David Ho

How Paris beat the car Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model

Encore, s’il vous plaît.

Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War. The president told his White House team that Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait, the world’s most vital shipping lane.

Trump was totally wrong about how Iran would react to being bombed? You don’t say.

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

It's raining cats and dogs in Hawaiʻi. I live along a hillside, and water accumulates in the back of the house. My neighbor has been running a loud pump 24/7, but I know physics and have been siphoning the water like magic for the last day. Gravity is free. 😎

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What I shared is a gift link.

@davidho.bsky.social is absolutely right. NCAR isn't just a great institution in its own right, but vital for all of us Earth scientists at universities and institutions across the country and around the world. To learn more, watch the video below. Write to NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov today and #SaveNCAR !

You can see @agu.org's letter to NSF to get an idea about why it's important to keep NCAR intact:

news.agu.org/files/2026/0...

Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab

This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today.

You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov

White House plan to break up iconic U.S. climate lab moves forward Bidders have lined up to take over pieces of the National Center for Atmospheric Research

My latest for @science.org on the fraught future of NCAR as NSF's deadline nears. It can still go so many ways.

Raccoons will solve puzzles just for fun Raccoons might want to break into your trash can even without delicious leftovers inside

It's me, sitting on my couch doing my little crosswords and communing with lock-picking trash pandas everywhere 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...

Why hundreds of people in L.A. are strapping cameras on their bodies to do chores AI and robotics companies need data on movements in the physical world. Some are paying gig workers to record themselves cooking dinner and doing laundry.

I’d like to wear one to a faculty meeting so a robot can replace me there.

Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

Putin gives intelligence to the Iranians so they can better target the US and we reward him.

Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

Done!

Oil isn’t getting through the Strait of Hormuz but sunlight and wind are.

Rep. Neguse Calls For Inspector General Investigation Into OMB, National Science Foundation & Allegations of Potential Sale of NCAR to For-Profit Corporation Washington, D.C. — Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse wrote to the Inspector General of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and demanded an independent investigation into allegations of potentia...

This is potentially huge. A whistleblower reported that OMB officials proposed transferring NCAR’s space weather program to a private, for-profit company, violating NSF’s public comment period and statutory limits.

My bike commute to work has gotten so expensive since the war started. Just kidding, it's free.

It was, but it didn't work. Instead, it limits competition and mainly benefits a few large shipping companies. It has raised prices for consumers, especially in Hawaiʻi, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. By shrinking the fleet it was meant to protect, it increased truck traffic and CO₂ emissions.

Trump admin could suspend a century-old law in bid to curb oil prices The Trump administration is allegedly set to suspend the Jones Act, a century-old federal maritime law. A waiver would allow foreign tankers to transport cargo between US ports as oil prices remain ab...

Repeal the Jones Act you cowards.

SUV drivers could face extra charges for driving in London TfL are also poised to increase 20mph zones and cut speed limits on the capital’s fastest roads later this year

Yes! Do it!

Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case

It's only going to get worse as we replace actual (police) work with AI.

AMS Responds to NSF Regarding the Future of National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) YouTube video by American Meteorological Society

Dismantling NCAR would undermine US national security, properity and health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtBW...

The climate impacts of fossil fuel CO₂ will last longer than nuclear waste.

Same goes for Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Morocco, Belgium, Germany, Croatia, Senegal, Italy, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, and Japan. 🙃

Of all the good and bad things the Trump regime has done (just kidding there were no good things), DOGE will probably be the most destructive and we can’t ever let Elon Musk off the hook for that.

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.

Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Anything in your book about what happens if you butter the back of a cat before dropping?

Not too late

Oceanography, and specifically air-sea gas exchange in coastal and inland seas.