Data Science Policy Fellow | AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at National Agricultural Library | USDA Views, thoughts, and opinions are my own.
Washington, D.C.
Joined December 2017
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Alan Moss, Ph.D. retweeted
USDA science & innovation is critical to feeding our growing world. As the keynote speaker at the @ASA_CSSA_SSSA Annual Meeting, USDA Chief Scientist Dr. Jacobs-Young will discuss how open science can inspire solutions that tackle our greatest challenges: bit.ly/40gN4JG
Alan Moss, Ph.D. retweeted
The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy #OpenScience Recognition Challenge closes on Nov 22 challenge.gov/?challenge=ost… #prizechallenge #innovation via @ChallengeGov
Just submitted mine 🥳 – at Arlington, VA
🎃 On Oct. 31 of every year, there’s always ONE day left to apply to become a Science & Technology Policy Fellow! Click here: fellowshipapp.aaas.org/
Alan Moss, Ph.D. retweeted
Every fall, Americans send about 8 million tons of bagged leaves to landfills.
But you don't have to. Keep leaf litter on the ground — it fertilizes the soil and gives shelter to small wildlife.
n.pr/3FazW0t
Alan Moss, Ph.D. retweeted
A literary Kiosk!! At the Cedar Rapids airport you can press a button and a short story will print out in just seconds. The yellow button delivers a story or poem from a local Iowa writer. Black button = prose from a writer beyond those borders muck like ticker tape. Love this!
Fat Bear Week is the best, what chonkers 😍😍😍 – at Ames, IA
Alan Moss, Ph.D. retweeted
#StL has one of the most highway-like street networks in the US. High time to rethink it.
Mayor: St. Louis needs citywide study for safer streets stltoday.com/news/local/govt…
Alan Moss, Ph.D. retweeted
Our paper on the potential for evolution of the thermally sensitivity of courtship behaviors is out! This was one of the main projects I worked on during my post-doc with @KFowlerFinn when @SLUBiology; feels great to finally be able to share it! short 🧵 doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14090
ALT Individually marked female treehoppers sitting on a hoptree plant leaf.
Alan Moss, Ph.D. retweeted
Fun fact: You can be refunded any federal student loan payments you've made since the March 2020 pause.
Alan Moss, Ph.D. retweeted
Unimaginable heat in China 🇨🇳
The longevity and intensity of the heatwave is hard to comprehend. Too many heat records to count, both day and night.
Beibei hit 45°C for two consecutive and some places not falling below 34°C at night.
The heat is ongoing...
Alan Moss, Ph.D. retweeted
Made a playlist for your weekend hike
ALT A screenshot of an empty Spotify playlist titled “Songs people on the trail want to hear from your Bluetooth speaker.” In the space where music usually populates is a sentence: “There doesn’t seem to be anything here.
This is a must read for scientists and anyone else that produces data visualizations. Only includes one bad pun 😜 – at Missouri, USA
My "Friends don't let friends make bad graphs" series is somewhat complete. I think I covered the most common and egregious mistakes in graphing. Let me know if you see something egregious and I will add it to the series.
github.com/cxli233/FriendsDo…
Just in time for BA.5, round three of free COVID tests from the government are now available. Go get yours -> covid.gov/tests – at Missouri, USA
Alan Moss, Ph.D. retweeted
Issue 7 of the Mad Ag Journal is live — and with our brand new look! Our summer issue is packed with stories on Kernza, the Colorado grainshed, water, perennials, community, and more.
madagriculture.org/the-journ…
Come to our roundtable today at 3pm about Climate Resilience in Rural Areas! I'm super excited for it!
mostpolicyinitiative.org/eve… – at Missouri, USA