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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

They’re just trying the hasten the end times, right?

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Honest question - is calling red state senators doing anything at all?

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Ocean Hoptimism @oceanhoptimism.org · 12/05/2025

Nektonic’s “After the Reef” lays it bare: coral scientists are sounding the alarm on climate change. Governments are not acting fast enough if at all. The clock is ticking. If you want reefs to survive, here’s where your time, money, and voice must go. #OceanOptimism #ClimateAction

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

It’s so crazy that climate deniers think humans don’t cause climate change but volcanos eruptions do. The eruption of Mount St. Helens released ~10 Mt of CO₂ into the atmosphere. Human activities currently release that amount of CO₂ in ~2 hours.

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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Heat exposure on Western Australian coral reefs is literally off the charts. 24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded. 6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals. >20 is catastrophic. coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Just a reminder that the protestations that the admin's activities have been illegal have proven true. As federal workers are reinstated - even if only before future *legal* RIFs - remember that this was a victory.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I think we need to talk about the abuse of the Presidential pardon. There are no consequences for the next 3 years at least.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I have to agree with those below. If you know how to use one of these softwares you can use the other. Opportunity cost is minimal.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

It’s incredibly hard to see a national treasure like the NIH descend into the atrocious servitude of stripping out an image of one of their most successful Institute Directors in an effort to please the thinnest skinned President of all time.

Mural at NIH, Bethesda, including an image of Dr Tony Fauci who served as Director of National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases for 38 distinguished years.

Same mural at NIH today with Tony Fauci’s image clumsily removed.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I think you’re spot on. But also pretending the liberalism of two of the oldest universities in the country is a new, audacious, and “low quality” phenomenon is… dumb?

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

This is notably insane because Columbia was est. in 1754, and UC Berkeley was est. in 1868. I mean, what the hell.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

This is notably insane because Columbia was est. in 1754, and UC Berkeley was est. in 1868. I mean, what the hell.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Just terribly sad and wasteful. The major investment in these labs has already been paid by the American people. What we see now are the returns.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Right? Schumer’s reasoning here makes no sense to me.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

This appears to be Schumer’s argument - but where’s the evidence? What gives the POTUS the right to unilaterally and permanently eliminate programs or furlough employees during a govt shutdown? If this is true, Schumer needs lay it out more carefully.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The NYT needs the headline “Schumer: Traitor to His Cause”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Senate Democrats watching scenes like this and thinking “how can we signal that we’re on the same side of this House Republican?”

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

On the one hand, yes vote blue. On the other hand, demand his resignation. This is the end of his career.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I don't have an answer for you other than, in my opinion, you don't have to make this call (and it's not your job to). I'd send it up to the Division of Student Affairs or whatever you've got at your institution and leave it at that.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

It's hard to say this, but science (& research more generally) is just being **stopped** in the US right now. This is just one university, losing nearly a billion dollars in project funding pretty much overnight. That's people's jobs & the research that could save lives. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I have to agree with these comments - Been a longtime supporter, but please get angry, please update your messaging, please tap into the zeitgeist. **THEY ARE STEALING FROM YOU**

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Manipulability and expendability is the point.

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Mikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Or their interpretation is that there’s more to gain to continue to extract wealth as the world begins to burn.

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Tom Di Liberto @tdiliberto.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13. I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Oh, we get it. Please do something about it.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

This is a sad day in ocean and marine science. @noaa.gov

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Thank you for your service. I am sorry this is happening.

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Dr. Larissa @rissarwx.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

BREAKING: The mass firing of upwards of 1,800 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including top climate scientists and weather forecasters, has begun. The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service.

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

New: Layoffs underway of probationary employees at @noaa.gov Unclear so far how many were exempted for public safety reasons at the Nat'l Weather Service, NOAA Satellites and other units. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...

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Layoffs hit federal climate, weather agency NOAA

The cuts could affect NOAA's weather forecasts, climate research and other functions.

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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Are you affected by the @noaa.gov layoffs? I'm a longtime environment reporter interested in NOAA, EPA and USGS. Send me tips: lisasong.42 on Signal Here's what I cover and some examples of my work: www.propublica.org/people/lisa-...

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Well, when you run a country like a dirty business...

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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Well. I think the Bluesky bots have arrived.

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Jeremy Konyndyk @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

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