Dan Holstein, PhD

As a hello to all the new peeps, I want to share this awesome 3D photogrammetric model of the stern section of the RMS Rhone shipwreck in the British Virgin Islands.

Hi academic Bluesky, it’s been a while. #incarcerateTrump.

They’re just trying the hasten the end times, right?

Honest question - is calling red state senators doing anything at all?

Nektonic’s “After the Reef” lays it bare: coral scientists are sounding the alarm on climate change. Governments are not acting fast enough if at all. The clock is ticking. If you want reefs to survive, here’s where your time, money, and voice must go. #OceanOptimism #ClimateAction

#coral #coralreef #climate #science open.substack.com/pub/nektonic...

It’s so crazy that climate deniers think humans don’t cause climate change but volcanos eruptions do. The eruption of Mount St. Helens released ~10 Mt of CO₂ into the atmosphere. Human activities currently release that amount of CO₂ in ~2 hours.

Heat exposure on Western Australian coral reefs is literally off the charts. 24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded. 6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals. >20 is catastrophic. coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...

Just a reminder that the protestations that the admin's activities have been illegal have proven true. As federal workers are reinstated - even if only before future *legal* RIFs - remember that this was a victory.

I think we need to talk about the abuse of the Presidential pardon. There are no consequences for the next 3 years at least.

I will not stand for this BS.

It’s incredibly hard to see a national treasure like the NIH descend into the atrocious servitude of stripping out an image of one of their most successful Institute Directors in an effort to please the thinnest skinned President of all time.

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...

This is notably insane because Columbia was est. in 1754, and UC Berkeley was est. in 1868. I mean, what the hell.

Just terribly sad and wasteful. The major investment in these labs has already been paid by the American people. What we see now are the returns.

Right? Schumer’s reasoning here makes no sense to me.

Senate Democrats watching scenes like this and thinking “how can we signal that we’re on the same side of this House Republican?”

My god. Are these… DINOs?

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

It's hard to say this, but science (& research more generally) is just being **stopped** in the US right now. This is just one university, losing nearly a billion dollars in project funding pretty much overnight. That's people's jobs & the research that could save lives. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

This wild press release from the EPA is… something. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13. I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.

This is a sad day in ocean and marine science. @noaa.gov

I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.

Donald Trump hates the ocean www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...

BREAKING: The mass firing of upwards of 1,800 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including top climate scientists and weather forecasters, has begun. The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service.

New: Layoffs underway of probationary employees at @noaa.gov Unclear so far how many were exempted for public safety reasons at the Nat'l Weather Service, NOAA Satellites and other units. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...

Are you affected by the @noaa.gov layoffs? I'm a longtime environment reporter interested in NOAA, EPA and USGS. Send me tips: lisasong.42 on Signal Here's what I cover and some examples of my work: www.propublica.org/people/lisa-...

Well. I think the Bluesky bots have arrived.

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

Maybe because we have no eggs to make the damn vaccine.

Should be front page news.

These billionaires are only interested in extraction of wealth. The true tragedy of the commons is that the very few will horde at the expense of the many. The tragedy of the uncommons.

I think the biggest lie being told right now is that one of the wealthiest countries in the world cannot afford to invest in science, education, and the environment.

The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...

The headlines need to read “The GOP will take Medicaid, will raise the debt, and shrink the middle class”

The Rising Impact of Coral Research at UNCW is highlighted by our Research & Innovation Department in this feature on the preservation and restoration of one of the world’s most vital marine organisms. @vibriosoup.bsky.social uncw.edu/news/researc...

I always thought Musk wanted to be a Bond Villain. Turns out he wanted to be an Indiana Jones villain.

Defunding NSF means never knowing about amazing stuff like this.

🤿 HIRING POSTDOC 🤿 🌊 We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/

Maybe he can ask Grok to summarize his activity for us.

Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down U.S. flag on El Capitan as a distress signal www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

@aoc.bsky.social - tell the NYT, WashPo, CNN, etc. that we aren’t just scared, we’re furious.

We need to start screaming, loudly, that this is not okay.