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Joel Singley

@singleysci.bsky.social
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Critical zone scientist dabbling across disciplines and pondering pedagogy. Currently an Assistant Professor at a PUI. Former middle school teacher. singleyscience.org

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Joel Singley @singleysci.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Looks like I’ll be following through on my pledge as an alum to ignore all donation requests since @cornelluniversity.bsky.social struck this deal. #shameful
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Cornell Reaches Deal With Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
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Jennifer Boylan @jenniferboylanri.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
👇👇👇 Academic institution and scientific research under attack in Providence at Brown University.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Hey fellow alumni, it only takes a minute: president@cornell.edu (607) 255-5201
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
While everything in science is up in the air, we can (re)build a better community by changing tenure criteria. scienceforeveryone.science/p/tenure-cri... 🧪
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Tenure criteria are the levers to change culture
You want people to behave differently? Let's change the rewards and the costs.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Greta Thunberg on why it’s essential for climate activists to speak out on Gaza: "The reason I am a climate activist is not because I want to protect trees. I'm a climate activist because I care about human, planetary well-being and those are extremely interlinked."
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Greta Thunberg Speaks from Aid Ship Heading to Gaza Despite Israeli Threats: “My Moral Obligation”
As Gaza faces over three months of Israeli blockade, a group of 12 activists is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. The Madleen ship was launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and initia...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/05/2025
You know what was an awesome abundance agenda? The Green New Deal.
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Joel Singley @singleysci.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The silence remains deafening.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Today, House Republicans are unveiling their plan to increase energy bills and pollution for everyday Americans, just to give billionaires another tax break. A summary of their proposals. THREAD! 🧵
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10/05/2025
1. After getting some further insight into changes at NSF (thanks to those who reached out), I deleted a previous post where I tried to make sense of Cheatham's memo as reported in the Science story below.
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NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🧪 Ranking member Lofgren and 11 other House dems sent a fiery 7-page letter to acting NSF director today "The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers" Share widely #SaveNSF
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
It's funny how some folks won't support industrial actions ("strikes") when their department/institution isn't being directly affected...but will be out the door, with placards and raised voices, when they feel their wellbeing is being immediately impacted. Cross-sector solidarity means something.
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Joel Singley @singleysci.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Government overreach and political interference endanger all of academia and society, not just to singular, elite institutions. While 600+ institutions publicly stand together, it's exceedingly disappointing that certain institutions *cough cough* have not signed on. www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
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A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?"
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Powerful remarks from Justice KBJ last night. There was tremendous appreciation and gratitude in the room for her willingness to speak to this important issue so candidly and forcefully. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
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Attacks on Judges Undermine Democracy, Warns Ketanji Brown Jackson
Speaking to a judicial conference, the Supreme Court justice said attacks were designed to intimidate and influence.
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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts for US science in next fiscal year NASA cut by 24% NIH cut by 40% EPA cut by 55% NSF cut by 56% Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science
Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
My piece in @rollingstone.com 👇
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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Say it louder for the folks in the back. NASA’s annual call for grant proposals is now 68 days late.
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No. @feralpeafowl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
It's really personal for him. The 2000 election was a major step on the path to getting us here.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
All these people who swore that they “will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic” aren’t doing a very good job.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 21/04/2025
“Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years. Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility. Those who will have to suffer the consequences will not forget this failure of conscience and responsibility.” — Pope Francis
Pope Francis receiving a warming stripes stole. Photo: Vatican Media
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 20/04/2025
The NYT wants you to think universities became dependent on government. This is false. The government invested in the national research infrastructure by competitive grants to universities. The taxpayers built this. It got us to the moon. Won the Cold War. Created Silicon Valley. Made the McRib.
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Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This statement from the NSF is insane. Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false. Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Holy shit. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has halted the awarding of previously approved proposals to ensure compliance with presidential directives following the arrival of DOGE at the science funding agency.
science.org
NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review
Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency
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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 02/04/2025
Pres. Trump just unilaterally implemented what will likely become the biggest tax hike on Americans since World War II. U.S. consumers in all 50 states will have to pay more for Trump’s national sales tax.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Holy shit. I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say they’re trying to kill us all. “The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists”
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Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm (Gift Article)
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
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Congressman Gabe Amo @amo.house.gov · 26/02/2025
Tonight, 217 Republicans voted to betray the needs of ordinary Americans by shoveling over $1 trillion in tax giveaways to the richest 1%. Instead of working to lower costs, Republicans are charging full steam ahead to abandon their constituents and cut health care and nutrition programs.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 21/02/2025
"Make them outlaw you, we will stand up with you, I will get arrested with you"
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut. This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This is a fabulous piece about kindness and education, by emareena x danielles. A timely reminder that kindness nourishes change traumaresponsive.substack.com/p/kindness-e...
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Kindness eases change
I started writing this piece after listening to adrienne maree brown read from Parable of the Sower on Instagram.
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Joel Singley @singleysci.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
My background music for writing student feedback today. Somehow it's even more spot on now than in 2019. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Y5...
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The Menzingers - "America (You're Freaking Me Out)"
YouTube video by Epitaph Records
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Dr. Amy Burgin @burginam.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I am a scientist, in large part, because of an REU experience that changed the course of my college experience. I dropped my pre-med focus once I realized what grad school was and how it could open doors to careers I didn’t know existed. This would be a massive loss to STEM workforce development.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16/02/2025
Don’t know if anyone else read the letter and caught that it contradicts the majority opinion in SFFA, which allows discussion of racial identities in essays to be used as a factor in admissions. They’re trying to rewrite an already very conservative SCOTUS opinion www.ed.gov/media/docume...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/02/2025
soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
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Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI
In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The main DEI page from @agu.org has been modified to take diversity out of the title. Glad to see it's not deleted entirely, but hey AGU, we're watching what you do and remembering the big game you once talked about supporting your diverse membership. Today vs. January
Screencap of American Geophysical Union DEI webpage (URL at end) reading "Inclusion at AGU" on a banner with "AGU Ethics & Equity Center" link below it.

https://www.agu.org/learn-about-agu/about-agu/diversity-and-inclusionScreencap Wayback Machine archive version of American Geophysical Union DEI webpage (URL at end) from January 04 2025, reading "Diversity & Inclusion at AGU" on a banner with "Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at AGU" section below it, with link to "Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Plan"
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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
“Why do I need NOAA? I’ve got a weather app.” Is equivalent to asking “Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.” www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...
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About our agency
NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep the public informed of the changing environment aro...
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Joel Singley @singleysci.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Our pibble is an emotional detector! She can tell when we’re stressed even before we realize it and usually just plants herself underfoot to give that same look and then tons of kisses
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Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share Don't let science be hidden
A graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, from 1958 to 4th February 2025. It shows carbon dioxide levels rising at an accelerating rate over the decades. This is known to be due to emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity, mainly fossil fuel burning but also deforestation. The first CO2 concentration value in March 1958 was 315 parts per million (ppm). The latest daily value is 426 ppm. The graph also shows a seasonal cycle of a few ppm within each year, which is known to be linked to the growing season in the northern hemisphere causing a temporary uptake of carbon in spring and summer and release in autumn. The graph is produced routinely by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii. @noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
A line graph showing atmospheric CO2 levels at Mauna Loa Observatory from 1955 to 2025. The y-axis represents CO2 mole fraction in parts per million (ppm), ranging from 320 to 420 ppm, while the x-axis is years.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/02/2025
Sabotage. Criminal sabotage. "[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday." www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
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Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/02/2025
January 2025 was quite unexpectedly the warmest January on record at 1.75C above preindustrial, beating the prior record set in 2024. This is despite the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific, with the El Niño event of 2023/2024 long faded. www.theclimatebrink....
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 02/02/2025
I said I would do this last night but I was too tired so lets do it today. A few caveats - not saying this list is exhaustive, it's just a good place to start. It's also not in chronological order because I'm a chaos gremlin
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Joel Singley @singleysci.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
That’s not the headline for the top story today! Who cares what he “favors”?! The NYT should be shouting in all caps about how badly this will hurt everyone. Stop burying every single lead during this crisis.
Screenshot of the top story from the NYT app. The headline reads “Trump Favors Blunt Force in Dealing with Foreign Allies and Enemies Alike”. Subtitle reads “President Trump wasted no time threatening to use American might to force recalcitrant countries to back down and do what he wants”. There is a photo of Trump walking down a set of stairs with a typically ridiculously long tie–this time it’s light blue rather than a garish red.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This is an argument for civil disobedience, not against it.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Book burning? If everything was digital in Hitler's 1930s Germany, this is what his book burning would have looked like: deletion of data, removal of websites, retraction of scientific studies, censorship of words like "equity," "diversity," "climate change."
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Really appreciate Jonathan Lambert pointing out that NSF grants are congressionally mandated to weigh how grants broaden participation in science, putting the administration's executive order against DEIA in conflict with, and potentially undermining, congressional legislation
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Joel Singley @singleysci.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This week solidified my belief that students often need us to pause and engage with them about the world beyond our classroom. They deserve our full humanity. That alone certainly won’t stop fascism, genocide, or the climate crises, but being cared for and seen changes what education means.
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