Andrea Bonime-Blanc

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A majestic Great Blue Heron in full feathered regalia today in Central Park amongst geese & duck, ice & -4 Fahrenheit windchills waiting for the monster snowstorm heading our way Sunday.

The best real & virtual timeline cleanse ever given the awful & unrelenting political news cycle.

Stop talking and start walking

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.

Good morning members of the GOP in Congress. Today would be a good day for you to wake up.

You know they will. All cowards right now.

Never has a President wagged a dog harder than Trump and MAGA now.

To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.

And there it is.

Happy new year to all people of good will here and everywhere from a gorgeous Northern Shoveler preening & primping in the Central Park Reservoir in New York city ❤️

Manhattan skyline from the Central Park reservoir looking south

A gorgeous male northern shoveler primping and preening

My pre-new year resolution is to post more here - about my 2 passions: 1. writing on governance of change & how we accomplish it (including via “Governing Pandora”new book out
2.2.26) & 2. nature & city-scape photography starting today w/2 photos on a glorious frigid morning in Central Park.

Bound for Antarctica: A Voyage to Earth’s End Is Underway

Bound for Antarctica: A Voyage to Earth’s End Is Underway www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/c...

This is what I’m reading on this fine snowy morning in NYC

Check out my latest article “The Case for More Empathic Polymaths in Tech Leadership” for @illuminem where I name names, suggest solutions and point to more hopeful tech leaders (based on my forthcoming book “Governing Pandora”)

illuminem.com/illuminemvoi...

press.georgetown.edu/Book/Governi...

My new book with Georgetown University Press out 2.2.26

“GOVERNING PANDORA: LEADING IN THE AGE OF GENERATIVE AI & EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGY”.

Preorder (30% discount) here: press.georgetown.edu/Book/Governi...

Below my kitty pretending to be Schrödinger’s cat 🐱📦 💻

@hclaggett.bsky.social ❤️🙏🏼 🚀

Just got my first box of copies of my brand new book GOVERNING PANDORA officially out on 2.2.26 with Georgetown University Press - my kitty helped to unpack the box (sort off)

🙏🏼 to my wonderful editor @hclaggett.bsky.social for the foresight / nudge / invitation to write this book 2 years ago! ❤️

Thanks so much for putting this starter pack of Georgetown University Oress authors tugether @hclaggett.bsky.social - proud and honored to be in such amazing company! 🙏🏼

OMG dear @hclaggett.bsky.social what a lovely Christmas 🎄surprise to see your post just now 😍 I must say the book blends in nicely with the festive holiday colors 😂 - it has been a fabulous journey to work with you and the @Georgetown University Press team over the past 2 years! ❤️

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

Thank you for your observation.

But now can you please do:

What are the legal and / or constitutional actions that can be taken against these presidential edicts that do not seem based on facts or laws?

Can a President simply unleash the military against citizens for no reason???

Hey Democratic Party!!! How is this ok if the guy not only made the Nazi salute but is reportedly responsible for 300,000 deaths of children who depended on USAID???

Not OK democrats - NOT OK

What??

The hubris

Yeah. Revolutionary. Moving right along…

Ya think?

What an embarrassing excuse for a “commerce secretary”. Ugh.

Brilliant. And they call the guy behind these a “genius”? Hmm 🧐

Yeah - who knew?? 🧐

This dangerous, incompetent, careless, narcissistic, reverse DEI, treasonous idiot shouldn’t be anywhere near the halls of power.

Instead he should be investigated and probably prosecuted for national security crimes.

Enough already.

A post from Pop Base (@PopBase ) on X reads: "Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was detained in Florida under a state anti-immigration law — even after his birth certificate and Social Security card were presented in court. He was charged under a law that was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on April 4th, before his arrest. He’s now been released and reunited with his family." Below the text, there is an image of a young man and a woman hugging in a restaurant, with tables, chairs, and a window with a fast-food advertisement in the background.

If you so much as look like you might be a migrant, your rights are subject to the whims of ICE and the courts now. Be careful out there. Have people ready on speed dial who can help.