David Almandsmith 1 September 2025 Greetings Science Fans,問候科學迷們Wènhòu kēxué mímen (Mandarin)Man6hau6 fo1hok6 mai4 (Cantonese)[Over half a million Bay Area residents speak Chinese at home.] “Scienceploitation” is the misuse of science to influence the governed. Examples: I strongly urge you to watch this short video of Fareed Zacharia’s take on U.S. science. Question: What is the political ideology that is based on … Read more
4 August 2025 Glad you are reading this, dear friend of Science,Kul att du läser detta, kära vetenskapsvän,The Bay Area boasts the Swedish American Hall, the Swedish Women’s Educational Association of San Francisco, The Scandinavian School and Cultural Center, the Swedish Society of San Francisco, and more. [I love it that Swedish for “Glad” sounds … Read more
14 July 2025 Hello again, supporter of science,Üdvözlet ismét, tudománypárti!,[Over 5,000 people in the Bay Area speak Hungarian at home.] Show your support for science this Thursday (July 17) by joining one of the hundreds of “Good Trouble Lives On” protests. Thursday is the 5th anniversary of the passing of civil rights leader and Congressman … Read more
7 July 2025 Unwilling to stay silent, 139 employees of the Environmental Protection Agency signed a letter listing 5 criticisms of Administrator Lee Zeldin’s actions: The EPA’s response was to suspend the signers and falsely denigrate them as “career bureaucrats unlawfully undermining, sabotaging, and undercutting the administration’s agenda as voted for by the great people … Read more
23 June 2025 Hello again, follower of science and reason, Over 50,000 people in the Bay Area speak Persian at home. The Persian holiday of Eid al-Ghadir is the time for being kind to people in need, making donations, and giving gifts to one another. (Sorta like Christmas) It fell on June 14th this year … Read more
2 June 2025 Hello again, science fans. Glad to have you along with us today.Hallo nomal, Wüsseschaftsfans. Schön, dass si hüt bi ois sind.[Schwyzerdütsch is a Swiss-German dialect] CLIMATE A large portion of the Birch Glacier in Switzerland broke free on Wednesday. Nine million tonnes of ice and granite plunged into the Lötschental valley destroying most of … Read more
5 May 2025 Hello again, science fans. Glad to have you along with us today.Знову вітаю, шанувальники науки. Раді, що ви сьогодні з нами.[Ukrainian] May is here and the hills and fields are abloom in Scotch Broom, California Poppies, Lupines, Mustard, Wild Peas, Fiddlenecks, Tidy Tips, and more. When i suggest you “take a hike,” … Read more
27 April 2025 Hello again, science fans. Glad to have you along with us today. Hola tu ka’atéen, aficionados ti’ le ciencia. ki’imak in wóol in yantal ta wéetel bejla’e’.[Yucatec Maya] The Trump Administration shut down over 1,400 scientific medical research projects and public health programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. They … Read more
7 April 2025 Hello again science fans, Lumelang hape barati ba mahlale,[Sesotho is the language of Basotho who live in Lesotho, “which nobody has ever heard of” and whose imports now have a 50% tariff, the highest of any country.] SCIENCE More than a million people participated in over 1400 “Hands Off” protests Saturday. I … Read more
31 March 2025 Hello again, science fans, Di nuovo ciao a tutti, appassionati di scienza,[About 85,000 Bay Area residents speak Italian at home.] SPACE “Fram2” is a 4-person space mission scheduled for this week. It is funded by one of the crew, a Chinese billionaire, Chun Wang (王春). He will be flying as a citizen … Read more