Gaël Forget
@gaelforget.net
Oceanographer, climate scientist, programmer, digital artist, from Bretagne, France, Europe, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, MIT https://gaelforget.net https://github.com/gaelforget https://mastodon.mit.edu/@gaelforget
what is actually happening here is that AI is discovering vulns that no human effort could apparently uncover, and so they were effectively unexploitable, and then advertising them to the world. the idea this is "defending against attackers" is ridiculous
Got me curious. Anyone can point me to relevant diamond OP for oceanography and climate?
Prof Chris Jackson@seismatters.bsky.social · 2w ago"Thanks for the invitation, but I will have to decline. I am strongly against the idea of Gold Open Access journals, given they are prohibitive to many scholars, i.e., those unable to afford the Article Processing Charge (APC). I much prefer (and support) Diamond Open Access journals..."
NSF has funded over 80% of the world's BGC-Argo floats via GO-BGC, which ends in October 2026, so the global array will start shrinking. NSF is asking US researchers to weigh in on future ocean observing priorities: www.go-bgc.org/nsf/nsf-requ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m Eastern Register for the zoom link. I’ve heard they aren’t recording it and want to demonstrate interest via high attendance.
Liz Hearn@liz-hearn.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf you care about Earth science in the US, please sign up for the NSF GEO virtual office hour Sept 15 with GEO directorate head Joydip Kundu! NSF leadership needs to hear directly that people care and are concerned about GEO. Maxxing out their Zoom tier sends a message. www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-g...
One of Dubliners’ favourite artists is Walter Osborne (1859-1903] who trained in mainland Europe. Here’s one of his French pictures. I’d happily steal his work if no one is looking! This is Apple Gathering, Quimperlé (1883) [1]
New: Target staff "pranked" for social media; a comedian filmed mid-set; a Sprouts worker whose boss started wearing Meta glasses; and a cashier worried customers are filming down her shirt. Meta glasses are in the workplace, and workers feel powerless to stop it. 🎁 www.theverge.com/report/98241...
Meta glasses are a workplace menace
“Pervert” glasses are making jobs weird and putting workers on edge.
theverge.com
It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan
It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan
They rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It’s an illusion of consumer choice, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan
theguardian.com
Consider for a moment how much the 2020-2025 period differs from the 2000-2005 period. Consider how small the temperature difference was that unleashed this level of chaos we are experiencing. Now consider how chaotic 2030-2035 will be considering it will be the same number of degrees warmer…
@soccomproject.bsky.social @bgc-argo.bsky.social @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social 🌊The commentary by Dove et al (bit.ly/4fd2whZ) on the future of Argo comes at a critical moment for US Argo. GO-BGC, the major US BGC-Argo project funded by NSF completes all float deployments in 3 months. 1/3
I'm proud to announce a commentary from the Phenomena, Observations, and Synthesis panel of @usclivar.bsky.social about the necessity of the Argo program. 🌊 🧪 You can check it out here: doi.org/10.5670/ocea...
@solilyquy.bsky.social @gaelforget.net @irinaclimatemom.bsky.social @aromanou.bsky.social and members of the US CLIVAR POS Panel Argo Subgroup published a commentary article, "Argo at a crossroads." Check it out! tos.org/oceanography...
Argo at a Crossroads: Achievements, Impacts, and the Imperative for Sustained Global Ocean Observations | Oceanography
tos.org
This morning a driver struck and killed Louisa Gag, a biking advocate and transportation planner. Gag had coauthored a Vision Zero Action plan: visionzeronetwork.org/wp-content/u...
Boston transportation planner fatally struck by car near Roxbury Crossing, family says - The Boston Globe
Louisa Gag, 36, "was a dedicated public servant to the City of Boston and passionately advocated for safer streets,” her sister said.
bostonglobe.com
US funding uncertainties threaten to sink key global oceanography projects #research #marineecology www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US funding uncertainties threaten to sink key global oceanography projects
The United States has led the world in observing the oceans — but cuts and threats of cuts have researchers worried it is no longer a reliable partner.
nature.com
RIP Dear François We got to know each other better recently. This makes me so sad and mad; I am at a loss for words
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 4mo agoFrançois Primeau, a UC Irvine professor, developed mathematical and computational ocean models that helped us understand the ocean's role in global climate. He was killed on his bike by someone driving a car. 🌊
Debra Bernier, Canadian sculptor who uses natural materials, such as driftwood, clay, and shells #WomensArt
this may well be the defining joke of our era theonion.com/guy-who-suck...
Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI
SAN MATEO, CA—After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who sucks at bei...
theonion.com
Please Re-post
Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 4mo agoYour daily reminder. Like a Soviet commissar, Russell Vought wants to take over ALL federal grant-making from Meals on Wheels to cancer research. We can stop him. But it means everyone taking action. Write to your members of Congress today. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...
If you want to read my column on what Elon Musk has cost the rest of us but don't have a sub to The Nation, I send my columns out in my (free) newsletter a few days after publication, too. You can read the latest one here: www.elizabethspiers.com/what-has-elo...
What Has Elon Musk Cost Us?
I wrote about Elon Musk and the SpaceX IPO for The Nation. One of the screwed up things about our society is that we venerate the wealthy solely for being wealthy and allow them to get away with thing...
elizabethspiers.com
We welcomed R/V Atlantis home on April 28— the first time this WHOI-operated global class research vessel has been back to Woods Hole, Mass. in four years!
Seems like a great birthday gift! Just saying 😊
womensartbluesky.bsky.social@womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 6mo agoImages, interviews and info on all your favourite global and historic women painters 🎨 here.... or at any online or local bookseller... 5 star rated, best seller !! 💙 bookshop.org/p/books/unlo...
Magnifique! ps. il fait souvent tres beau á Brest 😊 j'aimerai beaucoup voir la version été de cette oeuvre
Alcide Dessine@alcidedessine.bsky.social · 8mo ago