A sign of the times seen in a grocery store

It’s not us scientists who politicized the discourse

What’s your favorite overview of ocean acidification for educators who work at aquariums and nature centers? @davidho.bsky.social might have some suggestions

maybe the AMOC tipping point will be welcomed. It should bring mild relief from the heat

All the umbrellas at the pool were claimed except for this one, furled and alone. It turns out that is because the pin that holds it open is missing. Did I know how to tie a knot to hold it open? Yes. Am I inordinately proud of myself for knowing how to tie this knot? Also, yes.

A reminder that for centuries the US and France have been allies: maquette for the Statue of Liberty next to an American Oak planted in memory of the victims of 9/11.

Because I’m in Paris, I’ll use that location for #ShowYourStripes and I can attest that this city can’t be prepared for the 39° daily highs we are experiencing showyourstripes.info/s/europe/fra...

Beware: Stendhal was famously overcome by the beauty of Florence. This plinth in the Jardin du Luxembourg by some dude named Rodin.

George Sand is done with all your misogynistic bullshit

Biking in Paris was not so much like Denmark and a lot more like New York City. Tons of fun as long as you can cope with potholes car traffic pedestrians and nobody obeying any rules. Oh, and also not very good markings on where the bike lines are. Top level graffiti. I had a fabulous time.

Boarding the train from Bordeaux to Paris, estimated travel time 3 hours, half the time it takes to drive a car. Why can’t we do this in the USA?

I’m a subscriber and so can you! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Re OMB proposed rules on grants: You’ve got to admire how thoroughly they studied the conduct of science in order to create rules that would destroy the system. They did their homework

Stick library ❤️ stay weird Baltimore

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Dr. Gill has done a great service here

Get in losers, we’re going to Baltimore Bike Party

Local bullfrog is happy

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CO2 is a direct proxy for air quality and circulation. Normal outdoor concentrations are around 430 ppm. This graph shows concentrations during boarding / deboarding an aircraft rising to 2400 ppm. That’s a lot of sneezing and coughing and farting. So I wear a mask.

This wet weekend I vow to slack with purpose but without guilt @jdrewlanham open.substack.com/pub/jdrewlan...

As a NASA veteran I can confirm this is true

Massive layoffs at Meta. I hope the people fare well at new jobs. I hope Meta burns to ashes.

They say if you sit down at the poker table, scan the players, and don't know who the chump is, then you're the chump. He's the chump.

“That is the horror of Springsteen’s catalog. It keeps aging well because America refuses to age better.”

I'm hiring a postdoc to lead sedimentary aDNA reconstructions of alpine plant biodiversity as part of a broader project exploring the mechanisms of alpine plant resilience. Come join a collaborative team working in beautiful places! Bonus: postdocs at UMaine are unionized!

Why stop? Climate change ties all the threads together. Wasteful war in Iran? Don't need it if we don't need oil. Wildfires and crazy weather? Get worse if we don't get off fossil fuels. Prices at the pump? Non-issue for EVs. Economic opportunities? Electrification is the future of a strong economy.

As an ecologist who is often happy when we get the sign (negative or positive) of a critical parameter in a carbon budget, I especially appreciate the point made in "Does the exact maths matter if the direction is correct?" by @adamjkucharski.bsky.social kucharski.substack.com/p/does-the-e...

The little yellow box is a gas chromatograph, the core of the chemistry lab that Dragonfly will carry through the atmosphere of Titan. Currently being assembled at Goddard Space Flight Center science.nasa.gov/mission/drag...

Fire brigade salute to a retiring pilot’s last flight (Chicago O’Hare)

Ice wedge in the permafrost tunnel, Fairbanks Alaska. The holes are sampling boreholes

Solidarity

FWIW, I block accounts that call themselves artists but use generative AI to create their images

Gee I love telling the story about how our Hump Head Wrasse is a boy who started out life as a girl

This is the most true Onion headline ever

A good one from Brazil, modified for the USA: the fact that jellyfish have survived 650 million years without a brain gives hope to the MAGA faithful.

I loved this poem It justified my compulsion for travel Which I did and Discovered the blank Spaces on a Colonizer’s map were Somebody’s ancestral lands

Today I wrote a letter of recommendation for a former colleague who was exceptionally good at their job. I did not use AI. It was all me. There’s no way anyone could interpret it other than a personal statement from me.

How can I tell the Bluesky algorithm that I love animals but I don’t want to see people’s posts about their dead fur babies?

Naturally this effort was targeted by the current administration: Fixing Baltimore’s Unequal Weather Data Coverage eos.org/research-spo...

AGU is now accepting applications for Editors-in-Chief across six publications, with terms starting Jan 1, 2027. These roles help shape editorial standards, research quality, and peer review in Earth & space science. Apply by May 1, 2026. buff.ly/8Mxy8vq

“If you want your work to be truly impactful, you must pursue it unselfishly, in collaboration, held in trust for the community and for the Earth.” Yes. This. This is why the Great Unraveling hurts so much. open.substack.com/pub/lisagrau...

Spring has sprung in the Baltimore @artbma.bsky.social sculpture garden

Head of a woman, Jawlensky, Baltimore Museum of Art

It’s Taco Tuesday!

"No," the swordmaster said. "One does not refuse the king," the herald said. "I do. I will not train his soldiers or officers, I will not tell my students to join his army, I will not support his unjust war." "You will regret this!" "No," the swordmaster said.

I like train stations (Copenhagen Main Station)

Imagine a public swimming and kayaking center on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. This is Copenhagen Harbor Channel

“If we ban cars, no one will go to the stores” - Aarhus Denmark

I’m in Denmark for an international science conference and I can confidently state the No Kings sentiment is 💯