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A team of university and Tribal researchers has developed a blueprint for creating research agreements that enable respectful research with Tribes and on Tribal lands. Worth sharing with the researchers in your life. 🧪 (short🧵) news.ncsu.edu/2026/04/scie...

“I will beat Geno’s ass” - Dawn Staley

“Rebounding is a choice not a skill” #NCAAWFF

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day

Turning this 75-page thesis into a 20-minute presentation for my defense is proving to be quite difficult !!!!!!! 🫠

I grew up on ultra-processed foods you’ve never ever heard of 😂

If you live in the eastern US like me you probably think this was one of the US' coldest winters on record. You'd be sorely mistaken. The record warmth out West overwhelmed the cold in the East during meteorological winter (Dec-Feb). www.cnn.com/2026/03/07/c...

Defy the oligarchs: drive electric, take public transport, walk, bike, anything to burn less FF

Scum of the earth

Imagine clocking into work each day at Goof Off HQ

passive voice final boss grand champion honorable mention award for turning slurs into a sentient thing that can do actions www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Western scientists, assuming that methods that work in the Global North will translate to the Global South, underestimate coastal hazards that will disproportionally affect hundreds of millions of people in Southeast Asian & Pacific nations. A tale as old as time.

My poor professor trying to talk about the rhetoric of the Iraq war with these kids who were born in 2003

YAY! Thank you people of MN for modeling peaceful courageous resistance. And words matter. Compare NBC’s “4,000 undocumented immigrants have been apprehended…” to “4,000 undocumented immigrants have been abducted…” In so many ways, media & leaders vilify and demean both immigrants & protesters.

Explaining to a new friend that I’m Catholic in the care for the poor, solidarity for the marginalized, blessed are the peacemakers type of way, not the CHRIST THE KING ON THE THRONE, John 14:9 ✝️🕊️🙏 in my Instagram bio, quoting scripture type of way

Local news organizations across the U.S. are in dire need of this kind of structural support to supplement the ad-hoc fumes of one-off grants. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/for-...

Wintry scenes from my back yard

“Based on recent events, we are moving our assessment of one of the categories — stifling speech and dissent — up one notch, to Level 4” The NYT editorial board on its updated autocracy index www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Something to think about next time you’re enjoying some local raw bar 🦪

🌊🚨 New research on #microplastics in Narragansett Bay #URIGSO researcher Victoria Fulfer, Ph.D. ’24, and Professor J.P. Walsh have published a new study documenting exponential growth in microplastic pollution in Narragansett Bay since the 1940s. ➡️ buff.ly/oZp0aTc

Why is writing a CV so painful

Back on campus for my final (!) semester of grad school. Always amazed by the lack of cold-weather gear on the undergrad population 🥶

The CLIF bars are getting smaller

“In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.” And more to come in the new year!

Of the awardees, 5 are part of our #URIGSO community: 🔹 Teagan Cunningham, M.S., Oceanography 🔹 Frankie Lopez, Ph.D., Oceanography 🔹 Malachy McCaffrey, M.S., Oceanography 🔹 Justin Sankey, Ph.D., Oceanography 🔹 Mackensie duPont Crowley, M.A., Communications & GSO Public Engagement staff

Thanks to URI’s Coastal Institute for naming me an Emerging Coastal Leader! 🌊

BREAKING: Brown University says there is an active shooter on campus in Rhode Island.

Love the feral energy of a college campus during finals week

Very disturbed by the idea of Starbucks protein lattes

My team celebrating my URI mag byline. Very cute

Some awesome scientific method happening here! New research reveals a limitation in how we measure organic carbon in coastal wetlands, and an opportunity to collaboratively refine the methods for better #bluecarbon estimates.

Me in my 6-9pm class on Tuesdays after working 8-3 and hitting class 330-5 💤

Someone who’d experienced food insecurity told me that being able to season their basic donated pantry items was the only thing that made them feel human 🌶️ If you’re donating this season, consider adding small comforts like spices, coffee, tea. They nourish more than just the body!

🎃 🌊 Happy Halloween from #URIGSO! Still searching for a last-minute costume? Don’t worry — we’ve got you covered. ⤵️

This is some of the best work of my career

After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...

📌 #NEOSEC’s 2025 #OceanLiteracy Summit in Freeport, Maine, where I presented research about how Rhode Island newspapers have framed sea level rise over the last decade, & share some ideas about how they can expand that coverage to contextualize it within the lived experiences of their communities.

It’s light and love to everyone until I start to browse my hometown’s Facebook community forum

“It’s not my job to feed someone else’s kids.” It kind of is. That’s what you do when you’re part of a social species, dude.

Baby’s first research poster

#NoKings 13 miles offshore on Block Island, Rhode Island. 200~ people showing up to represent the smallest town in the smallest state!

I was catching strays in the Taylor Swift album review chat last night, too bad my millennial ass was fast asleep

The gen-z-ification of the State Dept

In a landmark ruling in our case against the Trump admin on the deportation of international students for protected speech, Judge William Young rejected the government’s justification for the wearing of masks by ICE agents as “disingenuous, squalid & dishonorable.” #AAUPvRubio @knightcolumbia.org

If you voted for him, you've done this.

If you are doing any kind of #engagement, this new guide helps you to examine your work and teaches you how to make it more equitable and inclusive. #SciComm @big-stem-network.bsky.social

Organizers say 25,000 marched in Midtown Manhattan today to #MakeBillionairesPay

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com