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Kate Marvel

@drkatemarvel

Climate scientist and writer. Theoretical astrophysicist by training. Avowed Earth supremacist. Yes, that's my real name. You should read my book, it's good https://shorturl.at/aJRYb

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Not now, El NiΓ±o

12.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow what company to be in!

12.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1. My induction stove
2. My dog
3. My book bookshop.org/p/books/huma...

11.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Emma Woodhouse was totally hot

11.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

lol oops πŸ’…

11.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i met a guy named gatsby and then we got in a boat and went backward

11.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

just now seeing that your avatar is a literal frog and boiling water, well played

11.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

we'll do it again, assholes

11.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

climate science: defeating Nazis since 1944

11.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

HELL YES (middle age dad is gender neutral)

11.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry Ben you have to stop publishing on controversial topics (PSDI)

11.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm ok with NASA sending astronauts to Mars but I think it would be nice for them to have somewhere to come home to

10.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"whether or not this is an impending catastrophe" come on man

10.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
10.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Are you a young academic working on climate and feel ready for a move? We are recruiting two Assistant/Associate Professors @granthamicl.bsky.social at Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social (1/6)

10.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

I know it’s not that simple (you have to listen to her)

05.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a β€œsexist attitude”

Scientists! Avoid entangling yourself in a global child trafficking ring using this one weird trick (talking to literally any woman)
www.science.org/content/arti...

05.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 180 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

there aren't any cookies, baked goods are a left wing hoax

04.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

honestly they're pretty good at drawing random lines on maps with sharpies

04.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

academic job ads are all like "we seek the smartest person who has ever existed, duties involve securing millions of dollars of grant money to pay senior administrators and teaching 70 classes. we will pay you one (1) dollar and give you access to the library on alternate Tuesdays

04.03.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ben no

04.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this is not directed at program officers who are wonderful, overworked, and should fund everything I send them, but rather their politically appointed bosses

04.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

use slurm to schedule your jobs, we made a tutorial 20 years ago and forgot where we put it

04.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

to be more realistic we could rank students by interest/ability, identify the ones at the bottom, and ask the principal to put them in charge of everything

04.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

i was promised AI would do the boring stuff and I would get to generate ugly art myself

04.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is a good kindergarten activity, but I feel the fifth graders need something more engaging, like fixing the indentation errors in their current and pending funding table

04.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

the world is complex and ever-changing, just like the biosketch requirements

04.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i just want them to experience the wonder and amazement of watching a journal submission system fail to compile the pdf you just uploaded as a pdf

04.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I have to do Career Day at my kids' school, what's a good way to teach them about science? I was thinking of giving them a fun activity and then making them fill out a lot of paperwork before abruptly canceling it

04.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 352 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0

how dare you, climate sci set

04.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0