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Katie Matthews, PhD

@katieocean.bsky.social

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Lapsed geologist, Chief Scientist at @oceana.bsky.social, dog mom. DC born and raised. Philly is my 2nd home.🖖 Skeets my own, *not* my employer’s. Mostly oceans + science + climate + policy. A little politics (sorry) and Phillies (not sorry).

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 33m

Remember: make your No Kings protest plans this Saturday! (In Philly it’s by the actual building where our Constitution was drafted, not that we need much reminder of what is at stake.)

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 45m

I asked them in their reskeet….🤷‍♀️

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 47m

I found it through a post from Altmetric today. bsky.app/profile/altm...

Altmetric @altmetric.com · 1h

To absolutely nobody’s surprise, the more than 2,200 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience do not link to research items even once.

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Apr 1

The team decided to run our algorithm across all available episodes of the Joe Rogan Podcast.

At 2261 eps, 3-4 hours long, this was a big task.

The algorithm detected not a single citation in nearly 7,000 hours of content.

The Altmetric team shed a collective tear.

It had worked flawlessly.
9/17

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 48m

This was posted in an April Fools thread. Is it actually true? I realize the irony here of asking Altametric about their own facts that might not be true.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 50m

Sigh. I saw “6 month ago” when first clicking on it. Didnt check actual date. Pfft. I’ll delete. Thanks for the heads up.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 56m

These other Fairmount trees come and go and this one’s like “I’ll outlast all you motherfuckers”

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 1h

This tree is so much cooler than you

Pine tree in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park across from 2601 Penn apartment building in background. Tree just has one weird limb that comes down from the top.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 1h

Ah well thats almost a positive for me in that a) she doesn’t have to fundraise for re-election which takes time away from the job and b) she doesn’t have to worry about hard votes to take because of the one term nature of things. Even so, I agree she is not the stronger candidate overall.

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 17h

I'm a scientist. Can't help it. ;)

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 17h

even that isn't exactly true :(

www.climate.gov/news-feature...

Can we slow or even reverse global warming?

While we cannot stop global warming overnight, or even over the next several decades, we can slow the rate and limit the amount of global warming by reducing human emissions of heat-trapping gases and...

www.climate.gov

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 18h

I say let her run and let her get beat. I am a fan of some of the things she has done as a Gov but that doesn't mean she should win the primary...

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 18h

well now someone is just messin with you

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 18h

Tipping points are real but get garbled in reporting. This piece explained the nuance well.

"Every fraction of a degree in warming that humans prevent reduces the risk of runaway #climate conditions... #Tippingpoints highlight the stakes, but also underscore the [value of the choices we can make]."

Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 2d

Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism

theconversation.com/climate-tipp...

Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism

A report warns that coral reefs may have reached their tipping point, and ice sheets, ocean currents and the Amazon are at growing risk. But, what does that actually mean?

theconversation.com

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 20h

Look for AZA accreditation www.aza.org

Association of Zoos & Aquariums | AZA.org

The Association of Zoos & Aquariums leverages the wildlife expertise of its members to promote animal welfare, conservation efforts, and scientific education. Learn more about our mission, our members...

www.aza.org

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 21h

any remote option? and will they talk about fish? :)

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22h

primaries are good and people shouldnt clear the field whether thats the establishment or progressives. let them fight.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 22h

The whining about Janet Mills jumping into the Maine Senate race is pretty hard to take. It's fine and healthy for our candidates to run in contested primaries. It's dangerous to simply nominate people by acclamation based on internet vibes. Mills isn't even bad, she's just extremely old.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 1d

I am so so so happy 🥳

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @oceanknigge.bsky.social look at our friend! :)

Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 2d

We're happy to announce that @verampcoelho.bsky.social has been appointed as Oceana in Europe's Vice President & Executive Director!👏

She has been key in securing 20+ policy wins for our ocean and will now lead our campaigns to protect & restore European seas.

➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 2d

Ahh I missed you’re in Tokyo! Have an amazing time!

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 2d

Only took til October 13th but finally feels like fall

Wet residential street in Philly, leaves on the ground, black Lab in foreground and brick row homes in background

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 2d

This is great - where is it from?

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d

Equinor spent a decade offering hollow promises with CCS then dropping them, and now its hollow promises for electrification are seeing the same fate.

Ultimately, the company's main climate harm come from the products it sells, not how it manufactures them for sale.

www.nrk.no/vestland/res...

Equinor will drop two projects with power from land
High costs are causing Equinor to shelve plans to electrify the Snorre A and B fields in the North Sea off Florø.
The company states this in a letter sent to the Ministry of Energy, which E24 has seen.

Equinor is currently carrying out electrification projects on the Snøhvit, Troll, Oseberg and Njord fields.

Electrification is controversial because it takes up power resources on land.

On Monday, the Center Party submitted a representative proposal to the Storting to stop all further electrification of the shelf with power from shore.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 2d

Ife Okafor-Yarwood and @dyhia.bsky.social pointed out some similar hypocrisies re EU and West Africa. #fisheries www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 2d

Understandable!! 😳

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 2d

The visiting scientists should know this too. You think any of them will speak truth to power?