Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade. The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances. Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S. Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

For any editors looking for commentary or a musical breakdown of the Bad Bunny halftime performance: I’m a music scholar with expertise in Latin and Caribbean popular music. I’ve written dozens of pieces on the subject and also host a podcast on a closely related subject. Hit me up!

We ALL know that's Ricky Martin singing in front of the bananas He's singing "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii," an anti-statehood song that holds up Hawaii as a cautionary tale (as already established, Benito is pro independence)

Seattle is loud right now. For obvious reasons.

Did I already post a video of the forbidden dance moves? Yes. Am I posting another one? Also yes

LET'S GO HAWKS! 🏆   What a night for Washington state! Our players brought the grit and the 12s—from Spokane to Seattle—brought the heart. Huge congrats to the team, to the coaches, and to the fans.    Extra proud to represent this incredible community today. 💙💚

Never talk to me or my giant plastic wife *ever again*.

Danish quantum physicist Niels Bohr visited the Soviet Union in 1932 and met with Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov. Upon meeting, perhaps Pavlov asked Bohr, "Does my name ring a bell?"😜 #quantum #science #psychology #ScienceSky #Bohr #Pavlov

Important!

#SciArt #SuperbOwl #artsky

Real friends want to talk shop about network segmentation.

It is Superb Owl Sunday for all who celebrate. Here's a drawing I made from a while back.

Following along!

Thanks to the Winter Olympics, I'm reminded that ice dancing is peak romance.

In this photo, taken #OTD in 1984, Bruce McCandless is an *football field away from the space shuttle with no safety tether.* No astronaut, before or since, has been that far away from their ship while in orbit. (2/n)

Clever A 1890s Belle Époque poster advertising a shop in Paris and a factory in Les Lilas features one of the era's favorite themes: a #bicycle floating in the air in the hand of some charming woman, flowers in her swirling hair, clothing flowing. The Art of Bike. The romance and allure of #cycling.

Signed copies of When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy available from @harvardbookstore.bsky.social. Order yours now: www.harvard.com/book/9781250...

This galaxy is VERY tiny—much much smaller than our own Milky Way—& incredibly distant. But we can see it AND distinguish its shape! How? The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯

The library was hoppin' this evening. :) #booksky

#Seattle renters, check out this form for a better chance at improvements. :)

We get so frustrated with stunted adults who spent their entire childhood being punished for thinking critically. It sucks for everybody.

#Seattle renters, check out this form for a better chance at improvements. :)

California's great outdoors is more transit accessible than you think -- I've added trailheads all across the state to Hiking by Transit, ready for your outdoor adventure! Check it out: hikingbytransit.com

Pleasantly surprised to find out that this is a Finnish company! They kept their original packaging language on the back at least. It was fun seeing Finnish 1st, then Swedish, followed by English 3rd. Love that they have fragrance free offerings and more responsible packaging.

Snowstorms are more than just an inconvenience for wheelchair users. Inadequate snow clean-ups means a loss of autonomy for many. New for me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

www.psypost.org/the-hidden-r... Made the mistake of dating someone like this.

Life Lessons I learned at 12 while shooting cans in the backyard:

Les français, vous êtes parfois exceptionnels dans votre manière de jeter un gant à la gueule des cuistres.

French prosecutors have raided X's offices in Paris on Tuesday as part of a criminal investigation into the platform's Grok AI tool, widely used to generate sexually explicit images.

#BlackHistoryMonth is a great time to celebrate mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; 1918 – 2020). 🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬🧮🎢 #histsci One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (and its predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex manual calculations of orbital

"caterpillar calendar" :)

Nuclear physicist Melba Newell Phillips was born #OTD in 1907. Author of two standard textbooks and numerous articles on physics history, she worked tirelessly to promote the teaching of physics as an AAPT member. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 (1/n) Image: Ellen and John Vinson, in link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

"X STOP CARRYING OUT YOUR INTENTIONS"

LOOK AT THEM. :)

Neil Young gives complete musical catalogue to Greenland for free - while removing all his music from Amazon www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/neil-y...

As always, see the whole thread for further details.

An interesting analysis, consistent with the idea that paper mill users pursue publication for reward and do little of the costly work of high integrity research. Open science indicators may be a useful component of meaningful integrity signaling. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/28/p...

ein wichtiger Schritt in der Entamerikanisierung Europas wäre, alle englische Lehnwörter und -begriffe mit französischen zu ersetzen. Kein 'cool' und 'okay' mehr, sondern 'formidable' und 'd'accord'. Kein Business Lunch, sondern quoi, vous m'expectez de travailler entre les heures de 12 et 14?

The most common question I hear from my constituents is, "Why are Conservation District elections different from all other elections? Why are they at a weird time, and not on a normal paper ballot?" The short answer is: state law. But we're trying to fix it!

Ok, who has $200? seattle.craigslist.org/see/gms/d/se...

Swedish mathematician Niels Fabian Helge von Koch was born #OTD in 1870. He did important work in number theory, including a result relating the Riemann hypothesis to the asymptotic distribution of prime numbers. But he's best known for the "Koch Curve" – an early example of a fractal. 🧪 🧮

Dutch high school students are clearly being better prepared for the real world than I ever was in America...

Folks, I'm getting married! Next weekend! I'd love to spead the good news around. Here's a list of science, conservation, and education charities I love, and instructions on how to donate in our honor if you're so moved. Please share!

MARCH 28

Haven't been able to spot the aurora, but the sunsets and moon have been lovely.

Greenland, Iceland someone tell him the one he really wants is “the rich, fertile land just a bit to the south of Vinland” and maybe we can still get out of this

In lieu of the new show we just made in Hokkaido being aired next month, NHKWorld have just starting re-showing one of the progs we made in Okinawa last year. This one was all about the "gusuku" (castles and fortresses) of the islands. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...