Facial recognition is a major threat to immigrants in NYC. Federal agents have requested, subpoenaed, or obtained biometric data through a warrant. Databases have been hacked  documentedny.com/2026/08/03/n... @shahanafrombk.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @erinmcel.bsky.social @stopspyingny.bsky.social

Fearing Threat to Immigrants, Advocates Push for New Regulations on Facial Recognition

As face and voice scans appear at NYC businesses and residences, new bills take aim at reining in the new technology.

documentedny.com

🌎And I thought DOGE had done nycNASA dirty. W taxpayers on the hook for big rent $$ on an empty building! Boggling why we 🦫toss the 350yr nycUSACE tradition out 🪳eschew good workspace for🤮that shuttered by bugs 🔥remove fire safety folx during the season of blazes 💰undermine the peoples money savers

NPR@npr.org · 2d ago

Federal agencies are rushing to move hundreds of workers into new buildings. Employees say the moves are significantly disrupting their work. n.pr/3TzChv9

How to find a server. fedi.tips/which-server...

Which Mastodon server should I join? How do I find out more about a server? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

fedi.tips

Mastodon remains a really nice community

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

🚨🚨 FEDS and everyone else 🚨🚨 🧵Tomorrow is the last day to comment on the Office of Personnel Management rule, “Promoting Employee Accountability" at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP... This rule eliminates employee protections and rights, and hastens the firing process. Specifically, it... 1/4

ICE sprayed her at the entrance of 196acre Inwood Hill Park where summer camp is in full swing. Tennis & basketball courts just right of this shot & baseball fields just behind the person filming The lady backs towards Good Shepherd Church's school- also w summer camp ICE endangered our vulnerable

talia jane@taliajane.bsky.social · 6d ago

I’m hearing from multiple sources that they believe there is indeed a surge happening in NYC. This incident, in Inwood, happened amid multiple days of ICE in the area, as activity was also reported in Corona (Queens), Bensonhurst, Bushwick (Brooklyn), & Port Richmond (Staten Island) this past week.

ICE in Inwood, NY

🌊 Falls in whale sightings, rare seabirds appearing – is something unusual happening in the Southern Ocean? Unusual = climate-fuelled marine heatwaves theconversation.com/falls-in-wha...

Falls in whale sightings, rare seabirds appearing – is something unusual happening in the Southern Ocean?

Could marine heatwaves in the cold Southern Ocean be making animals and birds migrate? It’s possible – but we need better monitoring to know.

theconversation.com

Whether older people are biking at all is a very clear marker of whether our streets are designed well.

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 6d ago

We've had a number of older pedestrians and cyclists killed by drivers recently in Massachusetts, and something I've noticed is how those deaths are treated even more dismissively than usual because of ageism and ableism. People of *all* ages and abilities deserve safe mobility.

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

All over the transit industry, zero-emission bus mandates, like those of California, are colliding with Buy America requirements that deny US transit agencies access to a competitive bus market. The result is a wave of lousy buses that are impacting service. 1/ nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/27/b...

Battery Drain: MTA Trims New Flyer Electric Bus Order Amid Tech Growing Pains - Streetsblog New York City

The MTA will buy 85 fewer electric buses as its manufacturer tries to sort out a way to keep them in service without breaking down.

nyc.streetsblog.org

"Universities like Columbia are not better off for having capitulated last year. They compromised their independence and suffered reputational damage, yet are still subject to [Trump's] arbitrary behavior." Read @ryanenos.bsky.social on need to resist Trump: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/27/o...

Yale shouldn’t cut a deal with Trump - The Boston Globe

Yale should resist rather than negotiate away its independence.

bostonglobe.com

Our new paper, lead by Bonan Li, looks into current drivers of fast soil water fluxes during rainfall events and how these fluxes will be altered with climate change. There is a lot I learned from this work that I highlight below. 📄 Li et al. 2026, Earth's Future: doi.org/10.1029/2026...

Dominant Controls on Preferential Flow and Their Implications for Future Soil Water Fluxes

The effect of precipitation peak intensity on soil water velocities declined with increasing precipitation intensity Antecedent soil moisture failed to predict preferential flow (PF), contrasting...

doi.org

Beef has a huge climate problem. And the most effective solution -- by far -- is to simply reduce beef consumption and waste. But we don't want to hear that, so we often welcome fuzzy greenwashing stories instead. In the end, however, the math doesn't seem to work. drawdown.org/insights/gre...

Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems

Dive into the world of beef's environmental impact, from deforestation to climate change. Learn about the myths of "eco-friendly" beef and the industry's narratives.

drawdown.org

Everyone wants to tell DOT what to do. So can we do that with the NYPD? Or the FDNY? Didn't think so. buff.ly/oP665lu

Monday's Headlines: Expert Advice Edition - Streetsblog New York City

Everyone wants to tell DOT what to do. So can we do that with the NYPD? Or the FDNY? Didn't think so. Plus other news.

nyc.streetsblog.org

It's long past time to turn enforcement of fake and obscured license plates up to 11. "MTA data also shows a marked increase in unreadable plates on cars blocking bus routes citywide." gothamist.com/news/the-mta...

The MTA bus routes that slowed down after cameras began ticketing double-parked drivers

The cameras have sped up 67 bus routes by 5% on average. But certain routes show buses have actually slowed.

gothamist.com

Feels like nyc dot endangered cyclists and set this cab driver up for failure. If only there were some sort of guidance on how these lanes ought to be indicated 🤨

Jehiah@jehiah.cz · last wk.

I should not need to shoo a driver off the greenway so my kids can pass safely. (Why is their no MUTCD compliant stop bar set back from the bike path - and where is the green in the intersection to mark the bike path?)

She just keeps hitting the nail on the head. Maybe the NY13 rep will reach out for a bike ride w AOC. Omg. Maybe they could do the summer streets next weekend and start out here in NY13 and ride unobstructed the length of Manhattan the way the streets were designed to be enjoyed.

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · last wk.

Streetsblog went on a bike ride with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez around East Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. Here's what we discussed.

Here's a schematic of the work of Donald Appleyard that ALL serious transportation experts & urbanists should know but I'd wager 90% DO NOT - including many of my best friends working in the field. Want to know what he did? Rather than me explain just view the video in the attached post below!

High-resolution simulations reveal positive global warming feedback from Pacific low clouds www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

High-resolution simulations reveal positive global warming feedback from Pacific low clouds

High-resolution simulations reveal that direct carbon dioxide effects nonlinearly amplify positive low-cloud feedbacks.

science.org

'Historical trends (1950–2023) ... reveal statistically significant increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme fire weather in regions such as the Iberian Peninsula ...' esd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

Omg poster on the train platform in Copenhagen: “ War! AI! Virus! Trump! Have you all seen that the climate crisis is still here? It’s hard to solve the climate crisis if we’re if we’re not talking about it.” 💀

Hm. Bus times appear to be improving. Must be time to make sure the people pay.

Shabazz Stuart@shabazzstuart.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is really not the way. I’ve seen it many times personally. The bus should move onto the next stop, while they check payment, instead we just sit there.

... Huh, it didn't actually explode on landing this time when it hit the water. Just caught on fire instead.

For the millionth time, the idiocy is not a bug @usa.streetsblog.org usa.streetsblog.org/2026/07/23/t...

The Last Straw: Duffy Asks Senate To 'Restrict' Funding For Bike Lanes — Streetsblog USA

The U.S. Transportation Secretary wrongly believes that bike lanes cause traffic and therefore should not be funded.

usa.streetsblog.org

The US House’s proposed transportation legislation—sponsored by both Republicans & Democrats—would cut transit funding massively, affecting every state & congressional district. Instead, it focuses on highway building through blank checks to state DOTs

How Will Congress’s Proposed Cuts to Transit Funding Affect Your State and Congressional District?

The next transportation reauthorization law will reshape federal transportation spending for years to come.

urban.org

America Walks@americawalks.bsky.social · 2w ago

Before we build more roads, let's take care of the ones we already have. Across the country, roads, bridges, sidewalks, and transit systems need repairs. But this bill prioritizes highway expansion instead. ‼️Congress should fix what we have first. Tell them ➡️ buff.ly/JJBoCJH

This headline is extremely funny given what happened (OpenAI hacked HF by accident) openai.com/index/huggin...

OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation

OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.

openai.com

This month is the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and it reminds me that the ADA could not be passed today. It probably couldn’t get a vote in committee today.

NSF physical sciences, geosciences, engineering, social sciences on track for a 33% budget cut, never mind Congressional intent.

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 2w ago

And here's the spending breakdown across directorates, relative to the average from FY21–25 at this point in the year: NSF avg. - 74% BIO - 79% CISE - 110% ENG - 65% GEO - 65% MPS - 67% EDU - 26% SBE - 69% TIP - 105% O/D - 131%

There’s more to wildfire smoke than meets the eye, and what you can’t see can hurt you. Climate scientist @dwesty.bsky.social of @lamont.columbia.edu explains. Via @cnn.com. https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/17/weather/air-quality-wildfire-smoke-chemistry-brown-carbon

Why air quality can still be bad even if the sky doesn’t look smoky | CNN

The orange haze hanging over your house is, indeed, bad. But the chemistry of wildfire smoke doesn’t have to be visible to be threatening.

cnn.com