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Laurie Padman

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Polar oceans and ice for work; photography, hiking, gardening and cooking for play

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Jonathan Lilly @jmlilly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hi everyone, In my yearlong program Life Skills For Young Scientists, we learn essential skills for a happy and productive career that grad school doesn't cover, starting with mindfulness and self-compassion. Registration for the fourth iteration is now open, details at lisys.ing. Please share!
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Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"The foolish shortsightedness of it all is that even though there is, ... a sense that glaciers and floods and famines are happening all the way over there, their knock-on effects and food supply challenges, and political and refugee crises, will affect us all." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Nepal floods seem a world away – but make no mistake, climate breakdown will affect us all | Nesrine Malik
Richer countries might have more resources to deal with catastrophe, but this problem grips the entire planet, however much leaders may want to deny it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Google Maps shows Lake America for Lake Ontario. Recommended non-google app for Android navigation?
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Started a monthly donation to @wikipedia.org, IMO a much more reliable starting point than AI. I also changed from Chrome to Duck Duck Go, where a search always shows you the prime source for their answer, which is often Wikipedia.
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Suggest people read some Dolly Parton eulogies today. Doesn't matter if you don't like her music or acting. In these difficult times, her life is inspirational, a generous, accepting, loving person. Check out Imagination Library.
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you use Antarctic Glaciers.org, please help out Bethan
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Clear thread on recent upsets to NSF funding
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
If you want to use SWOT for ice shelves, this is a great place to start
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is a great take on current wildfires in Canada
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Mitch McConnell mystery is solved. But it doesn’t look good for America | Moira Donegan
The senator is alive, a key requirement to maintain one’s job in the US Senate
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The ESA has been fairly successful for 5 decades. While money for the Admin's "friends" is part of this rollback, it mainly feels like another stick-it-to-the-libs thing
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
What a picture from cheney orr of @reuters.com — a Black woman on a train surrounded by masked white supremacists, emboldened in Trump’s America. One for the history books.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
"There's no democracy without journalism." Scott Pelley is the best of us. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I like tides. Here's a thread by others about tidal variations on a little-known 18.6 year "lunar node tide" cycle, that has surprisingly large impacts ranging from coastal flooding risks to Arctic coastal air temperatures to Antarctic dense water formation.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
To see how important US science is, consider measurements of changes in ocean heat content. US data are ~53% of the total. Over half! But removing the US data is worse than randomly removing 80% of the total data, because unlike other countries, the US makes measurements everywhere. 🧪🌊
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Critical dependence of global ocean heat monitoring on the ocean observing system - Nature Climate Change
International collaboration has facilitated a global ocean observing system, providing data to measure ocean heat content at a resolution that enables the tracking of climate change. This study looks ...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/06/2026
Or, anybody got a non-horrendously-depressing take on the rapid dismantling of what was once a world-leading climate scientific apparatus? Anyone?
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 31/05/2026
What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? All of these questions and more to be discussed at the Emergency Science Meeting on June 2nd, 4PM ET, hosted by Stand Up for Science! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/g3vTZ
The graphic contains photos of speakers Prof. Timothy Snyder, U. of Toronto, Author of On Tyranny, Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, Standford U. Nobel Laureate 2022, Amb. Norman Eisen, Democracy Defeders, and Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi, 20 yr NIH Veteren, "AND MORE..." to speak. The graphic reads: "TUESDAY JUNE 2nd 4PM ET/1PM PT, All welcome for the SUFS EMERGENCY SCIENCE MEETING, VIRTUAL AND ACCESSIBLE, What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? REGISTER HERE: https://zurl.co/oCIDw, LINK IN BIO".
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB 2026-10817)
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I realize this is obvious to most but allow me to rant: At the core of Trump's base love for him is a simmering resentment over their mediocrity and gratitude for him making it permissible to be arrogant whilst mediocre. Everything in this cult can be traced back to that. (thread)
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Science Magazine @science.org · 25/04/2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. scim.ag/4cxQWhl
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Trump fires NSF's oversight board
Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence
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Ed Doddridge @edoddridge.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Emperor penguins officially listed as endangered 💔🐧 “further changes in sea-ice will continue to affect their breeding, feeding and moulting habitat.” www.newscientist.com/article/2522...
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Emperor penguins added to endangered list after rapid decline
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated the Red List status for three of Antarctica’s most famous species after a dire assessment of their prospects under climate change
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Wouldn't it be cool to invest trillions of dollars into a technology that would actually make society better? Maybe we can call it “HI” — Human Intelligence. Instead of “data centers”, we could fund “schools”. Instead of *stealing* art, literature, and science, we help people *create* it. Crazy!
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Reminder: A23 is over 40 years old! But never got to tour Antarctica; too busy staying at home on Berkner Bank 😔
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Our burning of fossil fuels is melting sea ice and drowning emperor penguin chicks, putting them in danger of extinction. 😱
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Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction
Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers
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Seren D. Ippity @peacewoman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Pleased to have been involved in this study. I'm always keen to see how tides affect ice, and it still surprises me that moving kilometer-thick ice up and down by just a meter or so can affect grounded ice flow tens of kilometers inland.
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
It's been a really tough start to 2026, and no sign it'll get better. Gotta get out to enjoy the sunny days. A Hooded Merganser couple at our local pond.
Male Hooded Merganser duck in Corvallis Starter Arts pond, with colorful reflections on the waterFemale Hooded Merganser duck in Corvallis Starter Arts pond, with colorful reflections on the water
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 17/12/2025
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.
usatoday.com
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Trump administration plans to break up NCAR. Stated reason: "It's a center for climate alarmism" and "studying offshore wind turbines". But later in the article they suggest its retribution for CO gov not releasing Tina Peters www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
usatoday.com
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I’m not a confrontational person but if I saw him in person, I would absolutely tell him to go fuck himself.
Tweet from Russ Vought:

The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country. A comprehensive review is underway & any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location. 👇

Included is a link to a USA today story about the regime’s plan to dismantle NCAR.
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melora72.bsky.social @melora72.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I'm not going to AGU but this is a good reason not to. Decades ago, AGU stopped using NO for Ocean Sciences to protest David Duke. Here it's the Feds, not Louisiana, that's the problem, but you want Red states to check the Feds out of self-interest
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Proud to be a scientist at ESR, since 1997 !
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Specially designed bricks that provide safe nesting spaces for swifts are being installed on properties around Shirebrook Valley as part of a council-funded environmental scheme.
bbc.co.uk
Sheffield charity given grant to fit 'swift bricks' in homes
The Sheffield Swift Network was given £7,000 by the council for a project to help the birds nest.
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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania. All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below) 1/n
careers.utas.edu.au
Current Vacancies
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/11/2025
Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
No matter what good things they’ve done in their lives, every Republican member of congress should be judge by how they continue to put Trump over their country.
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Egret at sunrise, Finley Wildlife Refuge in mid-Willamette Valley
Silhouette of Great White Heron in early morning light
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
A friend in Corvallis, Oregon sent me this one 🤣 #NoKings
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Kimmel’s refusal to capitulate stands out because so many other well-situated people—those with the resources, platform, and power to stand up to the president, including, initially, the leaders of ABC—have surrendered, withdrawn, or become Trump sycophants themselves. One by one, American leaders supposedly committed to principles of free speech, due process, democracy, and equality have abandoned those ideals when menaced by the Trump administration. These cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is, sapping strength from others who might have discovered the courage to stand up. Defending democracy requires a collective refusal to acquiesce to lawless behavior from many different sectors of society. All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks on constitutional government, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility.
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 18/09/2025
US to retire its only icebreaker, stranding polar research - new article posted today by @cuboulder. The icebreaker is critical for researchers who study the changes on the edges of Antarctic glaciers and how they relate to climate change and sea level rise. buff.ly/oMAElHY #antarctica #glaciers
A ship with a red hull used for icebreaking in the Arctic. Blue sea with icebergs, glaciers, and mountains.
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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 10/09/2025
We need to talk about geoengineering ⚠️ In a rapidly warming world with looming net zero due dates, there's growing polarised debate about whether we should intervene in Earth’s natural systems. This is a thread about the state of polar geoengineering, and how we should be talking about it ⬇️ 🧵 1/6
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Is Venezuela an analog for the US? Frogs in a warming pot www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 09/09/2025
Polar geoengineering dismissed as ‘unimaginably expensive’ and ‘dangerous’
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Polar geoengineering dismissed as ‘unimaginably expensive’ and ‘dangerous’
Underwater curtains and artificial ice thickening divert attention from cutting fossil fuel use, says group of climate scientists
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
How much more of the future do we want to let them destroy?
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Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes which most likely will significantly intensify in the future. Caused by climate change, they span ice sheet, sea ice, ocean & life itself . These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/
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From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them
The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.
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