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Matthew Sroufe

@um-swoop.bsky.social
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Research assistant in oceanography maintaining 13 high frequency radar sites that measure surface currents in the PNW, and toddler dad.

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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
100's of jobs and tons of money to local communities are at risk. The destruction of IOOS and it's local programs like NANOOS, that funds my position, would make commercial fishing, and USCG search and rescue more difficult, not to mention the loss to scientific research in general.
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
And Iranian drones.
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
@repvalhoyle.bsky.social @tinakotek.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @jeff-merkley.bsky.social
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I really hope The Oregon Sea Grant isn't next. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/m...
pressherald.com
Maine Sea Grant in jeopardy after Trump administration terminates $4.5 million grant program
The move to discontinue the four-year agreement — which comes amid the White House's efforts to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget — leaves the fishery organization’s p...
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
NOAA cuts will affect many at Oregon State University as well. Please fight this for us with everything you have!
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Almost 3 and already moshing.
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
That's just a fancy star trek badge.
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This grey fox seemed lost in my yard this morning. Not the first fox we've had, but it was constantly looking around and whining occasionally. Odd behavior for daytime.
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
www.npr.org/2025/02/15/n...
npr.org
Trump officials signal potential changes at NOAA, the weather and climate agency
Federal workers at the home agency for the National Weather Service are concerned about a potential overhaul by Trump officials focused on cutting government costs.
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Yep.
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Almost an inch in Corvallis.
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Cleaning up the 'ol data maker after 10 months in the ocean today.
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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"Federal funding for research projects is a particular worry for the state’s larger public universities, which receive millions of dollars in federal research funding each year."
opb.org
Research, inclusivity efforts at stake as Oregon college leaders respond to Trump administration orders
Federal funding for research projects is a particular worry for the state’s larger public universities, which receive millions of dollars in federal research funding each year.
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Had... Or has...
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
My only complaint about bluesky so far is it shows me far to many cats and not nearly enough dogs.
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Matthew Sroufe @um-swoop.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Capitalism only cares about science when it affects the money for the shareholders. Case in point, I worked in a lab funded by BP to research the affects oil and dispersants have on fish after deep water horizon. The moment they settled lawsuits with gulf states our funding was gone in an instant.
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