NASA confirmed the (sudden, I heard from employees) resignation of Joseph Pelfrey from his role as director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Huge employer in the state, critical to human spaceflight initiatives at the US space agency.... www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/n...

Apple Music on iOS 26 Critical Fix: Settings > Apps > Music > Song Transitions TURN OFF!!!

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... $200M is the entire annual budget for the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

weekend goal: try not to learn about or even think about pedophiles nor friends-of-pedophiles. 🤞

New commentary about model hierarchies agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc

Meanwhile, here are the weather balloon launches from this morning. The red dots indicate locations that missed the launch today owing to short staffing. The blue dots indicate long-term outages.

NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward. I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... This article is about State, but the broader point is that the morale is down across the federal government, government contractors, academia, and most of the “knowledge worker” class in this country because of the existential dread looming over them.

A poignant picture: NSF staff overcome obstacles to mark agency's 75th anniversary. www.science.org/content/arti...

REMINDER: ICECHIP Field Day is tomorrow from 2-4 pm MDT for open viewing to the general public in Boulder, CO! Come see our instruments and talk to us before we head to the Plains! More information in the flyer below.

These jets are more than $50MILLION each. That could cover a lot of science research that actually has an ROI.

Just received this lovely note from the Dept. of Commerce. Always great hearing DOC say "Look we're forced to do this and say you weren't fired for performance issues and part of a government wide mass termination. But don't worry we think that's wrong and we're gonna fight it tooth and nail."

This episode of Plain English is highly recommended. Three interesting interviews that delve into how the American science endeavor works, and thoughts about how it could be better. Spoiler: destroying the system is not the answer. open.spotify.com/episode/4Pee...

Research is an integral part of Boulder’s economy. bouldereconomiccouncil.org/boulder-econ...

This needs to be said: science is real. youtu.be/ty33v7UYYbw?...

@weatherwest.bsky.social on Slate’s TBD podcast. Worth a listen!

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

www.popularmechanics.com/science/gree... Thorium!!

For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵

Earlier today we heard disturbing reports of DOGE personnel arriving unannounced at NOAA & NIST. So I went onsite to meet with agency officials & get answers. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

China fires up the world's first thorium-fueled nuclear reactor, a 2 megawatt research reactor located in the Gobi Desert cooled and fueled by molten salt futurism.com/china-thoriu... Thorium is much more abundant than uranium & thorium fueled reactors are poor choice for making an illicit weapon 🔌💡

🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨 We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely! airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

"How the U.S. Government Used Your Taxes Last Year" #priorities 😦 #taxdayreceipt #eggsprice Source: ips-dc.org/2025-tax-day...

www.newscientist.com/article/2477... Very interesting!!

nymag.com/intelligence... This characterization resonates. Worth a read.

Great paper from our team just out using ML to emulate a perturbed physics ensemble & use a wide range of observations to create a new Calibrated Physics Ensemble (CPE) that can be used for emergent constraints & estimates of structural uncertainty estimates. Check it out! doi.org/10.1029/2024...

Sounds like agencies have lost the independence to carry out their missions. 😬

NASA is threatened with a 50% cut to earth science. Meanwhile, the Europeans celebrate their space agency with flower rockets in parades.

Jesus. This looks apocalyptic for NOAA's climate research.

This really is an extinction level event for NASA's science programs. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

www.commerce.gov/news/press-r... The language used in this press release is… troubling.

North and South America both have geographical features that support tornado formation. Why then do they differ so much in tornado activity? eos.org/articles/the...

This man is a mendacious clown. Let’s be clear he has always been one.

OMFG. Libraries? Srsly? newrepublic.com/post/193405/...

That’s a wrap on AGU’s Local Science Partners Congressional Visits Day! Today, scientists like Christine Shields (@catswx.bsky.social) met with members of Congress to advocate for strong science funding and evidence-based policy. Here’s a quick recap of the day:🧵⬇️ #AGUinDC #SciencePolicy

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Also hear the interview on #PodSaveAmerica. Truly horrifying. Things are so broken.

www.science.org/content/arti... 😬

NASA is finding dust in Arctic clouds — Greenland might be the culprit. As the ice sheet melts, more landmass is exposed to harsh winds kicking dust up into the atmosphere and changing the climate 🧪 Find out how in this free to read piece: www.space.com/the-universe...

A French scientist was denied U.S. entry after airport authorities found Trump-critical personal messages on their devices. French officials said, “Freedom of opinion, free research and academic freedom are values we will continue to proudly uphold.” #ResearchAndDevelopments eos.org/research-and...

I wonder what the integrated cost of every organization in the country setting up a “federal response team” that meets daily is. 🧐

I have also looked at the map. Instead of making Canada a state, I think it makes more sense to sell Alaska to Canada. Also, Greenland seems like part of Canada. 🇨🇦

Gina McCarthy, who was Obama’s second-term EPA head and Biden’s domestic climate czar, is in McSweeney’s today: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/mak...