That’s how early I got there 😆there is nobody apart from the guards

On my way from Santa Monica to Pasadena for the Seismological Society of AmericaS meeting at an ungodly hour to beat traffic and have time to upload my slides before my 8am session!

Britney Schmidt: Following the Ice - Eos An Earth and planetary scientist is most at home in cold places that mimic the worlds of the outer solar system.

Britney Schmidt, an Earth and planetary scientist at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., travels to some of Earth’s coldest places to learn about distant icy worlds.

eos.org/features/bri...

There's a conspicuous absence of states where "planetary scientist" is the highest paid gov job but that'll bother you less when you learn about the racism and other bigotry in science.

Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening

this is a level of casual, petty depravity that defies comprehension. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.

I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!

Join us for a critical conversation on the future of U.S. atmospheric science.

UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi hosts this town hall on what’s at stake if NSF NCAR is dismantled.

buff.ly/jR6tGwo

Really need other voices in this field carrying the water and doing the heavy lifting too. It can’t just be a few of us.

Five-byline alert: 🚨

#GoldenAge @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

Literally gagging at this.

Whether 15, 8, or 5, they are all CHILDREN. A 15-year-old is not "barely legal" - she is a CHILD. Not legal. Not OK. Pre-pubescent or post-pubescent, they are all children. Do not normalize this.

Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.

🧶 cowgirl is done!

UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending' YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...

Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price?

$2733.15 a month.

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Federal Action Reporting Form Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start

BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.

Please Use it and SHARE!

ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

wow, which common vaccine was it?

This is now more than double the NASA budget, which the White House wants to slash.

Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned on Monday evening amid government shutdown The air traffic tower at Burbank Airport is unmanned on Monday evening as air traffic controllers begin to call out in greater numbers due to the government shutdown.

Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned on Monday evening amid government shutdown

Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Senator Roland Gutierrez

THIS BULLSHIT TWEET
BY ABBOTT
I CANT KEEP QUIET ANYMORE

officialjackwhite "Jack White is a washed up, has-been loser posting drivel on social media because he clearly has ample time on his hands due to his stalled career," wrote Cheung. "It's apparent he's been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of The People's House."--White House Communications Director Steven Cheung Listen, I'm an artist and not a politician so I'm in no need to give my answer or opinion on anything if I'm not inspired or compelled, but how funny that it wasn't me calling out trump's blatant fascist manipulation of government, his gestapo ICE tactics, his racist remarks about Latinos, Native Americans, etc. his ridiculous "wall" construction, his attacks on the disabled his attempted coup and mob insurrection and destruction of the sacred halls of congress, his disparaging sexist and pedophilic remarks about women, his obvious attempts at distraction about being a close personal friend of Jeffrey Epstein and his inclusion in the Epstein files, his ignorance of the dying children in Sudan, Gaza, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his lack of empathy for military veterans and those struggling with poverty, his attempts to dismantle healthcare, his obvious wimpy and pathetic kowtowing to the dictators Putin and Kim Jong Un, his nazi like rallies, his attempts to sell merchandise and products like Goya beans through the office of the President, his fake "gunshot to the ear" that he showed no medical records or photographs of his constant, constant lying to the American people, etc. etc. No, it wasn't me calling out any of that, it was the fucking DECOR OF THE OVAL OFFICE remarks I made that got them to respond with insults. How petty and pathetic and thin skinned could this administration get? Masquerading as a real artist? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here's my opinion, trump is masquerading as a human being.

officialjackwhite He's masquerading as a christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy. He's been masquerading as a businessman for decades as nothing he's involved in has prospered except by using other people's money to find loophole after loophole and grift after grift. His staff of professional liar toadies like Steven Cheung and Karoline Leavitt have been covering up and masking his fascism as patriotism and "ample time on at golf than helping ANYONE in the country. Improve. Anything. There progress with him, only smoke and mirrors and tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. So maga folk, enjoy your concrete paving over of the rose garden, your 200 million dollar ballroom in the White House, and your gaudy ass gold spray painted trinkets from Home Depot, cause he ain't spending any money agenda. on helping YOU unless you fit into his white supremascist country club rich idiot. No intelligent person can defend this low life fascist. This bankrupter of casinos. This failed seller of trump steaks, trump vodka, trump water, etc. This man and his goon squad have failed upwards for decades and have fleeced the American people over and over. This professional golf cheat, this grifter who has hundreds of thousands of deaths from his inaction of the pandemic on his hands, this man that the majority of the country somehow were fooled into supporting and voting into office (through the flawed electoral college) and their love of reality television stars. Being insulted by the actual White House that this particular conman leads is a badge of honor to me, because anyone who trump supports and likes is a villain who gives nothing to their fellow man, only takes what can benefit themselves. And no I'm not a Democrat either, I'm a human being raised in Detroit, I'm an artist who's owned his own businesses like his own upholstery shop and recording label since he was 21 years old who has enough street sense to know when a 3 card monte dealer is a cheap grifter and a thief.

Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.

Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.

Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces

Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces they create.

Early View of Tracy Arm Landslide Features YouTube video by Alaska Earthquake Center

Alaska Earthquake Center posted a nice explainer video with some of the video reconnaissance following the recent #landslide and #tsunami in Tracy Arm, south of Juneau, Alaska. It’s a whopper! 🧪⚒️

That's easy!

Nothing like a second trip to the ER to make our vacation great again. #MOVGA. Did I get that one right?

US customs stopped me and put me in a room for questioning The woman didn’t like it when I told her I was on vacation Asked me if I was on drugs. Did drugs or had drugs on me? In my carryon or backpack. What was the issue? I traveled for 5+ weeks without checking a bag and how I could afford it. 1/2