@teclista @matdevdug The best part is that the guy who «spent twenty years studying Arctic policy posting a thread at 2AM» is a real person named @adamsteer
@IvanSanchez @matdevdug @adamsteer Of course, it's always a real person here in the fediverse. Hi Adam, nice to meet you :)

@teclista @IvanSanchez @matdevdug thank you 🙏🏻

...and nice to meet you too! The fediverse is my main "internet hangout" for exactly those reasons.

I guess technically my focus has been polar landscapes/seascapes/systems/geophysics

...however, policy is inextricably intertwined! To say "I just look at the ice" is also a politically loaded statement ;)

@teclista @matdevdug American journalism has not collapsed, although it's definitely under attack and suffering. I'm not sure it will ever recover, at least in a way and form I would recognize. I too am immensely grateful for the Fediverse, and the scientists, journalists, and researchers who expend energy in informing.