Another reminder of the importance of public funding of science:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
From @naomioreskes.bsky.social
(Apologies if it's paywalled. I don't know how to get around that.)
Important things to know about the proposed act:
bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
These actions to restrict voting are wrong and anti-American.
And as a Coloradan, don't you dare take away my mail in voting. I love our system.
Tell your Senators to vote "No" on this so called Save America Act!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
No. Peter Thiel cannot be allowed to annex the National Science Foundation via this Palantir proxy.
It would be like putting a pyromaniac in charge of the Library of Alexandria: destruction of a global treasure with no "undo" button.
This is a "to the barricades" moment.
It's also a destruction of Vannevar Bush's legacy.
Limiting the scope of scientific research will limit the serendipitous scientific discovery that has driven America's economy and quality of life. This is such a short-sighted and foolish strategy.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Sadly yes. That's the assumption I am working with.
Please send this snow to Colorado. We need it.
I have heard of no responses not even from the September cutoff. Nothing.
The OMB continues to be the greatest threat to scientific research in America (followed closely by RFK Jr.).
Until Congress punishes the White House for it's unconstitutional actions, we will all, scientists and non-scientists, be at the mercy of the OMB.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This hot winter is so depressing.
Both can be true.
Won't be beamed into my house. This is all just reminding me that I have a large stack of unread books in my house, and I ain't getting younger.
For any undergrads or grad students who are interested in the process of doing science, here's a possibly interesting internship opportunity:
mailchi.mp/bdd7049fbb96...
#planetsci 🧪
These men have no idea what women are really worrying about in their day to day life.
It was a hallway of grad students and professors arguing about what kind of wave we had just experienced. Well, those who knew enough to argue (which wasn't me).
When I was studying planetary science at Caltech we once got chastised in a division wide meeting for responding poorly to a decent sized earthquake. We had all ran to the 2nd floor to watch the seismometer displays instead of taking proper safety measures. They also moved those displays. ☹️
They have a different picture of Kuiper and Heacock probably from the same day.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:He...
Here's that alumni magazine article:
archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/1985...
So maybe nowadays, you'd need more than 300 million, but still, where are those people?
Naming a building at a university will provide a more lasting legacy than trolling online (e.g., Bill Ackerman).
I am also thinking of the middle level rich, the ones with a few hundred million dollars who can put down 10 or 20 million for a building and a legacy. I think of John Berry who has a few buildings at Dartmouth, though he was never more than Ted Turner rich (according to an alumni magazine article).
Are there no rich Hopkins alums that want to put their name on a new, mold-free planetary science building?
The uber-rich are letting us down in so many ways.
Over a long enough time, everything is dynamic, which makes this world so beautiful.
I love this cycle of movement on this glacier on Svalbard.
🧪
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
And I-76!
Plus it gets complicated with the three digit interstates.
I don’t know where the original poster got that nonsense map.
Resisting the urge to check my XRP proposal for fear that I may have started it that way. I am pretty sure I dove straight into atmosphere and ocean dynamics, but, ...
NCAR supercomputer center set to get cut = another example of something that'll make your weather forecasts - and yes, your weather apps - tangibly worse with less data.
I am happy to see that people are still investigating this. I remember Hamilton talking about this at Titan Through Time 2014, but since then I have haven't heard much about it.
Titan's atmosphere may have had a crazier history than we thought, if there was a "recent" collision. Cool.
I would love to one day do a geology road trip (the best kind) based on “A Rough Hewn Land”. Great book!
🔭🧪 Are you interested in having a night sky? (Like at all?)
File comments with the FCC telling them to deny permission to Starlink for “a million satellites” and to Reflect Orbital for their giant sunlight mirror in space.
The American Astronomical Society has info on how 👇
🤞We deserve a naked eye comet to watch.
