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Jill Trescott

@jillbluestem.bsky.social

Retired environmental scientist specializing in drinking water and agriculture. Married, childless cat lady. Gardener, poet, and photographer. W '79.

178 Followers  |  221 Following  |  6 Posts  |  Joined: 11.11.2024
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I want J.D. Vance at a Coldplay concert with his couch.

18.07.2025 20:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In Byron's defense, he thought it was the place for "a private moment".

18.07.2025 19:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Byron certainly thought it was the place for "a private moment".

18.07.2025 19:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh, no! My secret is out.

12.11.2024 19:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If your Env. Science curriculum is good, it includes a variety of courses that prepare graduates for a range of STEM opportunities. I'm a recently retired environmental scientist (groundwater protection). My Env. Science master's program included chemistry, geology, biology, statistics, and GIS.

12.11.2024 03:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I teach a class on data science here at Illinois and during the seminar I host a competition for the class called "The Hunt for the Worst Data Visualization."

This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:

11.11.2024 19:02 — 👍 1647    🔁 357    💬 64    📌 45

As a Minnesotan, I can confirm this graphic doesn't make any sense.

12.11.2024 02:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0