one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead-- newrepublic.com/article/2016...

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission is looking for a Preserve Steward; this is a Full Time-Regular position. Use the following link for full details related to this position - buff.ly/JHw7nyX

Drought and insects have killed an unprecedented number of Oregon’s Douglas fir trees during the last decade, costing billions in timber value, damaging infrastructure and ramping up wildfire danger. What is Douglas fir dieback? Where is it happening? What is being done? tinyurl.com/5n9amvx6

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

In his own words: the President is responsible for the shutdown.

NEW: Reporting from @politico.com reveals that the White House is ramping up its pressure campaign to gerrymander red states, going as far as promising “consequences” to Republican lawmakers who don’t fall in line. This is dangerous new territory for our nation. politi.co/4nDMcKk

hey spatial folks: if anyone has a great "parquet versus zarr" write-up, let me know. I'm never going to write a serializer but I'm really interested in the performance impacts of format for cloud downloads 👀 #geosky

The US wine industry today employs more people than coal did at its peak a century ago

New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget. Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide. Report: osf.io/e8rnc a 🧵

wow cooking is easier than i thought

The first chapter of my dissertation is out in Ecology Letters! We pooled data from forest sites across the globe to understand how forests differ in their carbon investment in reproduction (flowers, fruits, seeds). #ForestEcology #GlobalEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

lotta headlines this AM *TRUMP’S LA TROOP DEPLOYMENT VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW, JUDGE RULES

New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...

Re-posting here for the late crowd. We are hiring a new TT position in Data Science/Biostatistics. Please apply or re-skeet!

“I think many Americans wrongly believe there would be one clear unambiguous moment where we go from “democracy” to “authoritarianism.” Instead, this is exactly how it happens — a blurring here, a norm destroyed there, (…) Then you wake up one morning and our country is different. ”

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the last one they come for before they come for you.

Do not give the Gestapo a moment's peace. Do not let them believe for a second they will ever be respected, trusted, or seen as anything but invaders.

the sandwich crimes unit contemplates the incident www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Concerning news regarding Salt Lake City’s ability to design its own streets and implement traffic calming. The people behind SB 195 are apparently back at it and want to make the law even more restrictive. We need to build a broader coalition to Save Our Streets (SOS)

PhD opportunity available at @westsyduhie.bsky.social with the brillant Dr Laura Williams - hyperspectral data and process-based modelling of tree diversity 🌳🌲 please share with your networks tinyurl.com/ms6mjz8y

Life comes at you fast

The commercial remote sensing industry relies extensively on NASA data from missions like MODIS, VIIRS, and PACE for calibration & atmospheric correction. It’s not just about climate & the environment.

The White House posted a video of armed law enforcement officers arresting the sandwich man

Today, academics, ask yourself: Am I bringing enough of a Flann O'Brien energy to my R&R work?

We wanted @cdrxiv.org to have a distinctive design built on a reliable, open source publishing software. Getting both required collaboration with @janewayolh.bsky.social to overcome technical challenges. Here's how we did it: carbonplan.org/blog/cdrxiv-...

Nice set of papers in this special issue coming out of last year's FIA Science Symposium www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 The last chapter of my dissertation, "From pixels to parcels: Flexible, practical small-area uncertainty estimation for spatial averages obtained from aboveground biomass maps," is now freely available in Remote Sensing of Environment! 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

Very good series of videos on using GDAL + Python. They’ve been super helpful to me. #cartography #gis www.youtube.com/@makingsense...

My latest premium newsletter is about Trump's firing of the BLS head, his war against data, and how fascists view truth.

Is this… 🦋… Marketing? Squidfacts.net (Sound on unfortunately)

🆕️ Update on the recently-launched NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Earth Observation mission. 🛰🧪 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4okZ88C

Bag of words, have mercy on us

just ordered 🤗

i'm crying laughing. she's literally never seen the word before.

The Alt National Park Service has spent months stealing from journalists, directly plagiarizing the work of others more than a hundred times. With more than 4.3 million followers on Facebook and nearly 900k here on Bluesky, they've built a massive following on theft.

#Wildfire conditions in n. Arizona and w. Utah have worsened, with #DragonBravoFire and #MonroeCanyonFires producing towering smoke plumes. Driven by strong SW winds, #fire spread has intensified, with wind-aligned fuels fueling long-duration, fast-moving flames. 🌬️🔥

Motherfucking wind farms…

🚨 Please repost! #CommunityScience This year, we counted LOTS of new cones on some conifer tree species in some places, and not many for others species/places. Want to contribute? Tell us what's going on w/ NEW CONE production on conifers 🌲 near you! www.inaturalist.org/projects/con... #ConeCounters

This is the core proposition & selling point for reactionary thought: not that they are better, but simply that *everyone* is corrupt, everyone is a crook, everyone's just out for themselves, so you might as well get yours. That is the molten core of right-wing thought everywhere.

The Center For Scientific Integrity, our parent nonprofit, is hiring! Two new positions: -- Editor, Medical Evidence Project -- Staff reporter, Retraction Watch and we're still recruiting for: -- Assistant researcher, Retraction Watch Database

MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED EMAIL AHHHHHHH (last chapter of my dissertation – been a long time coming)

It’s good

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.