Christopher Michael
@michaelcem.bsky.social
Out there: Geospatial. Dad life.
On here: Mainly for jokes and the sportsball
On here: Mainly for jokes and the sportsball
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
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October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
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"America’s global classroom is emptying" qz.com/internationa...
August 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"America’s global classroom is emptying" qz.com/internationa...
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Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
www.curbed.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
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The St. Louis lab is a crucial part of the FDA's Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, employing 70 scientists and 10 researchers. It's an ISO-certified testing and research facility serving multiple FDA offices
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DOGE terminates lease on FDA quality lab in St. Louis and 29 other sites
DOGE says that it has terminated the leases of 30 FDA offices and buildings, including a 52,000 square-foot St. Louis-based lab that operates under the FDA's Office of Pharmaceutical Quality.
endpts.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The St. Louis lab is a crucial part of the FDA's Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, employing 70 scientists and 10 researchers. It's an ISO-certified testing and research facility serving multiple FDA offices
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Government efficiency is when every federal agency has to send a daily emergency email to its workers telling them to ignore another daily email from a different department trying to fire them without knowing what their jobs are.
February 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Government efficiency is when every federal agency has to send a daily emergency email to its workers telling them to ignore another daily email from a different department trying to fire them without knowing what their jobs are.
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“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
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This is as good a time as any to revisit the history of the creation of the NSF. It was inspired by a request from FDR after World War II to Vannevar Bush (Matthew Modine in "Oppenheimer"), who responded in a classic letter now known as "Science: The Endless Frontier". It is very inspiring.
January 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is as good a time as any to revisit the history of the creation of the NSF. It was inspired by a request from FDR after World War II to Vannevar Bush (Matthew Modine in "Oppenheimer"), who responded in a classic letter now known as "Science: The Endless Frontier". It is very inspiring.
@matsheltoneide.bsky.social VCU -10?!?! What did Vegas know and when did they know it?
January 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@matsheltoneide.bsky.social VCU -10?!?! What did Vegas know and when did they know it?
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Read this prescient feature from @pollymosendz.bsky.social and @eroston.bsky.social on the pressure climate change puts on insurance and mortgages in turn, published a few weeks ago. www.bloomberg.com/features/202... 🎁
The 30-Year Mortgage Wasn’t Designed for Climate Chaos
As house-demolishing weather becomes increasingly common, more Americans will find themselves without a safety net.
www.bloomberg.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Read this prescient feature from @pollymosendz.bsky.social and @eroston.bsky.social on the pressure climate change puts on insurance and mortgages in turn, published a few weeks ago. www.bloomberg.com/features/202... 🎁
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Not the biggest news today, but still worth noting: in the 119th Congress, Alabama will have two Black U.S. representatives serving together for the first time in history.
This didn't happen during Reconstruction. It took nearly 60 years after the Voting Rights Act, and lengthy litigation.
This didn't happen during Reconstruction. It took nearly 60 years after the Voting Rights Act, and lengthy litigation.
For 1st time in history, Alabama will have two Black U.S. House members serving together • Alabama Reflector
It's a milestone in a state that is 27% Black and where Black Alabamians have fought against voter suppression and disenfranchisement.
alabamareflector.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Not the biggest news today, but still worth noting: in the 119th Congress, Alabama will have two Black U.S. representatives serving together for the first time in history.
This didn't happen during Reconstruction. It took nearly 60 years after the Voting Rights Act, and lengthy litigation.
This didn't happen during Reconstruction. It took nearly 60 years after the Voting Rights Act, and lengthy litigation.
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tell drake. i want him to know it was me. i played that shit 837283 times
November 25, 2024 at 10:47 PM
tell drake. i want him to know it was me. i played that shit 837283 times
When the one volunteer shift at the youth concession stand emails to say your shift got cancelled.
a man with long hair is sitting in front of a laptop computer
ALT: a man with long hair is sitting in front of a laptop computer
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:39 PM
When the one volunteer shift at the youth concession stand emails to say your shift got cancelled.