Colette Heald

Another terrifying article about Stardust, with (what I think is) some new info:
- they claim they'll finally release info on their secret particles starting in early 2026
- they plan a first atmospheric test in 2027
- they've been funding academic research (with one PI named)

Haida Raven
Bill Reid ~ Haida
1972

If you work on sources and impacts of VOCs (biogenic or anthropogenic) from measurement to modeling perspectives please submit an abstract to our atmospheric organics session at #EGU26! Our invited speakers are @dbm.bsky.social and @jacquirickard.bsky.social See you in Vienna! tinyurl.com/55vda8u7

Thanks to Chuck Schumer, the assembly line at the Lucy/Charlie Brown football meme factory has broken down. Folks are advised to look for other metaphors until service can be restored.

The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette He films people breaking his self-created ‘laws’ of street decorum and posts the videos online – with many viewers expressing their gratitude. So watch out if you’re rushing along on your phone or whe...

I approve of pavement vigilantism! It’s chaos out there! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Britain’s two-party politics is fragmenting: what unintended consequences await? | Andy Beckett On one hand, no more safe seats or long careers could mean less complacency. On the other, no big parties could mean greater corporate influence, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

I imagine that Brits trying to understand a fractured party system could look at Canadian political history.

Though recent Canadian history might suggest that party consolidation (at least under FPTP) is inevitable.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

a graphic showing the pantone numbers for the two core colors of the toronto blue jays. they are skydome blue (pantone 293) and Stieb Navy (pantone 282)

a hat and canvas tote with the pantone number for Dodger Blue (294 C)

I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.

It’s okay, Jays. You’ll get ‘em in game four, which starts ten minutes from now.

Nēnē says hello

Up to $40 million in federal funding fuels research to revolutionize clean indoor air With the contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, an interdisciplinary research team led by Virginia Tech and Linsey Marr will create a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants t...

Could a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants monitor and improve the quality of the air indoors? (Where Americans spend 90 percent of their time!)

An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏

Diindiisi - Blue Jay
Luke Swinson ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors “With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

More data centres -> more F-gases -> more climate impact + more TFA #PFAS

Autumn Trees, Mulmur Twp - Ontario
Alan C. Collier
1987

America’s brain drain

No words

Northern Lake
Lawren Harris
1923

Happy to see that MIT just rejected Trump's “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education":

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

"With respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

MIT showing the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

📢 Excited to announce Prof. Juliane L. Fry from Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands as our next speaker for the #ReCLEAN Seminar Series.

📅 Tuesday, October 14 at 1 pm (13:00 CEST) via Zoom: epfl.zoom.us/j/6916007109...

💡 More info about ReCLEAN: reclean.epfl.ch

A prayer more than an interview. Amen.

Giorgio Iemmolo, is learning possible without writing? AI chatbots are taking over writing for students and researchers. Linguist Giorgio Iemmolo explains what we are jeopardising in the interest of efficiency gains.

"If we leave writing to AI chatbots, we won't just lose a craft and the skills. Because writing is more than that. Writing is thinking", argues Giorgio Iemmolo, Director of the Language Centre at ETH and the University of Zurich.
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What is your opinion?

London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.

184 years earlier than predicted, London has met the legal limits for toxic NO2 for the first time.

This historic milestone proves that bold action like expanding ULEZ works, protecting children’s health and giving millions cleaner air to breathe.

Main Grape Varieties in Alsace, 1968-2022. Riesling's amazing surge from #3 to the undisputed #1. And Sylvaner's abysmal decline from #1 to #7.

PhD Position in Atmospheric Chemistry

We have a new PhD project to study ozone formation from fires. If interested in atmospheric chemistry, fires, living in Zurich, and studying at ETH, consider applying here: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal
John Little
1963

🎉🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to Dave Lawrence @ncar-ucar.bsky.social @ncar-cgd.bsky.social for being honored as a 2025 @agu.org Fellow! 🎉🎉

Dave is a CESM Chief Scientist at NSF NCAR, and serves as LEAP's NCAR Model Development Liaison. Well done + well-deserved, Dave!

🏆 AGU is excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 Union Medals, Awards and Prizes; Fellows; and Section Awards and Lectures. Honorees will be recognized this December in New Orleans, LA at #AGU25.

🎖️👉 View the 2025 Honorees: buff.ly/eQSk1xJ

The kids, as they often are, are all right

Re-Examining Chemical Conditions of Past Chamber Studies of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation The simulation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in 3D models generally relies on measurements made in laboratory chamber studies. However, many of the laboratory studies that underpin the aerosol pa...

Our paper examining the chemical conditions of past chamber studies is out! This work explores assumptions made when creating SOA parametrizations based on laboratory data, and can hopefully point to ways of improving model representation of SOA.
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

IT IS TIME.