For my Pacific Grove, CA friends and those that were fans of the old la Crema. They've reopened at a new location at Lovers Point. Menu Peek as Crema Lovers Point Opens April 1 - Edible Monterey Bay share.google/UwTqJvgLPav1...
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Came across this ... The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.
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The Tassajara zendo burned down completely last night. Very sad news.
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Eliot Jacobson: Global sea surface temperatures continue breaking daily records, with Mar. 23 having a preliminary SST of 21.141°C, ahead of the previous daily record of 21.118°C set in 2024. This graph shows how fast SSTs are rising compared to pre-2023 temperatures.
The 2026 Marine Imaging Workshop from May 19-21 in Gibraltar is now open for registration: miw2026.org/registration...
You've found your peeps!
A little timeline cleanse: "Rare footage captures a ‘charismatic’ baby animal swimming in Monterey Bay"
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This post kicked off a really illuminating and helpful conversation in how we talk about and use #AI4good for 🌊🦑. Bottom line: We must do better because we can’t afford not to. Stay tuned for an AMA where we will do a deep dive (pun def intended) on our #DeployableAI and #FathomNet projects!!
Take a quick 5‑minute survey that directly impacts Scala’s roadmap, libraries, and tooling. This short survey evaluates Scala adoption and usage among developers.
Scala Survey 2026 is brought to you by VirtusLab and Scala Center.
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A line curve showing number of awards for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025 across NSF. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies well below curves for other fiscal years.
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
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#FathomNet has a new Kaggle competition. We’re tackling one of the biggest challenges in computer vision for marine imagery: incomplete labels. I can't fit a full description on bluesky, so head over to www.kaggle.com/competitions... for all the details.
Wow.
Hey ChatGPT, create a a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me
it does feel fundamentally dysfunctional, right, to beg lawmakers to use the law to force law enforcement to obey the law
... my spelling is really atrocious today :-(
I changed it to "Streamlined" :-) My mail feed is WAAAAY too much to read and gets very repetitive.
Short of "Simplified feed". People I enjoy reading. I really do need to change the name don't I??
The US is leaving some of the world’s oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation
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Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does.
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
I ❤️ my 2011 manual fit too.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ~ George Orwell, 1984
California residents can now request all data brokers delete personal info | Discussion
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
The R/V David Packard at 5AM in its berth in Moss Landing, CA. The ship is self-lit against a dark sky.
An early morning photo of the R/V David Packard
Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.
Scientist at #AGU25 are speaking out to #SaveNCAR. Join more than 2000 of your colleagues to call or email your members of Congress to ask them to support NCAR today: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
Abstract submissions for the 2026 Marine Imaging Workshop in Gibraltar is now open; the deadline for submission is January 30th, 2026. miw2026.org
This international Workshops assembles scientists and engineers to push the boundaries of marine imaging.
I just got back from Victoria, BC. A city I visit often. I'm always impressed by how many people commute by bike there. And it's not an accident, the city has invested in an amazing biking infrastructure that other North American cities could learn from: youtu.be/FKMDMekErQ0