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Blue Ghost, in orbit about 100km above the moon:

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

Putting this on every self-eval now www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 5 days ago • 14 comments

Maybe it's just harassment, but IMO clearly the reason that a tiny team would send this email to 2 million people is to feed it into an LLM with the idea that the LLM will somehow help them identify who to fire. But I'm really hazy on what they'll prompt it with (and relatedly, how to game it).

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

This is reprehensible! We're talking about children who are otherwise alone and defenseless. Taking away their representation puts them at risk of trafficking and/or further abuse. The cruelty of this regime is bottomless. www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Opportunities for public commentary are infrequent yet crucial, and it's more important than ever to seize these moments. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is calling for input on an "AI Action Plan," a policy framework that will shape the direction of AI development, innovation, and governance

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

When I heard Musk say this on Tuesday, my assumption was that it was a programming issue. Because I can code and have written to databases and because I am familiar with other examples of default values being misinterpreted. Yet somehow Musk isn't.

submitted 15 days ago • 562 comments

Seeing many misunderstandings in posts and articles about #open-data , data.gov , and preserving U.S. gov #data, so wrote up a quick blog post to clarify common errors. Might be worth a skim if you are interested in, or writing about, these things. justingosses.com/blog/what-pe...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

At FEMA, I supervised feds and contractors critical to disaster response. Guess who builds the life-saving hurricane evacuation tool used by virtually every fed/state/local EOC? Guess who develops the NHC storm surge models? Guess who supports critical hurricane response plans? So who makes the cut?

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

DC PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THE OCEANS & CLIMATE Tomorrow @vanhollen.senate.gov & the #Chesapeake Climate Action Network are holding a press conference/rally in defense of #NOAA, outside the Department of Commerce. Tuesday, Feb 11, 2pm. 350 14th St NW. 🧪🌊🦑 Deets: www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

It's hard to overstate how massive of a disaster this will be

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

I have a confession . . . I was an “overhead cost”. I was a beaker washer, agar plate pourer, research secretary. I was paid by “overhead cost” fees. Loved it. Those “overhead cost” jobs allowed this rural kid to become a physician. Please tag how #OverheadCostJob impact u.

submitted 20 days ago • 30 comments

Please say that they are pulling back billions in $ committed to universities for important, life-saving research, $ that supports millions in the communities where these institutions operate. They are pulling back billions in committed funding &tanking entire communities across the country.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 20 days ago • 1024 comments

Messing around with scripts to measure historical changes in government #open-data datasets over time with @archive.org ‘s Wayback Machine API and per agency data.json’s that get harvested into data.gov. justingosses.com/blog/measuri...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

“We just work so much harder”, the minion running an automatic search and replace without reading anything opines smugly into the air.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Sigh. The planetary AG pages are now down: www.lpi.usra.edu/analysis/ They now divert to pages that say the website is under review.

submitted 25 days ago • 7 comments

Yikes!

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

One impact of the NSF freeze: They fund the small nonprofit, EarthScope, that manages seismic and GPS stations used worldwide to detect and warn of earthquakes and navigate autonomous vehicles. EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.

submitted 28 days ago • 35 comments

In 2014 Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside, to see if wild animals would use it like their domesticated counterparts. The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails. The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.

submitted 32 days ago • 82 comments

For context, when I was a contractor at NASA I referred to NODIS all the time to understand what was allowed, not allowed, required, etc. Not good that Trump administration took it down.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Bad news for Houston

submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments

Timeline cleanse ☃️😂 thanks @dwightsilverman.com @mattlanza.bsky.social @spacecitywx.bsky.social #houwx #housky Snow day in Houston

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Heads up for the Weather Community! You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!

submitted 38 days ago • 128 comments

The @protectdemocracy.org team has an excellent guide out today for federal civil servants to navigate this moment. Worth sharing to anyone who may be affected: open.substack.com/pub/protectd...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

If you live in #Houston and have kids, now is the time to locate cardboard boxes, lunch trays, and other sled suitable materials. Also, topography.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment