India just generated 50% of its electricity from clean sources. For 15 minutes. Sounds trivial? That's how every record starts: first minutes, then a day, then a month, then a whole year. Some states are already there: Karnataka crossed 60% clean power last year.

DOT study found 25% to 63% of vehicles across all neighborhoods before and after congestion pricing were observed to be “illegal,” i.e. they were parked at a hydrant, bus stop, No Standing, or noncommercial in commercial space How has the head of NYPD Traffic not been fired @mayor.nyc.gov ?

If you're thinking of making a comment on proposed OMB regulations, you have 6 days left. There are many good points made in the letter by Senator Collins to OMB, including requesting an extension. Her points not only address science grants but grants to communities, cities, States. 🧵1/N

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 6 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/O3v0m

The heaviest downpours in the Great Lakes and Northeast US are now ~50% more intense. It’s not coincidence, it’s climate change. The graph below shows the increase in global water vapor relative to the 1950-1980 baseline. It’s in standard deviations. It’s gone from -2 to now 4+ sigma. That’s a lot!

It's no longer a newsflash that JOIDES Resolution is no longer exploring the deep sea. Scientists from EXP 390/393 were meeting when the JR headed out on its final expedition, and we wrote thank-you notes to the ship, crew, and techs that made the science happen - which were then turned into a quilt

Happy birthday #IAC! The Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zürich celebrated its 25th birthday yesterday! It was fantastic to have all this wonderful community together for a joyful celebration! @ethz.ch @usyseth.bsky.social @nccr-climplus.bsky.social

I read a headline that the #haiti #soccer team scored their first goal in over 50 years at #fifa2026. https://dailysports.net/news/a-historic-moment-haiti-score-their-first-world-cup-goal-in-52-years-and-what-a-stunner-it-is/

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

DC parade is also cancelled due to extreme heat. +20F above normal today.

Hotter and hotter and hotter www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Merlin Bird ID app will soon allow users to contribute data to monitor bird populations and aid conservation efforts. The project at Cornell University that produced the Merlin Bird ID app was funded by NSF’s Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), which was gutted by the Trump regime. 🪶

I missed the notice that the ConEd brownouts ALSO hit Yonkers along the Hudson River. That’s where the large sewage treatment plant lives. It failed and dumped 💩 into the river which should be swimmable but now is not. Stay out of the river. 🤬 ConEd

Cabo Verde holding the European and World champions to draws in normal time with a team of journeymen pulled from across the diaspora has to be one of the all time great world cup performances.

In the US, July 4th is regularly the day with the worst air quality, but this is next level bad. Please take care if you are near this (masks, HEPA filters, etc.).

Scenes from Tuesday’s rally! Thank you again to @claireforny.bsky.social @darializaforny.bsky.social @bradlander.bsky.social @spocuaw.bsky.social and @uawregion9a.bsky.social for standing with us 1/2

Coming home, my neighbor was leaving w his car to go pick up family in Riverdale (Bronx along the Hudson River) because they lost power. Eek outagemap.coned.com/external/def...

NYC plans to replace nearly 30K parking spaces with trash bins, report shows gothamist.com/news/nyc-pla...

Pay peer reviewers $290 per submission, see review times go down from 38 days (with a long upper tail) to 5.5 days (with v. few 'late' reviews), and watch quality go up to boot. Who knew? #IncentivesIncentivize www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Early career scientists have been hit hard this past year from the changes to NIH, despite the current NIH directors comments. Read our fact check of his March 17th Testimony to congress to learn more: open.substack.com/pub/27unihte...

Ahead of July 4th weekend, >160 million people are under extreme heat warnings or heat advisories. @climate.columbia.edu professor Radley Horton says this heat wave has been marked by especially high humidity, which tends to make nights that much warmer. Via @nytimes.com. https://nyti.ms/4wlSfHi

These bridge repairs are nearly old enough to vote!

The #bike path connecting Upper Manhattan to lower Manhattan is at risk of closing Again BC a teeny, but mighty bike-and-pedestrian only bridge crossing the Amtrak near the George Washington Bridge has taken more than 17yrs to even begin #nyc #bikeNYC #NYCbike nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/01/u...

NEW SURVEY: 3 in 4 EV owners across Europe feel protected from energy price shocks. Only 1 in 3 non-owners feel the same way. The same pattern shows up with heat pumps. 57% of owners believe households like theirs are better protected from price shocks. www.veriangroup.com/fr/news-and-...

“Bursting the Academic Bubble” explores why scientists must bridge research, policy, and public understanding to better protect communities and drive informed decisions.🏛️📝🧪 A powerful read on science, advocacy, and impact ⬇️ thebridge.agu.org/2026/06/09/g...

Hey L👀K! It is @aoc.bsky.social in a teaser for @nyc.streetsblog.org on @34ave.bsky.social #openstreet featuring @streetfilms.bsky.social footage! That's a lot of love linkage right there. @emilylip.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/JqhFe...

The Marine #Heatwave in the #Mediterranean Sea is neck and neck with 2025 for record hot in June, having been baked by two historic heatwaves so far this season. Water temps up to 7C/ 12.6F above normal and they should continue to heat up into next week.

NYC DOT— @mayor.nyc.gov design our streets to preserve life.

My LOW TRAFFIC NEIGHBORHOOD (LTNs) RESEARCH PAGE on Streetfilms is soaring thanks to my appearance on NYC DOT’s “Curb Enthusiasm” podcast!! Check it out!! www.streetfilms.org/featured/low...

Every scientist in the USA who has ever used NSF funds needs to read

“A single Tomahawk cruise missile runs about $3.6 million, roughly what it takes to fund one scientist’s multiyear grant. The entire National Science Foundation budget is less than what we spent in the first week of the war with Iran.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...

I see a number of people commenting about exaggeration in terms of what the admin is doing to science, but consider this report, and the fact that NSF appears to have just stopped reporting or issuing awards. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...

By now, I think you get it. I'll keep posting until we get 10,000 letters to Congress on Russ Vought's mad power-grab to take over all federal grant making. Goodbye peer review & expert advice, welcome the commissars! Let's stop Russ together. Share, share, share! actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Fulfilling my civic duty guided by ex-NIH staff? I’m in.

I've only been back #bikenyc riding a month+ and cannot believe I missed this addition to the greenway network! Wowsers, it really is incredible this 1/2 mile stretch was so tough riding with the family/friends, now it is so beautiful! I would have never ridden here with my kid, but now YES!!

This finally appeared in the print paper today. It's about time the mainstream press started talking about this travesty that makes Manhattan so much less livable. Good shout-out to @transalt.org. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Schooooools out for the summer…. Well, it will be as of Friday next. Speaking as a kid who cycled in daily:: My heart is happy that NYC kids get to bike to school.

Hi y'all! Our countdown continues & with only two more #BikeBus Wednesday mornings to go until the end of our spring season, we are pumped for tomorrow's ride to school ✨ Join us (or a bike bus route near you)! Our tracker goes LIVE at 7:15. See you in the AM 🚲 let's roll!

I cannot say enough about how grateful I am both PERSONALLY and PROFESSIONALLY for the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund. I was punished for using my First Amendment rights-- and CSLDF was there for me. And I made it through okay. (My union, IFPTE Local 29, GESTA, also stood with me.) Join Wed

AGU just pushed this notice to all of its editors. The Office of Management and Budget's proposed rule changes to how federal grant dollars are awarded and what you are allowed to spend money on in that grant are MASSIVE. Check it out: #SaveAmericanScience

📢Learn to exercise free speech this election season 📢 Join us TOMORROW for a webinar with the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund. 👇 agu.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Find more info and webinars here: sciencevotesthefuture.org

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IFPTE responded this week to efforts by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to unilaterally implement a rule forcing health insurers to disclose the individualized, personal medical information of current and former federal employees to the Trump Administration.

IFPTE Urges Congress to Block Trump Administration from Accessing Personal Medical Data of Federal Workers

The JUNO detector, a huge sphere full of 20,000 tonnes of transparent organic goop, is detecting antineutrinos produced by two nuclear reactors each located the same distance away. After just 2 months, it measured some things about neutrino masses better than ever before! Let's dig in. (1/13)

My family are all from Oklahoma. Its the epicenter of American extreme storms -tornadoes, hail, floods, ++. It’s a logical place to seat extreme weather research It Still baffles me that excellent AI/ML institutes even in districts like OK2, home to R appropriations chair, Tom Cole, got undermined

It’s official: El Niño has arrived… and odds are it may be the strongest in over a century! So how does it compare to other strong El Niño events? And what kind of impacts can we expect in Hurricane Season and into the winter in #Florida and along the Gulf Coast. Here’s a quick breakdown. #ElNino

Please - whether or not you are an American researcher. Changes to federal grants will impact your community. Read 👇

The White House budget office is a powerful agency called OMB most Americans have never heard of. On May 29, 2026 OMB proposed a new rule that would give White House appointees complete control to approve or cancel every grant program created by Congress. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/a-rule-nob...

Still all quiet on the #NSF front. No new awards in the past week. REMINDER: We still are hearing of trickles of terminations, suspensions, and money being held back from grantees, which NSF isn't reporting. We need your help - please report! 🧪 grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...