David Mechem
@dbmechem.bsky.social
Atmospheric Science, motorcycles, electric bass, baking, bicycling, F1, Moby Dick enthusiast, Oxford comma now and forever. My views, not my employer's.
Environmental science
48%
Geology
20%
David Mechem
@dbmechem.bsky.social
· Jul 19
DS9 is great and probably more your speed: Politically interesting, nuanced and flawed characters, grittier.
David Mechem
@dbmechem.bsky.social
· Jul 11
Clarke's Third Law is "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" and best describes my relationship with Raman lidar retrievals.
David Mechem
@dbmechem.bsky.social
· May 19
Bonkers. What does 'success' look like in this kind of situation?
Reposted by David B. Mechem
Passion or Pragmatism - Advice For Aspiring Scientists Right Now
As the research and federal landscapes shift, some students are questioning the viability of scientific careers. Here's some advice.
www.forbes.com
Inspired by my earlier thoughts today, a childhood bee sting, and something a colleague Paul Walsh said, my weekend thoughts in Forbes dot com offers advice for aspiring scientists right now. And perhaps for seasoned ones too.
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David Mechem
@dbmechem.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Yeah, I always due global search and replace to change it to a single space😬. I came up in the fixed-pitch IBM Selectric era, but long ago I was persuaded that one space was correct and thereafter untrained myself out of two spaces.
David Mechem
@dbmechem.bsky.social
· Feb 14
This helps keep them awake in class 😅.
About our agency
NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep the public informed of the changing environment aro...
www.noaa.gov
“Why do I need NOAA? I’ve got a weather app.”
Is equivalent to asking
“Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.”
www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...
Is equivalent to asking
“Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.”
www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...
David Mechem
@dbmechem.bsky.social
· Jan 25
Oh dang, that's brutal 😢.