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Writing ArcPy and realizing that having \n in a filepath creates a new line during parsing, which means you have to rename all files to not start with "n" because who decided filenames contained within quotes should be parsed that way???

Taxpayers spent millions to train diplomats in critical skills and key languages like Chinese, Arabic, and Russian. Then the State Department fired 250 of them. How's that for "strategic?"

From the data we've collected from fired State employees, here's what was lost on 7/11:

—20 Chinese speakers
—17 Russian/Ukrainian speakers
—14 Arabic speakers
—4 Farsi speakers
—4 Korean speakers
And that’s only a partial list.
At a time of shifting alliances, we've traded expertise for chaos.

Death is an inevitable fact of life

For the first time in 24 years I am "migraine free" (average <1/month).

I used to average 3-4 per week.

The worst part? What works is a medication I tried as a teenager that I know works, but was too expensive to continue at the time.

At least I'm migraine free now.

If the minor hallucination rate is >5% it's worth noting.

How much have you tested so far?

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At least they tried to include Wyoming?

The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting.

Did you see what Columbia University paid???

If they respond with anything less the secret police will show up...

Wow

USGS cuts would jeopardize leading wildlife research - The Wildlife Society The loss of personnel and entire research arms would affect our ability to monitor wildlife populations

If you like endangered species staying alive, fisheries not collapsing, public lands not being clear cut, diseases not spreading wildly, snd egg prices not increasing, contact your local representatives to stress the importance of funding science in this country. Or run for office yourself!

The ECMWF #AIWeatherQuest – an international machine learning competition endorsed by the @wmo-global.bsky.social is now underway.
Join the 7 May webinars to learn more about the Testing Period!
• 08:00–09:00 UTC: events.ecmwf.int/event/469/
• 14:00–15:00 UTC: events.ecmwf.int/event/470/

YouTube video by Steven C. - Topic What the World Needs Now Is Love (Instrumental Version)

Let's start the week off with some positivity and a reminder

youtu.be/3skte8Ui0gI

Twelve polar stereographic maps showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in the Arctic from April 2025 to March 2025. Blue shading is shown for colder anomalies, and red shading is shown for warmer anomalies. All months are warmer than average overall. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline.

The patterns of temperature anomalies across the #Arctic region over the last 12 months...

Data using @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis with a 1981-2010 reference period.

Policy change starts with scientists like you.

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There are some great resources through the Harvard Medical School Library :)

When it comes to CoS, do not talk about it online. I say that with love.

Looking forward to it! You're in the Boston Area?

Oh, it's a very arguable statement. It's better to follow the wikipedia rabbit hole, I promise. I'm trying not to get myself on any more watchlists.

There's a lot to unpack here. The CoS are harmful to their members and the public (ask the people of Clearwater, FL). Most religions are not harmful to their members or the public.

We can fall down a rabbit hole that's not safe to talk about online/in text, so: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult

As fun as a protest against their tax exempt status would be, right now is not a great time because it would distract from the Bernie Sanders to Actual Murder-Fascism pipeline that's been rehearsed twice already and is playing out a third time as we speak.

How uninformed does someone have to be to assume everyone with the same last name is a direct relative of the other?

Last names, especially post immigration from non-English speaking countries, are complicated and people are apparently very very very ignorant.

‍👩‍🌾 The flow of aid towards women’s empowerment in agrifood systems has plateaued.

Learn how we can turn the tide on this trend:

▶️ gender bonds
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#CommitToGrowEquality

Eruption of Dukono volcano in Indonesia.

Image taken by Sentinel-2 on April 14, 2025.

My heart is broken for the United States and the world.

Editorial: How to read science news Trustworthy science coverage is more than facts, think about how a news outlet writes its stories and its promises to you

News literacy is part of scientific literacy, so the staff of C&EN want to give you a short primer on how we tend to structure our articles. cen.acs.org/education/sc... #chemsky🧪 #scicomm

An Earth Day 2025 puzzle - please DM for accessible accommodation for low/no vision. Text says "Perhaps an alchemist can turn what poisons the earth into gold"

Here's a belated #EarthDay2025 puzzle. I had trouble posting it on Tuesday for some reason. Can you find what the two symbol sets have in common? What do the symbols mean?

Due to the nature of the puzzle, I'll need to design accessible accommodations on a case by case basis based on needs

A global assessment of preferential access areas for small-scale fisheries - npj Ocean Sustainability npj Ocean Sustainability - A global assessment of preferential access areas for small-scale fisheries

MGEL researchers co-authored the first global assessment of Preferential Access Areas—a critical but overlooked spatial tool to secure ocean space for small-scale fisheries

📖 Read the study: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#SmallScaleFisheries #OceanGovernance #BlueEconomy

From NASA to NOAA. The scientists and science that were and may never be. What an embarrassing, unnecessary, and harmful loss for the country.