I’m already starting to sacrifice to Amun-Ra to make sure I get to see the next eclipse in Luxor next year. Possibly the coolest thing I’ve ever seen

Today I learned that in France, dried bird’s eye chilis come with a recommended dosage: two tiny chilis per FOUR people This is why I have to specify “not French spicy, actually spicy!” at every restaurant, and the food usually is still not spicy

This is my super cool PhD coworker!

The Weather & Climate Livestream@wclivestream.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Introducing Syl, the scientist walking from NYC to DC! Along the way, he’ll meet w 🧪 to talk about why climate science matters for us, the environment, and the future. He's also hand-delivering letters to Congress in support of science. Submit yours (using our template) at wclivestream.com/write

“For the second time in five years,” @jeffcolgan.bsky.social sed, "geopolitics is creating a crisis for fossil fuels — but the price of sunshine and wind remain free. Renewables have a national security advantage over fossil fuels" Yep. Self-destructive man. Gift www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Fighting the World’s Stupidest Culture War

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I crunched the numbers, and Glasgow was almost 1% oceanographers this week. Happy to have given my first ever poster at #OSM2026! 🌊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Just try using this water fountain without getting Chappell Roan stuck in your head

Come see my poster about marine heatwave-low chorophyll extreme events at #OSM2026. I’ll be presenting it tomorrow at 16:00-18:00 at board 846! For those not at OSM, you can also see a PDF here: alessandraquig.github.io/talks/osm2026

Got to Glasgow for #OSM2026 and found out Black Honey was performing tonight! A very good day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌊

📢 PAPER ALERT 🚨 A new study led by Camila Artana and Andrea Kaplan reveals how marine heatwaves are reshaping Western Mediterranean ecosystems. Their frequency, intensity, and depth are rising fast — with major ecological consequences. #MediterraneanInFlux ICM-CSIC

"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start" | Must read piece in @theguardian.com by @upenn.edu's Claire Finkelstein: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein

Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct

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Happy new year! My first healthy decision of the year was to not look at the news and instead look at the adorable puppy my friend dog sat last night

The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous. It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe. We urge that this plan be abandoned. Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA

Save NCAR from being dismantled today!

The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.

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She smiles and says “I will always love you”

a close up of a woman 's face and neck

Alt: Dedra from Andor smiling

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Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 10mo ago

She smiles and says "I will always love you"

I like America the way I like my Americanos: no ICE #nokings

No guns, no fentanyl, and the Victoria line runs every 100 seconds? This London really sounds like a hellscape

Kevin St. Alder@kevinstalder.bsky.social · last yr.

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My fellow New Yorkers, go vote! I mailed my ballot from Paris - no excuses.

Armstrong Hall at Columbia University is not anymore housing the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. 160 or so of us gathered outside for the last picture. But we are still standing as a group, strong and determined, doing the same work and more great things into the future. Keep your eyes on us!

🧪 It's been a privilege to work at the historic NASA GISS for even the first few months of my PhD. I (and many colleagues) gave quotes in this article about getting evicted; hopefully it changes at least one heart/mind. www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

Trump Administration Shutters New York City–Based NASA Institute

Since 1966 NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies has been at the forefront of Earth and planetary science from its location in upper Manhattan. Now a Trump administration directive is ejecting it...

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I started work at LOCEAN at Sorbonne today, and Notre Dame is on my walk to work! PhD life has its perks.

🧪 My amazing and brilliant partner @jaredjeya.bsky.social wrote this paper! Any quantum physicists: please explain this to me. I'd love to understand what he does!

Communications Physics@commsphys.nature.com · last yr.

Our featured article for April 2025 Quantum electrodynamics on a 1D lattice can lead to localization of charges, in contrast to the thermalizing dynamics. This study identifies the origin of such non-thermal signatures and attribute it to the fracturing of the underlying Hilbert space. rdcu.be/el8h7

My partner and I played an election day game where we competed to come up with the worst possible policy ideas. This is EXACTLY my winning pitch on immigration. Truly beyond satire.

A Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for U.S. Citizenship? D.H.S. Is Considering It.

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DOGE claims NASA GISS is being evicted to save money, but it actually costs taxpayers more to remove us. GSA is on the hook for our lease until 2031, regardless of whether we occupy the building, and we all have to be "in person" by September. Any other place has a higher marginal cost than $0.

IFPTE@ifpte.bsky.social · last yr.

In response to NASA’s decision to force IFPTE-represented employees at NASA’s Goddard to move out of their offices in New York City, IFPTE altered Members of Congress that this action is not only disruptive, but wastes federal resources and harms the critical work of these scientists.

CTD watchstanders each get to write a blog post about their time onboard: here's mine! www.go-bgc.org/expedition/i...

"This cooperative agreement suggests that the Earth will have a significant fluctuation in its water availability as a result of global warming. Using federal funds to perpetuate these narratives does not align with the priorities of this Administration" so ignorance is strength now, apparently?

Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University

On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...

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One cute GO-SHIP tradition is that when we get to our deepest station (6280m!), we decorate styrofoam cups and let the pressure shrink them into fun souvenirs. I'm thinking of making mine into a Christmas ornament

I'm a bit over a week into my research cruise with GO-SHIP and finally over my cyclone-induced round two of seasickness! This is what my CTD work station looks like - I'm in charge of telling the winch operator the depths we want to look at and then remotely closing bottles to collect water samples.

For the next 38 days, I'll be aboard the Thomas G. Thompson as a CTD watchstander. This is my first research cruise, so I'll give updates on life at sea! 🌊🧪

Happy birthday (yesterday) to @jaredjeya.bsky.social, my lovely and brilliant partner who's such a physicist that he regularly gets distracted by magnifying lenses (even when there are cool manganese nodes and coral samples around!)

Interesting and horrifying article about how California fire insurance regulations effectively incentivize people to move into fire-prone regions. Specifically, California doesn't allow insurers to use catastrophe models, so they can't account for climate impacts. 🧪 www.vox.com/climate/3941...

California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.

Several fires in California could cause billions in damage, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.

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Can't imagine why "debating" climate change would hurt anyone? It's not as if it's settled science or anything 🙄 www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...