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Mom of 2kids in

Upstate Manhattan,
New York City who

Bikes to work

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Climate scientist @
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Andres @andres4ny.social.ridetrans.it.ap.brid.gy · 1d
I'm so tired of people blaming each other.

Look, if it wasn't Trump, it would've been someone else. Both Ds and Rs have been aggressively building towards a police state since 9/11. The Federalist Society has rigged our courts, and SCOTUS has done exactly what they intended. Government in the […]
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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 2d
It’s the law. #nasa #nyc #giss

Law on the books that we should be brought back.

“Earth Sustem Modeling. In preparing the plan required under this paragraph in the Senate report. NASA shall ensure that Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) employees are […]

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Next satellite series. Earth Sustem Modeling. In preparing the plan required under this paragraph in the Senate report. NASA shall ensure that Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) employees are able to continue work with minimal disruption. including by considering a physical location of GISS near its previous location that supports GISS's strong academic partnerships. NASA budget NASA science budget

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Andres @andres4ny.social.ridetrans.it.ap.brid.gy · 5d
RE: https://mastodon.social/@nemeciii/115928748530883810

We (Americans) are in for a world of hurt, no matter what happens.
mastodon.social

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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 5d
In our exile from our old building, Robert is now my office mate in our temp home at CCNY.

He and I talk a lot about how our experience living along the us Canada border has changed over our lifetimes - from never used to be Smokey… to Smokey yet again this […]

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Webpage News from the Columbia Climate School CLIMATE, NATURAL DISASTERS, PRESS RELEASE Get Ready for Smokier Air: Record 2023 Wildfire Smoke Marks Long-Term Shift in North American Air Quality Columbia Climate School January 20, 2026 A new analysis of air quality data from the past 70 years shows that Canada’s record wildfire smoke in 2023 is part of a broader, continent-wide trend toward smokier skies across North America. Picture of a Smokey Minneapolis

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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 5d
RE: https://ecoevo.social/@noamross/115928803369097586

My lab -- NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies -- had ~130 people this time last year. Of those, 2/3 were Columbia employees with the other third being civil servants or federal contractors.

We FELT this change-- and are STILL FEELING […]
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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 6d
Today marks a full week that #nurses across #nyc have been on strike.

I wish those #nysna unions had a presence here.

But their members — this folks are salt of the earth, in the trenches, kind of love of (who)man kind of people.

If you are a #nyc person, stop by ny presby or mt Sinai and […]

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LegraLeGra @atthenius.bsky.social · 6d
These nurses show up-even in the worst of times

My next door neighbor worked the psych ward at Allen (NYC Presby Inwood) her whole 30+yr career

Tough love of people&respect for dignity. That’s my neighbor. And nysna accept no less for any of their charges

Why would nyc folks accept less for them?
Wide angle shot looking at the entrance of the Allen pavilion New York Presbyterian hospital. Way too far to identify faces, but close enough to see the crowd.

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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 7d
#nyc I was hoping to catch the #nybg New York botanical gardens 2026 orchid show today.

NYBG’s indoor huge glass atrium, the Haupt Conservatory, is usually a colorful respite from the cold and a good spot to go for a walk with friends. (Even if I remain […]

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Website for the 2026 orchid show at the nyc New York botanical garden Orchids in the glass house (happy conservatory) Then a dude in a full on gas mask and dark glasses obscuring his face. It’s invoking thoughts in me.

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Stefan Bohacek @stefan.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy · 7d
The annual MLK Jr. Day is a reminder that we've been in this shared fight for a long time now.

"Again, we have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifice. The fact is that capitalism was built on the […]
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Leftist Lawyer @leftistlawyer.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d
With regard the foregoing #toot, I append this #psa.

Every morning I read the "links" over at #nakedcapitalism, which I consider to be the most important source of news on the web. It's a #crowdsourced project. Readers send in the important links they've encountered and Naked Capitalism posts […]
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IFPTE @ifpte.bsky.social · 8d
IFPTE members and staff attended the “Rally for America’s Workforce: PAWA to the People” on Capitol Hill on 1/14/26. The rally, which was organized by the Federal Unionist Network (FUN) and sponsored by IFPTE, along with AFGE, NFFE, NTEU and many other Unions representing federal workers
Pass the Protecting America’s Workforce Act (PAWA) Now!  IFPTE Joins Rally on Capitol Hill  — IFPTE
IFPTE members and staff attended the  “Rally for America’s Workforce: PAWA to the People” on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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Ruth Mottram @ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 8d
The really classic Greenlandic band is Sume, there was a wonderful documentary about them a couple of years ago called The sound of a revolution (tilgængelig på Filmstriben i Danmark) - really worth checking out..

https://mastodon.social/@drmikepj/115912235545818870
drmikepj@mastodon.social - […]
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 9d
My god, this is Getty #photojournalist John Abernathy. He wrote on instagram “I was tackled by #ICE agents & surrounded by about 50 #border #police. Just for taking photos. I tossed my camera to another Photographer to make sure it wouldn't be confiscated […]

[Original post on masto.ai]
Getty photojournalist John Abernathy is seen face down on ground pinned & surrounded by federal agents. His arm is outstretched & his camera is midair as he tossed it to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated. Photo by Pierre Lavie.

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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 10d
The GSFC -- goddard space flight center -- in Maryland has an amazing Science Visualization Studio.

100% The folks there care not only about the research, but of the aesthetic of translating from science-speak to something everyone can understand.

Feel awe and sadness... 2025 was HOT. Our […]
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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 10d
Mastodon friends-- today has been a net positive day for much American science.

And a day not so good in many other ways. (🙏MN)

But by a whopping 82-15 margin, the USA Senate thinks that American science is worth keeping […]

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Next satellite series. Earth System Modeling. In preparing the plan required under this paragraph in the Senate report. NASA shall ensure that Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) employees are able to continue work with minimal disruption, including by considering a physical location of GISS near its previous location that supports GISS*s strong academic partnerships. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Program Amount ($000) Science: Earth Science Planetary Science. Astrophysics. Heliophysics. Biological and Physical Science Total, Science Aeronautics Space Technology Exploration Space Operations Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM). Safety, Security, and Mission Services.. Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration. Office of Inspector General Total, NASA $2,153,000 2,541,200 1,595,000 874,800 86,000 7,250,000 935,000 920,500 7,783,000 4,175,000 143,000 3,000,000 185,336 46,500 $24,438,336 SCIENCE (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Program Amount ($000) Earth Science Earth System Ohservatory Missions Planetary Science NEO Sureror DATINCT Dragonfl New Horizons Mars Future Missions Astrophysics Bulloon Project Hubble Space Telescope Jumes Wehh Space Telescope Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Hubitable Worlds Observatory Heliophysics Parker Solar Probe Geospace Dynamies Constellation HelioSwarm Biological and Physical Sciences Total, Science 2.153,000 245.000 2.541,200 300.000 99,000 500.000 10,000 110.000 1.595,000 19,300 98.300 208,000 $0.500 300,000 150,000 874.800 25.000 100,000 109.500 86.000 7.250.000

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The Hill @thehill.com · 10d
#BREAKING: The Senate passed a package of three spending bills, hitting the halfway mark in its push to fund the government for fiscal 2026 ahead of the end-of-month deadline.
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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 11d
#nyc #nasa #giss

2025 is only the SECOND HOTTEST year in the last 100,000.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-releases-global-temperature-data/
NASA Releases Global Temperature Data
Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. Earth’s global surface temperature in 2025 was slightly warmer than 2023 – but within the margin of error the two years are effectively tied according to an analysis by NASA scientists. Since record-keeping began in 1880, the hottest year on record remains 2024. Global temperatures in 2025 were […]
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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 11d
@rbellinger knock me over with a feather!

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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19d
Dear universe:

Why does the new osx break my xcode and thus my macports and thus i never manage the conda'ing smoothly enough and thus the python and thus i am in purgatory and have several months where I first dread updating to the latest osx and then when I do I always regret it.

Of all the […]
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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 19d
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

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Rob Ricci @ricci.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy · 20d
I need university administrators (and probably some other people too, but definitely university administrators) to understand something: you cannot motivate your faculty to do more research or better teaching.

They are already maximally motivated people. They did not get the job by being […]
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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 20d
#nasa appropriations

https://spacenews.com/minibus-provides-24-4-billion-for-nasa-for-fiscal-year-2026/

Maybe maybe maybe our #nyc office will reopen. #nasagiss

Happier 2026 Everyone.

https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20260105/Division%20A%20Commerce%20Justice%20Science.pdf
Next satellite series. Earth System Modeling. In preparing the plan required under this paragraph in the Senate report. NASA shall ensure that Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) employees are able to continue work with minimal disruption, including by considering a physical location of GISS near its previous location that supports GISS's strong academic partnerships. NASA Science budget table. SCIENCE (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Program Amount ($000) Earth Science Earth Sustem Ohservatory Missions Planetary Science NEO Suretor D.A17NC/ Dragonfl New Horizons Mars Future Missions Astrophysics Bulloon Project Hubhle Space Telescope Jumes Hehh Space Telescope Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Hubitable Worlds Observatory Heliophysics Parker Solar Probe Geospace Dynamics Constellation HelioSwarm Biological and Physical Sciences Total, Science 2.153.000 275.000 2.541,200 300.000 99,000 500,000 10,000 110.000 1.595,000 79.300 98.300 205,000 $00.500 300,000 150,000 874.800 25.000 100,000 109.500 86.000 7.250.000 NASA Budget. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Program Amount ($000) Science: Earth Science Planetary Science Astrophysics. Heliophysics. Biological and Physical Science Total, Science Aeronautics Space Technology Exploration Space Operations Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM). Safety, Security, and Mission Services... Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration. Office of Inspector General Total, NASA $2,153,000 2,541,200 1,595,000 874,800 86,000 7,250,000 935,000 920,500 7,783,000 4,175,000 143,000 3,000,000 185,336 46,500 $24,438,336

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LegraLeGra @atthenius.bsky.social · 21d
In 1997: some kid hadn’t started school& majored in geophysics at Rice& decided to do a senior project on the Orinoco

Can’t find that text, But, remember comparing Venezuela heavy oil to Canadian tar sands & speculating about CO2 injection

That issue remains 🧐

If only there were another way
🌞 🌬️

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · Jul 29
WABC TV - A man armed with a long gun and wearing body armor entered 345 Park Ave. where opened fire, killing an off-duty NYPD officer who was working a security detail before continuing his rampage […]
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LegraLeGra @atthenius.bsky.social · Jul 28
Who knew 2025 tariffs et al would impact (price out) some of the top food greenhouse gas producers… but here we are. 

Popsci: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46459714

Orig:
https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b0b53649-5e93-4415-bf07-6b0b1227172f/files/m13e577c73b56987e9c3e8eeb47ca6e74
The figure in my brain when I read this post - top land use change food based greenhouse gas emitters. Meat beef at the top. So is chocolate. And even coffee is up there too. 🧐

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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jul 28
For East Harlem, there are two alignment scenarios
1) Seaward
2) Landward
For waterfront greenway interested folks #bikenyc #nyc , the seaward seems like an option w space for a bike road between the highway and East/Harlem Rivers. Plus there is a bigger area […]

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Image of the Harlem River in the 140's/150's with a green area shaded of reduced risk. The left is the landward alignment, the right is the seaward alignment. There is more green area (reduced risk) of the seaward alignment. Aerial view and cross section of the landward alignment. It is basically a REALLY BIG concrete barrier in the highway itself, with no buttressing of the seawall. Figure 14/15: The Seaward Alignment. Upper figure is the Cross section, lower figure is an aerial view. This would go from MTA’s 148th Street Rail Yard to the northern end of NYCHA’s Rangel Houses property, tying into high ground at +15.6 feet NAVD88 or greater, with the top of the wall elevation at +17.5 feet NAVD88. The NYNJHATS East Harlem Action area begins where the current Harlem River Greenway ends. The Seaward Alignment looks like it could add to the greenway. The NYNJHATS East Harlem Action area begins where the current Harlem River Greenway ends. The Seaward Alignment looks like it could add to the greenway.

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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jul 28
NY&NJ Harbor&Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study Draft Report was just released.
In it, US Army Core of Engineers looks at seawalls and similar to mitigate coastal storm surge risk in the #nyc metro

Public comment period July 24, 2025 – August 25, 2025 […]

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Figure 1 from the NYNJHATS report is a map of the study area -- NYC metro plus up the Hudson River. Sea level projections for The Battery NYC for 2020-2080 range from 0.5 foot to 4 feet.

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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · Jul 27
Could San Diego stop installing these door-zone bike lanes already. Today I was riding my e-bike just outside of the bike lane to stay out of the door zone. So a psycho driving a car rode my @ss and honked most of the block from Meade to ECB, even though I was going nearly the speed limit.
Door-zone bike lane on southbound Florida in San Diego between Meade and El Cajon Boulevard.

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legraLeGra @atthenius.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jun 30
I got to know @kathhayhoe writing for the 4th National Climate Assessment.

The National Climate Assessment serves regular Americans.

It translates jargon-y, global predictions from the IPCC- intergovernmental panel on climate change - into digestible […]

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Image of the BlueSky post from Katherine Hayhoe. It says The US Global Change Research Program's website, including all its sub-domains that host the National Climate Assessments and related reports, is now offline. The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research finding be available to all federal agencies & departments. It then has a picture that says (cut and paste from https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/169): Global Change Research Act of 1990 - Title I: United States Global Change Research Program - Directs the President ['and appointed council to'], ...to increase the effectiveness and productivity of Federal global change research efforts. ... to establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change. ... to develop a National Global Change Research Plan for implementation of the Program ... ...