@sjarmak
Planetary Science Project Scientist for NASA funded information retrieval system the Science Explorer (ADS/SciX). JWST observations, mission design and remote sensing, numerical modeling, AI/ML and information science. I LOVE DATA π€© https://sjarmak.com
Capping off February with our Lead Ambassador Highlight! Yueyi Che, a glaciologist studying snow & ice, shares how SciX transformed her lit review. Read her story: scixplorer.org/scixblog/sci...
I took snippets from the Curtis Yarvin (techno-fascist idea originator driving current dismantling of the government) NYT interview and used the unaltered words as lyrics set to dystopian hyperpop
suno.com/song/99f4b48...
Also want to note using the caret syntax in the first author search bar on the classic form does not map appropriately and doing so will make it look like ADS is down. We will map the syntax to fix this soon.
ADS/SciX has been experiencing a DDoS attack. This attack resulted in several orders of magnitude higher levels of traffic than usual. We have increased our resource scaling capabilities and blacklisted the 100s of thousands of offending IPs and the issue is hopefully resolved.
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
βIn order to invest in a new vision, and a new way of living, we have to believe in each other and our capacity to create something better. Our belief in human potential must outweigh our fear of human failure. Our imaginations must be courageous.β β€οΈ
βChallenging the mythologies of this system, reordering our fears, and investing ourselves in collective struggle are huge steps, and they are not steps most people will take merely because conditions are deteriorating.β
βJoining the ranks of such struggles may come naturally to some. For many people, though, choosing to believe that change is possible and that it can only come from working in concert with other people requires tremendous courage.β
βFortunately, the death-makers of this system have never gone unopposed. There have always been dissenters and freedom fighters organizing against the violence and avarice of capitalism and white supremacy.β
But capitalism requires an ever-broadening disposable class of people in order to maintain itself, which in turn requires us to believe that there are people whose fates are not linked to our own: people who must be abandoned or eliminated.
βAcknowledging this truth threatens a social order built on the myth that we need authority to protect us from our own chaotic impulses in times of crisis. The state sees communal care as an ideological threat.β
βPeople are capable of overcoming, or at least negotiating, difference for the sake of their common interests, especially in moments of crisis.β
βWhen no longer ruled by a manufactured fear of one another, we experience a form of liberation. It is not a total liberation, as the structures that oppress us are, for now, very much intact, but we experience a kind of unshackling that allows us to begin the process of dismantling individualismβ
From the Rejecting our Fear of Eachother section of Let This Radicalize you, this is worth reading: inquest.org/rejecting-ou...
I urge you all to not follow demonizing, misinformation spreading pages, I see this happening from folks with good intentions but I respectfully encourage that you only share information you can check sources for. Iβm going to follow this up with excerpts from βLet This Radicalize Youβ
I know, weβve just received some emails from concerned users including one that asked if we were intentionally doing something to halt scientific progress through technical difficulties, so I wanted to say something to the effect of βabsolutely notβ π₯²
We also appreciate everyoneβs patience as we work on unrelated technical issues stemming from high traffic. Our goal is to support scientists and we work very hard to do so, that is always our main priority β€οΈ
We are working as a team and with partners to identify opportunities to bolster ADS/SciX, we are not currently at any risk but we are taking steps to proactively discuss mitigation strategies that would enable us to continue supporting our communities.
I have work to do but I'm distracted by watching US scientific progress & leadership being irreversibly undermined because a few unelected malcontents are penalizing researchers for following legal requirements set out by congressional orders to augment basic research with benefits to society.
ABA It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform. Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few. But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong. It is also contrary to the rule of law. The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair. We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
The main DEI page from @agu.org has been modified to take diversity out of the title. Glad to see it's not deleted entirely, but hey AGU, we're watching what you do and remembering the big game you once talked about supporting your diverse membership.
Today vs. January
I wrote about NASA, its people and the mission to connect us.
slate.com/technology/2...
"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trumpβs executive orders" π§ͺ #scicomm
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
Please consider signing this open letter written by the planetary science community if you are concerned about recent policy changes impacting scientists: sites.google.com/view/space-s...
Apparently NASA HQ has been told to remove all Pride Flag imagery from the office.
I swear to god you guys, if that places doesn't look like a fucking unicorn exploded in there in the next two days..
Something Iβm also concerned about is the expansion of the ADS to SciX (ingesting content for all NASA SMD disciplines) β¦ some of our example searches we have used to showcase this expansion that is dominated by earth science content are things like βclimate changeβ.
The President can have his own views about these matters. He can try to make his views into policy. But he cannot seize Congressβs power of the purse. He cannot deny due process to millions of Americans. And he cannot abridge or disrupt the free speech of those who disagree. Those are the constitutional and legal transgressions of the J20 and J21 Orders. To remedy these harms, and to defend core Constitutional rights, Plaintiffs bring this suit.
BREAKING: New lawsuit challenges Trump's anti-diversity executive orders, alleging Spending Clause, vagueness (Due Process), free speech (First Amendment), and separation of powers violations. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Screenshot of email from NASA headquarters sent to ExoPAG executive committee. It asks the ExoPAG to pause all meetings and activities to ensure compliance with presidential actions, and links to several EOs and memos.
ββNASA is pausing program analysis groups activities. These are the groups that provide community input to the Astrophysics and Planetary Divisions to help shape the science that NASA supports.
Source: I'm on the ExoPAG executive committee
(repost with more emails blocked)
Meeting my doctor today to say yeah I guess I do still need to spend over 500/month (until hitting deductible, then 50) to function π€·ββοΈ
Incredibly excited to annonce the publication of our new experimental thermodynamic work at high pressures with the definition of a novel thermodynamic invariant point: The Cenotectic (ΞΊ)
nature.com/articles/s41...