David Mechem

DS9 is great and probably more your speed: Politically interesting, nuanced and flawed characters, grittier.

Clarke's Third Law is "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" and best describes my relationship with Raman lidar retrievals.

Bonkers. What does 'success' look like in this kind of situation?

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.

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.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

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.

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...

“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...

Oh dang, that's brutal 😢.