Vanessa Sun
@vanessainstem.bsky.social
She/her 🇧🇷🇹🇼🇺🇸🏳️🌈 Atmospheric chemist & mathematician, studying air quality in Salt Lake City.
Mostly sharing academic & COVID related posts. Clean Air Kits discount at: https://linktr.ee/vanessasun
CUNY ➡️ MIT ➡️UUtah (PhDing 👩🏻💻)
Mostly sharing academic & COVID related posts. Clean Air Kits discount at: https://linktr.ee/vanessasun
CUNY ➡️ MIT ➡️UUtah (PhDing 👩🏻💻)
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Vanessa Sun
@vanessainstem.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Starting my move over from Twitter to here! May or may not keep this primarily research focused & make a separate account for posts, but most interested in following:
• geoscientists, meteorologists, weather ppl, climatologists
• other researchers & grad students including non STEM
• COVID cautious
• geoscientists, meteorologists, weather ppl, climatologists
• other researchers & grad students including non STEM
• COVID cautious
Really enjoying how collaborative my research is becoming! Very motivating to talk science with such cool people esp. at NOAA 😊
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Really enjoying how collaborative my research is becoming! Very motivating to talk science with such cool people esp. at NOAA 😊
Yet another friend being upsettingly booted out from their math PhD program (reminding me part of the reason I decided not to pursue grad school in math) and this time, a case of screwing over disabled students 💔 Am a bit sad today 😔
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Yet another friend being upsettingly booted out from their math PhD program (reminding me part of the reason I decided not to pursue grad school in math) and this time, a case of screwing over disabled students 💔 Am a bit sad today 😔
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A belated reminder of the trans day of remembrance when spotting the painted engineering Cairn, also poignant as it's #LGBTQinSTEM day
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A belated reminder of the trans day of remembrance when spotting the painted engineering Cairn, also poignant as it's #LGBTQinSTEM day
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GitHub is down but Teams is still working? Why do bad things happen to good people????
First they came for AWS
And I did not speak out
Because Canvas was down and that was fine by me.
Then they came for Cloudflare
And I did not speak out
Because I didn't need the textbook website.
Then they came for GitHub
And there were no more internet services
For me to use to get work done.
And I did not speak out
Because Canvas was down and that was fine by me.
Then they came for Cloudflare
And I did not speak out
Because I didn't need the textbook website.
Then they came for GitHub
And there were no more internet services
For me to use to get work done.
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
GitHub is down but Teams is still working? Why do bad things happen to good people????
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Just found out the awesome team at @climasillinois.bsky.social will be in Asheville in the next couple of days to conduct interviews about Risk Communication during #Helene.
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just found out the awesome team at @climasillinois.bsky.social will be in Asheville in the next couple of days to conduct interviews about Risk Communication during #Helene.
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
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Today we honored Prof. Jen Kay from CU Boulder as our 2025-2026 Distinguished Richard P. And Linda S. Turco Lecturer
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Today we honored Prof. Jen Kay from CU Boulder as our 2025-2026 Distinguished Richard P. And Linda S. Turco Lecturer
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Some people will try anything except wearing a mask
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some people will try anything except wearing a mask
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Graduate students across #Canada are invited to apply for the $20K Roy Hyndman Ocean Observing Award to support their research that uses data from ONC’s ocean observatories.
📅 Apply by 31 Jan 2026: bit.ly/3rI4gHP
🔎Learn about the 2025 awardees: https://ow.ly/bkk150XqOKJ
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📅 Apply by 31 Jan 2026: bit.ly/3rI4gHP
🔎Learn about the 2025 awardees: https://ow.ly/bkk150XqOKJ
🧪🌊
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Graduate students across #Canada are invited to apply for the $20K Roy Hyndman Ocean Observing Award to support their research that uses data from ONC’s ocean observatories.
📅 Apply by 31 Jan 2026: bit.ly/3rI4gHP
🔎Learn about the 2025 awardees: https://ow.ly/bkk150XqOKJ
🧪🌊
📅 Apply by 31 Jan 2026: bit.ly/3rI4gHP
🔎Learn about the 2025 awardees: https://ow.ly/bkk150XqOKJ
🧪🌊
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Making a climate model that works well is really, really hard. So hard, in fact, that the people who do make it happen rarely have the time or energy to talk about how hard it is on the internet. So most other people have very little understanding about how hard it is... But boy is it hard #NorESM3
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Making a climate model that works well is really, really hard. So hard, in fact, that the people who do make it happen rarely have the time or energy to talk about how hard it is on the internet. So most other people have very little understanding about how hard it is... But boy is it hard #NorESM3
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Happy Polar Pride Day! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Today is a special day in the international polar science and operations community when we celebrate the contributions of our LGBTQ+ colleagues.
Polar science is the ultimate teamwork environment - and making sure everyone feels included and welcome is crucial.
Today is a special day in the international polar science and operations community when we celebrate the contributions of our LGBTQ+ colleagues.
Polar science is the ultimate teamwork environment - and making sure everyone feels included and welcome is crucial.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Happy Polar Pride Day! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Today is a special day in the international polar science and operations community when we celebrate the contributions of our LGBTQ+ colleagues.
Polar science is the ultimate teamwork environment - and making sure everyone feels included and welcome is crucial.
Today is a special day in the international polar science and operations community when we celebrate the contributions of our LGBTQ+ colleagues.
Polar science is the ultimate teamwork environment - and making sure everyone feels included and welcome is crucial.
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i’m excited to announce that i am hiring (again)!
i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social!
apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...
i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social!
apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral Research Associate I Computational Stellar Astrophysics (Steward Observatory) | American Astronomical Society
The University of Arizona (U of A) Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory (SO) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate. The successful candidate will work with Professor Ca...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
i’m excited to announce that i am hiring (again)!
i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social!
apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...
i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social!
apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...
First PhD committee meeting scheduled for Dec 1 🫣 Am nervous but also excited to (virtually) meet my EPA committee member since I haven’t met her yet 💓
Going to hurl (scheduling my first PhD Committee Meeting)
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
First PhD committee meeting scheduled for Dec 1 🫣 Am nervous but also excited to (virtually) meet my EPA committee member since I haven’t met her yet 💓
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We're seeking a Program Specialist to lead communications, coordinate federal reporting, and support program initiatives for Lake Champlain Sea Grant and two allied programs. Learn more and apply online at www.uvmjobs.com/postings/84002.
![We're hiring! LCSG seeks a program specialist to join our team [text superimposed on a picture of the Lake Champlain shoreline]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:th5gekjxzu3z3uwm52pmwx7v/bafkreifjmvpjdmyuxg35a334lvrx7bwymdpucvpjb2minznmaf5d6de4qi@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We're seeking a Program Specialist to lead communications, coordinate federal reporting, and support program initiatives for Lake Champlain Sea Grant and two allied programs. Learn more and apply online at www.uvmjobs.com/postings/84002.
Going to hurl (scheduling my first PhD Committee Meeting)
November 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Going to hurl (scheduling my first PhD Committee Meeting)
The grad student conference I’m going to has a Halloween costume contest!!! Assembling my radiosonde costume to see if they’ll give me a science costume prize.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The grad student conference I’m going to has a Halloween costume contest!!! Assembling my radiosonde costume to see if they’ll give me a science costume prize.
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POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet
i love python 🐍😍🫶🏼
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
i love python 🐍😍🫶🏼
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The Python Software Foundation was recommended for a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation. The terms of the award said PSF could not work on DEI, whether or not the grant funding was used for it.
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Python Software Foundation was recommended for a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation. The terms of the award said PSF could not work on DEI, whether or not the grant funding was used for it.
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
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We live in a fundamentally different atmosphere/ocean system thanks to fossil fuel-caused climate change. It’s time to name it explicitly and call out the actors that helped to make this storm incredibly dangerous.
UCS climate scientist @marc-alessi.bsky.social says: “The role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable.”
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We live in a fundamentally different atmosphere/ocean system thanks to fossil fuel-caused climate change. It’s time to name it explicitly and call out the actors that helped to make this storm incredibly dangerous.
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So proud to share this new paper from my research group in collaboration with NIST scientists during the CASA Field Study! We look at particle transport in a house and compare 3 models: a box model, an empirical model, and CONTAM.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Investigating transport of particulate matter from cooking emissions in a multi-story house using low-cost sensor measurements and different modeling approaches
This work investigates the transport of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in a multi-story test house using cooking emissions as a point source. The tes…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So proud to share this new paper from my research group in collaboration with NIST scientists during the CASA Field Study! We look at particle transport in a house and compare 3 models: a box model, an empirical model, and CONTAM.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
oops, presentation is still on. stressful weekend ahead 😅👩🏻💻 happy that the science still keeps moving though, thanks to hardworking scientists ❤️
Ah, another 3 hour meeting with my PhD advisor today 😵💫 Still no idea if my NOAA presentation is happening next week if the gov is still shut down 😅
October 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
oops, presentation is still on. stressful weekend ahead 😅👩🏻💻 happy that the science still keeps moving though, thanks to hardworking scientists ❤️
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Registration open (free!) for "A welcome to NASA Earthdata and earthaccess". Expand your knowledge and use of NASA Earthdata, building on momentum behind the earthaccess python library and workflows in the Cloud.
November 13 & 14, 10am - 1pm PT.
Details: nasa-openscapes.github.io/champions#ch...
November 13 & 14, 10am - 1pm PT.
Details: nasa-openscapes.github.io/champions#ch...
October 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Registration open (free!) for "A welcome to NASA Earthdata and earthaccess". Expand your knowledge and use of NASA Earthdata, building on momentum behind the earthaccess python library and workflows in the Cloud.
November 13 & 14, 10am - 1pm PT.
Details: nasa-openscapes.github.io/champions#ch...
November 13 & 14, 10am - 1pm PT.
Details: nasa-openscapes.github.io/champions#ch...
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The sidewalk in front of my house, I’ve lined with rocks from all over the world, from two billion years ago to the present, from all types of geologic environments. I wonder how many people pass by and never know they are walking back in time. LOL
October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The sidewalk in front of my house, I’ve lined with rocks from all over the world, from two billion years ago to the present, from all types of geologic environments. I wonder how many people pass by and never know they are walking back in time. LOL
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i got pushed by docs into thinking my chronic migraines were just headaches from stress for five years - they were actually the primary manifestation of a tumor in my head. it took me a full year and half of fighting for myself to actually get the treatment i needed. it instantly cured me.
And so I anchored — I anchored on the first diagnosis I received. Even though that diagnosis was wrong. I'm sharing this experience not for sympathy or attention, but in the hope that it may be a useful cautionary tale. Do not make my mistake.
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Don't Make The Same Mistake I Did - 🚫⚓️ | Matthew Cortland
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October 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
i got pushed by docs into thinking my chronic migraines were just headaches from stress for five years - they were actually the primary manifestation of a tumor in my head. it took me a full year and half of fighting for myself to actually get the treatment i needed. it instantly cured me.
Ah, another 3 hour meeting with my PhD advisor today 😵💫 Still no idea if my NOAA presentation is happening next week if the gov is still shut down 😅
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Ah, another 3 hour meeting with my PhD advisor today 😵💫 Still no idea if my NOAA presentation is happening next week if the gov is still shut down 😅