These grants also supported multiple workforce development (aviation, IT) programs and student services on four UAF rural campuses, which are located in primarily Alaska Native communities but open to everyone. It’s a disservice to both students and the future of our rural communities.

I love a good newsletter or blog, but this is exactly why I don’t buy into the Substack- or Patreon-based journalism. I can’t personally support all the journalists I would want to, AND I don’t want reporting that has not been edited by at least one other person.

people are all like oh my god what if the AI robots take over? and listen, I’m not worried because it can’t be worse than men running things

There is nothing inherently wrong with the Earth 400k years ago. The problem is that humans evolved to live in the climate we have today, and we built our infrastructure for today's climate. The same goes for the animals and plants that we love and love to eat. Climate change is pain for everyone.

Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science go.nature.com/4mzL1KV

Last fall, I attended the premiere of a film that meant a lot to me. In late January, all of its hundreds of planned screenings were canceled without explanation. For @defector.com, I went digging:

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Many of the places under a tsunami warning or watch are *only* served by public broadcasting. Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months. Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?

I just opened this book and the third epigraph actually made me laugh out loud. I’m excited to dig in!

Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns. To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything. www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...

Super excited to be able to announce this opportunity! We'll be recruiting 12 PhD students to start at UAF CFOS between Jan–Aug 2026 w/ 3 years of full support. Please repost and share with your students who received honorable mentions on the GRFP in the last 3 years. www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...

Sharing this as a reminder for myself and other UA faculty

No, a LOT of them think that. Science may be one of the most social forms of knowledge production we have. Arguably it’s at least as social as creative writing. Actual scientists will tell you this. Yet, millions of people think they can do science alone with an LLM.

The New York Times sided with anti-trans cranks over medical doctors on gender affirming care: NYT Chose Anti-Trans Cranks Over Real Doctors #genderaffirmingcare #mediabias #nytimes youtube.com/shorts/DOFyO...

When AK congress reps say they did something for Alaskans, they usually mean Anchorage and the MatSu valley. This does NOT help rural Alaskans, most of whom are AK Natives, who rely on subsistence hunting and fishing & are more likely to be stuck w/lower paying, unstable jobs.

As someone who was born and raised in Alaska and who has family and friends who will be harmed by this ALL OVER THE FRICKING COUNTRY, I am so fricking pissed at Murkowski. And everyone else who voted for this horrendous bill, but especially her bc she was my rep

It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.

Paleo folks! The fan favorite biomineralizer proxies session will happen at @agu.org in New Orleans this year! Chaired by me, @lauralhaynes.bsky.social, and Zan Stremler. Submit your abstract today! 🐚🦪🪸🦴🦷 PP020 - New and Developing Paleoproxies in Biomineralizers agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

PROTECT TRANS SCIENTISTS 🏳️‍⚧️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Also another angle to this is that since Fairbanks is basically the very tail-end of supply chains, you can't just go buy a fan when you realize you need one, because they are all sold out. I worked at a hardware store during the 2013 heat wave (temps in the 90s) and we couldn't keep fans in stock

There it is. The first ever Heat Advisory issued in Alaska. This is the first year it has been an option. @alaskawx.bsky.social

A lot of people that the system has been working just fine for are coming to the realization that most of our institutions are a facade. If you’re new to feeling this systemically unsafe, it’s really scary; it feels like they’ve taken both the guardrails AND the road. And no one is coming to fix it.

What I've seen with the people in my life is really tough. These are people who committed to serving the common good, usually for less pay than they'd get elsewhere. They're often completely invisible to the general public, but do essential work. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

I was thinking about this the other day when I heard that some think AI is going to “solve” the climate crisis for us…are there people that think AI will just do our science? Like do they think a computer could design and execute experiments, collect novel data, or make novel observations?

The American public is broadly supportive of maintaining federal science and medical research funding, and against punishing universities by taking their funding away, according to a new poll:

I struggle with the reporting on ChatGPT in education because it often confirms society’s negative bias against young people—oh no, this generation is unsaveable!—when it’s possible to just educate people to be less credulous about it. which is why I wrote this: so teachers could print and assign it

“Perseverance has its limits. The erosion of these institutions’ integrity—and the growing realization that it is impossible to fulfill their missions in good faith—has made the cost of continuing untenable.” time.com/7285045/resi...

What strikes me about the NSF termination data is exactly this: the PIs *doing the work* of making science more inclusive are primarily women, people of color, people with disabilities, and all intersections of those identities.

North Pole, Alaska

So glad to see this. And it’s so smart to use the upcoming 75th anniversary of NSF as the hook. Check out the action items and toolkit. Share widely! www.savensf.com

www.savensf.com/take-action 🧪

I am just so exhausted by all this. The cuts are awful, but the back-and-forth "are they going to stop funding existing grants/transfers" is just demoralizing

I’m not going to retweet that NOAA propaganda post about deep sea mining. Instead, I’ll tell you that I don’t know a single NOAA scientist who would promote deep sea mining in this way, because the available science we have does not justify exploitation of deep sea habitats for minerals.

Do not confuse the political appointees making crazy decisions at NOAA with the excellent and dedicated scientists who work at NOAA, some of them for decades.

The NOAA account on here is now putting out propaganda. That one hurt.

JFC. These polymetallic nodules form over millions of years. We should leave them alone. Remember that time when we decided to mine something that formed over millions of years and caused climate change?

Curious about grad school in the geosciences? 🌎 @scdoherty.bsky.social and I are hosting a webinar to answer your questions! It's geared toward undergrads (especially at PUIs) exploring US grad programs — but everyone’s welcome! Register here: tinyurl.com/registerforG... 📚

I want to continue to push back on the reigning “hey I’m just being reasonable” stance on AI. I “understand” it being useful for coding & emails too. I also understand why beans make us fart. The adult issue is, why are we doing this and is the cost worth it? There’s only ONE reasonable answer

This is so exciting!!!!!!

Jellies see this:

Moral of the story: They may be soft and covered in rainbows, but never ever underestimate a jelly. You never know what they have hiding on the inside. [end of thread 🧵] bsky.app/profile/rebe...

The pundits whining about “academic freedom” and “viewpoint diversity” have clearly never been to a faculty meeting. I actually know quite a few conservative meteorologists/climate scientists/geoscientists.

I knew the U.S. higher education system was a massive draw for foreigners, but I did not know the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it did natural gas and coal combined. Great piece by @crampell.bsky.social

Record warmth in the Upper Tanana Valley on Thursday. Northway up to 59F (15.0C). Previous record for April 17 was 57F (13.9C) in 1998. Also 59F (15.0C) at Tok, breaking the previous record for the date of 56F (13.3C) set in 1999. #akwx #climate @climatologist49.bsky.social

You can tell bathroom bans are 100% bigotry because they fulfill literally no other purpose

The proposed NOAA budget gutting would also eliminate the Climate Adaptation Program (CAP). The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, the org I work for, is the CAP for Alaska and has been working for Alaskans since 2006. #akwx #climate #NOAA alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

I missed this in the midst of everything else last week, but of course the Trump Administration has killed the questions on sexual orientation and gender identity in NSF's Survey of Earned Doctorates, which were only put in place after YEARS of effort by advocates www.science.org/content/arti...

Shout out to the tenured and emeritus faculty who are speaking up on here, at rallies, in calls and emails to legislators, in board meetings, in meetings with funders, so that us non-tenured folks don't risk our careers to speak out against *waves hands wildly* all of this

I have this print in my office to remind myself and students that the ideas we have about gender, sex, and sexuality were not predetermined by the natural world. We (humans) made them up. Nature is so queer!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐟