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Charles Rangel - Wikipedia

Espaillat may have been in politics a while, but not as a fed.

Remember Charlie Rangel? He died earlier this year and served as the Congressman for Upper Manhattan 1971-2017.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...

Pre-covid days, I would say Columbia and GISS were particularly aggressive interrupters. zoom mellowed us

It rubbed off on me- (sentimentally reminiscing) esp the crowded, boisterous precovid days of the old guys going after one another mid-seminar.

This is the equivalent of being interrupted during a presentation on something that is literally two slides down the road.

Personally, I prefer live talks for that very reason-- it is what separates engaging with people from simply speaking from a platform (video, or whatever).

The shielding from cars on the highway remains the guard rail and some green space.
Bsky edit purgatory- I said dot land not lanes.

No - there is a loophole in nyc law. Repairs on bike lanes on DOT land require a safe bypass.
But repairs on a parks owned greenway mean you are routed on to normal, bike lane free car streets.
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Across the whole of NYC— 500 lockers does not sound like nearly enough to match demand.

I learned over the summer that CCNY doesn’t allow evehicles inside. That’s become true of SO many buildings.

Hope you will not give up.

Exactly!! The Cherry Walk has had to close down twice now for repairs. Taking one lane here would make allow safe repairs, too.

We were advocating for concrete bollards & a teeny bit of asphalt to connect to the front of the Riverside/119th tennis courts (already a desire-line ped toe path).

Anyone who bikes around here knows- the only way to get to the Columbia campus from here is up a steep hill. This ramp makes the uptown bike commute to Columbia not only safer, avoiding Broadway, the low grade of this ramp makes this part of the park ADA accessible for all wheeled users.

For nearly 25yrs, I commuted from my neighborhood in Upper Manhattan to the Columbia U neighborhood of Morningside Heights.

Every time, I passed this odd, super-long, two lane wide exit ramp at 125St, I wondered why it couldn't be half-a-bike lane.

NYC said no, but nature says 'yes' (for now).

Devastating floods leaving long tail of destruction and impacts on Indonesia and Sri Lanka - this will not be over when the flood waters recede

The history of the United Palace Theater - its preservation and resurrection- is one of a community committed to the arts.

https://unitedpalace.org

Lady smiles with shot of elaborate ceiling molding of theater w dramatic lighting in back.

One of the most ornate and gorgeous theaters in NYC isn’t in Times Square.

It’s Uptown in Washington Heights, Manhattan - right near the George Washington Bridge.

Ringing in the holiday season with
The Nutcracker Ballet

🩰 🌉 🎄

https://nutcracker.com/buy-tickets/new-york-ny/

Go my Bothriolepis... This year's fish pecan pie! Bothriolepis was a peculiar-looking placoderm from the Devonian period or the Paleozoic. It had two long pointed pectoral fins and silly little eyes on top of its head.

#fossil #fish #paleontology #bothriolepis

Scientists reveal what triggered Santorini 'earthquake swarm' Thousands of earthquakes were caused by magma

Some coverage from the BBC on our Santorini swarm paper in Science (www.science.org/doi/full/10....). Features an interactive slider graphic showing the imaged magma dike intrusion using @alomaxnet.bsky.social's Coulomb-based seismicity-stress (CoulSeS) method.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NYC.

We need to make sure our own house is in order.

Not just Phoenix. Many cities have surfaces that hit this.

It’s not just asphalt.
Bare soil will get this temperature.

And - astroturf - even the new stuff.

In the direct sun, many surfaces without life’s evapotranspiration - even lowly grass - will fry an egg

Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)

RTs appreciated.

The big news on Copper is the NYCHA contract.

10,000 of these for $32 million

https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/About/Newsroom/2025-Announcements/2025-11-13-NYPA-NYCHA-and-NYSERDA-Announce-32-Million-Commitment-to-Electrify-Cooking-Appliances

I like the battery, but I’m less sold on the all in 1 stove

House Members Push For Strong NASA Science Budget Strong Final FY26 Appropriations for Space Science and Exploration.

House Members Push For Strong NASA Science Budget -- A press release from Representatives Chu, Bacon et al urges "Strong Final FY26 Appropriations for Space Science and Exploration." Full text and letter nasawatch.com/policy/house... #NASA

Unraveling the mysteries of ancient solar storms and earthquakes Tree-ring and planetary scientists are preparing for the big natural events thanks to a Big Idea Challenge grant and a new laboratory.

Unraveling the mysteries of ancient solar storms and earthquakes using tree rings research.arizona.edu/news/unravel...

Maybe in 48 days we will have a city administration that will give @nycschools.bsky.social students the playgrounds that are used as Free Car Parking

Climate and weather are distinct - the former depends most heavily on energy and mass fluxes in and out while The latter depends most on initial state. Both are governed by the same equations of motion.

Privately owned vehicle (POV) mileage reimbursement rates The following lists the Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) reimbursement rates for automobiles, motorcycles, and airplanes.

I guess a fair enough estimate of total cost is the opm rate.

14k*$0.70 =9.8 K= $9800

But maybe they used IRS reimbursement numbers not necessarily for 2025 (where $0.35 in the 202Xs seems reasonable)? That sounds like the right ballpark.

www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-...

Turkey tail mushroom looks like a rose on a fallen log.

Floral Mushrooms

CBH Talk | The Long Road to Change: A Screening and Discussion about NYC and Safe Streets | Brooklyn Public Library Ben Wolf’s new documentary, Changing Lanes, follows the multi-year fight to redesign Brooklyn’s notoriously dangerous McGuinness Boulevard from a high-speed four-lane thoroughfare into a safer, calmer...

Registered for interesting #CenterforBrooklynHistory talk “Long Road to Change: A Screening and Discussion about NYC and Safe Streets“ w Ben Wolf @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @emilyassembly.bsky.social @shabazzstuart.bsky.social and Kevin LaCherra @bklynlibrary.bsky.social #bikenyc

A year ago, I was so excited that The #NASAglobe citizen science program had moved its base to #cuny #nyc -

TIL it’s defunded.

Now we say “crowd sourced”

I feel grief; folks are trying to persist- this is the follow on ngo

https://nextgenglobe.org

Oddly, the site is blocked from my nasa device

Citibike map in Inwood with mostly full docks.

A citibike bill for nyc going from the battery to Inwood cost over $20 in July 2025

They’re all parked uptown.

Because folks up here are tired of citibike fleecing us (eg a ride I did in July from the battery to Inwood cost $20 - that’s traveling 11.5 mph which is supposedly an acceptable e-bike speed.)

Why is citibike prohibitively expensive?

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YouTube video by Mark Burns Critical Mass: A Night of Protest | NYC 2025

Check out this cool short film by Mark Burns (with your's truly🙂) Critical Mass: A Night of Protest | NYC 2025 youtu.be/5QS4s2AcEqM?...
#CriticalMassNYC #NYCTimesUp @transalt.org #bikenyc #Deliveristas #nycbikemessenger

Just finished listening to “can vaccines defeat cancer” episode.

The USA exporting our best and brightest minds abroad and out of the public (university / government) sector is a problem in so many fields right now.

It’s almost as if we want to be a backwater.