Peter Howd
@peterhowd.bsky.social
Studied coastal response to physical forces for 30+ years at a couple universities and govt agencies. Now giving back through K12 marine science outreach (NH SeaGrant) & Affiliate Res Prof at UNH SMSOE. Views are mine.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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This Thursday! Join us for an interactive webinar with national experts to explore the emotional dimensions of climate change. Learn about practical tools and resources for cultivating emotional resilience.
🗓️ Feb 5, 2026
👉 https://bit.ly/49KM7Qd
🗓️ Feb 5, 2026
👉 https://bit.ly/49KM7Qd
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This Thursday! Join us for an interactive webinar with national experts to explore the emotional dimensions of climate change. Learn about practical tools and resources for cultivating emotional resilience.
🗓️ Feb 5, 2026
👉 https://bit.ly/49KM7Qd
🗓️ Feb 5, 2026
👉 https://bit.ly/49KM7Qd
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Coastal wetlands are among nature’s most valuable climate stabilizers. Mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass ecosystems store large amounts of carbon. They also provide valuable habitat for wild plants and animals.
#worldwetlandsday
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4t9qZe9
#worldwetlandsday
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4t9qZe9
February 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Coastal wetlands are among nature’s most valuable climate stabilizers. Mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass ecosystems store large amounts of carbon. They also provide valuable habitat for wild plants and animals.
#worldwetlandsday
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4t9qZe9
#worldwetlandsday
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4t9qZe9
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Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
February 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
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📣 Calling science & engineering undergrads (+ friends & family)! Looking to get paid, hands-on experience in Woods Hole this summer? Apply to the WHOI Summer Student Fellowship! Don't delay—applications are due on February 1! ⏰
📲Get the deets: whoi.edu/summerfellow
📲Get the deets: whoi.edu/summerfellow
January 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM
📣 Calling science & engineering undergrads (+ friends & family)! Looking to get paid, hands-on experience in Woods Hole this summer? Apply to the WHOI Summer Student Fellowship! Don't delay—applications are due on February 1! ⏰
📲Get the deets: whoi.edu/summerfellow
📲Get the deets: whoi.edu/summerfellow
It is past time to use my windfall from the 600% drug price decrease to support some good trouble.
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 AM
It is past time to use my windfall from the 600% drug price decrease to support some good trouble.
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The nurses are pissed
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The nurses are pissed
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CW: VIOLENCE
Please be aware that this video shows what appears to be someone shot in the head by a federal agent while being apprehended
1/24/2026 - Minneapolis in front of Glam Doll Donuts
Please be aware that this video shows what appears to be someone shot in the head by a federal agent while being apprehended
1/24/2026 - Minneapolis in front of Glam Doll Donuts
January 24, 2026 at 3:41 PM
CW: VIOLENCE
Please be aware that this video shows what appears to be someone shot in the head by a federal agent while being apprehended
1/24/2026 - Minneapolis in front of Glam Doll Donuts
Please be aware that this video shows what appears to be someone shot in the head by a federal agent while being apprehended
1/24/2026 - Minneapolis in front of Glam Doll Donuts
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🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
Seems there is a #ThreeSpirits thing happening. This seems to be the traditional version around my house between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve.
December 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Seems there is a #ThreeSpirits thing happening. This seems to be the traditional version around my house between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve.
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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Student Opportunity: Apply for the @aibsbiology.bsky.social & SURA Public Policy Fellowship. Work closely with #AIBS & #SURA policy staff to gain first-hand experience with science policy & advocacy efforts that inform federal decision-making. Apply by 28 Jan. Learn more at io.aibs.org/policy-f...
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Student Opportunity: Apply for the @aibsbiology.bsky.social & SURA Public Policy Fellowship. Work closely with #AIBS & #SURA policy staff to gain first-hand experience with science policy & advocacy efforts that inform federal decision-making. Apply by 28 Jan. Learn more at io.aibs.org/policy-f...
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
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Hop aboard the R/V Gulf Challenger and step into Appledore Island’s wild world of rocky shores, seabird calls, and rich history.
Join us for an Appledore Island Walking Tour and experience island life alongside researchers and students: seagrant.unh.edu/events/publi...
#MarineLife #IslesOfShoals
Join us for an Appledore Island Walking Tour and experience island life alongside researchers and students: seagrant.unh.edu/events/publi...
#MarineLife #IslesOfShoals
July 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hop aboard the R/V Gulf Challenger and step into Appledore Island’s wild world of rocky shores, seabird calls, and rich history.
Join us for an Appledore Island Walking Tour and experience island life alongside researchers and students: seagrant.unh.edu/events/publi...
#MarineLife #IslesOfShoals
Join us for an Appledore Island Walking Tour and experience island life alongside researchers and students: seagrant.unh.edu/events/publi...
#MarineLife #IslesOfShoals
Canada is is a great position to take full advantage of our US brain drain. When McGill, Dalhousie, UBC, McMaster, Simon Frazier and the others jump in …
University of Toronto agrees to host Harvard students facing Trump visa restrictions — Guardian US
Pact will help international students finish their studies amid Harvard’s legal battle with Trump administration
apple.news
June 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Canada is is a great position to take full advantage of our US brain drain. When McGill, Dalhousie, UBC, McMaster, Simon Frazier and the others jump in …
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In a lengthy exchange, with ICE Deputy Field Director Bill Joyce, Reps Nadler and Goldman are denied the ability to visit the 10th floor. Joyce says it's not a detention facility it's just a place ppl are housed for several days w/out beds.
June 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In a lengthy exchange, with ICE Deputy Field Director Bill Joyce, Reps Nadler and Goldman are denied the ability to visit the 10th floor. Joyce says it's not a detention facility it's just a place ppl are housed for several days w/out beds.
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Trump announces he will restore the names of military bases named after Confederate figures even as his Pentagon strips the names of civil rights icons from navy ships. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Live Updates: Trump Says Protesters at Military Parade Will Face 'Heavy Force'
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Trump announces he will restore the names of military bases named after Confederate figures even as his Pentagon strips the names of civil rights icons from navy ships. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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This is what’s needed. Intelligent people witnessing the dangerous consequences of foolish gutting of important agencies and both warning the public and urging them to call their representatives. Next we likely need meteorologists leading street protests.
A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for.
Kudos, Sir.🌦️
Kudos, Sir.🌦️
June 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is what’s needed. Intelligent people witnessing the dangerous consequences of foolish gutting of important agencies and both warning the public and urging them to call their representatives. Next we likely need meteorologists leading street protests.
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something that stands out about this is just how cheap it is for us to have world-leading scientific capacity
we spent ~6.75 trillion last year, and the combined budgets for NIH, NSF and NASA are barely more than 1% of that
what an incredible waste to lose it all for a drop in the bucket
we spent ~6.75 trillion last year, and the combined budgets for NIH, NSF and NASA are barely more than 1% of that
what an incredible waste to lose it all for a drop in the bucket
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
something that stands out about this is just how cheap it is for us to have world-leading scientific capacity
we spent ~6.75 trillion last year, and the combined budgets for NIH, NSF and NASA are barely more than 1% of that
what an incredible waste to lose it all for a drop in the bucket
we spent ~6.75 trillion last year, and the combined budgets for NIH, NSF and NASA are barely more than 1% of that
what an incredible waste to lose it all for a drop in the bucket
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The Ukrainian president has more respect for America's war dead than the U.S. president.
May 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Ukrainian president has more respect for America's war dead than the U.S. president.
Everyone in the US likely has a relative or loved one who has served, and who could, or did, give their life for us. The entire country, every last person, should be disgusted and pissed off far beyond the extreme today by the statement issued by the jackass in charge. Honor the fallen every day.
May 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Everyone in the US likely has a relative or loved one who has served, and who could, or did, give their life for us. The entire country, every last person, should be disgusted and pissed off far beyond the extreme today by the statement issued by the jackass in charge. Honor the fallen every day.
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Trump has canceled funding to Boston’s Museum of African American History. The Trump Administration sent them a letter saying it “no longer serves the interests of the United States.”
May 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Trump has canceled funding to Boston’s Museum of African American History. The Trump Administration sent them a letter saying it “no longer serves the interests of the United States.”