NCAR is vital to our national economy, infrastructure, and security.

*THIS* is what the administration is trying to wreck by closing NSF-NCAR. NSF-NCAR is a unique organization: a national laboratory run not by a single university system or a private contractor, but by a consortium of universities, big and small (including mine). researchworks.ucar.edu

We knew they were morons but reallly. I’m pretty sure Congress will something to say about this even if it’s Jr High levels of “don’t tell anyone I voted against closure.” UCAR/NCAR has messaged its impacts on the US weather & climate enterprise VERY effectively to Capitol Hill every year.

When people insisted that voter ID was free & readily accessible to all citizens was shown to be a lie, it was clear that it was never about proving who you are at the voting box. So how is anyone shocked at how they don’t even want to use to ensure they don’t “accidentally” deport US citizens.

I comply with our university font policy like Veronica Lake surrendered to the Japanese. And then when management complains injustice laugh because they’re cheap and use Palatino. #OpenSans #MatrixIIExrraBold #002554

After @aaas.org’s gross “Citrus Oil” Science cover (seriously. ew.), they have redeemed themselves with a cover with which so many of us can identify!

Two survivors. In the water. Trying to flip a boat. That is also loaded with drugs. While flipped over. And still able to continue to the US. I totally want to see that beautiful bean footage. I bet they also knew how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet with a hangover and a stubbed toe.

For those of us facing the challenge of our students being too reliant on ChatGPT, CoPilot, LLMs, Clippy, etc., there's a new interesting paper by engineering creativity expert, David Cropley at Univ South Australia: There's an upper limit to LLM creativity, and it's... mediocre at best.

They'll never get rid of the dane.

Can confirm.

Nice to know that Black Hills Energy has its priorities right. #SouthDakota #PowerOutage #CascadingFailure #StillDark

I’ve tried dealing with with nuclear war anxiety by mainlining the facts since I was a cold war high school kid in the 80s. Threads, Failsafe, War Game, Day After, Dawns Early Light, and the lot, even Special Bulletin. This is probably the most intense of them all. Absolutely gripping and well done!

Lame achievement unlocked.

Yup. CJ woulf have said it better, anyway. Jeeze why do people believe everything on the internet.

Samizdat is now available!

Come and play with us! South Dakota Mines Department of Civil & Envir. Engineering is seeking a tenure-track faculty member for our program’s Environmental Engineering leg. We don't do silos, empires or boundaries; just lots of surprising avenues to collaborate! yourfuture.sdbor.edu/postings/45345

That's right. What's more alarming is ~97% of the current highway storm drains in the United States were designed using rainfall information that was published in *1961* using 1930s-1950s data. We're using infrastructure built for the rainfall of nearly a century ago. engrxiv.org/preprint/vie....

I'm doing the traditional 2-layer Earth's radiation budget model in Stella, for my systems modeling class, where I break out my REAL climate doomer textbook from grad school! Back then, global warming was the BEST-case scenario. And all my students can say is "he hand-drew all these graphs!?"

Want to come work for the National Hurricane Center, #NHC? There are two new job postings that were just announced yesterday. The 1st opportunity is a position within the #Hurricane Specialist Unit, #HSU: GS-13 Hurricane Specialist Position -- www.usajobs.gov/job/845559000

Climate change is indeed a national security hazard.

Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out. Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.

They’re attacking grants at my own engineering-focused university. It isn’t about “woke”“Humanagonies.” It’s about any method that endeavors to critically sees things as they are and can be. Dowsing the Comp Lit dept in honey & throwing it to over your shoulder to distract the bear won’t work.

Best. Emergency. Management. Film. EVER!!!! Finally coming to a big screen near me!! gkids.com/films/shin-g...

Never say we’re not already paying a Carbon Tax.

About damned time. This is NOT how people should be treated and the correction and build back is long over due.

Nothing like a big talker talking down to the state he wants to lead.

A watched sun never sets. (We’re trying to stay up long enough for a nighttime. Beast ride.

Consecutive poor harvests in weak states provide opportunities for bad actors to move in. A navigable Arctic means new challenges to maritime law, treaties, and changing battlespace. But yeah, let's go into this new world blind and without people who can give sound science-driven policy advice.

I sought comment from NOAA and the Department of Defense on this and received this reply today from NOAA's spokesperson. They suggest we use the surviving ATMS microwave that degrades significantly at the edges. You can see how much worse off we'd be with Erick last week if we only had ATMS.

People have been wondering about this impact for a while. Now the question will be, are we going to get evidence of similar patterns emerging during cold season?

An honor to write an OpEd on the important people, mission and value of @NWS and all of @NOAA to help people and communities across the world. The #weather knows no bias and impacts us all. Thanks #Tampa Bay Times for publishing the article. Article link: www.tampabay.com/opinion/2025...

If anything sums up why I’m a scientist, it’s THIS.

So to avoid these #NoKings protests from preaching to the choir (which does have benefits for those of us in red states to show people aren’t alone) somebody TOTALY has to make a sign set like THIS 👇 with a DeSantis reference. The GOP had a choice. Never let them forget. youtu.be/LwXF6itJn1o?...

Great turnout in Rapid City, South Dakota

Just a gentle reminder. Kristi Noem may be the face of DHS, but she can't run a gubernatorial campaign without stealing points from her opponent (i.e., repealing sales tax). Meanwhile, the "pride" of Santa Monica, Stephen "Pee-Wee German" Miller, is the architect of Trump's immigration policy.

Kudos my #ASCE colleagues Sihan et al for all their hard work on this. A climate-resilient built environment now means keeping ahead of a moving target of extreme events riding atop a slowly gaslit (literally) baseline. Well done, folks! 🔧🌎 #adapt or break! ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1...

This👇! The meme that has been spreading over the Blue-anon side of BSky that Noem is giving SD a break is BS. If it’s made headlines elsewhere (court interference, grad students on bogus charges, retaliatory raids, targeting Native Americans), ICE had done it here.

🧵 Today, I've seen TwitterBot levels of JAQing off here on BSky, wondering why Noem has not deployed ICE in South Dakota.

This is my Alma Mater and it’s total bullshit. Let’s edit a video and pretend it’s real.

Michael Cohen has a candidate for a new lawyer.

Wow! South Dakota generated enough renewable energy to meet all of its energy demand and then an additional 21% on top. I assume that excess energy was exported to other states. The vast majority of the renewable energy generation was wind. And Montana met almost 94% with renewables. Amazing.

Happy Wet Flash Day!

Impeachment is too good for him. He needs D-Hall with Mrs Travis, and he has to diagram that whole sentence.

From vulnerable weak states to changing battlespace where Putin covets, as they gut our science infrastructure, they won’t be able to discreetly come to us for the facts when their MAGA base aren’t looking anymore. If they blow up the Jr High science lab; we can’t do their homework for ‘em anymore.

I look forward for these standards being applied to RFK Jrs pet woo and quackery projects.

"And that is how an RBMK reactor core explodes."

If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

Today, we're proud to congratulate our 2025 Spring Graduates!

Sumbich.

First, gutting offices and labs. Then RAOB launches. Now this.