The White House was never supposed to be a palace. George Washington and architect James Hoban deliberately rejected the lavish style of European monarchies. Instead, they designed a President’s House that reflected the ideals of a republic: dignified, restrained, and accountable to the people.

El Niño is now likely to be stronger than anything we’ve seen in recorded history, and probably stronger than anything in the last 50 million years. Global temperatures are very likely to reach new, unprecedented levels in the next 1-2 years with far reaching impacts. #climate

They're regional. Texas gets the same sound Tennessee does.

#LyonsFire is not a good situation, as the Robin Hill neighborhood only has one road in/out besides the lake, and is home to a large mobile home park with lots of elderly folks. Evacuation orders in place and structures already threatened. share.watchduty.org/i/107753?ts=...

The real problem is that the world has moved so far to the (extreme) right that someone with a research agenda and moral convictions, which were seen as mainstream until quite recently, is now seen as radical. The world is in deep, deep trouble.

Psst…how about following some journalists who cover climate, energy, and the environment?

Also note the continued absence of regular radiosonde observations across nearly the entire interior western and central U.S... which has become a pattern as of late.

In case your day is not yet full enough of fun-packed new climate data ... The June update for Total Column Precipitable Water was just released by ECMWF, and it shows yet another new record high for the Northern mid-latitudes, where over 50% of humans live. Wet times ahead.

My neighbors' cat, Toby, has been sleeping in my side yard in the dirt, on or near my bike stand and spring-desiccated Naked Ladies, for going on 9 hours now. I think he'll be there until it gets dark, if not not later. #OrangeCat Must've had a long night!

Quick reminder that in typical years, extreme heat kills more Americans than all other so-called natural disasters…combined.

Puffins in flight. Goodnight Blue Sky

In a major attack on elections, President Trump fired all remaining commissioners on a bipartisan federal agency created to help states administer elections. The dismissals leave the agency without leadership months before the midterm elections.

It's now been ten days without a radiosonde launched from the Oakland airport (KOAK) 😩 NWS spokesperson says they're awaiting delivery of "lifting gas" Qatar supplies a third of the world's helium (apnews.com/article/iran...) any weather friends know if this shortage will continue?

You know it's bad when the weather institute graphics are having to invent NEW COLOURS to describe exactly how fucked we are. www.severe-weather.eu/global-weath...

The annual monsoon that brings summer thunderstorms to the Southwest is finally kicking into gear — promising relief for the parched, fire-plagued Four Corners region. California may face a different impact from the looming monsoon: dry lightning.

Timeline cleanse: American pikas calling to each other in the Canadian Rockies. Sound on to hear the loud “MEEP!” made by these potato sized alpine mammals. They’re way off under those cliffs but the calls travel. *this is likely a niche post, but it’s one of my favorite sounds in the world.

I just submitted my formal comment on the disastrous proposal to transform essentially all U.S. federal grantmaking--affecting every sector of American science, technology, education, & health--into an overtly partisan political process. Full text here: weatherwest.com/wp-c...

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

happy 9th anniversary to this unintentional bit of improv comedy

Excellent use of terrifying colors here. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/sh/earth... #cartography #dataviz

This is a clear example of a compound hazard event (i.e., amplified societal impacts). Severe thunderstorms knocked out power for nearly 250,000 people last night, and many are now seeing near-record heat today while still without electricity. Orange: heat advisories Pink: excessive heat warnings

🚨 Well that's that. The Barents Sea had its earliest melt-out of #Arctic sea ice on record this summer! ICYMI: I wrote up a blog on this extreme event: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-.... This is already one of the fastest changing climates in the world.

We know human-caused climate change is loading the dice toward more extreme heat. Yet that context is still often missing from stories about heat wave risks. Today's temperatures are at least 5x more likely because of climate change. Explore your own data: csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

14-year old girl arrested for speaking out against Data Centers in her community

"Oh beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife Who more than self, their country loved And mercy more than life"

My posts most days. I'm sorry.

Trump administration can remove history and climate info from US parks, court says #Climate

Damn. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Near surface smoke forecast for the CONUS area. Model run: 20260702T22:00 UTC Data from NOAA's HRRR CONUS (https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/) Note that this product comes with absolutely no guarantee of availability, accuracy or completeness. #Wildfires #Smoke #AirQuality

Hey you. Yeah, you reading this. I hope your July is better than your June. I hope that thing you're worried about works itself out for the best. I hope they text back. I hope you find that $20 you forgot about in a pocket right when you need it most. I just really hope things for you get better.

This is a great paper on wildfire resilience on loss reduction. A must read. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I was giving a talk to a law school class last year and asked them if any of them had seen Clueless, since I wanted to reference this speech, and I got blank stares in response. I was devastated.

Markwayne Mullin says DHS is deporting over 3,200 people a day

Human-caused climate change is increasing the risk of hotter temperatures, including these dangerous heat waves. Watch the entire distribution shift to the right. I'm afraid these headlines about record heat are only going to become more common. 🌡️ Visualization by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5613/

The Slaughter case, overturning precedent, returns us to a spoils system where a president can “clean house” every four years, destroying our professional, independent civil service.

To be clear: in the United States, heat kills more people than cold, and it's not even close. www.weather.gov/hazstat

It’s weird to be clearly living through exactly what was warned about with global warming and still have the concept treated as a future event or hypothetical.

“In multiple studies, researchers have found climate change may be altering weather patterns in ways that push storms away from the Southwest, starving the region of snow and rain.” A heartbreaking and must-read story from @ianjames.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...

Unfortunately the interior West wildfire outbreak has continued to intensify under "extremely critical" fire weather conditions today and record-dry vegetation in some areas. Existing fires have re-intensified, and there are 2 new fires of particular concern in Colorado. [Thread]

For fifty years, fans, critics, and scholars have debated the meaning of the Eagles’ acclaimed 1976 recording “Hotel California.” Our new paper uses advanced AI analysis to finally reveal the hidden truth: it’s about what if there was a spooky hotel

What's going on with weather.gov (the National Weather Service website) this morning? It's not loading for me in multiple browsers.

Near surface smoke forecast for the CONUS area. Model run: 20260628T01:00 UTC Data from NOAA's HRRR CONUS (https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/) Note that this product comes with absolutely no guarantee of availability, accuracy or completeness. #Wildfires #Smoke #AirQuality

The Snyder/Jones Fires have now officially merged and are estimated at over 28,000 acres. Structures are threatened. Due to extreme winds and extreme fire behaviors, all crews have been pulled back for their safety. Between 30 and 60 people are stuck at Black Rock Campground, per radio traffic.

A serious and still-escalating wildfire outbreak is now underway across interior West, and has today expanded beyond NV & UT into western CO & AZ/NM. Extreme fire behavior and rapid spread is widespread; adverse conditions expected for 7+ days. #UTwx #COwx #AZwx #NMwx [Thread]

The water-fire-power nexus strikes again. I truly think these issues are on a collision course that we’re barely seeing an outline of right now. www.abc4.com/utah-weather...

IT IS 2026 PEOPLE so a) use inclusive language already and b) HOW IS THIS JUST INFORMATION PEOPLE ARE JUST FIGURING OUT like what if you actually studied these bodies seriously all these decades maybe

I think we just passed oops.