Counter point: if you are using an LLM to help with writing, you are not improving your writing or writing better. You are just outsourcing the work. The work is the point, and the only way to develop skills. It forces us to struggle and think about our arguments and the best way to express them.

BREAKING: @whitehouse unveils 2027 PBR, including an encore ask for 23% cut to NASA overall and 50% cut to NASA science, plus zeroed out the Office of STEM. (Read in full on WhiteHouse.org, pages 73-75.) We fought and won this once, we will do it again. #nasaneedshelp #artemisii #PBR2027

For the first time in more than 50 yrs, humans are headed to the Moon! Join Associate Curator Jackie Faherty & colleagues in the Cullman Hall of the Universe today for special 10-min presentations & Q&A sessions on the Moon’s origins, the Artemis II mission, & the future of human space exploration.

“Just over 600 restaurants opted to set up roadway structures last year. In 2026, that number is down to around 500.” But at its peak there were more than 12,500… Let’s make outdoor dining year-round so even more restaurants can be part of the program! abc7ny.com/post/outdoor...

The future will be electric. Storage, charged with renewable electricity will allow the sun to shine at night & the wind to blow on calm days. "Grid batteries reach stunning new peak of 44 pct of evening demand in world’s fourth biggest economy" 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 reneweconomy.com.au/grid-batteri...

Nice pad 39B polarimetric radar image with Artemis II on the pad via COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite Source: e-geos on the other site.

The deluge of disruptive news from around the globe is making it hard for researchers to focus on their day-to-day work go.nature.com/4s5bGSc

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

This makes me super happy because WE ACT is awesome and the Champlain Hudson Power Express is awesome!

Hope you can find a way through Kate. Tough indeed.

Postdoc position open in ocean biogeochemistry modeling with Prof. Judith Hauck @jhauck.bsky.social working on attribution and timescales of ocean carbon sequestration 🌊 at Alfred-Wegener Institute @awi.de in Germany jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/21...

Today’s msm is ever more easily spun by powerful governmental actors. NY’s msm has been paving the way for Hochul to gut the climate law. They’ve been portraying this fight as a trade off between lower bills and reducing pollution. That’s Hochul and the gas lobby’s lying spin. So much damage. 🤬

Wake up, my lovely weirdos, new sea bugs from the abyss just dropped

The protected bike lane on 15th street keeps the people in our city safer. Join me in asking the National Park Service to reconsider their decision.

A minor car issue creating chaos for miles is not an isolated event. It happens all the time. This is how traffic gets created.

There are about two dozen active bills in Albany right now focused on some version of requiring licensing, registration, and insurance FOR E-BIKES.

🤬 #BikeDC #bike #dc Friend sent me this. “The Trump administration is about to kill a popular D.C. bike lane Feds say the 15th Street protected bike lane will cause more traffic during cherry blossom season, but bike advocates say it makes everyone safer.” […]

Also ecoevo.social is nice nerdy place to hang

The war on biking is officially over.

Um. Yeah. fediscience.org is a cool server for scientists on Mastodon

In just seven days this month, seven New Yorkers were killed in traffic crashes. One death a day should be unacceptable. Slower speeds save lives.

Just in: UCAR has filed a lawsuit against NSF, the Commerce Dept, NOAA, and OMB to prevent the dismantling of NCAR, alleging "violations of the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act."

“Today’s expansion of slow-zones for schools across all five boroughs is just the beginning,” Mamdani said. “Lower speeds save lives, and we will use every tool at our disposal to protect our neighbors as they move about our city.”

NEW: Mayor Mamdani announced that he will reduce speed limits on streets in front of 800 more public schools by the end of the year, a welcome expansion that underscores that slow implementation of Sammy's Law since it passed in 2024. buff.ly/0zCMfLD

Some terrific safe streets news from New York City on a gloomy Monday morning. Hopefully this will lead to a renewed push for more Open Streets at schools Gift link: www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/16/m...

A fun fact about tornadoes is they're shifting outside of historical tornado alley and moving eastward into more populated areas. This is not me saying they're going to be more normal in DC

Disability advocates could find themselves shut out of a key transit advisory committee after the MTA instituted new guidelines prohibiting the participation of anyone affiliated with groups suing the agency over accessibility law violations.

Writing in the Daily News this morning with @kathyparkprice.bsky.social, urging @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to get on with the no-brainer of restoring 🚘-free roads in Staten Island's Silver Lake Park & Forest Park in Queens (and other parks, as the News spotlights here 👇)

This move is so incredibly dumb, and ultimately so destructive to our understanding of extreme weather and of climate change, that it could only have come from the Trump administration. Truly dangerous idiocy. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

My letter to NSF to #saveNCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social @neguse.house.gov @ametsoc.org @agu.org @ucs.org

Please SIGN! We’re very close to gathering 1000 signatures!

We voted YES to authorize a strike by a whopping 91.5%! Columbia won’t budge on protecting student workers from an authoritarian takeover and a cost-of-living crisis—it’s time to turn up the pressure.

Energy Dept., NASA take steps to oust their unions www.govexec.com/workforce/20... #NASA

You can find me on mastodon here: https://fediscience.org/@atthenius On fediscience.org , a server for scientists. I really do like urbanists.social for bike and urbanism masto.nyc for local You?

As much as I support Bluesky & very much want it to succeed (as illustrated by my direct efforts to move/grow the urbanist community here after Trump’s election, & since then), I do believe we should learn from the wrecking of Twitter and hedge our bets. I’m on Mastodon at a minimum as a “plan b.”

The Onion, welcome to The War on Cars.

Announcing: Coming to PBS on April 1! LIFE UNEARTHED with Ariel Waldman is a visually striking science-driven nature series that reveals Earth’s ecosystems through radical shifts in scale—from microscopic wildlife to the planet’s most iconic species, and even the potential for life beyond Earth. 🧪🦠

My kids both saw their first tornado today, and I wasn't there because I was at the NCAR Radar Technology Workshop. This is right up there with missing first steps, first words, etc. #chasermom Pic from @meteodan.bsky.social

Every day I read about events/atrocities/political developments that make me think "well, that's an unfathomable number," and yet I'm expected to go about my my life as though nothing has happened. The baseline level of dissonance we're intended to live with in the US is simply unreal to me.

Stop Super Speeders is part of the State Senate's one-house budget! New York has the chance to save lives by slowing down the worst-of-the-worst drivers. Let's get this done. Read about it in @nyc.streetsblog.org: nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/10/b...

I know... It's boring, but so far this year; 80 dead on New Jersey roads including 27 pedestrians and 1 cyclist, every single one killed, either in or by being hit by a car eBikes are not the problem Still no response from Gopal/Donlon/Peterpaul #surprise #bikeped #visionzero #ebikes #safestreets

Still no legally required data update on bike & bus lane shape files. @vinbarone.bsky.social @nyc-dot.bsky.social ??

Today, Transportation Alternatives is launching Miracle in Midtown, a new campaign for a safer and less congested Midtown! Over two million people navigate Midtown every day, and they’re met with clogged sidewalks, congested streets, and polluted air.

We don't know exactly how many New Yorkers sleep on the street, but we know it's far too many. In order to solve our housing crisis, we need to understand it. The annual HOPE count is our chance, so please volunteer tomorrow night:

The @axisprobe.bsky.social team learned that the phase A concept study report of AXIS (the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite) will not be reviewed because the lost personnel at NASA Goddard and government shutdown impacted our schedule and budget. 🔭 Here is the PI's e-mail with the explanation.

Then Rachel, feast your eyes on this bad boy: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/31/s...

NEW: Mamdani's City Hall is discussing charging fees for currently free on-street parking — a policy change that would not only create a new revenue stream but also seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the streetscape. buff.ly/9C0Iq34

You’ve got to have a little faith that others are doing their advocacy. I do BX8,MN 12, and MN 9 — I know you you do queens. Last week, I went to the training for city of water day thinking about greenway events. Miser - want to org one too? www.cityofwaterday.org

New York City's effort to provide secure bike parking will soon bear fruit thanks to $25 million in Mayor Mamdani's budget.

There is a wave of anti-ebike legislation, and it appears to have hit New Jersey first. Or hardest. @bikehoboken.org @bikejc.org @calbike.bsky.social @damiankevitt.bsky.social soundcloud.com/biketalk/26-...