Terry Quinn
@terrymquinn.bsky.social
Retired UT Austin Professor and former Division Director, NSF-Ocean Sciences. Lead Author, IPCC AR5, Paleoclimate. Baseball ⚾️, fly fishing 🎣 and guitar 🎸 guy. Fan of GD, Townes, Guy Clark, John Prine, REK, Jason Isbell, Turnpike, and Tyler Childers
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Check out this great interview with ice-coring legend Lonnie Thompson on @thedailyshow.com. youtu.be/oQoXNtcfwvA
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Lonnie Thompson - “Canary” & Letting Glaciers Tell Their Story | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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December 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Check out this great interview with ice-coring legend Lonnie Thompson on @thedailyshow.com. youtu.be/oQoXNtcfwvA
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FOX just put up a graphic saying that Shohei Ohtani's hard hit percentage is "100th percentile." Apparently, not only does he transcends the normal bounds of baseball, he transcends the laws of mathematics.
October 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
FOX just put up a graphic saying that Shohei Ohtani's hard hit percentage is "100th percentile." Apparently, not only does he transcends the normal bounds of baseball, he transcends the laws of mathematics.
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Congratulations to @dustybowl.bsky.social on being awarded the Piers J. Sellers Global Environmental Change Award from the @agu.org!
September 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Congratulations to @dustybowl.bsky.social on being awarded the Piers J. Sellers Global Environmental Change Award from the @agu.org!
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Congratulations to @drspeedydee.bsky.social on the Nanne Weber Early Career Award from the @agu.org!
September 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Congratulations to @drspeedydee.bsky.social on the Nanne Weber Early Career Award from the @agu.org!
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Huge congratulations to Ed Cook for receiving the @agu.org Revelle Medal, which 'recognition of outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate or related aspects of the Earth system.'
September 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Huge congratulations to Ed Cook for receiving the @agu.org Revelle Medal, which 'recognition of outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate or related aspects of the Earth system.'
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🌊 🔬 New in #Marine #Geology:
Ph.D. student Ammoose Jayan (CU Kerala/Fulbright @uarizona.bsky.social) shows that "pink" #foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber survived in the Indian Ocean until 8 kyr BP—and did not go extinct in the Indian Ocean at 120 ka!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2025.107656
Ph.D. student Ammoose Jayan (CU Kerala/Fulbright @uarizona.bsky.social) shows that "pink" #foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber survived in the Indian Ocean until 8 kyr BP—and did not go extinct in the Indian Ocean at 120 ka!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2025.107656
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🌊 🔬 New in #Marine #Geology:
Ph.D. student Ammoose Jayan (CU Kerala/Fulbright @uarizona.bsky.social) shows that "pink" #foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber survived in the Indian Ocean until 8 kyr BP—and did not go extinct in the Indian Ocean at 120 ka!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2025.107656
Ph.D. student Ammoose Jayan (CU Kerala/Fulbright @uarizona.bsky.social) shows that "pink" #foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber survived in the Indian Ocean until 8 kyr BP—and did not go extinct in the Indian Ocean at 120 ka!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2025.107656
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The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
August 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
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Jim Spencer is longtime meteorologist in central TX and is in a great position to make the observations he does here about the tragic 4th of July flooding.
July 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Jim Spencer is longtime meteorologist in central TX and is in a great position to make the observations he does here about the tragic 4th of July flooding.
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When it comes to Texas weather, I look to @theeyewallwx.bsky.social to cut through the nonsense. @mattlanza.bsky.social knows his business on this analysis of the tragic TX flash flooding.
The latest on TS Chantal today, but more importantly, we take a deep dive into the causes and forecasts leading up to the horrific flooding tragedy in Texas. A lot to unpack today. open.substack.com/pub/theeyewa...
Making sense of the weather that led to a horrible Texas flooding tragedy, plus Tropical Storm Chantal
In brief: Invest 92L became Tropical Depression 3 yesterday and is now Tropical Storm Chantal.
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July 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
When it comes to Texas weather, I look to @theeyewallwx.bsky.social to cut through the nonsense. @mattlanza.bsky.social knows his business on this analysis of the tragic TX flash flooding.
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This from Jeffrey Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social) on NSF budget request: Trump has proposed cutting NSF's budget by more than half, to $4B, in FY 2026. The math in his "skinny" budget request is hard to follow, so here's a quick analysis:
May 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This from Jeffrey Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social) on NSF budget request: Trump has proposed cutting NSF's budget by more than half, to $4B, in FY 2026. The math in his "skinny" budget request is hard to follow, so here's a quick analysis:
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Skinny Budget Day! Another terrible budget for US science and innovation. While attention is on NSF and NIH, some brief notes on energy and space, which also matter for competitiveness.
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The President’s FY 2026 Discretionary Budget Request
www.whitehouse.gov
May 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Skinny Budget Day! Another terrible budget for US science and innovation. While attention is on NSF and NIH, some brief notes on energy and space, which also matter for competitiveness.
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/informat... 🧵
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/informat... 🧵
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I wrote about why Republicans - and Trump specifically - often beat Democrats on messaging because they understand the politics of schemas and how to use them more effectively, while Democrats search for the best facts, but often lose the battle of perception: www.forkingpaths.co/p/schemas-an...
Schemas and the Political Brain
The neuroscience and psychology of why better facts don't make winning arguments in politics.
www.forkingpaths.co
April 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I wrote about why Republicans - and Trump specifically - often beat Democrats on messaging because they understand the politics of schemas and how to use them more effectively, while Democrats search for the best facts, but often lose the battle of perception: www.forkingpaths.co/p/schemas-an...
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Trump zeroes out NSF major research equipment facilities & construction funding for FY25 over objections of congressional appropriators. A 2.6% cut to topline. Congress had designed MREFC as emergency spending to avoid budget caps.
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THE WEEK OF MARCH 31, 2025
- Trump zeros out NSF construction budget - Grant terminations proliferate - More NIH layoffs planned
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March 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Trump zeroes out NSF major research equipment facilities & construction funding for FY25 over objections of congressional appropriators. A 2.6% cut to topline. Congress had designed MREFC as emergency spending to avoid budget caps.
ww2.aip.org/fyi/the-week...
ww2.aip.org/fyi/the-week...
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Public comment period is <30 days. COMMENT!
“This interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations.”
www.regulations.gov/document/CEQ...
“This interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations.”
www.regulations.gov/document/CEQ...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
March 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Public comment period is <30 days. COMMENT!
“This interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations.”
www.regulations.gov/document/CEQ...
“This interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations.”
www.regulations.gov/document/CEQ...
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Trump continues to lie about aid to Ukraine but the FT brings the facts.
March 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump continues to lie about aid to Ukraine but the FT brings the facts.
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While NIH funded researchers have found a potential cure for one of the most deadly cancers around, Trump and Musk are continuing an illegal NIH grant freeze, threatening so many potential life saving scientific advances.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
February 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
While NIH funded researchers have found a potential cure for one of the most deadly cancers around, Trump and Musk are continuing an illegal NIH grant freeze, threatening so many potential life saving scientific advances.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Protecting the ocean has always been a bipartisan effort, in Congress and across multiple White House administrations. In the face of ill-conceived attacks on @noaa.gov, it's time to raise our voices. My thoughts in defense of NOAA and #OceanScience: mbayaq.co/4k8vEsx
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Protecting the ocean has always been a bipartisan effort, in Congress and across multiple White House administrations. In the face of ill-conceived attacks on @noaa.gov, it's time to raise our voices. My thoughts in defense of NOAA and #OceanScience: mbayaq.co/4k8vEsx
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MLB teams' increasing reliance on their bullpens is a manifestation of optimized pitching strategy. Starters' performance wanes as their pitch counts rise and batters get multiple looks at them. Relievers keep getting nastier every year. It's just smart baseball.
But what if it's not?
But what if it's not?
The Case for Leaving the Starter In
Quantifying the hidden costs of bullpen overexposure
www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is
February 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
MLB teams' increasing reliance on their bullpens is a manifestation of optimized pitching strategy. Starters' performance wanes as their pitch counts rise and batters get multiple looks at them. Relievers keep getting nastier every year. It's just smart baseball.
But what if it's not?
But what if it's not?
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Hot off the press, my book on the history of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in commemoration of its Centennial. From Maryland Sea Grant. Following its mandate for predictive ecology from the Chesapeake Bay around the world.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Hot off the press, my book on the history of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in commemoration of its Centennial. From Maryland Sea Grant. Following its mandate for predictive ecology from the Chesapeake Bay around the world.
loom.ly/MzHzftA
loom.ly/MzHzftA
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have you lost your damn mind
February 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
have you lost your damn mind
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From the New Yorker
February 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
From the New Yorker
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