This is absolutely unreal, from a balcony in DC 😍

Melted a skirt, had wine and peppermint schnapps for dinner, sang Celine at the top of my lungs. A+ party @oconnell.bsky.social & all.

There is a lot to be unhappy about right now, and I sure am, but my current sadness is because they changed the title from Three Bags Full to The Sheep Detectives for the movie.

So sad to miss #AGU25 … especially right now. But very glad colleagues like Laura (and 6ish others from across NSF/GEO + BIO!) are there!

8 of my 15 years at NSF were spent right here. Our hallway was the most fun and the most productive and I will miss it. Goodbye, 2415 Eisenhower.

Last day in our NSF HQ at Eisenhower. So far we’re shredding, we’re labeling artwork, we’re eating.

@wdncnu.bsky.social TIM AND FAM this card is absolutely above and beyond, thank you thank you 💕🌋🚴🏻‍♂️

Hi US science folks, NSF has released some policy changes to the document I know you’ve memorized: the PAPPG. Take a look, send me your questions, I’ll add them to our own and try to get some answers. www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...

Taisha Estrada is just one of many amazing parts of the @dcabortionfund.bsky.social 30th! Fund Abortions, Not War. And thank for you for my first 9:30 hand stamp in years.

@portcityposter.bsky.social begins #ALXBeercember immediately post-commute with the Holiday Ale from Two Roads.

@arielwaldman.com Amazing to open my gorgeous Dandelion advent and find your name inside!

Happy Antarctica Day! Honor that amazing place by taking a moment to breathe with my favorite Weddell seal. He wants you to feel good this week.

Happy Antarctica Day! 1 Dec marks the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty, setting the continent aside for scientific research & peaceful int'l cooperation. Want to share it with kids? Check out this illustrated book we made, translated into 23 languages www.tumblr.com/celebratinga...

It’s time for feats of strength

Arrived in the coziest kitchen

Incredible.

Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated. Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news. youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...

Alexandria small businesses! Please open something tasty in this empty Einstein’s in the corner of our new HQ, we will patronize it like mad

Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...

Exactly this. Sending strength to all our fellow feds, and to everyone else: please bear with us. Let’s see how this goes.

On Shutdown Night 43 I’ve reached my limit for news/doomscrolling while we wait to see if/when we return to work and so instead am watching a competitive British knitting show create dog outfits

@timladerach.bsky.social Get over there!

This is a fascinating thread

I thought I already had my high for the week, and then our library brought out the alpacas 😍

This does not fix everything but for now hot damn these wins feel so so good, keep it going country

I voted weeks ago and this feed is giving me hope at a time when it’s in short supply. Your vote is your voice! Let’s go!

ALX Skeets: DC resident Geoff is clearly ignoring our own plans to annex Shirlington, weigh in here.

That's right.

Do not watch the attached video. But DO click through to an excellent thread on unions, the history of bandanas, solidarity in diversity, menswear/fashion history, and a really good reminder that some of the biggest worker uprisings and workplace gains in protections were at the hands of unions. 💪

In cleaning out photos from Today in History I was struck by how many of these things are still relevant 5 years later, except the Olympics and the Murder Hornets. And then I discovered this giant monster IN OUR BEDROOM He owns the house now

My kingdom for a RadioShack

Day 21: A multiagency morning ride. Gorgeous day, but we all sure would rather be working.

I love this city.

Furlough Day 17 has me wandering the new Fresh World Market while we ponder never eating out again. As I stand here wondering what image can convey how amazing this place is, SRK reassures me that everything will be ok

How are you spending Furlough Day 10? I am testing pandebono recipes My kitchen is full of pandebonos

Furlough Day 7 started with a lovely stroll at Huntley Meadows with some Earth and Ocean Scientists, and now we get free sandos which feel extra kind since now folks are trying not to pay us at the end of this

Ten years ago I married @portcityposter.bsky.social, forcing our friends and family to walk from the Athenaeum to Columbia Firehouse in a hurricane. I was too busy talking to everyone at the reception so he danced with his brother. A pretty good Alexandria party.

Furloughed and packing out. Hang in there, fellow Feds, and sorry to all the researchers: it’s illegal for me to read email until this is over. NSF has a page of information up for you: www.nsf.gov/shutdown/rec...

Could not be closer to where Elvis Costello will be in 5 minutes

For those anxiously awaiting it: the NSF GRFP solicitation is out, with a November 14 deadline for Geoscience applicants: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

A venn diagram that's a perfect circle for @volcanojw.bsky.social interests.

Truly the best way to watch Benito

Happening Thursday! The world is [waves arms] so spend an hour+ with us and learn about our tiny corner of it.

🔥🔥🔥 The judge was not having it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Well I just saw Dunkirk for the first time ever and am feeling ALL THE FEELS about war, why are men

The Art League’s genius move at the Carlyle Arts Fest is selling handmade bowls for $20, and it comes with an ice cream!* *I handed them my purchase hoping they’d scoop it in; got a Klondike Bar instead. Still delicious.

This looks so fun and also "Chat with a Scientist: Astronomer and Geologist Edition" I imagine will be A+ content.

US GEO folx: we’ve got one more webinar on the books (for now)! Come say hi, ask your burning questions, hear the latest about NSF/Earth Sciences. Thursday, Sept 18, 2p Eastern: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

I can feel every muscle slowly unclench with every mile we are closer to a mountain

And I’m back