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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years ago so many lost friends, colleagues, family. I had friends at all three sites, and lost many more brothers and sisters since. Today, we will grieve and remember and serve. And I will continue to work in whatever ways I can for a better, more just and peaceful, world.

Top to bottom & left to right: A Times photo of the lighted footprint of the Twin Towers, a picture I took on 9/11/14, a Stars & Stripes picture of the recovery workers at the Pentagon, and a picture I took in Shanksville of the memorial of my friend, Todd Beamer.

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Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The June forecast from the NMME ensemble is out for the upcoming #ElNiño. The ensemble mean (thick black line on the first chart) is right around +2.2°C. That's on the roughly same level as the 2015-16 and 1997-98 El Niños, and a bit weaker than the 1982-83 El Niño.

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Good article on the complexity & deep uncertainty of the downstream effects of CO2 drawdown using enhanced rock weathering 1/2 ⚒️🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Can enhanced alkalinity store carbon durably?

Key questions remain about carbon removal strategies in open environmental systems

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TechCongress @congressfellows.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

📣 Applications are OPEN for @congressfellows.bsky.social's 2027 Congressional Innovation Fellowship! Technologists: bring your technical expertise to the policymaking process in Congress. U.S. citizens & DACA recipients eligible. Apply by June 25 ➡️ techcongress.io/apply

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

My MS thesis had a chapter called ‘What’s a Whale Worth?’ where I compared & ground-truthed non-market valuation models for cetacea to argue for ways to incorporate conservation & protection into economic modeling & budgetary processes. This is an appalling inverse of that study.

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Record for UK's hottest May day has been smashed, with temperatures 34C W London It's the hottest May day recorded in Wales, hottest bank holiday Monday in any month in the UK, & last night saw the highest overnight temperature for May Also hottest day of yr so far Scotland

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

As usual, Angelo’s writing cuts through a lot of noise and draws sharp attention to our failures from within the conservation communities. www.angelovillagomez.com/2026/01/i-am...

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I Am Not Your Noble Savage

Angelo Villagomez Saipan Mariana Trench Guam Ocean Conservation Culture Chamorro Indigenous

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This is a perceptive and beautifully written piece on why scientists hold back from acting on climate Hard to disgree with its conclusions: much of the responsibility lies with the research institutions that employ them

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Why Do Some Scientists Stay Silent on Climate?

The science is settled. The scientists are not.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 03/05/2026

Decadal trends in May sea ice thickness across the #Arctic Ocean - red shading corresponds to areas of thinning ice (yes, that's pretty much everywhere) Simulated by PIOMAS; doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...

Polar stereographic map of Arctic sea ice thickness trends for Mays from 1979 to 2025. There is a long-term thinning of ice in all areas.

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Kim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Evolution of daily sea surface temperatures (SSTs) during 1-22 April 2026 in the western portion of the eastern North Pacific. 🥵

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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial

Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

If Mamdani and Obama singing The Wheels On The Bus with a group of tiny kids doesn't spark some sort of joy in you, I've got nothing for you.

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I’m back for my third Johns Hopkins Science Diplomacy Summit, and the first panel is doing a fantastic job of addressing both the potential for science and diplomacy to serve society, and the dangers of global disinformation campaigns and anti-expertise messaging.

1st panel at Science Diplomacy Summit: 4 women in front of the summit backdrop.

Title of 1st panel at the Science Diplomacy Summit: ‘Women Advancing Science Diplomacy: Mirroring Perspectives from Scientists and Diplomats’

The panelists on the first panel of the Science Diplomacy Summit

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Look at the year over year drops in active grants going out the door, including 2025. The admin. is illegally strangling appropriated funds through a variety of tactics like pocket rescissions and setting US STEM back decades. grant-witness.us/funding_curv...

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Funding Curves: Grantmaking over Time by Agency – Grant Witness

Click or move your cursor along the graph to compare data across FY 2021 to 2026.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The tech industry props up the richest people on the planet and pays far less than its fair share of taxes. It can absolutely afford its own R&D. But instead, it’s effectively hijacked our public science infrastructure because having more wealth than anyone could ever spend is still not enough.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This is appalling: “Case counts [of measles] in 2026 are more than double what they were the same period of 2025 and more than ten times what they were in 2024.” 4/1/26 … 1/ www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Plans proceed to dismantle one of the world's great centers for the study of climate change www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

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Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A really sobering, important read on Palantir’s openly stated intent to disenfranchise most Americans and destroy democracy. open.substack.com/pub/thehuman...

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The Seeing Stone

The company bombing Iran and deporting families just named educated women as the problem its product solves.

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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Continuing the war on science. “A group of Republican state attorneys general sent a letter to the center on Jan. 29, claiming that the climate chapter was biased and demanding its retraction. About a week later, the center deleted the chapter…”

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Scientists Decry ‘Political Attack’ on Reference Manual for Judges

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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I have somewhat nuanced thinking on this. We definitely need to robustly support basic research. otoh, use-inspired/translational research is a natural outgrowth and is critical for NSF to support. We need a balance. But, a working scientist would be a better fit. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Trump’s NSF pick is a stranger to its research community

Jim O’Neill will need to build ties, say former agency leaders

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