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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Probably disappointed no novel published. But maybe impressed by scientific papers?

Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One of the best surface mass balance years in decades for the Greenland Ice Sheet per data by @polarportal.bsky.social. The hot and dry summer in Western Europe was paired with a cold and snowy summer in Greenland. In total, ~150 gigatons added to the ice sheet compared to baseline.

A color map of surface mass balance for the Greenland Ice Sheet, showing mass gain and loss anomalies for the 2025/26 season vs a 1981-2010 baseline. Much of the map show >100 mm of snow water equivalent mass gain compared to normal, though the central western part of Greenland has negative mass anomaly. Along the bottom a time chart shows that this was caused by their being very little net mass loss during the summer. In total, surface mass balance is around 150 gigtons above the 1981-2010 baseline.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I learned as a "junior ranger" in coastal California that we were living in a fire ecosystem, with plants adapted to frequent blazes.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

If you’re interested in working at Asiaq (Greenland Survey), our sister organization is currently looking for a data specialist, with special attention to cryosphere and climate competencies. 🇬🇱 asiaq.career.emply.com/en/ad/data-s... Closes August 16th. ⤴️

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Data Specialist – Cryosphere, Hydrology and Climate I Asiaq

Do you want to work with unique environmental datasets from Greenland's glaciers, rivers and climate systems? Are you passionate about transforming large and complex datasets into knowledge that suppo

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I don't think people appreciate how extraordinarily cold and snowy Greenland has been this summer, with positive mass balance days at what is normally the peak of the melt season. It's the one upshot of all this extreme heat in Europe:

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Nerdy pint glass for my birthday 🥳

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Yes, obviously it's the Kingdom of Northumbria and northward. However the border with Mercia shifted several times over the centuries, hence the debate.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The only upshot off this heat in Europe and Eastern North America is that heat isn't on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Greenland has thus far had a very mild summer, with mass balance staying well above norms from the last century. However two more months of melt season remain:

A mass balance anomaly diagram for this year for the Greenland Ice Sheet. The blue line indicates that thus far the summer has not yet dented the accumulation of snow from the winter months, unlike in previous years.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm angry enough about my employer unilaterally rewriting my terms and conditions to my disadvantage that I'm correcting the usage of "the" in the paper for which I'm undoubtedly Reviewer 2.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"Large language models are not reasoning machines. They’re plausibility engines. It’s not just that they don’t test their outputs to make sure they’re correct or logical, or that they fail to do so... They can’t, and they’ll never be able to on their own." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o...

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Opinion | The One Very Simple Reason A.I. Won’t Steal All Our Jobs

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

So I came up with a stupid joke whilst processing some geochemical data this afternoon: What's a tech boss' favourite anion? . . . . . . . . . . . . Bromide!

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I do find myself actually worrying about glaciers I have known, actively hoping and checking for enough snow in winter and not too much melt in summer.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

@nu-eccor.bsky.social Any Ecology focused PhD students want to do post-doc with the Government of Greenland?

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

With slight exception, I would summarise these results as: Walk to the city centre = Green Metro to the city centre = Lib Dem Bus to the city centre = Reform

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

We definitely have this in Newcastle! Just came back from a lovely evening at Star and Shadow Cinema...

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ECCOR Northumbria @nu-eccor.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Join us May 19th for a Polar Film Festival screening at Star & Shadow Cinema. A showcase of films about polar & alpine regions by researchers, community members, and Indigenous Peoples. All welcome! Doors 6pm | Films 6:30pm | Bar open after for discussion www.starandshadow.org.uk/programme/ev...

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Star and Shadow: Polar Film Fest

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

For ECCOR for updates on our Northumbria University research group

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Just discovered the synopses of the Child ballads on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... For instance: A number of ravens see a dead knight and speculate about how they either cannot eat him because his hawk, hounds, and lady are watching him, or can eat him because he has been abandoned.

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List of the Child Ballads - Wikipedia

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The worst part is that this was done without even the knowledge of the content creators, let alone their consent.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I'm the second quote here. We've been on strike all semester because of management's absurd plans to force us off our pensions here at Northumbria University.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Having taught in Chinese higher ed, now two decades ago, I understand a lot of where this article is coming from. Though I quite liked sleeping on a kang when I had the privilege of visiting my students' homes. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/b...

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China Mourned an Education Influencer. The Grief Was a Quiet Revolt.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Work Outlook just popped with a reminder "Strike All day Tomorrow". Guess it's time to sign off...

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This really cool! Contemporaneous with the early editions of The Little Red Songbook.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I dreamt last night that the peninsula had fallen off Antarctica into the Southern Ocean and I jumped off the continent into the freezing water to unsuccessfully try and save it. And this is this first post I see on bluesky in the morning. How odd.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The Russians also refused to use the word "war" when invading Ukraine: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

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Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

It was a very wet January here in the Northeast - persistent weather from the East rather than the West as usual:

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Can somebody with expertise in ancient history do a take down of this utter nonsense from the @nytimes.com? Yes ancient Judaism does humanise the oppressed, but so did other ancient societies. @bretdevereaux.bsky.social @fakehistoryhunter.net www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

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Opinion | Donald Trump, Pagan King

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🚨job opportunity🚨 Durham is advertising 3-year fellowships (any field). We are very keen to hear from Antarctic/Cryo people who might be interested in joining a great group. The positions come with some travel & research funds. See here for details or get in touch www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

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addison-wheeler-fellowship - Durham University

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The non-academic clusters relatively close to "Earth and Climate Scientists" are "Board Game Community", "Travel Bloggers and Content Creators", and "Gothic Industrial Music Community". "British Craft Beer Community" isn't that far either. Somehow it jives.

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Joe Levy @colddirt.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Cold deserts are dominated by physical weathering, not chemical weathering, you say? Check out new work in @geosociety.bsky.social Bulletin showing evidence for aluminosilicate weathering in Antarctic #wetlands & #groundwater. doi.org/10.1130/B386... ⚒️🧪❄️🧪💧🧪 Starring @colgate.edu student scientists!

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We're looking for a postdoctoral research associate to measure Greenland meltwater using Cryoeggs and seismometers. Join our dream team, apply here by 9 Feb: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... Job ID ACAD108442 #glaciologyjobs

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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

איר קענט אונדז דערמאָרדן, טיראַנען, נײַע קעמפֿער װעט ברענגען די צײַט; און מיר קעמפֿן, מיר קעמפֿן ביז װאַנען די גאַנצע װעלט װעט וערן באַפֿרײַט.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

What do you do if your employer says you will have to forgo any future pay rise unless you give you your pension? Strike, obviously.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This is what is happening in my country. The United States is not a free society while this continues: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

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Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Kalaallit Nunaat kalaallit pigaat!

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This is utterly horrifying. Armed, masked agents breaking down the doors of an elderly man's home and dragging him out into the snow in his pajamas. America cannot be called the land of the free until this regime falls. (The person is a US citizen, incidentally.)

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Today my 8-year-old asked me how big a mole of moles was. Assuming an average mole mass of 100 g, it would be about the weight of the moon, though around 3 times larger as moles have about the third of a the density of rock.

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Northumbria UCU Branch @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members voting in local ballot to save pay and pensions...ends 23 Jan. Let's do this! @ucu.org.uk

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Frances Butcher @fegbutcher.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc on an exciting new @royalsociety.org funded project on Martian glaciers @sheffielduni.bsky.social Advert: tinyurl.com/6rzzk5d4 Terrestrial folks encouraged to apply (e.g. GIS, glacier modelling, geomorphology, or deep learning) Closes 19th Jan. Queries via email.

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Research Associate in Mars Glaciology at University of Sheffield

An academic position as a Research Associate in Mars Glaciology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

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Yarrow Axford @yarrowaxford.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Greenland is a peaceful democracy, and it belongs to Greenland's people!! "We have been America’s close and loyal friend for generations,” Greenland's democratically elected prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen stated today. "Enough is enough. ... Greenland is our home and our territory.”

Photo of green aurora borealis arcing through the night sky above the city lights of Nuuk, Greenland's capitol, in November 2025.

Greenland's flag - bands and half-discs of red and white. Its shapes represent glaciers, the ocean, the Sun, and ice.

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I overlapped with all these things, except a typewriter. I didn't have an AOL address, because we had Juno instead. And I never had a walkman. Lots of kids did, but I never asked for / got one.

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🚀Here is the current list of @northumbriauni.bsky.social, Lancaster University, @universityofleeds.bsky.social, Reading University and @bas.ac.uk Net Zero Polar Science DTP projects 👇 📅Deadline: 7 Jan 2026 nzps-dtp.ac.uk/nzps-project...

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Dr Joseph Graly @drjosephgraly.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Yes, the computers are going to make us all redundant... (Narrator: The message was not in Welsh...)

A screenshot of a gmail message: "It looks like this message is in Welsh Translate to English"

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