I read through this, and it's remarkably autocratic, almost Soviet-style vision for science in the United States.

Vannevar Bush rolling over in his grave.

Former NSF Graduate Research Fellow here: the idea that promising students will succeed without the support of diverse, federally funded, academically independent institutions of higher ed is absurd. Science doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Thriving research universities enable scientific success.

NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship applications are now open! cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc/annual-r... I was one about 350 years ago, and cannot not speakly highly enough of this program. Applications due October 16, 2026

Tonight, he goes after the National Academy of Sciences, regarding climate change:

The summer of climate shocks rages on (and how the new climate attribution report from the @nationalacademies.org can help make progress to limit the climate crisis): danarfisher.com/2026/07/18/t...

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

Suburban MD. Air quality in the very unhealthy zone from Canadian wildfires, w/ heat dome of high 36C & feels likes 42C. It is only early 2000s and climate change brings us this. Meanwhile our leaders vote on ending daylight savings, rant about elections they won, & give us arcs & patriot games.

A national office for climate adaptation in Canada is essential and overdue corporateknights.com/perspectives...

A contractor building Meta's data center flushed its "closed-loop" cooling system straight into Cheyenne's sewer. It carried a bacterium and knocked the city's water-reuse system offline for months. They sell these as sealed systems that barely touch the water. This one poisoned a city's.

It is incredibly confounding. We are seeing signs of climate change that are palpably, searingly obvious to everyone, but everyone in power seems intent on downplaying the link, or making out it is about “woke air conditioner attitudes” or some such nonsense.

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

Hey @capitalweather.com can you map expected overnight temps and get the message out?

Record daytime high temperatures and heat indices are getting all the attention in this N American heatwave, as in the recent European heatwave. As big a health risk is the high overnight temperatures; inability to cool off overnight is a primary driver of sickness and death during heatwaves.

The heatwave in Europe is so extreme, it's 25–32°F (14–18°C) above normal. You read that right. France recorded it's hottest day ever. The UK had its hottest ever June day. The ground is exceeding 122°F (50°C). People are dying. Tell me again why we shouldn't talk about climate change???

Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

"... the FCC should require full environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act because satellite megaconstellations can affect the atmosphere, the night sky, ecosystems and communities, yet are currently approved without a comprehensive analysis of those impacts" ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

Yikes! The strong El Niño is materializing and has the potential to become the strongest in observed history. We'll definitely cover this Climate Chat today.

new William Gibson book opening line dropped

The best part of that article? When it talks about how poor people are running out of money, then suggests investing in gold and real estate to help.

"The author of a nonfiction book about the effects of artificial intelligence on truth acknowledged on Monday that he had included numerous made-up or misattributed quotes concocted by A.I. ... and said that he had started his own investigation." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...

“[The]cruel irony here [is] that the world cannot get its act together to address these threats … people are dying, animals are suffering, we’re losing rainforest … these are all interconnected threats,” @conservationdoc.bsky.social tells me on the @mongabay.com Newscast, after an Ebola outbreak:

🎶𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 🎶 A beautiful global choir singing 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 to celebrate Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday, including our London Climate Choir. The finished film and more are on this website. #davidattenborough #naturalworld

Exploring a new patch of College Park’s urban forest - City Planning & Community Development just acquired this lot and we’ll work with them on community engagement, ecosystem services assessment, restoration/maintenance plan and get to bring in a few UMD capstone groups too!

Jefferies is telling clients to double down on clean energy stocks despite the current surge in oil and gas prices, citing the prospect of a new wave of investment in renewables. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Recent press piece on our new study looking into farmer and other stakeholder knowledge, attitudes and practices towards #agrivoltaics - We held a series of focus groups and found that while AgPV may have many benefits, most practitioners see it as an unproven practice in the mid-Atlantic.

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Hegseth is wholeheartedly endorsing the core premise of fascism: industry, as part of the private sphere, must be subordinated to the military objectives of the state.

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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Mark Kelly puts out a statement saying "The President of the United States just overthrew a foreign ruler and explained to the American people that this is about taking control of the oil reserves of a foreign nation." This is probably the strongest statement alongside Gallego's I've read.

Trump just said what it is all about. The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.

"We're in the oil business" - Trump

It is NOT too late to stop the worst impacts of climate change. At Project Drawdown, we’re never giving up. Neither should you.

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

It's our last episode! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years. We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved. www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...

DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power

Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

The EPA has eliminated its research division, which for decades has provided the science behind regulations on clean air, clean water, and toxic chemicals. The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.

The evil that men do lives after them

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.

It will also kill a lot of people.

if you doubt the anger of scientists...read and circulate this piece. eos.org/opinions/sen...