrop of granite with a large forest and mountains in the background.People walking in a line along a trail in the bristlecone pine forest. Their are trees on both sides of the trail and mountains in the background
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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Looking for geoscientists, space scientists, ecologists who care a whole lot about making science inclusive & just? Check out two #biogeofeminist starter packs & lemme know if you want to be added!
Three scientists stand with their hands on their hips looking out over a burn scar. Two of them have hats on. they all have long hair.
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Our Center is together with @latimes.com on a environmental #justice/ #science journalism fellowship! This paid, 10-week fellowship provides hands-on experience working on the Times' Environment, Health, and Science team. Please share! More info can be found here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).
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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 20/11/2024
Hello it has been five days. This is SO DESPERATE. MAI HASN’T SEEN HER KIDS IN WEEKS. Can we get TEN €10 matches? Quote when you match to keep it going. Give: tiny.cc/HelpMai (And if you give €10+ I will send you my book! Submit your receipt here: tiny.cc/DivyaShop)
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I want more historical perspectives on my hyper-niche areas of expertise: pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Nineteenth Century Amorphous Calcium Carbonate
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
#RequiredReading The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions: www.akpress.org/the-faggots-...
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The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
If you'd like to read about LGBTQIA+ scientists to celebrate the International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM tomorrow, here's a free ebook myself and @drcarpineti.bsky.social put together - a collection of 40 interviews with some excellent people. prideinstem.org/the-queer-va...
promo image showing the cover of The Queer Variable, alongside a quote by Andrea Bandelli in the Journal of Science Communication - a good source of wisdom to know what has been done, what is important, and what can be done better.
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Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It’s been 75 years of lies from fossil fuel executives.
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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hi new folks! I’ve got three starter packs: 1) SciComm practitioners 2) water and 3) wildfire — all broadly defined. Use them to find people to follow, and let me know if you’d like to be added. Also! These have been a bit glitchy if you asked to be added & don’t see yourself, please let me know!
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Bear Ulrich @biomineralogy.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Transitions are hard, but at least there is movement. This has been a long Ph.D. (in my...8th year...): I have been "distracted" and used the stability of grad school to dabble in a number of things; I am happy to be moving into roles where I can continue doing the work that is important to me.
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abolish planets @abolishplanets.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Don't forget to register for the Abolish Planets day school this Sunday! This day school is perfect for anyone, inside or outside the world of space exploration, who is looking to build community and learn about direct action! Registration closes Friday: abolishplanets.com/events/day-s...
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Title: Abolish Planets Day School 2024
Subtitle:  November 17, 10:00 to 17:45 ET.

Learn: panel discussion on science, complicity, and action

Tools: researching and power-mapping complicity

Act I: Mask of Maersk campaign activity

Act II: roleplaying conversations about mobilizing your colleagues and envisioning a just future for science

Reflect: a reflection zine workshop with Ellie Armstrong to process the day's lessons

In the lower right is a tiny link: tiny.cc/APDaySchool
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