Aatish Bhatia
@aatishb.bsky.social
I'm a journalist, teacher and scientist. I make explainers and interactive graphics.
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Aatish Bhatia
@aatishb.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Some personal news: I've left my job at @upshot.nytimes.com. Grateful to have spent four and a half years learning from such brilliant and kind colleagues. I'm taking some time to read, learn, and work on my own creative projects.
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Last night I set up my telescope so we could all watch the planets while waiting for the new year to arrive.
After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa. #astrophotography
Happy New Year everyone!
After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa. #astrophotography
Happy New Year everyone!
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Last night I set up my telescope so we could all watch the planets while waiting for the new year to arrive.
After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa. #astrophotography
Happy New Year everyone!
After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa. #astrophotography
Happy New Year everyone!
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ye shall soon be initiated into certain facts hitherto pretty generally unknown
January 2, 2026 at 3:47 AM
ye shall soon be initiated into certain facts hitherto pretty generally unknown
I love how well every step is explained here. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol_Q...
How to Master the Omurice Omelet
YouTube video by ChefSteps
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December 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I love how well every step is explained here. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol_Q...
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New York City was bracing on Friday for its biggest snowfall in more than three years. The area in and around the city was expected to get 6 to 9 inches of snow over the weekend, with up to 10 inches predicted in some areas.
How New York Is Preparing for Its First Major Snowstorm in Years
Streets were brined, plows were ready and flights were canceled as the metropolitan region braced for up to 10 inches of snow.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
New York City was bracing on Friday for its biggest snowfall in more than three years. The area in and around the city was expected to get 6 to 9 inches of snow over the weekend, with up to 10 inches predicted in some areas.
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maybe don't replace your office workers with LLMs, one just called me to tell me to bring "a valid photo Idaho" to my appointment tomorrow
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
maybe don't replace your office workers with LLMs, one just called me to tell me to bring "a valid photo Idaho" to my appointment tomorrow
This is pretty amazing: poloclub.github.io/transformer-... A basic language model (GPT-2 small) that runs in the browser, with all of its calculations visualized.
Transformer Explainer: LLM Transformer Model Visually Explained
An interactive visualization tool showing you how transformer models work in large language models (LLM) like GPT.
poloclub.github.io
December 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is pretty amazing: poloclub.github.io/transformer-... A basic language model (GPT-2 small) that runs in the browser, with all of its calculations visualized.
“He was the kind of guy who went up to the chalkboard and started writing out equations and explaining everything” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
Slain M.I.T. Professor Was a ‘Brilliant Scientist’ and a Beloved Colleague
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December 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“He was the kind of guy who went up to the chalkboard and started writing out equations and explaining everything” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
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![Comic. [Equation [rjf = 2GM / (4.5 m/s)2] with small drawing showing a circle with the radius delineated. On top of the circle there is an arc showing a small frog jumping and landing with RIBBIT and PLOP sound effects.] [caption] More practically useful than the Schwarzschild radius, the *Jumping Frog Radius* is the radius at which an object’s gravitational pull is so strong that even a champion jumping frog can’t escape.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreie7ex2amt4r4e6xhwf2pvxfejdyi6mv56d3hdfha64wjmp3gkltti@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Change in employment since Trump took office, by sector. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
December 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Change in employment since Trump took office, by sector. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.
Very moving documentary filmed over 14 years that follows three kids who grew up poor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTbo...
Born Poor (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Very moving documentary filmed over 14 years that follows three kids who grew up poor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTbo...
There's some wisdom here: www.joanwestenberg.com/thin-desires...
Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life
The defining experience of our age seems to be hunger.
We're hungry for more, but we have more than we need.
We're hungry for less, while more accumulates and multiplies.
We're hungry and we don'...
www.joanwestenberg.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
There's some wisdom here: www.joanwestenberg.com/thin-desires...
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Nearly all weather, climate, & natural hazard research involves NCAR in some way-either directly (as is the case with countless affiliated scientists at universities or elsewhere) or indirectly (through use of NCAR's irreplaceable community datasets, predictive models, or its computing facilities).
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Nearly all weather, climate, & natural hazard research involves NCAR in some way-either directly (as is the case with countless affiliated scientists at universities or elsewhere) or indirectly (through use of NCAR's irreplaceable community datasets, predictive models, or its computing facilities).
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I'm not sure most folks are aware of the immense magnitude of loss this would entail for the global weather and climate community, and beyond. NCAR has played a greater cumulative role in advancing weather prediction and atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world.
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I'm not sure most folks are aware of the immense magnitude of loss this would entail for the global weather and climate community, and beyond. NCAR has played a greater cumulative role in advancing weather prediction and atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world.
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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Concept art by Lou Romano for The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005), created by Craig McCracken, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
December 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Concept art by Lou Romano for The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005), created by Craig McCracken, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
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We've gotten absolutely pummeled with rain in the PNW, but all that water is running right out again (through houses and farms and towns...).
What we really need is snow, to hold the moisture in place and get us through our dry summers, but that will get more and more rare as the climate warms.
What we really need is snow, to hold the moisture in place and get us through our dry summers, but that will get more and more rare as the climate warms.
Snowpack off to a terrible start across the Western U.S. with no relief in sight.
December 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We've gotten absolutely pummeled with rain in the PNW, but all that water is running right out again (through houses and farms and towns...).
What we really need is snow, to hold the moisture in place and get us through our dry summers, but that will get more and more rare as the climate warms.
What we really need is snow, to hold the moisture in place and get us through our dry summers, but that will get more and more rare as the climate warms.
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Here's the research: www.joinclassaction.us/post/the-use...
The Use and Abuse of Early Decision in College Admissions
The Use and Abuse of Early Decision explains the early decision admissions process and analyzes its use in college admissions in 2024–25. It documents a growing tendency of highly selective colleges a...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Here's the research: www.joinclassaction.us/post/the-use...
Me too! There's one that comes by my balcony every morning and its so cute and charming.
My favorite winter birds are the Dark-Eyed Juncos. They are always active and make cute little chittery sounds. I'm always a little sad in spring when they disappear. 🪶
December 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Me too! There's one that comes by my balcony every morning and its so cute and charming.
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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adding AI hacker to my resume
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
adding AI hacker to my resume
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
"A squircle is a shape intermediate between a square and a circle." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squircle
December 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"A squircle is a shape intermediate between a square and a circle." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squircle