Watch as two bumblebees throw a pollen party on a magnolia petal, showcasing their vital role in pollination and plant reproduction. It's nature's celebration!

I like the new Harry Styles album so far (also like the previous 2) but partly because it is VERY 2010s indie-electronica. Heavily influenced by LCD Soundsystem it seems.

Some ways to reduce fertilizer prices & demand:

- Increase nitrogen use efficiency (eg precision application, shifting fall applications to spring, nitrification inhibitors incl. thru crop breeding)
- Reduce excess crop demand (minimize food waste, eat less meat/dairy, cut crop-based biofuel use)

We burn ~100 million barrels of oil every single day. 🌍

The good folks at @rockymtninst.bsky.social have been saying we can cut that by 20% — without switching fuels, changing behavior, or retiring any infrastructure early.

We can. Here's how — and what it would cost.

Iran Unwilling to Talk About Opening Hormuz While Under Attack Iranian officials have become reluctant to even discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz as they focus on surviving the US-Israeli onslaught, according to a person involved in direct, high-level contact...

Strap in. All signs point to an ever lengthening conflict.

Bloomberg Exclusive: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

😬😬😬

Springtime in DC -- bombing down Connecticut Ave on my mountain bike then stopping at Teaism in Dupont. AMAZING 🌸🌸🌸

Two cartoonish shrimp with big smiles and claws raised. Shrimp bowl (close-up). Bowl. Peru: Ica, Nasca. 100 B.C.E.-800 C.E. MOA Collections 2990/180. Photo by Joshua Doherty.

O M G 🦐

Shrimp bowl (close-up). Bowl. Peru: Ica, Nasca. 100 B.C.E.-800 C.E. MOA Collections 2990/180. Photo by Joshua Doherty.

myvancity.ca/2026/02/27/m...

Op-ed: The Persian Gulf Oil Crisis Is a Food Crisis The fertilizer shock hasn't even hit yet, but the fossil fuel industry is still betting its future on our dependency.

"Food systems consume at least 15 percent of total global fossil fuel use. Roughly 40 percent of all petrochemicals produced worldwide end up in #FoodSystems, primarily as synthetic fertilizers on farms and as plastic in food and beverage packaging."

civileats.com/2026/03/17/o...

a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face

We're hiring?

*checks notes*

WE'RE HIRING!

Check out these opportunies to work at NCEI. I'm a "USA Jobs Survivor" so happy to impart wisdom (and rants) if you want them

www.usajobs.gov/job/861144500
AND
www.usajobs.gov/job/861144700

The Integrated Survivability "Onion" Don't post Don't get followed Don't be RT'd Don't get ratio'd Don't be the main character Technology driven. Warfighter focused.

beginning to suspect we could run this headline every day for the foreseeable future

A baby playing in an airport lounge for children

Turns out today was not a great day to fly into DCA. Waiting in Grand Rapids for the incoming flight to leave the tarmac. At least they have good beer here!

Her Lab Worked to Future-Proof Fruits and Vegetables

“If we don’t capture that biodiversity in a much more strategic way and work with scientists in Africa, Asia and Latin America, we won’t have a food-secure future.”

Another tragic casualty from USAID funding cuts www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/s...

An historic black and white illustration of a paper nautilus floating on the ocean. There are boats, a city and hills in the background.

🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more:
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran...
#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪

You can try searching for DCCOS concert, it should come up.

Hell yeah, brother

Promising Technologies Need a Bigger Push to Cut Manure Emissions in the US Livestock manure contributes over 1% of the United States' total GHG emissions. Promising solutions to curb the potent gas need more support and funding.

DID YOU KNOW that emissions from manure management in the U.S. are likely even higher than official EPA estimates? A thread about 💩 1/

Try this? dccos.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...

Oh gosh, we're going up north in two weeks, I hope its over by then! At least my husband will get to experience TC at its finest 😅❄️

Don't make me suffer in vain, it's going to be a great performance!

I've been carrying my cello for weeks through snow, ice, wind, and rain so that YOU can hear us play on Sunday March 1st! DC, get your tickets here! dccos.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...

Baby gets what she wants or else we'll take a little swim with the fishes 🐟

Although her first attempts were punching her fist into her hand, which made her look more like a baby mob boss 😅

My baby learned to clap while listening to some Dvorak with me. What can I say, she is a baby genius!

We are giving up streaming services for Lent. I admit it means I'm on my phone more in the evenings, because I get sleepy from reading.

Toddler just shone a flashlight at the cat’s butthole and told me, “It’s weird in there.”

Husband is so sick of me talking about Punch the adorable Japanese macaque. IFKYK.

The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”

Now THAT's a headline.

"The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents"

fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...

Special clue in today's NYTimes crossword related to enteric fermentation! 🐄