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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Science is good. We should fund it.

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This was me on friday but i was celebrating my friend's master's defense 🥳

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

laughing at this exchange (also omg hi sarah, i missed you! It's been so long!)

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

the real scientific advice my PhD advisor is giving me lately is on all the foods to avoid with with food recalls

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Well, now that that tragedy's over (🇧🇷), i can go back to the tragedy that is my research rn

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I'm so sorry to hear about this 😔😔😔 Happy that you got to share the impact of this cut with a wider audience, though! Thanks for sharing-- I don't think I would have seen this otherwise.

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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

NY times covered our cut today (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s...

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She Used A.I. to Improve Forecasts for Extreme Weather

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

There's a certain NYC energy that involuntarily enters me and turns me into a hardened eye roller of everyone every time I return 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

on my way to see my PhD advisor perform at Pride 🌈🏳️‍🌈❤️ she's literally the best advisor in the world 🙂‍↕️🤩🥹 (i wanna be her when i grow up-- they say that academics only know how to make mini versions of themselves lmao)

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/06/2026

Good morning, good morning! Get up, get out of bed. Comb your hair and brush your teeth - democracy’s not dead! Go forth and do a small thing (or a big thing!) to build your community, try something new, or just take a moment for yourself. We’re all in this together. 💚

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Thank youuu, happy to engage in the math coffee selfie ;)

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Currently hosting the Weather & Climate livestream to show Americans about the weather & climate research currently at risk of being defunded federally. Tune in to check out some cooool science talks!! 😃 @wclivestream.bsky.social

Selfie of author of post, with a view from the chest up. She is posed with a side ponytail, and has a hand framing (below) her chin. Her t-shirt spells WHOI with coral and says Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution below. Pinned to the top right are a Pride Progress rainbow flag pin and a heart pin with the transgender flag colors. She is wearing black raincloud acrylic earrings with raindrop and lightning attachments dangling below the cloud.

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Omg, i missed these!! 😍 Water today, no coffee. About to start my coding for the day 🤓 I just signed up to host for a few hrs of a 50 hr livestream to share weather&climate research with the American public and show why federal funding for research matters ( @wclivestream.bsky.social ) ❤️💪🏼

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I'm signed up to host from 4-6 AM Mountain (6-8 AM Eastern) on June 2nd 🌟🔥💻🎥 Awesome talks by weather&climate scientists, aimed for the American public to learn about why federal research funding matters! Subscribe to the YouTube channel to get notified on the stream: www.youtube.com/@wclivestream

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The Weather & Climate Livestream

From June 1st to June 3rd 2026, join meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US for a 50-hour livestream! We will share our science and show why America's forecasts are worth saving. [Ph...

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malicent hightower 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @shellsbian.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Been trying to find the right words to describe how to feel about Juniper Blessing. Hearing she was studying meteorology and wanted to be a weather reporter broke me.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This photo always gets me. A little grungy, squinting in the sun, taking notes, and grinning because it's just cool to be out in a geologically interesting place. This is what my friends look like in the field. What I look like in the field. What we all look like in the field. Then, it was over.

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

1st chilly 🥶 day of fieldwork for the biogeographic #befscale fucoid resilience project. Bit short on fucoids even in our control plots 😬 Electric Blue envloggers are a go for hourly 🌡️ data. Lodonnec tomorrow! Good luck @rubygeorge.bsky.social with your last batch of PhD data 📉 💪🏻

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Andrew Williams @andrewilwilliams.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The cuts are back, but so are we! If you're a US-based scientist working on weather & climate, then we need YOU to help make this event a success! Please sign up to speak at wclivestream.com/volunteer , and share with your colleagues!

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I started the novel Lessons in Chemistry but had to stop bc it hit a little too close to home for me. Also, it irks me that many books portray scientists as this genius with high achievements. Where are the scientists in books that are a bit messy, not weird caricatures of absolute obsession? 😫

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Christie @christiefancher.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Participants needed: this sociological study explores how people with Long COVID and ME/CFS utilize online chronic illness communities and content while navigating their journeys to diagnosis. Please share with anyone who might be interested! #chronicillness #mecfs #longcovid #chronicfatigue

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 13/04/2026

Sometimes you make a new comic, and sometimes you redraw an old one because you lost the original high res file 😅

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, two people are standing in the forest, wearing backpacks. The red-haired person says "I've never hiked with a naturalist before! I'm excited. I hope I brought enough water." The brown-haired person says "I'm sure you did. Let's go!"

In panel 2, the brown-haired person points at various nature features. "Look, a red eft! It's the teenaged form of the Eastern Newt. Ooh, wintergreen! Wanna smell it? I hear a Chestnut-sided Warbler. Glacial till. Rubble of the last ice age!"

In panel 3, the naturalist points to more nature items. "This forest seems early successional. Aw, a leafcutter bee with a piece of leaf! Wow, deer poor! Wow, fungi growing out of the deer poop!!" The red-haired person says "Okay, but..."

In panel 4, the red-haired person continues, "It's been an hour and we've walked three feet." The brown-haired person exclaims, looking excited, "Three amazing feet!"

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Freed from fellowship funding, i am happy i get tax refunds now instead of paying several thousand dollars in taxes every April

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I read about this in the now defunct Our Daily Climate newsletter! It was also one of the most fascinating articles to me :)

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I feel like it’s a bit early for it to be so warm!!! I can check historical temperature records and compare…

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Taking heart with this reminder at my office this week. My favorite part is “give less of a shit” 😊 I get anxious about my advisor’s reactions to certain things (thanks to trauma from previous PhD advisor) and it helps me to remember how much of all this… doesn’t matter as much as I think it does 😌

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

It was basically 70F a few days this week in Salt Lake City 🫠

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Randomly got invited to a math retreat to do a talk?!!! Am VERY excited 😃

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Present your research at the 2026 CNY Environmental Science & Studies Conference (March 27–28, SUNY ESF)! Student oral talks (10–12 min) & posters welcome. Free, interdisciplinary, and open regionally. Registration deadline is March 6! There are still lots of spots open for student talks!

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Hannah Reich @hannahgreich.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Celebrated #PhycologyFriday in lab meeting with project updates & graphical abstracts. Proud #newPI here! 🌊 🧪

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Is this still open for signing? I was going to see if I could send it to some people in my dept but it doesn’t look like it’s editable on my end, so you might have closed it off?

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Dan Visioni @danvisioni.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

We already have over 40 signatures from US researchers and professors supporting NSF-NCAR and telling NSF to maintain control of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputer with NCAR! Do sign and share.

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City Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Very glad to be doing this with @350brooklyn.bsky.social and @bklynlibrary.bsky.social! Join us next Saturday afternoon, RSVP link follows --

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Canadian Covid Society @covidsociety.ca · 28/02/2026

March 1 is the deadline to share your Long Covid story for our public awareness project. Submissions will be displayed at our Long Covid Awareness Day events on March 15th, to highlight the many different ways #LongCovid is heartbreaking. Submit your story here: covidsociety.ca/priorities/l...

Red broken heart graphic on a navy blue background. The text overlay on the heart reads: "Having Long Covid is heartbreaking because… sweeping my apartment means spending a day in bed." Above the heart, highlighted text reads: "Share what it’s like to live with Long Covid by March 1." In the bottom right of the graphic is a teal bubble; inside, the text reads "your experience here" with an arrow pointing to the heart.

Red broken heart graphic on a navy blue background. The text overlay on the heart reads: "Long Covid is heartbreaking because… it’s robbed my son of his childhood and his education." Above the heart, highlighted text reads: "Caregivers: Share your Long Covid experience by March 1." In the bottom right of the graphic is a teal bubble; inside, the text reads "your experience here" with an arrow pointing to the heart.

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

As spring break approaches, I hear the sound of my former advisor’s voice saying, “Spring break is an undergrad holiday” (and also lamenting about how it didn’t used to be a holiday between Christmas and New Year’s).

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The best things that came out of a geology class I took at Harvard were the 2 good friends I made and the dinosaur nuggets that one of them introduced me to

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Vanessa Sun @vanessainstem.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Thanks to my geology friend for introducing me to dinosaur chicken nuggets. Now I only buy the dino ones, no other chicken nugget is worthy :)

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title… “How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work” Way to devalue my experience.

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WOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

AI is not inevitable. If we had sane people in government that were not in thrall to billionaire tech CEOs, LLMs could be regulated, forced to obey existing copyright laws, and banned from places where their use is inappropriate, such as college classes. This should be a moderate position.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Please enjoy our research paper on how Bluesky is the preferred home of academics of all stripes, including professors of rare moths. (Yes, we actually have lots of entomologists here). academic.oup.com/icb/article-... 🧪

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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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The Weather & Climate Livestream @wclivestream.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Last December, weather and climate scientists sat down with us to tell us why they loved the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and why it benefits us all. Last night, the NSF began dismantling it. Listen to what they have to say, and why it's urgent that we #SaveNCAR wclivestream.com/act

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We ❤️ NCAR - Let's Save It!

YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

While others are stepping back on climate, Project Drawdown is stepping up! We’re proud to announce the Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support U.S.-based Ph.D.-level scientists & engineers focused on climate solutions for the public good. drawdown.org/news/project...

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Project Drawdown launches Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support scientists working in the public good

Fellowship seeks early- to mid-career researchers based in America who are committed to science and public expertise

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 13/02/2026

I've been getting a lot of requests from reporters for comments about the removal of the DOE Climate Working Group report from the EPA's repeal of the endangerment finding. Here are some comments:

The EPA's decision not to rely on the DOE Climate Working Group report for the Endangerment Finding repeal is appropriate. The report’s fundamental flaws make it unsuitable as a basis for policy decisions.
The report demonstrates systematic methodological failures. It relies heavily on cherry-picked studies while omitting contrary evidence from the peer-reviewed literature. Key findings are presented in ways that misrepresent what the underlying research actually shows. These are not minor errors—they are the kinds of problems that would render a scientific analysis indefensible in any rigorous review process, including judicial review.
The process itself also failed to meet basic scientific standards. The report was not peer reviewed and certainly appears to be working backward from a pre-determined conclusion. The DOE received substantial public comments challenging the report’s conclusions after the public release but never responded to them. A credible scientific assessment requires engagement with contrary evidence and criticism, not silence.
Notably, the Climate Working Group’s membership are the cream of the crop of climate contrarians. The DOE report therefore represents the best case against mainstream science. That they produced a report that is so lacking in credibility actually demonstrates how strong mainstream climate science actually is.

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Happy birthday to Charles Darwin, patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

“Do you ever think about how much life goes on around you while you go about your business?” My first new comics poem for Terra Affirma is live: sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/passages-f...

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.

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What the National Center for Atmospheric Research means to the atmospheric sciences

Born out of a time of great need for the federal government, NCAR plays a role with few analogues.

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Blake Matthews @ebmatthews.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Eawag 2-year postdoc fellowship in Switzerland. Funding for Independent projects hosted in one of the research departments… come join us in Switzerland 🇨🇭! apply.refline.ch/673277/1335/...

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2-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship

We are pleased to invite applications for a

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Girls don’t want flowers for Valentine’s Day. They want you to book them a shark research experience that raises money for science outreach! I can help. Let’s chat.

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