I’m late with the Eclipse Post because I’ve just been having too much fun the last few days, but naturally this science reporter traveled (to Little Rock, AR) to experience totality. Obligatory nerdy pic of my lil homemade pinhole projector + the view from inside :)

Did we just have an earthquake in NYC?!

🧐 Years of disinvestment in original local reporting resources, and now no AP? What's gonna fill the pages?
nytimes.com/2024/03/19/bus…

ICMYI - Harvard announced yesterday that the SCoPEx experiment has officially ended. Principal investigator Frank Keutsch told me he felt it was 'time to focus on other innovative research avenues' in solar geoengineering. scientificamerican.com/article/high-p…

For the Semafor media newsletter, I wrote about the factors that seem to be making it more difficult than ever to get a tough, confrontational piece of journalism published semafor.com/article/03/17/…

I miss this every year! 😭 Thought I was smart this time, bought a flex ticket weeks ago to come down this Sunday based on all the projections. Wonder if I should cancel it?
washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/0…

New court papers detail sexual assault allegations against New York City mayor ow.ly/w5PH105mr9z

I couldn't get through this story dry-eyed. What beautiful, meaningful work. nytimes.com/2024/03/12/mag…

Really enjoyed this year’s Night in the Library at BPL.