She was involved in this obs program www.o-snap.org - one of several to understand amoc
eg: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Another obs program for the upper arm had a mistakes in old calculations - its been "remarkably stable" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Of all the extremes that the next century will bring - amoc collapse is very low on my list of worries. (Amoc collapse was my PhD thesis.)
Been reading too many Susan Lozier papers lately I guess.
Blue-toned promo graphic for BetaNYC’s weekly newsletter reading “This week in NYC’s #CivicTech! Week 16 of 2026” over a photo of four people outdoors. A white text box lists highlights including Mamdani’s first 100 days, NYC blossom maps, Toronto’s AI gated community, an OTI GIS developer job, the Public Benefit Innovation Fund CFP, City Nerd at Hunter College, and Project Pitchfest.
What does it look like when government aims to work for the people?
This week, we reflect on Mayor Mamdani’s first 100 days and the urgency of collective care.
We’re also sharing our new NYC Open Data Week 2026 in-review blog post and more!
Full newsletter: www.beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week16
The greatest city in the world should have the greatest streets in the world — they shouldn't be covered in bags of trash.
Containerization is common sense. The rest of the world figured this out a long time ago!
Washington Post article on STEM cuts at federal agencies. NSF tops it at -42%!
“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.”
OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.)
NSF at -42%!
In b4 times, going from work on 112/Bway to my kid’s school on 68/Lex was hard
Cross2 central park, take the loop south, the CPW street north, memorize the exit to avoid stairs. Mind the peds. Eek.
Then w a teen- 🤯
Bring on the 21st century, Mr Flynn
NYC folks are ready for crosstown greenways.
This one bike share station is used an average of 776 times every day. Last month, there were four days when it exceeded 1,000 daily uses.
Expect those numbers to go even higher this summer, as the weather gets warmer and tourists flock to the city for the World Cup.
Now we need to get New York City to expand Summer Streets to more than just a few weekends each year. In fact, rebrand it as "City Streets" or something like that and have it every weekend.
Join us this Saturday (April 18) as Coach Rosa NYC, KiDICAL Mass NYC & BikeBus.NYC lead our 1st family ride of 2026 - KiDICAL Mass: Autism Acceptance Ride. We start at Cadman Plaza West & Tillary Street (10am). We can't wait! ✨🚲
For info & to RSVP, scan the QR code or go to: bit.ly/autism-ride-nyc
It costs me less to ride to northern Manhattan from metrotech Brooklyn than it does to bike home from the upper east side.
Why is a ride from downtown Brooklyn to downtown Manhattan free while commuting TO your borough downtown is $$$$$
Omny is a for profit company in the middle.
In January, the New York City Greenways Coalition called on Mamdani to fast-track at least one signature project and disentangle the city’s siloed greenway management, but the mayor has yet to follow any of its recommendations.
“Every time N.Y.C. D.O.T. has provided more space to pedestrians at the park, it’s been an instant success, and it becomes impossible to think of how the space could have functioned before.”
100 Days of @NYCMayor Mamdani is a bright spot in an otherwise dark moment! Fun to celebrate that and the baby podium.
orban controlled the media, the government, the budget, the justice system, the institutions
but he did not control the vote casting and he did not control the vote counting
theres a lesson here if we are willing to take it
“We are collateral damage.” - Mark Graham, Wayback Machine
When preservation is caught in the crossfire, it’s not just libraries that lose—it’s the public’s access to history, knowledge, and truth.
The web shouldn’t disappear behind closed doors.
➡️ www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...
Just making sure I understand— when cops say they need to personally witness car crime — they are saying a non truth with an intent to mislead.
There is totally a mechanism to punish car crimes memorialized in the eyes of cameras not cops.
It is the NYPD's position that if they did not personally witness a vehicular crime, they cannot do anything about it. It's a refrain I hear clients repeat to me often.
But it begs the question as to how the NYPD solves other crimes they did not personally witness.
Wouldn’t we just need to retool ccn sizes
The premise of this article – that Empire Bins are a costly program that needs to be funded – raises a much more interesting journalistic question: why is the Department of Sanitation not realizing savings from more efficient collection from these bins…? nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/02/t...
3nd day reporting this car illegally parked on the sidewalk: "The New York City Police Department responded to the complaint and their investigation determined that police action was not necessary. "
Counter point: if you are using an LLM to help with writing, you are not improving your writing or writing better. You are just outsourcing the work.
The work is the point, and the only way to develop skills. It forces us to struggle and think about our arguments and the best way to express them.
BREAKING: @whitehouse unveils 2027 PBR, including an encore ask for 23% cut to NASA overall and 50% cut to NASA science, plus zeroed out the Office of STEM. (Read in full on WhiteHouse.org, pages 73-75.) We fought and won this once, we will do it again. #nasaneedshelp #artemisii #PBR2027
For the first time in more than 50 yrs, humans are headed to the Moon! Join Associate Curator Jackie Faherty & colleagues in the Cullman Hall of the Universe today for special 10-min presentations & Q&A sessions on the Moon’s origins, the Artemis II mission, & the future of human space exploration.
“Just over 600 restaurants opted to set up roadway structures last year. In 2026, that number is down to around 500.”
But at its peak there were more than 12,500… Let’s make outdoor dining year-round so even more restaurants can be part of the program! abc7ny.com/post/outdoor...
The future will be electric. Storage, charged with renewable electricity will allow the sun to shine at night & the wind to blow on calm days. "Grid batteries reach stunning new peak of 44 pct of evening demand in world’s fourth biggest economy" 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 reneweconomy.com.au/grid-batteri...
Nice pad 39B polarimetric radar image with Artemis II on the pad via COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite
Source: e-geos on the other site.
The deluge of disruptive news from around the globe is making it hard for researchers to focus on their day-to-day work
go.nature.com/4s5bGSc
Isn’t there an obvious modis follow on where you contrast pixels with new Amazon warehouses with new data centers?
You’re sure it wasn’t the Bx9 or perhaps the Bx12?
