Absolutely loved visiting Hong Kong in 2018 and 2019. Such a fantastic city and so glad I could visit before the recent annexation.

Graphic announcing a Knauss Fellowship Informational Webinar hosted by Minnesota Sea Grant on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. CT.

🌊 Want to work at the intersection of science & policy in D.C.?

Join MNSG on April 16 at our free webinar to learn about the #Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship! This 1-year paid fellowship matches grad students with federal hosts in Washington, D.C. 🏛️

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#WaterSky

I’m struck by the smiles from military staff in these pics. They have a hard job I wish wasn’t needed - and which the administration has clearly abused in recent weeks. These are the smiles of people who know they just participated in a good thing…

KEEN has joined the Save the Forest Service movement!!

Awesome photo by Cody Hammer on Threads!

I got out and saw some skunk cabbage today so yeah, it's bog time.

The emperor has no clothes.

Time for the #25thAmendment. Congress and the Cabinet must act.

Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. In FY 2027, NSF will close-out this directorate. Continuing grants that align with Administration priorities, such as in behavioral and cognitive science, and all impacted employees will be transferred to other parts of the agency. The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics will operate independently of the directorates and continue to be supported through the R&RA appropriation.

Once again it is time to contract your representatives: The FY27 budget request for NSF (see nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...) would get rid of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.

The First Post-Reality Political Campaign Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is waging cognitive warfare on a new scale.

JD Vance is heading to Hungary to endorse Viktor Orban after Easter. Here is a description of the corrupt regime, and the post-reality campaign, that the US administration now supports:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Mmm... Reminds me of a medieval Area X.
𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓻𝓾𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓬𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓻 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓭...

And moreover, *not* bankrupting the original producers of these chemicals.

Dupont was actually quite ingenious and saw this problem coming. Instead of just hiring lobbyists, they purchased every water treatment company they could and have really profited off their own pollution.

It shifts the regulatory and financial burden from upstream generators to downstream users - meaning municipal ratepayers will pay in lieu of manufacturers like 3M/Dupont. (1/2)

This less focuses on hormones but other constituents of emerging concerns (CECs), such as PFAS and other polyflouroalkyl compounds like Teflon, firefighting foam, and rain-resistant material, as well as micro plastics.

They are bioaccumulators and can cause everything from cancer to birth defects.

As a water and wastewater commissioning operator, I've commissioning two AOP/CEC-reducing facilities. The technology and processes are totally there, but you (on your utility bill) can expect to see a three to tenfold increase in your bill depending on age of facility and available grants/funding.

It shifts the regulatory and financial burden from upstream generators to downstream users - meaning municipal ratepayers will pay in lieu of manufacturers like 3M/Dupont. (1/2)

As a water and wastewater commissioning operator, I've commissioning two AOP/CEC-reducing facilities. The technology and processes are totally there, but you (on your utility bill) can expect to see a three to tenfold increase in your bill depending on age of facility and available grants/funding.

It shifts the regulatory and financial burden from upstream generators to downstream users - meaning municipal ratepayers will pay in lieu of manufacturers like 3M/Dupont. (1/2)

💯 DOJ lawyers and FBI agents around the country who were fired or pushed out under Bondi’s weak leadership are having a small moment of satisfaction. But Congress needs to do its job and protect what remains. ⚖️

Wow, absolute new favorite of yours!

Where is it based off of?

There is a reason New Mexicans see Texas as our biggest threat. Sub-state imperialism is apparently a thing!

Oh my god yes. When we were hiking though Alaska and the Yukon we hit Alpenglow in Haines, AK and had the best salad I've ever had in my life.
Their goat cheese and homemade sauce was so effing good.

The larger lesson of the Jones Act waiver is straightforward. It will provide real, if temporary, economic benefits. But it also amounts to an implicit acknowledgment that the Jones Act itself is a supply chain impediment, writes Cato’s Colin Grabow.

www.cato.org/blog/latest-...

If the Drukhari had access to leopard print I'm pretty sure they'd rock it - it causes emotional damage to others while asserting fashion dominance.

42/ Why This Time is Different

"Rapidan Energy Group's proprietary historical disruption dataset – covering every major supply event since 1950– confirms that Gulf War III has exceeded any prior disruption by more than 2X"

Great rprt by Bob McNally. Share widely
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

2/2
Excellent takeaways in addition to the actual report!
As we move into a more disrupted climate, the spread and mutation of lower-impact 'seasonal' viruses should be carefully monitored.
The childcare points were also great comments.
Have ya'll ever processed raw WW from daycares?

"...suggesting that the unusually extended 2024 season may signal a loss of the regular biennial rhythm.2 Such deviations are epidemiologically important ... highlighting the power of wastewater data as a complementary source to investigate these patterns."
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Portents nowadays are hella easy - grift, suffering, and conflict are status quo, no blood moon required!

That said I'd love to catch one of these (outside of wildfire season)!

These Drones Are Not Built to Kill Ukrainian deminers are deploying drones to clear the remnants of Russia's full-scale invasion—protecting communities and reclaiming land.

NEW: Ukrainian deminers are deploying drones to clear the remnants of Russia's full-scale invasion — protecting communities and reclaiming land.

This dispatch by our Editor-at-Large Kang-Chun Cheng @kcchengphoto.bsky.social is produced by @icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social and co-published by The Xylom.

That's freaking dope!

It's all about priorities. Save people's lives, or get places faster