Can I just give a shout out to the @ethz.ch researchers who initialised an AI weather model with a cat picture. 👏🐱

I'm working on a column about the tech annoyances that drive us crazy, and I want it to be as universal as possible, so tell me yours! E.g. scanning a QR code to read a menu, never receiving the one-time passcode they supposedly texted you, "verify you're human" by IDing tiny motorcycles, etc.

Russia 'relentlessly targeting' critical infrastructure and democracy, GCHQ says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A workshop we're running in November - and very much not just for the weather/climate crowd. If you work with large/complex scientific codebases anywhere (CFD, materials, plasma, astro...), and are thinking about software sustainability, please consider submitting an abstract. Deadline is 4 Sept.

A workshop we're running in November - and very much not just for the weather/climate crowd. If you work with large/complex scientific codebases anywhere (CFD, materials, plasma, astro...), and are thinking about software sustainability, please consider submitting an abstract. Deadline is 4 Sept.

📣 We are delighted to announce the keynote speakers for our workshop on software strategies for sustainable physical modelling: • David Simonin, Met Office • Yannick Tremolet, UCAR • Georgiana Mania, DKRZ • Philippe Marguinaud, Meteo France • Daan Degrauwe, RMI ➡️ events.ecmwf.int/event/529/

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

New post, featuring what I recently learnt about Git worktrees: masalmon.eu/2026/04/23/g...

“The definition of unmissable drama” (Radio Times) - Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III with my dream cast incl. @elliotlevey.bsky.social Emma Fielding & Reece Shearsmith. What do you do when your leader has lost the plot? 3pm Sat 25 April @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Today, the Assisted Dying Bill will fall. The actions of a small group of unelected peers on this Bill have been deplorable. It’s a stain on our democracy and a slap in the face to hundreds of terminally ill people and their families, who were given hope when MPs voted in favour last year.

Shell Tricks That Actually Make Life Easier (And Save Your Sanity) #devopsish

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

This is absolutely brilliant. Instigated by Gordon Brown, delivered today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Parts of this path have been in place for many, many years of course. Used to walk the area all the time when I lived in London as it was perfect day trip territory. There are areas around Hastings and Folkestone that are just glorious. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Welcome to Bedminster' Bristol, UK . 🎞️ Delta400 📷 BronicaETRSI 🧪 DDX 📜 Ilford Multigrade . #Photography #FilmPhotography #IlfordPhoto #NightPhotography #Monochrome #Darkroom #Bristol

Not taking my eyes off this one for a second

In this golden age of surveillance, making E2EE chat normal and expected has been privacy's biggest win. I hate to see it getting rolled back. thehackernews.com/2026/03/meta...

#RightToRoam - there is so little nature on these depleted islands, we need access to all of it www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Basilica Saint-Sernin, Toulouse

The most influential band of the last decade and a half doing what they do best. Live review of @sleafordmods.bsky.social in Bristol last week.

Looking forward to the views on this walk

Wow, that's a monster signal for El Niño in today's new ECMWF seasonal forecast.

ECMWF's OpenIFS weather forecasting model is now fully open source on GitHub. OpenIFS is a version of the same system used to produce our operational forecasts. After 15 years of licensed access, it's now genuinely open - publicly available with an Apache 2 licence. github.com/ecmwf-ifs/op...

📣 OpenIFS is now open source! The move will make it easier to collaborate and generate new ideas. ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

ECMWF's OpenIFS weather forecasting model is now fully open source on GitHub. OpenIFS is a version of the same system used to produce our operational forecasts. After 15 years of licensed access, it's now genuinely open - publicly available with an Apache 2 licence. github.com/ecmwf-ifs/op...

An open letter has been sent to Lord Vallance from 57 heads of UK physics departments and institutes, including all of the heads of physics departments of the Russell group. www.iop.org/about/news/o...

At #PMQs this week Kemi Badenoch claimed “youth unemployment is at its highest ever”. This isn’t correct for either the unemployment rate or the number of unemployed 16-24 year olds, according to ONS data.

📣 Workshop on software strategies for sustainable physical modelling, 23–27 Nov 2026. Focus on sustainable and adaptable modelling approaches for weather and climate systems, from agile coding practices to integrating machine learning into forecasting tools. Details ➡️ events.ecmwf.int/event/529/

The UK should consider significantly expanding its submarine force as undersea threats proliferate and the barriers to entry for hostile actors continue to fall, witnesses told MPs. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-should-ha...

Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to European cities in December and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party about deploying grants to spread ‘American values’. ft.trib.al/Kx8ta8a

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

Arcadia absolutely wonderful at @oldvictheatre.bsky.social last night. Fantastic production of a masterpiece.

I am thrilled to co‑organise Visualising Climate with colleagues from Copernicus/ECMWF, BSC, BC3 and the University of Miami—the first global conference at the intersection of climate change and data visualisation, at a moment when clear, actionable communication is essential. #dataviz #datavis

Adrian Edmondson is 69. Here he is on Desert Island Discs, talking about Rik Mayall. If you’re lucky, you have at least one friend like Rik. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Happy Birthday Adrian Edmondson

As National Security Adviser, I was often at the UK’s HQ in Helmand, Camp Bastion. Too often, the tannoy would announce medevac helicopters inbound. The huge base w’d fall silent, out of respect for the young men or women who were fighting for their lives. No, they had not stayed a little back.

EPCC is hiring! We have the following vacancies: Collaboration Manager for the UK AI Factory Antenna Closes 14 Jan 2026 edin.ac/4oZHnuw Applications Developers Closes 14 Jan 2026 edin.ac/491r4HA Applications Consultants Closes 15 Jan 2026 edin.ac/4j0dXeq

#BBCNews - Trump's Venezuela raid has created chaos - and that is a risk for China too www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Det kanadensiska samtalet om digital suveränitet är i full fart. Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives skeivdr under rubriken "Every data centre is a U.S military base". www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

god damn the opposite camera's views of each of their faces is peak schadenfreude

Before the 1990s, plane crashes caused by microbursts used to kill planeloads of people fairly regularly. Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them. Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.

Anyone understand the logic for Bluesky now requiring age verification (in UK) before you can mute words? Realised my muted words list is suddenly empty and I can’t add new words. Change VPN to a different country and it’s restored.

On the UK-US pharmaceutical deal I'm afraid this does look like two nasty trends coming together to make a very bad agreement for the UK - namely Whitehall power to make deals with no scrutiny, and companies working with countries to coerce others. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Going through old photos and found this gem from when I was into skateboard photography. I think this might be Steve Caballero, circa 1998 @vanswarpedtour.bsky.social @transworldskate.bsky.social #ShotOnFilm

Next week, we will mark our 50th anniversary in Reading, UK, following events earlier in the year at our sites in Germany and Italy. Join us online on 3 December for the Showcase of European capabilities in machine learning and weather forecasting. For details ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...