Assistant professor in climate science at Trinity College Dublin. Posts about climate, how plants are affected by global change, diversity in science, academia, SF&F books, TTRPGs. She/her. https://plantecomodelling.org/https://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mx5hsa77dc2tAh look, it's that week of the year when white men get awarded science prizes in categories that no longer reflect our scientific disciplines05 Oct 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5hsa77dc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3multffro6c2kI wouldn't mind paying more if we had an actual functional transport network. But I assume they'll increase the price and make it somehow worse at the same time [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3multffro6c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mu7hv77zl22bAcademia is a job. If you have a job, you are an employee. If you are an employee you should have a union. QED. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7hv77zl22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mspoywzyxs2zHave we tried turning academia on and off again? Because it's definitely not working right now [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspoywzyxs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3msivmkzka227I adore the fact that it's pulled by a bike [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msivmkzka227https://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3msilmd3gms2bNot even pollution works properly under clunate change [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msilmd3gms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3ms3pkueq2c2kAh, ummm, ooops [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3pkueq2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mr56nx52xc2uThis looks like it's got a good scientific basis but I'd like to see a critical discussion from someone who hasn't worked with Google. If the project was being peer-reviewed this guy would have a conflict of interest [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr56nx52xc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mqtxkmfha22uI do not like this trouser of time [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtxkmfha22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mqt5352m422oIt's good to see for a change that creators of things you like are decent human beings [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqt5352m422ohttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mqreak7fqc2zNone. Next question. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02091-6?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20260716 Jul 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqreak7fqc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mqr227ed4s26The government's attitude to data centres is a joke [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr227ed4s26https://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mqbqq3ibnk2vI'm on 31 identical emails from EGU. I'm sure there are some real emails I need to reply to somewhere in there10 Jul 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbqq3ibnk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mpv5inzgn22oThe way Dublin uses stick figures of people and bikes painted on roads you'd think they were magic runes of protection [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpv5inzgn22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/scaldararu.bsky.social/post/3mpsxwedvy22pLet's be honest, we've all had a colleague like Larry [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jul 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:fte54phy7bns74n7him432qr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsxwedvy22p