Reposted by Christina TomsKevin Negandhi @kevinnegandhi.bsky.social · 4hLane Johnson has dealt w a lot. Eagles fans know how outspoken he has been about mental health awareness. He was contemplating retirement in the offseason and he tried to give it a go. I admire that. I wish him and his family peace and happiness. He is an Eagles legend. 110711
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 8hQueen Anne’s Hall (drug/alcohol-free Honors dorm) supremacy, go Terps 110
Reposted by Christina TomsDr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🗺️ The California Geological Survey is hiring 2 positions in our GIS and Publications Unit - a GIS and Publications Supervisor and a GIS Specialist! Spread the world! 24029
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 23hQuite a control burn near Salmon Creek today! @michaelwara.bsky.social 060
Reposted by Christina TomsJP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Since 2020, the Philadelphia Eagles' offense: With Lane Johnson: 49.1% Success Rate 35.7% Pressure Rate allowed 0.06 EPA/play Without Lane Johnson 42.7% Success Rate 41.2% Pressure Rate allowed -0.06 EPA/play Gold jacket caliber player who lifts the Eagles' offense when he's on the field 37511
Reposted by Christina TomsKelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026👀👀👀 This is what forecasting while living with uneven observations looks like... 2266
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Average difference between preliminary/verified tides and predicted tides at the NOAA Golden Gate tide gauge (9414290) over the last few months: June: 0.51 ft July: 0.35 ft August: 0.39 ft Sept: 0.58 ft 2193
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Pretty sure this is Keyhole Arch at Pfieffer Beach in Big Sur. In the future, perhaps as early as this winter, the cliff edge he’s standing on will fall into the sea. 3419
Reposted by Christina TomsSameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students. 2016381587
Reposted by Christina TomsWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What a week for Philadelphia when the Flyers losing their opening game 7-0 doesn't even make the list of the worst things that happened 5756
Reposted by Christina TomsAnthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This week, Southern California is “playing with a similar setup” to Hurricane Marie. That storm sent large, destructive waves northward in early September. Laguna & Newport Beach were hit particularly hard. Hurricane Rachel should be squarely in the “swell window“ for SoCal, similar to Marie.sfchronicle.comSouthern California to be battered by another hurricane swell — raising risk of rip currents, erosionSouthern California is “playing with a similar setup” to Hurricane Marie, which caused destruction in Laguna Beach and Newport Beach in early September. 1269
Reposted by Christina Toms👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 04/10/2026"Ok explain again." "We have electronic beacons at the edge of the built environment, near the woods." "Right." "And they send data about potential fire conditions." "Ok." "And this new web tool lets you visualize the data and interact with it." "So it's..." "Yes sir. It's a WUI Buoy GUI." 6305
Reposted by Christina TomsKevin Sievers @diplotomodon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026When "Dolores" the Corythosaurus (first excavated by famous fossil hunter Levi Sternberg) debuted in its Hall of Earth History in 1957, the Academy of Natural Sciences quickly became known among locals as "the dinosaur museum." The Academy is much more, but Dolores remains standing. #FossilFriday 23514
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I’m sitting in a kiddie pool in my backyard enjoying a giant glass of rosè 191
Reposted by Christina TomsNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 03/10/2026get in, losers. 139349
Reposted by Christina TomsSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I cannot overemphasize that this is a fight we can win, but we need as many voices as possible here. The kids of Philly cannot afford to lose our flagship biodiversity museum. The Philly school district closed 17 schools this year. We need to turn this around for our kids and the culture of Philly. 120655
Reposted by Christina TomsSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Post them on social media. Tag Drexel in those posts. Send to President Merlo president@drexel.edu And Trish Wellenbach tw958@drexel.edu The pressure is working and we need to push it over the edge. It’s not enough, but it’s getting better. Please please take action this weekend, academics. 417540
Reposted by Christina TomsSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently. 10802404
Reposted by Christina TomsKim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New Philly monster just dropped share.inquirer.com/Wrd1yTshare.inquirer.comOrifice the Awebot is Philly’s ‘magical’ response to Uber Eats robots"She’s part of our bringing delight and surprise and letting it ripple through the city." 1727358
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our 2017 VW AllTrack is officially dead (pitted piston heads; needs a new engine). Suggestions re: gently used EVs that would fit a family of 3 with a dog, bikes (on a hitch rack), and a canoe (on a roof rack)? 330
Reposted by Christina TomsTobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My neighbor told me the Middle East keeps eating his carrier groups so I asked how many carrier groups he has he said he just goes to PACOM and gets a new carrier group afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding carrier groups to the Middle East and then Pete Hegseth started crying. 529748
Reposted by Christina TomsKelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Finally got time to go through the full report and it knocked my socks off. Cohesive argument that housing, insurance, energy, and transportation costs should be thought of as one interconnected issue, and we should tackle as a package by building smarter in low hazard areas at SCALE. 17019
Reposted by Christina TomsAmy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Still processing the blur of NY Climate Week, but something that's really stuck in my craw is how increasingly rare it is to meet someone in particularly the US context who has any belief that trumps their desire for access to power, validation, etc. When you find an outlier, protect them! 4499
Reposted by Christina TomsLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"There’s no moral or practical justification for the death penalty no matter how you do it. It’s cruel and arbitrary and it doesn’t act as a deterrent. It brutalizes the people who carry it out and traumatizes the families of victims, and the pattern of its application is openly racist."welcometohellworld.comWaiting for the next Mr. DeathI don’t want to see anybody hurt, anybody tortured 333679
Reposted by Christina TomsWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 30/09/2026📣 Calling all marine science and engineering majors! Could the -WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering be your next step? Find out in one of our live virtual info sessions on October 6 and October 28! 📲Get the deets and register at go.whoi.edu/mit-info 0108
Reposted by Christina TomsProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/09/202623,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWorld’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy useThe injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification 10374235
Reposted by Christina TomsSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275812504
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Second week in a row he’s led a drive like that. Call it pissed-off precision. 020
Reposted by Christina Tomsrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i think RFK Jr.'s colon-destroying steak and sauerkraut diet, tradwife culture, and Silicon Valley CNC parties are the same thing: a desperate attempt among powerful men to convince each other that gluttony, rapaciousness, and raw domination are not just their birthright but their responsibility 191494238
Reposted by Christina TomsAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026The before and after it's even more haunting. 3529071647
Reposted by Christina TomsAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9653043276
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don’t want to talk about “Choosin’ Texas” (it’s bland but fine), I want to talk about how Kacey Musgraves’ “Coyote (feat. Gregory Alan Isakov)” is a masterpiece that would benefit from still more Gregory Alan Isakov 000
Reposted by Christina Tomsderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today, I see angry young men online LARPing as Catholics, often for the aesthetic. They celebrate strength and hate the weak. The use slurs against the disabled and fantasize about enacting Crusader violence against their enemies. I wish the Pope would speak directly on this. 634415338
Reposted by Christina Tomsderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor. 1166673913
Reposted by Christina Tomsae @aelkus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026my feeling about this is that if you reframe "engineering" into "how to responsibly build, manage, and maintain large scale systems essential to public welfare" then it is really obvious why it is essential to a republican model of government 626839
Reposted by Christina Tomsandykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026To all the communities across New Jersey and the region that are getting hit with heavy storms and flooding, please be safe. Pay attention to local announcements, report any power outages, and don't drive on flooded roads. Visit ready.nj.gov for more info and stay safe. 0287
Reposted by Christina Tomsjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026this is the greatest thing i have ever heard 951883201
Reposted by Christina TomsSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Um. The William Penn foundation offered bridge funding to keep the academy of natural sciences open for a year, and the people in charge said “no one is helping things by offering Band-Aids”. Jesus Christ. share.inquirer.com/KXxZTjshare.inquirer.comWilliam Penn Foundation offers funding to keep Academy of Natural Sciences museum openA Drexel spokesperson did not say whether the school had declined the offer, but said, “No proposal has been presented that would provide a permanent, sustainable path forward" for the museum. 29493180
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A coastal ecologist friend took these photographs of sea turtle tracks on Alder Creek Beach near Manchester (Mendocino County) back in April. El Niño is bringing some unusual wildlife with it to California! 2387
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I’m having a hard time IDing these fighter jets over SF Bay - I thiiink they’re F-15s but I’m not sure? No ADS-B and it’s too early for Fleet Week. 272
Reposted by Christina TomsSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Add an anecdote if you can, and finish with saying that you do not want the public facing museum to close. Send to tw958@drexel.edu We heard FROM HER that this is important. Now get typing!! 219865
Reposted by Christina TomsSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Send heartfelt *not angry* messages about why the Academy should stay open. She needs help demonstrating wide community support. Send your personal reasons why Academy has been important to you and your family, as well as Philadelphia as a whole. 323077
Reposted by Christina TomsSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item: 15555486
Reposted by Christina TomsJim van Belzen @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Just out 🧪 Recommendations for the development of erosion-resistant tidal marshes to enhance nature-based flood risk mitigation Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1002/eap.... 1113
Reposted by Christina TomsDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026At the end of the day, relatively few of the hundreds of thousands of people who left government were directly fired. Most of them resigned or retired, ostensibly voluntarily, but in reality such resignations felt coerced. 920949
Reposted by Christina TomsMatthew Costa @mangrovematt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One species, but a range of nutrient acquisition traits: read the new paper lead by Kristen Rabbitt, "Nitrogen uptake varies regionally in the salt marsh plant Spartina alterniflora" in @estuariescoasts.bsky.social, @randallhughes.bsky.social @bowenlab.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1....link.springer.comNitrogen Uptake Varies Regionally in the Salt Marsh Plant Spartina alterniflora - Estuaries and CoastsExcess anthropogenic nitrogen is a key stressor in coastal and marine ecosystems, where it can alter primary production, create eutrophic and anoxic conditions, and affect biodiversity, structure, and... 084